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 |style="background-color:#a3feba;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;" |(TV story)
 |style="border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| televised narratives of any length
-|style="Background-color:#ffc8c8;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| (episode), (television story), (television)<ref>If two different television series have stories of the same name, then disambiguate by using the prefix from [[Tardis:List of prefixes]].  For instance, if there were an SJA story named ''Inferno'', then it would be [[Inferno (SJA TV story)]] and the DW story would have to move to [[Inferno (DW TV story)]].    If two episodes of the ''same'' television series have the same noiame, then disambiguate by the year of initial broadcast. As of 2011, neither has really happened, though there have been some close calls with respect to [[William Hartnell]] episodes.  Still, if ''[[The Daleks]]'' were now known by its original production title of ''The Mutants'', then it would be [[The Mutants (1963 TV story)]] and the Jon Pertwee story would be [[The Mutants (1972 TV story)]]</ref>
+|style="Background-color:#ffc8c8;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| (episode), (television story), (television)<ref>If two different television series have stories of the same name, then disambiguate by using the prefix from [[Tardis:List of prefixes]].  For instance, if there were an SJA story named ''Inferno'', then it would be [[Inferno (SJA TV story)]] and the DW story would have to move to [[Inferno (DW TV story)]].    If two episodes of the ''same'' television series have the same noiame, then disambiguate by the year of initial broadcast. As of 2012, neither has really happened, though there have been some close calls with respect to [[William Hartnell]] episodes.  Still, if ''[[The Daleks]]'' were now known by its original production title of ''The Mutants'', then it would be [[The Mutants (1963 TV story)]] and the Jon Pertwee story would be [[The Mutants (1972 TV story)]]</ref>
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 |style="background-color:#a3feba;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| (audio story)
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 |style="background-color:#a3feba;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| (book)<br>(film)
 |style="border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| '''in-universe''' discussion about books and films ''within'' the DWU; this matches the in-universe category, [[:category:books|books]] and [[:category:films|films]]
-|style="Background-color:#ffc8c8;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| Very rarely used, as most in-universe books, like ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' have precedence, and therefore don't require disambiguation.  For example, if both the book and movie ''Casino Royale'' were discussed in the DWU, you'd have [[Casino Roayle (book)]] and [[Casino Royale (film)]].
+|style="Background-color:#ffc8c8;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| Very rarely used, as most in-universe books, like ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' have precedence, and therefore don't require disambiguation.  For example, if both the book and movie ''Casino Royale'' were discussed in the DWU, you'd have [[Casino Royale (book)]] and [[Casino Royale (film)]].
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 |style="background-color:#a3feba;border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0;"| (comic story)
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-as always with these huge technical shifts, I'm not asking anyone to spend any time actually doing the work that's implied by the change.   The bot will take care of everything quickly.  So please don't base your decision on whether you think it will be a lot of work.  It won't be.  Well, not for ''you'' anyway.
+As always with these huge technical shifts, I'm not asking anyone to spend any time actually doing the work that's implied by the change.   The bot will take care of everything quickly.  So please don't base your decision on whether you think it will be a lot of work.  It won't be.  Well, not for ''you'' anyway.
 '''Remember, even when it comes to typing in a story name, your job won't be any harder, because there will be a redirect from, say, [[Snakedance]] to [[Snakedane (TV story)]]].  So, however hard it is today to link to a story name is exactly how hard it will be to link to a story name under this plan.''''