Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-61022-20151028130430

Good morning everybody,

Just a reminder that is coming out today. Admins will be taking a look at what's the handbook today.

As many of you are aware, has been a rolling ban on information pertaining to Secret Wars and beyond. In theory this handbook should clarify what universes are tied into Secret Wars and allow us to start lifting the ban on certain characters.

Currently, bans have been lifted on all Last Days related titles.

My hope is that today we can get universe designations for all the different segments of Battleworld. Provisionally, once those universe designations are identified we will be lifting a ban on those segments provided the story arc for that Battleworld is complete. As Secret Wars is winding down a lot of the spin off titles are now complete (Future Imperfect, Old Man Logan, Marvel Zombies, Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies, Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps, Years of Futures Past, E is For Extinction, X-Tinction Agenda, Deadpool's Secret Wars, Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos among many others)

Keep an eye on this post as we'll be identifying which bans are being lifted as we pour through the handbook. (If you want to go ahead and read the handbook and help us identify those these things, please post them in the comments below, please be sure to specify what entry, which page, and what paragraph supports what you've found for peer review purposes)

Subject to change, we'll be seeing the following:

(1) We will determine which Battleworld segments are assigned universe designations. (2) Which ones don't and will be assigned TRNs. (3) Which characters in which books are 616 versions and which ones are alternates from different realities.

The following bans will be lifted (provisionally) based on the information gleaned:

Any characters in Secret Wars who appears in any of the spin-off books that have had their universe designation identified in the handbook. Provided they meet the following criteria:

(1) There is a reference to what universe they belong to (please specify where it is mentioned) (2) They are primarily featured in a spin-off book (Future Imperfect, Old Man Logan, Etc) (3) The title they are featured in has finished its 4 or 5 issue run.

Characters who don't have a universe designation provided the following: (1) It's clear that they are unique to the Battleworld domain they cohabitate. (2) Failing that, concrete proof that it is not a pre-existing version (IE: You can provide proof to support it's not the Earth-616 version for example, references will be needed) (3) '''An Admin Must have assigned a TRN to that characters domain. ONLY ADMINS ARE ALLOWED TO CREATE TRN PAGES'''. Once we have determined what TRNs will be created, we will post them here, and specify which characters belong to that TRN.

Bans Will Remain in Effect on the following: (1) Any character involved in the main Secret Wars Vol 1 story and Ultimate End Vol 1, until those series are over. If any of the Battlworld/Warzone/other spin-off title characters will be making appearances in the main Secret Wars title, please refrain from adding anything about them that happens in that title (For example: Old Man Logan Vol 1 ends with a clear indication that Old Man Logan himself will have a part to play in the main arc, do not add anything about those events until Secret Wars is over, events pertaining to Old Man Logan Vol 1 will be allowed once we confirm the universe designation for those characters)

There is a SLOW roll out on All-New All-Different books that take place post Secret Wars:

(1) Earth-616 and Earth-1610 characters: Please DO NOT add anything about Secret Wars Vol 1/Ultimate End Vol 1 until those titles are over. Any reference to those titles in the All-New All-Different titles should be omitted (So keep updates general in that regard)

(2) Alternate reality characters should be updated only once their designations are identified or a TRN has been assigned as explained above. Again, please refrain from adding Secret Wars/Ultimate End until those books are done.

(3) Please be considerate with edits: Be mindful of spoilers, please tag pages accordingly with the Spoilers tag. Also do not speculate. Just the facts. When in doubt, don't update until a story arc is over and all the facts about the short term plot threads are tied up. 