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== Thank you! ==
== Thank you! ==
Hey, sorry to bother, but I just wanted to thank you for your remarkable work in making [[Queer representation in Doctor Who]] an actually good page!! I know you did most of that months ago, but still... good to have that stuff on the wiki. :) [[User:TheChampionOfTime|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT">CoT</span>]]  [[User talk:TheChampionOfTime|<span title="Talk to me">?</span> ]] 17:54, May 27, 2020 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bother, but I just wanted to thank you for your remarkable work in making [[Queer representation in Doctor Who]] an actually good page!! I know you did most of that months ago, but still... good to have that stuff on the wiki. :) [[User:TheChampionOfTime|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT">CoT</span>]]  [[User talk:TheChampionOfTime|<span title="Talk to me">?</span> ]] 17:54, May 27, 2020 (UTC)
:Sorry for the late response, but thank you! [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:35, July 7, 2020 (UTC)


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== Question on continuity ==
== Question on continuity ==
Hello, User:WaltK. I wanted to ask you something that could prove useful to deciphering the placement of an entry for the Thirteenth Doctor timeline theory forum. In ''At Childhood's End'' and ''A Little Help From my Friends'', does Team TARDIS act surprised to finding out the Doctor had previous companions, or mention they've never met a predecessor of their's before? Thank you for time.[[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:06, June 13, 2020 (UTC)
Hello, User:WaltK. I wanted to ask you something that could prove useful to deciphering the placement of an entry for the Thirteenth Doctor timeline theory forum. In ''At Childhood's End'' and ''A Little Help From my Friends'', does Team TARDIS act surprised to finding out the Doctor had previous companions, or mention they've never met a predecessor of their's before? Thank you for time.[[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:06, June 13, 2020 (UTC)
:I don't believe they act surprised in ALHFMF... when the Doctor tells her friends what happened to her in ''Blink'', it does prompt Yaz to say "You said "we". You weren't alone, then", which ''could'' give the impression that the idea of the Doctor having past companions is a new concept to them, but it's hard to determine. I haven't read ''A Childhood's End'', so I can't say on that one. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:00, June 13, 2020 (UTC)
:I don't believe they act surprised in ALHFMF... when the Doctor tells her friends what happened to her in ''Blink'', it does prompt Yaz to say "You said "we". You weren't alone, then", which ''could'' give the impression that the idea of the Doctor having past companions is a new concept to them, but it's hard to determine. I haven't read ''At Childhood's End'', so I can't say on that one. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:00, June 13, 2020 (UTC)
 


== Lizzie ==
== Lizzie ==
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[[User:Epsilon the Eternal|Epsilon the Eternal]] [[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:15, July 7, 2020 (UTC)
[[User:Epsilon the Eternal|Epsilon the Eternal]] [[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:15, July 7, 2020 (UTC)


:Saying "the events of [STORY TITLE] could also be seen as an example”, in those exact words, is how one would normally write something from a behind the scenes standpoint as opposed to an in-universe, biographical one. The proper way to write from an in-universe perspective would:
:Saying "the events of [STORY TITLE] could also be seen as an example”, in those exact words, is how one would normally write something from a behind the scenes standpoint as opposed to an in-universe, biographical one. The proper way to write from an in-universe perspective would be:
 
{{Quote|Iris and Panda did a thing that caused a bootstrap paradox. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost (short story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost]]'')}}
 
:The only reason I opted to remove it rather than amend it is simply because I have not read the story and thus lacked the sufficient information needed to reword it accordingly. You're free to re-add it as long as you abide by the format I exemplified above. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:16, July 7, 2020 (UTC)
 
::Gotcha! You and [[User:Scrooge MacDuck]] raised good points,so I'll incorporate them into a revised edit.
::[[User:Epsilon the Eternal|Epsilon the Eternal]] [[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:21, July 7, 2020 (UTC)
 
==Clarifying stuff==
Hi, so to clarify some more what we were talking about at Talk:Queer Representation in Doctor Who, what they did was more "cis gays not being aware" as opposed to Rowling or Glinner level sh*t. It's not the easiest thing to hear, but it's part of accountability and such. They are improving, which is good, and not digging in like Dreyfus or Roberts. Just wanted to clarify and such. [[User:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived]] [[User talk:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:43, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
 
:So you mean, like, the ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'' controversy (which I personally always just chalked up as Davies and Barrowman not being as enlightened on the matter at the time)? [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:02, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
 
::Yep, pretty much, they just were not enlightened enough at the time. Anyway, so on the talk page, what do you think we can use as a "called out" source? [[User:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived]] [[User talk:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:06, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
 
:::You can see my full response on the talk page, but to sum up, a "call out" section that compiles every time a cast/crew member so much as offhandedly says something out of line probably wouldn't be the way to go. With situations like Davies and Barrowman, whether or not anything they said or did in the past indicated a deep-seated intolerance would largely be up to individual opinion (some may believe there were legit transphobic tendencies there, but I'd personally disagree). No, we should only cover instances where the bigotry of an individual is undeniable; Roberts and Dreyfus, both of whom have repeatedly voiced blatantly transphobic views and have refused to back down on them, fit that bill easily. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:36, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
 
