Template Instructions

Hello all, I wanted to throw this together as a quick instruction in the use of the templates used specifically within the comic page templates. The Thor Wiki is different from the Marvel Wiki, even though a lot of the templates are the same or similar, they've also been modified and we do not use all the same ones. For example, the Thor Wiki does not use the Mention template, because being mentioned, is NOT an appearance whereas the Marvel Wiki likes to believe that it is.

So that being said, we have the below templates that are used within the comic template. A regular appearance utilies the template so it would be like

- This would be used for a First Appearance of a character, item or whatever - This would be for a cameo appearance only, where the person or whatever is only in one panel, in the background, doesn't have any speaking parts. This also creates a different category than the regular Appearance category, it creates the Cameo category, which then needs to be created using the template. This moves these to a sub-category of the regular Appearances category. - This is similiar to the Cameo template. This is used when the character makes an appearance only as a flashback to a specific older issue. So if Captain America appears in an issue of Thor where Thor is remembering the time Cap picked up Mjolnir, that would be a FlashOnly appearance. This also creates another category type and needs to be created using the template. - This is used when a character appears in the present and past narrative. This still puts them in the regular Appearance character. A prime example of this might be the recent issue of War of the Realms. Where the present narrative is Thor and DD in the Sun, where other characters appear "earlier", but these would not be FlashOnly because it's still within the present narrative, and not an older appearance from an earlier issue.

Also, before creating pages for characters, locations, items or whatever, please make sure to create the appropriate Appearance Category page, as several templates needs these to be created first in order to work properly. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks! Eetmi (talk) 16:24, July 14, 2019 (UTC)