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 Yeah, I can think of a few other examples. You could enclose one of those "hidden messages", further clarifying that the story you've placed can fit into continuity. <nowiki><!--This story can fit into chronology due to reason [xyz]--></nowiki>. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><tt>'''Epsilon'''</tt></span>]]''' '''[[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 13:50, November 20, 2020 (UTC)
-== Parody stories: I confusing double-standard ==
+== Parody stories: a confusing double-standard ==
 My recent attempts to add stories from things like ''[[The Daft Dimension]]'' and ''[[Doctor Whoah!]]'' have been rebutted at every turn on the grounds that "parody stories deliberately fall out of continuity and therefore don't count".
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 : Finally, the parodies which haven't been removed yet are only still there because (at least speaking for myself) we haven't got around to removing them yet or the lack of recognition of whether it's a parody or not. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:37, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 :: I don't see that ''The Trip of a Lifetime'' being addressed to the viewer prevents its placement on a timeline? Unless we don't want to place ''The Feast of Steven'' on a timeline. (''The Trip of a Lifetime'' is, I think, invalid because ''it's a trailer'', not because of any "fourth-wall-breaking".) [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:18, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
+::: I realise I never gave a full answer to this, but with admin hat on, please stop deleting stories from timelines just because ''you'' think they don't count. There is evidently a ''de-facto'' agreement that if somebody wants to put an invalid story that is "real" in their headcanon on a timeline, they should be left to do so. Even with just valid stories, any timeline is likely to contain at least one thing a given fan isn't going to think of as "canonical", besides; it's part of the territory that people will probably ignore some bits of our timelines out of personal preference. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
+:::: I don't think stories should be added because ''one'' person thinks they should be. These are collaborative timelines and if perhaps more controversial stories are going to be added it should be done by agreement, like ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' / ''[[Search Out Space]]'' were earlier last year. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:08, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
+== “Recommended viewing order” timeline? ==
+I've recently been working on a timeline that puts all TV stories in recommended viewing order in my spare time. I was wondering if it would be a suitable timeline to include here? [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:59, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
+: I think it would be fine, considering timelines such as [[Theory:Timeline - Doctor Who universe/TV]]. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>'''Epsilon'''</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 19:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
+: It might not be exactly what you're thinking of, but that sounds similar in scope to [[Theory:Timeline - Spin-Off Shows Timeline Order Suggestion]]. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:59, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
+== Checking in ==
+Admin note here. For the most part things seem to be going smoothly here aside from the occasional edit wars. As long as conflicts are discussed and resolved on talk pages, we shouldn't have any issues.
+What I wanted to address are a couple of things from above (yes more than two years ago but still need to be mentioned):
+* A comment above seemed to suggest some of these timelines contain spoiler-y information. That is explicitly not allowed on the main page for this forum: [[Theory:Index]] specifically says, in the first sentence: "You've entered a spoiler-free zone of discussion." No exceptions. If a story hasn't been released, by this wiki's definition, then it doesn't belong on any of the timeline pages.
+* The discussion about main namespace pages following the order of timeline pages and vice versa. There's no rule against it, but to make something clear: if there is an edit conflict/war over story placement on a main namespace page, this timeline theory area is not to be cited as a source. It was separated from the main namespace for a reason. Use cautious editing judgement whenever rearranging story placement on a main namespace page.
+That's pretty much it. Carry on. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:34, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
+== Further splits for century pages ==
+Would anybody be open to splitting the century pages further than they are, preferably to decades? I personally think the current compilation method makes things harder to navigate due to the sheer length of them. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:31, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
+: I agree. Decade pages would certainly help for the [[20th century]] and the [[21st century]]. --[[User:MrThermomanPreacher|MrThermomanPreacher]] [[User talk:MrThermomanPreacher|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:53, 22 October 2024 (UTC)