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| - Hello fellow Wikians. After the proccess of the debate in which if the LEGO articles and pages should stay, I came upon the idea and notion that we should remove all non-canon character pages, but actually allow the game pages to remain. For example, we would exclude Madame Hydra, but not the Captain America: Super Soldier page, or Ymir and Thor: God of Thunder (same with mobile games too). The idea of allowing these non-canon characters to remain with their own pages in the Wiki honestly makes no sense. While, yes, the games are based on the MCU timeline as tie-ins, which is why they deserve their own pages, their characters do not. Adding them is not only a waste of time as it is also a waste making categories for video games-only characters and adding non-canon characters along canon characters. Also, I suddenly stumbled upon the Most Wanted page and saw that pages for characters like Dominic Fortune exist, despite, as the show never aired, this character basically does not even exist in the MCU. I know it is categorized under Cancelled media, but I don't see the point of having a character that virtually does not exist in the universe, so he, and other cancelled characters, should not have their own pages. I wanted to see the other users' opinions about this, as well as the admins (although I know some want the game articles to stay).- User:Draft227 August 09th, 2016 19:39 I knew that the Lego situation would open a dangerous gate... Regarding Most Wanted. It's an entirely new situation, as it is the first cancelled media of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, I shall remind you the purpose of a Wiki (not only of this wiki): To collect any and all information about a specific topic in the most comprehensive way. Marvel even released a character description for him, so I see no reason to delete that information from this wiki. Our goal is to collect and share information, not to restrain it. You said that it has a template to signal that it is cancelled media, so that's more than enough to clarify its status.--Shabook (talk) 22:57, August 9, 2016 (UTC) I have never been a fan of pages for non-canon characters. I prefer having their biography in the game pages, so that it is still shown for those who play the game, but not for people who search for a character hoping it is there.About the most wanted situation: No reason to remove any of it.TomasDerksen (talk) 13:46, August 11, 2016 (UTC) I agree that character pages for non-canon people are redundant. As said above, those characters technically do not even exist within MCU, although the products that featured them are tie-in materials. My opinion is the same method I suggested in the last weeks: The character pages should be removed and the character bios should be covered either in the main article of the non-canon product (video game, cancelled media, etc.) or in a sub-page like "Thor: God of Thunder/Characters". Shabook is right about the fact that wikis must collect any relevant information on their topics; however, I believe in the case of non-canon (or cancelled) products, only the product itself deserves its own page; its characters do not. Silacko (talk) 17:03, August 11, 2016 (UTC) I apologize if this may sound rude or blunt, not my intention, but the removal of pages about the characters, actors or any other concept that may have appeared in Most Wanted or any other project similarly cancelled before release is, simply put, not up for discussion.As for videogames, well, they are not my cup of tea, so I don't mind a rework of the pages.--Shabook (talk) 17:44, August 11, 2016 (UTC) No apologies needed. I'm not very insistent on removing the character pages of the cancelled media. I just wanted to state my opinion on this. Silacko (talk) 17:57, August 11, 2016 (UTC) I agree with Silacko's idea, and you do not sound rude. I just found it strange why MW actors still have their pages while people like Patrick Wilson who would play someone in Ant-Man had his page removed. Isn't the case similar here?Also, sorry for thinking the deletion of the articles was up for discussion, but since you brought the games, should we talk more about it? So far, from the four people involved in this discussion, all dislike the idea of keeping non-canon characters, and I know many more do from other pages. Draft227 Patrick Wilson was hired to play a role that, ultimately, he didn't film anything at all, and he doesn't appear in Ant-Man. Oded Fehr actually portrayed a role. Totally different cases.--Shabook (talk) 21:12, August 11, 2016 (UTC) This place is uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal. Last time we were discussing the Lego pages, a notification was sent by one of the admins. Maybe that would help. Anyways, I dropped by to propose also the removal of the "Video games only" sub-sections in the relationship sections of the characters. Silacko (talk) 05:50, August 15, 2016 (UTC)
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