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::Please see [[Forum:When using information from Doctor Who: Worlds in Time|this forum discussion]] for an excellent case in point. | ::Please see [[Forum:When using information from Doctor Who: Worlds in Time|this forum discussion]] for an excellent case in point. | ||
== Novels == | == Novels == | ||
For prose fiction, release date | For prose fiction, release date is whatever is given by the publisher as the release date. Even if you get a copy ''before'' that date, you cannot write about that story here until the date the publisher gives as the official launch date. | ||
::'''Example''': You pre-order [[PROSE]]: ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]'' from amazon.com. Through a fluke of shipping, it arrives through your door a couple of days before the official release date given by [[BBC Books]]. You must wait until the official release date to write articles about it here. | ::'''Example''': You pre-order [[PROSE]]: ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]'' from amazon.com. Through a fluke of shipping, it arrives through your door a couple of days before the official release date given by [[BBC Books]]. You must wait until the official release date to write articles about it here. | ||
== Television == | == Television == | ||
For televised episodes, time, not just date, of release is fairly crucial. '''Never, ever, ''under any circumstances'' start an article about an episode until its premiere transmission has clearly ended.''' By ''clearly ended'', we mean that you should wait, out of an abundance of caution, until the [[wiktionary:top of the hour|top]] or [[wiktionary:bottom of the hour|bottom of the hour]] ''after'' the end credits roll on the global premiere broadcaster's initial showing of the episode, on their primary broadcasting channel. | For televised episodes, time, not just date, of release is fairly crucial. '''Never, ever, ''under any circumstances'' start an article about an episode until its premiere transmission has clearly ended.''' By ''clearly ended'', we mean that you should wait, out of an abundance of caution, until the [[wiktionary:top of the hour|top]] or [[wiktionary:bottom of the hour|bottom of the hour]] ''after'' the end credits roll on the global premiere broadcaster's initial showing of the episode, on their primary broadcasting channel. | ||
