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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>
| | == RE: Multiple edits == |
| <span id="ssh">British English, please</span><br>
| | Hello there. :D Yeah, I learned about the talk page problem ages back; been over a year now since I last did it ahah. Thanks for the reminder though ^_^ |
| 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:
| | About the editing, that's kind of just how I edit - mobile editing is a pain when doing entire articles, especially big ones, given loading time and subsequent lag and the like - so it's just faster to edit the sections separately. Plus, the managing of edits is easily fixed by just going on to a page's edit history and comparing the page before and after my edits. |
| *[[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>
| | Sorry about the inconvenience - I try my best to avoid it when having access to a computer. [[User:Snivystorm|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#1E90FF">''Snivy''</font></font>]]<font face="Arial"><font color="dodgerblue"> </font> [[User talk:Snivystorm|<small style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font face="Cambria"><font color="Grey">✦ ''The coolest Pokemon ever'' ✦</font></font></small>]]</font> 19:36, November 5, 2018 (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:Doug86|my talk page]]. [[User:Doug86|Doug86]] [[User talk:Doug86|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:14, March 21, 2014 (UTC)
| | Addendum: Just saw your expansion. I've always followed the neatness it creates, similar to how we do likewise for things like ((Father's Day (TV story)|)) to create ''Father's Day'' rather than just leaving ((Father's Day)) in the box. Plus, is there are real harm in the minimal extra data when big articles are already massive? |
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| == Spelling == | | As far I know, we do British English here no? [[User:Snivystorm|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#1E90FF">''Snivy''</font></font>]]<font face="Arial"><font color="dodgerblue"> </font> [[User talk:Snivystorm|<small style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font face="Cambria"><font color="Grey">✦ ''The coolest Pokemon ever'' ✦</font></font></small>]]</font> 19:50, November 5, 2018 (UTC) |
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| Hi! Please note that we use British spelling on this wiki. You can read more at [[Tardis:Spelling]]. Also, I strongly suggest you use the "preview" button when you edit. Some of your edits have letters left off words or omitted spaces between words. Previewing your edit before you publish will help get rid of this kind of error. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:59, March 21, 2014 (UTC)
| | Yeah, I'm weird in that (while most people play mobile games, reads news or whatever when waiting in line, on transport or have a spare five minutes) I come on here to edit on my outside down time :D. Might as well do something semi-productive I reckon. [[User:Snivystorm|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#1E90FF">''Snivy''</font></font>]]<font face="Arial"><font color="dodgerblue"> </font> [[User talk:Snivystorm|<small style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font face="Cambria"><font color="Grey">✦ ''The coolest Pokemon ever'' ✦</font></font></small>]]</font> 19:56, November 5, 2018 (UTC) |
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| Yes, yes. It's the weird editor, it causes lag when I type, so my typing is about 3 seconds ahead of what appears on the screen, causing errors. I'll be sure to use preview before I publish anything from now on. I have indeed noted that this wiki uses British spelling. My being American will make this a little difficult but I'll try my best, replacing Zs with Ss and such. I'll take a good look at the spelling cheat card. Does one say bucket or pail? Also, I'm having trouble getting video editor to work...[[User:Masterpwn|Masterpwn]] [[User talk:Masterpwn#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:19, March 21, 2014 (UTC)
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| == To add a couple of things ==
| | Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at [[Forum talk:Index]] and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC) |
| It's common wiki practice, when answering someone's post to your talk page, to put your answer on '''their''' talk page. Yes, it's a pain, but if you post an answer to me on your talk page, I might not see it for a long time, if ever; if you post your answer on my talk page, I get a notification that someone has posted on my page. What people generally do is have 2 windows open, one window with the original message so they can refer to it, the other window with their answer.
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| Bucket/pail? I have no idea, but the wiki policy deals with spelling, not word usage. If someone knows the correct British choice, they can change it, but for now, just concentrate more on the spellings. Here's a place where you can find some of the more common British spellings: [[Tardis:Spelling cheat card]].
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| Since you're having some troubles with the visual editor, I don't know if it will help but you can take a look at the forum thread that has a lot of info: [[Thread:143084]].
