Talk:Rip van Winkle (Hellsing)

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Why is this even an article?

The character makes a single appearance in the series, besides what the article even admits is a 'brief flashback'. I've seen the show and read the manga, so I know what I'm talking about. The character is inconsequential to say the least. Why is there such an extensive article here? Not only is the character irrelevant and forgettable compared to the main characters, the character is neither notable as being a formidable force for Alucard, nor notable for being weak, as Rip is able to kill many humans with ease. It should be apparent to anyone familiar with the series that this article is easily composed of more text than the anime's script and manga devoted to the character are combined! This is a problem mirrored on every other character page I've seen for this series. The article for Anderson is longer than the first 8 or so manga volumes combined. What fanatic was able to create these ridiculously long articles? Just because a character is NAMED does not mean it is NOTABLE. /rant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.85.224 (talk) 19:35, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "Van Winkle seems to have a limited amount of these bullets, as she only uses one at a time. In fact, she uses only five on-screen before death throughout the entire series and only one directly against Alucard (so far: she might use them again during The Dawn.) It's possible that this could be due to the fact that she has to go through the slow process of manually reloading the musket after each shot, forcing her to rely on taking out her all of her targets with a single, decisive shot during engagements" useless and speculative information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.254.46.108 (talk) 07:22, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]