User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-121.45.54.78-20130925110520/@comment-7782948-20140226133710

Firstly, I'm sure CzechOut was not thinking about charity events when he was coming up with his criteria. I'd generally say "only credited cast" should count for appearances, although I imagine you'll pull out some exception where a major character isn't credited. If that doesn't work, what about just "an appearance does not count if it's entirely from archival footage?" I don't see why we can't apply common sense here - for instance, the Fourth Doctor and Romana II could still appear in The Five Doctors because the Shada footage had not previously been seen, and because Baker and Ward are both credited in the episode.

At any rate, I'd very strongly dispute the idea that "removing these stories...would only serve as confusing to users." What is confusing to readers is saying that Polly has an appearance in "Day of the Doctor" without any explanation that this "appearance" is in a still photograph that's barely visible on-screen for a second or two.