Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1272640-20170105050930/@comment-61022-20170324160544

No, it's not fair game.

We're the Marvel Database. So we are only going to add things that have been produced by Marvel Comics or other officially licensed media and merchandise based on characters Marvel owns (and to be clear, we mean specifically Marvel, not Disney, or any of its subsidiaries).

As far as properties that were licensed to Marvel, (such as Dr. Who), we typically only cover material that was published by Marvel. Period. That said, in the scope of the Marvel Multiverse, we only cover the comics that are officially connected to the Marvel Universe (as opposed to adaptations of Dr. Who episodes/Movies etc.)

The main reason is simple: Doctor Who is not our area of expertise. Also, if we were to add everything about Dr. Who (for example) we would detract from our central focus, flooding our Wiki with very irrelevant details that have no impact on our central area of expertise. Also, were is already a Dr. Who wiki that more than covers that subject.

Typically, with licensed characters we only do comic book summaries only and link people to the appropriate wiki if they are interested in learning more about those characters. The only exception to this rule is if they have interactions with Marvel owned characters that are sufficient enough to warrant inclusion here (typically with a reality designation), even then we would only cover those instances of interaction. There are some exceptions to the rule. Even though the Transformers/G.I. Joe universe (from the original comics from the 80s and 90s) have interactions with the Marvel Universe, we don't cover more than the issue summaries, Marvel owned characters, and stick to issue summaries. That's because most of that information can be found on the appropriate wikis.

So unless absolutely necessary, we stay away from that material because:


 * It's not our central focus.
 * It's covered somewhere else, and duplication of the same work is pointless.
 * It's not entirely relevant.
 * It takes focus away from our central area of expertise. (Someone adding non-Marvel info on a Marvel Wiki takes away from time people could be focused on adding legitimate Marvel things)

So no, it's not really "fair game" as you put it.