User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-121.45.54.78-20130925110520/@comment-31010985-20191120150411

I don't think discussion of these implied appearances is abnormal. In fact, I would say that defining parameters for these implications is even more important than defining normal appearances at this stage.

Look at it this way: if this thread is never closed the wiki will continue to cover appearances like normal (e.g. the Tenth Doctor obviously appears in The Waters of Mars) and debate disputed or unclear appearances on a case-by-case basis at talk pages (e.g. Talk:Grace O'Brien). In other words, it won't be the end of the world. On the other hand, if we don't sort the issue of implied appearances out we are allowing tens if not hundreds of articles to contain some degree of speculation that should really be removed and split off into separate pages.

As a sidenote, I am also against parentheticals on appearance lists.