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| We here at the TARDIS Doctor Who wiki like things to be uniform and everything so this '''Manual of Style''' is here to set things straight.
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| For information on the most basic writing techniques and styles, which are used here, see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Wikipedia's Manual of Style]].
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| Below are some basic Doctor Who formatting dos and don'ts. There is much to add to this. However, before adding your ideas, suggestions, or changes, please post your suggestions either on the discussion page for this article, or at the [[Forum:Panopticon|Panopticon]] forum page.
| | This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is under review. All '''''our policies''''' are well-established. Until such time as this page and related pages are fully updated, please consult '''[[:category:manual of style]], [[:category:help]] and [[:category:policies]]''' for the wiki's governing principles. Thank you for your patience while we improve this page.</span> |
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| ==[[Tardis:Layout guide|Layout guide]]==
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| ===In-universe===
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| All in-universe articles should be structured as follows:
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| For more details as to what each section of an article should contain, see the '''[[Tardis:Layout guide|Layout guide]]'''.
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| Note: all articles should have a "lead" or introduction paragraph that sets the article in context. (For example: "Happy Endings was the 50th novel in the Virgin New Adventures series"). Information included in the lead may be repeated (within reason) in the appropriate section. Articles lacking leads can be easily identified as they usually have no body text above the automatically generated table of contents.
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| ===Out-of-Universe articles on reference works===
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| :''For more information see the individual articles''
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| *[[Tardis:Format for Television Story Entries|Format for Television Stories]]
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| *[[Tardis:Format for Novels|Format for Novels]]
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| *[[Tardis:Format for Short Stories|Format for Short Stories]]
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| *[[Tardis:Format for CDs|Format for CDs]]
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| *[[Tardis:Format for Comic stories|Format for Comic stories]]
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| ===Out-of-Universe articles about real people=== | |
| Write an encyclopaedic biography of the person, centred mainly on his or her contributions to ''Doctor Who,'' but also include other notable work if known. Do not place items of trivia, such as date of birth, under their own headings or sub-headings, especially if such headings only contain the single word, "unknown." This makes the article hard to read and is actually somewhat annoying. Please also see "Articles on living people", below, for important information regarding content.
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| ==Naming of articles==
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| There are some rules regarding how articles on the TARDIS wiki should be named.
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| *Article names should be in singular form, not plural. An exception would be a group such as [[The Beatles]], or an organisation such as the [[United Nations]], as the official, legal names of these are in plural form.
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| *The titles of articles about individual characters should be the name by which the character was most commonly known in the ''Doctor Who'' universe, (or "Whoniverse") with later names preferred to earlier names, and full names preferred to partial names or nicknames. Titles, such as military ranks or titles of nobility, should be omitted.
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| *Unless the name of the article contains a proper noun, only the first word should be capitalised.
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| *For television stories, especially those produced before ''[[The Savages]]'', the name given in the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/ BBC's Episode Guide] is preferred. Alternate names and names of individual episodes from the Hartnell era should redirect to the name given in the BBC guide. ''[[Inside the Spaceship]]'' should redirect to ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'', while ''[[The Cave of Skulls]]'' should redirect to "[[An Unearthly Child]]."
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| *The MediaWiki software which underpins this wikia has some limitations about characters which cannot ever be used in page titles. These characters are |, #, <, >, {, }, [, and ]. For advice about how to handle a page which ''should'' include one of these characters, like [[2 entertain|2{{!}}entertain]] or [[Man 1|Man #1]], please see [[:Template:wrongname|this discussion]].
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| **A related issue is that of page ''linking''. The # character in a link tells the software to link to a section of an article. For instance, <nowiki>[[Tardis:Manual of Style#Naming of articles]]</nowiki> creates a specific link to this section of this article. One of the areas in which this issue becomes most important is in the naming of articles about specific issues of magazines. The 273rd issues of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' would in many instances be referred to as '''DWM #273''' or '''Doctor Who Magazine #273'''. However, this is impossible. Although [[DWM #273]] creates a blue link and ''appears'' to work, it is actually linking to [[DWM]] and looking for the section called "273". Thus, it produces a '''false''' blue link. This phenomenon is perhaps easier to see with a ''red'' link. <nowiki>[[DWM Issue #273]]</nowiki> creates a red link — [[DWM Issue #273]] — because it's actually linking to the article [[DWM Issue]] (which doesn't exist) and looking for the section named "273". Because of all this, the ''closest'' workaround is [[DWM Issue 273]].
