Tardis talk:Valid sources

Possible mistake
In the following sentence, at the end of "Explaining the Rules" it currently says: "Extraordinary non-narrative evidence — such as the story's author directly saying that the story doesn't happen in the normal DWU – must be presented to the community for a story to be kicked out based on Rule 3."  This sentence seems more like an example of Rule 4, and the paragraph is about Rule 4. Article is flagged against editing, so commenting here. Agonaga talk to me 14:40, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Only Stories Count
Sounds like a reasonable rule. I just wonder, how does that apply when it comes to the interpretation of stories? For exapmple, take The Doctors Wife. It was never made clear wether or not that particular control room still existed after it was deleted. The writer/director/whatever stated somewhere that it obviously still existed, and that anything else would be a missinterpretation. Does that mean the control room still exists, or that it's uncertain?Thomsons Gazelle ☎  13:36, December 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Any information from outside of the narrative (the story) should go in the behind the scenes section of the article if it's in-universe or in the story notes section on the story article's page.
 * I'm a little unsure what you mean by "interpretation" however. Idris/the TARDIS said she saved it and then it's deleted by House. The information seems pretty straight forward. --Tangerineduel / talk 13:51, December 15, 2012 (UTC)

Personally, I think it is a little decadent. Yes, I read what it said below that, but I take Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains and similar books to be TIE-IN WORKS, not "works of non-fiction". They may contain some behind-the-scenes info, sure, but they also contain some extra in-universe information that could be crucial to understanding the characters described (like what was music probably like in 5 billion or how exactly were the Forest of Cheem created?). On Wookieepedia (yes, I also know that we're not Wookieepedia, but I'm still not trying to make us Wookieepedia-- I only want us to be more in favor of some fans like me), reference works are treated as valid sources depending on their content--in-universe or behind-the-scenes. The aforementioned books contain both, but it shouldn't take a well trained person to distinguish the two where they're together. Imagine if a new guide like Monsters and Villains was printed that contained never-before-seen illustrations of Fitz Kreiner AND Nobody No-One? How would you deal with that, CzechOut? I also take the tie-in websites to contain canon information (Whoisdoctorwho.co.uk implies where and when the Ninth Doctor traveled before he met Rose), even if they might also contain behind-the-scenes data. I think we should create a new category of publication, Template:Tie-in work, which could say something like "This is a licenced tie-in work. This source can be used for both in-universe and behind-the-scenes sections". And I'm not sure about using "licenced" before "tie-in work", because the BBC doesn't hold all the copyrights. K-9, anyone? --Vultraz Nuva / ☎  20:33, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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Artefact of the prefix move
Naturally, there's no such thing as "an TV audiobook from AudioGO", so could that bit be amended to say "a Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook"? Also, could the bit involving prefixes next to the "Fictional information presented non-narratively" be fixed to get rid off all this COMIC and DAN stuff? -- Tybort (talk page) 12:22, August 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Shambala108 ☎  13:38, August 15, 2013 (UTC)