Board Thread:Policies/@comment-10473115-20150611004425/@comment-24091837-20150701122803

WarBlade wrote: Alignments have some merit for categorisation, but at the end of the day they are subjective and open to interpretation. The bad guy who does a good deed becomes the subject of pointless revisions when one person decides the character has earned a neutral alignment, while another contributor continues the claim that the villain is still the villain.

A similar problem makes a mess of the power grids. Some people assume that movie adaptation characters should be the same as the comicbook inspiration, while other editors are just prone to over exaggeration.

I'd be content to see the removal of alignments and fan rankings. Alignments are important for it gives a frame of reference for how a character is perceived by law enforcement, the general public, hero & villain teams, and heroes & villains in general, within the context of the corner of the multiverse the character is in, in addition in brackets you could put the true or the perceived alignment, you merely need to establish which goes where. You could even expand the alignment categorization to 10 D&D alignments in addition Uncertain/Unclear - mostly good, Uncertain/Unclear - mostly bad. I realize this is marvel not D&D, but it clears things up a little more. So even though a villain who does a single good deed is still evil he might be predisposed to a more lawful bent, the way certain boss villains tend to use the law to protect themselves from prosecution. Or a hero might do occassional criminal acts but are still good may be of a chaotic bent, the way some heroes with little regard for the law, might break it to protect the innocent. Then there are mercenary characters who might work for the highest bidder, but have an odd occasion where their conscience kicks in an they do a good deed but are either neutral in some way, or are totally undecided, but ultimately the article body must back up all alignment entries. All pages need to be have a main moderator assisted by two deputy moderators, and cannot be edited without the okay from at least one of the 3 moderators. The main moderator is chiefly responsible for the unkeep of pages under their care, the reason for two deputies is so that if the main is going to be unable to look after their pages for a prolonged period of time then the deputies are there to take over, whichever one has the time to put in. Any suggestions for changes to a specific page MUST first be put on the Talk Page for consideration & review by the moderators, before one of the authorized moderators changes anything.