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 So could you trust us, fans, to do you justice and wikify your story for you? If it is something that would make an actual difference, I'm confident we can find editors willing and able to provide a synopsis and all the necessary hooks placing your story within [[DWU]]. As someone who has to enforce the prohibition on you editing your own story, I feel responsible to ensure that edits do happen. Please know that we heard you and just need some time. I've already made some inquiries. Just sit back and enjoy. With respect, [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:15, March 6, 2019 (UTC)
+== Authors and their stories on the wiki ==
+Hi there, Rachel. I'm popping in because I've seen what's been happening with you on the wiki, and have been contacted by another admin to see if I can help with the issue.
+Firstly, I want to put forward my own beliefs on this subject, after taking on board what another admin said a few weeks ago relating to the subject. As an author, you will clearly know far more about the story than anyone who could read it and, quite frankly, that's amazing, and should be expressed so that others can read it. The problem with that comes from how it lands on the wiki. Our pages have to stick directly to what's in the story. For example, you may have laid down some intentions in your work where X refers to another work written by Y, but to an outside reader, they might not quite get that, and therefore gives an inaccurate depiction of what happens in the story when compared to the final released product.
+I'd like to express another example, which relates to this subject: I have an upcoming short story that will be released in a future anthology (I'm not sure how much more I can say at the moment but that), and since its creation I've been eager to edit the page myself with the ins and outs of the story and how it relates to the wider Doctor Who world. What I've come to realise from recent developments here is that most of my intentions for the story were lost in the various edits of my drafts and the final product doesn't quite express the views I originally intended for the story. While that's not a bad thing for me - I'm pleased with the final product - it does mean that if I was to edit the article for my story and pages related to it, I'd have to be careful to stick to what exists in the final draft, and not what was cut out before I got there.
+I'm not sure how much of that went off subject for you, and how much might help, but I hope from my words it will help you understand how the wiki works a little better. I'd like to state here that I find it amazing that an author wants to edit here on the wiki, and don't want anything to discourage that in any way. But of course, like I've outlined above, authors have swathes of extra knowledge that can't always be used on the wiki. I think if an author does want to edit a page, it should be absolutely fine for them to do so, provided that the information contained within the edit sticks to what actually appears on the page, and leaves the interpretation of the text open to the reader.
+This whole concept of authors is very new to the wiki, and I think it will take some time before we establish a proper policy on it. Until then, your input and time would be most appreciated. I'd like to take the time to congratulate you on actually getting the story published in the first place. I hope my input here has helped you in regard to this subject. Thanks. --[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revan]]\[[User_talk:Revanvolatrelundar|Talk]] 15:19, March 6, 2019 (UTC)