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| <div id=glow><div id=sfh style="font-size:150%;line-height:110%;text-align:center;">'''Welcome to the [[file:Wiki-wordmark.png|Tardis:About]] {{BASEPAGENAME}}</div>{{tardis manual}}
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| Thanks for your [[Special:Contributions/{{PAGENAME}}|edits]]! We hope you'll keep on editing with us. This is a great time to have joined us, because now you can play the '''[[Help:Game of Rassilon|Game of Rassilon]]''' with us and win cool stuff! Well, okay, ''badges''. That have no monetary value. And that largely only you can see. But still: they're cool!
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| We've got a couple of important quirks for a Wikia wiki, so let's get them out of the way first.<br>
| | Despite my username, I '''do not''' claim to be - and I am by '''no''' means pretending to be - the official wikia user of [[wikipedia:BBC|The BBC]]. |
| <span id="ssh">British English, please</span><br>
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| We generally use [[British]] [[English]] round these parts, so if you're [[American]], please be sure you set your [[help:spell checking|spell checker]] to BrEng, and take a gander at our [[help:spelling cheat card|spelling cheat card]].
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| <br><span id=ssh>Spoilers aren't cool</span><br>
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| We have a strict definition of "spoiler" that you may find a bit unusual. Basically, a spoiler, to us, is anything that comes from a story which has not been released yet. So, even if you've got some info from a [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] press release or official trailer, it basically can't be referenced here. In other words, '''you gotta wait until the episode has finished its premiere broadcast to start editing about its contents.''' Please check the '''[[tardis:spoiler policy|spoiler policy]]''' for more details.
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| <br><span id=ssh>Other useful stuff</span><br>
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| Aside from those two things, we also have some pages that you should probably read when you get a chance, like:
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| *[[Tardis:Help|the listing of all our help, policy and guideline pages]]
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| *[[Tardis:Manual of Style|our Manual of Style]]
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| *[[Tardis:Image use policy|our image use policy]]
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| *[[Tardis:User page policy|our user page policy]]
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| *[[Tardis:Administrators|a list of people whose job it is to help you]]
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| If you're brand new to wiki editing — and we all were, once! — you probably want to check out these tutorials at Wikipedia, the world's largest wiki:
| | == User talk pages == |
| *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
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| *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial]]
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| *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]
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| Remember that you should always sign your comments on talk and vote pages using four tildes like this: <div style="font-family:'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:200%;text-align:center;">~ ~ ~ ~</div>
| | Hi! Please do not alter other users' messages on other users' talk pages. If something needs to be fixed, you can alert an [[admin]] if it's an emergency (vandalism, etc.) or leave it to the "owner" of the talk page to decide if it needs fixing. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:49, May 11, 2014 (UTC) |
| | :Yes it did occur to me that you were trying to help. However, did it occur to you when I asked you not to do it that it was a violation of [[Tardis:Vandalism policy]]? Because it is. Please do not alter anyone else's message on a user page. Period. Thanks for your attention. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:03, May 11, 2014 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for becoming a member of the TARDIS crew! If you have any questions, see the [[Tardis:Help| Help pages]], add a question to one of [[Special:Forum|the Forums]] or ask on [[User talk:Revanvolatrelundar|my talk page]]. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] [[User talk:Revanvolatrelundar|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:54, April 17, 2014 (UTC)
| | Look, I know it looks like I'm picking on you, but seriously I am not. It often happens that new users run afoul of our many policies, and it's one of the jobs of the admins to advise a user when he/she violates policy. Most admins don't even do this, at least not as often as I do; many just correct and move on without informing the user what they've done wrong and where to find the policy. When I've informed you of policies, I've been polite, but you've responded with anger. |
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| == A couple of things ==
| | At the risk of angering you by throwing more policies at you, here is one that applies to the current situation: [[Tardis:You are bound by current policy]]. It's not your job, or any other user, including admins, to decide when not to enforce a policy. All users are bound by all policies. And if you think I'm going too far, let me just inform you that you have '''twice''' left messages on my talk page that violate [[Tardis:No personal attacks]], and I didn't block you for either occasion. Your earlier block was a failure to abide by a different policy after several warnings and reversions. |
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| Hi! Since you are new to this wiki, I need to point out a couple of things. People tend to have strong opinions on infobox images, so as a wiki we have a policy that if you want to '''change''' the '''current''' image, you bring up a discussion at the article talk page. If there is agreement, the image will be changed. The discussion you referred to at [[Talk:Eleventh Doctor]] was not resolved, as the new image in question had to be deleted for violating our [[Thread:148148|image policies]].
