Forum:Temporary forums
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 lose 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 | Shaping subpage policy | 23rd January |
| 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 entering "~~~" (note that this is only 3 "~", not the usual 4, as the date your signature was added is not important) as a new argument in the {{PS}} template: in short, before "}}", type "|~~~".
When an admin has decided to greenlight the proposed thread, they will indicate this in the "verdict" column, and the thread can be opened in one of the "slots" in the above section.
| Thread topic | Support | Verdict |
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| Changing/tweaking of the Tardis:Spoiler policy. Danniesen ☎ |
16 supporters
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| Validity debate: Peter Cushing as Dr. Who MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
9 supporters
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| Validity debate: Scream of the Shalka MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
10 supporters
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| 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 ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Death Comes to Time MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
10 supporters
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| Validity debate: Vienna Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ |
10 supporters
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| General validity debate for "commercial stories" such as DWBIT Dalek Wars and Big Finish Productions webcasts. MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Dimensions in Time MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
8 supporters
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| Validity debate: Dermot and the Doctor MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| 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 ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
5 supporters
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| Validity debate: An Adventure in Space and Time MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
2 supporters
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| General validity debate for "non-narrative fiction". MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
13 supporters
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| Validity debate: Doctor Who: Legacy MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
7 supporters
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| Validity debate for the "alternate reality" online games (The Last Dalek, K9: Deja Who, Daleks v Cybermen). MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Introduction to the Night MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Search Out Space MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
6 supporters
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| The usage of galleries on in-universe articles in the same vein as Memory Alpha (example). MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| 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 ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Biographies of Authors in The Book of the Enemy. Should be easy to solve within three weeks, but needs a thread. Najawin ☎ |
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| Formalizing some language into T:BOUND relating to how "policy" also means on this wiki "the way we currently do things". Najawin ☎ |
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| Formal rules regarding navboxes, similar to T:IBOX. Najawin ☎ |
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| Discuss conflict of interest rules regarding relatives/close friends editing wiki pages. See Russell McGee. Najawin ☎ |
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| 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. |
14 supporters
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| "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. |
5 supporters
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| Replacing {{Docpic}} and the like with tabbed galleries due to their buginess and lack of mobile functionality. Bongo50 ☎ |
10 supporters
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| Redoing the main page and transmats to bring it all up to date with the current era and branding and highlight more non-televised media. Bongo50 ☎ |
11 supporters
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| Interpreting the "neutral" in Tardis:Neutral point of view on in-universe pages. Chubby Potato ☎ |
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| Changing/tweaking of the Tardis:Image use policy. Danniesen ☎ |
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| Changing/tweaking of the Tardis:Video policy. Danniesen ☎ |
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| Creating a "Content Warning" template to warn users of potentially sensitive material in articles (subjects that may cause distress, et al.) |
6 supporters
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| Recognising Doctor Who? and The Daft Dimension as valid material set in parallel worlds. |
4 supporters
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| Changing/tweaking of the Tardis:Guide to images. Danniesen ☎ |
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| Adding "unproduced" to dab terms of unproduced stories: for instance, Creatures of Habit (unproduced comic story) n8 (☎) |
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| Allowing character names from novelisations in page titles n8 (☎) |
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| Applying Tardis:Romana to other Time Lord incarnations, such as moving First Morbius to Morbius I. See Talk:First Morbius for details and clarification. n8 (☎) |
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| Differentiating between unproduced and unreleased stories (e.g. Absent Friends) WaltK |
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| Determining whether LEGO Dimensions trailers, spotlight videos and the like that only contain DWU links via gameplay footage (as opposed to specially-made footage) actually qualify for pages. WaltK |
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| Using the "Support/Oppose/Neutral/Lukewarm" structure to organize these forum discussions. n8 (☎) |
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| How exactly do we treat the Casanova crossover? MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| Changing/tweaking of Tardis:Don't over-wikify. Danniesen ☎ |
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| Working out the most optimal way to cover alternate reality games. As they typically comprise of one narrative, and virtually every other resource on the internet treats each ARGs as a single story, we should not split it up in the way we have with FindTheDoctor (series), for example. |
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| In/validating information that only appears in foreign language translations (see GoldenEye 007) WaltK |
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| Loosely related to the above: creating a series of "DWU around the world" pages, that go in depth about DWU media as it is presented in non-English-speaking regions (stuff like when it first arrived in that region, what has and hasn't been localised there, listing any notable translation quirks, et al.), with it being emphasised that no info from these pages should spill out onto the rest of the wiki unless editorially justified. WaltK |
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| Splitting the Doctor's sonic screwdriver MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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| Validity debate: Attack of the Graske MrThermomanPreacher ☎ |
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
- ↑ 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.
