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Currently we use popular terms for profiles, such as "Post Crisis", wich refers to everything during the period of 1986 to 2011, after the Crisis On Infinite Earths event. "Post Flashpoint" is used for versions after the Flashpoint event.
The "issue" is that "Crisis" is now an official term for DC Comics events, Final Crisis, Dark Crisis, etc. When we refer to "Post Crisis", we who read comics know that this is referring to the COIE event, but for newcomers this isn't telling them much.
I think we should change the names to the official ones:
Pre Crisis = Earth One
Post Crisis = New Earth
Post Flashpoint = Prime Earth
Profiles related to different editorial phases such as Superman (Rebirth) should be:
Superman (Prime Earth - Rebirth)
You may think that these names aren't popular and people wouldn't know what exactly they're referring to, wich is correct, however, I have two arguments for this
1. The name Post Crisis should be redirected for "New Earth", so when searching "Batman (Post Crisis)" on the wiki, it shows "Batman (New Earth)".
2. It makes the names equal to the ones from DC Database, a common source for average viewers. If they search Batman on DC Database, they'll find New Earth Batman and Prime Earth Batman, same as our wiki.
@LordTracer came with potential issues, he said:
I thought about a solution, and I have a few
1. Richard Dragon (Earth One and New Earth)
2. Richard Dragon (Pre Prime Earth)
3. Richard Dragon (Earth One)
I'm a fan of the third one. The character is the same between Earth One and New Earth, but originated from Earth One, so he should have it. However, I like the second one too.
The "issue" is that "Crisis" is now an official term for DC Comics events, Final Crisis, Dark Crisis, etc. When we refer to "Post Crisis", we who read comics know that this is referring to the COIE event, but for newcomers this isn't telling them much.
I think we should change the names to the official ones:
Pre Crisis = Earth One
Post Crisis = New Earth
Post Flashpoint = Prime Earth
Profiles related to different editorial phases such as Superman (Rebirth) should be:
Superman (Prime Earth - Rebirth)
You may think that these names aren't popular and people wouldn't know what exactly they're referring to, wich is correct, however, I have two arguments for this
1. The name Post Crisis should be redirected for "New Earth", so when searching "Batman (Post Crisis)" on the wiki, it shows "Batman (New Earth)".
2. It makes the names equal to the ones from DC Database, a common source for average viewers. If they search Batman on DC Database, they'll find New Earth Batman and Prime Earth Batman, same as our wiki.
@LordTracer came with potential issues, he said:
What would we do with characters labeled as “Pre-Flashpoint” though? I mean when it’s referring to both, like with Richard Dragon. His page covers Earth-One and New Earth since he’s the same character across both continuities.
I thought about a solution, and I have a few
1. Richard Dragon (Earth One and New Earth)
2. Richard Dragon (Pre Prime Earth)
3. Richard Dragon (Earth One)
I'm a fan of the third one. The character is the same between Earth One and New Earth, but originated from Earth One, so he should have it. However, I like the second one too.