Thread:Peteparker/@comment-1618941-20140504075509/@comment-1618941-20140514224555

Actually, for the Template:Md I think the way it used Release Date rather than US Release Date was the most appropriate.

Adding in both the release and US release (in a single field) on film articles came about when the Earth-199999 articles had notable release dates a week apart and some American editors frequently reverted updates claiming that the movie had yet to be released. Slipping a US release date under the first public release was something I started doing as a concession, just to contain the edit warring. Surprisingly, that stunt worked. Mostly.

So I actually feel that the first public release should be the definitive yardstick to go by, but I'm fine with trying to maintain the US date as well seeing as it seems to help with unnecessary reverting. Switching Template:Md back to Release Date and then splitting the dates on the article pages will together trim the release date glut on character articles.

Yeah, I can go through the film pages and split the fields, no problem. I just wanted to check that I wouldn't be setting up a truckload of spoiler screens along the way, or something equally undesirable.

Sidenote: This reminds me of the world premiere date (and location). That's easily quantifiable data. Maybe something to weigh up for an infobox field.