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• Stillnotginger •

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Thank you for the warm welcome, it's great to be here.

I appologise in advance for any poor conduct (which would all be unintend) and any errors in editing technique etc, etc...

This is a great wiki and an excellent site for any Doctor Who fan.

Stillnotginger 16:32, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

Linking to wikipedia

Hi, in order to link to Wikipedia articles within text you don't need to add the whole web address just type for instance to The Moonstone: [[Wikipedia:The Moonstone|The Moonstone]] which gives you The Moonstone. --Tangerineduel 13:56, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Brilliant --Stillnotginger 14:20, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

Is it possible to link to a specific catagory/section of a wikipedia article? or a Tardis Index File article? For Instance: something on bees; can I link directly to section 1.3? --Stillnotginger 14:44, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Sure is: more stuff on bees

That's done with: [[Wikipedia:Conservation biology#Insects and other groups|more stuff on bees]]

Hope that helps. -- sulfur 14:52, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Totally. Many thanks. --Stillnotginger 21:37, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Commas

Hiya. You requested a review of your understanding of how commas should be used. That review has been completed at Talk:Jo Grant. The result? Please stop editing until you get a better grasp of how commas are actually supposed to work. I'm not saying that to be mean. Rather, I'm being truthful. Currently, you lack a sound enough grasp of correct comma usage to help us with editing. If you continue with efforts like those you gave at Jo Grant, you're going to harm the quality of articles here.

Fortunately, it's quite easy to get up to speed with commas. There are numerous guides on the internet. Here's one of the simplest. Please feel free to continue editing after you've read and understood that article. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 16:52, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the excellent and extensive criticisms of the mistaken actions I took on the Jo Grant page. I am sorry for the work I created for you, I thought reverting to the original text would be as easy as clicking the undo button in the page history. Please note, I did stop editing pages after questioning my own actions and asking for help. I will endeavour to learn more on this subject before submitting any other opinions. --Stillnotginger 17:10, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Catchephrases, idiosychronastisties, running gags and so on

I love the idea. But it's going to be hard to get feedback when it's just an idea. Put together a first-draft sample of what the page will look like as a subpage under your userspace (can you do that here, like on Wikipedia?) and I'm sure you'll get a lot more input. I might even create an account to help out. :) --99.20.129.165 08:15, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 23:58: Tue 20 Dec 2011 

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