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[[T:IU]] says that we're supposed to write articles in past tense. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:57, August 13, 2020 (UTC)
[[T:IU]] says that we're supposed to write articles in past tense. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:57, August 13, 2020 (UTC)
== On good faith and good behaviour ==
Please note that the wording of your edit summary at [[Tersuran]], "Changed the grammar structure as some contributors do not understand how past tense works", is dangerously close to a [[Tardis:No personal attacks|personal attack]] as we define them on this Wiki.
You named no names, and no one complained, so this is just a warning for the time being. But please understand that we on Tardis do our best to cultivate an atmosphere of polite and non-gatekeeping community work. So, good on you for taking the time to fix faulty wording, but no need to be snide about whatever errors you find. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:42, November 6, 2020 (UTC)
:(Incidentally, a further reason not to be snide is that you got it wrong yourself in that specific case. "Did not" was correct, because we write our in-universe articles as if looking back on the ''Doctor Who'' universe long after the whole thing has wrapped up. It's not whether Daleks do or do not have noses, but, indeed, whether they ''did'' or ''did not''. Ain't no more Daleks ''now''. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:45, November 6, 2020 (UTC)

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T:IU says that we're supposed to write articles in past tense. Najawin 18:57, August 13, 2020 (UTC)

On good faith and good behaviour[[edit source]]

Please note that the wording of your edit summary at Tersuran, "Changed the grammar structure as some contributors do not understand how past tense works", is dangerously close to a personal attack as we define them on this Wiki.

You named no names, and no one complained, so this is just a warning for the time being. But please understand that we on Tardis do our best to cultivate an atmosphere of polite and non-gatekeeping community work. So, good on you for taking the time to fix faulty wording, but no need to be snide about whatever errors you find. --Scrooge MacDuck 23:42, November 6, 2020 (UTC)

(Incidentally, a further reason not to be snide is that you got it wrong yourself in that specific case. "Did not" was correct, because we write our in-universe articles as if looking back on the Doctor Who universe long after the whole thing has wrapped up. It's not whether Daleks do or do not have noses, but, indeed, whether they did or did not. Ain't no more Daleks now. --Scrooge MacDuck 23:45, November 6, 2020 (UTC)