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{{moss|Lists of appearances should be formatted as sortable tables. Use {{w|sentence case}} when titling a list of appearances page.  When making a link to that page in an infobox, [[pipe trick]] to the emboldened and italicised phrase, '''see list'''.}}
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'''Lists of appearances''' are [[Tardis:Subpage policy|subpages]] associated with our in-universe page on an element (such as a character, location, or group, to name a few). These pages list media covered by the Wiki which feature that element. Such subpages should only be created if listing '''at least four appearances in total'''; otherwise, it suffices to list these appearances in the |appearances= field of the main page's [[Tardis:Infoboxes|infobox]]. 

Only actual appearances, however minor, should be included: mere mentions do not suffice. It must be noted, however, that in prose, a single "mention" by the narrator of a story might suffice to count as an on-page "appearance", depending on circumstances.

As decided in [[Forum:Temporary forums/Lists of Appearances|a Forum thread]], [[Tardis:Valid sources|invalid, but covered sources]] ought to be included in lists of appearances without distinction. On the other hand, non-covered sources, even partially-licensed ones eligible to citation on a /Non-covered_sources, should not be listed. Unproduced or unreleased works should get their own table below the mainline one, as seen for example at [[Sabbath Dei/Appearances]].

<!--[[Thread:128711|As decided in this forum discussion]], -->Our general house style of using {{w|sentence case}} to title pages and section heads does indeed apply to the various pages in [[:category:lists of appearances]]. Consequently, the format for naming such pages will be:
<pre>
Topic/Appearances
</pre>
When linked in an infobox as the value of the variable {{{appearances}}}, it is [[pipe trick]]ed thus, using the {{tlx|appears}} template:
<pre>
[[Topic/Appearances|'''''see list''''']]
</pre>

Lists of appearances should be formatted as sortable tables, with '''the default sorting being by medium''', like this:
<pre>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" | Title
! Medium
! Series
! Author
! data-sort-type="iso-date" | Release date
|-
|''[[Example Novel One (novel)|Example Novel One]]''
|rowspan=2|Novel
|''[[The Example Series Adventures (series)|The Example Series Adventures]]''
|{{sortname|John|Smith}}
|[[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]]
|-
|''[[Example Novel Two (novel)|Example Novel Two]]''
|''[[The New Example Series Chronicles (series)|The New Example Series Chronicles]]''
|{{sortname|John|Doe}}
|[[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1963 (releases)|1964]]
|-
|''[[Example Audio Play (audio story)|Example Audio Play]]''
|Audio story
|''[[Example Audio Series (series)|Example Audio Series]]''
|{{sortname|John|Smith}}
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]]
|-
|''[[Example Comic Story (comic story)|Example Comic Story]]''
|[[Example Publication Magazine backup comic stories|''Example Publication Magazine'' backup comic stories]]
|Comic story
|{{sortname|John|Doe}}
|[[2 January (releases)|2 January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|}
</pre>
Which produces this result:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" | Title
! Medium
! Series
! Author
! data-sort-type="iso-date" | Release date
|-
|''[[Example Novel One (novel)|Example Novel One]]''
|rowspan=2|Novel
|''[[The Example Series Adventures (series)|The Example Series Adventures]]''
|{{sortname|John|Smith}}
|[[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]]
|-
|''[[Example Novel Two (novel)|Example Novel Two]]''
|''[[The New Example Series Chronicles (series)|The New Example Series Chronicles]]''
|{{sortname|John|Doe}}
|[[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1963 (releases)|1964]]
|-
|''[[Example Audio Play (audio story)|Example Audio Play]]''
|Audio story
|''[[Example Audio Series (series)|Example Audio Series]]''
|{{sortname|John|Smith}}
|[[4 March (releases)|4 March]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]]
|-
|''[[Example Comic Story (comic story)|Example Comic Story]]''
|Comic story
|[[Example Publication Magazine backup comic stories|''Example Publication Magazine'' backup comic stories]]
|{{sortname|John|Doe}}
|[[2 January (releases)|2 January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|}