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| ==Preliminary consensus==
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| These are items that we seem to have reached a preliminary consensus on. However, things are still very fluid, so if you disagree or have something to add, please don't hesitate to click on "edit" and put your own comments below the specific entry you're discussing.--[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 02:25, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| ===Point of view===
| | ''"Colourised images from episodes originally filmed in black-and-white are specifically disallowed."'' |
| Articles about people, places, or things in the ''Doctor Who'' universe should be primarily written from the perspective of an all-knowing reference source in that universe. Imagine if the collected knowledge of [[the Matrix]] (the [[Amplified Panatropic Computer Network]], not the Keanu Reeves movie) could be put into a wiki format. That's what we're aiming for.
| | In light of "The Daleks in Colour" and this Wiki opting to use a now officially-colourised image of [[The Toymaker]], should this policy be updated? — [[User:FractalDoctor|Fractal Doctor]] [[User talk:FractalDoctor|<span title="Talk">•</span>]] 22:25, 27 February 2024 (UTC) |
| | | : I don't think so, although it may need rewording — the intent of that line is to disallow ''individually-coloured frames'' from black-and-white episodes, not screenshots from officially-released colourised footage. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:32, 1 March 2024 (UTC) |
| ===Production information===
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| Information about the "real world"/production information (e.g. the reason why [[Leela]]'s eyes changed colour in "[[Horror of Fang Rock]]") can be included in one of two ways: either indented, in italics, in the main body of the article, or in a separate section at the end of the article. If you choose the latter, there is no need to put the information in italics.
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| :''This is an example of a production "aside" within an article.''
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| I don't really like the idea of putting production information into the main body of the articles. Having looked at some entries on Memory Alpha I think it makes the articles more difficult to read and breaks the flow of the story if people want to read the fiction only accounts. Personally I think wherever possible we should try to put the production information at the bottom of the page. --[[User:Amxitsa|Amxitsa]] 05:03, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| ===Cite your sources===
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| Every major fact in an article should be sourced, if possible. The best way to do this is with a parenthetical citation at the end of the relevant sentence. Television stories should be cited in quotation marks ("[[City of Death]]").
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| ==Other topics without a consensus yet==
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| ===British vs. American spelling and usage===
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| Freethinker suggests "contributors use whatever conventions they are most familiar and comfortable with, while members from the UK, Australia, etc. reserve the right to edit entries to conform to standards of British English if they choose". Here's a link to the relevant bit of [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English|Wikipedia's Manual of Style]]. I don't have a strong opinion on this, although since ''Doctor Who'' is a British institution it makes sense to default to UK spellings and usages ("programme" rather than "program"). --[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 02:25, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| :For what it's worth, the Doctor Who WikiProject at Wikipedia has decided on using British spellings, as stated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Doctor_Who#General here].
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| --[[User:Freethinker1of1|Freethinker1of1]] 21:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
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| ===Capitalization in article titles===
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| Over at the [[Tardis:Panopticon|Panopticon]] we've had two votes for Title Case (e.g. [[List of Audio Stories]]): [[User:Mantrid|Mantrid]] and [[User:Amxitsa|Amxitsa]], and two for Sentence case (e.g. [[List of television stories]]): [[User:Freethinker1of1|Freethinker1of1]] and [[User:Stardizzy|Stardizzy]]. My vote is for Sentence case, on the model of [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)]]. But a majority of one isn't a consensus or a mandate, no matter ''what'' the President thinks. We can talk this out some more before we start moving articles.--[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 02:25, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| Should we have a recommended title for the behind-the-scenes/real world information in our "Doctor Who universe" articles? <nowiki>==Production information== or ==Additional information==</nowiki> or something else? Or should we just see what evolves as entries get written?--[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 02:25, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| My vote would be for a title of <nowiki>== Production Information ==</nowiki> --[[User:Amxitsa|Amxitsa]] 05:31, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| ===Additional citation styles===
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| My feeling is that novels should be in italics, and audio stories in quotation marks: ''[[Just War]]'', but "[[The Chimes of Midnight]]". Anyone disagree? --[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 02:25, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| I dont have any problem with quoting stories in this way, I'm just curious as to why? What about quoting other sources, such as Bernice Summerfield, Faction Paradox, etc. I would suggest using italics as well e.g. ''[[City of the Saved]]'' --[[User:Amxitsa|Amxitsa]] 05:33, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| :That's fine. I didn't mean to limit what could be cited, just to suggest appropriate citation formats for the different media. If we adopt this standard, we could cite Benny or Faction Paradox books/audios in the same style: ''[[The Book of the War]]'' and ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison]]'', but "[[Professor Bernice Summerfield: Death and the Daleks]]" and "[[The Faction Paradox Protocols: The Eleven Day Empire]]". --[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 16:17, 28 Mar 2005 (EST)
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| ==New In-universe format==
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| I just have a few questions about the new format for the In-universe articles.
