Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-3406131-20140314000018/@comment-3406131-20140518123823

Peteparker wrote: Nausiated wrote: However I will point out I don't like how people just copy and paste the phrase "Similar to Peter Parker (Earth-616)#Powers" it's sloppy. I'd rather them copy and paste the relevant powers that apply to the character and paste them in alternate reality counterparts (or equipment, skills, etc.)

Well, the problem with that is now you have a WHOLE LOT of information that can't be substantiated. Did that Peter go through the powers augmentation with Mouldun? Did he wear the Iron Spider armor? We quickly get into making huge assumptions by copy/pasting. The problem is exactly this: "sloppy": People just copy-past the main page, remove the history text, don't add anything original and leave the page as it, so this is why I think a model should be respected: If this isn't shown, stated or (smallest part of the cases, but opening more or less long debats) hinted/obvious, we don't add it.

I won't start to write again a text about policy, but here examples: We can assume that it is Peter Parker is still under a secret identity (as it is his most known state, american, spider-powered), but we don't see his powers.
 * Peter Parker (Earth-538): We just see him standing in front of the Beyonder.
 * Scott Summers (Earth-TRN216): All we know is he is a mutant with red glasses. Does it has the same weight of Scott Summers we know? Not as we know, etc.

Peteparker, you think it is really useful to have a text showing the assumptions ? That would be as well a major amount of work. But on the other side, if we stick to that rule of "no assumption" that should be done. But isn't that too extreme ? Wouldn't it be better to do the reverse idea: adding in notes a texte IF there is something different, making evident or very contestable that a costume isn't wore by the classic character.

Focusing on the power section (and abilities, why add it when there is even less hints than for the powers ?):
 * We see nothing of the powers of a characters: ''Presumably those of...
 * We see a few: The better idea I see would be Seemingly those of..., including ... (only if there is some special unusual, or always ?)
 * We have a doubt about the character having powers: "Possibly those of", with an explanation (maybe in notes)

Another problem Deathlok and Phoenix. Do we really have to add Phoenix as name as soon as a character is shown Phoenix-powered, Phoenix-costumed or only if he is clearly named in-comics as Phoenix? Same for Deathlok: Was Garrett called Deathlok at least one time in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., for example.

Sorry for the lack of construction of that post, very tired, but wanted to post something about that, as other editors are doing the copy-pasting again.