I've put this on the talk page, but yeah, I'm down for that. Thanks for the convo! It's nice to talk to someone is both empathetic about change and personal growth, as well as willing to hold people accountable. [[User:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived]] [[User talk:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:40, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
== Re: TDOTD ==
Aaah, I see. That makes sense. But not only did you post it in the wrong Board, it also sounds like this isn't even really a matter for the forums (or indeed an admin's talk page) as opposed [[Talk:The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)]]. But since you asked ''me'': I would say that yes, we ''can'' derive the existence of a number of copies of "[[Book (The Day of the Doctor)]]" and of anonymous readers thereof.
 
The latter individuals don't necessarily deserve pages as individuals, being so nondescript, though if we ''did'' have pages on them, we'd probably call them things like [[Reader 1 (The Day of the Doctor)]] and so on. But you can definitely create [[Bookshop (The Day of the Doctor)]], with a lede along the lines of "One of the readers of [[the Curator]]'s [[Book (The Day of the Doctor)|book]] on the Last Day of the [[Last Great Time War|Great Time War]] found their copy in a '''bookshop''' which also contained……".
 
Concerning what happened to the Forums, I'm ''hoping'' [[User:CzechOut]] will chime in with an explanatory post some time soon, but the keynotes version is:
* "FANDOM Powered By Wikia" decided to upgrade its source code wholesale, rather than keep adding patches and epicycles to an increasingly Rube-Goldberg-esque, anachronistic Frankenstein's Monster;
* The new code architecture they've designed didn't support the Forums we used to have at [[Special:Forum]];
* Consequently, when they started moving Tardis's archives to the new platform (known as the UCP), all the Forums' contents were transferred to the "next best thing", namely the "Discussions" area, which already existed separate from the Forums.
Cheers! And thank you for the congratulations! --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:16, October 4, 2020 (UTC)
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== Invalid info ==
With regards to [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/COVID-19?type=revision&diff=3126548&oldid=3126543 this]: you're not ''quite'' right. If it's simply a bullet-point in a wider BTS section, the invalid information should be written in an out-of-universe point of view. But if there's enough invalid material for a full ''subsection'' in the BTS section of the valid page, then that can be written in the same in-universe way as an {{tl|invalid}} concept page. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 
== Talk pages ==
Hi please do not blank talk pages (or other pages), even if you think they need to be deleted. It's better to put a delete tag on such a page than to leave a blank page that an admin might not see for a long time thanks [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:42, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 
== List of actors who portrayed the Doctor ==
 
Hereby requesting permission to contribute to [[User:WaltK/List of actors who portrayed the Doctor]]. [[User:MrThermomanPreacher|MrThermomanPreacher]] [[User talk:MrThermomanPreacher|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 
:Permission granted :) [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:25, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 
== Deletions ==
Hi please don't blank pages that you think shouldn't exist. It could be considered vandalism. If something needs to be deleted, just use a delete tag to bring it to admin attention thanks. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:32, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 
== Third violation ==
Since you were warned on 23 December 2021 '''and''' 19 April 2022 not to blank pages, but you still deleted user content on talk pages on 23 April 2022, you are blocked for violating [[Tardis:Vandalism policy]]. Since your intentions were in the right place (trying to enforce [[Tardis:Discussion policy]]), this block is only for a week, mostly to get your attention and make sure you understand the message I've left '''twice''' on this page on the proper procedure for dealing with this type of thing. Please do not just remove the content or blank the page; it's best to inform an admin who can deal with the user violating the discussion policy. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:31, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 
== RE: In-universe versions of these stories… ==
IIRC they appeared in ''[[The Daft Dimension]]''. They should be removed from the template, actually. I should never have added them. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 19:52, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 
:Ahh. I'll still create invalid pages for them, regardless. Come to think of it, shouldn't the navbox still have a sub-section for invalid material like several others do? [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:57, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 
:: It should have invalid sections but I never got around to creating them. Also, please make sure to dab them, as it is better than leaving them undabbed and causing confusion. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 20:17, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 
== For(u)m Letter ==
 
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>]] 08:19, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 
== "Mayored to the Mob" ==
Just a heads up since your probably didn't notice, [[:File:Mayored to the Mob.png|the "Mayored to the Mob" image]] was a .png file, rather than a .jpg file. However, it turns out [[:File:DW the simpsons 10x09 mayored to the mob.jpg|a version already exists on-site]], so you might want to switch to that and put the .png up for deletion. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 
== File sizes ==
 
Hi there. I see that you've been told before that images mustn't be any bigger than 100 KB. This is the second rule that comes up when you upload an image and you've been consistently breaking it.
 
