User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-7302713-20130517090548/@comment-9426728-20130517212701

That's crazy, only someone writing a truly overly detailed analysis would want to see a list of every time a cup of tea appeared on Doctor Who TV episode, audio program, novel and comic book. It's seeking some kind of perfect 100% completeness that, in effect, no one is asking for.

The bottom line, to me (a non-admin) is that there is plenty of work to be done on this wiki...would compiling a list like that (even assuming you have access to all of the Doctor Who materials) be the best use of anyone's time? I know that for some "every little bit counts" but it's an issue of priorities. I think it would be more informative to write how tea often functions in a Doctor Who storyline (often as a pretense to get to know a stranger) than to know every instance of tea appearing.

Think of it this way: Would it be useful to anyone but the most obsessive fan to have a list of every instance where he says, "Hello, I'm the Doctor"? It might be amusing to scan over a list like that but it doesn't really tell you anything about the DWU to know this fact. It's enough to know that it's a catch-phrase.