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| We need to cite a source that says this was meant for Angels Take Manhattan. Chibnall did not write that episode, Moffat did, so one would assume that Moffat would have written P.S. All the online sources I've seen have either been ambiguous or have said this was for the end of Power of Three (making its cut make sense as it would have blown the ending of Angels Take Manhattan). [[Special:Contributions/70.72.211.35|70.72.211.35]]<sup>[[User talk:70.72.211.35#top|talk to me]]</sup> 12:43, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
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| : The page doesn't say what it was "meant" for. Just that this webcast was put up after ''Angels Take Manhattan'' aired, which it was. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 13:51, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
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| :: Actually, it does say that currently under Story Notes. If it is to be left there, a source would be appropriate. [[User:Spreee|Spreee]] [[User talk:Spreee|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:39, October 13, 2012 (UTC)Spreee
| | the statement at the top of the page that the fact the story was not produced semes wrong as it was made and released as story boreds with arther darvill{{Unsigned-anon|2.26.206.85}} |
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| ::Is the Chris Chibnall Twitter account his real account? I know it sometimes takes time for an account to be labeled as verified. If it is his actual account, he says in a tweet from yesterday, "The Brian scene: written to be a DVD extra, not an alternate ending to Angels Take Manhattan. Not filmed due to actor availability clash." Additionally, "The scene was written long before S7 transmission, same time as Pond Life."[[User:Mewiet|Mewiet]] [[User talk:Mewiet|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:07, October 14, 2012 (UTC) | | : Check the archived discussion linked '''on this page''' or [[Forum:P.S.]]. Also, it is not up to individual users to decide what counts and what doesn't, so when an admin undoes your edit, don't change it back. We have a reason for not including it. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:49, March 10, 2016 (UTC) |
| | ::having read the thread I'm still no clear on why this is not valid the argument that it was planned as live action but chenged to animation and is there for not valid is strange as nothing that gets published or brocast is as it was originally planned and the story still was made just in a different format if that means it's not valid then that means no version of shada is valid and non of the big finish lost story's can be valid ever also on the bit about shada the Tom baker links make sense in univers given that the curator exist {{Unsigned-anon|2.26.206.85}} |
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| Are there webcasts for every episode? Or just this one? And can everyone outside the U.K. watch them? I'd love to see these! :) [[User:JustLittleOlMe|<font color="blue">Jay JLOM</font>]]<sup>[[User Talk:JustLittleOlMe|<font color="Red">Things turn out for the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden</font>]]</sup> 09:25, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
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| :Last I heard, they were not geolocked.[[User:Mewiet|Mewiet]] [[User talk:Mewiet|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:07, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
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| ::Thanks, Mewiet! I was able to see it through the link here. :) I was actually worried about Brian until this news came out. ;) [[User:JustLittleOlMe|<font color="blue">Jay JLOM</font>]]<sup>[[User Talk:JustLittleOlMe|<font color="Red">Things turn out for the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden</font>]]</sup> 15:59, October 31, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Timeline == | | The invalid tag for this page is not present. Is this a mistake? --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:26, February 20, 2017 (UTC) |
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| I'm a bit confused about the paragraph referencing the age discrepancy of Anthony. It seems to imply that [[The Power of Three]] took place before [[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]] for [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian]], which obviously isn't correct. {{User:Eladkse/SigReal|19:00, 16 October 2012}}
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| | There is a box at the top of the page suggestions a change from webcast to DVD extra which if implemented whoud be a mistake as this my have started as a DVD extra but it was released as a webcast like how shada started as a tV story but was finished as a homvid [[Special:Contributions/178.100.229.176|178.100.229.176]]<sup>[[User talk:178.100.229.176#top|talk to me]]</sup> 08:59, May 30, 2017 (UTC) |
| in the continuity section of this article, it states this takes place in 2020 after power of three. however there is already enough controversy about the dating of power of three as can be seen at the howling thread [[Howling:Dating the Amy era]]. should we keep this statement about the date given the fact there is so much argument about whether it is accurate? [[User:Imamadmad|Imamadmad]] [[User talk:Imamadmad|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:25, October 17, 2012 (UTC)
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| | : Our current policy is that this special was neither ''finished'' or ''released''. Thus the article should be about the original unfinished product. Also the situation you brought up makes no sense, as ''Shada'' is indeed dabbed by its original intended format -- TV story. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 12:02, May 30, 2017 (UTC) |
| It is a long-held belief of this wiki that unfinished works are not [[T:VS|valid sources]]. By Chibnall's Twitter admission, this was a '''cancelled project''', abandoned because of actor availability. What we're seeing are a series of storyboards for an unfinished project, and therefore it doesn't "count" when trying to write in-universe articles.
