Thread:Undoniel/@comment-5270921-20190224042313/@comment-1009000-20190224225844

No need to be sorry, it’s a good debate. I’m sorry if I turned it into an edit war.

Look, I agree with many things you‘re saying, Alain. But I strongly disagree with your idea that our information needs to reflect Marvel‘s stance. Marvel is a business and as such has a different stance on character creation - namely the fact that they owe credit and probably money to a character‘s creator. This has led to several lawsuits over the years as well.

Our position as an encyclopedia has to be one of using references and sources to make our own informed decision. We owe everything to sourced information and nothing to the company. In that aspect, I really don‘t see Thomas‘ opinion as less relevant as that of Marvel as a company, because their answer is not based on historical truth, but financial interest. Certainly both are subjective. It is our own call which to value higher. I agree though that Trimpe‘s own hesitancy to be named a co-creator is a valid point.