User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-5918438-20190703011139

I still agree with past me, above, who laid out a proposed set of guidelines, like our four little rules for validity, which (I believe) are simple, solid and easy to follow.

By establishing a clear structure for consistent decision-making, we'll avoid the constant demand to change story numbering according to each editor's personal views, not to mention that we'll have a good answer when they ask why we have things the way they are, in the first place.

I also think these rules genuinely reflect the trends we've seen in modern (post-serial) DWU television; all cases which are clearly two-parters pass, clear standalones (which we would all agree on) fail. Especially given the confusion brought about in series 9, we would do well to have one set of rules we can all broadly agree on.