A: When a reliable sourceunambiguously describes a character (and not just their actions) as a villain (or villainous), evil, a bad guy or a baddie. Note that a "bad boy" is not the same as a villain and a description of villainous acts that one interprets as the character being a villain is original research (see relevant discussions: 1, 2).
Q: A character that used to be a villain is now no longer a villain. Should they be removed from this list?
A: No. Characters can change all the time, and as long as reliable sources describe them as villainous at some point in their history, they remain listed. The character is still villainous in those episodes (see relevant discussion: 1)
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I queried this in one of the above sections but I'm not sure if it was noticed so I'll ask it in a separate section specifically. Have the Daily Star sources been removed now? There was talk of them being banned as sources due to unreliability in one of the above paragraphs but has it now been made official?82.16.78.185 (talk) 14:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Just wanted to double check. I'm trying to keep up with which sources are being banned or not so I know which ones to avoid in the future. I'll also see if I can find alternative sources for the characters involved.82.16.78.185 (talk) 19:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can Entertainment Daily be used as a source on Wikipedia? I found this source [1] describing a character as a "villain" so I was wondering whether this site is one that is banned or not?81.96.173.80 (talk) 17:04, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Is the source from the Daily Mirror for EastEnders' Ruby Allen OK to use? The reason I ask is because the text in the article only refers to Ruby's decision to lie to Jean as "villainous" and does not actually refer to her as a "villain". The page screenshots some tweets from various EastEnders viewers who are calling Ruby a "villain" and then requote the tweets themselves further down the page but can individual viewers personal opinions be used as source information here or not?81.96.173.80 (talk) 19:07, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's tricky because this says it is considered generally unreliable, but there are other Metro sources in the list. I'd maybe try and find another source first. - JuneGloom07Talk20:05, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]