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| For more details, see the [[Tardis:Manual of style#Naming conventions|naming conventions]] (below).
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| ==Perspective==
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| If something is '''in-universe''', or is described as such, it belongs to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe exclusively and ''not in the real world''. Characters are for example in-universe, but the actors who play them are not in-universe. Exceptions are persons, places, and organisations which appear or are referred to in the Doctor Who universe which also exist(ed) in the real world, i.e., [[William Shakespeare]], [[The Beatles]], the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Wikipedia:Pseudohistory|Pseudohistory]] is an integral part of in-universe treatment of canon material. Information given from a "real world" perspective (i.e. notes about the creation of a character, or actors, or other real-world trivia) should appear under a '''Behind the scenes''' subhead.
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| In case an entry might detail a subject of importance both to the real world and to the Doctor Who universe, you may create a '''Real World''' section in the article, such as the one on [[Glasgow]]. The second section could have such articles as cast and crew born in Glasgow and location shooting for various stories shot there. Another example is years, months and specific days which are divided into 'Doctor Who Universe' events and 'Real World' events, see [[1963]] for an example.
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| ===Out-of-universe===
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| '''Out-of-Universe''' refers to the perspective in which an article is written; it is the opposite of in-universe. Something written from an out-of-universe (OOU) perspective is written from a real life point of view. It will refer, for example, to real life publications, actors, authors, events, and so on, acknowledging that its subject is fictional. In contrast, an in-universe perspective will strive for verisimilitude; that is, it will be written as though the author existed within the Doctor Who universe. Articles about any in-universe things, such as characters, vehicles, terminology, or species, should always be written from an in universe perspective. If a section in the article is not, such as the listing of a character's published appearances or behind the scenes details, it should be tagged as such.
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| In contrast, articles about books, movies, games, or other real life Doctor Who material should obviously be written from an out-of-universe perspective, but should still be noted as such. Basically, in-universe articles should never refer to Doctor Who by name, or any other real life things such as publications, actors, or the like.
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| ==Use of material from Wikipedia==
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| Use of material from articles on [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], up to and including copying of articles on Wikipedia (known as "forking"), is permissible ''if'' the following guidelines are observed:
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| * Such material should be properly credited in the External links section with the [[Template:Wikipedia|Wikipedia citation template]], whose text would read:
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| ::"This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original article was at "Name of Wikipedia article you used." The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with the TARDIS Index File, the text of Wikipedia is available under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA)].
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| This gives proper credit to the original authors of the article and maintains compliance with Wikipedia's terms for use of material on the Wikipedia site.
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| *Wikipedia articles on fictional persons, places, things, or events are written from an "Out-of-universe" perspective. Such articles should be edited to conform with the "In-universe" perspective used on our wiki. The article on [[Liz Shaw]] should not begin, "Liz Shaw is a fictional character on the British science-fiction television programme ''Doctor Who.''" (Being considerably more familiar with ''Doctor Who'' than Wikipedia's more general audience, we pretty much already know this.)
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| :''It is preferable that articles be written for this wiki without heavily relying on Wikipedia in order to create a unique wiki, different and individual from the main Wikipedia site. Also, care should be taken not to import errors that may exist in Wikipedia articles.''
