Wikipedia:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000/Notability
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[edit] Inclusion
[edit] Main page
The "Notable figures" section on the main Warhammer 40,000 page should be limited to only The Emperor, Horus (the two characters who have done the most to influence the current state of the Galaxy), Abaddon the Despoiler and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, the primary antagonists of the two most recent worldwide player campaigns, and Eldrad Ulthran, the most significant Eldar special character.
[edit] Army pages
In general, characters should be mentioned in a "Notable characters" (or equivalent) section of a Warhammer 40,000 army (Space Marine Chapter, Chaos Space Marine Legion or other army) page only if they meet one of the following criteria
- They have their own official special rules (published in a rulebook or Codex) allowing their use as a 'special character' within the Warhammer 40,000 game.
- Games Workshop have produced a special Warhammer 40,000 miniature for the character.
- They are a major character in a major series (trilogy or greater) of Black Library novels (eg Ibram Gaunt from Gaunt's Ghosts). Characters from more minor novels should be mentioned in the article(s) on the novels themselves.
- They are a major character in an official computer game (eg La'Kais). Again, minor characters from a game should be mentioned in the article(s) on the games themselves.
- They are the current Chapter Master of a Space Marine chapter.
[edit] Location
The usual Wikipedia criteria for determining whether any article should have their own page or be a section in the army page should be applied: ie if there is sufficient reliably sourced material to produce a reasonable length standalone article, then create an article. If not, create a section within the army page for the character.
