I think we should add a "deceased category"

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We should list charcaters that are deceased under a catagory that mentions them as deceased. who agrees with me Osimpson27 (wall • contribs)

I don't really see what benefit this would have, as it would apply to so many characters by the time of The Legend of Korra that it is no longer useful. That a character is deceased will be made clear by the article or infobox, and I think this is sufficient. HAMMEROFTHØR (wall) • 21:09, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

What if we have two dofferent catagories "deceased-ATLA" and "Deceased-LOK" maybe that would be good a lot of other wikis have deceased catagories i dont see what harm it would doOsimpson27 (wall • contribs)

I think it's not really a great thing, because it's not a universal thing. Kyoshi is alive in the novels, yet not in ATLA or TLOK. Somebody watching ATLA for the first time might be confused to see that Sokka has the deceased category. Also lets be honest, how many people do we really "know" are dead? Like there aren't really that many that we can confirm are dead anyway. Zacatero • (Wall) •      22:07, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

That is why we should have to different catagories for characters who are deceased in ATLA and characters who are deceased in LOK. and i think we should have some rules. Like you shouldnt just count characters who are really old and would be dead by that ttime unless it is painfully obviuos that they are dead. we should only include characters where it has been made obvius that they are dead.Osimpson27 (wall • contribs)

I don't see the benefit of having this category, per HoT and Zac's reasoning. Lady Lostris /  SOAP 22:21, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

THe benifit is that we would be able to tell who was deceased it doesnt do any harm it it would clear up some confusienOsimpson27 (wall • contribs)

And that can be much more easily done by taking a glance the character's infobox instead of reading through a list of categories. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:37, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

The sam thing could be said for a lot of other catagories i dont see the harm in itOsimpson27 (wall • contribs)

Just because it "won't harm anything" isn't enough to add something. Categories have to serve a purpose, and this one seems like it would be more confusing than it's worth, imo Zacatero • (Wall) •      23:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC)