User talk:OttselSpy25

Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time
Just a quick question: after looking through some old forum replies written by yourself, I'd like to ask for rationale behind getting Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time made invalid. Seeing as the Doctor Who TV series unambiguously exists in-universe, I can't seem to see much reason as to why this story is invalid. 📯 📂 00:54, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Re: TVC
Hm. Honestly not sure. If it were licensed I'd have no objection: it is now well-understood that A) you can have very short narratives, and B) that invalid sources do deserve pages in all cases. However… in that old deletion rationale from five years ago, User:CzechOut also expressed doubts that a license was sought from the Nation Estate. Nothing has changed about the importance of our standards in that area.

You might argue that we should give TV Comic the benefit of the doubt, as established publishers of licensed DWU works, but unless you have inarguable evidence, such suggestions could only be the object of a forum thread; not something which can reverse an admin's long-standing decision overnight.

In the meantime, though, you could and should include a paragraph about the story in the relevant section of Doctor Who parodies. -Scrooge MacDuck ☎  23:02, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh — I didn't check the dates and I'd assumed the strip must have been from one of the periods where TVC were not otherwise publishing regular Dalek comics. If there are other Dalek comics in the selfsame issue I agree it's pretty far-fetched to propose they are not licensed, and I'll indeed recreate the page.


 * Incidentally, though, this is some pretty appalling news about The Gay Daleks being actually a fully-licensed parody, because in that case, I really can't see a way round covering it on the Wiki as much as we do Hallo My Dalek or Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?… Scrooge MacDuck  ☎  00:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
 * After having let it simmer a little while, I've recreated the page. Scrooge MacDuck ☎  16:36, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Doctor Who in "Colony in Space"
Back in April 2017, you added to Colony in Space (TV story) that the story had been adapted into a comic called Doctor Who in "Colony in Space". I'm tentatively interested in turning this into a non-redlink, but due to the name I'm having a hard time tracking down any information on it. Would you happen to remember where I might learn more? Hope you're well btw! – n8 (☎) 12:45, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow, I definitely never would have found that without your help! And what a neat comic it is. Thanks a bunch! – n8 (☎) 01:21, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

For(u)m Letter
Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at Forum talk:Index and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. Najawin ☎  08:58, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings
Merry Christmas, User:OttselSpy25, and have a Happy New Year. Sincerely, BananaClownMan ☎  11:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Forum thread proposal
I saw your forum thread proposal about Rule 4 and the DWU, etc. I wanted to let you know that my own discussion about valid sources intends to address this. I'm not asking you to remove your proposal, because I don't know how the discussion will actually play out, nor am I asking for support of mine, since you already have! I just wanted to tell you that your idea is one of a few aspects that I intend to examine in the discussion I have proposed. Chubby Potato ☎  23:39, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Ninth Doctor appearances
Welcome back, and thank you for joining in on this monumental effort! Since it's been a while, I'll also say congrats on your non-wiki-related success – the other day I was startled to walk into my friends' apartment and find them halfway through one of yours. The Ninth Doctor is a wise one to start with, number-of-appearances-wise; I'm working on Donna Noble - list of appearances right now, but I'll hop over and join you on your sandbox when I'm finished. – n8 (☎) 14:47, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Image policy OP
Hey! Is User:OttselSpy25/Guide to Images Sandbox ready for publication, or just a work-in-progress? If the former, remember to sign it! Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 21:03, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Excellent — but again, could you sign it? Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 21:59, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Multipath
So I'm somewhat hesitant in how this is going to be implemented, and have complicated feelings about procedural issues here. But since you're writing up an OP, there's a bit of discussion at Talk:You are the Absurd Hero (short story) you might find interesting. Nothing too major, but some stuff. Najawin ☎  03:50, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Re: Dermot and the Doctor
Go right ahead. MrThermomanPreacher ☎  22:27, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Re: The Pilot Episode
Yes, you can merge my proposal in. --Pluto2 ☎ 22:34, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Speedround
Hey, your forum speedround is great. Something you may want to add to the bootstrap section is Introduction to the Night. Invalid due to the fourth wall breaking nature. Some may argue due to its meta fictional nature it’s not set in the DWU. My feeling is. If it’s got the Doctor in it it’s set in some DWU. Either way. It was since mentioned in TARDIS Cam feature as one of the Doctor’s many adventures so it may be a rule 4 by proxy thing. 81.106.187.1talk to me 14:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Re: Dr. Who? Question help
That seems reasonable, ✅ Bongo50   ☎  23:12, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Invalid continuity
Not off hand, haven't gotten that far in my archeology yet. Gimme a bit, I'll go looking. Najawin ☎  06:01, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Bit of a weird one. Nothing specific, moreso a few different T:BOUND issues that evolved over time, it looks like. I could be missing a talk page discussion, since I'm not up to the relevant time period and this is a very cursory glance, but I don't think so.


 * So it looks like that while invalid stories (well, non canon at the time) did have continuity sections, they were largely based around the idea that continuity = canon, and so it said something to the effect of "this story isn't canon". There are exceptions, (eg) but this is the rule of thumb, and they often either only said that, or said (eg) that in addition to also saying other things (1, 2). I'm not seeing any specific discussion to remove these, it looks like Mini-Mitch just woke up one day and decided to do so. Which isn't the most unreasonable thing in the world given how they were understood at the time, and I looked at his edits back until January of that year, he spent a fair bit of time in continuity sections, he clearly gave it a reasonable amount of thought. But I'm not seeing a specific forum discussion that preceded it, no. When DCtT was officially ruled NC its continuity section was removed, and Shambala removed the Pilot Episode's continuity section in 2015. So it looks like invalid = no continuity section is just a T:BOUND issue, not deriving from a specific thread. (Again, I'm not certain about this. There might have been a discussion made in the years prior or after this, but immediately surrounding these changes there's nothing.)


 * As for the idea that continuity = canon, see Forum:DWU, Canon, Continuity and References - rename them, just to pin down the thought process of people at the time.
 * Doctor Who universe (DWU), Canon and Continuity are three terms that are used fairly broadly throughout the wiki, and they all mean vaguely the similar things.
 * This seems to be why the continuity section was removed. Recall that this is around the time when T:VS first started up, so it's still really messy as to how people are thinking about things and doesn't map quite right onto how we treat concepts on the wiki these days. Najawin ☎  07:12, 26 March 2023 (UTC)