Tardis:Point of view
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When writing an article, imagine that you know everything about your topic, and that it no longer exists. Write the in-universe portion of articles in the past tense, without exception.
It's important that our articles be consistently written from the same point of view. Otherwise, you'd end up with one article written in past tense, another in future tense, and yet another in present tense. Or maybe, some of the articles would be written from a character's perspective rather than the audience's.
We've therefore decided on a couple of simple rules:
- Use past tense for in-universe portions of articles
- Write from the perspective of a neutral observer who has access to all known facts about your topic. You, the writer of the article, are omniscient, even though the subject of your article is not.
- Use only valid sources — which is to say narratives — to write your article. Material from reference works, deleted scenes, or documentaries can only go in "behind the scenes" sections.
- All narratives, regardless of medium, have equal weight. Whether it's a comic strip, audio, novel or television story, it's all equally valid here.
Examples
Instead of
- "...Liz Shaw is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who..."
Use
- "...Liz Shaw was a companion of the Doctor's third incarnation during the early part of his exile on Earth..."