Talk:Lists of Marvel Comics publications

We have to write down some explicit rules for the contents of this article/list.
[I am a newbie here.] It seems this article needs that the editors agree on some explicit rules about what should appear in this article and under what form. Right now, what I find most unclear is the rule for when an entry in the list (i.e., a specific Marvel Comics magazine) should link to some other article and to what article.

You have entries like Balder the Brave (a 4 issues series) pointing to a non-existent page, or entries like Avengers: Celestial Quest pointing to the general Avengers (Comics) entry. On the other hand, Avengers Forever points to an article describing the miniseries.

I don't think it is a good idea to expect a Wikipedia article about every Marvel magazine or miniseries. But they should definitely all appear in the List of Marvel Comics publications.

I think we need guidelines saying that, e.g., Balder the Brave (the miniseries) will not be an article, that the entry in the List will not point to anything, even when there will be an article about Balder the Brave (the character). And you do the same for Celestial Quest.

Comments?

PhS

Imprint Info
What do people think of including the imprint each title was published by? It's certainly useful information. If so, then in what format:

The Star Brand #1-19 (imprint: New Universe) The Star Brand [New Universe] #1-19

etc. Also, I'm assuming we'd explicitly state the imprint only when it's not printed under the main Marvel imprint, but I'm open. -Bindingtheory 00:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Article length
I think the following changes should be done to shorten the article's length:
 * removing those publications which are not part of the Marvel Universe to their own page
 * limiting mention of multiple series starring the same character (such as the various Venom mini-series) to one entry
 * eliminating individual entries for series set in Marvel's sub-universes (New Universe, Ultraverse, Ultimate Marvel) and replace them with links to their own universes' articles Wilfredo Martinez 14:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, perhaps a List of Marvel Comics publications, List of Marvel Comics publications (New Universe), List of Marvel Comics publications (Ultimate), etc. I think the multiple series thing needs to stay, somewhere, though maybe not here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Satansrubberduck (talk • contribs)
 * I disagree 100%. The article is not called List of comics taking place in the Marvel Universe. It is called Marvel Comics publications with the key word being publications. ALL books published by Marvel should be listed. That being said, multiple series about one character should still be listed. If an article, such as Venom, wants to list all of the series together, there's nothing wrong with that in addition. The fact that all publications should be listed, applies to the sub-universes too. JohnBWatt 18:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed, it makes more sense that way, but the problem here is that the article is too long, and getting longer. For practical reasons, it is easier to just break it into component parts (which also makes it easier for people looking for information on particular Marvel sub-universes and the like.) Wilfredo Martinez 14:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Varius Annuals or yearbooks should be listed here as well.
Such as Darkhawk (3 Annuals) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.111.39.110 (talk • contribs)

'''What happened to the A-M page???!!! It has disappeared ;-( !!! Somebody please do something.''' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.197.213.191 (talk • contribs)

Merge
I'm not sure it makes sense to have a partial page called "List of Marvel Comics publications" and a full page called "List of current Marvel Comics publications", particularly when "current" is a WP:DATED vio. Is there any reason not to merge the latter into the former? --Tenebrae (talk) 05:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * None that I know of. I vote Merge as well. -Wilfredo Martinez (talk) 01:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed merge - per nom. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 01:59, 5 December 2007 (UTC).


 * Merge Especially since there is at least comic on the "current" list that is no longer being published. Once they're merged maybe put an asterik or something by the current series to designate that. No need for a separate article. -Freak104 (talk) 17:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge (possibly simply redirect as most titles are here). Time to wrap this up? (Emperor (talk) 02:14, 1 November 2008 (UTC))

I've now changed the article into a redirect. I have gone through the list and added what I could find here but someone else should run through it and double check, after languishing for a while someone recently updated it so there might be some things there I've not picked up on. . (Emperor (talk) 17:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC))

I vote to put it back as two separate links. There should be a list of all the current publications done by this company so that people don't have to go through all the publications just to find one comic title. There can be a page for all the publications. That's my two cents. I guess I'm kinda late to put it in, but here it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvibert (talk • contribs) 6:33, 28 October 2009

shouldn't it have all the publications of marvel like the dc page of publications —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.217.33 (talk) 01:02, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


 * No - there are more detailed lists. This is really the top level placeholder for further links and shouldn't contain any links to actual titles. (Emperor (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC))

Redundant and a vio
This entire article is a WP:DATED vio and redundant with the article giving a full list of titles. Given how fast titles are canceled and new titles are launched, there is no encyclopedic guarantee that it's even accurate at any given time. -Tenebrae (talk) 13:56, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


 * In fact, User:Emperor says he had turned this into a redirect following the Merge consensus above. I'll look into this when I have more time. --Tenebrae (talk) 13:58, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I see what happened here; a couple of misdirected wikilinks contributed to the issue. I will complete the redirect Emperor started based on the Merge consensus. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:05, 23 November 2010 (UTC)