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Conjecture, in terms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki, refers to judgments, exempted speculations and inferences formed without proof derived from official or valid sources.

Purpose

The goal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki is to present official and accurate information regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe in an encyclopedic format. Therefore, the pages on the wiki are not meant to be expanded using supplementary information from non-MCU sources, and the use of these unofficial sources, along with fanfiction or headcanon, to fill in knowledge gaps or to resolve unanswered questions is not allowed. Although speculation as a whole is disallowed on the wiki, speculations and deductions based on canonical information (conjecture) may be applied to pages when justified or necessary. However, all instances of conjecture used on the site must be indicated as such so that readers do not construe it to be confirmed canonical information.

The architects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe base their concepts (including but not limited to characters, events and locations) from the Marvel Comics that have existed for many decades. The comics serve as a primary resource to derive the information used to lay the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and to shape the storyline of its installments. However, information is never taken 1:1 from the comics verbatim, but are retooled and adapted to various degrees of accuracy at the creative team's own discretion and convenience. If a specific detail is not mentioned, confirmed or even implied on-screen or off-screen by those involved with its production, one should not assume that the unstated detail coincides with the lore from the comics.

For example, in the comics, Tony Stark was not the biological son of Howard Stark and Maria Stark, but rather a boy they adopted. Howard and Maria's biological son was instead someone named Arno Stark. While this information is canonical to the prime reality of the Marvel Comics, this should not be taken as also being canonical to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and by extension the Wiki, operates off the notion that Tony Stark is their biological child within the canon of the MCU. Another example would be that within the comics, the Asgardians and other deities possess the Allspeak or All-Tongue ability, which grants them the ability to understand all languages in their native tongue. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe has not displayed this feat, the Wiki operates as if the Asgardians and other deities presented within the franchise do not possess this ability, as assuming they share their comics counterparts' powers and abilities would be just that: an assumption.

Here at the Marvel Cinematic Wiki, our primary objective is to register and display the factual information of the franchise. In an effort to be accurate, unspecified and unconfirmed details tend to not be included. However, in certain cases, exceptions are made.

Exceptions

Given the scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe vs. the amount of background details unaccounted for, we are compelled to resort to a modicum of conjecture. When conjecture is derived from the Marvel Comics, it is primarily drawn from the mainline comics continuity (Earth-616) and the Ultimates comics continuity, the latter of which the Marvel Cinematic Universe has used as inspiration for many of its characters and storylines. However, if an MCU character is adapted specifically from a comic version outside of these two realities, then information from the adapted comic may be used.

Names for characters, groups, places and objects, which have been confirmed to exist within the fictional universe of the franchise, who are eligible to have an article created but not have been named within the franchise, be it fully or partially, may be subject to receiving their name from the comics by means of conjecture. If a character is partially named (i.e. their surname is revealed but not their given name) then they may receive a given name on the wiki should they be deemed as the MCU counterpart or equivalent to a comics character who possesses a full name. However, this conjectural name should only be used in the Infobox and the lede text of the page.

An example is Grandmaster, whose page contains the conjectural real name of "En Dwi Gast", the name he possesses in the Marvel comics, despite said name not being used in the MCU. The usage of En Dwi Gast on his page is limited to the lede and the infobox and must contain the Conjecture template/tag. However, once that is done, the tag is not required for additional usages of that name, including on other pages. For example, "En Dwi Gast" can be used in the Infobox or Table section for the Commodore page without requiring the Conjecture tag. This exemption to the stipulation is only allowed if the name that has been derived via conjecture is appropriately listed as such on the character's page.

To give another example, Magneto is mentioned in Deadpool & Wolverine. Conjecture Policy can be used to give him the name "Erik Lehnsherr", but the name must be relegated to the Infobox and the lede of his article, with the Conjecture tag applied, while all other instances on his page must use the name "Magneto". While the rules of the policy state that all usages of conjecture is to be noted, certain exceptions can apply. For instance, the name "Erik Lehnsherr" can be used in the Infobox and lede for Magneto's Helmet without a Conjectural tag being applied, because it is already applied on the Magneto page itself. It can also be used in the Relationships section of other pages without the need for the tag. A conjectural name may be used in Biography or History sections of pages, but only when deemed necessary. This specific exemption is administered on a case-by-case basis and typically when the conjectural name is a surname, due to the Wiki's policy of using surnames in articles.

