User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20121212231649/@comment-4028641-20121218204148

Mini-mitch wrote: OttselSpy25 wrote: Yes, we understand that this is "the reason". We also understand that this is a stupid reason. You're deleting a whole useful section because of your idea of terminology.

How it is a stupid reason? I have asked you to give me a reason why they should be kept and you have not given a strong enough answer.

So tell me, why should a small, small percentage of stories, which are not set in the DWU, have links to the DWU?

Because


 * 1) Our ideal of continuity is not one shared by everyone, as our "nondwu" banner shows. We don't even call it cannon, we call it coverage. So deleting any useful information given by someone who does consider it canon is insane. If someone goes to the page P.S. (webcast), they need to be informed on such that the story was a sequel to The Power of Three and details info from The Angels Take Manhattan.
 * 2) Non-DWU stories sometimes have connections to DWU universe stories. Like the few Short Trip stories that explain what the Dalek movies were, or the two or three Dimensions in Timesequels that exist.
 * 3) Keeping important info from readers about the subject is wrong.
 * 4) Non-DWU stories often have connections to each other, like Dr. who and the Daleks and the Daleks invasion Earth 2150 AD.
 * 5) Cutting sections out of stories and stubbing the pages is silly if for no reason other than "we don't consider this canon".
 * 6) We cannot claim to not have canon if our reason for anything involves the word "canon".
 * This is the wrong type of bullet.
 * 1) We shouldn't segregate stories by how many there are.
 * 2) There are quite a few non-narrative stories with continuity.

All of these are very good and valid reasons, and it is shameful that you are ignoring all