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 Why is the [[List of voice actors]] page being vandalized all the time? [[Special:Contributions/174.55.24.64|174.55.24.64]] 19:24, July 6, 2022 (EDT)
+:Not all of it is vandalism, quite a bit is good faith edits that don't quite cut it for one reason or another.
+:Take the Wolf/Ja Green edit recently as an example. Ja Green did voice Wolf at one point, just not in a Smash appearance. This is an easy thing to happen because someone can go to a voice actor repository or another wiki and see "ACTOR NAME... CHARACTER (voice)" and assume it applies everywhere but in actuality is only for select instances.
+:Another case of assumed vandalism that turned out to be true was "Mr. T" as Snorlax. It took a while for another editor to find information that Mr. T did voice Snorlax. But it wasn't {{iw|wikipedia|Mr. T}} the American actor, instead it was a Japanese actor that (I think) used that name to be anonymous, essentially being listed in credits as "Actor T".
+:This isn't helped by the fact that, prior to Ultimate, you would need a certain region's version of Smash to know if the voice actor was different. In a lot of cases the actors are listed in the credits but not along with their role. Even in Sound Test the voice actor might be listed, but usually ''only'' for Japanese, which as an English wiki can be a little hard to get info on. Many actors don't publicly announce or list their roles for any number of reasons. This often results in editors needing to dig through other websites, many of which don't give a citation (sometimes they'll cite another site which repeats the issue) and with voice acting it can be hard to give a citation in the first place.
+:Obviously we'll get someone who thinks it is hilarious to say Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson is Mario and it gets removed. But in a lot of cases it is just a complicated mess. --[[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 20:07, July 6, 2022 (EDT)