User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20130429150943/@comment-1293767-20130429165949

Mini-mitch wrote: Mewiet wrote: A non-canon appearance is still an appearance, so I don't see why it should be removed, just labeled as non-canon.

By forum:What is a cameo?, there should be nothing like '(cameo) or '(non-canon)' after a story name.

That's a decision that doesn't make much sense. On one hand, I understand why cameo, guest, and similar titles would get crowded.

However, readers should know key differences in appearances. i.e. When an appearance is voice only, when an appearance is archive footage (or worse, voice archive footage), and when appearances are non-canon. I've been that person using wikias to try and find other appearances by specific characters, either for research purposes or for personal entertainment because I simply want more of that character, and if there's not a way to distinguish between such appearances it makes the access to that information needlessly complicated and often useless.