Talk:1880

Deletion

The reason for this proposed deletion defies much of this wiki's content. If a direct reference to the year leaves it undeserved of a page, a fair few of this wiki's pages are also guilty. Where exactly is there a policy stating the Doctor's opinion is required for the creation of a page?--Skittles the hog - talk 18:12, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

I didn't mean it like that, I was just using that as an example. I just thought that "the TARDIS missing a year" isn't based on anything which actually happened in 1880 in the timestream. Sorry if I offended. -- Tybort (talk page) 18:19, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

It's okay, I wasn't offended, just... puzzled. Do you still stand by your proposal? If it's referenced, it's deserving of a page; at least in my (humble) opinion.--Skittles the hog - talk 18:25, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

More or less, though maybe I should word it better. -- Tybort (talk page) 18:55, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the information needs to be here. I agree with Tybort's reasoning.

The year pages are "Stuff happened in this year". The Doctor aimed for, but missed this year so the information would be better placed on Hove, or the Doctor's page, stating he aimed for this year.

But nothing (thus far) actually happened in 1880. --Tangerineduel / talk 17:04, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

I'm not so sure. I don't see why a year page shouldn't have references, even if they don't refer to an event. Is there a specific reason behind this?--Skittles the hog - talk 17:08, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

Nothing actually happened in this year.

Look at 1980s, we don't have a listing for everytime the 80s were mentioned by the Doctor, companion or otherwise. --Tangerineduel / talk 17:11, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

Well, sorry to be petty, but just because we don't do it doesn't mean we shouldn't. Of course I don't mean that we should go to the extreme and mention every reference, just the significant ones like we do... well, everywhere.--Skittles the hog - talk 17:14, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

Egyptian Escapade is set in 1880 and i've added some info from that story to the page, problem solved. --Revan\Talk 17:12, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Revan, I've removed the delete tag now that's more content.

We do mention significant stuff, on their correct pages. But the pages need to have content which is about them, and I don't think a reference which is a missed coordinate event is enough on its own to qualify the page to exist. The Fifth Doctor didn't stop off in 1880 and didn't impact on that year at all. --Tangerineduel / talk 17:18, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

All it took was to type "1880" into the search box on "Drwhorefguide" and it found a DWU event within that year. I swear by that site. --Revan\Talk 17:19, September 3, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, if that's the way these pages are meant to be, I concede.--Skittles the hog - talk 17:20, September 3, 2011 (UTC)