Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3361105-20130322231945/@comment-1038387-20130503094427

"Exact quote, how different the characters are matters."

Only if combined with other factors. Such as DC editors.

"'"Exception that proves the rule,' is a phrase that doesn't mean it's most common usage."

I know what the phrase means, and I meant it in its proper meaning. The fact that we're making an exception for PE means the policy of not treating alt timelines as separate from the mainstream version is still very much intact.

"No other alt timelines are folded into the main article."

Incorrect. They're just not described in detail.

"it's a pretty leaky 'rule'."

It's a rule that hasn't been worked out in detail (and, I note, hasn't even been written down anywhere, that doesn't help either), but it's a good rule. The only leaks are because of the vague nature these things sometimes have - "reality" is an illdefined term has been applied both to alt timelines and alt universes.