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<p>Continuing with the splitting of characters from alternate realities into sub-pages, the same process will be applied to the yearly pages that comprise the Timeline set of articles, with an structure of Main Article/Differentiative. The Differentiative will always have to be an in-universe reference, ideally, the name of the reality they describe, or the point of divergence.
</p><p>Point of Divergence or POD is a term that describes a specific event that occured differently in an alternate reality than that of the main reality. For example, history in the Framework was actually based in five points of divergence related to Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Alphonso Mackenzie, Leo Fitz and Jeffrey Mace's biggest regrets in life.
</p><p>Right now, some differentiatives will be: Framework, Destroyed Earth or Time Heist. Differentiatives for the two different ones shown in the last episodes of <i>Runaways</i> are not as clear as these ones and I could use some suggestions, and obviously, more are yet to come with <i>What If...?</i>. As with characters, they always need to be an in-universe term, not just the name of the "What If" episode they appear in.
</p><p>Also, the main Timeline article will serve as an index for the different event chronologies, and the main yearly articles will have the POD marked if needed/available.
</p><p>Remember, the portrayal of some alternate realities, such as the Time Heist, may reveal events that also happened in the main reality, such as the Ancient One defending the New York Sanctum during the Battle of New York. Therefore, these events should be adapted and kept as they originally happened in the main yearly articles.
</p><p>As for the yearly articles, condensation is prefered in order to keep the wiki free of "single-lined" articles, while applying common sense. For example, if for an alternate reality, the whole events of the 20th Century can be condensed into a reasonably-sized article, or the 2010s prior to a single year that is the main one, then the articles should be aptly merged and named, instead of just creating them because there is a main universe counterpart for each decade of the 20th Century or each year of the 2010s.
</p><p>The main articles for a single reality are, generally, prefered not to be merged, such as the 2091 year article for the "Destroyed Earth" reality. Ideally, that reality will have an article for 2018 and its Point of Divergence, another one for 2091 due to its importance, and another one for the few years and events known in-between.
</p><p>Yearly articles that currently don't have a "main counterpart" will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Currently, it affects the 2021 and 2028 articles for two different timelines associated to the last episodes of <i>Runaways</i>, and given than both years have a high probability of having a main counterpart eventually, they will also be moved once a proper differentiative is chosen.
</p><p>Obvioulsy, questions regarding how to deal with the time travels of the last season of S.H.I.E.L.D. that just started will have to wait until it finishes and we know for sure how to proceed.
</p><p>Any doubts or questions, please keep them concise and to the point.
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<p>For the finale of <i>Runaways</i>, the point of divergence is clearly the arrival of visitors from the future (aka the last act of the final episode). Everything else was changed purely because of it.
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For the finale of <i>Runaways</i>, the point of divergence is clearly the arrival of visitors from the future (aka the last act of the final episode). Everything else was changed purely because of it.
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<p>Yes, that is obvious. What we need is a proper differentiative for the articles. Only one that has come to mind is "Gert Yorkes Dies"... </p>
<p>Yes, that is obvious. What we need is a proper differentiative for the articles. Only one that has come to mind is "Gert Yorkes Dies"... </p>
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<p>As someone who already poured over this for days on marvel.fandom wiki, may I humbly suggest "Morgan le Fay killed Gert Yorkes"?
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<p>Maybe that works for a TRN name in the Marvel Database, but I think that "2021/Morgan le Fay killed Gert Yorkes" is quite long for the name of an article.
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<p>Sounds good. So to be clear about the condensation part, are you saying that if, for example, another universe had one defined event in the 19th century, one defined event in the 1940s, and one defined event 2013, instead of creating pages named "Before 20th Century/Reality Name", "1940s/Reality Name", and "2013/Reality Name" just to match the names of the main articles, one differently named article like "Before 2014/Reality Name" should be made which would cover all three events?
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<p>This sounds reasonable. Just another thing, maybe i've missed it: there are gonna be also new Categories regarding alternate timeline Characters/Items/Etc?
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