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[edit] Shared Universe Question

Should this be merged with Shared fictional universe? --Jim Henry 20:43, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Definitely. "Shared universe" is more common usage, but 'fictional' might be more precise; as long as there's a redirect from the other, I have no preference on which of the two is kept. --Calair 00:42, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Branding

Isn't this a form of branding? --AllanBz 06:05, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Subsections

The sections Shared-universe etiquette and Threaded time seem to be subsections of Amateur examples, (if so they should have another pair of =s in there) but could they be broadened to apply to "professional" examples as well? A lot of what's said seems to apply; cf. hypertime. -HKMARKS 04:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too broad?

I kind of feel like this list of examples include things that go beyond what this article is really talking about, especially the "posthumous" examples. Some other person wrote Oz stories after the original guy died - is that really a shared universe? If so, then every comic book, even ones that we would not normally say are in a 'shared universe', fall under this definition when the writer changes.

Also the "Trading Places" example really stretches things. Wouldn't that more properly be called a cameo appearance or something like that?

I'd like to hear some opinions before I take a machete to this article. ike9898 14:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

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This article is really good. I particularly enjoy the huge varieties of references. OhanaUnitedTalk page 12:47, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

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