Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 July 3: Difference between revisions

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*'''Delete''' for subjective criteria. These fictional characters have generally not stood on a scale, gotten weighed and compared to the American Medical Association's obesity definition. [[User:Doczilla|Doczilla]] 18:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' This is a key characteristic, and there is rarely any doubt. If there is, just leave the character out. Problem solved. [[User:OrchWyn|OrchWyn]] 19:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

*'''Delete'''. While obese may be well defined, that definition can not be applied to non-humans. If we are talking about a character for a race where the everyone is 300 lbs or more as an adult, are they obese? What if everyone is 7' tall? Or 3' tall? As a fictional character we don't know what obese really means. This category is not restricted to human characters but even if it was, how do we get from fat to obese? That would require knowing for every entry in this category their weight and height? Is that information always made available? How about characters who change over time? Is that an issue? Obese may be used in some cases as a slur or slang for overweight, but that use may not match the definition of obese and therefor should not be a criteria for including in this category. Bottom line, there are too many issues and no clear need for this level of categorization. If you look at the characters included some are clearly not obese. In fact one is even described as ''not really fat''. Clearly this category has issues that can best be dealt with by deletion [[User:Vegaswikian|Vegaswikian]] 20:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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