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 * Writing " . . . from the real world" articles

Articles underneath are all a part of the Doctor Who universe. As such they must be written from that point of view. Despite the fact they are things which we may know well as a part of our "common knowledge", care must be taken to ensure that the articles stress only what is known within the DWU.

Main body of article
Please remember that the main parts of articles within this category should only give information that is actually provided in the story concerned. For instance, an article about a song from the real world shouldn't give the writers of that song, its highest UK chart position or, generally, the year in which it debuted. Generally, such information is never provided in a DWU source. Likewise, people from the real world are never provided full birth and death dates or detailed career information in a DWU story. We don't know from a DWU source, for instance, even what the dates of Margaret Thatcher's prime ministership were. They could be different from that which obtained in the real world, especially given the presence of strictly fictional prime ministers, like Harriet Jones. While copying Wikipedia articles is not forbidden by our Manual of Style, it should be strictly avoided for subjects within the " . . . from the real world" categories. Limit yourself to only that information which can be seen or heard from the story concerned. Remember, all these articles will have a wikipediainfo link, anyway, allowing readers to easily access Wikipedia, if they so choose.

Behind-the-scenes sections
"Common knowledge" about these subjects should only be given in the behind the scenes section, or, if brief, in an italicized section beneath the article proper. Information given in the behind-the-scenes section should be limited to only what is relevant to amplify the meaning of the main part of the article. For instance, the real world hosts of the television programme, What Not to Wear are relevant to the DWU article, because those presenters provided the voices of the hosts in the DWU version of What Not to Wear seen in Bad Wolf. However, their names should not be given in the main body of the article, because that fact is not established by the episode. Instead, the information is best included in the behind-the-scenes section. By contrast, until and unless he actually participates in a DWU production or it gets mentioned in a story, the fact that Orlando Bloom starred in The Lord of the Rings and The Pirates of the Caribbean is completely irrelevant to the DWU, and shouldn't be included in the behind-the-scenes section. The above is to be included on every category page which ends in "from the real world".
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