DC Database:Prime Earth Project

A little explanation
The DC Database must strike a healthy balance between a historical perspective and attention to continuity. Sometimes, these two things are at odds. Ever since the New 52 began, we have adjusted our perspectives several times, and have been modifying our templates in order to accommodate the changes that needed to be made to maintain that balance.

Since the New 52 initiated a new timeline and, by extension, a new continuity, we have had to "split" characters who have long, storied histories between the previous mainstream continuity on New Earth (aka Earth-0) and the current New 52 universe that we call Prime Earth. Initially, we resisted this, but it soon became clear that, in a lot of cases, it was necessary to create Prime Earth pages for characters appearing in the New 52.

However, certain characters and corners of the DCU were essentially unchanged by the New 52. Most prominently, the Green Lantern characters, and most of the Batman Family (with some exceptions). These pages, we're still not sure what to do about.

So, up until this point, the Administrators have largely been dictating how all of this stuff is handled (we're pretty dictate-y in general). But, now you have the opportunity to discuss some of this stuff.

What you can do
You should use this article's talk-page to discuss or ask questions about whether certain characters ought to be split or anything to do with the practical handling of these issues. As per the Community Message, you can now begin to create pages for any character who does not belong to the Green Lantern or Batman families, and who does not have a pagename that uses the format "Codename (Real Name)" like Batman (Bruce Wayne) or Superman (Clark Kent). Anyone else is fair game - provided that you discuss it on this article's talk-page first.

Any new page you create should also include PEthing at the top, to help users to find the version they are looking for, if they happen to end up on the wrong version's page.

This page, however, is where you should come once you've made one of those Prime Earth character pages.

This page is meant as a place where users can list disambig pages that need to be split with the Dual-Highlight version of the template, so that the Administrators can ensure that the template is used properly. You may attempt to split a disambig yourself, but please do add it to this list so that the Administrators can check on it.

Please add items to this list below the line using this format:
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The big list
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 * Mister Bones
 * General Zod