Board Thread:Policies/@comment-1038387-20140216134503

There are currently several templates for reality categories, and some of them are outdated, even before the New 52. The crux here is that they're autocatted with "Destroyed" and "Existing" Realities, which is no longer correct.


 * Hypertime Reality Category
 * Pre-COIE Reality Category
 * Reality Category
 * TV and Movie Reality Category

My suggestions for a restructuring:
 * Get rid of the Destroyed/Defunct/Existing structure. Especially since of late, we've been seeing some revivals of formerly defunct realities. Also, there are realities that aren't part of the DC Multiverse (like Vertigo series) so that part is irrelevant.
 * Hypertime. HYYYYYYPERTIME. Kill it with fire. The concept is outdated, it's used on Elseworlds and Vamps. We have some Hypertime characters (here's one) but to my knowledge, no pure Hypertime reality categories.
 * Add an Elseworlds Reality Category for every publication with an Elseworlds stamp.
 * Pre-COIE can stay, but the Destroyed classification should go.
 * TV and Movie can stay, probably needs some tweak in the description to include video games.
 * In line with the Pre-COIE, a 52 and a New 52 category.
 * Perhaps a Vertigo/Wildstorm category for all the self-contained Vertigo and Wildstorm/Image/Homage series, like Sweet Tooth, Unwritten, Ghostdancing, Vamps, Zero Girl etc.

In some cases, categories would need multiple reality templates, but that shouldn't be a problem.

Thoughts? 