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== My, we've still a lot of work to do ==
Most of the character articles (or at least those related to Melee, i.e. the ones I've read) are woefully poor. I might run through the Character Project and re-clarify our objectives, and then get to work on articles. Some ideas:
* Pro/con absolutely needs to go. It's unprofessional and sloppy thinking.
* It could be replaced by a repository of basic statistics - where a character ranks in weight, running speed, jump height, falling speed, traction.
* Character strategies. If we include them, they must be organized very carefully (here's a [[Captain Falcon (SSBM)|bad example]]). My personal way of outlining a character's strategy is to look at their game in three parts: approach, comboing, and killing. That's one organization method; there are others. Regardless we should all be on the same page when it comes to such ideas.
* Notable moves and attributes - there needs to be criteria for what we note. Attributes like floating or having five jumps are clearly important, but how do we determine it for attacks? Where do borderline cases like Marth/Roy's turnaround bair work out?
I'm going to reflect on these thoughts a while before editing the project, but it's coming, and I'll rip into those character pages with a vengeance :) <font face="centaur">&ndash; [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 21:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I think this project needs to be updated and completed.  As per the words of MaskedMarth, pro/con sections need to go, and techniques need to be cleaned up.  Again, we need to re-evaluate this project, and complete it.  '''[[User:Cheezperson|<span style="color:gold">Cheez</span><span style="color:red">person</span>]]''' {[[User talk:Cheezperson|<span style="color:steelblue">talk</span>]]}[[Special:Contributions/Cheezperson|<span style="color:silver">stuff</span>]]''' 04:54, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
I agree about the Melee character articles. Some of them barely even follow the way character articles are supposed to be written (some even lacking movesets, such as Falco and Fox's pages). [[Luigi (SSBM)|Luigi's]] page is a great example to what a character article should look like. I'm going to try to format the character pages I know about to how they should be. -[[user:masq|Masq]]
== Final smashes for the brawl characters? ==
I've noticed that most of the pages regarding the brawl characters don't give any information about their respective final smashes. I think this would be critical to newer players to the game as it could provide information as to how the final smash initiates, an example being that Ike's starts when the initial blow hits. It could also give info about it's knockback, damage, etc.
== This page ==
This page has been here since before Brawl came out, and a lot of stuff here doesn't apply anymore. Should we get rid of that stuff and revise it ot delete it entirely? [[User:Ac2k|<span style="color: red;">'''Awesome'''</span>]] [[User talk:Ac2k|<span style="color: red;">'''Cardinal'''</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Ac2k|<span style="color: red;">'''2000'''</span>]] 20:12, 4 May 2014 (EDT)
:I think it's better to mark it as an archive, akin to [[SmashWiki:Post-Merge Cleanup]]. If the need for a complete overhaul of character articles presents itself and it absolutely needs a page, it's probably better to start a new page altogether, rather than completely overhaul this page.
:--- <font face="Pristina"><font size="3">''[[User:Monsieur Crow|Monsieur]] [[User_talk:Monsieur Crow|Crow]], Author Extraordinaire''</font></font>,  20:38, 4 May 2014 (EDT)
::New project suggestion: '''cleaning up all of the damn stubs and such.''' It's ridiculous how high they've been allowed to build up. [[User:RoyboyX|<font color="red">'''Roy'''</font><font color="gray">'''boy'''</font><font color="darkred">'''X'''</font>]] [[User talk:RoyboyX|''<span style="color:brown;">'''Talk'''</span>'']] 21:09, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

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