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| Yes, it may be referenced in the "behind the scenes" sections of articles, but along with the Eighth Doctor's regeneration in [[Endgame (graphic novel)]], the spider Dalek from ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', the "bit of TARDIS coral" scene from ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', the unfinished televised version of ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' and other incomplete bits and pieces that have been made public by the BBC, this one is "officially released but invalid".
| | ::ok I don't know why I got it in to my head that sharda had a hovid dab a better comparison whoud be the lost storys from big finish we all are caneld tv storys that where released on audio like how PS homevid was cancelled but PS webcast was finished and released infact this is listed on the list of unproduced stories as a adeption of the DVD version [[Special:Contributions/2.30.191.42|2.30.191.42]]<sup>[[User talk:2.30.191.42#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:33, June 1, 2017 (UTC) |
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| Hence, it will continue to fly the {{tlx|notdwu}} banner, and cannot be used as a source for other in-universe articles. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:44: Tue 30 Oct 2012</span>
| | ::: But we, by our own policies, do not agree that P.S. the webcast managed to be a different piece of media than P.S. the Homevideo. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 13:57, June 1, 2017 (UTC) |
| ===Continuity section moved here===
| | ::::but its still a picece of media and it was released officially as a webcast by the BBC wiche is why I've never agreed with the dicigion to give this page a notvalid tag wiche is not on the page at the moment [[Special:Contributions/2.30.191.42|2.30.191.42]]<sup>[[User talk:2.30.191.42#top|talk to me]]</sup> 09:38, June 2, 2017 (UTC) |
| Because this is a cancelled scene, and therefore not a valid source, the notion of it having "continuity" is somewhat spurious. It is our usual position that non-DWU material doesn't have active continuity. I've preserved the entirety of the continuity list here, however, for posterity:
| | ::::: Look again. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 09:54, June 2, 2017 (UTC) |
| | :::::: It should also be noted that the determination of a story to be invalid does not require the agreement of every single editor. The validity of this story has been debated at least twice. First, in the [[Forum:P.S.|old forums]] and, more recently, [[Thread:120836|here]]. The IP 2.30.191.42 did not participate in either of these discussions. By [[T:BOUND]], whether an editor participated in a discussion or not and whether they have already edited on the site at the time of the discussion, they are still bound by the current policy. Please do not remove the "invalid" tag that is currently on the page. Thank you. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:45, June 2, 2017 (UTC) |
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| * ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'' implied that Amy and Rory had been sent from the cemetery to circa 1938, the era to which Rory was first sent.
| | The rename tag on this page says: "If we're going to write this as if the story is a cancelled DVD extra instead of a released webcast, we need to DAB accordingly. Thus, i suggest: ''P.S.'' (homevid)". However, the page says it was released as a webcast and has not yet been released on any kind of home video. I don't have a problem with a rename in general, if someone has an idea for it, but I don't think homevid applies here. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:13, October 30, 2017 (UTC) |
| * ''The Angels Take Manhattan'' also implied that Amy and Rory remained in or about [[New York City]]. ''P.S.'' confirms this. Anthony's sister was in New York during their parents' lifetimes, both as adult [[River Song]] in the summer of [[1969]], and as young Melody and infant Mels in January [[1970]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
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| * The Doctor and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] were momentarily in Manhattan twice during Rory's and Amy's temporal exile: once carrying the [[First Doctor]] in 1966 at the [[Empire State Building]]'s observation deck; and again in July 1969, piloted by the Eleventh Doctor and carrying Rory's and Amy's younger selves on the side of a skyscraper under construction. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
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| * Anthony is stated to be in his mid-sixties, and to have been adopted as an infant in [[1946]]. However, ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' and ''P.S.'' take place in or after [[2020]], by which time, Anthony would be in his mid-seventies, barring time-travel.
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| * Rory says that he realizes "having a grandson who's older than you is so far beyond weird". Rory grew up with his own daughter and also knew her as a woman considerably older than himself. Even in their youths, Mels was already several years older than Rory and Amy, despite appearing to be their age.
