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Why do people keep adding Raya in this article?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:09, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because they don't know who the official Princesses are, just as they are shown on the official website ([1]), and they think that any new Disney heroine is obligatorily a Disney Princess. --BrookTheHumming (talk) 15:32, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the Walt Disney Company is officially adding Raya to the franchise now. Here is the URL that says so: https://www.romper.com/entertainment/raya-and-the-last-dragon-disney-princess 47.187.204.38 (talk) 02:43, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's the plan. Has it happened? Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:55, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is just beginning. 47.187.204.38 (talk) 03:09, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Raya is officially considered a Disney Princess now. 47.187.204.38 (talk) 07:34, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The film is listed on the website. 47.187.201.246 (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just because the official website has not yet been updated doesn't mean Raya is not a princess of this franchise. Just as anonymous users said, her film is already listed on official Disney Princess website. Maybe you all should educate yourself better with the news rather than mocking people and stating they're uneducated. Snowladen (talk) 05:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Raya (and her movie) are listed on princess.disney.com, disneyplus.com/franchise/disney-princess, as well as being welcomed during World Princess Week in Aug 2022 (https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/08/celebrating-raya-for-world-princess-week/) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:5EB3:6810:B0E1:94C:D556:1A92 (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you go to princess.disney.com and scroll down to "Discover (or Rediscover) your Favorite Princess Films" Raya and The Last Dragon is the 1st one listed. There is even officially branded "Disney Princess" dolls for Raya. https://shop.mattel.com/collections/disney-princess 2600:1700:5EB3:6810:8031:89B1:A5B8:7084 (talk) 20:33, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, on the official disney shop it lists Raya in the princess category. https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/disney/disney-princess/raya/

There is more evidence that Raya *IS* a princess from official disney sources than there is evidence to the contrary. 2600:1700:5EB3:6810:8031:89B1:A5B8:7084 (talk) 20:55, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus, at least as I have heard, is that in order for a character to be listed as a Disney Princess, they have to be on the characters subsection of https://princess.disney.com/ (the other sections on the page really do not matter) and have a dedicated subpage on that website (for instance, https://princess.disney.com/ariel). For Raya, https://princess.disney.com/raya leads to a 404 page, thus she is not considered official (although the fact that she is now getting branded merchandise does mean she should at least get a mention, possibly alongside Tinker Bell and Esmerelda). The reason coronations in particular do not matter is because of Elena, who got one back in 2016 (footage of the event). While no formal discussions have ever happened, past discussions on Talk:Disney Princess and Template talk:Disney Princess consistently refer to viewing the website as a metaphorical gospel. The branded merchandise, however, is undeniable to an extent. (Oinkers42) (talk) 01:57, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1. 1 Listed as an official princess here: https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/disney/disney-princess/raya/
2. 2 her movies is listed as one of the 13 official Disney Princess movies here: https://princess.disney.com/movies
3. 3 Disney themselves announced she was being welcomed as a princess here: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/08/world-princess-week-returns-next-week/
4. 4 Disney then wrote another articled saying that she had been welcomed here: as well as being welcomed during World Princess Week in Aug 2022 (https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2022/08/celebrating-raya-for-world-princess-week)
5. 5 she was announced and is regularly featured on the Office Disney Princesse instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/thedisneyprincesses/feed/?hl=en
6. 6 She is one of 13 princesses featured on the Disney Shop princesses category with officially branded merchandise: https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/disney/disney-princess/ and https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/disney/disney-princess/raya/

At this point the only counterpoint seems to be that https://princess.disney.com/ hasn't made a specific landing page for Raya which feels kind of weak when you compare to the 6 separate primary sources above. 2600:1700:5EB3:6810:8031:89B1:A5B8:7084 (talk) 16:16, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, you are going to need to start a proper discussion for this, I will help get you started. (Oinkers42) (talk) 16:53, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2022 and 22 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Minhhang1406 (article contribs).

@Voorts: The edit notice was based on a commented out message that had been in the page source since 2012: Special:Diff/529380177. It was moved to an edit notice because of the large number of reverted edits coming from editors using Visual Editor who were not able to see the comments in the source. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 01:49, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahecht: Thank you for clarifying. For others involved in the above discussion, that doesn't change my conclusion here since the only justification for that comment appears to be past practice, not consensus. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:52, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that a comment that stayed in the article for 11 years (and whose wording was tweaked by multiple editors to arrive at the current text) without any complaints on the talk page is an implied consensus. That said, consensus can change. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 13:35, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair point, but per my close, it appears the consensus is being challenged (and has been in the past threads I've found in the talk page archives), so further discussion is appropriate. voorts (talk/contributions) 13:38, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just note that Raya has been officially added now (she's listed on the website). Pamzeis (talk) 07:40, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Would a section of the often called "Disney Princes" be appropriate? Listing those who are the couples of the Princesses in the franchise. Or maybe it may be unnecessary? (I don't know if it would be something really related to the franchise, or if it's something that would be more like a "Trivia section"). 90.164.159.7 (talk) 18:54, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are no "Princes" within this franchise. Partners/companions of various characters can be found with their own respective articles.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 20:33, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Palace Pets is already mentioned in the article, but... Maybe there should be a section here as a sub-franchise, focusing on information about it? 90.164.159.7 (talk) 21:50, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What about Anna and Elsa? 2607:FEA8:D182:5900:B22F:E5C2:8EBD:8D1A (talk) 01:54, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They are currently not considered part of the line up according to https://princess.disney.com/. Once they are, they can be added onto the list. (Oinkers42) (talk) 02:48, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]