Forum:What makes a rumour?

I have just recently removed a rumour from the series 7 page (which I did add a while ago), after rereading the source. The rumour was about Jack's return - which the website Doctor Who TV posted - the official source (a interview with Zip2 (or something similar)) and Doctor Who TV posted it, then add their own thought about it being a Series 7 return, which I added to the page.

I have removed as, it's not actually a rumour, it's just Doctor Who TV's own opinion. A rumour should be something that is reported by the media or hinted at by the BBC (including Matt Smith etc).

Let's take the Jack example:


 * If a website reports 'Will Jack return in Series 7?' and then goes onto describe the possibility that Jack could return, without having cited a source and is based on guess work - this is not a rumour

however


 * If a website reports 'Will Jack return in Series 7?' and has an interview with say John Barrowman or Steven Moffat and they both hint towards it, or they have a link to a site with the interview - then that is a rumour.

Basically, we need to define what a rumour is and where they come from - DoctorWhoTv which we do link to a lot on this, is reliable and usually have cited where they got a 'rumour' from, but do tend sometimes to presume what something means (such as the Jack case) - so should keep using Doctor Who TV or do we just use BBC announcements and reliable newspapers? MM/ Want to talk? 17:39, October 28, 2011 (UTC)