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| * ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' established Amy's inability to bear additional children after [[River Song|Melody]], resulting from the events at [[Demon's Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
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| * Amy and Rory are the second and third former companions shown to have adopted children, after [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'') [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] were said to have operated an orphanage in [[India]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'')
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| * Rory mentions that he bought a trowel, in response to Brian's suggestion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
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| * Brian is watering the plants when Anthony arrives, as he told the Doctor he needed to do. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
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| It should be noted that since the infobox contains the entirety of the piece, it's hardly a tragedy to lose this section. Readers can watch the thing for themselves, from our site. It would take them longer to read this list than to just watch the scene. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 05:06: Tue 30 Oct 2012</span>
| | But this is in the doctor who universe{{unsigned|Mr bootel}} |
| | : According to this wiki's validity policies, as laid out in [[Tardis:Valid sources]], based on two community discussions [[Forum:P.S.]] and [[Thread:120836]], this story is considered invalid. The primary reason is that its production was never completed. Accordingly, no material from this story can be used on in-universe pages. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:32, February 24, 2019 (UTC) |
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| | I've removed the rename tag for now. No one has defended it in a year and a half since my last post. At [[Forum:P.S.]], [[User:CzechOut]] quotes Chibnall's statement that it is '''not''' a DVD extra. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:06, May 21, 2019 (UTC) |
| I added a header with a "to be added" note underneath. Although it's not included in the Series 7 Part 1 release, until the complete season is released we won't know for certain that it won't be issued in some form. The BBC seems to have been pretty good about issuing stuff like this these days, so it's quite possible it'll be included in the complete series 7 box. Obviously if we get official word that it won't be (i.e. Chibnall or Moffat indicating this), then the section can be removed. I also followed Wikipedia's Be Bold philosophy and put in the reference to Angels Take Manhattan - it's a no-brainer, regardless who wrote the thing since it ''makes direct and indisputable reference'' to the events of that episode, whereas it contains very little that has to do with ''Power of Three''. [[Special:Contributions/70.72.211.35|70.72.211.35]]<sup>[[User talk:70.72.211.35#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:43, November 26, 2012 (UTC) | |
| :I think this is backwards. You are putting it up there until it is proven wrong, rather than the logical method of not putting it up until it is confirmed. Otherwise any speculation could be put in any article, as it isn't proven wrong yet. Besides, Chris Chibnall already indicated it wouldn't be included as a DVD extra when he said it was "...written to be a DVD extra" but not filmed, and it was then released on the BBC website instead. And the fact that it wasn't on the Season 7 Part 1 DVD really indicates that is probably won't be released for DVD. I'm not saying that it won't be, just that the evidence we currently have all suggests that, and assuming that it will be is just pointless speculation until we have any indication to the contrary. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 09:08, November 28, 2012 (UTC)
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| A special scene was written by Chris Chibnall that revealed some of the answers but sadly, the sequence was never shot. However, we’re happy to announce that we’ll be bringing you the scene tomorrow. Using animated storyboards and a voice-over specially recorded by Arthur Darvill, we’ll discover more about Brian and the Ponds, post-Angels.
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| Doctor Who’s Executive Producer, Caro Skinner, said, ‘We’re delighted we can present this lovely scene written by Chris Chibnall. People took Rory’s dad, Brian, to their hearts very quickly, so it’s fitting we can give the character a degree of closure in this poignant piece.’
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| Doctor Who: P.S. is a short video written by Chris Chibnall and is essential viewing for anyone who wants to know more about what happened to Brian, Amy and Rory.
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| '''Chris Chibnall on Twitter''' -
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| The Brian scene: written to be a DVD extra, not an alternate ending to Angels Take Manhattan. Not filmed due to actor availability clash.
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| The argument that "P.S." should not be included just because it was not released in the form originally intended for it is spurious. The webcast supersedes the planned scene in the same way that the webcast of "Shada" supersedes the incomplete live-action version of "Shada". The BBC present it as an official continuation of Amy and Rory's story and have released it on their own website.
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| --[[Special:Contributions/220.239.109.57|220.239.109.57]]<sup>[[User talk:220.239.109.57#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:41, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
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| :Say you let ''P.S'' "count" on this wiki. What is the argument that you then make to disallow [[Shada (novelisation)]]? It was released by the BBC in an incomplete form. So what's the difference? Also, by what basis would you then prevent deleted scenes included on official DVDs? Do we say that the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] and Rose went on to grow a TARDIS from a piece of coral? There are tons of deleted scenes that got ''much'' farther in the production schedule than this one. Do we let them all in, too?
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| :You see, I ''know'' people love this particular scene. I ''know'' they want to include it. (Heck, I'll let you in on something: ''I'' love this scene, and ''I'' want to allow it.) But administrators have to try to establish policies that are easy to apply, so that everyone understands them. If we don't say, "the scene has to have been published in the form it was originally meant to have", then we run into trouble. Where's the line? At what point is an idea ''enough'' of an idea to justify using its narrative elements? | |
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| :Do we take RTD's rather well-documented ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'' musings as actual narrative points? Do we believe that, in fact, the Tenth Doctor regenerated because he was trying to help a small, alien family trapped in a doomed spaceship? Do we believe that ''Partners in Crime'' co-starred a companion named Penny? Do we count known elements of the known script of ''[[Doctor Who Meets Scratchman]]''?
