Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20121219004415

Hey folks, I thought I'd give my own contribution for discussion among admins.

It's regarding the "Modern Age" of Marvel Comics. I could be wrong, but I don't think Marvel has really defined where specific years start and end, but basically they said from Fantastic Four #1 to present it's been about 13 years or so. I was wondering if we should define when those years start and stop

Which could be quite the mess when considering all the flashbacks and untold tales and whatever... But I suppose if we simplified the reasoning of these years by original publication as kind of a guide... Like all the stuff from the 60s taking place in the "present" is basically year one. Of course there has been a lot of stuff added that appears between those tales, but at least we can get a basic groundwork to go with so we can kind of fit things in there.

Practical Uses

Big question of course is why? Well it would allow us to create a more-or-less accurate timeline for Wiki browsers to refer to so they can get an idea of the passage of time between one event and the other, it can also allow us to better characterize what references are considered "topical" as per the sliding time scale to actual "Marvel time"

The other thing I suppose it would allow us a better means of categorization, especially if we were breaking down lengthier pages (such as expanded histories) we could break down categories by what year.

Heck, we could even ascribe a unit of counting years in "Marvel Time" (Kind of like time designations use BC, or AD) I was thinking maybe a unit like MA (For Marvel Age, or Modern Age).

So for example "Year 1 MA" would signify the year in time between Fantastic Four #1 and whatever we can best determine where that first year ended.

Thoughts? 