User blog comment:Nausiated/Expanded Histories/@comment-3317214-20111214224925/@comment-61022-20111216233558

I was wondering the same thing myself. I've seen one of those summary thing with the X-Man profile. There is a constant struggle between keeping the main articles short, and being as complete as possible. I think the expanded profiles are great, as long as the main article has a preface that links to the expanded profile (otherwise how will people find them?)

Personally, I think for characters like Spider-Man, Cap and so on, you've got so much continuity -- and I think it is all valid -- that it's great to have it all referenced somewhere and in as best order as humanly possible, for all the die-hard fans. That might be too daunting for the average fan, so having a short version is great as well.

I was thinking of employing a similar method over at the DC Wiki (once I start working on things over there again) For characters who are basically "unchanged" over the various Crisis points and whatever. Like any member of the JSA for example. They've had their origins retconned four or five times and I thought instead of fighting with people over what is relevant and what is not on the main article, just create sub-articles that cover all the apocryphal information.

Kind of like what I'm doing here.