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| <div style="font-size:125%;line-height:110%;text-align:center;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif">'''Welcome to the [[file:wordmark 2011 test4.png|Tardis:About]] CharmeRuler!'''</div>
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| We hope you'll enjoy being a part of our community! If you're new to either us or wiki editing in general, you might want to check out some of these links:
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| [[file:Hello.jpg|right|250px|<div style="background-color:transparent;text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman', serif;">'''We only take the best!'''</div>|thumb]]
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| *'''Internal pages'''
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| :*[[Tardis:Help|Help pages]]
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| :*[[Tardis:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
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| :*[[Forum:Index|Forums]]
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| :*[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]
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| :*[[Tardis:User page policy|User page policy]]
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| *'''External Wikipedia pages'''
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| :*[[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:
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| <div style="font-family:'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:200%;text-align:center;"><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></div>
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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 [[Forum:Index|the Forums]] or ask on my user talk page.
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| ==Block==
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| I regret having to do it, but I'm going to have to block you for a couple of days. In chat you acknowledged, in front of several witnesses, receipt of the message in which I told you that you would be blocked if you continued asking that question over and over again. Then, you left an unsigned message on my talk page, once again requesting information on how to get and set up a bot. I therefore ''must'' block you, to impress upon you the fact that I was '''dead''' serious. I don't block quickly or often, save for situations of attack against the wiki. So when you hear me tell you that you're getting close to being blocked, '''you need to listen'''.
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| Your block is only for two days, and in the meantime you are able to leave a message here on your talk page, if you wish to protest or ask questions. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}16:50: Mon 19 Sep 2011 </span>
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| ==Why I won't help you get a bot==
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| I do want to make my position on helping you get a bot absolutely clear, so that you won't ''have'' to ask me again. Bots are ''extremely'' powerful. They can ''easily'' rip apart the fabric of a wiki if you don't know what you're doing. And you simply have not displayed the most basic knowledge of wiki structure or operations. When I talked to you about getting a bot, you couldn't find the [[w:c:help|help wiki]], you couldn't find help files on '''your own''' wiki(s), you couldn't successfully upload a wordmark, you had no real knowledge of template coding.
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| And I'm not saying that to make fun of you. We all need to start somewhere, '''and it is good''' that you are thinking big at ths early stage in your knowledge of how to run a wiki. But you need to take the time to edit in '''one place''' long enough to understand the way that a Wikia wiki is laid out, and indeed the way that the MediaWiki software works. I myself edited wikis for essentially the whole of the [[2000s]] without having a bot. But now that I have one, I don't tend to make a whole lot of errors with it. I tend to be able to use it with greater precision, because I understand the MediaWiki software pretty well.
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| No wiki on which you are currently an admin is in any way big enough to even ''need'' a bot, anyway. But I will give you a tip for that time in the future when you do need a bot. Categories are the lifeblood of a bot. Bots require categories in order to perform virtually any function. If you put Cat A insdide Cat B inside Cat C, then put Cat C ''back'' into Cat A, you will create what [[Nyssa]] once called [[recursion]]. This will cause your bot to die. Well, not ''die'' exactly, but it'll run down the rabbit hole you've created and never come back up for air. It'll just go around and and around in circles. So when you're starting out a wiki, pay attention to the category tree. Bots require good, clear category trees in order to function properly. One of the problems of this wiki that I'm still having to struggle with is the fact that no one in the early days of the wiki paid attention to a category tree, or ''structure'', that made logical sense. Long before you get a bot, you need to build a category structure that will allow the bot to actually work. So, you should probably Google "category tree", and spend some time understanding category theory.
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| If you want to use bots really effectively, you'll also want to spend some time learning a markup language called "regex" or "regular expressions". It's supposed to be a timesaver, but frankly I find it quite a mindbender sometimes. Success with regex is a '''whole lot''' of trial and error. Unless your changes are really big — on the scale of at least hundreds of pages — it's usually less time to hand edit pages than it is to come up with some regeex expressions.
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| Finally, I think you fundamentally misunderstand what a bot can do for you. On a wiki of less than, say, a few thousand pages, a bot can't do all ''that'' much for you. A bot simplifies repetive edits over the span of thousands of pages. It can't actually write articles for you. If you'd like to take a peek at the raw code of a bot, you can take a look at [[tardis:Spelling policy/user-fixes.py#The code]]. Basically, a bot takes one word or phrase and replaces it with another. The ''most'' creative thing a bot can do is change words on a page, typically based upon what category that page is in. And that's ''it''. It's not magic. It doesn't write articles. It doesn't help you actually '''create''' a whole lot. The simple fact is that, with wikis the sizes of yours, '''you just don't ''need'' a bot.'''
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| So I hope you don't think I'm being mean or anti-community-spirit. But I do have ''very'' good reasons for not acquiescing to your request. Please let the matter drop, as I can't keep dealing with it. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}16:50: Mon 19 Sep 2011 </span>
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| == A couple of points ==
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| A couple of points:
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| *You ''must'' sign your posts in discussions, according to both [[tardis:signature policy|signature policy]] and [[tardis:discussion policy]]. You've now shown a disregard for this rule on both my talk page and that of [[user:Tybort]] on multiple occasions. The reason this is important is because it tells other readers when and who added the comment.
