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Due to the current lack of a proper forum system, this temporary forum system has been created as a stand-in to allow essential community discussions to take place. This system will be used until the regular system is re-instated by those with the power to do so.

To propose a thread for discussion, add it to the bottom of the table in the proposed threads section below. If you would like an already created thread to be discussed, you can sign your name next to the proposed thread to show support.

To maximise the number of topics and issues that can be discussed in as short a time as possible, there can only be 6 active threads at once, each with a timelimit of 3 weeks. This is to encourage people to focus on a small number of issues rather than try to tackle too much and loose focus. If no consensus has been reached in this time limit, the thread will be closed as unresolved and may be discussed further at a later date. Threads closed as unresolved will be added to the bottom of the proposal table where they must regain signatures to be discussed again. When a current thread is closed, the thread idea with the most support (tiebroken by precedence)[1] will be selected from the proposal table to be discussed next. A discussion space for it will then be created by an admin in one of the slots listed below.

When proposing threads, bear in mind that they should be actionable within the timelimit and that they should affect a large number of pages. Proposed threads that don't meet these criteria may not be selected for discussion, at least until other threads that do meet these criteria have been discussed.

Current threads

Only 6 threads can be open at once, each with a timelimit of 3 weeks.

Thread slot Thread topic Deadline for consensus
Slot 1 Splitting The Master 23rd January
Slot 2 Currently unused
Slot 3 Currently unused
Slot 4 Currently unused
Slot 5 Currently unused
Slot 6 Currently unused

Proposed threads

To propose a topic to be discussed, please add it to the “thread topic” column of this table, alongside your name (see below for how to add it easily).

To support a pre-existing proposal, add your name to the "support" column by typing "~~~" (note that this is only 3 "~", not the usual 4, as the date your signature was added is not important).

Thread topic Support Verdict
Changing/tweaking of the Tardis:Spoiler policy.
Danniesen
Bongo50 , Cookieboy 2005 , TheSpaghetOutcast , MrThermomanPreacher , Chubby Potato , Liria10 , OncomingStorm12th , Najawin Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Peter Cushing as Dr. Who
MrThermomanPreacher
Jack "BtR" Saxon , Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen Etty Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Scream of the Shalka
MrThermomanPreacher
Jack "BtR" Saxon , Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen , NoNotTheMemes Etty Editoronthewiki
Finding an alternative to using "(TV story)" for episodes that do not actually constitute a story, e.g. The Mysterious Planet, The Empty Child and The Halloween Apocalypse
Jack "BtR" Saxon
Validity debate: Death Comes to Time
MrThermomanPreacher
Jack "BtR" Saxon , TheSpaghetOutcast , Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen , Najawin Etty Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Vienna
Jack "BtR" Saxon
TheSpaghetOutcast , MrThermomanPreacher , Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen Editoronthewiki SherlockTheII
General validity debate for "commercial stories" such as DWBIT Dalek Wars and Big Finish Productions webcasts.
MrThermomanPreacher ,
Cookieboy 2005 , Jack "BtR" Saxon , Danniesen , Bongo50 , Liria10 , OncomingStorm12th Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Dimensions in Time
MrThermomanPreacher ,
Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen Etty Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Dermot and the Doctor
MrThermomanPreacher ,
Cookieboy 2005 , Danniesen Editoronthewiki
Re-examining and discussing how the wiki understands "valid sources" and a potential proposed major change to T:VS to eliminate bias and arbitrary restrictions, hopefully preceding any validity inclusion debates. (Note: this itself does not intend to change the validity status of any sources, but is for when they are discussed.)
Chubby Potato
MrThermomanPreacher , Danniesen , Bongo50 , Liria10 Etty Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: An Adventure in Space and Time
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen Cookieboy 2005
General validity debate for "non-narrative fiction".
MrThermomanPreacher
Chubby Potato , Bongo50 , Danniesen , Liria10 , Najawin , Etty , Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Doctor Who: Legacy
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen , Starkidsoph Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate for the "alternate reality" online games (The Last Dalek, K9: Deja Who, Daleks v Cybermen).
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Introduction to the Night
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen Etty Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Validity debate: Search Out Space
MrThermomanPreacher
Danniesen Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
A subpage policy, allowing for
1. more readable / accessible versions of articles for important characters, without losing any information;
2. better alignment with Fandom and wiki best practices;
3. fewer plot section stubs;
4. character gallery pages;
5. better coverage of characters with appearances in nonvalid stories;
6. potential new frontiers for modifying the spoiler policy;
7. better article ledes; and much more!
n8 ()
OncomingStorm12th , Bongo50 , Starkidsoph , Liria10 , Danniesen , Scrooge MacDuck Etty Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki TheSpaghetOutcast
The usage of galleries on in-universe articles in the same vein as Memory Alpha (example).
MrThermomanPreacher
OncomingStorm12th , Bongo50 , Liria10 , Danniesen
Standardizing dab terms for in-universe counterparts of things related to the real world Doctor Who franchise. Currently (N-Space) is the proposal, but an alternative is to change completely to (In Universe).

Najawin

Liria10 , Danniesen

Etty Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki

Validity debate: Biographies of Authors in The Book of the Enemy. Should be easy to solve within three weeks, but needs a thread.

Najawin

Liria10 , Danniesen Etty Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Formalizing some language into T:BOUND relating to how "policy" also means on this wiki "the way we currently do things".

Najawin

Starkidsoph , Liria10 , Danniesen Etty Editoronthewiki , Bongo50
Formal rules regarding navboxes, similar to T:IBOX.

Najawin

Liria10 , Danniesen Cookieboy 2005 , Bongo50
Discuss conflict of interest rules regarding relatives/close friends editing wiki pages. See Russell McGee.

Najawin

Danniesen Cookieboy 2005 Editoronthewiki
Allowing lists of appearances to include invalid sources and mentions. LoAs aren't really in-universe pages, and so, it makes no sense to omit David Tennant's performance in Attack of the Graske on Tenth Doctor - list of appearances, for example. TheSpaghetOutcast, , Bongo50 Cookieboy 2005 Najawin MrThermomanPreacher
"Splitting" UNIT. The UNIT page shouldn't cover info that really belongs on UNIT-UK, but there is more naunce to this I can't explain briefly here. TheSpaghetOutcast, , Bongo50 Cookieboy 2005 SherlockTheII
Replacing {{Docpic}} and the like with tabbed galleries due to their buginess and lack of mobile functionality.
Bongo50
MrThermomanPreacher OncomingStorm12th
Redoing to main page and transmats to bring it all up to date with the current era and branding and highlight more non-televised media.
Bongo50
MrThermomanPreacher OncomingStorm12th

Archived threads

Main article: Tardis:Temporary forums/Archive

Once consensus has been reached and a thread has been closed, or once a thread has reached the 3 week limit, it will be moved by an admin to a subpage of Tardis:Temporary forums/Archive. An index of archived threads can be found on this page.

Footnotes

  1. In the case of a tie, the thread proposed earliest generally gets priority. This should be the thread higher up in the table as threads are ordered by date added.
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