Thread:Thailog/@comment-188432-20120401000634/@comment-188432-20120401225402

Guys, I appreciate that you're running down the standard "this is an encyclopedia, not a place for speculation" line with me. As the longstanding bureaucrat of a wiki, I understand the deal. But I'd appreciate if maybe you assumed good faith and came to the conclusion that we're not editing at cross purposes.

I 'could not agree more' that it's speculation to call it a TARDIS. That's the primary reason I was pushing to link to police box, and why my slightly longer wording was better. It's not the Doctor's TARDIS, necessarily. But it is definitely a police box — since we actually see the words "police public call box", in frame. It cannot be counter-informative to link to the thing it is. 'You're the ones that are insisting on inaccuracy by "dumbing it down". It is categorically shown not to be a TARDIS, yet you want to call ti that because "that's what we know it to be". You're introducing speculation when it is fully shown to be exactly what it is: a police box.

Also, pointing out which article on our wiki would be the best one for you to link to, is me just trying to be helpful to your wiki. You might know this wiki better than me, but I guarantee you that I know my wiki better than you. All I was trying to do was to make sure that you were linking to the article that would 'help your readers the most.

Also my question wasn't about TARDISes or Doctor Who or anything like that. My entire intent in the question was to figure out whether, in the context of YJ, police boxes — which, again, are a real thing that have a history quite apart from Doctor Who — were abundant in America/Star City. Since Earth-16 has not been explored in the broader DCU, this is a fact we don't know. As for whether it's a part of the plot, of course it is. It's how she gets from where she is to where the story actually begins. The fact that they go in the alleyway then allows Red Arrow to stealth his way into a conversation with GA. Moreover, Zeta-Beams themselves are entirely important to the whole plot of this show. Asking questions about how they work and why they're located where they are is directly relevant to one of the basic tropes of the show. Sure, this police box and the Zeta-Beams are plot devices, but that means they're integral to the plot.

Anyway, I apologise if I'm making you guys mad by prolonging this. I guess I just have a different perspective on the matter because in this instance I'm able to look at Justice through the eyes of a Doctor Who fan. I really do expect your site to get more hits if this episode's content makes it to one of the big Doctor Who news sites. I'm therefore just trying to make your site more accurate for readers from both fandoms and to integrate our two wikis in the most helpful and useful ways to readers. You may not see the relevancy of the question, "Why the hell is there a police box in Star City?" — but I guarantee you it's the first question that's gonna be on the minds of any DW fans who visit your site in the next coupla weeks.