Forum:Altered vs Alternate

This may be pointless but was the newest StarTrek actually an alternate reality like Uhura says or did Nero only alter history? Spock Prime seems to imply the later durring the mind meld with Kirk on Delta Vega. I know that there have been different realities created and destroyed throughout the various series as well as plain time travel. I was wondering if there was any direct conformation of which actually happened. Chaos99.194.92.234 20:23, November 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * You answered your own question. The writers also stated that it was an alternate reality.  --31dot 20:53, November 2, 2010 (UTC)