User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24894325-20170121220436/@comment-1789834-20170122134404

As requested, I link you all to the thread regarding "Time ships vs TARDIS". It seems that through haste, the FP editors didn't allow that thread to even be concluded before editing any and all "Time ship" related articles. (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:208475)

As you'll see me say, I agree that it's highly likely that whenever the term "Time ship" is used, what the author wishes to say is "TARDIS". Evidently due to legal reasons, this was not possible at the time. What I go on to say is that if the text at hand does not refer to a "TARDIS", then you can't really link to "TARDIS". That was my opinion on the matter.

I doubt that the members of that discussion simply ignored the thread. I simply think they got excited with the inclusion of FP into this Wiki and went ahead. It must be pointed out that making such a decision without a thread being closed and the go ahead from an admin is breaking rules.

Again, I do agree that "Time ships" refers to "TARDISes" but the name "time ship" is too ambiguous for us to simply leap to conclusions. The Daleks have time ships, but they're not TARDISes. In The Empty Child, I think it's safe to assume that Jack's stolen ship could travel in time, but that time ship isn't a TARDIS.

I apologise for this tangent, but I think that we should be closing threads before opening new ones.