Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-967403-20140328150548/@comment-967403-20140329000808

Nausiated wrote: Sooooo if you have an official source that has more up to date information, why aren't you going in and updating this yourself? We are an open source website for a reason. If you think someone is going to argue it, put in a reference tag on the power grid, and put a comment in the talk section for the character page. (And I'd make it a point to say that if you don't know how to do these things, learning how is a great way to be a good contributor to the wiki, you can find all the information in our help section)

... But that said, it's personal opinion time: Power Grids are possibly the most arbitrary and pointless bit of information about a character since no matter what is published or unpublished people will argue the grid rankings until their blue in the face. Power Grids are basically irrelevant data anyway because it's a work of fiction. You can't exactly measure something that a creative team can change whenever they want. It's what they call artistic license.

The best quote I read about writing for a franchise was some writer for IDW when they held the license for Transformers comics back in the early 2000s. He was commenting on how fans will gripe over every little detail. Commenting on how in one cartoon a character had a tractor beam weapon that he never used again. When pressed as to why, the writer simply said "the script called for it". So that's something to keep in mind, the whole point of entertainment is to suspend your disbelief. If you spend your time nitpicking over every minute detail that is essentially trivial to the story, you're never going to truly enjoy the story for what it is.

I've read far too many people who complain about something as silly as "Wolverine can't heal that fast" or "so-and-so doesn't have that much power" or "this character is not stronger than that character"... Really, why stress out over it? Just enjoy the tale for what it is. It's fiction. Nothing is set in stone. If you want that level of consistency, non-fiction books are rooted in reality. That might be more your speed.

Personally, I agree. Though don't take this thread as me complaining. I'm just making sure you have up to date information. At least on this character, seeing as the things listed here is actually outdated in ways such as the power he had(I can tell the power and abilities content formerly had what was said in the handbooks, which is incorrect, despite it being the most recent one for that character. A error probably from the writer)

Spencerz wrote: I actually have to question how legitimate Marvel's wiki is on this one. Our source is the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 13, which was published in April 2010, a few months before Warlock's death in Thanos Imperative: Ignition Vol 1 1 in July 2010. Warlock has stayed dead since then, and I'm curious as to how/why/when he got such a large power boost while dead.

It most likely is incorrect. It states he manipulates cosmic energy If I recall. Which is incorrect now. During Annihilation onwards, he now manipulates "Quantum Magic". I explained it in his power and abilities. He gained almost a new power set. He's a very hard character to get sometimes and has various drastic incantations. I've done my best to update the information on his page and tell you exactly what it is and even include whatever sources I know. That's part of the reason why I started this thread. To make sure the information present is up to date.