Guide talk:Proposed guides

This page is for proposing potential guides to be added to Guide:Index. This process is simply in place to protect the index from vandalism and to ensure that it stays organised. To propose a guide, first draft it up in this namespace, making sure that it uses. When you've reached a point where you'd be happy to call it "finished", create a new section on this page. Each new guide (or block of related guides) should receive its own section. In this section, add a brief description of the guide, link to it and remember to add your siganture with " ~ ". An admin will then get back to you and most likely add your guide to the index. The section will then be archived.

Transfers from my Sandbox
I can't provide proper credit, not being an admin, so I can't transfer edit history, but I'd just like to note that User:Aquanafrahudy was very helpful in the writing of the Chibnall sections of the guides I'm discussing.

Guide:Crash Course‎ is ready to go.

Guide:Plot summary for those who left with Tennant‎, Guide:Plot summary for those who left with Smith, Guide:Plot summary for those who left with Capaldi, and Guide:Plot summary for new Who could all use a section on Flux and the specials to be written if someone would like to do that. (If not, give me like 30 min - 1 hour and I probably can. I'll, you know, have to figure out what the hell actually happened in Flux first, but I can try.) I'm going to clean up the episode suggestion guides real quick and then they should be good to ship, they're really easy to work with. Najawin ☎  23:07, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I can do the Flux summary, gimme a minute. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 23:14, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Guide:Episodes for new Who, Guide:Episodes for those who left with Capaldi, Guide:Episodes for those who left with Smith, and Guide:Episodes for those who left with Tennant are all fundamentally ready to ship. They can be cleaned up and made to look pretty, but they're in a state that's useable. Najawin ☎  23:25, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Fixing typos four times over is exhausting. Couldn't we do a Clever Thing with template/modules so that each of the three or four pages automatically uses the same plot summary for a given season ? Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 00:01, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Probably? But I'd suggest this is a bad idea. I can't recall off hand if for the plot ones I changed much but I do know that I tweaked stuff for the episode lists between each guide. They aren't quite identical, because they're tailored to slightly different people. Najawin ☎  00:08, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * The plot ones end a bit abruptly at the moment, should there be something at the end saying something roughly like "and that's everything that's happened since X doctor left"? 08:14, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've been unavailable for most of today. If there are large sections that are identical between guides, they can definitely be split off and transcluded. Perhaps something like Guide:Shared components/some form of name for the reused section? In any case, I will add the finished guides onto the index tomorrow. Bongo50   ☎  19:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I've added all of the guides to Guide:Index. Before I link it on the main page and do an announcement/sitenotice, does it look alright? Bongo50   ☎  20:01, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Update on the mainpage link? Najawin ☎  04:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I missed this message. I will go ahead with it now. Bongo50   ☎  19:37, 17 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I've added a link, although I think it could be more prominent. I'm just not sure where. Does anyone have any thoughts? Bongo50   ☎  20:51, 17 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Honestly, my idea was to have it in the body of the text of the "How to Doctor Who" section. So ymmv if that's a good idea or not. Also, you may want to lock the forum thread, since it's an announcement. Najawin ☎  21:38, 17 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hmm yes. I'll play around with it tomorrow. I've locked the announcement. Thanks for the reminder. Bongo50   ☎  22:03, 17 November 2023 (UTC)