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| ==Headings==
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| Use the <code>==</code> (heading) markup for headings, not the <code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code> ('''bold''') markup. Example:
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| | {{tardis manual}} |
| | A '''manual of style''' is a document created by a publishing entity to ensure that all of its writers are working to a common standard. They are particularly necessary when working in the [[English]] language, as there are many different types of written English used throughout the world. A manual of style typically strives to settle matters of debate amongst writers by, in many cases, ''arbitrarily'' deciding questions like |
| | * When shall we italicise words? |
| | * How shall we name articles? |
| | * Shall we generally use British, American, Canadian, or Australian English? |
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| If you mark headings this way, a table of contents is automatically generated from the headings in an article. Sections can be automatically numbered for users with that preference set and words within properly marked headings are given greater weight in searches. Headings also help readers by breaking up the text and outlining the article.
| | Note that a manual of style can answer any question like this in a way that might contradict one's own sense of "proper" English usage. Therefore, you should not assume, even if you are an extremely advanced English writer, than you understand the rules that we have chosen to use. Please make sure that you read this document thoroughly if you intend to edit with us. Also, be aware that the rules laid down here do occasionally come up for community review at [[Forum:Panopticon|the Panopticon]], a forum dedicated to discussing the way the wiki is run. Indeed, this manual is certainly a ''living'' document. It has been locked ''only'' to prevent [[Tardis:vandalism policy|vandalism]] — not to discourage change. Please post your suggestions for how to improve it at the Panopticon, so that a wide range of users can discuss your proposal. |
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| *Capitalise the first letter only of the first word and of any proper nouns in a heading, and leave all of the other letters in lower case.
| | Except where a more detailed policy page exists, the manual of style should be considered the final word on any matter it addresses. If you don't agree with what it says, please don't blatantly disregard it. Instead, please start a discussion in the forum to change it. |
| *Avoid links within headings.
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| *Avoid overuse of sub-headings.
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| ==Usage and spelling==
| | For information on the most basic writing techniques and styles, which are used here, see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Wikipedia's Manual of Style]]. |
| Though the readers and editors of the TARDIS Doctor Who wiki speak many varieties of English, we prefer standard [[Wikipedia:British English|British English]] spelling, punctuation, and word usage. This is the variety of English used in the ''Doctor Who'' series and first printings of most primary sources, as well as the fact ''Doctor Who'' is a United Kingdom-based franchise, where this form of English is used. In the event that an article (or category) uses spelling, punctuation, or word usage typical of [[Wikipedia:American English|American English]], or some other form of the language besides British English, contributors who are native users of or otherwise fluent in British English standards reserve the right to edit articles to conform to those standards.
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| A frequently noticed example of British English vs. American English involves words that end in "or" vs. "our". In British English, for example, colour is spelled with "our", whereas American English spells it "color". The former is the preferred style.
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| Another noticeable usage different between the use of British English on this wiki and American English is our use of '''[[:Category:Organisations|Organisation]]''' rather than '''''Organization'''''.
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| In keeping with the aforementioned standard, dates should place the number first, e.g. 23rd November, ''not'' November 23.
| | == Image use == |
| | :''You may be interested in seeing this information [[T:ICC|presented in an easy-to-read chart]]''. |
| | Use of images is encouraged on articles. [[forum:Removal of multiple images from pages|As has been made clear by the community]], articles with images are preferred to those without. |
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| If the title of an article differs in different varieties of English, the British, or English English, title should be the article title, with alternate names being used as redirects (for example, [[Target Novelization]] redirects to [[Target Novelisation]]).
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| Please use complete sentences. "'An Unearthly Child' first broadcast" is not a complete sentence.
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| ===Tense===
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| With the exception of episode synopses and ongoing events the '''past tense''' should be preferred in the main article text (this includes on ''all'' [[:Category:Timeline|Timeline]] pages). All ''in''-universe articles should be in past tense.
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| The reasons for this are twofold. Firstly, the articles on the TARDIS wiki are presented as historical recordings that have been pieced together from scraps of information left over from the early Universe, and various eras of history. As such, all details pertaining to this history have not yet been uncovered, and more information may be added at a later date. Keeping articles written in past tense provides consistency and flavour. Secondly, the Doctor may travel into the past, the present, or the future, but from his personal perspective, any events which have been previously recorded are now in his own personal past, regardless of where in the universal timeline they may fall. Writing in-universe articles in past tense relates the timeline of the Doctor Who universe with both our and his own perspective.
| | '''Do not use <nowiki>[[image:Tensa.jpg]]</nowiki> — even though it ''will'' work.''' Using "file:" instead of "image:" makes it much easier to maintain the site, and it reduces server load, as "image:" simply redirects to "file:" |
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| :*'''Example:''' [[Martha Jones]] was an inhabitant of Earth. '''''Rather than''''' [[Martha Jones]] is an inhabitant of [[Earth]].
