User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-5692737-20161217154911/@comment-4028641-20170515211859

So to me this seems like the Novelisers, as a species created for and under a Doctor Who title, are worthy of having the same treatment as such figures as the Sontarans, K9, and even Bernice Summerfield. While some of the debates started around this time are quite puzzling and known to cause a hefty headache, this one is pretty easy to figure out for me.

I thus agree fully that Imaginary Boys should have a role on this wiki. If other stories will follow due to connected elements should really be saved for another discussion -- I have not been convinced by the suggested addition of either I Scream or The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict should be the same.

While Margs has meant for most of his stories to be set in one multi-verse, that doesn't mean that each of the stories is valid on this site simply because one of those worlds is the DWU (sometimes). In the same sense that we don't cover every Big Finish series, even if they've had crossovers several times before.

As mentioned by CoT, the situation is very similar to the saga of BBV films starring Lauren Anderson. Sometimes those stories have licensed elements. Sometimes they have knock-off imitations of things that they don't have the rights to. Even though all of the stories are set in the same universe, Zygon is valid while Cyberon isn't.

So unless The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict secretly features the novelisers (the only thing currently making Imaginary Boys worth debating), it is by no means valid.