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'''No individual article pages should link to this one. [[:Category:Floor 500]] should remain composed of only four subcategories.''' | '''No individual article pages should link to this one. [[:Category:Floor 500]] should remain composed of only four subcategories.''' | ||
==Four on the floor== | ==Four on the floor== | ||
'''[[:Category: | '''[[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]]''' is by far the largest of the subcategories. It contains the vast majority of articles present on this wiki. All categories and pages within it contain information written from an [[Tardis:point of view|in-universe perspective]]. That is, they are written on topics that have to do with the ''narrative "reality"'' of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. Such articles are easy to spot, because they're written in the past tense and tend to treat their subjects as "real" things that once existed. Note that this category includes information about ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Torchwood]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', ''[[K-9 and Company]]'' and ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9 (2009)]]'' — and almost all licensed spin-off material arising therefrom. | ||
Still, there are some works of fiction that are not within the ''Doctor Who'' universe for one reason or another. Maybe they weren't officially published by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. Or maybe they were deliberate parodies. Articles about such fiction can be found in '''[[:Category:Non-canonical material]]'''. A word of caution: please make sure you read [[Tardis:Canon policy]] before adding any of these categories to articles. There are actually very ''few'' works of fiction which can be classed, according to our rules, as truly "non-canonical". | Still, there are some works of fiction that are not within the ''Doctor Who'' universe for one reason or another. Maybe they weren't officially published by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. Or maybe they were deliberate parodies. Articles about such fiction can be found in '''[[:Category:Non-canonical material]]'''. A word of caution: please make sure you read [[Tardis:Canon policy]] before adding any of these categories to articles. There are actually very ''few'' works of fiction which can be classed, according to our rules, as truly "non-canonical". | ||
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No article should be tagged as being in more than one of these four main categories. An article can — theoretically — belong to an unlimited number of subcategories, but all these subcategories must be a part of only one of the four main categories. For instance, a thing cannot be both non-canonical ''and'' a part of the ''Doctor Who'' universe. Nor can it be both in the real world and in-universe. | No article should be tagged as being in more than one of these four main categories. An article can — theoretically — belong to an unlimited number of subcategories, but all these subcategories must be a part of only one of the four main categories. For instance, a thing cannot be both non-canonical ''and'' a part of the ''Doctor Who'' universe. Nor can it be both in the real world and in-universe. | ||
This last assertion may be harder to grasp. If you have a category like [[:category:People from the real world]] — which tags real-life people like [[Charles Dickens]] who have appeared in ''Doctor Who'' — you may believe that such a category belongs both within [[:Category:Real world]] and [[:Category: | This last assertion may be harder to grasp. If you have a category like [[:category:People from the real world]] — which tags real-life people like [[Charles Dickens]] who have appeared in ''Doctor Who'' — you may believe that such a category belongs both within [[:Category:Real world]] and [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]]. In fact, though, the article [[Charles Dickens]] is written from an in-universe perspective. That is, it's about Dickens' relevance to the history of ''that'' universe, not our own. Thus, the category '''only''' belongs in [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]]. Such cases, though, are rare. Most of the time, it's perfectly obvious which main category should house an article. | ||
===Exceptions=== | ===Exceptions=== | ||
Despite the general desire to keep things only in one of the four categories, there are a couple of very specific exceptions, both having to do with [[:Category:Merchandise]]: | Despite the general desire to keep things only in one of the four categories, there are a couple of very specific exceptions, both having to do with [[:Category:Merchandise]]: | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
As a general rule, we've tried to make the distinction between real world and in-universe categories easy. Take, for instance, broadcasters. There are brodcasters in the Whoniverse, like [[AMNN]]. And there are broadcasters in the real world, like [[BBC America]]. Clearly, they shouldn't be in the same category, but somehow the word "broadcaster" will probably appear in the two separate categories that these articles require. Generally, it works like this: | As a general rule, we've tried to make the distinction between real world and in-universe categories easy. Take, for instance, broadcasters. There are brodcasters in the Whoniverse, like [[AMNN]]. And there are broadcasters in the real world, like [[BBC America]]. Clearly, they shouldn't be in the same category, but somehow the word "broadcaster" will probably appear in the two separate categories that these articles require. Generally, it works like this: | ||
:Unmodified nouns name subcategories within [[:Category: | :Unmodified nouns name subcategories within [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]], and if it's in [[:Category:Real world]], it's prefaced with the words "Real world". Thus [[:Category:Broadcasters]] is about broadcasters within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, whereas [[:Category:Real world broadcasters]] is for broadcasters that actually exist. The odd exception is for noting real life things that appear within the fictional world of ''Doctor Who'' — and thus become a part of the Whoniverse — which we'll discuss next. | ||
==="Real world . . ." vs. " . . . from the real world"=== | ==="Real world . . ." vs. " . . . from the real world"=== | ||
Things which exist in the real world, but are part of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], are within the super-category [[:Category: | Things which exist in the real world, but are part of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], are within the super-category [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]]. They follow the syntax: '''<nowiki>[[:Category:<Noun> from the real world]]</nowiki>'''. Thus: [[:Category:Astronomy from the real world]], [[:Category:Science from the real world]], [[:Category:People from the real world]]. | ||
However, things which exist in the real world, but not in the ''Doctor Who'' universe are a part of [[:Category:Real world]]. They follow the syntax: '''<nowiki>[[:Category:Real world <noun>]]</nowiki>'''. Thus: [[:Category:Real world directors]], [[:Category:Real world magazine publishers]], and [[:Category:Real world people]]. | However, things which exist in the real world, but not in the ''Doctor Who'' universe are a part of [[:Category:Real world]]. They follow the syntax: '''<nowiki>[[:Category:Real world <noun>]]</nowiki>'''. Thus: [[:Category:Real world directors]], [[:Category:Real world magazine publishers]], and [[:Category:Real world people]]. | ||
====Example==== | ====Example==== | ||
The need for this strict syntax perhaps becomes most obvious when speaking of people. Take the cases of [[Leonard Nimoy][].and [[Charles Dickens]]. Nimoy was once mooted as the director of a ''Doctor Who'' film, but he has never appeared as a ''character'' in ''Doctor Who''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:Real world people]]. Dickens, by contrast, has never been a writer for ''Doctor Who'', but he was a character in ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:People from the real world]]. | The need for this strict syntax perhaps becomes most obvious when speaking of people. Take the cases of [[Leonard Nimoy][].and [[Charles Dickens]]. Nimoy was once mooted as the director of a ''Doctor Who'' film, but he has never appeared as a ''character'' in ''Doctor Who''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:Real world people]]. Dickens, by contrast, has never been a writer for ''Doctor Who'', but he was a character in ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:People from the real world]]. | ||