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| Lastly, your question about the video editor: I'm not sure what you mean, but on this wiki only admins can upload videos to the site. If you have a recommendation for a video, you can post it at [[Tardis talk:Video recommendations]]. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:05, March 21, 2014 (UTC)
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| :I don't know much about the visual editor (I don't use it), but you can try posting your problem at [[Board:The Drax Cave]]. Maybe someone else has the same problem or an idea how to fix it. It's worth a try, because it sounds like a really annoying problem. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:00, March 22, 2014 (UTC)
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| ::You can find out how to disable it at [[Help:VisualEditor Beta Release]], under "Notes about the Feature" (you'll have to scroll down a bit). It does a much better job of explaining than I could do. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:40, March 22, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Story citations ==
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| Ok, here is what you would type for a story citation, of course changing the prefix and the story title as needed. As an example:
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| <nowiki>([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')</nowiki>
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| This works only in source mode; if you're using the Visual Editor, I actually don't know how, because I only used it a couple of times before giving up on it. If you want to know about Visual Editor, let me know and I'll re-add it to my preferences and play around with it a bit, then get back to you.
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| Hope this helps! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 03:29, March 29, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Hartnell episodes ==
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| Hi! Please note that, while all '''story''' names are italicized, we use quotation marks for names of '''individual''' Hartnell episodes. You can read more at [[Tardis:Italics]]. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:34, April 4, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Image question ==
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| Well, it looks like you figured it out yourself. Sorry I couldn't get back to you in time, but if you have any other questions, just ask. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:05, April 7, 2014 (UTC)
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| :I did delete the one you requested. As for the other issues, I'm not very experienced with image uploads. I suggest you ask SmallerOnTheOutside (here's his talk page: [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside]]); I think he knows quite a bit about image uploads and he should be able to help you. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:55, April 8, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Frame issues ==
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| That one's pretty easy. It happens when you leave a space at the beginning of a new paragraph. For example, if I type the following sentence with a space in front of it (at the beginning of a paragraph), it looks like this:
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| Jamie and the Doctor left Victoria behind.
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| If I type it without a space in front, it looks normal:
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| Jamie and the Doctor left Victoria behind.
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| So all you have to do is make sure you have no spaces at the beginning of a paragraph. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:52, April 8, 2014 (UTC)
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| == The Price of Paradise ==
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| I am, for some odd reason, turning this into a widespread project. There will be several new articles concerning things in it about characters, objects, etc. I'm feeling like doing a detailed job. Possibly because I've never done anything like summarizing a book's plot before. Maybe also because I'm hyperactive and overdo things occasionally. Hope nobody minds. *Hangs a "Do Not Disturb" sign on door*
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| == Vandalism ==
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| Hey, thanks for trying to keep the vandalism down on the site. There are a few guidelines, however. First of all, most vandals are IP users, and they don't get notifications when someone leaves a message on their talk pages. In addition, most of the vandalism is highly intentional, so leaving a message for them just draws attention to their actions. So in the future, don't bother leaving them messages. If you think it's innocent vandalism, you can just leave a message in the edit summary.
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| When you see vandalism, you can leave a message on an admin's page, but keep in mind that admins are not going to broadcast when the matter is resolved. If you want to see if a vandal has been dealt with, you can check the "recent changes" page.
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| I am rarely away from the wiki for very long, so it doesn't take me long to take care of vandals. Most of the other admins don't spend as much time here, so you can always message me when you see vandalism, and leave it for me to deal with.
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| Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:38, April 22, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Edit summaries ==
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| Hi! Please take a look at [[Tardis:Edit summary#Minor edits]] to see what qualifies as a minor edit. Many of the edits you mark as minor are actually not minor edits. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:11, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
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| == William Riker ==
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| On the William T. Riker page about that his first name is not revealed is false. His name was given as Will in issue six and I believe issue eight as well. {{Unsigned|Gothamcity1992}}
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| == story titles ==
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| Hi! Please note that it is not necessary to pipe switch story titles to their dab terms (unless of course there is more than one article with that title). In fact, it is preferred that you do not change them at all. If you choose to write citations with the dab term, that is ok, but making edits just for switching to dab terms is highly discouraged. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:31, May 6, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Re: stretched images ==
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| It's not just you. It's either a wiki-wide thing that will have to be fixed on our end, or someone on our wiki is working on something and images are temporarily wacky. It will probably be fixed soon, but if you want you can leave a report at [[Board:The Drax Cave]].
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| As for your second issue, I assume you're talking about the contents box? That's not an issue I'm having. What browser do you use? Wiki doesn't support IE anymore, so it just doesn't work in many ways (when I use it for wikis, it crashes). Also, Safari was having problems a little while back, as you can read at [[Thread:154468]]. Since this is specific to you, if you're not using one of the problem browsers, you should definitely bring this one up at the Drax Cave.
