he's not a character!

Why not?
He's in Madden, no?

"Why not?
He's in Madden, no?"

Well he is a character in a video game so it make sense. If someone wants to make a page for every character then sure, it should happen.
Only problem: they also have a Favre person page. I think they should all be characters.

He is only on here because of all the stuff that is going on with him in football right now...and that's totally ok!! This is a new fangeled thing they call "user created content" that means we can do whatever the heck we want to on here (for the most part) and as long as we are enjoying it, and it's what we want to talk about...then it's all good...so...um...yeah get over it

"He is only on here because of all the stuff that is going on with him in football right now...and that's totally ok!! This is a new fangeled thing they call "user created content" that means we can do whatever the heck we want to on here (for the most part) and as long as we are enjoying it, and it's what we want to talk about...then it's all good...so...um...yeah get over it"

Agreed. I think people that are real persons that appear in games should not be "characters."  We don't need double listings for every pro athlete ever.

"Agreed. I think people that are real persons that appear in games should not be "characters."  We don't need double listings for every pro athlete ever."

"he's not a character!"

he's brett favre guys1!!!!11

I think cover athletes should be allowed, at least.

"Finch said:

"he's not a character!"

yeah, get rid of this guy

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No, GB only has room for theseguys.

Brett Favre is not "a video game character". He's an athlete, virtually replicated in Madden videogames. Simply stating "if you don't like it, stay off the page", isn't really solving anything- it's just shying away from the argument. The fact is that if you allow real people that appear in video games to the characters section, then it will literally be flooded with presidents, athletes, celebrities etc that appear in videogames, but are not designed specifically for them, which is what a videogame character is. It's the same with pro skaters from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater... and the bottom line is that if you want to look up Brett Favre, go to wikipedia or nfl.com or whatever, because this site is about videogames, and the fact that Brett Favre appears in the Madden games is about all their is to say about him that has anything to do with videogames. He needs to be removed.

I agree that these pages aren't needed. Real personalities, such as athletes, that appear in games shouldn't have character pages. They're not fictional characters, and anyone who needs information about them can get it from much more dedicated resources.

"Brett Favre is not "a video game character". He's an athlete, virtually replicated in Madden videogames. Simply stating "if you don't like it, stay off the page", isn't really solving anything- it's just shying away from the argument. The fact is that if you allow real people that appear in video games to the characters section, then it will literally be flooded with presidents, athletes, celebrities etc that appear in videogames, but are not designed specifically for them, which is what a videogame character is. It's the same with pro skaters from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater... and the bottom line is that if you want to look up Brett Favre, go to wikipedia or nfl.com or whatever, because this site is about videogames, and the fact that Brett Favre appears in the Madden games is about all their is to say about him that has anything to do with videogames. He needs to be removed."

To clear this whole thing up for you guys, Jeff made a post on the "editing & tools" forum:

Just to clarify for everyone, Person pages are only for people who have been credited in at least one game. A licensed appearance in a football game doesn't count. Except in rare cases where an athlete makes the end credits for consulting or whatever, they should not be in our database as Persons.

Besides, some could consider Brett Favre to be inhuman..... thus better than fictional :P