Thread:Grizzhly/@comment-15895329-20170909175034/@comment-26120048-20170909175926

Because, in best case, we just don't know enough about a character from upcoming media. It won't be possible to write an article about the character without it sounding like "X is a villain in the upcoming Y and is presumably the main antagonist". They obviously will get a page once the movie/book/whatever is released but informationwise, it just doesn't make sense to add the character before.

Our rules put it like that: "Do not create any article on villains from upcoming media, be it movies, games or anything else. Not only this could figure huge spoilers, we would never be able to determine the veracity of the information on such pages which could be nothing more than speculation. As a general rule, you should wait a few days, at least a week since release before creating an article."

An interesting exampe was when Captain America: Civil War was about to come out and everyone thought that Crossbones was going to be the main antagonist but in the end, he only appeared in the intro. Or when Ayesha was claimed to be the main antagonist of GotG 2 when it was in truth Ego.

If the pages are deleted, by the way, an admin will be able to restore it, so no information will be lost. And once the game has come out, the information - this time verified - can still be added.