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Category:Time Hunter
[edit]Hello everyone, I happened to stumble across Category:Time Hunter today, and was wondering what everyone else thinks about it? The Time Hunter series itself is a series of Doctor Who spin-off novellas. I don't know if there's any good reason for this category specifically to exist, especially considering these already exist:
- Time Hunter, an article which already lists & links to every specific book that the category lists.
- Category:Doctor Who novellas: a category that already lists individual novellas based on Doctor Who, including most if not all novellas in the Time Hunter series
- Category:Doctor Who spin-offs: a category listing media associated with Doctor Who (in my opinion, based on what little I know about the Time Hunter series, these should be categorized as spin-offs but currently aren't).
- Category:Telos Publishing books: which includes a list of all of the individual books published by the publishing group that published Time Hunter; notably, all of the books published are related to Doctor Who.
- Category:Telos_Publishing: a category about everything that Telos Ltd. has published (all related to Doctor Who).
- Telos Doctor Who novellas: an article listing all of the Doctor Who novellas that Telos Ltd. has published. This list does not include the Time Hunter series in its list, as this article makes the case that there's a difference between "Doctor Who novellas": novellas published specifically with Doctor Who characters; and "Time Hunter novellas": novellas in the Time Hunter series which include elements and references to Doctor Who, but only feature spin-off characters. (Let me know your opinions on this as well if you'd like).
- Lists of books based on Doctor Who: a list including the Telos Doctor Who novellas, but again, not the Time Hunter novellas (although I believe there could be a case to include them).
Anyhow, that's everything I could find! Just based on the amount of categories that already exist that I believe already cover the topic of the Category:Time Hunter, I find it to be a little redundant, but please let me know your thoughts! Thanks :) Garriefisher (talk) 03:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
- I feel there's enough for separation from the other categories here, but I feel the Time Hunter series is already dubiously notable as is. We should probably look into the notability of these subjects more extensively. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 21:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- I don't know much at all about the Time Hunter series, but just a general scan through references, sources, articles outside of Wikipedia, etc. leads me to believe that at the very least, the individual articles for each book should be compiled into one page. I can't find any reason for them to be listed separately.
- For the Time Hunter article itself, I've only been able to find a few sources:
- Telos Publishing Ltd.'s own website, which is non-independent (and currently the most used source in the individual articles)
- Worlds Without End, which only includes information about The Cabinet of Light as well as information about Telos Publishing.
- The Time Scales, which also only includes information about The Cabinet of Light.
- Doctorwhoreviews, an independent review website for plenty of Doctor Who content.
- The TARDIS library, which only offers brief blurbs (usually from the books cover jackets) & publishing date.
- The books themselves, which I don't have access to & don't want to spend money on at the moment.
- Another point is that when searching about the Time Hunter series, there is a more popular young adult book series, The Time Hunters by Carl Ashmore, that pushes results about Telos' Time Hunter series to page 3-4 of results, even in Google Books. That's all I researched for now, but just based on my understanding, I don't believe the individual articles meet WP:GNG & should be reconsidered as either being removed or consolidated into the main Time Hunter series article. Then again, I'm not an expert or anything, this is just simply my understanding.
- Garriefisher (talk) 05:09, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
- If the series has so few results, it may be more worthwhile to bundle AfD the entire series. I'll probably do a bit of searching later today though to see if the series can't be verified in some way, but as of right now the individual articles should definitely be killed. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:14, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
- Some of the individual book articles are short and could just be WP:BLARed to the series article. A couple of the individual book articles have more content and I suggest warrant individual consideration and maybe merging content to the series article or to the authors’ articles. Bondegezou (talk) 15:16, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry I'm late to replying to this, life is hard. But in terms of importance, if any of the book articles were to be kept, the most important is The Cabinet of Light. It's the only novel in the series that actually directly involves the Doctor & other established Doctor Who characters. The rest of the series is technically a spin-off of The Cabinet of Light. If we feel like TCoL warrants its own article, that makes sense - I personally think just merging the rest into a single article would make a lot of sense if everyone else is good with that? Garriefisher (talk) 00:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Some of the individual book articles are short and could just be WP:BLARed to the series article. A couple of the individual book articles have more content and I suggest warrant individual consideration and maybe merging content to the series article or to the authors’ articles. Bondegezou (talk) 15:16, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
- If the series has so few results, it may be more worthwhile to bundle AfD the entire series. I'll probably do a bit of searching later today though to see if the series can't be verified in some way, but as of right now the individual articles should definitely be killed. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:14, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
Addressing the Bernice Summerfield Situation
[edit]Given recent discussions, the Bernice Summerfield article has kind of become an elephant in the room. With so many articles having been dumped into the article in such a short span of time, it's... not really in a good state. And then there's articles like The Adventuress of Henrietta Street or Just War (novel) that can't be merged effectively even though they're just a plot summary and one-two paragraphs of minor dev info because of how badly formatted the main article is. In its current state, the article is unwieldy and not really covering all the information it needs to, and I doubt that can go un-addressed for longer, especially as we downsize more trivial articles. I'd normally tackle it myself once I have time, but I think this is an article outside the scope of what one person can handle, especially given it's covering every piece of Summerfield media to have ever released. This is something I feel needs some kind of group attack in order to finally resolve.