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| :Perhaps an even more relevant example is that of the cornucopia of cut scenes found on the series 4 DVD boxset. All of those got ''much'' closer to their final form than ''P.S.'', yet I've never heard anyone complain that we're not including the bit where, say, Donna drives Lance and the Doctor to H.C. Clements. It's been ''four years'' since that material was officially released by the BBC and yet no one in that time has questioned our decision to disallow it.
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| :It seems to me that the reason the completely ''pro forma'' decision to disallow ''P.S.'' has generated such resistance is because people like this scene a lot. (And as I said, so do I.) It delivers emotional content that, really, Moffat forgot to put in ''Angels'', and so we ''crave'' it to be true.
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| :But when you're making a policy for a lot of people to follow, you've got to try to base it on something objective. Current policy is something you may not like. But it ''does'' have the virtue of being objective.
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| :We have direct evidence from multiple sources, including the writer himself, that this isn't the way ''P.S.'' was meant to go down. We know that it's being presented '''''as unfinished'''''. This isn't like the webcast of ''Shada'' at all, because that was a finished webcast. ''Shada''{{'}}s medium, as starring McGann, was meant to be Flash animation. This is a series of storyboards showing us '''what the scene ''might'' have looked like'''. They may seem superficially similar, but really the two cases are nothing like each other, except that they are based on drawings. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:29: Tue 18 Dec 2012</span>
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| :: Why not include Shada? We do right now anyway... [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 20:44, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
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| :::Why not include the VHS edition of ''Shada''? Because '''we decided not to.''' ''Shada'' is specifically on the "not valid source" list at [[T:VS]], with links to the community discussion that decided to treat the TV version as one, big deleted scene. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 05:48: Wed 19 Dec 2012</span>
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| :::I think the main proplem here is that we disagree where that discussion ended... You think it ended witheveryone agreeig that the TV version of shada is a deleted scene, and I know that the discussion was ''closed'' with multiple people agreeing that the stry really should be included and that there was no reason not to other than "this story is hard to cover..." and that not covering it was a stupid idea. I also note that no one has ''ever'' followed through on your statement that "the webcast info should become main and the TV story info should be removed." And I have never seen any reason to even begun to consider it a ''deleted scene'', because it's not. At all. It's a "new episode that has never been released before now new to home video!" Not "a deleted scene never released and not to be taken seriously..."
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| ::: Furthermore, I stand my ground that ''Shada'', wheather [[HOMEVID]] or otherwise, is a [[TV story]] and ''needs'' to be covered.
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| :::Basically, ''if our relues say that ''Shada'' isn't cannon, then there is something wrong with our rules''. Perhaps our rules need to be changed to include ''P.S.'' and ''Shada''. Not including stories (theoretically) because they are "kinda deleted-scenes-ish-things" like we have done for ''P.S.'' and ''Shada'' is silly. Saying "Well, it was ''meant'' for DVD release but was released as a webcast instead... So it's [[kinda]] a deleted scene" and "Well, it wasn't released for 20 or so years, and the missing scenes are just narration... So it's kinda ''deleted-scenesqu''" are just silly. How is ''Shada'' and ''P.S.'' and diffrent from ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)]]'' or ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)]]''? They're all deleted, never used, and forgotten narratives turned stories.
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| ::: I would suggest that if whole ''narratives'' as deleted stories are turned into new stories, that those should not count as deleted scenes. If a story was never made and then is made into an audio book, we should cover said audio book. If a story was never finished and then ''is'' finished, then we should cover that sorry. If a story was never made, and then is made as a animated webcast instead, we should cover said webcast. It's all as simple as that. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 12:24, December 19, 2012 (UTC)
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| :I really wish you would get your facts right before you start making assertions, particularly when those assertions have to do with me.
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| :I do ''not'' think it ended in some magical fairyland where everyone agreed. Almost no discussion we ever have on this wiki ends in unanimity. And they don't need to, in order to be binding. All that needs to happen is that a reasonable consensus be formed. And I ''do'' think that a consensus emerged, in that two of the three active participants agreed that deleted scenes aren't canon, full stop, and [[user:TheOmnius|TheOmnius]] agreed that there were certain conditions under which they weren't canon.