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| | Images that should not be used in ''any'' articles include; amateur 'spoiler photos' and images that have been highly image-edited or had an overlay of text or colour placed over them. Colourised images from episodes originally filmed in black-and-white are [[Forum:Images Policy|specifically disallowed]]. |
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| Avoid phrases like "His ultimate fate is unknown" or "what happened to the ship after that is a mystery" unless it is an actual plot point in a story.
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| Do not jump back and forth between tenses; this is confusing.
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| Do not include theories or hypothesis in any articles.
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| ==Capital letters==
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| Names like "the Doctor" and "the Master" should '''not''' have "the" capitalised (unless, of course, they begin a sentence). Only titles and proper nouns should be capitalised in the body of an article. "'An Unearthly Child' First Broadcast" should actually be written, "''An Unearthly Child'' was first broadcast."
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| ===Human===
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| In the in-universe sections of articles, the word "[[Human]]" should be capitalised, just as the name of any other sentient species in the ''Doctor Who'' universe would be. The word "[[humanoid]]", however, should not be capitalised.
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| The article name, when first mentioned, should be bold, bolded and in italicised if it is a story title.
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| Names of stories should be:
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| ==Spacing and formatting==
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| * Generally there should be no more than one blank space between paragraphs, sections, etc. In most cases, a single carriage return is sufficient.
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| * A single space after the end of a sentence is sufficient; the practice of adding two spaces after a period is not applicable to Internet.
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| * Do not indent paragraphs.
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| * Generally speaking, HTML coding is not necessary, as Wikia has its own coding for such things as italics, bold, links, etc. Some coding for things such as forced line breaks (i.e. the HTML code "br") may be used if the Wikia coding isn't allowing a section (like a chart or an infobox) to format correctly. Inserting HTML coding such as "ul" and "li" will more often than not completely mess up the formatting of a page or infobox or generate error messages.
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| * Never underline text as this will confuse users with browsers configured to signify hotlinks with underlining. Likewise, never use colour text.
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| ==Naming conventions==
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| Titles such as Mr, Mrs, Dr, Professor, religious ranks or military ranks should not be included in article titles.
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| *For example a character such as [[Amelia Rumford]], may be listed in the credits as 'Professor Rumford' however her full name is used for her article.
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| *If a character is widely known by a title, such as [[Sergeant Benton]], then a redirect can be created under that name, pointing to the proper article title. This however should only be done sparingly and only with major characters.
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| *For characters who only have one name given such as [[Spencer]], the story in which they appeared is added to the article name to disambiguate between articles; [[Spencer (The Faceless Ones)]], [[Spencer (The War Games)]], [[Spencer (Doctor Who and the Silurians)]].
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| ==Image use==
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| Use of images is encouraged on articles, with a few caveats (detailed below).
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| Images that should not be used in ''any'' articles include; amateur 'spoiler photos' and images that have been highly image-edited or had an overlay of text or colour placed over them.
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| For in-universe articles images of an in-universe style can be used such as; screenshots, comic strip scans or suitably cropped images from novel or audio covers.
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| Promotional images that have been specially photographed, posed or photo-manipulated to be used as a promotional image should not be used as the characters are often in a pose that is not of an in-universe style. Images that fall within this definition include images such as wallpapers that are available for download from a production company's website (such as the BBC).
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| ===Out of universe and story articles===
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| For story articles promotional images also ''should not'' be used, instead a screenshot that captures a poignant scene from the story should be used.
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| Real world articles may use practically any other relevant images that have been properly sourced and tagged with the appropriate copyright tag.
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| ==Quotations==
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| Quotations are not encyclopaedic in and of themselves and therefore should not be used as headers to articles or at the top of sub-headings within articles. Quotations can be used within the text body of an article to emphasis a certain point or highlight a certain issue of the article's focus, often a quote can explain things better than we can ourselves.
