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(Created page with "::''Please feel free to edit these timeline pages to improve accuracy, but please contact me on my talk page if you wish to make stylistic changes. Cousin Ettolrahc <span title="Talk to me">☎</span>'' ===Defining "era"s=== As the goal of this timeline system is to use subpages, this means that varoius sections must be separated more definitively. For this reason, there must be certain rules for when one era ends a...")
 
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===Don't duplicate timelines===
===Don't duplicate timelines===
For many characters - especially [[:Category:Companions of the Doctor|companions]]] - their timeline, or a part of it, is the same as another character. Duplicating this information is bad because if it is found to be inaccurate, it needs to be edited twice.  
For many characters - especially [[:Category:Companions of the Doctor|companions]]] - their timeline, or a part of it, is the same as another character. Duplicating this information is bad because if it is found to be inaccurate, it needs to be edited twice.  
In general, place the actual timeline content on the character with more overall appearances - for example, a Doctor over a companion - and then use a template to display the particular part of a timeline on that page.
In general, place the actual timeline content on the character with more overall appearances - for example, a Doctor over a companion - and then simply link to that page in the relevant part of the other character's page.
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