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♫♪Here we go againnnn I think I wanna be more that fr-oh wait <_< >_> Uhm I think this article will probably pop up continuously if we don't decide on a general standard for all these articles. So if it's possible manyhaps we can create a page that redirects from the main article page to a "List of unknown clan members" and when or if they are named they can then graduate to an article page with infobox y todo? Something like this page layout.--Cerez₃₆₅™ 11:45, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Did we talked about this unknown members, to just put them in one single article lol! Maybe we separate if ever the next databook gave their names. --Ilna ruto ani me 11:46, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

I think a list of unknown characters is the best option. I see no point in creating articles for people who only appeared once and didn't do anything important to the plot. I don't like the fact that we are creating articles for unnamed characters who have barely done anything.--Deva 27 16:12, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

But we have to set perimeters for the "unknown" or else we'll end up with a list filled with people who will probably never be named.--Cerez₃₆₅™

16:24, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't we put him in the Inuzuka clan article? --Ilna ruto ani me 16:32, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean, but he's already listed under "Other clan Members" in the article.--Cerez₃₆₅™

16:52, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

I've never liked articles on unnamed characters or jutsu. Never ever. Unless it's painfully obvious that it will be named in the the next databook, I don't think it should have an article. Reasons include:

The articles are rarely linked to. That means they exist solely for someone to find with Special:Random.
On the occasions that the articles are linked to, the articles that link to them are typically equally informative. What does the link in, "Minato was teamed with a member of the Inuzuka clan," provide that the sentence it appears in doesn't?
These articles' existence lead to really questionable standards of inclusion. As Cerez points out, we have an article on a character that appears in one panel. Granted, characters like this have been named in databooks before, but we didn't create the articles until they had the name.

So I'd like to see many of these articles deleted. I don't even care for the clan lists that much because they scream of, "Hey, did you notice that? 'Cause we did."

(Possible exceptions to unnamed stuff come courtesy of the anime. Nameless, single-episode villains have no hope of ever being named, yet are sometimes easier to refer to if they have an article.) ~Snapper T o 19:01, June 17, 2011 (UTC)