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Welcome to the Dragon Ball work group, a task force that aims to organize, expand, clean up, and guide Dragon Ball-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can simply start by editing any Dragon Ball pages, or join the project below and/or contribute to the discussion on the talk page. Be sure to also check out the to-do list for some of the project's ongoing tasks.

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The Tori Bot - official logo of the Dragon Ball task force.
The Tori Bot - official logo of the Dragon Ball task force.

[edit] Scope

Dragon Ball is a Japanese metaseries (somewhat, not entirely). It began as a weekly serialized manga (519 chapters and one special), then adapted to an anime (three series, three TV specials, 17 feature films), and spawned dozens of home and arcade video games, toys, clothing, mugs, keychains, action figures, wall scrolls, and other merchandise. Dragon Ball has been translated into dozens of languages in many countries.

All information should be based on the original versions. Mainly, this will mean the Japanese versions (though at least one video game will refer to the English version). Because there are so many, no single English adaptation can be used as the English version. Besides the out-of-print adaptations, there are at least three English anime dubs and another company doing the manga, as well as another company translating the video games (which has been inconsistent at best). It would be inappropriate to pick any single distribution company over another.

The scope of the project will extend to include the manga, anime, video games merchandise. More specifically, the project will include:

  • The manga, television anime, feature films, video games, music;
  • The Dragon Ball universe in general;
  • Individual characters and other elements;
  • Use of mythology, geology, and other inspirations within the series;
  • Dragon Ball as a cultural phenomenon; and
  • English language adaptation of the metaseries.

While not specifically part of the project (as such articles are not focused on Dragon Ball), the following topics should be looked into as well:

  • Cast, crew, distribution companies, production companies of Dragon Ball related items.

Our scope does not include:

  • Fanfiction and fan culture;
  • Dōjinshi;
  • Any other form of speculation; and
  • Works with only a passing reference to Dragon Ball.

[edit] Guidelines, layouts, and advice

[edit] Official guidelines and advice

We strive to comply with all Wikipedia guidelines. The ones here are listed for convenience and also may be particularly helpful when editing Dragon Ball articles:

[edit] Other WikiProjects

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

In addition to the above guidelines and recommendations, follow the guidelines and recommendations of the following "parent" WikiProjects when they apply:

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Even if not directly Dragon Ball-related, the following WikiProjects that may contain useful advice and information that you can use:

[edit] Participants

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This user is a member of the Dragon Ball work group.
This user is a member of the Dragon Ball work group.
This user is a member of the Dragon Ball work group.

Anyone interested in joining and participating in this WikiProject is free to do so. If you are a member, or would like to join this WikiProject just place one of these Userboxes to your user page, shown on the right. Also add your name to the list below. Our userboxes adds the user to the members category.

[edit] Active users

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  1. 3bulletproof16 (talk · contribs)
  2. Caribbean H.Q. (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) - formerly the user Dark Dragon Flame
  3. Ehccheehcche (talk · contribs)
  4. Funkamatic (talk · contribs)
  5. KojiDude (talk · contribs)
  6. Krezos (talk · contribs)
  7. MightySaiyan (talk · contribs)
  8. Prede (talk · contribs)
  9. Ryu Ematsu (talk · contribs)
  10. Scottrandall (talk · contribs) - formerly the user Kriscott
  11. Sephiroth BCR (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights)
  12. Sesshomaru (talk · contribs) - formerly the user I'm anonymous
  13. SSJ 5 (talk · contribs)
  14. Tyciol (talk · contribs)
  15. UzEE (talk · contribs)
  16. VorangorTheDemon (talk · contribs) - formerly the user Majinvegeta


[edit] Retired or inactive participants

Users who haven't contributed to the project, or Wikipedia in general, in a while will be added to this list. They will be re-added to the list once they are active again.

