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 :*I think that this should defintely be a reference for the ''fictional'' world of Doctor Who with footnotes in italics regarding real world production details (particularly where they have a visible impact on the fictional world, eg the re-casting of Richard Hurndall as the [[First Doctor]] in "[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]"). This will make it a more useful resource for writers etc.
-:*I was wondering when the issue of canon would come up. The general feeling seems to be that this Wiki should be fairly relaxed about what can be included and I completely agree with this. I was quite disappointed by Memory Alpha's strict policy on not including entries from the Star Trek books etc as I don't see what the benefit is of such a ruling. As has already been said, canon in the Doctor Who world is a much looser thing and is open to personal interpretation. So, I would advocate that just about anything (be it audio, TV, novel or bubblegum card) be allowed and displayed in the same format but with the proviso that all sources of information are clearly sited. For example, an entry for [[Omega]] should say what information comes from "[[The Three Doctors]]", what comes from "[[The Arc of Infinity]]" and what comes from the audio drama "[[Omega]]". With this information people can make their minds up themselves what they accept. Having said this, maybe a line does need to be drawn somewhere otherwise you could end up having masses of entries for someone's fan fiction stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor which only two people and a dog have actually read! So, might I suggest that the rule is anything that has been ''professionally produced or published'' qualifies for entry.
+:*I was wondering when the issue of canon would come up. The general feeling seems to be that this Wiki should be fairly relaxed about what can be included and I completely agree with this. I was quite disappointed by Memory Alpha's strict policy on not including entries from the Star Trek books etc as I don't see what the benefit is of such a ruling. As has already been said, canon in the Doctor Who world is a much looser thing and is open to personal interpretation. So, I would advocate that just about anything (be it audio, TV, novel or bubblegum card) be allowed and displayed in the same format but with the proviso that all sources of information are clearly sited. For example, an entry for [[Omega]] should say what information comes from "[[The Three Doctors]]", what comes from "[[Arc of Infinity]]" and what comes from the audio drama "[[Omega]]". With this information people can make their minds up themselves what they accept. Having said this, maybe a line does need to be drawn somewhere otherwise you could end up having masses of entries for someone's fan fiction stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor which only two people and a dog have actually read! So, might I suggest that the rule is anything that has been ''professionally produced or published'' qualifies for entry.
 :*Related to the previous point regarding canon, can I throw open the question of how broad the reach should be of this Wiki. Obviously it should include anything that's been broadcast or released under the heading of Doctor Who and probably "[[K9 and Company]]" as well. But should it also include the [[Professor Bernice Summerfield]] adventures and the [[Faction Paradox]] stories and other spin-off series - all of which are clearly directly related to Doctor Who? My feeling is that we should.
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 Hi, I havent posted any articles on here yet but thought that I would put my suggestions forward first. I tried a project similar to this a while ago called the [http://www.geocities.com/amxitsa Braxiatel Collection] but I eventually gave up because it prooved difficult to find people willing to help and it was taking me much longer to sort out the page formatting than to write the entries. A group project like this should be much easier.
-:* I believe that the best way to handle a project like this is to approach it from a fictional perspective. I dont know if anyone has read the first Faction Paradox novel [[Book of the War]] but I like the approach taken in that book to writing an A-Z. Any real world details needed could be included in a separate section or ideally on a separate page with a link in the main article.
+:* I believe that the best way to handle a project like this is to approach it from a fictional perspective. I dont know if anyone has read the first Faction Paradox novel [[The Book of the War]] but I like the approach taken in that book to writing an A-Z. Any real world details needed could be included in a separate section or ideally on a separate page with a link in the main article.
 :* On the issue of Cannon I agree that the best policy is to keep it as wide as possible (but sticking to the officially produced material and not allowing articles to drift to peoples online fan fiction or fanzine material). Personally I think the best approach is to reference television stories in ordinary text and other material in ''Italics'' and after any reference to a character, planet etc have the story name referred to after for example... [[Skaro]] was eventually destroyed by the [[Hand of Omega]] {[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]}. ''However it was later discovered that the planet was not actually destroyed at all {[[War of the Daleks]]}'' Ok so that could be worded better but you get the general idea.