Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24675861-20141030052039/@comment-112155-20141030063526

Sometimes, the expansión template is used in articles that are written like telegrams, and need to be redacted.

An article or section that says "Been there. Done that. Then left." is not the quality we are looking for in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki.

The same with those articles that say "At some point in his life..." (as it he could have done it before its life, or after his life...);

The same with the articles that have paragraphs that begin with "After this, that" (for example, it's not the same to say in Skye's article "After being kidnapped by Michael Peterson, Skye joined Coulson's Team" than "Skye was kidnapped by Michael Peterson, Phil Coulson and his team aided in her rescue, and Coulson offered her a place in his team.")

Other times, as you said, the expand template is placed to improve an specific section. The equipment section for "common characters" (the ones that use common equipment, basically firearms and normal weapons") should be modelled after Phil Coulson or Grant Ward articles, explaining from an in-universe point of view which kind of weapon it is (pistol, handgun, rifle...) how did he obtained it if it is relevant (taking it from an enemy is relevant, taking it from their weapons crate is not) and where/when they used it.

For the abilities section, we should come up with a standard way to reference common powers (such as super strength, super speed, flight) and common abilities (proficiency with firearms, hand to hand combat, espionage, multilingualism...)

Hope all of this helps