Talk:List of Dune characters

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I think there should be a way to tell what books each characters appears in and if it is a part of the story or just in quotes at the begining of a chapter or if they are a minor or secondy character. I am unshure of how to lay this out. Does anyone have any ideas?Xylon.doulas 14:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I've thought about that myself; perhaps by changing the list into a table, with a narrow column for each book. A character gets a "check" for every book in which they appear, and some other mark/letter if they are a minor character. I'm wondering if any other multibook series do something similar on Wikipedia (the Ice and Fire books and the Wheel of Time series don't). It may be overkill; most character articles reference somewhere in the text which books the character is in. TAnthony 15:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Additional names

I think it would be helpful to add the nicknames and other names certain characters have, in brackets beside their real names. for example: Usul, Sihaya, Hayt... i spent a while trying to remeber who 'Harq al'Ada' was, and i couldn't find it on this list. any abjections? --Someones life 08:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split?

I believe that this article should be split into a more detailed article(s). That way, it will be more easily readable that a "table of Contents".--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 14:51, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

It is merely meant to be a comprehensive list, more of a navigational tool than anything else; nearly all the significant characters listed already have an article of their own or are part of a larger article. The more I think about it, expanding this list with explanatory text only generates more redundant info. Do you have another reason that I'm missing? TAnthony 15:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

If I may use as an example the Characters in the Inheritance Trilogy article we discussed previously, that article is appropriate because there are virtually no individual character articles for the Inheritance series. Per standard Wikipedia procedure, when certain sections become too lengthy, they would be split out into their own articles, with a link and perhaps a small amount of overview/descriptive text left in the original article. The opportunity to use this format for Dune has long since come and gone, and minor characters not needing their own articles have been collected in List of Dune Bene Gesserit and List of Dune Fremen. I really don't see any value in adding more descriptive info for characters than is already there; the list gives you an idea how they are related, and provides links to the articles with more information. TAnthony 15:16, 2 October 2007 (UTC)