Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Marvel Cinematic Universe task force

The Marvel Cinematic Universe task force is a collaboration between WikiProject Film and WikiProject Television to maintain and improve coverage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Wikipedia.

General

 * Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * Marvel Studios
 * Marvel Television

Films

 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six

Television series

 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series
 * Marvel's ABC television series
 * Marvel's Netflix television series
 * Marvel's young adult television series
 * Adventure into Fear (franchise)
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six
 * Documentary series
 * Marvel Studios: Legends
 * Marvel Studios: Assembled

Television specials

 * Marvel Studios Special Presentations

Short films

 * Marvel One-Shots
 * Team Thor
 * I Am Groot

Digital series

 * WHIH Newsfront
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
 * The Daily Bugle

Comic books

 * Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics

Cast and characters

 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors
 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors (The Infinity Saga)
 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors (Marvel Studios)
 * List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors (Marvel Television)
 * Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Features

 * Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * Teams and organizations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * Species of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Music

 * Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Live attractions

 * Avengers Campus
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
 * Rogers: The Musical

Templates

 * Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe drafts
 * Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases
 * MCU cast indicator

Categories

 * Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe task force
 * Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe templates

Explanatory supplements
All film and television-related articles follow the guidelines established at both MOS:FILM and MOS:TV. There are further guidance for certain aspects of articles created through local consensus as discussed in the following sections.

Film casts
The following steps are utilized when creating the cast list on Marvel Cinematic Universe film articles, as presented by WP:FILMCAST:
 * 1) As casting announcements begin, actors indicated to be (or possibly be) in starring roles are added to the cast section and infobox as the news is released. The order should generally be based on when actors are revealed, while sequels may use the cast order on past films as a guide. Any additional news regarding supporting roles or actors in unspecified roles are added to a paragraph below the bulleted list and excluded from the infobox.
 * 2) Once any official billings or press releases by Marvel Studios are released, such as a billing block seen at the bottom of a poster or the end of a trailer, characters are reordered per that billing. An example of a billing block can be seen here. Note that this order should come from Marvel directly, as some news outlets that report on the film may create an arbitrary ordering in their article(s).
 * 3) Repeat step 1 if additional castings are revealed after an official billing or press release, and then reorder when a new press release/billing is released per step 2.
 * 4) Once a film is released, the cast list should be reordered a final time based on the main titles at the end or beginning of the film. Ignore any grouped actor names (usually placed just before or after with and and credits) and note that main titles are not the same thing as the end crawl.

As always, each film is its own unique case and these steps are meant to be followed as a general overview of the process. In some instances, additional local consensus may need to be formed such as with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame due to their exceptionally long cast lists.

TV casts
Marvel Television series generally follow the guidance as defined by WP:TVCAST for cast definition and order. For both Marvel Television and Marvel Studios series, "recurring" characters are usually defined as either 3 or 4 appearances.

Marvel Studios are approaching their Disney+ series as if they are feature films (see and this source) in several ways, including how they credit actors for each episode. Unlike conventional television series, the series do not clearly differentiate series regulars, guest stars (regular or "special"), and co-stars. Instead, each episode has one cast list during the credits as well as a main on-end title sequence that gives billing to the series' main actors. To represent this, the series cast sections use a hybrid approach of WP:TVCAST and WP:FILMCAST. Any actor who appears in the main on-end billing is listed in the section's main bulleted list as if they were part of a film poster's "billing block" per WP:FILMCAST, and they are listed in order of first onscreen credit per WP:TVCAST. Additional actors are noted in prose below the main bulleted list as is done in the MCU film articles, with recurring and guest actors included per WP:TVCAST. To create a cast section before the premiere of a series, the methods defined above for the films should be used.

In-universe links
When linking to in-universe subjects, such as a character or element, link to its MCU version instead of its comics version, if possible. Available links can be found at Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe characters, Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe features, and Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe redirects. The use of redirects are cheap, and allows articles to retain their links to MCU-appropriate redirects, should their targets change as new sections or relevant articles are created. MCU-specific links are not "broken" and do not need to be "fixed".

MCU-specific character and element redirects should point to their corresponding sections on one of the MCU list articles, rather than articles about their comics counterparts. An exception can be made if the section on the MCU list article contains substantially less information than the one on the comics article, or if no section exists on an MCU list article. If an MCU character is based on an obscure or minor character from the comics who is not notable, a (Marvel Cinematic Universe) disambiguator is not needed and the redirect should not point to a comics-specific article, in accordance with WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.

When creating redirects for an MCU character, element, or location, enter one of the following below the redirect target: If a character appears in a TV series listed here, add [series name]. Additional parameters can be found here. Next, create a talk page with the WikiProject tags outlined below. Performing these steps will place the redirect in the appropriate categories.

