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In light of the already-not-so-recent decisions about the Cleavage and N-Word pages, adding some much-needed nuance to the "all nouns mentioned in DWU sources can get pages" entry.

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 |The Wikipedia group is bound by Wikipedia's {{w|WP:N|notability guidelines}}, meaning that their subjects must meet a minimum standard of notability.  As a result, '''many minor-to-medium-importance characters and objects are not covered at Wikipedia'''.
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-|We believe that any noun mentioned in any narrative is fair game for an article here.  Thus '''we have many articles which are about genuine ''Doctor Who'' minutiae'''. Since our inception, we've consistently proclaimed that no subject is "too small" for an article.
+|Generally, we believe that any noun mentioned in any narrative is fair game for an article here.  Thus '''we have many articles which are about genuine ''Doctor Who'' minutiae'''. Since our inception, we've consistently proclaimed that '''no subject is "too small" for an article'''. That being said, note that '''subjects that go against common-sense decency are ''not'' fair game'''. For example, real-world slurs such as the N-word should most definitely not get a page, nor be quoted uncensored on the Wiki — even if they're mentioned verbatim in a DWU source. Neither should there be pages existing to intentionally sexualise actors, actresses, or the characters they play.
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 |'''An in-universe perspective is completely ''forbidden.''''' Hence, [[wikipedia:Eleventh Doctor]] speaks of its subject like a fictional character, and is therefore free to use the present tense with greater frequency.