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Not to mention the fact that some people don't count novels/audio dramas as being canon, as many of them are contradictory or ambiguous [[Special:Contributions/81.135.117.170|81.135.117.170]] 08:15, September 1, 2011 (UTC) | Not to mention the fact that some people don't count novels/audio dramas as being canon, as many of them are contradictory or ambiguous [[Special:Contributions/81.135.117.170|81.135.117.170]] 08:15, September 1, 2011 (UTC) | ||
::It's the official policy of this wiki to accept all ''Doctor Who'' stories officially licensed by the BBC as being of equal weight when trying to write our articles about in-universe subjects. Thus, if a BFA calls her "Susan Campbell" — which all the Eighth Doctor/Susan BFAs consistently do — she ''is'' Susan Campbell, to us, regardless of the fact that ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' doesn't confirm that she either a) actually marries David or b) took his last name upon that marriage. Our [[tardis:manual of style|manual of style]] also gives specific instruction about what to do with the titles of articles about characters who get married. Namely, it is to change the article to the last known name, but keep a redirect. | |||
::Hence this article ''should'' be at Susan Campbell, according to the policies of the wiki. | |||
::Also, it's hardly that non-televised DW is especially contradictory or ambiguous. Even were we to confine ourselves solely to televised stories, we'd run into an awful lot of continuity errors. Case in point: Dalek history. Wanna see how screwed up the television series is, just try writing a history of the Daleks using ''only'' material in the TV series. ''Go.'' See ya when you get back from the insane asylum. | |||
::Although stories from other media do sometimes insert ''more'' continuity problems, they're often quite useful in resolving issues that would be present if only televised material were available to us. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''04:58:23 Wed '''07 Sep 2011 </span> | |||
==The Return?== | ==The Return?== | ||
