Forum:Temporary forums/Dr. Who? debate

So today I am going to talk about a much more general topic, which goes a little beyond my most typical and infamous niche posts about why I want us to cover a lost MMOG from 2011 or an episode of Chute! from 2009.

It may be known by some of you that, in certain circles, our wiki is not the type of wiki Who fans want. Some fans want a wiki that only covers the TV show. Other fans want a wiki that is written like a real-world article, ala Wikipedia pages about DW concepts. But one of the fringe unifying topic I have sometimes experienced is some admiration over one simple page which has since been lost.

That being, The "Doctor Who?" running joke, which I have now had restored and moved to my sandbox so everyone can go look at it, although I've lightly updated it to better show its potential.

So as I was saying, I have had numerous experiences of Doctor Who fans from all corners of the fandom finding a shared... confusion? at the deletion of this page. I think the reason is that even if you aren't fond of our general style of covering media, this was an excellent topic done in the right format. It's a topic that dates back to 1963, and people often get curious about. So people naturally want an article to hold this topic.

I feel about this the same way I've felt about admins on this site who have campaigned for the deleted of /Appearances lists, because "no one can define what an appearance is!" At some point, we have to ask, why do we exist? Why was TARDIS Index File created all those years ago? Why does TARDIS Data Core still continue to have visitors? And the answer is that we are the website people should go to when they're curious about something.

Like, "How many TV stories does Adric appear in?" Go to Adric/Appearances. "What came first? Rose, Eccleston's Blue Peter cameo, or The Trip of a Lifetime?" Go to Ninth Doctor/Appearances, list by date.