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Talk:The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story) (edit)
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Can somebody please advise of the difference between this page and [[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)]]. This page suggests that the book is a valid source, and I've noticed information from the book is being used on in-universe articles such as [[Wester Drumlins]]. The other page, however, suggests the book to be invalid and I've noticed other information from the book is used in the behind the scenes section on pages such as [[Physics teacher (School Reunion)]]. [[User:66 Seconds|66 Seconds]] [[User talk:66 Seconds|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:25, June 19, 2020 (UTC) | Can somebody please advise of the difference between this page and [[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)]]. This page suggests that the book is a valid source, and I've noticed information from the book is being used on in-universe articles such as [[Wester Drumlins]]. The other page, however, suggests the book to be invalid and I've noticed other information from the book is used in the behind the scenes section on pages such as [[Physics teacher (School Reunion)]]. [[User:66 Seconds|66 Seconds]] [[User talk:66 Seconds|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:25, June 19, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:I think it's really quite straightforward. ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' is a reference book which contains a narrative, in-universe portion — documented at "[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)]]" — which ''is'' valid. However, material from the reference book that's ''not'' part of the short story isn't valid. This is the prose equivalent of how ''[[The History of the Doctor (TV story)|The History of the Doctor]]'' is valid, but ''[[The Ultimate Guide (2013 documentary)|The Ultimate Guide]]'' as a whole is not. | |||
:Of course, it may be that some pages on the Wiki misidentify which information comes from the short story, and which comes from other bits of the book. I don't know. The Wiki's not omniscient; mistakes can be made. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:31, June 19, 2020 (UTC) | |||