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| The [[Template:Quote|Quote template]] and quotes may be used within Real world articles or behind the scenes sections (including on occasion as headers), as quotes from the real world often are sourced from a wide variety of sources, that are often handled better by the template. | | The [[Template:Quote|Quote template]] and quotes may be used within Real world articles or behind the scenes sections (including on occasion as headers), as quotes from the real world often are sourced from a wide variety of sources, that are often handled better by the template. |
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| *There is no need to link a keyword every time it occurs in an article; this is redundant. The one exception is if the keyword occurs under two or more different headings, as some readers may only read one section of an article rather than the entire page. Avoid overlinking: mundane, everyday terms do not need to be linked (even though this is commonplace in Wikipedia), unless there is a specific TARDIS Index File article. For example, [[restaurant]] generates a redlink because there's no need at present for a Doctor Who-related article on the subject, and thus a wikilink is unnecessary. However as there is an article on [[DVD]], wikilinking that word is OK.
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| *In some cases, however, it may be desirable to link to a specific Wikipedia article. This is primarily for topics such as TV shows, movies, individuals, and technical terms that otherwise do not have their own TARDIS wiki articles. In this case, the link should be formed this way: <nowiki>[[wikipedia:Angelina Jolie|Angelina Jolie]]</nowiki>. However always check to make sure there ''isn't'' actually an article on the subject on this wiki, for example [[Star Trek]]. As noted above, however, mundane terms do not need links, so there is no need to link to the Wikipedia article on, once again, "restaurant" as most readers will not need an explanation of the term.
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| | "Behind the scenes" or "real world" subsections within in-universe articles should be cited using the same method as out of universe articles. See below for more information. |
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| *Using links to redirect readers to another page is only necessary if a related topic cannot be covered in the original article without digressing too far from the article's main topic. There is no need, for example, to place the synopsis, viewer ratings, or uncredited cast for a television story on separate pages and redirect readers to those pages. This can contribute to too many red links in an article if those pages do not yet exist, and can be annoying.
| | === Out of universe articles === |
| | | Telling readers a statement that can be verified is important. For out of universe articles (those about the Real World or Behind the scenes) we use the same system as Wikipedia; Footnotes. The sources must have reference tags around the <nowiki><ref> source</ref></nowiki> (see also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]] for more info). Or [[The Dark Dimension]] and [[Gothic stories]] for examples of correct citation within articles. A section at the base of the article entitled 'Footnotes' must also be placed with <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> (this will collect the cited sources at the base of the article). |
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| Telling readers where a statement can be verified is important. It helps to focus articles and keeps the details in an article to only that which '''actually''' appeared in the various ''Doctor Who'' narratives. Don't assume that your readers have the same level of knowledge about the [[Whoniverse]] as you do. Cite often, cite accurately. Format your citations according to these guidelines:
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| *When citing an episode, novel, book, audio drama, webcast, comic or any other story use brackets, the proper [[Tardis:List of prefixes|prefix]] for the series and then the name of the episode, in italics and linked, e.g:
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| *When citing an in-universe website, use the [[WEB]] prefix, the name of the website in italics and the website address shown using a piped link, e.g:
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| *On this wiki, it is difficult to avoid using "[[wikipedia:weasel words|weasel words]]" like "many", "often" and "sometimes". The nature of an internally inconsistent universe like [[Whoniverse|Doctor Who's]] usually makes concise, absolute statements untrue. For instance, there are ''many'' occasions when the Doctor appears have a [[binary vascular system]], but there are a ''few'' where he does not. Weasel words can be made more accurate by remembering to balance them with an appropriate number of citations. In general, if a sentence implies that something occurred multiple times, then there should multiple citations given. For instance, if you write, "[[The Doctor]] often thwarted the plans of [[the Master]]", then you should give several story names to give a sense that "often" is an accurate term. Some other words which trigger the need for multiple citations are "frequently", "various", and "regularly" — as well as the simple use of numerals ("the Doctor was known to have gone there three times").