  1. 60 Delta (talk · contribs) - inactive
  2. Admeister200x (talk · contribs) - inactive
  3. Agent007ravi (talk · contribs) - inactive
  4. Beowulph (talk · contribs) - inactive
  5. Chibi Gohan (talk · contribs) - inactive
  6. Cyberhawk241 (talk · contribs) - inactive
  7. Darkwarriorblake (talk · contribs) - inactive
  8. DBZROCKS (talk · contribs) - inactive
  9. DesireCampbell (talk · contribs) - inactive
  10. Deskana (rights • renames • bots • contribs) - inactive
  11. El0i (talk · contribs) - inactive
  12. Evan1975 (talk · contribs) - inactive
  13. Folken de Fanel (talk · contribs) - inactive
  14. Fuad Ramses (talk · contribs) - inactive
  15. Heat P (talk · contribs) - inactive
  16. Homei (talk · contribs) - inactive
  17. Hucz (talk · contribs) - inactive
  18. Jienum (talk · contribs) - inactive
  19. KennedyBaird (talk · contribs) - inactive
  20. Lychosis (talk · contribs) - inactive
  21. Majinvegeta (talk · contribs) - retired due to inability to log in, returned as the user VorangorTheDemon
  22. Maximillion Pegasus (talk · contribs) - semi-retired, formerly the user Earthbendingmaster
  23. Megatronacepticon (talk · contribs) - inactive
  24. MightyKombat (talk · contribs) - inactive
  25. Onikage725‎ (talk · contribs) - inactive
  26. OverlordKain (talk · contribs) - inactive
  27. Papacha (talk · contribs) - inactive
  28. Poetic Decay (talk · contribs) - inactive, formerly the user Sasuke-kun27
  29. Porchcrop (talk · contribs) - inactive
  30. RattleMan (talk · contribs) - inactive
  31. Ross CJ (talk · contribs) - inactive, formerly the user SUIT
  32. Seong0980 (talk · contribs) - inactive
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  34. SSJConan (talk · contribs) - inactive
  35. Starone (talk · contribs) - inactive
  36. SUIT (talk · contribs) - retired, then returned as the user Ross CJ
  37. Supah kid (talk · contribs) - inactive
  38. Superior1 (talk · contribs) - inactive
  39. Takuthehedgehog (talk · contribs) - inactive
  40. VelocityEX (talk · contribs) - inactive
  41. Xander756 (talk · contribs) - inactive

[edit] Article structure

For each page type, we have a "template" article. These articles should be the focus of structural improvements, which can then be imitated in other articles of the same type. Many articles are far too long and there is no over arching style. They also come under criticism for being "In-Universe". anything that can be written about from a real-world perspective should be written that way.

To repeat: All information should be based on the original versions. Mainly, this will mean the Japanese versions (though at least one video game will refer to the English version). Because there are so many, no single English adaptation can be used as the English version. Besides the out-of-print adaptations, there are at least three English anime dubs and another company doing the manga, as well as another company translating the video games (which has been inconsistent at best). It would be inappropriate to pick any single distribution company over another.

  • Character lists - characters with too little information (Bubbles, Lime) to warrant a full page should be in a single list page (as opposed to the several we have now). Instead of the dozen list pages we have now, we should consolidate every character into one list. The list page should separate characters by species, then alphabetically. The list should not be broken up based on manga-only characters, anime-only characters, movie-only characters, etc. Each entry should give a brief recap of their involvement in the series, character traits, explanation of their name pun, as well as a quick note as to which media they appear in.
  • Character pages - main characters, and any other character with enough information, should receive their own page. Each page should give a brief (three paragraphs maximum) recap of their involvement in the entire series, describe character traits, talk about the character's techniques, transformations, and the like, as well as a separate section detailing the character's name pun (original pun word, kana changes, possible romanizations, etc). Any out of universe information that can be found should be added as well.
  • Episode/arc pages - each story arc in Dragon Ball Z at least will be split into 4 pages. Dragon Ball GT is most likely to be merged into Dragon Ball GT (plot).
  • Movies - each feature film should have its own page.
  • Dragon Ball media - a separate page (preferably more than a list) detailing the release structure of the manga (Jump, tankoban, kanzenban), anime, movies, sup. books, video games, music compilations, etc. Page should be rather short, detailed information can be split off to separate pages.
  • Video game pages - only Dragon Ball-related video games with enough information to warrant separate articles should have their own articles. Games that do not differ much from one another with in a series should be merged into one article. For example, see Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi (series).
  • Supplemental books - there should be a page detailing the daizenshuu, world guides, landmark, and other supplemental books.
  • Template - the templates seen on the Dragon Ball pages now, while good, are too large and there should only be one, not two (or three). One bottom template needs to be consolidated for the whole metaseries.
  • English adaptations - there should be a separate and distinct page detailing the different English adaptations of Dragon Ball. Including which company distributed where, when, differences from the Japanese version, censorship issues, etc.
  • "Other" - pages beyond these types of pages will probably be unique.

[edit] Categories

Article categories
Project categories

[edit] Ultimate goals

  • Create a well-organized corner of Wikipedia that is not ridiculed by the rest of the Internet.
  • Gradually increase the quality of each section.
  • Present the best and most accurate coverage of the series known as Dragon Ball to the world, to the best of our ability.

[edit] Resources