The article needs a more condensed form of covering these books, while also covering information associated with them, such as author information, plot summary, and any development history they have. A character table should likely be implemented to cover the list currently in the article, and the audio stories need a similar treatment to the books, but without COPYVIO plot summaries. This is mostly tedious work, but it needs to be done to ensure the article's quality and readability. Beyond this, I'm not sure what else should be done, but I propose that we try to get at least a few editors on this in order to improve this article for any potential future use. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- I kind of noticed that too; I was thinking of tackling it but I have never anything she featured in, so I decided to see if someone else might be more interested. My first suggestion would be split the audios into a different article; that will halve the size, and then start finding the best way to tackle how the BS article can be reorganized (suggestion-probably starting with the characters- I mostly just dumped the info when I merged that into the article, bcs I couldn't differentiate what to keep and what not to). DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- @DoctorWhoFan91 I feel the books would need splitting as well, in that case, but at the same time we'd not be left with much at the main Summerfield article. If we focus on going the split route, we'd need sources to verify the main franchise's notability in the first place, and discuss other aspects of the series beyond listing what is a part of it. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 15:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps, though I'm sure we can expand the article and also verify the franchise's notability- there are sources even for the more obscure Doctor Who content, and despite the EighthDA book and audios having separate articles, the Eighth Doctor article still has data for a huge article. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 19:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- To be fair, the Eighth Doctor is heavily lacking in citations, and is additionally not representing an entire franchise of his own accord. Summerfield's article doubling as a franchise article makes it so finding sources will likely prove to be more vital for the article's continued usage than Eight. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 21:08, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- From nominations DW novels to AfD, I have learned that you can put something up for deletion, and some nerd(affectionately) will find enough citations to keep it[Joke]; more seriously, I am sure we will find citations, I'll look when I get the time(probably a week or two). DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 10:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- To be fair, the Eighth Doctor is heavily lacking in citations, and is additionally not representing an entire franchise of his own accord. Summerfield's article doubling as a franchise article makes it so finding sources will likely prove to be more vital for the article's continued usage than Eight. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 21:08, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps, though I'm sure we can expand the article and also verify the franchise's notability- there are sources even for the more obscure Doctor Who content, and despite the EighthDA book and audios having separate articles, the Eighth Doctor article still has data for a huge article. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 19:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- @DoctorWhoFan91 I feel the books would need splitting as well, in that case, but at the same time we'd not be left with much at the main Summerfield article. If we focus on going the split route, we'd need sources to verify the main franchise's notability in the first place, and discuss other aspects of the series beyond listing what is a part of it. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 15:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Doctor Who: The Complete History
[edit]To ascertain this fact for the WikiProject: Which copies of Doctor Who: The Complete History do we have on-hand? I've just completed work on Mel Bush, but feel as though the Complete History has a lot of information that would benefit her article's developmental information. While I do not expect the specific copies focusing on her to be on-hand, I did figure I would ask here in order for future reference. To be able to easily request information from it from other editors on the chance we know someone has access to a copy of The Complete History that we need would be greatly beneficial overall. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm fairly certain all of them are on the Internet Archive. unfourtantely my current computer struggles to load pdfs so I struggle to read the books. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 02:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- @OlifanofmrTennant I didn't notice this when you first shared it, but I'm fairly certain it's an unofficial upload, so I'm not sure if we'd even be allowed to use that at all. Would it be possible to ascertain the verifiability of the uploader, or if that upload is even allowed on the Archive in the first place? Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- There's nothing preventing us from using them for research purposes, but we should absolutely not be linking to them per WP:COPYVIOEL. I removed several of these links, but it seems they continued to be added afterwards. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I saw some of the links had been delinked; I had linked them bcs I saw it on a few articles, didn't know they violated a guideline. Thank you for removing them. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
- There's nothing preventing us from using them for research purposes, but we should absolutely not be linking to them per WP:COPYVIOEL. I removed several of these links, but it seems they continued to be added afterwards. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- @OlifanofmrTennant I didn't notice this when you first shared it, but I'm fairly certain it's an unofficial upload, so I'm not sure if we'd even be allowed to use that at all. Would it be possible to ascertain the verifiability of the uploader, or if that upload is even allowed on the Archive in the first place? Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Additionally, I personally bought the ones with Hell Bent/Husbands of River Song and Power of the Daleks/The Highlanders/The Underwater Menace/The Moonbase. Glimmer721 (talk) 17:01, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Potential new source?
