Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4548390-20161111190827/@comment-16461120-20161204202526

Harasar wrote: I think that it would be better to start with clear definition of that counts as a "minor appearance". For me it's when character is only seen in the comic, but didn't say or do something meaningful for the story. For example, in many students appears, but most of them didn't do anything, they "just there", replace them with any other students, and it wouldn't change anything in the story. This is and minor appearance.

Based on this I completely agree that, , , etc. are minor appearance, but disagree that undefined and should be counted. For example, Exodus in recent issues of Uncanny X-Men was just a telepathic voice in the heads of his team, but even so he played a major role in the story.

Characters also sometimes play a meaningful role, the best example I can remember right now is Jean Grey in, as she helped Emma to break through from mind control, while all other characters  in that issue can be counted as minor appearance. Basically it is the same situation as that AnnabellRice said about, so perhaps it would be better to create separate tags for such cases. As The Many-Angled One previously noted, we'd still be able to accommodate issues where, undefined, or were a more meaningful appearance on a case by case basis simply by coding them slightly differently.

If it's a minor appearance you'd code it as:

Exodus (Bennet du Paris)

And if it's a major appearance you'd code it as:

undefined

Both would appear exactly identical; however, they'd be automatically categorized separately.