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We are '''not''' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], nor are we a simple port of Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who|''Doctor Who'' WikiProject]] (WP:DW). We do take ideas from both Wikipedia and WP:DW, but we stand quite apart. The biggest difference between us and WP:DW is that we write many of our articles from an [[Tardis:in-universe perspective|in-universe perspective]] — something that would be strictly forbidden at WP:DW. [[Tardis:We're Wikipedia's evil twin|Read about other differences we have with Wikipedia.]] | We are '''not''' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], nor are we a simple port of Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who|''Doctor Who'' WikiProject]] (WP:DW). We do take ideas from both Wikipedia and WP:DW, but we stand quite apart. The biggest difference between us and WP:DW is that we write many of our articles from an [[Tardis:in-universe perspective|in-universe perspective]] — something that would be strictly forbidden at WP:DW. [[Tardis:We're Wikipedia's evil twin|Read about other differences we have with Wikipedia.]] | ||
== Not for fan fiction or fan videos== | == Not corporate-run == | ||
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One way in which we ''are'' more similar to Wikipedia than many comparable fan wikis is that we are no longer a for-profit enterprise. '''We are [[T:FORK|fully independent]] now!''' We had a [[Tardis:About|long, long association]] with the company now known as [[Fandom]] — having been one of the earliest Wikicities wikis back in 2004 — but we are now independently hosted and committed to keeping this a free, non-ad-riddled resource for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans all over the world. | |||
See our [[Tardis:Forking announcement|forking announcement]] for more details! | |||
== Not for fan fiction or fan videos == | |||
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We are not a place to post fan fiction, or fan-produced titles of any kind. As our [[T:USER FANFIC|user page policy]] states, [[w:c:doctorwhofanon:Main Page|Doctor Who Fanon Wiki]] or [[w:c:dwexpanded:Main Page|Doctor Who Expanded]] are wikis — not affiliated with this site in any way — where such things may be welcome. Just to be clear, there should be no fan fiction or art posted in ''any'' [[namespace]] other than ns:2 ({{ns:2}}) — and even that must be done in accordance with our [[Tardis:User page policy|user page policy]]. | We are not a place to post fan fiction, or fan-produced titles of any kind. As our [[T:USER FANFIC|user page policy]] states, [[w:c:doctorwhofanon:Main Page|Doctor Who Fanon Wiki]] or [[w:c:dwexpanded:Main Page|Doctor Who Expanded]] are wikis — not affiliated with this site in any way, and indeed [[#Not corporate run|hosted elsewhere]] — where such things may be welcome. Just to be clear, there should be no fan fiction or art posted in ''any'' [[namespace]] other than ns:2 ({{ns:2}}) — and even that must be done in accordance with our [[Tardis:User page policy|user page policy]]. | ||
As documented at [[T:VS]], we also do not grant real-world ''coverage'' to existing fanmade material, however famous, if it was '''unlicensed'''. We cannot emphasise enough that authorship or format isn't the issue: we don't cover ''Gene Genius'' even though it has [[Sylvester McCoy]] as [[the Doctor]] in it and looks like a conventional ''Doctor Who'' episode (beyond a note at [[List of fan works in which official actors reprised their roles]]), whereas we ''do'' cover something like ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'', which many (including its creators) might refer to as a "fan-produced" story. | As documented at [[T:VS]], we also do not grant real-world ''coverage'' to existing fanmade material, however famous, if it was '''unlicensed'''. We cannot emphasise enough that authorship or format isn't the issue: we don't cover ''Gene Genius'' even though it has [[Sylvester McCoy]] as [[the Doctor]] in it and looks like a conventional ''Doctor Who'' episode (beyond a note at [[List of fan works in which official actors reprised their roles]]), whereas we ''do'' cover something like ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'', which many (including its creators) might refer to as a "fan-produced" story. | ||
