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Your writing should adopt a '''neutral point of view'''. This means different things, depending on whether you're writing in-universe articles or material about the real world. | Your writing should adopt a '''neutral point of view'''. This means different things, depending on whether you're writing in-universe articles or material about the real world. | ||
==In-universe== | ==In-universe== | ||
When writing or naming categories or articles about in-universe subjects, follow these objectivity guidelines. | |||
#Media doesn't matter. One of the most important aspects of this wiki is that '''all media have equal weight here.''' Television is not the most important source of information on this wiki. That which is said in a short story in [[Doctor Who Annual 1967]] is just as valid as the latest episode of [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | |||
#One person's villain is another person's hero. Don't assume that just because the Doctor is opposing someone that they are "evil" or an "enemy". ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has always had any number of shades of grey in its characters. So '''do''' describe what characters do, but '''don't''' try to interpret their actions. | |||
#Categories which characterise people as "enemies" or "allies" are strictly forbidden. Any such categories would be opinion only, as characters aren't wholly one thing or another. | |||
===Examples=== | |||
*We don't care if you think that [[River Song]] is "evil" in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'', but then she "redeems" herself. We ''do'' care that she administered [[Judas tree]] [[poison]] to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], killed him, and then resurrected him through the gift of her regeneration energies. | |||
==Real-world== | ==Real-world== | ||
As a general rule of thumb, we accept that the Wikipedia regulations about the neutral point of view also apply to our wiki '''inasmuch as real world articles are concerned'''. Please read {{w|WP:NPOV|Wikipedia's NPOV policy}}. | As a general rule of thumb, we accept that the Wikipedia regulations about the neutral point of view also apply to our wiki '''inasmuch as real world articles are concerned'''. Please read {{w|WP:NPOV|Wikipedia's NPOV policy}}. | ||
[[Category:Policies|Point of view policy]] | [[Category:Policies|Point of view policy]] | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 15 November 2012
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Write dispassionately. Write objectively. Write what's there, not what you think is there.
Your writing should adopt a neutral point of view. This means different things, depending on whether you're writing in-universe articles or material about the real world.
In-universe
When writing or naming categories or articles about in-universe subjects, follow these objectivity guidelines.
- Media doesn't matter. One of the most important aspects of this wiki is that all media have equal weight here. Television is not the most important source of information on this wiki. That which is said in a short story in Doctor Who Annual 1967 is just as valid as the latest episode of BBC Wales Doctor Who.
- One person's villain is another person's hero. Don't assume that just because the Doctor is opposing someone that they are "evil" or an "enemy". Doctor Who has always had any number of shades of grey in its characters. So do describe what characters do, but don't try to interpret their actions.
- Categories which characterise people as "enemies" or "allies" are strictly forbidden. Any such categories would be opinion only, as characters aren't wholly one thing or another.
Examples
- We don't care if you think that River Song is "evil" in Let's Kill Hitler, but then she "redeems" herself. We do care that she administered Judas tree poison to the Eleventh Doctor, killed him, and then resurrected him through the gift of her regeneration energies.
Real-world
As a general rule of thumb, we accept that the Wikipedia regulations about the neutral point of view also apply to our wiki inasmuch as real world articles are concerned. Please read Wikipedia's NPOV policy.
