Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20161213202224/@comment-4651179-20161214003425

Villains
I'd prefer it if the section was renamed to simply "Antagonists" unless in addition to renaming it to "Featured Antagonists" we created a section for "Minor Antagonists." An good example of places where we could implement this "Minor Antagonists" section is, where the heroes fight a horde of villains but most of them are cannon fodder and the main antagonists are simply Baron Zemo and Hydra, or , where Daredevil is fighting Blizzard and Living Laser for a few panels before the story kicks off.

Flashbacks/Flashforwads
Opposing a "Chronology Notes" would be crazy for me considering I proposed its groundwork. So I don't even need to comment on that.

However, I'm not entirely sure about the necessity for breaking down the appearance list in case there's a substantial difference in time between the two narratives. It's all pretty subjective stuff.

Appearance in Recaps
I think that we are mixing up old-school style flashback recaps (see any given Captain America: Sam Wilson issue for an example of these being used in modern times) with the type of recaps featured in the fifth Avengers volume and Spider-Gwen that were discussed elsewhere.

The ones in the first example are, for the sake of redundancy, exactly like the type of recaps seen in old comics. The protagonist is in the middle of the story and then one entire page of inner monologue and flashbacks is dedicated to telling you how did they get there, or who is X character.

The ones in Avengers and Spider-Gwen serve the same purpose as the text recap pages seen in the beginning of any comic, and are simply a different way to providing the information from past issues. You either got some text with an image from the previous issue (like in here), the recap information disguised as a newspaper front page (like in here), some text with a cool protagonist illustration (like in here), some in-universe way to provide that information (like in here), or a collage of panels from previous issues in sequence like a flashback (like in Spider-Gwen, here).

This second type of recaps isn't part of the book's narrative, and they are simply a collage of panels from the previous issues. I don't think we should list the appearances in that type of recap page.

However, I agree that we could make a distinguish between the narrative flashbacks that recap information for the reader mid-story and those that provide new information. We could create  to differentiate a flashback that reveals the killer from a flashback that is simply the protagonist narrating how did they get to where they are (taking into account that we have already seen that happen, of course). In addition to this tag we could create. These two tags would be essentially a new secondary version of and

Mentions
It's been a while since I've seen an editor place a mention elsewhere that isn't the "Other Characters," but I agree. I have seen articles for older comics having mentions in other sections.

Eliminating "False" Appearances
Like Annabell already clarified, mentions haven't been categorized as appearances for a while now. We have had categories like Category:Peter Parker (Earth-616)/Mentions for a while now.

Regarding photos, we could edit the templates and create a new category in the same way mentions were modified. When characters have minor appearances in photos, screens, etc. replacing the "a" from "{{a|" with "Photo" or "OnScreen" could add a new "/Minor Appearances" category instead of "/Appearances."

Long Tags / Removing Clutter in Appearances
I agree that certain tags could be shortened up. "In a photograph only" could be simply "Photo," "Appears in flashback and main story" could be simply "Flashback and main story," and so on.

Clear Definitions for Appearance Section
I think "Supporting Characters" should be used for secondary characters and not simply to list regular members of the supporting cast regardless of the importance of their appearance.

While Aunt May and MJ Watson are both members of Spider-Man's supporting cast, they shouldn't be listed in the same section of an appearance list when in that certain comic MJ appeared helping Peter throughout the story whereas Aunt May appeared for one panel wondering why is Peter late for dinner.

As an alternative, "Supporting Characters" could be renamed to "Secondary Characters" considering sometimes a comic features a secondary character who's given panel time but their narrative doesn't revolve around supporting the protagonist.

I don't think "Other Characters" should be given a heriarchy and the people listed on it should be simply listed in order of appearance, the same as the other sections.