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The following are guidelines to which Pokémon are notable in the [[Pokémon manga|manga]] to get their own articles on Bulbapedia:
The following are guidelines to which Pokémon are notable in the [[Pokémon manga|manga]] to get their own articles on Bulbapedia:


# Starter Pokémon that are owned by any of the main characters are all notable, if they have appeared in more than one chapter/round. If they have not meet this criteria, then they would have to have had a significant impact on the plot of the chapter/round, manga series as a whole, or a certain arc.
# Starter Pokémon that are owned by any of the main characters are all notable, provided they have appeared in more than one chapter/round. If they have not met this criteria, then they would have to have a significant impact on the plot of the chapter/round, manga series as a whole, or a certain arc.
# Pokémon owned by another characters that are also only notable if they appeared in more than one chapter/round.
# Pokémon owned by other characters are also only notable if they appeared in more than one chapter/round.
# For recurring characters, only their signature Pokémon may have an article created about them. But they would have to have a certain impact on the plot of the chapter/round to be otherwise, notable.  
# For recurring characters, only their signature Pokémon may have an article created about them. Otherwise, they would have to have a certain impact on the plot of the chapter/round to be notable.  
# [[Gym Leaders]] may have an article about their signature Pokémon, but only if it did more than just battle like if it appeared and had some impact chapter's/round's on the plot.
# [[Gym Leaders]] may have an article about their signature Pokémon, but only if it did more than just fight, such as if it appeared outside of battle and had some impact on the plot of that chapter/round.

Revision as of 03:55, 3 August 2009

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Notability rules

The following are guidelines to which Pokémon are notable in the manga to get their own articles on Bulbapedia:

  1. Starter Pokémon that are owned by any of the main characters are all notable, provided they have appeared in more than one chapter/round. If they have not met this criteria, then they would have to have a significant impact on the plot of the chapter/round, manga series as a whole, or a certain arc.
  2. Pokémon owned by other characters are also only notable if they appeared in more than one chapter/round.
  3. For recurring characters, only their signature Pokémon may have an article created about them. Otherwise, they would have to have a certain impact on the plot of the chapter/round to be notable.
  4. Gym Leaders may have an article about their signature Pokémon, but only if it did more than just fight, such as if it appeared outside of battle and had some impact on the plot of that chapter/round.
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