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It's grammatically correct to put a space between a colon and the subsequent word. Please start doing so in your edits. Thank you. [[User:Doug86|Doug86]] [[User talk:Doug86|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:49, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
It's grammatically correct to put a space between a colon and the subsequent word. Please start doing so in your edits. Thank you. [[User:Doug86|Doug86]] [[User talk:Doug86|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:49, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
== Recursion ==
Hey. Just thought I'd let you know about [[T:RECURSION]]. Pretty much, if a page is in [[:Category:RAF pilots]], don't put it within [[:Category:Human pilots]] or [[:Category:Human military officers]], because it slows down the bot. Now I know that you didn't ''add'' Human pilots to those pages, but, when you add categories, always try to make sure that the pages are not in the broader categories. [[Category:RAF pilots|RAF pilots]] are by nature pilots and air force officers, but you go with the most specific category.
Sorry if I'm a bit on top of you. Just thought I'd let you know. :)<br>--[[user:SmallerOnTheOutside|SOTO]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|☎]] 02:11, July 4, 2013 (UTC)

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Name

After almost 125 responses (!), the discussion over the wiki's imminent name change appears to be nearing conclusion. You have 24 hours to register your objections at Thread:117468. If you don't, the name will change to Tardis Data Core tomorrow.
czechout<staff />    23:06: Tue 08 Jan 2013

Game of Rassilon

Editing tracks are not enabled indefinitely. There's no guarantee that just because you see a badge on a person's user page that you will necessarily be able to earn it. We reserve the right to turn on and off editing tracks as needed to encourage development of certain pages. The days of the year track will probably reopen soon, but I can't give you an ETA at this time.
czechout<staff />    04:12: Thu 18 Apr 2013

MOTLO

Hey :) Thanks for your great work filling in details from The Last Dodo! Just wanted to inform you that I've moved the category from MOTLO to Museum of the Last Ones, simply because people who haven't read that book — i.e. 99% of our users — will have zero idea what "MOTLO" means. By spelling out the category name, we're making things more transparent for our readers.

Also, categories need to avoid recursion where possible, so we don't generally put categories about people within categories about things. So Category:Earthers is now within Category:Individuals by profession, since Earther is a job title.

I'm a little confused why Eve (The Last Dodo) isn't in the Earthers category. Is she explicitly not an Earther? Also, would it be inappropriate, in your view, to put Earthers within Curators, or is there some significant distinction between Earthers and curators that I'm missing? Thanks again of your hard work! :)
czechout<staff />    22:47: Tue 25 Jun 2013

Just a friendly reminder

It's grammatically correct to put a space between a colon and the subsequent word. Please start doing so in your edits. Thank you. Doug86 00:49, June 28, 2013 (UTC)

Recursion

Hey. Just thought I'd let you know about T:RECURSION. Pretty much, if a page is in Category:RAF pilots, don't put it within Category:Human pilots or Category:Human military officers, because it slows down the bot. Now I know that you didn't add Human pilots to those pages, but, when you add categories, always try to make sure that the pages are not in the broader categories. are by nature pilots and air force officers, but you go with the most specific category.

Sorry if I'm a bit on top of you. Just thought I'd let you know. :)
--SOTO 02:11, July 4, 2013 (UTC)