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Here are some necessary tasks and some suggestions for making the big move from New Earth to Prime Earth.


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Strategy Edit

  • Compile a list of 2012 debuts.
These can be moved normally with my bot.
  • For all other characters, each admin must go through all of the issues of his pull for the New 52, and makes a list of characters who need new pages that didn't debut in 2012 - including 2011 character debuts, since not all of them will be New 52 characters. We can pick up each other's slack as we go.
  • We can compile the list(s) on some new page like "DC Database: Prime Earth Project" and protect the page so that normal users will keep their I-Told-You-Sos to their own pages, and we can keep a proper handle on things.
  • Once all of the information is prepared (we should probably work on the new pages in secret, and off-site (via text file), we can do it in one night (weekend?) and change everything in one fell swoop, so that it's near-immediate, and we don't have to deal with as much confusion.
  • Once a character on the list is ready to be moved, we can signify it by bolding it, or something, and then use strike-out tags once it's BEEN moved.
  • All new pages should indicate that the events of flashpoint resulted in the creation of an alternate timeline in which New Earth became Prime Earth, and all characters histories were changed to varying degrees.
  • All of the pages should just be everything that's listed under the DCnU or Post Flashpoint heading from the New Earth page, plus an explanation of the universal shift.
  • Significant characters will require links to origin pages. Characters whose histories are virtually intact (albeit ludicrously compressed) like Batman, Alec Holland, and GLC should contain a link back to their New Earth page (preferably in-universe), to serve as explanation for history which remains canon, as far as we know.
  • Google optimized pages like Superman (Clark Kent) will have to be renamed as (New Earth) - which is fine, since all of their sub-pages are named like that. The new pages can then just take those page names back.
  • Since all of the pre-flashpoint books (that I'm aware of) ended conclusively (by that, I mean that their story arcs finished), there shouldn't be any loose ends on the New Earth pages to tie up.
  • Character pages like Batman and GLC, who have not changed much might include in the notes or at the end of the history section, a blurb about the DCnU, and how the character's history essentially continues on Prime Earth.

Notes about moving: Edit

  • -cat:"Book Vol #/Images" should take care of most SOURCED images for pre-existing characters.
  • -cat:"2011, November", -cat:"2011, December", -cat:"2012" and -cat"2013" ought to be good for replacing all pre-existing characters' appearance links with PE links. (Might be as easy as switching out "(New Earth)" for "(Prime Earth)" - meaning I wouldn't have to do them one at a time. Nice.
  • The new disambig template (which is not currently in use, though it could be) allows for two characters to be highlighted. Currently, I've set it up so that the mainstream continuity (New 52) version appears on the right, and the more recognizable pre-flashpoint version appears on the left. The template indicates them as such using an infobox, and specially aligned text. That text could stand to be refined. Here is an example: User:Hatebunny/Abbydisambig. The right-hand highlight option will not appear unless {{{MainPage2}}} is filled out.
  • Universe fields for new characters need to be changed with a bot for Category:2012 Character Debuts and Category:2013 Character Debuts. Category:2011 Character Debuts could work too, if they are done one at a time, and all non-PE characters are skipped.

Characters who need Prime Earth pages Edit

Characters who can be moved with a bot Edit

Characters who are currently redlinks Edit

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