User talk:Ausir-fduser

Torchwood: Web of Lies
Hiya Ausir :) Thanks very much for trying to create the above article.  Unfortunately, it's just a smidgen too early. I always hate it when my first contact with another user is over deleting their work, but I'm afraid that's the case here.   Our spoiler policy in concert with our vandalism policy prohibits the premature creation of articles about not-yet-released content.  The main reason is that such articles attract a lot of spoilers, rumours and speculation which will only have to be cleaned up later.  One particular problem that we've found with starting an article too early is that names of stories are subject to change right up to the moment of first release.  If an article about an unreleased story has been started too early, we've found that we spent tons of time trying to untangle all the links that have been made to the wrong name. Thus, we tend to wait until the episode is actually broadcast, or near enough, to start the article. We tend to think of ourselves more as an encyclopedia than a news organisation.

That said, you did exactly the right thing here by putting up a spoiler tag in concert with real world. It's really just a question of it being a tad too early with the information.

I hope that this deletion doesn't frustrate you or prevent you from editing with us in the future. I look forward to your future contributions. If you'd like to look at a recent community discussion about this issue, I invite you to read and contribute to Forum:When can we create "The Impossible Astronaut" page?. Thanks again for the time you spend with us. :) 23:43:55 Wed 18 May 2011


 * Hmmm, creating a redirect is an interesting thought, but I'd be opposed to it. See, from my perspective, the main reason for our policy against premature creation of story pages is that it gives people something to link to.  If that name is later proved incorrect, then whatever links have been made have to be changed.  This happened to us a few times in 2010 alone — the DWU, for whatever reason, being prone to last minute title changes.  So even if you create a redirect, the problem isn't solved.  It's still possible, even if unlikely, the Web of Lies won't be the final name.  One thing that's particularly unclear about this one, pre-broadcast, is whether it will be better to call it Web of Lies or Torchwood: Web of Lies.   00:11:41 Thu 19 May 2011