Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-4651179-20140403020704/@comment-122657-20140514172931

I lean towards the TRN method, as I like being the largest and most comprehensive database for Marvel material online, and giving each version of a reality a reality number (however temporary) really helps to show both the users and Marvel themselves how insane it's already gotten.

I mentioned elsewhere that the idea behind TRNs is to do the pre-work of establishing a universe where Marvel might eventually make one. It's much easier to have a dedicated universe set up when non-cannon material is declared it's own universe than it is to go back through all of the articles and rip it out. Yes, it's a lot of pre-work, and there's a good chance that a large portion of it may never prove fruitful, but it feels more 'right' as far as organization goes.

I do like the non-cannon templates that LoveWaffle linked to, and I can see how they help to make an article more useful in one shot. It's not a lot of fun to have to jump to another character page where they have two sentances (or nothing) on their one appearance because they ended up looking different than their 'official' counter-parts. The non-cannon templates sure help to signify that that material exists, and give a better perspective on the 'official' character in general.

Maybe both is the answer. I can see where it is worth mentioning that the Rhino from the ASM video games was cannon until the new movie came out, and link that material together so that users can still see those connections. It still seems useful for the video game character to have his own world that can continue to be expanded upon.

Really, that's how these things get decided typically. Whatever looks the best and feels the most right gets picked. Can we do both of these options? (not that I like 'failure templates' like those where it states that the article or content is flawed...)