Talk:The Claws of Axos
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[edit] DVD cover
Is there a need for the DVD cover to be in the article? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 12:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- Is there any harm in it being there? It's as illustrative of the story as anything else. I removed the link only because the image appears not to have been uploaded. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- It may be a slightly grey area for fair use of the image as the article is not specifically about the DVD itself, whereas a screenshot has a blanket fair use category and is generally considered to be OK. --TimPope 17:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm. It was actually there, but as you say, it's not anymore. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- It may be a slightly grey area for fair use of the image as the article is not specifically about the DVD itself, whereas a screenshot has a blanket fair use category and is generally considered to be OK. --TimPope 17:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Video format question
I just revised (for grammar/syntax/clarity) a recently added passage about the early "omnibus" video releases, and the fact that its bottom line was that this serial did not get such a video makes me wonder if it should be in this article at all. However, it brought another question to my mind as well. Given several articles—List of incomplete Doctor Who serials, List of Doctor Who audio releases, etc.—shouldn't there be one about the varied history of Who in various home video formats? This would not be just about the point raised in the passage referenced above, but would also discuss the substantial edits suffered by some serials (e.g., The Brain of Morbius), and at least list the various specials, some collecting odd episodes and/or incomplete stories (Cybermen: The Early Years, which is not mentioned even in Cyberman), others with presenters, interviews and clips/outakes ([More Than] Thirty Years in the TARDIS), and the unique The Pertwee Years, in which Jon Pertwee presents clips from various sources, unseen titles tests, and the concluding installment from each of his three favorite serials. Perhaps there could even be a description of the practice of rotating titles in and out of print, which I understand is standard procedure in the UK but, with the exception of the Disney company, is generally not done here in the USA. Ted Watson (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC) (Minor revision: Ted Watson (talk) 22:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)) UPDATE: I have noticed that the passage as I found it has been deleted from the articles on several other Who serials with no disputes whatsoever at those locations, so I accept that as an answer to my first question here and will remove my revision of the passage from this article. Perhaps the idea for the "Who on video" article should be posted on the main article's talk page, eh? Ted Watson (talk) 19:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
