Board Thread:Wiki/@comment-28807545-20160621071026/@comment-26056057-20160621093502

What you bring up is a very debatable topic for all of us. First, I would like to direct you to a discussion all of the admins just had concerning an unknown character (who is in sort of a similar situation as Samuel and Hannah) You may also find some information in this discussion we just had as well (The one under 'Hugos Status').

Often times it is very hard to determine if characters are dead or alive, because we are not given solid proof of either. For example, we have no way of telling that Sasha took fatal damage or if she is just unconscious. Since there is nothing to break the tie between those two, we list her as unknown until a chapter comes out that expands on her status. Even though it appears likely she is just injured, we can't rule out that she might be dead.

Characters like Armin and Moblit are tricky. In their cases, we have evidence to believe that they are likely dead. In the case of Moblit, we believe him to be dead because he appeared among the fallen soldiers Erwin envisioned in chapter 80 page 24-25 (notice that the now confirmed alive Hange is not with them).

We don't know a whole lot about the Titan Serum, and it could have the power to bring back dead or recently dead people. But in the case of Armin's status it is super likely he is dead. If he was not burned to death then he died from the excessively high fall. Also, Eren refers to him in the past tense, saying "you were always the bravest of us all."

Finally I would like to say that the wiki poll votes on who the Titan Serum will be used on aren't really enough for us to change Armin's status. Not only is there a possibility that the serum could bring back the dead/recently dead, but we can't say that 55% of the wiki thinks Armin will get the serum because it is unlikely that everyone on the wiki (even just the regular users) has voted. Sorry for my overly long response lol it's just that this topic is confusing and touchy.