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	::: As per the OOU lead, the more that I think about it we should just make /Behind the scenes a thing. If people want OOU mini-articles let's just make those a subpage then finish work on the thing at the top of pages which links to all the subpages. [[User:OttselSpy25\|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25\|🤙☎️]] 02:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)		::: As per the OOU lead, the more that I think about it we should just make /Behind the scenes a thing. If people want OOU mini-articles let's just make those a subpage then finish work on the thing at the top of pages which links to all the subpages. [[User:OttselSpy25\|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25\|🤙☎️]] 02:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

			::::''Technically'' it depends on what "the serial" is. Whether "the serial" is the original production, the original transmission, a particular idea embodied in a particular mind, a recurring string of symbols (or sets of strings of symbols) in the world with shared characteristics, a sort of cultural artefact that evolves over time, or some sort of platonic ideal. Some of these should be tensed in the past, some in the present, some either the past or the present, and one perhaps not at all. Yes it's confusing. But it's not like the option chosen is insane. Identifying "the serial" with the original transmission and/or the original production is a ''reasonable'' thing to do, and would entail to tense phrasings in the past. (Probably the ''most'' correct is to not tense things at all, but good luck doing that in English. (inb4 this offhand comment starts an argument)) [[User:Najawin\|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin\|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:40, 26 April 2023 (UTC)