Public Domain Character Profiles

[VsDebatorMan2]

The title is a discussion about the creation of profiles for characters whose stories are in the public domain. Like the OG Arsene Lupin, and Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Should we make it where the og novels are a separate thing from series like the BBC continuity? And why hasn't anyone tried to create profiles for ACD Sherlock and Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin?

 

[VsDebatorMan2]

Bump.

 

[VsDebatorMan2]

Bump.

 

[Bobsican]

A character being in the public domain doesn't open the room for compositing (aka, treating separate canons as the same thing and indexing it as a singular character), each canon still has to be treated separately, case in point how IRL historical figures and deities are indexed within their portrayal of a given series, or how Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh still have profiles for multiple incarnations within a given canon. The only thing public domain enables is more leniency towards indexing stuff without official permission of the original copyright owner (if any of course), like Slenderman and the like, over being banned from VSBW and becoming Alt Battles Wiki material (cough SMG4).

For this case, only the original novels should be used for the "original" Sherlock Holmes and the like, anything else would be more series-specific and would depend on the context, see the Canon page for more information as what should be within the boundaries of a given character interpretation.