Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-26975268-20130201045831/@comment-4028641-20130219221134

SmallerOnTheOutside wrote: I'm always against getting rid of useful information. But, if we must shorten the lists, then I'd include what I mentioned above. I definitely do not think we should get rid of all births and deaths. In fact, I'd personally prefer it if we kept all of them. If we do, however, I suggest we highlight the major players - by saying things like "who played the Third Doctor" or "who directed An Unearthly Child, the very first Doctor Who story, or "who brought back Doctor Who after its 18-month-long hiatus." These people are crucial to Doctor Who and should be highlighted.

This is a very slippery slope. One day it'll be "Let's only add really notable actors to date pages" and the next day it's "You know, audio and book releases are not really that necissary," and then it's "I think we should remove all non-TV info" then it's "you know, I think we should only cover TV stories..." I'm exagerating for the later two, of coarse; but I still dislike the idea that any info is "more notable" or "important" than others and thus the others should go. I also fail to see why we must seperate episode pages, but apparently this has passed out of reach.