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 ::::Alrighty! Feel free to go forth and integrate the information in the Key Life Events section into the article or remove it, I think we should do this across all articles, not just the Doctors articles. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:50, June 12, 2010 (UTC)
 Can we get this discussion up and going again? I really do think we should have the same order and names of headings. I mean the third, sixth and eighth Doctors don't have any mention on their appearance, which actually surprised me for the sixth. I can draw up a sample page if you want, then link it here? --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 18:11, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
+*Ok, I've created a basic page with sections explaining what each is specifically for. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor/Doctor|Here]] it is. As for the key life events, I've tried to make it clear that it is for ''major'' life events, such as regenerates from previous incarnation, is joined by companion, companion dies/leaves etc. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 20:49, June 27, 2010 (UTC)
+::I agree with the basic idea however there is often a tendency often with formats like this to try and stick rigidly to a structure which sometimes can mean information is added in ''just'' so it can fulfill part of the structure, or other information is forced into certain subheadings.
+::Key life events should not be a part of any article, as discussed above it's more or less a list of stories. Even with that sort of notation...those sorts of things should be the focus of certain sub-headings rather than collected at the bottom of the article. The [[First Doctor]]'s article seems to work without it.
+::I would caution against enforcing/using companions as a sub-category as most of the Doctors travelled alone at some point. Also, some articles, the [[Fourth Doctor]] article which has a companions section becomes just a summary of each companion's travels with the Doctor, the focus should be on the Fourth Doctor and his interaction with his companions (as the focus of the article is the Fourth Doctor).
+::I think the information available should determine the sub-headings to a degree, the [[First Doctor]] article would be fairly hard to cram into the format, as would the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s. Using your guide as a guide rather than set in concrete "format" perhaps also linked/in addition to the [[Tardis:Guide to writing Individuals articles]]. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 06:25, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
+:::Hmm. Perhaps calling it the format is a bit strong. If it was more of a ''guide'' than a rulebook (like the pirate code ;D ) then it could work. I think the key life events should stay in some form. Perhaps renaming it to timeline and just linking to the main timeline article for that Doctor.
+:::For the sub-categories of companion, that too was just one example. Such as for the tenth Doctor. He'd have subheadings for travels with Rose, Martha, Donna and then one for travels alone. Like you said above, this should be more of a guide.
+:::I'll update the page making sure it is clear that it is just a guide and taking into account the things you said. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 09:48, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
+::::If you're set on having the key life events I think keep it as key life events, just because the 'Timeline' is more used for story pages and we don't want to start mixing heading terminology between in and out of universe pages. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 12:39, June 28, 2010 (UTC)