Various metrics exist to determine whether a character can be deemed equitable to a comics counterpart: their appearance, their role in a storyline and/or their relationship to a principal character. A character who appears in the MCU with just a singular name, be it given name or surname, should not receive the full name of a comics character if it cannot be determined that they are intended to be an adaptation of said character. However, due to the speculatory nature of conjecture, exceptions may be applied by Staff members to each metric. For instance, certain characters possess a visual similarity to characters in the comics but have been confirmed to not be adaptations of said comics character. Therefore, conjecture should not be applied so broadly. If an exception is applied, Staff members should be able to adequately explain their reasonings in the respective Talk page should the decision be questioned. A majority voice of dissent from community members may result in said exception falling subject to a vote, in which case the Consensus and Voting Policy will be applied to determine the outcome.

Information that is revealed regarding a particular character or event stemming from an alternate reality may be accredited to the primary versions of those pages without the use of a template to denote conjecture on the condition that the information is accurately cited. However, this form of conjecture may only be applied if the universe in question is branched off or based on the primary timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known as the Sacred Timeline.

For example, Clint Barton/Hawkeye from the Age of Ultron timeline reveals his full name to be Clinton Francis Barton. Because his timeline's branch is based on the Sacred Timeline, meaning that his timeline is based on the Sacred Timeline in terms of its history up until the point of divergence, the name "Clinton Francis Barton" can be applied as the full name to all Barton Variants as well as the prime Clint Barton, along with its proper source cited, which in this case would be the What If...? episode What If... Ultron Won?. Should a Variant of a character who is of a reality not branched from or nor based on the Sacred Timeline have information revealed about them, it should not be applied conjecturally to the prime version or any non-branching Variants. This also applies vice versa; Variants who are not directly diverged from the prime version should not have "prime information" conjecturally applied to them.

The Blade who appears in Deadpool & Wolverine is not diverged from the primary MCU's Blade. While the Blade Variant from Deadpool & Wolverine receives the full name of "Eric Brooks" due to the eligibilites of the aforementioned metrics of the Conjecture Policy, should the primary Blade be referred to as Eric Brooks in Blade (film) then that cannot be applied or sourced to the Blade Variant from Deadpool & Wolverine. Instead, the Blade Variant in question retains the full name as conjecture until information specific to that version can be applied. Such is the case with the Elektra Variant who appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine, who does not have her full name "Elektra Natchios" cited and sourced to the prime MCU's Elektra, but instead to a source specific to Deadpool & Wolverine that uses the full name.

Article Names

Naming objects that appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is vital for the wiki.

In accordance with the Naming Policy, the wiki may generate names based on the dialogue and/or descriptions given within the dialogue as accurate as possible (e.g. Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant, Theta Brain-Wave Frequency Machine and Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device).

Races and Species

Most human beings who appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are never identified or stated as such on-screen. For instance, Pepper Potts is never referred to specifically as a "human". It is therefore suitable to assume that all characters from Earth who appear to be human are actually human and should be listed as such unless there is clear evidence to the contrary.

The same applies for other species such as the Asgardians, Xandarians and Inhumans, many of whom look identical to humans. As such, should a humanoid figure be present among Asgardians, they are to be considered Asgardian unless explicit evidence to the contrary.

Unnamed extraterrestrial and/or non-humanoid species who appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe may receive a species name from the Marvel Comics. When invoking conjecture for this purpose, the characters must be, without a doubt, the same species that are depicted in the comics. For instance, Yondu's species is never specified to be Centaurian in the MCU; however, comics Yondu, who is identical to the MCU's Yondu, is stated to be a Centaurian in the comics. Under those conditions, conjecture is eligible to applied to MCU Yondu to list him as a Centaurian. While in most cases these characters belong to the same species as their main comics counterpart, this is not always the case. If a character has had their species/race retconned by a more recent comic, then the MCU version would not automatically receive the retconned species title. If the MCU version is specifically based on the pre-retcon version of the character, then the pre-retcon species name would be the one applied conjecturally.

If a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is of a different species than their comics counterpart, conjecture may be applied to determine the species of the MCU version. However, when conjecture is invoked in these purposes, any name used should be an official name. For example, if a character was said to be from a planet known as Arcade, but the term to refer to its citizens is never specified in comics or other supplementary material regarding the name of citizens of the planet Arcade, then terms such as "Arcadians" or "Arcadese" cannot be used, for those are names that are unofficial and are being generated for the sake of granting a character a species name for wiki purposes. However, if the term "Arcadian" was used officially, then it may be used.

