Forum:Spotting OOU items

I just wanted to get straight the procedure we have here for items that are identified by OOU reasoning (ie, things we recognise that are not referred to as such by dialogue or on-screen writing). It may be I'm making a meal out of this, but it's a little bit of a confusing thing! Have I got all of this right? If so, and I can word it slightly more elegantly, can this be integrated into some part of the manual of style or the policy page to help people out that make articles for weapons and things like that? --Acer4666 14:50, April 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * It seems that, if an item is referenced IU by dialogue, on-screen writing, or prose in books, then it is article worthy (eg SigSauer P228, dog, California Plaza). Then, if we spot other instances of those things occurring, we use OOU knowledge to match the things up (ie. Joseph Wald's dog was never called a dog IU, but we can add it to the pre-existing "dog" article because in the Rookie one of the robbers shouted "shut up dog!"). Similarly, if on page 293 of a declassified novel a Sig Sauer is mentioned, then every time a Sig Sauer appears in an episode of the tv show, that information is also eligible on the Sig Sauer article. Also similarly, information about the location that Palmer gives a speech in Day 2: 7:00am-8:00am can go on the California Plaza article, because that's where the location was filmed and we recognise it.
 * However, all this is dependent on not receiving contradictory IU information (ie, we can't say that Crescent Collectibles was located in North Hollywood, because although it was filmed there it is stated in dialogue to be located in Visalia).
 * Then, if objects are never identified by dialogue IU, they are not article-worthy, but they are allowed to be included in the text of IU articles. Say, for the sake of argument, that the word "door" was never used in 24. We wouldn't have a problem with including "Jack then walked through a door" in an IU character article. Similarly, it is OK to say "Jack then shot two bad guys with his accuracy international sniper rifle", however we can't then wikilink the name of the gun. This goes contrary to the assertion that "every proper noun should have an article".
 * Finally, lists of OOU-spotted items are allowed, like for weapons and vehicles etc., but all on one big article.