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I was looking on the Series 6 page recently and I saw that someone had tried to create a DWM link but instead of DWM Issue 432, they did DWM#432. I've had a look around the Panopticon archives and I couldn't find any posts or dicussion that concerned the issue. All I'm saying is that it would be a bit easier if we started using "#" than "Issue". I know that the whole point of DWM is that it is a magazine and it comes out in Issues (work it out for yourself) but then again, "#" would be easier and more practical to use. This is just an idea. Ghastly9090 19:36, March 17, 2011 (UTC)

It's a technical impossibility. Please see the last point in the section tardis:Manual of Style#Naming of articles for a detailed description of exactly why we name issues the way we do around here. A hash/pound symbol simply can't be used in MediaWiki software to name articles. Now, personally, I don't understand why we don't just drop the word "issue" from things. I think it'd make a great deal of sense for these articles to be "DWM 34" and the like. The word "issue" is redundant and somewhat unexpected, especially as it's capitalized.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:25:43 Fri 18 Mar 2011 

That sounds good.----Skittles the hog--Talk 07:42, March 20, 2011 (UTC)

This nomenclature now policy. See Tardis:Manual of Style#Magazine issues. Closing discussion.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 01:45:06 Tue 05 Apr 2011