Thread:Foofinscoops/@comment-220364-20160623104227/@comment-27942366-20160626024423

Thank you for the advice about the references. I initially had the idea that references were needed for the history text, not the powers and weaknesses section, but I'll put it references for both next time. However, I do have a rationale for splitting the Toyman page, that simply being that the Post-Crisis Toyman was originally introduced by John Byrne in Superman (vol. 2) #13 as a "new" character who had never fought Superman prior to that. That would instantaneously eradicate all Pre-Crisis Toyman continuity, despite only very superficial changes being made to the details of the character. While the reintroduction of Pre-Crisis Earth-One elements to New Earth Superman continuity by Infinite Crisis seems to have restored at least some of the Toyman's Pre-Crisis history and moved his first appearance to near the beginning of Superman's career, as indicated by DC Universe Legacies #3 and Action Comics #865, the dubious nature of Post-Infinite Crisis Superman continuity and the fact that the New Earth Toyman was first introduced as a rebooted character necessitate the New Earth Toyman's separate page. I have also observed that it is general practice to separate Earth-One and Earth-Two versions of a character even when the history of the Earth-Two version seems to line up mostly with the Earth-One version up until the Earth-Two version's final appearance (e.g. Penguin, Riddler, Prankster), justifying my decision to create two separate Pre-Crisis Toyman pages for the Silver/Bronze Age and Golden Age versions of the character. Lastly, I would like to question the rationale of separate Earth-Four and New Earth Ted Kord pages based on even the explanation provided. You said that the erasure of Blue Beetle's Pre-Crisis interactions with Captain Atom and the Question was what necessitated the separate page. However, we don't have separate Earth-One and New Earth pages for Hal Jordan despite the fact that his origin and relationship with Sinestro, the Guardians of the Universe, and the Green Lantern Corps were drastically changed by the Crisis and Infinite Crisis. We also don't have separate Earth-One and New Earth pages for Martian Manhunter although the Earth-One J'onn J'onnz had a far different relationship to Mars than his New Earth self and spent a large chunk of time in outer space on New Mars that his New Earth self spent still serving with the Justice League. The same principle could be applied to Black Canary II's relationship with the early JLA to separate her page into New Earth and Earth-Two pages, though we don't. These Post-Crisis retcons are also what I would say are quite significant. Should these pages then be split as well? If not, can this be further explained to me? Thanks again.