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| #Shouldn't the stub be at the bottom, above Category and below External Links?
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| #Do we really need both Appearances and Sources? I'm not sure where they wouldn't overlap (since most information is gained from the serials and such)
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| #When would the See also not be shown with hyperlinks in the article? If there's another important article, I'm sure you'd mention it in this one.
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| I can't see an other problems yet in the format. Good job. -[[User:Azes13|Azes13]] 23:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
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| ==Additions to the MoS==
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| I originally posted these straight to the MoS, but since these are major additions I thought I would seek opinion first before making them "official":
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| ====Acceptable sources====
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| Generally speaking, most professionally published sources are fair game, with added weight given to sources with direct connection to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise, such as press releases from the BBC, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', and interviews/columns/other material written by individuals directly connected with the show, such as writers, producers and actors.
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| However, ''Doctor Who'' also attracts a large amount of media coverage that is dubious in its accuracy. Of particular concern is so-called "tabloid press" coverage in the UK, which is often fraught with inaccuracies and/or unsubstantiated rumors cited as fact. Care should be taken, both in biographical real-world articles and in-universe articles, that the source cited is actually accurate. For example, tabloid press in the UK widely reported that [[Kylie Minogue]] was to play a [[Cyberman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''. More recently, a tabloid put forth the claim that [[Claire Bloom]]'s [[The Woman|character]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' was the Doctor's mother, despite [[Russell T. Davies]] stating in podcast commentary that the identity has been left ambiguous.
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| As noted above, some sources should not be considered authoritative due to lack of review. These include Wikipedia, the Internet Movie Database, and fan forums and BBSes. Use of material from these sources is not prohibited, but effort should be made to find reputable sources as soon as possible.
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| ====Neutral point of view====
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| As this wiki is effectively a large fan site, it can be difficult to maintain a neutral point of view about contentious issues, whether discussing a discontinuity or error on an episode page, or avoiding superlatives - or criticisms - in biographical pages. Such language should be avoided, or if desired, a source should be provided. For example, point-of-view writing might be: "Romana I was a beautiful companion"; if one wanted to make the same point, but do so in a neutral way, one might write "Romana I had long dark hair and the Doctor once acknowledged that she was physically attractive ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')". Other descriptors which may fall into the category of "matters of personal taste" should be avoided: "The Eleventh Doctor has an annoying voice", for example, unless a story establishes this to be a fact (i.e. a character makes reference to this), in which case the comment could be made, with a story citation.
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| A unique aspect of this Wiki's treatment of Discontinuities and Errors sections is that editors can add possible rationales, explanations, and even rebuttals to errors cited by others. This section, however, is not a forum, and therefore avoid statements like: "I think you're wrong". Instead, either edit the comment to reflect the correct information, or write something like: "Another possible explanation is...". When applicable, cite sources when posting rebuttals/corrections in these sections.
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| ===Talk pages===
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| Although Talk Pages don't need to follow the same strict style and content guidelines as article pages, there are still some rules that should be observed.
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| First, Talk Pages should be used ''only'' for discussion on how to improve/change the article in question. Discussion of personal opinion regarding a story or individual should not be included on a talk page, except in discussing whether a certain piece of information should be corrected or changed. Discussion of rumors outside the context of whether to include/remove from the article, should also be avoided.