Ultimately, the Conjecture Policy should not be used to falsely accredit a species to a character for the sole purpose of wanting to avoid having the character have an unlisted Species entry in their infobox. An example of this would be Stakar Ogord, who is Arcturian in citizenship but not in species, in contrast to Thor, who is Asgardian both in terms of citizenship and species. In this case, Ogord should not have his species listed as an "Arcturan".

Citation

General Cases

Invoking the Conjecture Policy to list a conjectural name must have the Template:Conjecture applied wherever conjecture is used. This template underlines the information to denote to readers that what they are reading is conjecture.

Sometimes, only part of a character's real name is conjectural, often their middle names, although occasionally it may occur with their given names or surnames. In these cases, only the conjectural name would be applied within the template. If the middle name receives an official source independent from the rest of the name the source is linked at the end of the full name. For example, Tony Stark's first name of Anthony is revealed in Iron Man 2 but his middle name is listed through supplementary materials and is not present on-screen until Spider-Man: Far From Home. Instead of placing those citations next to the middle name (Anthony Edward<ref><ref> Stark) it would be placed at the end of the name (Anthony Edward Stark<ref><ref>).

Tiers

Certain cases require further explanation beyond highlighting the conjectural part of the real name, and clarify how the name was chosen according to the policy. These different cases, known as tiers, are explained below:

Known Only by Codename

Characters that are referred only by their comics codename are allowed to be added their real name per the conjecture policy. The whole real name has to be included within Template:Conjecture, and outside of the template, a reference with the formula "{{Ref|ConjecCode}}" after the name.

Per Visual Resemblance

Characters that are adapted from their Marvel comics counterpart, sharing a set of unmistakable visual similarities, but do not explicitly receive a name, are allowed to be added their real name per the conjecture policy. Either the whole real name or the codename, whichever one is conjectural, has to be included within Template:Conjecture, and outside of the template, a reference with the formula "{{Ref|ConjecPVR}}" after the name (e.g.: Mister Gryphon, One Above All).

The reference template reads: The name of this character was not stated, and is derived from their Marvel Comics counterpart via the Conjecture Policy due to a visual resemblance.

Relatives of a Character

Characters that are relatives of other established characters, but are only referred by the honorific signaling the relationship, are allowed to be added their real name per the conjecture policy. The whole real name has to be included within Template:Conjecture, and outside of the template, a reference with the formula "Character's Relationship" after the name (e.g: Faith Bradley as Isaiah Bradley's Wife, or Max as Frank Castle's Dog).

The reference template reads: The name of this character was not stated, and is derived via the Conjecture Policy due to their relationship to a named character.

Names Revealed in Non-Canon Media

Characters whose name is revealed in non-canon media such as novelizations or video games are allowed to have said names applied to the prime version due to the Canon Policy and Conjecture Policy listing the characters from these media as being branching Variants, or Variants based on these prime selves. As such, these names are also eligible to be applied to other associated Variants. However, in the event that an unnamed character has multiple associated Variants with different names, the name of the strong majority should be used. An example is Allen, an Air Force official present in Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Four alternate versions of him appear through non-canon media, but while three of them are referred to as Julius Allen, one is referred to as Gregory. As such, Gregory is only applied to that one installment while Julius Allen, the name of the majority, is applied conjecturally to all pages applicable, including the prime version, who is renamed Julius Allen. The names from these Variants are applicable even if the Variants come from universes whose tales unfold differently than in the Sacred Timeline, e.g: Bezerra and Duhg.

The reference template reads: The name of this character was not stated, and is derived from their Variant via the Conjecture Policy.

Rename Template

The Template:Rename is a maintenance template that can be invoked on an article using a conjectural name, with the Talk page then used to discuss and propose a potential better name that also adheres to the wiki's policies.

If a consensus to keep the current name or to change to the newly proposed name is not reached, a vote can be proposed following what established in the Voting Policy.

If a conjectural article is moved following the reveal of its actual in-universe name, or to fix any spelling mistake in the name, the whole discussion and voting process can be skipped.

If the page is decided to be renamed, any administrator or content moderator who actually performs the move must make sure that all links point to the correct destination using this special page.

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