User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-33695797-20200828040941/@comment-6032121-20200828201115

@User:Najawin: ah, thanks for the sleuthing regarding User:Trak Nar. In that case, then as I suspected, Forum:Canonicity of Dalek Annuals was never actually given a proper admin closing post. Not that rare an occurrence in the Old Forums' early days, of course, but still.

You ask: (…) Do admins actually buy every piece of Doctor Who merchandise asked about on the forums? (I'm unaware, this isn't rhetorical) Indeed they don't, AFAIK. It has been established time and again since inclusion debates got going that although the user starting a debate must have read/watched/heard/etc. the works they are making claims about, there is no duty for anyone else to have bought the story before they can participate. That is in fact why it is the OP's duty to gather all the facts they can.

Granted, it's in my experience often considered best practice for the closing admin of a contentious inclusion debate to have experienced the story. But I don't believe that's ever been a requirement.