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Deriving appearances of individual constituents from an appearance of a larger whole should be applied with discretion. Although there are exceptions, it is generally advised that the appearance or mention of an entity alone does not constitute as an appearance of all of its constituents. For example, in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', there are instances in which all of the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] are gathered in the same space; however, only the Spartans who are explicitly named or described in the narrative are considered to "appear" in the novel. Similarly, while the [[quantum mirror]] is a component of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] armor and is thus fictionally present in all media in which the armor appears, it is only mentioned or seen in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' which is thus listed as its only appearance. | Deriving appearances of individual constituents from an appearance of a larger whole should be applied with discretion. Although there are exceptions, it is generally advised that the appearance or mention of an entity alone does not constitute as an appearance of all of its constituents. For example, in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', there are instances in which all of the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] are gathered in the same space; however, only the Spartans who are explicitly named or described in the narrative are considered to "appear" in the novel. Similarly, while the [[quantum mirror]] is a component of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] armor and is thus fictionally present in all media in which the armor appears, it is only mentioned or seen in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' which is thus listed as its only appearance. | ||
Unreleased media should ''not'' be added to an article's appearance list until the subject has been ''confirmed'' to appear in that work. Concept art or similarly vague information releases are not regarded as a reliable confirmation of an appearance in the final work. | |||
There are several templates which can be used to further detail specific types of appearances: | There are several templates which can be used to further detail specific types of appearances: | ||
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==== "Appearances" in articles for real-world media ==== | ==== "Appearances" in articles for real-world media ==== | ||
Pages for real-world media (e.g. games) have lists for the in-universe entities that appear within that work. In these lists, the appearances are grouped into categories (characters, technology, etc.) and listed in alphabetical order within their respective categories. In order to prevent these lists from becoming too extensive, less significant appearances or mentioned-only subjects may not be included. | Pages for real-world media (e.g. games) have lists for the in-universe entities that appear within that work. In these lists, the appearances are grouped into categories (characters, technology, etc.) and listed in alphabetical order within their respective categories. In order to prevent these lists from becoming too extensive, less significant appearances or mentioned-only subjects may not be included. | ||
An appearance list may be replaced with more specialized sections while there is very little information available on the final set of appearances in a given work; an unannounced game, for example, may use a tentative "Content" section to analyze the content shown in media released so far in prose form, rather than a bulleted list. | |||
=== Miscellaneous sections === | === Miscellaneous sections === |