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Can somebody please advise of the difference between this page and [[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)]]. This page suggests that the book is a valid source, and I've noticed information from the book is being used on in-universe articles such as [[Wester Drumlins]]. The other page, however, suggests the book to be invalid and I've noticed other information from the book is used in the behind the scenes | Can somebody please advise of the difference between this page and [[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)]]. This page suggests that the book is a valid source, and I've noticed information from the book is being used on in-universe articles such as [[Wester Drumlins]]. The other page, however, suggests the book to be invalid and I've noticed other information from the book is used in the behind the scenes sections on pages such as [[Physics teacher (School Reunion)]]. [[User:66 Seconds|66 Seconds]] [[User talk:66 Seconds|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:25, June 19, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:I think it's really quite straightforward. ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' is a reference book which contains a narrative, in-universe portion — documented at "[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)]]" — which ''is'' valid. However, material from the reference book that's ''not'' part of the short story isn't valid. This is the prose equivalent of how ''[[The History of the Doctor (TV story)|The History of the Doctor]]'' is valid, but ''[[The Ultimate Guide (2013 documentary)|The Ultimate Guide]]'' as a whole is not. | :I think it's really quite straightforward. ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' is a reference book which contains a narrative, in-universe portion — documented at "[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)]]" — which ''is'' valid. However, material from the reference book that's ''not'' part of the short story isn't valid. This is the prose equivalent of how ''[[The History of the Doctor (TV story)|The History of the Doctor]]'' is valid, but ''[[The Ultimate Guide (2013 documentary)|The Ultimate Guide]]'' as a whole is not. | ||
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::As for the Physics teacher specifically, I believe if I remember right, I originally placed the name information in behind the scenes because there are ''so many'' different names for this lady. Two different names from the same website! The other two from two books by the same guy! Only in ''Doctor Who'', eh? :P If you wanted, the info from TSLoM and The Time Lord Letters could be moved in the main text, since those are valid sources. I believe most "in-universe" websites have previously been deemed invalid sources except for the Martha Jones MySpace, so that would stay in behind the scenes. Not positive, though. [[User:Toqgers|Toqgers]] [[User talk:Toqgers|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:03, June 20, 2020 (UTC) | ::As for the Physics teacher specifically, I believe if I remember right, I originally placed the name information in behind the scenes because there are ''so many'' different names for this lady. Two different names from the same website! The other two from two books by the same guy! Only in ''Doctor Who'', eh? :P If you wanted, the info from TSLoM and The Time Lord Letters could be moved in the main text, since those are valid sources. I believe most "in-universe" websites have previously been deemed invalid sources except for the Martha Jones MySpace, so that would stay in behind the scenes. Not positive, though. [[User:Toqgers|Toqgers]] [[User talk:Toqgers|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:03, June 20, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:::Thank you both for the explanation. Just wanted to confirm before I started adding any info to the wiki, as the book isn't in the typical fictional prose format. [[User:66 Seconds|66 Seconds]] [[User talk:66 Seconds|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:47, June 20, 2020 (UTC) | |||