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| Also, the guidelines above regarding articles on living people also apply to talk pages. Material that is libellous or defamatory must be removed immediately.
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| Otherwise, however, deletion of other people's comments and threads is considered vandalism. Similarly, changing other people's posts beyond simple spelling error correction is not allowed unless you first get the original poster's permission.
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| If no one objects to these additions, I'll put them into the article shortly. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 20:31, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
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| The major things I've altered is making the '''Neutral point of view''' section a little more general in its opening sentence, calling this wiki a fan site opens it up for stuff like fan fiction etc, so I'd rather not use the phrase "fan site" anywhere. I've also edited the latter part of the NPOV to adjust how editors add information regarding the Discontinuity section. What we don't want in the Discontinuity section is speculation, so we should be encouraging phrases like "another possibility is...", any speculative language shouldn't be in these sections. (It says as much in [[Tardis:Format for Television Story Entries#Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors]] )
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| As for the '''Talk pages''' section I've just added 'article' to the first sentence. I've also removed the part regarding editing an editor's spelling on their talk page (whether it's correct or not doesn't matter it's the editor's words).
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| See below for changes: --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:16, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
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| ===Neutral point of view===
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| As this wiki is often written by dedicated fans, it can be difficult to maintain a neutral point of view about contentious issues, whether discussing a discontinuity or error on an episode page, or avoiding superlatives - or criticisms - in biographical pages. Such language should be avoided, or if desired, a source should be provided. For example, point-of-view writing might be: "Romana I was a beautiful companion"; if one wanted to make the same point, but do so in a neutral way, one might write "Romana I had long dark hair and the Doctor once acknowledged that she was physically attractive ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')". Other descriptors which may fall into the category of "matters of personal taste" should be avoided: "The Eleventh Doctor has an annoying voice", for example, unless a story establishes this to be a fact (i.e. a character makes reference to this), in which case the comment could be made, with a story citation.
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| A unique aspect of this Wiki's treatment of Discontinuities and Errors sections is that editors can add rationales and explanations, based on information from the story or the story's production. Rebuttals may also be added to errors cited by others. This section, however, is not a forum, and therefore avoid statements like: "I think you're wrong". Instead, edit the comment to reflect the correct information; when applicable, cite sources when posting rebuttals/corrections in these sections.
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| ===Talk pages===
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| Although article Talk Pages don't need to follow the same strict style and content guidelines as article pages, there are still some rules that should be observed.
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| First, Talk Pages should be used ''only'' for discussion on how to improve/change the article in question. Discussion of personal opinion regarding a story or individual should not be included on a talk page, except in discussing whether a certain piece of information should be corrected or changed. Discussion of rumours outside the context of whether to include/remove from the article, should also be avoided.
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| Also, the guidelines above regarding articles on living people also apply to talk pages. Material that is libellous or defamatory must be removed immediately.