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| :On the specific issue of the VHS release of ''Shada'', there ''was'' sharp disagreement, but at the end of the day, however, [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] made a more convincing argument, and TheOmnius failed to respond. While it is not true that in every case the person who gets "the last word" wins the argument, it ''can'' be true that a "no-response" effectively means that the opposing side has capitulated. And I certainly think that's the only reasonable interpretation of [[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]]
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| :I should also point out that '''I didn't force close [[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]]''' Indeed I didn't archive it — or even participate in it — at all. ''[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]]'' did on 27 August 2010 one ''hell'' of a long time after [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]]'s final comment on 23 January 2009.
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| :So let's recap. The thread was given a completely fair length of time to generate additional comments that were better than Tangerineduel's. Such comments never came, and so policy was born.
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| :That's how it happens in every case, OS25. Nothing tricky. Nothing unusual. That's just the way policy gets made around here. But you've been with us for long enough to know that. The only reason you're having a problem with it is because '''you don't like the outcome'''. If you were on TD's side on this one, you'd be perfectly happy to go along.
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| :Finally, the fact that you can find examples of where a certain policy isn't being followed doesn't invalidate the policy. Plenty of people speed, but that doesn't mean there aren't speed limits. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 17:25: Wed 19 Dec 2012</span>
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| ::[[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]]? I've never even looked at that page before!
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| ::Wait... Okay, I understand what we're confused on now. It's definitely that we disagree where this ended. Not only ''how'' this ended, but where.
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| ::The thing is, [[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]] ''didn't have the right'' to call ''Shada'' not cannon, or label it as a deleted scene.
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| ::The passer would presume that it was about the obvious, over wheather or not to include scenes removed from released narratives. This is precisely the ''only'' reason that the "''Shada isn't canon''" argument ever got off the ground; no one knew it was happening!
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| ::Because barely anyone really cared about "if that scene where Rose gets a but of TARDIS choral" got covered. No one saw the title "[[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]]" and thought "I'd better get in there and save Shada!" It's for the same reason that you can't use [[Forum:P.S.]] to change policy on Deleted Scenes. Because it's not called [[Forum:I want to change our policy on deleted scenes]], it's called [[Forum:P.S.]]
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| ::That's why [[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)]] was made, where the question of "Is Shada reliable" was truely brought into question.
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| ::Precisely for your own reason for believing that "Silence looses the race" that I believe the "''Shada'' is cannon" argument had won. The forum discussion [[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)]] ended with multiple arguments made by people for it staying. Immad was the last to offer a rebuttal, and it was not very strong. Constant rivers of rebuttal and disagreement came in arguing for ''Shada''{{'}}s inclusion, and for a long time, no rebuttal from the "it isn't cannon" side was given. As you said, "''While it is not true that in every case the person who gets "the last word" wins the argument, it ''can'' be true that a "no-response" effectively means that the opposing side has capitulated.''" Thus, we on the battlefield of [[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)]] presumed, "Hey, we've won then!"
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| ::But it soon seemed apparent that the other side was ''absolutely sure'' that they had won the argument. And now I think it's because none of you seem to remember the second battle at [[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)]], and seem to think that [[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?]] was the only discussion and that you won it fair and square.
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| :: Maybe you forgot about the later discussion, or maybe your memory merged them into one, either way, there is confusion here.
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| ::So, let's recap. The thread was given a completely fair length of time to generate additional comments that were better than mine, [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]]'s or [[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]]'s. Such comments never came, and so policy was overthrown.
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| ::The simple fact is that in the forum discussion ''[[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)|actually about Shada's inclusion]]'' and '''not''' ''[[Forum:Are deleted scenes canon?|about something completely different]]'' ended with the consensus "Shada is a reliable source". Reached and then archived, and then ignored. Basically this either needs to be discussed again (AND HIGHLIGHTED) or we need to go with the consensus of the actual forum discussion on the subject. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 18:09, December 19, 2012 (UTC)
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| :::It is not a reasonable interpretation of [[Forum:Versions of Shada (again)]] that the VHS version was given validity on the wiki. The conversation had two distinct parts — one that happened '''and was resolved''' in mid-june, and then your continuation of the thread in late June. The original purpose of the thread was just to clarify our position on the Gareth Roberts novelisation. This was a well-attended discussion between admins just to straighten out things.
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| :::You came into the thread a couple of weeks after the matter had been settled and started up a side conversation after we had long since evacuated it. As Josiah pointed out on 5 July, what you were talking about was not the original subject of the thread at all.
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| :::But perhaps more to the point, you failed to sway any user to your side. Unless you count Boblipton. You were strongly and adequately opposed to [[user:Imamadmad|Imamadmad]], whose counterargument was sufficiently strong to require no support. There simply was no consensus in that thread for allowing the VHS version. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:59: Thu 27 Dec 2012</span>
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