Board Thread:Policies/@comment-1031049-20170419203238/@comment-4651179-20170419204513

No, they're not. Mentions of characters, locations, and items have their own type of category. A mentions category. As to the specifics of mentions (such as exclamations), they were further discussed here.

And to prevent the appearances category from being clotted by extremely minor appearances, things like a character appearing as an statue are now considered minor appearances. You can read more about that category here.