Many wikis of works of fiction have this policy. The idea is to use the same tense everywhere as it decouples the fictional timeline from our time. Since a story takes place over a period of time, there is no singular in-universe ‘now’. For consistency they choose to write everything from the perspective of an observer in the far future.
Will given that Doctor Who is literally about time travel, I think they should fuck with the system by having completely inconsistent tenses in every article.
Heck, have it change several times within the same article!
“The penis was a reproductive organ. It is used for poking holes. It will be a tool for creating babies.”
I’ve heard this before and I honestly find it so irritating to read that I avoid wikis that do it. I’m not saying that’s rational, but it’s a real thing.
If you’re going to enforce a tense, make it present (but honestly don’t enforce a tense, it’s very awkward to read).
Many wikis of works of fiction have this policy. The idea is to use the same tense everywhere as it decouples the fictional timeline from our time. Since a story takes place over a period of time, there is no singular in-universe ‘now’. For consistency they choose to write everything from the perspective of an observer in the far future.
https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Tardis:In-universe_perspective
Will given that Doctor Who is literally about time travel, I think they should fuck with the system by having completely inconsistent tenses in every article.
Heck, have it change several times within the same article!
“The penis was a reproductive organ. It is used for poking holes. It will be a tool for creating babies.”
Perfect.
I’ve heard this before and I honestly find it so irritating to read that I avoid wikis that do it. I’m not saying that’s rational, but it’s a real thing.
If you’re going to enforce a tense, make it present (but honestly don’t enforce a tense, it’s very awkward to read).