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''However'', normal procedure when you find something you think passes [[T:VS]], but which isn't yet on the Wiki despite having been out for a while, is to at ''least'' ask an admin before you do anything rash. These things often need [[Board:Inclusion debates|inclusion debates]] before they're accepted onto the Wiki, and a thread ''might'' have to be created to regularise the ''Selachians'' situation at some point in the future. (Of course, at the moment, we don't ''have'' Forums, making the situation rather thornier.) --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:46, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | ''However'', normal procedure when you find something you think passes [[T:VS]], but which isn't yet on the Wiki despite having been out for a while, is to at ''least'' ask an admin before you do anything rash. These things often need [[Board:Inclusion debates|inclusion debates]] before they're accepted onto the Wiki, and a thread ''might'' have to be created to regularise the ''Selachians'' situation at some point in the future. (Of course, at the moment, we don't ''have'' Forums, making the situation rather thornier.) --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:46, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | ||
::The [[Selachian]] page didn't have a link to ''The Concept of War'' because ''the page had been deleted''. Creating a redlink to a story page is functionally equivalent to "bringing that story on the Wiki", in that it tells the userbase to create that page as soon as possible. The thing is, when a story ''isn't linked'' (red or otherwise) even though it's mentioned, there is usually a good reason. Hence: you should ask an admin! | |||
::Also, while ''The Concept of War'' is the higher-profile example, I also had your redlinking of ''Winter's View'' on the [[10,000 Dawns (series)]] in the back of my mind. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:29, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | |||
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PoolsideJazzThanks for your edits! We hope you'll keep on editing with us. This is a great time to have joined us, because now you can play the Game of Rassilon with us and win cool stuff! Well, okay, badges. That have no monetary value. And that largely only you can see. But still: they're cool!
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Please ask around
Hello! I've been looking at the patterns of your edits recently. While more users interested in the more obscure licensed Doctor Who spin-offs are certainly welcome on the Wiki, I'd urge you, in the future, to be more circumspect in your editing and to ask administrators before you, say, add pages about an entirely new spin-off.
I have not reversed you bringing of The Concept of War onto the Wiki (although that link should have been to a page with the dab term "novel", because that is how we do things on this Wiki: a solo release is a novel no matter its length), as, prima facie, it does seem like it belongs here and was simply overlooked back in the day due to its obscurity. The only user who was aware of it upon its original release was since blocked for engaging in sockpuppetry, which rather explains our lack of coverage of it.
However, normal procedure when you find something you think passes T:VS, but which isn't yet on the Wiki despite having been out for a while, is to at least ask an admin before you do anything rash. These things often need inclusion debates before they're accepted onto the Wiki, and a thread might have to be created to regularise the Selachians situation at some point in the future. (Of course, at the moment, we don't have Forums, making the situation rather thornier.) --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:46, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
- The Selachian page didn't have a link to The Concept of War because the page had been deleted. Creating a redlink to a story page is functionally equivalent to "bringing that story on the Wiki", in that it tells the userbase to create that page as soon as possible. The thing is, when a story isn't linked (red or otherwise) even though it's mentioned, there is usually a good reason. Hence: you should ask an admin!
- Also, while The Concept of War is the higher-profile example, I also had your redlinking of Winter's View on the 10,000 Dawns (series) in the back of my mind. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 15:29, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