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| And that is pretty much the limit of my technical know-how. Reporting your problem on the Drax Cave should get the attention of the more tech-minded admins. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:33, May 12, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Problem reports ==
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| Thanks for reporting in with technical issues. We're working fast to resolve them. You should already find that the stretched image thing is not a problem anymore, though you may need to clear your cache to see the resolution:
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| {{:MediaWiki:Clearyourcache}}
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| If you could provide more details on your table of contents issue, it'd be helpful.
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| {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:49: Tue 13 May 2014</span>
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| :Sorry, I don't know what you mean by the phrase "content box". Nor do I really understand what you mean by "growing bars". Could you please take a screenshot of the issue? Thanks :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 13:32: Tue 13 May 2014</span>
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| ::Ahhhhh, now that you've given that text mockup I see what you mean by "contents box". Thanks for the clarification. In the code, the phrase "content box" is ambiguous. You're talking about a "table of contents", or TOC, but now that it's clear what you're talking about, choose your own noun :)
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| ::What's still not clear at this point is what sounds like some kind of animation on unhiding the TOC. That's '''not''' at all happening in any browser to which I have access. If you'd upload your screenshot and put it on my user talk page, that'd be most helpful.
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| ::Also, if I could get your browser and operating system version numbers, it might go a long way to helping to diagnose. Thanks :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 17:17: Tue 13 May 2014</span>
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| :::Thanks for the greater clarification of your situation. I've tried in about 10 browsers under iOS 7.1.1, and none of them present the results you describe. The TOC pops up pretty as a picture in every single one of them.
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| :::I'm left to conclude that the problem would be solved by simply upgrading. We at Wikia are in a tricky place with iOS 6.
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| :::As a member of Wikia staff, I point you toward [[help:supported browsers]], which says that we ''do'' support iOS 6, but "we recommend accepting all prompted browser updates to ensure you have the best browsing experience".
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| :::As Tardis' chief technical admin, I have to advise that I don't really have an easy way to actually support iOS 6 on this site, since my devices are at 7. And from the sound of things, all the IOS devices owned by local admin are also at 7.
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| :::Nevertheless, I have submitted a bug report to Wikia's engineering department, to see if they can offer any more advice. If they do, I'll let you know as soon as I do. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 04:36: Wed 14 May 2014</span>
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| ::::Hey, just checking back in with a question from our Engineering Team. Are you still having this TOC issue? Rhey've tried in Safari on iOS 6.1.3 and they aren't able to reproduce the bug. Is your device maybe running something ''earlier'' than iOS 6.1.3? It'd probably be helpful for you now to go to Settings > General > About and find your exact version number. Thanks :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:37: Thu 22 May 2014</span>
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| == Gaffabek and more ==
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| Do you have a source for the "Gaffabek" spelling? If I'm going to correct such an old page, I'd prefer to have a source behind me.
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| On another note, I changed the category on your user page from <nowiki>[[Category:User pages]]</nowiki> to <nowiki>[[Category:Users]]</nowiki>. The first category is for wiki policies regarding user pages.
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| Lastly, I appreciate the vandalism patrolling as you did on CzechOut's talk page, but it's better if you just notify an admin. Only admins have a rollback feature that can undo several edits by the same person in one easy move. That makes cleaning up vandalism a bit easier than having to search through multiple edits and undos for the most recent correct edit.
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| Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:01, May 21, 2014 (UTC)
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| :Forgot to get back to you on this. We actually had a discussion a while back, at [[Thread:127706]], that concerns closed-captioning. It doesn't look like Netflix captions count at all, and CC is placed so low on the list of preferred sources that I'd rather hold off on renaming the article unless/until we can get some better confirmation. If I get a chance, I'll dig out my DVD, but there may be some higher-preferred source that comes to light. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:56, May 27, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Source needed ==
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| Hey, a while back you created the page [[Spam (email)]], but you didn't include any sources. Right now, the page is just an unsourced definition. If you can't provide any sources, the page will have to be deleted. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 03:55, September 2, 2014 (UTC)
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| == Punctuation ==
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| Hi! Please take a look at [[T:PERIODS AND QUOTES]] before you edit any more pages. A bunch of your recent edits have had to be undone. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:42, February 19, 2015 (UTC)
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| :It's not necessarily that you've been taught incorrectly. I could be wrong, but I think it's the British way of using quotation marks, and if you're not British, then you're not used to this way. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:57, February 19, 2015 (UTC)
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| == Editing ==
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| You are probably not aware that it is my habit when working on a short story page to go back and forth among the story page and the articles I am creating. It makes my task more difficult when I have to deal with edit conflicts when someone is dogging my steps and editing immediately after me. Thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:19, March 24, 2015 (UTC)
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