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I'll keep this concise. The existence of CH is a massive double standard on the part of the wiki on various levels. For starters, the Composite profiles were removed for various reasons which don't need to be restated, but just for clarity's sake, we'll mention the main one: these characters aren't fictional, and as they are imaginary thought experiments at best and Fanfiction at worst (yes the real world can have Fanfiction as many unsavory sites can attest to). Additionally, the main purpose of profiles for The Real World is scaling to other verses and providing benchmarks, which can't be done with these characters who do not exist. For these reasons, the Composite profiles were deleted, but Composite Human stayed.
Why was this?
Going by previous discussion, the main reason was the popularity of the characters. Ignoring the dubious concept of using popularity to justify the existence of characters or verses, which is another discussion in and of itself, many other Composites enjoyed similar popularity to CH (for example, the notorious Composite Tree, and the Composite Organism, which had several threads discussing it by itself), making the idea of CH staying because of it's stardom a questionable argument at best. Additionally, as numerous revisions about profiles and our current standards on profiles that can be made have noted, popularity is not the only thing that should dictate what can be allowed. While it is a factor, if a profile does not follow our other standards (like certain YouTube profiles that shall not be named) it cannot exist here, regardless of our opinion on it's popularity. Popularity is a difficult thing to measure in any event, making it difficult to quantify what is actually "popular" enough to stay in any event.
Also of note is the numerous issues in Standard Battle Assumptions the profile creates simply by existing. While it's not nearly as important as the above points, the fact is composite human causes many issues every time it is used for versus threads. Rules regarding prior knowledge that usually aren't enforced suddenly become deciding factors, standard equipment becomes difficult to quantify, and as Composite Human supposedly only uses positive traits, traits that have both positive and negative attributes are kept, removed, and cherry picked on different levels every battle. For these reasons, even assuming CH's status normally would give it a pass on the above hypocrisy, it's not nearly worth the trouble it causes in any event, and should thus be deleted.
Agreed: Jackythejack, Junkoposter, Paul Frank, Monarch Laciel, CinnabarManx421, Buttersamuri, Hellbeast, The Pen and the Sword, Andytrenom, HeadlessKramerGeoff, Saikou the Lewd King, Antvasima, Apex PredatorX, Nemo212, Paulo.junior.969, Elizhaa, Dragonmasterxyz, DarkDragonMedeus, GoCommitDi, KLOL506
Disagreed: Wokistan, The Wright Way(?), Iamunanimousinthat(?), Lsirlancelotdulaci, Uninown, Moritzva, Redacted Flinn, DMB 1, I'm Blue daba dee daba die, TriforcePower1, N Kardashev, GojiBoyForever, Yellowpig10
Neutral: I'm blue daba dee daba die, ThePerpetual, Sir Ovens, Colonel Krukov, Stalker Maggot
Why was this?
Going by previous discussion, the main reason was the popularity of the characters. Ignoring the dubious concept of using popularity to justify the existence of characters or verses, which is another discussion in and of itself, many other Composites enjoyed similar popularity to CH (for example, the notorious Composite Tree, and the Composite Organism, which had several threads discussing it by itself), making the idea of CH staying because of it's stardom a questionable argument at best. Additionally, as numerous revisions about profiles and our current standards on profiles that can be made have noted, popularity is not the only thing that should dictate what can be allowed. While it is a factor, if a profile does not follow our other standards (like certain YouTube profiles that shall not be named) it cannot exist here, regardless of our opinion on it's popularity. Popularity is a difficult thing to measure in any event, making it difficult to quantify what is actually "popular" enough to stay in any event.
Also of note is the numerous issues in Standard Battle Assumptions the profile creates simply by existing. While it's not nearly as important as the above points, the fact is composite human causes many issues every time it is used for versus threads. Rules regarding prior knowledge that usually aren't enforced suddenly become deciding factors, standard equipment becomes difficult to quantify, and as Composite Human supposedly only uses positive traits, traits that have both positive and negative attributes are kept, removed, and cherry picked on different levels every battle. For these reasons, even assuming CH's status normally would give it a pass on the above hypocrisy, it's not nearly worth the trouble it causes in any event, and should thus be deleted.
Agreed: Jackythejack, Junkoposter, Paul Frank, Monarch Laciel, CinnabarManx421, Buttersamuri, Hellbeast, The Pen and the Sword, Andytrenom, HeadlessKramerGeoff, Saikou the Lewd King, Antvasima, Apex PredatorX, Nemo212, Paulo.junior.969, Elizhaa, Dragonmasterxyz, DarkDragonMedeus, GoCommitDi, KLOL506
Disagreed: Wokistan, The Wright Way(?), Iamunanimousinthat(?), Lsirlancelotdulaci, Uninown, Moritzva, Redacted Flinn, DMB 1, I'm Blue daba dee daba die, TriforcePower1, N Kardashev, GojiBoyForever, Yellowpig10
Neutral: I'm blue daba dee daba die, ThePerpetual, Sir Ovens, Colonel Krukov, Stalker Maggot