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| Otherwise, however, deletion of other people's comments and threads is considered [[Tardis:Vandalism policy|vandalism]]. Similarly, changing other people's posts is not allowed unless you first get the original poster's permission. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:16, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
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| All these changes look good to me. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 20:33, January 23, 2010 (UTC)
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| ===Sources===
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| I've started a section on Sources. I'd like to collect feedback on it. Especially these past few weeks there's been a lot of people citing fan blogs, the IMDb, etc with regards to things like airdates for Series 5, etc. And many of these sources have been 100% wrong. The straw that broke my camels back was also a fan blog that was cited and which was so loaded with ads it brought my browser to its knees and I'm on a fairly advanced system. Any poor blokes on dial-up might have been knocked off completely. I took the step of adding it straight to the article because I think it needs to be live quickly. But feel free to move it here if you prefer otherwise. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 14:51, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Tenses Of Ongoing Objects==
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| I think that objects that are in regular use by the Doctor and retain thier funtions such as the TARDIS and the Sonic Screwdriver should be exceptions to the past tense rule. This is because they are with the doctor at all times and thus part of his current ongoing timeline. These objects are unlikely to loose functions at any point and as such I feel that all functions of the TARDIS and Sonic Screwdriver, excluding obsolete models, should be treated as current events and thus be in present tense. Another exception to this of course is the future model of the sonic screwdriver which should have it's known functions in future tense as the Doctor is going to aquire it and is thus part of his own timeline's future. [[User:Pharap|Pharap]] 18:30, September 26, 2010 (UTC)
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| :Your best bet is actually to start a discussion on the panopticon forum. There, you should list your points as to why it should be changed, but I have to say, what you are talking about would involve a colossal amount of work. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 21:03, September 26, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::The POV is as if we're watching past events, therefore, nothing is current. Your suggestion of altering it so that "currently used items" are in present tense would create a great deal of work whenever a doctor changes or such. For example, the recent change from tenth doctor to the newest. That would just create a large amount of work for no particular reason. -- [[User:Sulfur|sulfur]] 20:10, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| :@ 13th Doctor - Ok, if I can find it, I will start it. It would take alot of work but it would only acount for tools that haven't been destroyed (ruling out some sonic screwdriver models, all non-doctor TARDISes, the De-mat gun and similar gallifreyan technology that there is no evidence of currently existing) and the gap between series would be a prime moment to make these changes. The only major changes after the initial one would be when something is destroyed or a new model is introduced
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| :@ Sulphur - I'm sure there are some articles that contain present tense, such as the Doctor, who is the most current of all things. It would'nt create a deal of changes during regeneration as the Doctor doesn't stop using tools or get new ones just because he regenerates. The latest regeneration was an exception as the production team wanted to change everything to truely regenerate the show. [[User:Pharap|Pharap]] 21:01, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::I hope that you don't mind, but I took a quote from your talk page conversation about this:
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| :::''I mean, you wouldn't go on wikipedia and find an article about mars bars saying 'mars bars were a confectionary treat made by the mars company' whilst they are still in production. I know Doctor who isn't set in one time zone, but any object on the Doctor's person or in his TARDIS is to him a currently existing object and he would refer to it in the present tense frequently. It just seems to make more sense is all.''
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| ::That's why an explicit point of view was chosen, specifically that ''all'' episodes, stories, etc were to be viewed as historical artifacts. So that everything would be the same. Wikipedia is from the POV of ''right now'' because it is all about the real world. Doctor Who is fictional, and thus we get to argue about a fictional universe and what POV we're supposed to have when viewing it. Yes, a Mars bar on Wikipedia is in the present tense because it is current from their POV. The sonic screwdriver is in past tense because the POV is of someone viewing a large chunk of historical records of some dude who called himself "the Doctor." -- [[User:Sulfur|sulfur]] 21:20, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| :Firstly, I do mind, as that was not aimed at you. Secondly if such is the case then surely it is logical to mark every article as being fictional eg starting it with the words 'in the doctor who universe' or '.... is a fictional...'. And that is an illogical way to do things considering Doctor Who is an ONGOING franchise/series. [[User:Pharap|Pharap]] 21:31, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::It was in response to a discussion about the specific thing here, and as such, it is relevant to the conversation. Secondly, yes, the wiki is dealing with a fictional universe, but treating it as if it really happened and is not fictional. This is not Wikipedia, and as such, there should be no reference to "in the doctor who universe" or "is a fictional". If we were writing these articles for Wikipedia, those would be required. Here, not so much. The same thing applies on other wikis such as [[memoryalpha:MA:POV|Memory Alpha]] and [[w:c:memorybeta:Memory Beta:Style#Point of view|Memory Beta]] (the two big ''Star Trek'' wikis). The choice of these particular wikis is to document the world of Doctor Who and Star Trek (respectively) from ''within'' that universe. Not like Wikipedia would document a TV series. -- [[User:Sulfur|sulfur]] 21:48, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::Don't care, you asked if I minded, that requires an opinion as a response, i gave you my opinion nad my reason for it. From what time zone are we looking in from then? Cause If everything is in past tense then the universe would have to have ended. [[User:Pharap|Pharap]] 22:03, September 27, 2010 (UTC)
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