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Did this ever even exist?
I kinda got the impression that this was an in-joke made up by Andrew Hickey and Simon Bucher-Jones. I mean, it was deleted from the Obverse wiki. CoT ? 02:31, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- I think what happened here was that it was only available for two months. --Pluto2 (talk) 02:36, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- The one source of all of this information seems very unrealistic and tongue-in-cheek. CoT ? 02:41, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- I think the only way to settle this is to check through http://archive.org whether or not it was actually there during that period of two months.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 03:02, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- I think the only way to settle this is to check through http://archive.org whether or not it was actually there during that period of two months.
- The one source of all of this information seems very unrealistic and tongue-in-cheek. CoT ? 02:41, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- To clarify, I deleted that Wiki page per request from Stuart Douglas for reasons completely tangential to whether or not it was ever published. He just didn't want it on the Wiki; as I understand it, it was a considerable embarrassment for Obverse. NateBumber ☎ 06:26, January 13, 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, the cat is out of the bag on this one, and we all know that this was a hoax. However, might I suggest the recreation of this page explaining the hoax, as an entry in category:fandom? Finding serious information about this hoax without bumping into people purporting the hoax isn't exactly easy, so having a Wiki page explaining the history of the hoax would be genuinely useful, especially seeing as @Najawin, and I'm sure many other readers, genuinely believed this to be real. 19:17, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- I would agree that that seems like a good idea. Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500) ☎ 19:26, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- I disagree; there have been hundreds or thousands of rumors and hoaxes related to Doctor Who over the last half century, and I don't see why this should be the sole one to receive a page on this wiki. We don't even have a page on the Omnirumour! A page about Wallowing would be a weird and disruptive place to start. – n8 (☎) 22:05, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- Agree with User:NateBumber. I know some people think we should cover everything and anything related to DW on this wiki, but in practice that's not what we do. If someone wants to start a sister wiki based on the hundreds of rumors and hoaxes, that would be kinda interesting, but that information won't be posted here. Shambala108 ☎ 23:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- That is good reasoning, I am convinced. Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500) ☎ 09:16, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
- Agree with User:NateBumber. I know some people think we should cover everything and anything related to DW on this wiki, but in practice that's not what we do. If someone wants to start a sister wiki based on the hundreds of rumors and hoaxes, that would be kinda interesting, but that information won't be posted here. Shambala108 ☎ 23:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- I disagree; there have been hundreds or thousands of rumors and hoaxes related to Doctor Who over the last half century, and I don't see why this should be the sole one to receive a page on this wiki. We don't even have a page on the Omnirumour! A page about Wallowing would be a weird and disruptive place to start. – n8 (☎) 22:05, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- I would agree that that seems like a good idea. Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500) ☎ 19:26, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, the cat is out of the bag on this one, and we all know that this was a hoax. However, might I suggest the recreation of this page explaining the hoax, as an entry in category:fandom? Finding serious information about this hoax without bumping into people purporting the hoax isn't exactly easy, so having a Wiki page explaining the history of the hoax would be genuinely useful, especially seeing as @Najawin, and I'm sure many other readers, genuinely believed this to be real. 19:17, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
While this talk page has died down, it is clear to me now that my request was misguided and shall not be repeated. Wallowing... would be a weird place to start, and as far as I can tell now, it does seem to have existed at somepoint. Definitely.
18:37, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- I've just re-read this discussion and I've formed a new opinion. I think we should have a page on this hoax because, as far as I am aware, it was spread by people with official connections to Faction Paradox and Obverse Books. This differentiates it from the majority of hoaxes in my opinion. Bongo50 ☎ 19:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- But it's not a hoax though, why on all the Earths would Obverse Books lie about deciding to pull an anthology that is clearly a major embarrassment for them? :> 19:10, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- And there's the thing: this is portrayed as real so much that I, and I'm sure many others, am genuinely unsure as to whether this is a hoax or not. If it is real, it should have a page documenting it like we do for any other licensed DWU-release. If it is a hoax, it should have a page explaining it as it seems to be pretty notable. Earlier, I actually searched the wiki to try and determine if this is real or not and the only information I could find was a bit in the story notes of Wringing Off (novel). That is not helpful to anyone. Bongo50 ☎ 19:15, 8 September 2022 (UTC)