[edit]I've discovered that BBC One's website for Doctor Who contains cast lists, broadcast dates and times, and links to concept art and behind the scenes content for the revived era, going from Rose until Power of the Doctor. Would this be useful for citations? It's primary, but definitely very useful for some usually hard to find information. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:57, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Doctor Who webste's Stories section also provides similar information, if it's worth anything. -- Alex_21 TALK 08:16, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Alex 21 it might be worth linking both then. Either way both seem highly usable. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:31, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- I've added links to both and additionally also added The Complete History as a source for editors to look into. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Alex 21 it might be worth linking both then. Either way both seem highly usable. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:31, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
Rankings to be used for reception sections
[edit]Hi, I'd thought I would pass on some rankings that can be used in reception sections for most episodes!
- DWM polls
- The Mighty 200 - this is from 2009 but all of the numbers are available in DWM 474 for the 50th, which...
- First 50 Years poll (2014) - I've got this issue actually (474). It breaks them down by the decade but also the full list. Hit me up for page numbers and such.
- 60th anniversary - from what I understand these go by Doctor and are not broken down otherwise except maybe the top? I've basically been finding the screenshots/lists online and citing the magazine they are in.
- Charlie Jane Anders ranking in 2015
- Telegraph 60 best for 60 years Archive so you can read it
- Charlie Jane Anders best cliffhangers
Hope this helps!! Feel free to add more Glimmer721 (talk) 23:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for sharing! I actually started working on a summary of the DWM rankings a while ago but never finished it; I've just published it here. Hopefully it can work as an easy to find this information when writing episode articles. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 05:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Lost in Time
[edit]Does anybody have back issues of DWM from around 2004? Is there anything in there about the Lost in Time DVD set? Particularly concerning my Keep !vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost in Time (Doctor Who). Also, regarding the same AfD, does anybody have Alan Kistler's Doctor Who: A History? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
- This WikiProject probably should have been notified about that AfD. In any case, here are some articles from DWM around that time:I've responded over there too, but unfortunately Kistler's book doesn't refer to the DVD. There's also Larsen, Joachim (October 2006). Larsen, Henrik (ed.). "Tid til Doctor Who" [Time for Doctor Who]. Obskuriøst (in Danish). No. 10. pp. 16–21. and a brief mention in Cartmel, Andrew (20 December 2005). Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who. A & C Black. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-826-41734-3.
In utter contrast to the thoughtless devastation that was wrought at the time, the BBC has recently compiled a painstaking DVD collection (appropriately entitled Lost in Time) which lovingly collects and restores all the surviving fragments of the incomplete episodes. It's a splendid piece of work and the thoughtful and well written notes that accompany the set do their best to explain and justify what happened, stating that the individuals responsible for this pillage were 'just ordinary people doing their jobs in terms of the need and assumptions of the day.'
