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 :These books are recorded on both pages. Perhaps it is an error and they need to be removed from NSA. [[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]]
 :: This problem is also present with some of the anthologies listed. To me, these are examples of a broader issue with the page in that there is not a clear definition of what the series it tries to present is. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:39, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
+== What is an NSA? ==
+So my concerns here come in two parts. Firstly, what ''is'' a New Series Adventure? Where does the name come from, is it a real term or a fan term derived from previous ranges like [[Past Doctor Adventures]]? Whatever the case, the term doesn't seem to be used commonly, if at all, on official products we deem to be in the range. So at the very least this page should discuss the term somewhere and where it came from. But regardless of what we call it, this series does exist, and we do need a page for it, which brings me to the next point...
+''What'' is a New Series Adventure? At the very least, I think we can agree that all NSAs are under the [[Penguin Character Books]]' imprint, [[BBC Books]]. Everything from ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]''-''[[Combat Magicks (novel)|Combat Magicks]]'' certainly are NSAs. Are the [[List of future releases#New Series Adventures|upcoming BBC Books novels]] in this range? Probably, but it'd be more out of convenience than any official mention of a continuing range, I'd imagine. For that matter, how have we decided what the [[BBC New Series Adventures#Specials]] are? Is there something in the production or marketing that makes us think they are separate from the main range, whatever that may be? Or is it simply the fact the lead isn't the current Doctor?
+Then we come to the audiobooks, which have retrospectively been grouped on the page [[The Doctor Tales (series)]], named after the re-releases of the stories as "[[Tenth Doctor Tales]]", "[[Eleventh Doctor Tales]]", etc. That's a series name I'm somewhat hesitant over, but that's by the by. The pertinent question is, were these ever referred to as NSAs, or as part of the same series? For all intents and purposes they are definitely a range of as sort, but on the face of it seems to be an otherwise unnamed one, published by [[BBC Audio]], and grouped by fans as NSA audios.
+Then we have the [[New Series Adventures#Anthologies|anthologies]], which is a mix of [[BBC Books]] and [[BBC Children's Books]] publications, separate imprints; The [[New Series Adventures#2 in 1 Books|2 in 1 books]], which should really have a page of their own; [[New Series Adventures#Past Doctors New Novels|"Past Doctors New Novels"]], which is clearly a fan-made term; and then [[New Series Adventures#Other "New Series" ranges|Other "New Series" ranges]] which have been excluded for some reason, emphasising the inconsistencies of how we define an NSA.
+I have some ideas as to how I'd restructure this page, but I'd like to see if anyone has any new perspectives, or even new information, to bring to the table first, to help us define some sort of series here. But anything would be better than what we have now, which seems to be wiki editor opinion being passed off as a factual name and grouping for a series. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC)