South Park Archives:Featured article criteria for character pages

The following is a list of the necessary sections required for a Featured character article. It lists them by the typical order in which they should be arranged.

Note first that like any featured article, a character article should be well illustrated, wikified, cited and categorized, and it should be rated Good Article class before its FA nomination.

Ordering of sections

 * Intro and infobox: A character article should have an infobox in the top right corner of the page. There must be an image of this character in the infobox; the image should show the entire body of the character, in their standard attire, and should (preferably) not show any other characters in the same image. If the article is on more than one character, the image should show all the characters together, and a frame around the image should identify which is which. The intro to the article should summarize the rest of the content in the article.
 * Relationships: In this section, information on the character's relationships with other characters may be given, in any of the following subsections: "Family", "Friends", and "Love interests".
 * Character: In this section, information on various aspects of the character, both real-world and in-universe, should be given. These should be kept in separate subsections within the section; examples of sections on in-universe information would be "Appearance", "Personality", "Catchphrase", etc., and examples of real-world information would be "Concept and Creation/Development", "Voice acting", etc.
 * Reception: This section gives information on how the character has been received by the public. Information on critical reviews of the character should be put under the subsection "Analysis", and any recognitions the character has been awarded should be put under "Commendations".
 * Cultural Influence: In this section, information on the character's impact on culture, such as their use in South Park merchandise, or references made to them in other media, or fans use of them in fanfiction, may be given. Note, however, that in the case of fanfiction, only generalizations should be given; do not give information on their use in a specific fanfiction story.
 * Trivia: If there is any remaining trivial information on the character which does not fit into any of the above sections, it may be placed in a section titled "Trivia".
 * Prominence: If the character is not a main character (e.g., Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, or Butters Stotch), then a section discussing how large the character's role in the series is should be given. This should include a summary of their importance to the series in paragraph form, and then a list of their most notable appearances, in bulletin form.
 * References: In this section, the citations used throughout the article are listed, for easy reference.
 * Further reading: This section may be used for a list of book or paper sources which also supply a good deal of information on the character.
 * External links: This section lists urls on the Internet which supply a good deal of info on the character.

Relevance of sections
The following sections are absolutely necessary if the article is to reach Featured status. (Note first that not all of the possible subsections for these sections will be attainable for each article, but it is sufficient for the article to merely have subsections for whatever information is available, in these different aspects.):


 * "Character"
 * "Relations"
 * "Reception"
 * "Cultural Influence"
 * "References"

Additional sections, to be included if possible:


 * "Trivia"
 * "Prominence"
 * "Further reading"