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| Telling readers a statement that can be verified is important. For out of universe articles (those about the Real World) we use the same system as Wikipedia; Footnotes. The sources must have reference tags around the <nowiki><ref> source</ref></nowiki> (see also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]] for more info). Or [[The Dark Dimension]] and [[Lawrence Miles]] for examples of correct citation within articles. A section at the base of the article entitled 'Footnotes' must also be placed with <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> (this will collect the cited sources at the base of the article). | |
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| Rumours may be added to articles concerning yet to be broadcast stories/series', these should only be placed within the 'Rumours' section of the article. Users must ensure the rumours are cited with a source so that they may be verified by other readers and editors. | | Rumours may be added to articles concerning yet to be broadcast stories/series', these should only be placed within the 'Rumours' section of the article. Users must ensure the rumours are cited with a source so that they may be verified by other readers and editors. |
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| Although all articles should be as accurate as possible, special care must be taken with regards to articles on people that are currently alive, as issues such as libel may arise if claims are made without sources being given, or unnecessary rumours sparked. A prime example occurred in a late-1980s encyclopedia of dolls that was published in North America, and which, in a section discussing [[Tom Baker]], make the unsourced claim that Baker died of a drug overdose in 1982. As it happened, this was an unrelated actor of the same name. If you choose to include information of a potentially controversial nature, a source must be given, and preferably a "reliable source" such as an interview, newspaper or magazine article, etc. Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database, not being peer reviewed, are ''not'' considered reliable sources. Nor are online (and, occasionally, print) sources that site Wikipedia and IMDb as their main sources.
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| Although this Wikia site is not considered part of Wikipedia, it is nonetheless helpful to review the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons Biographies of Living Persons] policy. If you see an unsourced claim or comment regarding a living person, if a source cannot be located, it is best to play it safe and remove that material from the article.
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| Sources must be verifiable, please do not cite sources such as; fan forums, fan blogs, or other truly unofficial material, this is especially important when citing information regarding living people, upcoming stories, airdates, etc. Such sources are notoriously inaccurate and few if any are edited. Especially with regards to information about upcoming stories and other broadcast matter, BBC announcements should take precedence among all other sources. Officially licensed media such as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', or news sites of long-standing such as The Doctor Who News Page (among others) are acceptable. Reports in major media (i.e. The Times, Associated Press, CNN, Reuters, BBC News etc.) are also acceptable.
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| Avoid using non-peer-reviewed sources such as Wikipedia, the Internet Movie Database, or even the TARDIS Index File as cited sources for information such as airdates, casting, etc.
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| ==Styles for specific types of articles==
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| Articles on specific stories, novels, or individuals should have the appropriate infobox:
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| *Articles on specific stories in the ''Doctor Who'' or spin-off television series should use the [[Template:Infobox ClassicTV| Classic TV story infobox]] (for TV stories from 1963-1989) or [[Template:Infobox NewTV|New TV story infobox]] (for TV stories post-2005). See the [[Tardis:Format for Television Story Entries| Format for Television Story Articles]] for more information on how these articles should be written.
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| *Articles on novels should use the [[Template:Infobox Novel|Novel Infobox]]. See the [[Tardis:Format for Novels| Format for Novel articles]].
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| *Articles on individuals (companions, enemies, background characters) should use the [[Template:Infobox Individual| Individual Infobox]].
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| *Articles on audio dramas which have been released on CD should use the [[Template:Infobox CD|CD Infobox]] for audio dramas containing a Doctor or [[Template:Infobox Other CDs|Other CDs Onfobox]] for other audio dramas. (see also [[Tardis:Format for CDs|Format for CDs]] for more information on how articles should be written).
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| *Infobox titles and names should not have links, as they would simply point to the article the infobox and thus the reader are already on. In other words, for the infobox on the page for "[[An Unearthly Child]]," "An Unearthly Child" should not be a link since it would only point to the page for "An Unearthly Child."
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| ===Contradictory evidence===
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| Often on in-universe articles there will be instances of contradictory evidence. In cases where there are several accounts that cannot co-exist, both should be presented with a lead in sentence along the lines of
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| Information from sources that are within our [[Tardis:Canon policy|canon policy]] should not be discounted as apocryphal ''just'' because they do not "fit in" with an account from a different source (such as a TV story contradicting a novel or an audio contradicting a TV story etc).
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