Thread:Undoniel/@comment-3406131-20180524232225/@comment-3406131-20180605221315

The Many-Angled One wrote: Undoniel wrote: Harasar wrote: Undoniel wrote: The description as "staff" for authors that have never worked for Marvel If they never worked for Marvel, and some of them (like Mary Shelly) died long before the Marvel even existed, then maybe it is better to just make a redirect to their wikipedia page? I don't know if it's a shared opinion, but for me, Wikipedia must be limited to links at the bottom of pages. I think there is relevancy to have a Robert E. Howard or even a Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Earth-1218) page on the Marvel wikia. Since we are a wiki that dwell primarily with what's Marvel, I think having articles for people who have no history within the Marvel Universe is unnecessary given that information about them can be easily found in other sites such as the Wikipedia. Characters that have should have a page here, like David Bowie and Beyoncé for example.

Nausiated wrote: A workaround to the "Staff" issue is to put a preface in the bio explaining that they did not work for Marvel, but had their works adapted by Marvel staff members. I think this would work nicely. I'm not sure where you're heading, given the two parts of your message, and the mention to characters here. But Robert E. Howard (Earth-1218) and Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Earth-1218) are part of "what's Marvel" in a certain way (being credited kind of makes them part of the team posthumously/retroactively), and I don't feel like Wikipedia does the work that good, when it is our part to focus on their relation to Marvel.

For Nausiated's proposal:

I don't think I have the right phrasing here. And should the text be in a messagebox, or in italics?