Board Thread:New on Arrowverse Wiki/@comment-1854917-20160325081032/@comment-28622052-20160601181134

ArrowFan456 wrote: There are multitude things who tie the first The Flash TV series (1990–1991) with the second, airing since 2014.

•  References :

- In the seventeenth episode of the first season, "Tricksters", there is an image of Mark Hamill as James Jesse/Trickster from the 1990 TV series being used in a police report. Also, in the same episode, Blake Nelly (the 2014 series composer), incorporated Shirley Walker's theme for the Trickster.

- In the thirteenth episode of the second season (the thirty-sixth overall), "Welcome to Earth-2", when Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon and Harrison Wells (Earth Two) are travelling to Earth Two, there is an image of John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen in the glimpses of the multiverse, implying that the 1990 TV series exists in the same Multiverse of the Arrowverse.

•  Doppelgängers :

- Actor John Wesley Shipp: Barry Allen (Earth CBS) is the doppelgänger of Henry Allen (Earth One), Jay Garrick (Earth Three) and maybe Barry Allen's father on Earth Two.

- Actress Amanda Pays: Tina McGee (Earth CBS) is the doppelgänger of Tina McGee (Earth One).

- Actor Mark Hamill: James Jesse (Earth CBS) is the doppelgänger of James Jesse (Earth One).

- Actor Vito D'Ambrosio: Anthony Bellows (Earth CBS) is the doppelgänger of Anthony Bellows (Earth One). This seems like pretty good in-universe evidence that the show's creators consider the two shows closely related, much in the way that the parallel earths in the show are parallel, but different.

It also seems like the wiki admins don't want to merge the wikis because in their minds, the shows aren't closely related. For them, a character crossover from one show to the next is a requirement. Normally, a character is a named protagonist or antagonist played by an actor who has specific personality traits and experiences. A character is not strictly defined by the specifics of the continuity they inhabit.

You can easily argue that the continuity experienced by Constantine in his own show happens in a different universe than the continuity experienced by Constantine on arrow - the two continuities do not cross over - only the character crosses over. In both shows, Constantine is a snarky magic user with a dark past and played by the same actor.

Tina McGee and James Jesse have the same amount of overlap as Constantine - the continuities do not cross over, but the characters do (same actor, same personality, same characteristics).

Only Flash/Supergirl are examples of crossover where the continuities also cross over - Barry and Kara talk about their own experiences on their own shows to each other. Otherwise, that could also be a different Barry Allen. As far as I see, the Supergirl wiki hasn't been merged yet. Will it be added to the arrowverse wiki?

Admins, remember that nobody owns a wiki, and that we are here to discuss and come up with the best solution.

'''tl:dr 1990 Flash can defensibly be merged based on character crossover - continuity crossover is NOT required. Admins decide ultimately, but should be open to discussion with wiki community. Also, where's my supergirl at?'''