Talk:Ship of Fools Wiki/Pirate Code/@comment-166.70.225.185-20190108044944/@comment-4080028-20190108161228

Considering making Admiral-level characters on this wiki is tricky, even with a proper loophole, this may be an equally tricky situation to have. While we already have a defected Admiral on our wiki to prove the point that, yes, this can be done successfully, it should also be pointed out that 1NF3RNO needed a proper explanation of why he was an Admiral in the first place, and why he left the Marines some time after. To prevent himself from breaking One Piece's established story, Ferno made it that Lucius was promoted to Admiral during One Piece's 2 year time skip, but was only in office for 4 months.

What I'm saying here is that it's not enough to say the Admiral defected from the Marines; you also need to think up ways of how and why this character could be among the 3 Admirals, considering Oda consistently keeps those positions filled, and so replacing any of the known Admirals would be breaking our golden rule on the site. If you've managed to present a reasonable explanation for why this character needs to have been an Admiral, as well as how he gained that position, and why he left it later, then the character could be accepted.

It should be warned however, that this is still a difficult process to successfully navigate. It requires careful thought and planning, and proper communication between the user and experienced Ship of Fools staff members. We need to treat the creation of potential Admirals the same way we would treat potential (former) Yonkou and Shichibukai, as well as the creation of Tenryuubito. When dealing with something that has a lot of canon baggage attached to it, this level of caution is practically a must.

On a final note, sometimes it's simply better to create a character that has the strength and skill to rival an Admiral, without being one themselves. This way you avoid the unnecessarily difficult conditions when trying to make a former Admiral on the wiki, while still having an awesome Admiral-level character. Besides, the only things you'd really be missing are a title and authoritative priviledges, such as issuing a Buster Call and commanding Vice Admirals and lower ranked Marines; all things that aren't completely necessary when making a super cool character that you and everyone else can enjoy.