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Welcome to the Panopticon!

Like its namesake, our Panopticon is the home of all our greatest debates (though inclusion debates are held elsewhere). Here we discuss the maintenance and the development of the wiki itself.

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Discover the home of the Time Lords. We all need to start somewhere, right?

Be aware. This space is open to all users — even if you haven't edited a single article yet, you are welcome to post here. The more voices that flow through this forum, the stronger our wiki will become.

Have an idea about how to improve the wiki? Don't understand why we do things as we do? Notice the same problem across several pages? You've come to the right place. Pull up a chair.

What to keep in mind

Please note that spoilers are only allowed on threads which clearly mark themselves as spoilery in the title. This forum isn't really the place for discussions about the narrative, anyway. Indeed, the Panopticon is not to be used for general conversation or off-topic discussions that do not directly concern the editing, philosophies or policy framework of the Tardis Data Core.

In general, any issues that relate to specific articles should be posted on that article's talk page. However, some issues are complex enough to merit discussion here. And, of course, if your point may have implications for other, similar pages, it's best to bring the issue here. Whenever an editing issue affects multiple pages, it's really a policy issue more than a small-scale inquiry.

Archives

Main article: Forum:The Panopticon/Archive

Archives of this forum, including many important discussions that are still relevant to the way we do things on this wiki, are located at Forum:The Panopticon/Archive (and Forum:The Visionary Archives).

Previous Panopticon archives will soon be available at Forum:Archive index, including the Rassilon Archives (2004-12) and The Matrix Archives (2012-2020).

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17 September 2023TV Comic & other periodical issues00:55, 10 December 2024Borisashton
30 November 2024In-universe website page names01:12, 1 December 2024Najawin
24 November 2024The Game of Rassilon is at an end... Let's talk about hidden parent categories.03:21, 28 November 2024SOTO
4 September 2024A History of the Universe / AHistory / Unhistory - the same book or seperate?00:38, 28 November 2024Danniesen
9 November 2024Who's 60? and WHOAH! (revisted)16:37, 27 November 2024Scrooge MacDuck
26 November 2023Classic and New06:35, 26 November 2024SOTO
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24 November 2024Notes and citations05:19, 26 November 2024SOTO
20 September 2024Standards for Sorting Unnamed Characters22:16, 24 November 2024SOTO
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25 November 2023Clarifying in-universe deadnaming policy in response to Rose Noble20:16, 7 November 2024WaltK
25 February 2024General Discussion of the Fork20:05, 4 November 2024Scrooge MacDuck
28 February 2024The LEGO Dimensions Conundrum, Reconsidered23:27, 28 October 2024Cookieboy 2005
26 October 2024Childhood photos of characters17:50, 26 October 2024BlueSupergiant
20 October 2024How to best cover exhibits20:06, 22 October 2024Bongolium500
27 March 2024Twitter DidYouKnow submissions23:06, 19 October 2024CodeAndGin
2 April 2024CC BY-SA 4.006:48, 13 October 2024Tangerineduel
29 June 2023Real world franchises with DWU connections: Qualification speedround22:50, 11 October 2024Cookieboy 2005
20 September 2024A question about television channels…23:04, 20 September 2024Cookieboy 2005
23 April 2024The Family Of Blood and naming conventions00:13, 30 August 2024CodeAndGin
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22 August 2023Cite source part numbers02:54, 3 August 2024CodeAndGin
25 January 2024Adding "part of" to LOAs22:13, 1 August 2024Epsilon
26 January 2024Extensions and Us.16:43, 31 July 2024Najawin
28 June 2023Conversations across two user talk pages15:02, 31 July 2024Bongolium500
25 February 2024Abandoning 'sources' in favor of 'media'14:06, 24 July 2024WarDocFan12
28 June 2024What are the 'New Series Adventures'?12:59, 29 June 2024Shnupbups
23 June 2024Categorisation of locations from the real world16:46, 23 June 2024Najawin
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22 August 2023Reforming Tardis:Video policy21:50, 6 June 2024OttselSpy25
18 May 2024Adding international broadcast dates19:56, 2 June 2024Gingerfool
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26 August 2023Where to use cite source18:59, 25 April 2024Botgo50
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