Forum:Premature page policies - again

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Spoilers are strongly policed here.
If this thread's title doesn't specify it's spoilery, don't bring any up.

I want to bring this up again. I really do think we shouldn't have these pages before the episode airs. As I stated before "We are not a news organization. We are an encyclopaedia which documents that which has happened, not that which will." As far as I can tell, there's no benefits to the page being created early, but there are benefits if we wait.

  1. Titles of episodes and character names are subject to change until the moment the episode airs. This removes that possibility.
Note: The change from The Pandorica Opens to The Pandorica Opens (TV story) took about 24 hours using a bot, and even then it didn't get everything.
  1. The rumours and such don't get out of hand.
  2. The page will not be deleted countless times until "enough information" is gathered.
  3. Time can be spent doing other things to improve the wiki, not necessary things because someone can't wait a few weeks.

These are the benefits of waiting to create articles, something which I truly think we should consider doing. --The Thirteenth Doctor 22:20, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

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