Thank you for experimenting with the page Template:X-Men on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. First Class books are not in canon with the rest of the line, therefore they are not "flashback" titles, and we do no need an unnecessary line clogging up the template more. 68.49.68.231 (talk) 19:27, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
I disagee with your logic. "Alternate" suggests a different world in the Marvel Universe. The first class stories, as well as the back-up stories from Classic X-men take place in the 616 Marvel Universe. They are thus "cannon"; not alternate. Calling the book, "flashback" denotes this point. I would disagree that this is an unnecessary distinction. (Abaddon667 (talk) 23:27, 11 May 2009 (UTC))
- No, they are not canon. There are things in the books, like the characters playing X-Box, as well as relationships which do not fit in with the timelines of the original runs. Hence, they are in an alternate universe. The world's may be similar, but there are enough differences that shows they are alternate worlds, plus, absolutely nothing that has happened in the book has any effect on the main books, and there's been nothing stated as such by anyone working on the book. If you can find something that proves that they are in canon, fine but with all the things that have dated it too recent for it to fit in with past continuity of the main 616 line, there's too much proving that it is NOT canon. This is a site for facts, not opinions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.68.231 (talk) 23:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
The Marvel Universe is on a "floating timeline" or a "sliding timescale". For example, Flash Thompson from Spider-man went to Vietiam originally, but that's been changed to a later conflict make sense in the Marvel Sliding Timeline. The X-box example is another feature of this concept of a sliding timeline. As for the Classic X-men back up stories, that is canon as well, yet you have no argument for it. (Abaddon667 (talk) 01:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC))