Forum:Temporary forums/Lists of Appearances

Proposal
It's been a longstanding issue that, contrary to expectations, many lists of appearances fail to list some of the character's licensed appearances! Thank you @Epsilon the Eternal for inviting me to write the opening post for his proposed fix: include invalid sources on lists of appearances. For instance, add David Tennant's performance in Attack of the Graske to Tenth Doctor - list of appearances, where (quite frankly) it belongs.

Please see /Martha Jones - list of appearances/ for 2 options regarding implementation:
 * 1) Present valid and invalid appearances in the same way. For instance, Legacy, an invalid video game, is not presented any differently than Lost in Time, a valid video game.
 * 2) Add a separate column which marks whether each appearance is valid or invalid. This makes it easy for users to sort and focus on one or the other.

Both options use a new tabular format for LoAs, as also demonstrated at Sabbath Dei - list of appearances, to provide more information to the reader while being more compact than the current system. While for now the tabular format will simply be an option which editors can choose to manually implement, one day it could be automated through @Bongolium500's infobox code tests. Additionally, in both cases, Rule 3 invalid sources – meaning those which we have pages for but are unreleased – can be listed in a separate section from the officially released appearances, as can mentions.

Regardless of which option we choose, it's a plain fact that LoAs aren't in-universe pages, so it makes no sense to omit invalid stories entirely. Hopefully we can prove the viability of these new temporary forums by coming to a quick consensus on this matter! – n8 (☎) 14:53, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

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