that may be relevant, though likely only tangentially. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)- Technically, we were notified, in this edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- I'm aware; my point was that a proper talk page notification would have been appropriate. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Apologies. I'm admittedly concerned that posting them here counts as canvassing of some sort, but I'll try to send a notice of bigger discussions like this here in the future. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 19:19, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Pokelego999: The
{{subst:Afd notice}}
template may be used on the talk pages of page creators, significant contributors, and interested Wikiprojects, in a way that does not violate WP:CANVAS. The specific guideline is WP:APPNOTE. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Pokelego999: The
- Apologies. I'm admittedly concerned that posting them here counts as canvassing of some sort, but I'll try to send a notice of bigger discussions like this here in the future. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 19:19, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- I'm aware; my point was that a proper talk page notification would have been appropriate. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Technically, we were notified, in this edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Notice of Miscellany for deletion regarding Doctor Who related drafts
[edit]This is a notice that there is currently a Miscellany for deletion for the following drafts:
Draft:Doctor Who series 17
Draft:Doctor Who series 16
Draft:Sixteenth Doctor
Draft:Seventeenth Doctor
All editors are welcome to contribute to the discussion to help reach a consensus. Mjks28 (talk) 22:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Notable novels
[edit]Over the next couple days I plan to look through a large chunk of the novels to identify the ones that may survive at AFD and the ones that wouldn't. Then I'll file a bundle nomination.
Batch 1
[edit]Salvageable
[edit]- Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio book not book)
- The Silent Stars Go By (Abnett novel)
- Return of the Living Dad (sent to AFD for resercrh purposes)
- History 101 (novel)
Unnotable
[edit]Apollo 23The King's DragonMad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)Matrix (Perry and Tucker novel)Peacemaker (novel)Parasite (Mortimore novel)Evolution (Peel novel)Happy Endings (novel)Speed of FlightMartha in the Mirror- Managra
- The Deviant Strain
- Heritage (novel)
- Winner Takes All (novel)
- Only Human (novel)
- The Stealers of Dreams
- The Price of Paradise
- The Nightmare of Black Island
- Escape Velocity (novel)
- Placebo Effect (novel)
Batch 1 complete. Out of 25 checked 4 were usable, not a great sign... Well at that rate the project is on track to becoming the next WP:TV taskforce Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 08:02, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Batch 2
[edit]- I am going to look through the 11th and 12th Doctor novels to help. (also removed a book you had repeated twice). P.S. I have checked around ten dozen articles in the last three months, around 80 of which were tagged with failing notability, and also had no sources after I checked.
Notable
[edit]- The Blood Cell (12th)
- The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (might be better merged)
- The Silent Stars Go By (Abnett novel)
- The Coming of the Terraphiles
Unnotable
[edit]Apollo 23- Nuclear Time
- Night of the Humans
- Hunter's Moon (Finch novel)
- The Forgotten Army (definite delete, as a redirect would be bad)
Dead of Winter (Goss novel)- The Glamour Chase
- Paradox Lost
- The Way Through the Woods (McCormack novel)
- There probably needs to be a taskforce, as most book stubs under the project are un notable. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 13:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
Batch 3
[edit]I will note that the salvageable section is the articles I think may have a chance at AFD I would bet that atleast one of them would go down. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:03, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- For the purpose of these, two reviews is needed to establish notability. Would DWM count towards that? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- DWM is not independent, so I would assume it can't be used to establish notability. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- It’s technically independent in a wobbly wibbly sense. It’s officially licensed but published by Panini Comics not the BBC. Though it more or less has been considered an official magazine Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, but the BBC authorizes Panini to publish them- if they wanted, they could just allow someone else to do so- the licensing of DWM by BBC is probably gonna last as long as the show itself. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Probably longer, if issues 156 to 353 are any indication. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 13:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Given the number of DW book stubs that exist, not to mention the BF audios, Wilderness Years 2.0 will have even more stories than now. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Probably longer, if issues 156 to 353 are any indication. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 13:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, but the BBC authorizes Panini to publish them- if they wanted, they could just allow someone else to do so- the licensing of DWM by BBC is probably gonna last as long as the show itself. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- It’s technically independent in a wobbly wibbly sense. It’s officially licensed but published by Panini Comics not the BBC. Though it more or less has been considered an official magazine Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- DWM is not independent, so I would assume it can't be used to establish notability. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- @OlifanofmrTennant for the books that are guaranteed non-notable, I'd suggest BLARing them since they're very obviously non-notable if they have next to no coverage, and the BLAR process means we don't have to dedicate as many AfDs to this subject. For the other books, or for any guaranteed non-notable you feel may be controversial, I'd suggest sending them by AfD if you still feel they aren't notable. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:38, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- noted. I'll begin getting through batch 1. I'll put some of the ones that may survive AFD at AFD to see just to be safe. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Random comment, but what's the depth of coverage for Human Nature? It might be worthwhile merging it to Human Nature (Doctor Who) since that is a definitely notable subject and Human Nature's novel has significant overlap in with the episode. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 15:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- I searched for it, and might have found one source, of it starting out as a fanfiction (though there might be more sources, but they are buried underneath such a common phrase). Every other source in the article mentions the adaption, so a merge would be best- might be good to start a merger proposal, and pinging the wikiproject. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- I actually have it, here's the entry from my private book list:
- Cornell, Paul (May 1995). Human Nature. London: Doctor Who Books. ISBN 0-426-20443-3.
