Thread:Undoniel/@comment-3406131-20180524232225

Hi!

Repost from a proposition that unfortunately seemingly almost no one had seen earlier.

Some time ago, I was looking for a list of Marvel Comics adaptations of Robert E. Howard (and other related authors)'s works, as many of them are related, but couldn't find a decent list. As far as I've seen, that field would serve mostly for horror and sword&sorcery comics: Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, H.P. Lovecraft

So I'm looking to create a new field, to create those lists/categories.

Why create it

 * Cf. up there, why I got the idea. Basically, creating clear listing of comics featuring adaptations from authors by Marvel Comics.
 * The mentions of adaptations are listed alongside the other authors in comics (cf. Conan the Barbarian Vol 1), so that's pretty much harmonizing.

The field on the template and pages

 * As the other fields, it would be named on the template "AdaptedFromX_Y" (X being the number of the story on the page and Y the number of the author of the adapted story.
 * The field is named on the page as "Story adapted from original material by".

When would it be used

 * The field doesn't apply for the sole presence of characters:
 * For example, according to the credits, is "freely adapted from Robert E. Howard's story "The Grey God Passes": Robert E. Howard is listed in the field.
 * In contrast, is "inspired by the short story by Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan", and features Juma who "is the creation of L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter and is used by their kind permission": Robert E. Howard is listed in the field, de Camp and Carter are only listed in the creators field of Juma's page.
 * It can apply when "concepts" are adapted, especially when clearly stated to be related to a story:
 * features "concepts from "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft & "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" by Edgar Allan Poe".

The author of the adapted stories

 * Being listed on that field create the category Category:[Name of the author]/Adapted Stories, a subcategory to Category:[Name of the author]/Creator. (example with Robert E. Howard)
 * If the category exist, a field "Stories created by [name of the author] and adapted by Marvel Comics" would appear on the author page.

Any thoughts on that proposition? (details, stuff to be added, names to be changed, valid reasons for not doing it...)

Thanks in advance! 