Talk:Ash Ketchum

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 03:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that Pokémon series protagonist Ash Ketchum has been highlighted as a major part of what has made the Pokémon anime series so successful? Source: https://www.gamesradar.com/pokemon-is-retiring-ash-and-pikachu-and-im-a-little-heartbroken/
  "That enduring fondness likely wouldn't exist without Ash and Pikachu. For more than a thousand episodes across more than two and a half decades, the pair have been the functional face of the entire franchise, a constant as the series evolved across different games, different regions, different consoles."
  "It's the end of an era that has spanned more than 1,200 episodes, making the duo's tenure key to one of the longest-running anime series ever."
  "New Pokemon might grace my screen, but Ash and Pikachu would be an unchanging presence, anchoring not only the show, but the entire franchise."
  • ALT1: ... that the constant losses of Pokémon series protagonist Ash Ketchum have been highlighted for teaching positive lessons to viewers? Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49719746
    ""Putting it bluntly, it was like being a loser is OK. The important lesson is to pick yourself back up, roll with the punches and keep going.""
    ""There was something really beautiful about seeing that growing up - that it's OK if you're not the strongest, the most qualified, as long as you keep trying to be the best person you can be, the nicest you can be to people around you.""
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Improved to Good Article status by TorreFernando (talk). Nominated by Pokelego999 (talk) at 20:21, 7 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ash Ketchum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article passes criteria. New enough (Promoted to GA within 7 days of nom), long enough. Since article passed GA review, pretty easily clears the DYK criteria for being well-sourced, as well as presentable. Earwig flags two sources with as mildly high "possible violations" but they're direct quotes. Maybe(?) could use some tweaking/paraphrasing to improve article, but for the purposes of appearing on the DYK section, that shouldn't impede it from inclusion tbh. Hooks are sourced properly. QPQ is moot because seems to be nominator's first time nominating. I def prefer ALT1 to ALT0, but they both have interesting angles. Soulbust (talk) 02:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Oops, made a mistake in here. Accidentally put the original creator as the one who improved it to GA status when I was the one who did that. Not a big deal but thought I'd make note of it. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 20:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Voice actors section

The "Voice actors" section doesn't have the necessary sources. It is written in the section that the first name of Ash in the series was "Casey", but it isn't stated in the source at the end of the paragraph. Also, there aren't any sources about the original voice actors (Rica Matsumoto and Hana Takeda). I feel like this section should be improved, maybe including more details about the original voice actor in order to give a more WP:GLOBAL view of the subject. Redjedi23 (talk) 13:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I've just added a few sources on Matsumoto, though I couldn't find as much dev info as Natochenney or Taylor. There may be some stuff I'm missing in Japanese sources, so I'll likely look into that, but for now Matsumoto now has some citations referencing her tenure, and likely more can be added worst comes to worst. Takeda I ended up cutting due to the fact I couldn't find sources discussing her performance at all. I'll probably look deeper into that as well but for now the issues you've brought up have been addressed. If you happen to have any sources handy on those areas I mentioned, I'd greatly appreciate them as well. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 20:22, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I found this source for the Ash/Casey stuff: [1]. Regarding Matsumoto, I found this sources: [2], [3]

I also found this source that talks about Hana Takeda: [4], but it is only a list of voice actors of the episode Redjedi23 (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Sorry that took so long, added. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 20:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry, thank you! Redjedi23 (talk) 11:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Change the photo

Change the Ash photo to the one from JOURNEYS --PyukumukuAce (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@PyukumukuAce the current photo is used because it depicts Ash's most consistent and well-known design, making it better for purposes of identification than the Journeys image. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 16:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 April 2025

147.158.179.134 (talk) 12:59, 30 April 2025 (UTC)