Forum:A change to templates used on invalid pages

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Opening Post

I think we should start using {{NCmaterial}} instead of {{Invalid}} on in-universe style pages for subjects that only appear in invalid sources, but not on pages for invalid works themselves. So for instance, Doctor Who (Doctor Who and Crayola) would have the NCMaterial template, but Doctor Who and Crayola (TV story) would still use {{Invalid}}. Cgl1999 ☎ 23:56, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Discussion

I like the idea of a larger banner being bold and up front for people starting to read an in-universe-style article so they properly know this is from not valid sources. --Tangerineduel / talk 07:16, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

NC Material is a bit... Imposing. And let us not forget that valid or invalid is an entirely arbitrary differentiation that we have invented. This is going to be entirely unhelpful to the ordinary reader, especially because most of these sources are just common sense. If something says "Doctor What was a fish lord from the planet Atlantis" people are going to go "hmm, this probably isn't canon", that being how most people think, but if it says "The Doctor was a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey", then they'll think "Yes, this is canon". There's really no need to clutter up our pages with such things. Aquanafrahudy 📢 07:47, 15 July 2023 (UTC)