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| *{{tl|real world}} is incompatible with any category ending in "from the real world". I note on [[Nintendo]] that you were reverting [[user:Tybort]]'s quite correct deletion of this template. Please see the instructions at [[:category:Floor 500]], or indeed, read this helpful message. (The template assumes that it will be on a category page, so it may read strangely, especially the first sentence.)
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| {{tl|FTRW}}
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| Thanks for your contributions and enthusiasm! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}23:30: Wed 21 Sep 2011 </span>
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| ==Chatban==
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| You have been banned from chat for again asking the same question multiple times, then running away just as people start to answer you. It's just . . . ''rude'', and it wastes people's time. When your chat powers are restored, please remember to introduce yourself into the room, make some light conversation, then proceed with your question. Ask your question ''once'', and once only, then respond to any questions you're asked in chat. Please don't come into chat, demand for someone to fix a technical problem you're having, then run away. Your chatban will be lifted sometime during the next week. Sorry I can't be more precise, but it's not automated, so someone has to physically throw the switch. Therefore, I can't promise an exact time when it will be lifted. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:40: Sat 01 Oct 2011 </span>
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| :Chat abilities reinstated. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}21:16: Sat 01 Oct 2011 </span>
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| ==4th Doc enemies==
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| Category:Fourth Doctor enemies--{{User:Skittles the hog/sig}} 09:54, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
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| ==Names==
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| Probably. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 15:32, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
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| == You have a new message ==
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| Short answer: I have no idea. It was [[User:CzechOut]] would changed it, so yur best bet is to ask him. Thanks. [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 15:33, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
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| ==No more lies==
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| Lying & repeatedly asking same questions
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| As discussed in chat, you have agreed that lying to an [[admin]]istrator about matters pertaining to editing the wiki is a Bad Thing, and that further instances of lying shall be met by [[T:BLOCK|blocking]]. Consider this a warning that if you lie again to an admin your editing rights will be permanently revoked. Furthermore, you also agreed that if you repeatedly ask the same questions, either in chat or on user talk pages, you will be blocked for a period of no less than 2 months. <br><br>''This negotiation was witnessed by [[user:Skittles the hog]].''<br>{{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:39: Fri 28 Oct 2011 </span></div>
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| ==Say what?==
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| I have absolutely no idea what your question meant, now please fix your signature, it's leaking code onto my talk page.--{{User:Skittles the hog/sig}} 13:18, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
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| Please note that, under [[T:UVAN]], it is a violation of policy to remove content from talk pages. Leaving an archive of discussions allows us to refer back to them, should the need ever arise. So, please do not remove content from talk pages in the future.--{{User:Skittles the hog/sig}} 15:44, October 29, 2011 (UTC)</div>
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| Not sure how I could make this clearer. Do not remove content from talk pages. "Sorting it out" means fixing it, not removing it.--{{User:Skittles the hog/sig}} 15:52, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
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| ==Signature==
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| Your signature is in violation of [[tardis:signature policy|signature policy]] as it does not offer a timestamp. You have 30 minutes from the timestamp below to successfully produce a working signature that is fully in compliance with our policies on my talk page. Failure to do so will lead to your blocking. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}20:09: Sat 29 Oct 2011 </span>
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| ==See ya next year==
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| Unfortunately, you must now be prevented from further editing.
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| In a chat session today, you asked the same question, "What size should the picture be?", nine times in the space of six minutes. These questions were peppered into a conversation with another user, thus reducing the ability of the other party to receive timely assistance. As per the earlier agreement, cited above, witnessed by [[user:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]], you are now blocked until 1 January 2012. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}21:17: Sat 29 Oct 2011 </span>
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| ==See ya never==
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| Now it's till the end of time.
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| [[User:LeonardoWyatt|LeonardoWyatt]] is a bureaucrat at [[w:c:charmed]], a wiki that you obviously frequented until you were blocked. Your alt account, [[User:LeanardoWyatt|LeanardoWyatt]], is an attempt to impersonate him, which almost certainly derives from his block of you at charmed. You likely lied to me when you said that you created the account just to help you "remember your password". You're therefore infinitely banned for lying to me, violating [[T:MISLEAD USER]] and, evidently, [[T:SOCK]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}21:24: Tue 01 Nov 2011 </span>
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| How do you change your signature? I want to rejig mine to be a little more unique.[[User:Dragonmaster79|Dragonmaster79]] <sup>[[User talk:Dragonmaster79|talk to me]]</sup> 16:04, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
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| {{Please see|Can we disable visual editor please?}} <br> {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}04:54: Tue 20 Dec 2011 </span>
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| {{Please see|Can we disable visual editor please?}} <br> {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:56: Thu 22 Dec 2011 </span>
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| == Return denied ==
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| This user has been in contact with me at [http://secretcircle.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:14446 this message wall thread], begging for a return to this wiki. He has been denied, and must continue to be denied. He is absolutely banned forever. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}14:27: Wed 22 Feb 2012 </span>
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