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i was reading the manual of style recently and was wondering if tweets from official accounts such as https://twitter.com/#!/bbcdoctorwho and https://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat count as valid sources for articles on this wiki. it didn't mention anything in the manual of style about that sort of thing and if it is allowed, can i suggest it be added in. Imamadmad ^{talk to me} 06:17, December 19, 2011 (UTC)

I think that Doctor Who Official twitter and ClassicDW twitter should be considered valid sources as they're stated as the official twitter pages.

I'm less sure of using Steven Moffat's twitter as a source. The two Doctor Who twitter accounts are both stated as the "Official" pages meaning they're sanctioned by the BBC and therefore the information has been approved for release in the same way a press release or whatever would be. But Moffat's page, while being a verified page doesn't state anything about him being an official mouth piece for the BBC.

So I'm unsure about using his, or any other writer, actor or crew's twitter as a source. But I'd like to see other user's thoughts before we consider writing a ruling into the MOS. --Tangerineduel / talk 15:21, December 21, 2011 (UTC)