Thread:Shabook/@comment-26838855-20170326180253/@comment-112155-20170326203252

BEJT wrote: For hard solid, dates, for example Howard Stark's death, that would remain "Date of Death: December 16, 1991", right? Yes, of course, it is oficial information from Marvel

BEJT wrote: But for flexible dates that we have only reasoned out, and are not confirmed (most dates on pages), dates should not be specific, as that may give the impression to readers that that is fact, which it is not, it is fanon. For almost everything, except the Netflix series, we know the year, it comes from Marvel, so it is fact and can stay. Day and month it's not fact, so it has to be removed. For Netflix series, Marvel has never even provided the year, so no dates. I think it's easy to understand why.

BEJT wrote: What about using the term "circa", usually shortened to "c." This term, usually used before a date, implies "approximately" for the given date - telling the reader that it is an educated guess. That is also speculation. A guess, no matter how "educated" it is, is unofficial.

BEJT wrote: So my suggestion - and I just wondered your opinion on this, would be "Date of Death: c. January 2016", using circa the reasoned month for articles, or something similar if you had another suggestion. This tells readers that this is not a factual date by any means, but that it is at least approximately close. As pointed above, we have to go to what Marvel has let us know.

BEJT wrote: Also, did you want the same rules for both character pages and events pages, or separate rules for the two? Same for everything, only facts.