Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20150717185409/@comment-61022-20150719164343

I like some of those ideas. Using the Skrulls as an example, here's what I think we should do:

Turn the primary race pages into disambiguation page. I think it should be structured like this:

(1) Like the character pages (Spider-Man, Iron Man] etc.) the most popularly known version of that race should be the featured version (so mostly the Earth-616 versions in the majority of the cases.) But instead of a description that is focused on that primary reality, it should be generalized in a way that best fits all the different iterations as best as possible.

(2) Followed by an Alternate Reality disambiguation. I'll this would work in a moment.

(3) If applicable, offshoot races. For example with Skrulls, the ones we most commonly refer to are actually Deviant Skrulls, they would get top billing because they are the most common. But we could then list the Skrullian Eternals, Skrullian Normals, the Dire Wraiths, and the Chitauri (Since the Ultimate version of the Chitauri have been identified as "Skrulls".

(4) Prominent members: Which would list prominent members of a given race. But it would link to their personal disambiguation page (if applicable) instead of a given reality.

Alternate Realities

I was thinking about the idea of doing a catch-all "Multiverse" for all those minor appearances (Stories where a race only makes a minor appearance) but I think for the sake of categorizing we should actually make pages for each different version. While the overall history might be brief, usually there are specific characters of that race that are featured in those alternate realities that do a bit more for the story in question, so we can use it as a portal to list all the members of that race that exist in that reality.

I think there should be some kind of thresshold for creating a page for an alternate reality for a popular race. Like at least a dozen members of that race appearing in a given reality.

If the race in that reality didn't have a significant impact on anything or didn't do anything, then it should specify what members of that race appear in that reality.

Homo Sapiens

I think the only race we shouldn't give alternate reality designations to is humans. There are just too many, and it would be an effort in and of itself.