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 This principle was already articulated and enforced by admins at [[Talk:The Woman Who Lived (The Zygon Isolation)]] and [[Talk:Dave Stone (Many Happy Returns)]]. It's common sense: [[Doctor Who Series 9]] and [[The Witch's Familiar]] referring to in-universe equivalents of ''Doctor Who'' stories, rather than the stories themselves, is user-unfriendly for readers and editors both. Whatever [[T:DAB IU]] results from this discussion will need to codify a solution to this concern as well. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 18:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
-: One big issue is I've never quite understood why ''N-Space'' has been consistently considered the universal term for the Doctor's universe, when logically other universes exists with their own versions of N-Space and E-Space. Like, [[The Doctor's reality (The Eight Doctors)]], [[Virgin reality]], and [[2-D universe]] surely all have their own N-Spaces? [[Pete's World]] probably has an E-Space equivalent as well. The whole N-Space / E-Space thing with the realities having to do with positive and negative coordinates across a divide is just too different from the typical definition of a "multiverse." I'd prefer we not use it because of that. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
+: One big issue is I've never quite understood why ''N-Space'' has been consistently considered the universal term for the Doctor's universe, when logically other universes exists with their own versions of N-Space and E-Space. Like, [[The Doctor's reality (The Eight Doctors)]], [[Virgin reality]], and [[2-D universe]] surely all have their own N-Spaces? Especially as Adric seems to exist in all three. [[Pete's World]] probably has an E-Space equivalent as well. The whole N-Space / E-Space thing with the realities having to do with positive and negative coordinates across a divide is just too different from the typical definition of a "multiverse." I'd prefer we not use it because of that.
+: Also, I agree with Nate's point about making a choice about exactly ''when'' this is done. One is example to me is that [[Stephen Fry]] exists as a character in [[Stephen Fry (The Tomorrow Windows)|a novel]]. Are we going to thus say that actor who appear in even the most obscure DWU productions always have the DAB page on the fictional equivalent? Clearly that's what we've officially been doing, but I don't think we've ever had a debate about this properly. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)