Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1432718-20130507223708/@comment-7302713-20130510150900

Yeah, if it was just used as a production term then this wouldn't be an issue, because we wouldn't dream of adding anything where we didn't have confirmation of a story structure being written around production limitations. But the nebulous nature of the term and the way we've applied it to books (where there are no such production limitations) makes the application of the term a judgement call.

Maybe the article should mention that it's since been adopted as fan terminology to apply to any story which features a downsized main character appearance, with an example of a story that the term could apply to. And if we can find supporting evidence of an author referring to their work as -lite, then we can mention that this phrase has also been adopted by creators of alternate media works though not to refer to production but overall story. At any rate, that section of the article should be seriously downsized. There's way to much emphasis on things with little or no production on a page that's ostensibly about a production term.