- I bought it soon after it was published, at the time I was buying each of the "New Adventures"/"Missing Adventures" as they came out. I stopped when I had piled up about fifty, and have still not read them all. Human Nature is still on my "unread" list, although I loved the TV episode (I picked up the "My parents were Sydney and Verity" line immediately, without having to wind back to hear it again). --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Random comment, but what's the depth of coverage for Human Nature? It might be worthwhile merging it to Human Nature (Doctor Who) since that is a definitely notable subject and Human Nature's novel has significant overlap in with the episode. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 15:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- noted. I'll begin getting through batch 1. I'll put some of the ones that may survive AFD at AFD to see just to be safe. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Salvagable
[edit]- The Cabinet of Light
- Human Nature (novel)
- The Krillitane Storm
- The Doctor Trap
- Beautiful Chaos (Russell novel)
Unnotable
[edit]- The Dalek Factor
- Blood and Hope
- Shell Shock (novella)
- Wonderland (novella)
- Foreign Devils (novella)
- Time and Relative
- Synthespians™
- The Infinity Doctors
- Palace of the Red Sun
- Blue Box (novel) (I will admit there may be sources buried under other things)
- Spiral Scratch (novel)
- I am a Dalek
- Code of the Krillitanes
- Sting of the Zygons
- Wetworld
- The Pirate Loop
- Shining Darkness
- The Slitheen Excursion
- Prisoner of the Daleks
- The Eyeless
Barnstar
[edit]Anyone know that this existed?
Found it by accident when browsing commons. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 14:08, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
- @OlifanofmrTennant I had seen it on some older talk pages but I had assumed it had been retired or fallen out of fashion since it wasn't present on our main page. It might be worth bringing back given the work so many edtors have been doing lately. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:09, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
- I could throw a mention of the barnstar template in the newsletter to bring more awareness to it? TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- that would be great! Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:36, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I could throw a mention of the barnstar template in the newsletter to bring more awareness to it? TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Here's the template, for anyone interested. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Pick up a review
[edit]I was looking over some the list and reliesed if we can get two more GAs by the end of the year we will have had our second most GAs in a year with 21. Beating 2012 (36) may be out of reach as it would require significantly more planning and strategy and suitable writing topics. And to be fair 2012 did have some reviews that possibly may not have been up to code Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm working on Last Christmas (as there is going to be a Christmas DYK set), so I'll probably review one after that's done; those could be our two reviews. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I can take on one of the reviews later today. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 15:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Pokelego999 and OlifanofmrTennant: I was wondering, given that we all are actively editing- I could review the 2022 specials and Pokelego999 could review series 14. We would just have series 13 and the list left then, which are both being worked on, and series 15, which would just need to be peer-reviewed due to it being inherently unstable pre-broadcast. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I think we just have to wait on S15 Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- It would probably be around August/September 2025 by the time we have enough info for that to be a GA, by which time series 16 would probably already be in mainspace. We could restrict the topic to broadcasted series perhaps, or peer review it per WP:GT?#3c, as is suggested on the goals page. But we can decide on that later when the remaining 3.5 articles and lists get reviewed. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'd be down to review Series 14 Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 18:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I think we just have to wait on S15 Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Pokelego999 and OlifanofmrTennant: I was wondering, given that we all are actively editing- I could review the 2022 specials and Pokelego999 could review series 14. We would just have series 13 and the list left then, which are both being worked on, and series 15, which would just need to be peer-reviewed due to it being inherently unstable pre-broadcast. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)