i had no idea that there had already been a thread, but i think that is ridiculous. we shouldnt need "new evidence" to protest against something that is very clearly broken. and actually, this thread was originally opened as an outcry for all of the currently missing companions from any section of any template;
Tenth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
Twelfth Doctor
Thirteenth Doctor
this is why i asked in the OP for someone, with admin rights, to go through all of the companion template and add the missing companions in somewhere. however, i realised that this would be difficult without a definition - hence the rest of the discussion.