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Having read Freethinker's notes about the 'Influences' secton of the Story pages on the [[Talk:The_Edge_of_Destruction|Edge of Destruction]] discussion page, it did make me wonder if we should be a bit more careful about what is listed here. Like the now abandoned Quotes section, Influences can be down to personal judgement rather than have any basis in fact. I think the rule of thumb for this wiki is that if it isn't based in fact, it shouldn't be here. So, with this in mind, unless an influence is absolutely blatant (eg 'Frankenstein' and [[The Brain of Morbius]] or has been stated by an author or director (eg [[Terrance Dicks]] saying that [[Robot (TV story)|Robot]] was partly inspired by 'King Kong'), then we should avoid siting influences that are based purely on our own assumptions. Either that or we change the section heading to 'Possible Influences'. Even then, I think we are drifiting away from the encylopedia of facts function of this wiki. | Having read Freethinker's notes about the 'Influences' secton of the Story pages on the [[Talk:The_Edge_of_Destruction|Edge of Destruction]] discussion page, it did make me wonder if we should be a bit more careful about what is listed here. Like the now abandoned Quotes section, Influences can be down to personal judgement rather than have any basis in fact. I think the rule of thumb for this wiki is that if it isn't based in fact, it shouldn't be here. So, with this in mind, unless an influence is absolutely blatant (eg 'Frankenstein' and [[The Brain of Morbius]] or has been stated by an author or director (eg [[Terrance Dicks]] saying that [[Robot (TV story)|Robot]] was partly inspired by 'King Kong'), then we should avoid siting influences that are based purely on our own assumptions. Either that or we change the section heading to 'Possible Influences'. Even then, I think we are drifiting away from the encylopedia of facts function of this wiki. | ||
--[[User:Mantrid|Mantrid]] 07:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC) | --[[User:Mantrid|Mantrid]] 07:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC) | ||
:Perhaps the 'Influences" section should be abandoned, with known influences being included in the general story notes. | |||
--[[User:Freethinker1of1|Freethinker1of1]] 22:53, 4 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
::I'd certainly be in favour of that. | |||
::--[[User:Mantrid|Mantrid]] 08:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 22:20, 6 May 2012
Having read Freethinker's notes about the 'Influences' secton of the Story pages on the Edge of Destruction discussion page, it did make me wonder if we should be a bit more careful about what is listed here. Like the now abandoned Quotes section, Influences can be down to personal judgement rather than have any basis in fact. I think the rule of thumb for this wiki is that if it isn't based in fact, it shouldn't be here. So, with this in mind, unless an influence is absolutely blatant (eg 'Frankenstein' and The Brain of Morbius or has been stated by an author or director (eg Terrance Dicks saying that Robot was partly inspired by 'King Kong'), then we should avoid siting influences that are based purely on our own assumptions. Either that or we change the section heading to 'Possible Influences'. Even then, I think we are drifiting away from the encylopedia of facts function of this wiki. --Mantrid 07:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps the 'Influences" section should be abandoned, with known influences being included in the general story notes.
--Freethinker1of1 22:53, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'd certainly be in favour of that.
- --Mantrid 08:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
