User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-6032121-20190917111635/@comment-28743561-20190917143409

I'm incredibly disappointed to see the past two discussions closed. Rule 4 says: "If a story was intended to be set outside the DWU, then it's probably not allowed. But a community discussion will likely be needed to make a final determination."

The community was in favor of narrative trailers being made valid in the two thread. I'm sure Shambala108's decision was not made out of malice, but I did not see any attempts to rebuttal the arguments made by the community for them being valid. (I believe P.S. (webcast) was ruled invalid as a deleted scene/unmade story. I don't see what makes it analogous to these narrative trailers) There is nothing in T:VS that explicitly says trailers that are also unique stories are invalid:


 * "Trailers — even the "Next Time" trailer that appears at the end of episodes — are considered spoilers here. They can't be cited before the episode they preview airs. And if they contain information which doesn't make it into the final cut of the episodes, that information is considered a cut scene, and therefore doesn't count."
 * "A couple of the The Waters of Mars trailers contained information not in the final product. Also, you can't say, "The Tenth Doctor's TARDIS was pulled by reindeer," just because of the 2009 BBC idents"

This only acknowledges spoilers, deleted scene policy, and idents that aren't stories. None of this concerns narrative trailers. Transmission From Mars is the most important thing here as it shows a precedent for advertisement webcasts being considered valid. I definitely support amending T:VS to rule webcast trailers (trailer doesn't even feel like the right world. They are effectively mini-episodes) as valid.

Titan Comics advertised their other Doctor Who comics in every issue, but we don't rule the comic story invalid because the issue contains advertising.

On the otherhand, The Trip of a Lifetime (trailer) for series 1 breaks the fourth wall so it is invalid.