Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-3406131-20140825125950/@comment-122657-20140902174519

I think there might not be enough of this data to really prove that it is useful.

Does every character in the handbooks have these kinds of statuses?

'Registration' doesn't seem to be the right word for what you're describing. 'Legal status' is closer, but could be confused for things like being a minor versus an adult.

There seem to be two different points that you'd like to add to the infobox, both based on the citizenship area of the profiles in the handbooks. The first would be weather or not a criminal record exists for the character, the second being the legal classification of the character, such as Mutant, Mutate, Superhuman, etc.

I'd suggest 'Criminal Record' as a separate field with yes/no answers and an additional text field for references and explanations:


 * CriminalRecord   = Yes
 * CriminalRecordRef =

The second is much more tricky, as legal classifications of individuals change over the years. Those who were legally registered heroes associated with the SHRA don't necessarily carry that classification anymore since the Registration Act was nullified.

Same thing with being a 'registered mutant'. With what agency is that referring to? The US Government? S.H.I.E.L.D.? What happens when those entities are disbanded? Are the individuals still registered? Where did they register? When?

That second piece of information feels like a bit of made-up fluff to make the profile sound more official in the handbooks.

I like the idea of covering everything listed in the handbooks, but I worry about fields like these that are either too simple or too complex.