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Talk:List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters/Archive 1

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Contents 1 Peer Review 2 A source that could be used: Jerry Beck's Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! 3 More Articles 3.1 Character Articles 4 Missing characters 5 Black...Jack? 6 Lots of edits

[edit] Peer Review

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[edit] A source that could be used: Jerry Beck's Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!

I found a book in the bookstore called Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! by Jerry Beck. I'm not going to buy it and join the project, but I will ask the other members to get the book so that they can add real world information about various fictional characters.

This makes the creation of separate articles for *many* fictional characters feasible. Having information about the development of the character will make the articles satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) WhisperToMe (talk) 20:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Articles

I move that Squidward should atleast have his own article. If you say no, then why does Bender, Maggie Simpson or others have their own character article? --JiveSan (talk) 06:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

• While pointing out other articles is not a valid argument (even though I have no idea why), I agree that some characters, most notably Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy should have their own articles Frank Anchor, U. S. American (talk, contribs) 00:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
  • To have an article on one of the other characters, we would need them to be discussed and/or analyzed in a scholarly article or a book. Do a search on "Maggie Simpson" on Google scholar and you get books like The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer and Machiavelli Meets Mayor Quimby: Political Commentary in the First Season of The Simpsons and journal articles like The Polis of Springfield: The Simpsons and the Teaching of Political Theory and The Varieties of Civic Experience. AnteaterZot (talk) 09:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Uhm... Huh? What do you mean? Mumbles (talk) 00:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Character Articles

Why were the character articles deleted? They had information on major characters who frequently appeared on the show. Now only Spongebob has an article. Even if he is the most important character, being the title character, the major, regular characters should have articles. 68.63.95.177 (talk) 07:23, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I think that all main characters should have a main article, and for a few other character too.

--Mr Alex (talk) 01:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

See AnteaterZot's comment above. Bill ^{(talk|contribs)} 02:40, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't even get what he means. Mumbles (talk) 01:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing characters

Manray and the dirty Bubble arnt mentioned. neither is bubble buddy. Sorry if this comment is misplaced

Wilbur and Orville are two security guards at tentacle acres, they are mentioned in the episode "Reef Blower," and are knocked unconscious by the odor of fried oyster skins on Patrick's breath and they aren't mentioned either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.240.52.137 (talk) 05:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Andwhat about Neptunes daughter?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by OktoberSunset (talk • contribs) 07:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Black...Jack?

Can someone find out if blackjack exists?--Editor510 (talk) 18:43, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

• BlackJack SquarePants appeared in the episode "BlackJack." -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 01:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of edits

Looked over and edited the Supporting characters section and deleted a few unneeded characters (Like scuba steve) and made minor edits to wording and grammar. Feel free to put a character back if you want, just tell why on here first. Note: If I made a spelling mistake or a grammar mistake, just fix it :P Mumbles (talk) 00:46, 28 May 2008 (UTC)