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== Method for sorting stories == | == Method for sorting stories == | ||
An expected result of these timelines is that there are a large number of stories which have no placement information relative to each other. My proposition is that the default ordering of such stories should be release order. An argument against this is that it is highly unlikely that the release order is the proper order, but any chosen random order is just as unlikely. The point is to find a sensible way of ordering stories, which release order fulfills satisfactorily. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:45, April 3, 2020 (UTC) | An expected result of these timelines is that there are a large number of stories which have no placement information relative to each other. My proposition is that the default ordering of such stories should be release order. An argument against this is that it is highly unlikely that the release order is the proper order, but any chosen random order is just as unlikely. The point is to find a sensible way of ordering stories, which release order fulfills satisfactorily. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:45, April 3, 2020 (UTC) | ||
I’d agree that release order should be implemented as a general rule. This would mostly be for stories with no other in-narrative suggestion of placement. | |||
This doesn’t work in every medium however. Comics for example are serialised, and trying to order them by release outside of their own series can get messy, especially in relation to other comics. A recent example of this is the Titan and DWM Thirteenth Doctor Comics. | |||
I think the main thing is just using discretion and knowing case by case, which stories would fit appropriately in release order and which ones might need to be moved about. | |||
Another thing I’m interested in, is making the timelines as easy to navigate by visitors as possible. Right now I feel they’re a tad over complicated and it’s not so easy to find the exact information you might be looking for. [[User:SarahJaneFan|SarahJaneFan]] [[User talk:SarahJaneFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:34, April 3, 2020 (UTC) | |||
== Relationship between the main space and the Timey-wimey detector. == | == Relationship between the main space and the Timey-wimey detector. == | ||
