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Still, there are some works of fiction that are not within our definition ''Doctor Who'' universe for one reason or another. Articles about such fiction can be found in '''[[:Category:Non-DWU material]]'''. A word of caution: please make sure you read [[T:CAN]] and [[T:VS]] before adding any of these categories to articles. There are actually very ''few'' works of fiction which can be classed, according to our rules, as truly "non-DWU". However, this does not mean that those stories not ''intended by their authors'' to be set in the DWU, it is merely our way of working with a system to classify sources so that we can efficiently write high-quality articles. | Still, there are some works of fiction that are not within our definition ''Doctor Who'' universe for one reason or another. Articles about such fiction can be found in '''[[:Category:Non-DWU material]]'''. A word of caution: please make sure you read [[T:CAN]] and [[T:VS]] before adding any of these categories to articles. There are actually very ''few'' works of fiction which can be classed, according to our rules, as truly "non-DWU". However, this does not mean that those stories not ''intended by their authors'' to be set in the DWU, it is merely our way of working with a system to classify sources so that we can efficiently write high-quality articles. | ||
Next comes '''[[:Category:Real world]]'''. This category contains information about the production of ''Doctor Who'' universe stories. Its articles and subcategories are all written from the "real world perspective", usually in the present tense. It, too, includes production information from the above shows, along with information about the producers of both licensed and unlicensed material in other media. | |||
Finally, there's '''[[:Category:The Hub]]''', which is an administrative category for things that help the wiki function. Most of the things that get put in this category do so automatically, because a little piece of code makes it happen. Unless you really start editing the structure of this wiki, though, chances are you'll never peek inside this folder. | Finally, there's '''[[:Category:The Hub]]''', which is an administrative category for things that help the wiki function. Most of the things that get put in this category do so automatically, because a little piece of code makes it happen. Unless you really start editing the structure of this wiki, though, chances are you'll never peek inside this folder. | ||
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== Nomenclature == | == Nomenclature == | ||
As a general rule, we've tried to make the distinction between real world and in-universe categories easy. Take, for instance, broadcasters. There are broadcasters in the Whoniverse, like [[AMNN]]. And there are broadcasters in the real world, like [[BBC America]]. Clearly, they shouldn't be in the same category, but somehow the word "broadcaster" will probably appear in the two separate categories that these articles require. Generally, it works like this: | As a general rule, we've tried to make the distinction between real world and in-universe categories easy. Take, for instance, broadcasters. There are broadcasters in the Whoniverse, like [[AMNN]]. And there are broadcasters in the real world, like [[BBC America]]. Clearly, they shouldn't be in the same category, but somehow the word "broadcaster" will probably appear in the two separate categories that these articles require. Generally, it works like this: | ||
:Unmodified nouns name subcategories within [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]], and if it's in [[:Category:Real world]], it's prefaced with the words "Real world". Thus [[:Category:Broadcasters]] is about broadcasters within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, whereas [[:Category:Real world broadcasters]] is for broadcasters that | :Unmodified nouns name subcategories within [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]], and if it's in [[:Category:Real world]], it's prefaced with the words "Real world". Thus [[:Category:Broadcasters]] is about broadcasters within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, whereas [[:Category:Real world broadcasters]] is for broadcasters that actually exist. The odd exception is for noting real life things that appear within the fictional world of ''Doctor Who'' — and thus become a part of the Whoniverse — which we'll discuss next. | ||
=== "Real world . . ." vs. " . . . from the real world" === | |||
Things which exist in the real world, but are part of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], are within the super-category [[:Category:Time-Space Visualiser]]. They follow the syntax: '''<nowiki>[[:Category:<Noun> from the real world]]</nowiki>'''. Thus: [[:Category:Astronomy from the real world]], [[:Category:Science from the real world]], [[:Category:People from the real world]]. | |||
However, things which exist in the real world, but not in the ''Doctor Who'' universe are a part of [[:Category:Real world]]. They follow the syntax: '''<nowiki>[[:Category:Real world <noun>]]</nowiki>'''. Thus: [[:Category:Real world directors]], [[:Category:Real world magazine publishers]], and [[:Category:Real world people]]. | |||
==== Example ==== | |||
The need for this strict syntax perhaps becomes most obvious when speaking of people. Take the cases of [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Charles Dickens]]. Gaiman has written for ''Doctor Who'', but he has never appeared as a ''character'' in ''Doctor Who''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:Real world people]]. Dickens, by contrast, has never been a writer for ''Doctor Who'', but he was a character in ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''. Thus he belongs to [[:Category:People from the real world]]. | |||
