Thread:Shabook/@comment-31615432-20181002003305

The Deke Shaw page had previously used a source citing his actor Jeff Ward's announcement as returning as a regular for Season Six as a source that Deke was alive. If my knowledge is correct, a character's status is determined first by their last appearance in canon and second by a statement from an official producer or actor from the MCU.

Deke Shaw was last seen as having seemingly been erased from existence for good reason due to the way the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. screwed up the timeline and inadvertently Leo Fitz got killed in the process, preventing Deke from existing. Deke's final appearance alludes that he is potentially erased from existence due to this incident (as all of his stuff be brought with him also disappeared alongside him) and his status was initially put as "Unknown". We already know that he will be back in Season Six, but canonically we don't know his fate, and it isn't a statement from an actor or producer confirming his fate either.

An example similar to this is that we know most of the characters dusted away in Infinity War have their actors set to reprise their roles as those respective characters for the sequel, but their status proclaims them as "Deceased" based on their last appearance, despite the knowledge of those characters returning in the next installment

I had made the appropriate changes to the page, but afterwards a user reverted my edit with no reasoning provided, and instead of getting involved in an editing conflict, I wanted an admin to resolve the situation instead.

If you could please comply and make the appropriate changes per the wiki's guidelines that would be benefitial so I wouldn't worry about this anymore. 