User talk:Beardouk

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Thanks for becoming a member of the TARDIS crew! If you have any questions, see the Help pages, add a question to one of the Forums or ask on my talk page. -- CzechOut (Talk) 23:53, 2012 July 10

the wedding of river song

Dear Beardouk, we're obviously in a bit of an editing clash, so let me explain my reasoning to you a little more fulsomely than possible in subject headings. I understand your point that the Moffatt-penned episodes this season forms a single story and if you wish to insist on it, I won't fight you too hard on that. However, I have been on the warpath recently about wishy-washy writing in which each point is argued out in a context where we as the writers and editors should be trying to phrase statements as simply, clearly and precisely as possible. The Wedding of River Song (TV story) is a one-part series ender, except that it isn't if you look at it in a different way, whereupon it continues from Episode 1, while if you look at it in a third way, it's a floor wax and a dessert topping. At which point I throw up my hands and say why have a discussion of the matter at all?

So here's my proposal: take a couple of days to think how to phrase this more clearly. If I don't see anything by, say, Monday evening EDT (I live in New York) I'm going to remove the story note entirely as long-winded and pointless. If you want to discuss the issues you have on the matter at greater length, I'll be glad to listen.

How's that? Boblipton ☎ 01:32, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

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