| | If you still think I'm being unfair, I suggest you take it up with one of our senior bureaucrats, [[User:Tangerineduel]] or [[User:CzechOut]]. Tangerineduel is probably your best bet, as CzechOut is very busy in real life as well as working on technical issues on this wiki, and doesn't spend much time here. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:13, May 11, 2014 (UTC) |
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| I suggest you take a look at a couple of policies: [[Thread:148148]] and [[Tardis:Editing policy]]. These will help you in your editing here. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:09, April 17, 2014 (UTC) | |
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| == Please be mindful of our policies ==
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| I already told you once that if you want to add a new image at [[Eleventh Doctor]], you must start a discussion on [[Talk:Eleventh Doctor]]. Because the old discussion was not resolved and the image in question has been removed, you would have to start a '''new''' discussion. Any further adding of your image without discussion will put you close to violating our [[Tardis:Editing policy|policy against edit wars]]. In addition, you are '''never''' to remove someone's comments from your talk page, as stated at [[Tardis:Vandalism policy]]. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:29, April 17, 2014 (UTC)
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| :Please actually read the vandalism policy, in which it states, and I quote, "Please remember that your talk page (for example, User talk:TimeTraveler) is not "yours". It is not in any way a private messaging space."
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| :I have given you several policies to read. I '''strongly suggest''' you read them, to prevent any more issues. For example, the image you added at [[Idris]] violates a few of our image policies, which you can find in my earlier message. Also the comment you left at my talk page is teetering on the edge of [[Tardis:No personal attacks]].
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| :Look, I think it's time for you to take a breath and read these policies. We are a very big wiki, over 40,000 pages, covering 50 years worth of DWU stories, spin-offs, related material, etc. We have to have policies to keep the wiki from becoming a mess. If you want to avoid having your edits reverted, then you should make yourself familiar with our policies. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:45, April 17, 2014 (UTC)
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| ::You are giving the very strong impression that you haven't read any of the policies that I have suggested. We have the policy pages so we don't have to quote the whole thing every time someone has a question. I merely quoted the section in response to your comment that your talk page was '''your own''' talk page and that you can do what you want with it. This is something that many new users don't understand, and that's why I quoted that particular bit. Otherwise, it's your responsibility to read the policies and abide by them.
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| ::I take the [[Tardis:No personal attacks]] policy seriously because this wiki welcomes every user. We don't want to be the kind of site where anonymity allows users to attack others. I didn't say you violated the policy, I said you were coming close and suggested you read the policy to avoid actually violating it.
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| ::It's up to you whether you read the policies or not, or whether you abide by them or not. There's not much more I can say to convince you at this point. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:15, April 17, 2014 (UTC)
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Despite my username, I do not claim to be - and I am by no means pretending to be - the official wikia user of The BBC.
User talk pages[[edit]]
Hi! Please do not alter other users' messages on other users' talk pages. If something needs to be fixed, you can alert an admin if it's an emergency (vandalism, etc.) or leave it to the "owner" of the talk page to decide if it needs fixing. Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 15:49, May 11, 2014 (UTC)
- Yes it did occur to me that you were trying to help. However, did it occur to you when I asked you not to do it that it was a violation of Tardis:Vandalism policy? Because it is. Please do not alter anyone else's message on a user page. Period. Thanks for your attention. Shambala108 ☎ 16:03, May 11, 2014 (UTC)
Look, I know it looks like I'm picking on you, but seriously I am not. It often happens that new users run afoul of our many policies, and it's one of the jobs of the admins to advise a user when he/she violates policy. Most admins don't even do this, at least not as often as I do; many just correct and move on without informing the user what they've done wrong and where to find the policy. When I've informed you of policies, I've been polite, but you've responded with anger.
At the risk of angering you by throwing more policies at you, here is one that applies to the current situation: Tardis:You are bound by current policy. It's not your job, or any other user, including admins, to decide when not to enforce a policy. All users are bound by all policies. And if you think I'm going too far, let me just inform you that you have twice left messages on my talk page that violate Tardis:No personal attacks, and I didn't block you for either occasion. Your earlier block was a failure to abide by a different policy after several warnings and reversions.
If you still think I'm being unfair, I suggest you take it up with one of our senior bureaucrats, User:Tangerineduel or User:CzechOut. Tangerineduel is probably your best bet, as CzechOut is very busy in real life as well as working on technical issues on this wiki, and doesn't spend much time here. Shambala108 ☎ 20:13, May 11, 2014 (UTC)