Resources
A list of reliable resources can be found at WikiProject Film/Resources and, which can be used across the various MCU films and television series. Additional television-specific references can be found at WP:TV/RS.

Unreliable
The following are not reliable sources. Be wary of reliable sources that report on information obtained from an unreliable one.

Helpful links

 * Marvel title sequence design credits and more at Art of the Title.
 * The Walt Disney Studios press site

Character articles
There is local consensus that an MCU character only warrants its own article if one or more of the following criteria is met:
 * The character has made at least in films and/or television series
 * The character has appeared in a film or television series in a
 * The character is an not adapted from the comics (see category), as long as notability can be proven for them

The criteria for appearances is to provide a clearly delineated standard for justifying these articles as separate from their comics counterparts. There is no deadline that needs to be met for such articles. Such articles should be incubated in draftspace until they meet this criteria and satisfy WP:GNG, including being discussed in reliable sources beyond a trivial mention. Focus on real world details such as the casting, characterization and reception of the character. Once a draft for a character seems ready for mainspace, a discussion should be held on either the draft's talkpage, the taskforce talkpage, or at Talk:Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to establish consensus on the readiness of the draft, upon which the draft will be moved to mainspace by a page mover. Submitting the draft to AfC is neither necessary nor advisable, as AfC reviewers may not be aware of this task force's local consensus.

Tagging and assessment
Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with the relevant project banners of WikiProject Film (WikiProject Film) or WikiProject Television (WikiProject Television). You may also find WikiProject banner shell useful. To each of these banners, you should add yes as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories, such as Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe task force articles.

Nominating articles for Good Article status
As a rule of thumb, feature films can be considered for Good Article nomination after their initial release. When there was an MCU films Good Topic, part of the retention requirements to keep the topic at its status was that new films would need to be nominated by one month after their physical home media release. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, this one month after the physical home media release equated to about six months after the U.S. theatrical release date. While there are currently no longer any featured or good topics for MCU content, and a film's release to home media is happening sooner, the six-month time frame is still a good guidance to consider.

This time frame could also apply to any Disney+ limited series and subsequent episode articles for such series. For ongoing series, the "main" article (i.e. Loki) should wait until at least the creation of a second season article to consider nominating, given that the "main" article will likely go through restructuring and splitting of content to season-specific articles. Seasons and episodes of ongoing series (i.e. Loki season 1 and its episodes) can likely also follow the six months guidance.

Miscellaneous

 * Use last names when referring to characters, except when to differentiate them with other characters of the same last name or if the character in question is rarely referred to by their last name. Asgardian characters should be referred to by their first names.
 * On articles about films or television series, the based_on parameter of the infobox should only list characters and creators present in the project's end credits. Additionally, if only Based on the Marvel Comics is used, the opening sentence of the lead paragraph should state, linking to the comics character's article.
 * For articles unrelated to the Loki series and Quantumania, use instead of  to describe alternate versions of characters, as that is in-universe jargon that currently only applies to Loki.
 * Short descriptions for films and television series should be formatted as follows to comply with WP:SD40: [YYYY] Marvel Studios film for films, [YEAR]–[YEAR] Marvel Studios television series for ongoing television series, and [YEAR] Marvel Studios television miniseries for television miniseries. If a year is already included in the article's title, such as Iron Man (2008 film), the year can be excluded from the short description. Television seasons and episodes have their short descriptions generated automatically by the television season and episode infoboxes.

Prep for Featured List nomination

 * Copyedit and nominate List of accolades received by Black Panther (film)
 * Copyedit and nominate List of accolades received by Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
 * Copyedit and nominate List of accolades received by Spider-Man: No Way Home
 * Submit the rest of the MCU FLs for Today's Featured List

Prep for Good Topic nomination

 * Nominate The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as a Good Topic
 * Expand and copyedit The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and episode articles to prep for Good Article nomination
 * Nominate Phase Two as a Good Topic
 * Expand reception and copyedit Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two to prep for Good Article nomination.
 * Nominate Phase Three as a Good Topic
 * Expand reception and copyedit Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three to prep for Good Article nomination.

Prep for Good Article nomination

 * Expand and copyedit Loki season 1 and its episode articles to prep for Good Article nomination
 * Expand and copyedit Eternals to prep for Good Article nomination


 * Expand Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four to prep for Good Article nomination

Other

 * Add the relevant Category:Television episodes by director and Category:Television episodes by writer categories to episode articles
 * Update section links that point to Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (see list of articles)

Did you know?
MCU articles have Did you know entries. They are listed here.