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 |firstTW             = The Vanishing Ray (comic story)
 |appearances       = [[Jeff Tracy - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
-}}So I had this idea a few days ago, and I thought it would be a good idea to pitch it to the fourms. It's a really good idea I think, and it's something a little less contentious than some of the other big rule changes we've been making. It's basically about inter-wiki linking and infoboxes.
+}}So I had this idea a few days ago, and I thought it would be a good idea to pitch it to the fourms. It's a really good idea I think, and it's something a little less contentious than some of the other big rule changes we've been making. It's basically about inter-wiki linking and infoboxes.{{Infobox off-wiki first
-{{Infobox off-wiki first
 |name = Johnny Chess
 |alias         = Johnny Chester, The beast of rock and roll
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 |firstTW         = Byzantium! (novel)
 |appearances   = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]''
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+}}For many many years, infoboxes on TARDIS wiki have had the "first=" variable. Historically, this has been used to denote the first ''valid source'' where this character appears. Despite sounding simple, caused a lot of headaches. For instance, [[Zog (The Ultimate Adventure)|Zog]] from the stage play ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (stage play)|Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure]]'' once listed a short trips story as his premiere story, despite this being an out-of-universe variable.
-For many many years, infoboxes on TARDIS wiki have had the "first=" variable. Historically, this has been used to denote the first ''valid source'' where this character appears. Despite sounding simple, caused a lot of headaches. For instance, [[Zog (The Ultimate Adventure)|Zog]] from the stage play ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (stage play)|Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure]]'' once listed a short trips story as his premiere story, despite this being an out-of-universe variable.
 We recently changed this, making the standing rule that the ''earliest piece of fiction that Tardis Wiki has a page about'' will be the "first" variable for this topic. So Zog's page now says his first appearance is the stage play, even thought it's not a valid source.