Talk:Troll Call

Name Trivia
So obviously the name meaning theories are getting bloated already, I don't really know what to do about for example Diemen's section, but I'm trying to look into / cut down wording on other ones. We should all keep an eye out for it. Poinko I think is saying something about Charun(?) is a reference to the web original titled Worm? Idk. I need help. Aepokk ∀ulpex 01:42, December 21, 2017 (UTC)

I think that erroneous details clearly found from a spur of the moment Google search should be trimmed off. I did that when I added the Kanji information about Tegiri's name in regards to the Indonesian town or whatever that's also called Tegiri. I see an egregious example of this with Polypa. I highly doubt that a troll's using a paedophile as a name reference. --AncientHoliday (talk) 23:30, December 28, 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh Jegus. Of course there was vandalism I missed.

Idea: Seeing as practically all the troll names have have semantic connections to or are derived from other words/concepts in the real world, a page named Troll name derivations or something similar documenting (perhaps in table form, or similarly to in Troll terminology) the origins and different meanings/connections of all the troll names. Two benefits; it'd group a lot of interesting and related information in one place instead of having it scattered across the wiki, and also it'd give us a place to note unconfirmed/speculative connections instead of having them bloat out biographical articles. I might have a go at making it but I don't have much time recently and my to-dos are loooong BlackholeWI (talk) 23:35, December 28, 2017 (UTC)


 * I'd recommend in the future not linking to pages that don't exist yet... it can bloat Special:WantedPages. Honestly what I think we're really waiting on here is the next act to come out and being able to justify making pages for each of the Troll Call trolls.


 * Mmm. That's assuming that all of the troll call trolls even have a large enough role in Act 2 to warrant that. With on the order of 40 characters some of them may be background filler.


 * I might still do a name origins page because I think it's a neat concept. BlackholeWI (talk) 23:41, December 28, 2017 (UTC)


 * I'd recommend doing that in a personal sandbox first (Like how I have User:Ylimegirl/Sandbox and a lot of others), also we have pages for like... Rambunctious Crow, so basically I think every named character has a page on here, probably, so I wouldn't have a problem with 40-odd pages for these guys.


 * Good idea. Also, yeah, I suppose that makes sense. I often feel like the standards for what warranted a new page were generally lower in the old days when people had less to write about. That said we still generate a fair few new ones these days, and even for something like Rambunctious Crow there's a fair bit to be said as it has a fair few knock-on effects throughout the comic has enough sprites to warrant its own infobox. BlackholeWI (talk) 23:51, December 28, 2017 (UTC)