Thread:Kyletheobald/@comment-30458768-20170103214334/@comment-3361105-20170103215432

assuming you mean appearance brackets like these;, their purpose is to track appearances of characters across comic books in our Category system.

Without the use of A, a character's appearance is not tracked. Simply adding their name under the Appearances section of a page isn't enough. (Of course it'll appear on the page, but it won't be tracked).

They should be used in the appearances section of the comic template, and on characters who actually appear in an issue (mentions don't count, even though we list them under appearances as well).