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:For comparison the ''Back to the Future'' wiki has one [[w:c:bttf:List of references to Back to the Future|here]], and Memory Alpha has a much larger group of articles starting [[memoryalpha:Star Trek parodies and pop culture references|here]]. | :For comparison the ''Back to the Future'' wiki has one [[w:c:bttf:List of references to Back to the Future|here]], and Memory Alpha has a much larger group of articles starting [[memoryalpha:Star Trek parodies and pop culture references|here]]. | ||
:Personally I don't think much of this sort of page; it wouldn't add much in the way of encyclopedic value to this wiki in regards to either the Whoniverse or behind the scenes of the Whoniverse, which is what we cover. It's like the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content|"in popular culture"]] stuff that Wikipedians have been arguing over for years with no solution or consensus in sight. Pages like this are prone to random cruft and drama over what qualifies as a "proper" reference, and just tend to become really long hard-to-manage lists of information everyone's willing to add bits and bobs to, but I don't think anybody really gets any practical use out of. [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] 02:29, October 18, 2010 (UTC) | :Personally I don't think much of this sort of page; it wouldn't add much in the way of encyclopedic value to this wiki in regards to either the Whoniverse or behind the scenes of the Whoniverse, which is what we cover. It's like the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content|"in popular culture"]] stuff that Wikipedians have been arguing over for years with no solution or consensus in sight. Pages like this are prone to random cruft and drama over what qualifies as a "proper" reference, and just tend to become really long hard-to-manage lists of information everyone's willing to add bits and bobs to, but I don't think anybody really gets any practical use out of. [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] 02:29, October 18, 2010 (UTC) | ||
::We've already got [[Doctor Who parodies]], [[Doctor Who pastiches]] and [[Doctor Who Universe in other continuities]]. I think what you're suggesting is already covered by these three articles. | |||
::I would also echo Rob T Firefly's concerns, what constitutes popular culture? How would we establish a threshold of reference; TARDIS for example has passed into the lexicon and used fairly randomly in conversations within popular culture. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:06, October 18, 2010 (UTC) |