Forum:Card Appearances guidelines

Since I joined this wiki, my first focus was Card Appearances. To this day, it's my favorite area to work in. There are several things that remain unspecified about them that I would like to clear up. First, what exactly constitutes an appearance? Generally, I only count appearances of the actual card or the card's hologram. Duel Monster Spirits are something I usually don't count. Despite this, part of me thinks they should be listed. The fact that "Witty Phantom" appears in the background in Dark World should count as an appearance. However, if we go this route, then we have cards like Winged Kuriboh" and "Yubel", who will have massive amounts of appearances that have nothing to do with the card. I discussed this with Deltaneos once or twice, but we never really came to any agreement besides that the fact that we both weren't sure.

Secondly, the actual card appearances pages. Some of the pages feature CardTable2, listing the anime/manga effects of the card when they differ from the TCG/OCG. Others features anime/manga effects written in prose. To me, this makes sense. The pages are about the card's appearances, so listing the effects the card has in in it's appearances makes sense. However, since the English anime and English manga lore parameters are now open by default in the main page, I see less need for this. But I still think listing the effect in prose is a good idea.

Thirdly, do dub hand/Deck shot changes count as appearances. Should they listed on the card pages, or only on the appearances pages? Cheesedude (talk • contribs) 15:38, May 12, 2011 (UTC)