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I don't think this is the correct term, and I'm also not sure it makes sense to have a whole article combining these. They are all separate films/series/franchises that are just going to be labeled "Elseworlds" to differentiate them from the new DCU. That doesn't mean they are connected in any other way. At the moment most of the projects on here are part of the Reevesverse and really should be listed at their own franchise page, not combined with unrelated movie and TV projects here. I feel it would be more appropriate to have a bullet point list or basic table with each project that gets the label, and we can put that at the DCU or DC Studios pages. The development info of how the Elseworlds term came to be used can also go at those pages. This currently seems like Wikipedia is inventing a new franchise that doesn't actually exist. - adamstom97 (talk) 05:02, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of "franchise", we could call this a "label" or "classification". InfiniteNexus (talk) 05:33, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've adjusted the wording, but I'll let others weigh in on the structure of the article. InfiniteNexus (talk) 05:40, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the current "Expanded setting" section at DC Universe (franchise) actually covers everything we need at the moment, I suggest we redirect this article to that section and rename it "Elseworlds" to make it clear what it is for. - adamstom97 (talk) 19:01, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. We don't need an entire article for films/shows that have no relation between each other whatsoever. - Brojam (talk) 22:11, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree. Keep it all to that section on DC Universe. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:21, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

James Gunn explicitly said the non-DCU projects will be called "DC Elseworlds" not "Elseworlds". So I don't get why the title was changed. And I don't think there's any reason to create this article over that. Star Wars Legends or Star Wars Anthology Series doesn't have its own page either. Creating an article for a few shows and films with no relation to each other is overkill, especially when they can be easily listed in the DC Universe article instead. Roman Reigns Fanboy (talk) 02:10, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Y Merger complete. I've merged everything worth keeping into DC Universe (franchise) § Expanded setting. InfiniteNexus (talk) 07:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]