Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-16461120-20170503215607/@comment-61022-20170504173935

Yes, recaps are still flashbacks, however, we are making a distinction between which ones add to a character's chronology and which ones do not. The ones that don't are now going to be classified as recaps.

The main reason we are doing this is because it is easier for research purposes. For example, if you were to add something to the Spider-Man page and are pulling comics based on the list (as it is right now) you will be pulling countless comics that have flashbacks that only recap a previous story without adding any new information, or reprints.

For someone who has said trying to research the continuity of a character is too cumbersome for users, this would be a valuable way of lessening that apparent difficulty. You've said that some users don't have the resources that others have, however, if we are tagging things accordingly and writing issue summaries (instead of leaving them blank), then users wouldn't necessarily need to have every comic to be able to make valuable contributions.

At the end of the day, this is making our information more accurate and hopefully encouraging people to close the gaps in information that we have, instead of just adding categories and character appearances. Which is great and all, but we need people to focus on completing pages that have been blank for years.