Thread:Tupka217/@comment-16581186-20171021170408/@comment-1038387-20171021181343

The marital status field is problematic in more ways than one, and has been for some time.


 * Characters can be divorced, widowed and (re)married all at the same time. But the template can only take one.
 * It takes current/most recent status rather than the historical perspective we have in the rest of the infobox.
 * The template and the field were created during New Earth, when the only previous universes were far more conservative regarding relationships. The relationship field on New Earth represented the current status. But Flashpoint changed all that. All of New Earth, which was much more progressive and fluid in its relationships, was now history. To change the field because they were dating in two panels that happened to be the final two just feels... counterinformative.
 * The Dating option was added later. I know some admins weren't happy with it at the time. Dating is far more vague than engagement, partnership or marriage and is not a legally recognized thing.

I proposed some time ago to change Single to Unmarried, but I don't recall it making traction.