Thread:Midoki24/@comment-3567304-20141213004407/@comment-1387629-20141217045112

I'm glad you stuck around long enough to see that we're not all bad here. :) I'll try to answer your bullets point by point.


 * The confusion you're having with the specific versus simplified powers is a problem you'd only be aware about if you were here for years or told otherwise. When the database was started it included powers and abilities straight from the DC Encyclopedia books but was quickly expanded on by the first admins to include specific powers like the "blast" powers. Since they've gone, I took over this section of the database and started hammering out the usage and how they fit on the database. I, personally, try to cut down on specific powers unless they're completely independent.


 * I added another section to possession to include inanimate objects and not having to transfer the character's consciousness. It still fits the mold but should we decide otherwise maybe we could just fit them all into an "animate" category.


 * This one is a little more specific so bare with me. (Thank you for finding the time and energy to write this all out in English, I know I couldn't do so in Portuguese. Obrigado.)
 * Baron Blitzkrieg has a kind of power that a few other DC characters have, the most famous one being Ultra Boy. He didn't boost his power so much as attempted to use them all at the same time and then failed. Peter Cannon can also apply here as well, these stories imply that the powers is waiting to be switched.
 * Booster Gold's suit does have a power boost but items like that having electrical enhancements are murky territory and it could be plot specific. I'd need to see the panel itself. This applies to the Runestone as well as items and equipment are much harder to identify. (Take the Motherbox for instance.)
 * The Flash can transfer his speed force, this panel I already have. He does so to "share his speed" with his family, that's Energy Transference.
 * Superman's physiology has a lot of "plot powers" as I call them. They can change to suit whatever writer's need. It's his body that changes, not a power boost. Mantis falls under this category too. There is a trope called "flying brick" in which generic characters are given basic power sets and a lot of them involve a "plot device" where the hero or villain "needs more power". Electric heroes like Static do this a lot.
 * What Vartox did there was Molecular Reconstruction, taking a look at Vartox's Earth One page shows a really outdated and poorly written section. I'll clean that up to help better identify that problem. Thank you for the image and for pointing that out.

This discussion is actually very helpful for the kind of specific work I do here on the Database and trust that the rest of the admins are aware of the issues you're bringing up while I work with you on them. But the way that the powers are currently named are by two ways only and this style is the way the entire database of categories is run: it comes from an official encyclopedia or the books themselves. For example, if a character summons trees to attack another character then that could be called "elemental animation" but if the character never mentions the "name" of their power (since they rarely do anymore) and if it is never discussed again we can only make a judgement based of that information. We cannot call it what we'd like to call it because it would be the editor's bias and preference over what is given on the page itself.

I hope this helps.