Category talk:Police officers

Are some of these characters actually police officers?

Specifically, I’m confused to why Luigi, Donkey Kong, and Peach are listed. Well, with Luigi I was told it could’ve been due to Super Mario: Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit, but that still doesn’t explain Peach and DK’s inclusion. I also personally think including Luigi as a police officer because of a single gag comic just leads to confusion like this. I think only characters who actually are with the police as their main career / are noteworthy for it should be included in this category, but let me know what you think. Technetium (talk) 10:03, September 6, 2023 (EDT)

Coming back to this almost two years later and now there are Toad cops in Mario Kart World… Anyway, thoughts on the above? Technetium (talk) 22:55, June 24, 2025 (EDT)

Last year, I took part in a similar discussion on Category:Pirates over whether or not certain characters should be included in it and other career- and role-based categories. Nothing came from that discussion, but my sentiment on not including characters in these categories based on only one or a few appearances of theirs still remains. Maybe you could propose adding a new rule for MarioWiki:Categories to combat these instances? The elemental creature categories already have such a rule instated thanks to a proposal by Nightwicked Bowser in 2023. — SolemnStormcloud (talk) 23:42, June 24, 2025 (EDT)

Interesting idea, I'll look into it when I have the time and maybe draft a proposal. Thanks! Technetium (talk) 12:36, June 27, 2025 (EDT)