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* In terms of terminology, for categorisation, [[Tardis:Disambiguation term|dab-term]] and appearances-table purposes, '''"feature" should be used for most prose or comic non-narrative pieces which aren't printed individually. Illustrations, graphics, diagrams and the like should be referred to by the word "illustration". "(webcast)", "(home video)" and "(game)"/"(video game)" can continue to be used regardless of narrativity.''' For the time being, '''whole non-narrative books will continue to be dabbed as "(reference book)", but due to the confusion with real-world-focused reference books this is not ideal and should be replaced with something better as soon as possible''' (I am hopeful that a suggestion will emerge on this archived thread's talk page). I suppose that if it comes to it, a non-narrative TV or audio piece should be dabbed as simply "(TV)" or "(audio)", but fortunately I'm not aware of any such work currently existing on the Wiki, so good-oh. | * In terms of terminology, for categorisation, [[Tardis:Disambiguation term|dab-term]] and appearances-table purposes, '''"feature" should be used for most prose or comic non-narrative pieces which aren't printed individually. Illustrations, graphics, diagrams and the like should be referred to by the word "illustration". "(webcast)", "(home video)" and "(game)"/"(video game)" can continue to be used regardless of narrativity.''' For the time being, '''whole non-narrative books will continue to be dabbed as "(reference book)", but due to the confusion with real-world-focused reference books this is not ideal and should be replaced with something better as soon as possible''' (I am hopeful that a suggestion will emerge on this archived thread's talk page). I suppose that if it comes to it, a non-narrative TV or audio piece should be dabbed as simply "(TV)" or "(audio)", but fortunately I'm not aware of any such work currently existing on the Wiki, so good-oh. | ||
* In terms of [[Tardis:Prefixes|prefixes]], '''[[PROSE]] can be used for all prose non-narrative fiction. As suggested by [[User:SOTO]], [[GRAPHIC]] will be used for graphics, illustrations, etc. [[GAME]], [[WC]], [[HOMEVID]] | * In terms of [[Tardis:Prefixes|prefixes]], '''[[PROSE]] can be used for all prose non-narrative fiction. As suggested by [[User:SOTO]], [[GRAPHIC]] will be used for graphics, illustrations, etc. Like their dab terms, [[GAME]], [[WC]], [[HOMEVID]] are unaffected. [[COMIC]] and, should it come up, [[AUDIO]] and [[TV]] are also unaffected despite the different dab terms.''' As an additional point, I will take this opportunity to right an old wrong by '''introducing [[POEM]] and the matching dab term "(poem)", which can be used for text stories in verse, whether narrative or not.''' (If we're going to have valid "poems" at all, it makes no sense to keep dabbing some of the valid contents of ''[[Now We Are Six Hundred (anthology)|Now We Are Six Hundred]]'' as "short stories" but not others.) | ||
I keep rereading this and telling myself I ''must'' be forgetting some aspect of the "how", but nothing's coming to mind and the clock's ticking, so I do apologise for any oversight. Again, that's what talk pages are for… Still, I think this is a good enough roadmap to get us started. This won't be implemented in a day, anyway. | I keep rereading this and telling myself I ''must'' be forgetting some aspect of the "how", but nothing's coming to mind and the clock's ticking, so I do apologise for any oversight. Again, that's what talk pages are for… Still, I think this is a good enough roadmap to get us started. This won't be implemented in a day, anyway. | ||
