The Panopticon/In-universe illustrations from DWM
Tardis:Images and perspective says this:
- "For in-universe articles, images must come from an in-universe source, such as a screenshot of a televised episode, or a scan of a comic strip. Novel or audio covers may also be potential sources for in-universe imagery, but only when no other source has an image to offer."
It does not mention a fifth source of images which has been used for years on this wiki: illustrations from DWM.
The preview illustrations for Big Finish and BBC Books included within DWM during the 2000s are a perfectly in-universe source for images of characters who otherwise make no appearance in the visual medium. Many editors have recognised this and used them in articles (myself included).
The problem arises when it comes to illustrations used in DWM articles. Recently, one user was told by an admin not to use images from articles due to them not being in-universe. As far as I'm aware, there is only one page that uses an image from a DWM article: The Doctor (The Infinity Doctors universe). Why are book and audio covers and preview illustrations more in-universe than the image on the left? I can think of a few pages that would benefit from being able to use article images.
We currently have no rules concerning these DWM illustrations and we will benefit from drawing a firm line in the sand as to what we can use.
- Also, DWM have recently began a new monthly feature which has original illustrations for recent Big Finish stories.