I'm currently in the process of going through your uploads and shrinking them or, when you've replaced a regulation image with one that's too big, reverting them. Images also have to be .jpg and you've uploaded several that are .png, so I've marked them for deletion. [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:55, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 
: My apologies. I simply hadn't been seeing the option to change the image sizes, until you pointed out where it was. I'll try to adhere from now on! [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:17, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
:: Hey. Sorry, I should've been clearer; PNGs [[Help:Image cheat card|are allowed if you need transparency]] but not for screenshots or anything like that. Those are the only ones I've marked for deletion. [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:26, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
== Re: "The wide and varied DWU" ==
 
Hi. I'm sorry to say that I don't. I didn't make the image: it was a collaborative effort between some of the members of a ''[[Doctor Who (series)|Doctor Who]]''-related Discord server that I'm in. All the information is ''probably'' scattered around a lot of different messages there, but I don't have any form of collected explanations, as cool as that would be. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:43, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 
== ''A Short History of Everyone'' ==
Hiya, I saw [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/2006?curid=306&diff=3386609&oldid=3329321 your recent edit] to [[2006]] which involved information from ''[[A Short History of Everyone (novel)|A Short History of Everyone]]'', and I was wondering if you could share a picture of the relevant section? I've just Wikified ''[[Mars (WiDW short story)|Mars]]'', which seems to have be contradicted by ''ASHoE'', so I want to work out exactly how. Many thanks! {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 01:14, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 
== Dimensions in Time proposal ==
Hey, just saw your ''Dimensions in Time'' proposal and I'm not sure I grasp what you intend this thread to be. Obviously now that it's valid, the ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'' connection can be Wikified as "one account" like any other valid source that says this about another valid source — in much the same way that the ''Conundrum'' and ''Land of Happy Endings'' interpretations are listed at [[John Who]] and [[Gillian Who]]. We don't need a thread for this! As I understood it, the caveat about further threads to clarify "the nature of stories' validity" after a Rule 4 By Proxy ruling would just be for people who want to argue that no Proxy was necessary because the original story passed Rule 4 all along and its invalidity was incorrect in the first place; but there's no need for a new thread that's just about a ''different'' proxy-avenue not mentioned in the original thread. Is there something else that I'm missing? [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 23:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
: Ah. I get where you're coming from, but actually, in such cases we only cover the later retcon as "one account" — again, see [[John Who]] and [[Gillian Who]], claimed in ''Land of Happy Endings'' to be a dream and in ''Conundrum'' to be Land of Fiction constructs. (You could also compare this to retroactive claims that the Doctor saying he was half-human was a lie, or that it wasn't really Romana in ''Destiny of the Daleks''.) ''[[Meet the Fam! (comic story)|Meet the Fam!]]'' is different because — as far as we can tell — it was always the intent that it would be revealed as Just A Dream; but if we had reason to think otherwise, we would cover it primarily as real events, and only present its dream-ness as an "alternative account". This goes double when we have even ''more'', later sources asserting that the events really happened, which, in the case of ''DiT'', we do via ''[[Storm in a Tikka (short story)|Storm in a Tikka]]'' and, for that matter, ''[[Rescue (short story)|Rescue]]''.
 
: But either way, this seems like a matter for the talk page more than something which needs to take up a slot in the Temp Forums. I'd advise you to retract the proposal. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 00:32, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 
:: …See my reply directly above? Did you miss this one, or does it not answer some points you need? [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 20:46, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 
: Bumping this. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 13:24, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 
No worries! [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 14:09, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 
== Unproduced stories ==
Hi Walt, my proposal about dabbing unproduced stories has (second) most votes on [[Tardis:Temporary forums]] right now, so even though all the slots are full I've prepped an opening post at [[User:NateBumber/Sandbox/1]] which also includes your idea about distinguishing between unproduced and unreleased stories. If you get the chance, could you give it a look and tell me whether you think it's a fair write-up or if there's any other information you'd like me to add? – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 17:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 
== Re: Changing page names ==
 
As requested, I will provide a guide on how one can move a page, as illustrated below using one of my user pages as an example.
<gallery>
File:Move page stage 1.jpg|First, you hover over the 3 dots at the top-right of the page, which will bring up a drop-down menu. If this list doesn't include "Move", the page may be move-locked, and ''only'' movable by administrators.
File:Move page stage 2.jpg|After clicking this option, you will be brought to a menu that looks like this. Since you would typically be moving mainspace pages, you would click the menu here labelled "User", just under "New title:" - this can also be used to switch between namespaces, to and from user: pages and the like. Naturally, just under this menu, you can change the actual article title. Additionally, you can choose whether or not to A) create a redirect at the current address, and B) watch the source & target pages. Once you're happy with your settings, you can press "MOVE PAGE".
File:Move page stage 3.jpg|After moving the page, you will be brought to a screen that looks like this.
File:Move page stage 4.jpg|As depicted above, when visiting the page at its new address, the title is changed, as is the goal with moves.
</gallery>
I hope this helps. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:22, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 
== Invalid subpages ==
Hi there Walt, I saw you proposed subpages covering invalid appearances at [[T:TF]]. Exactly such a proposal is already under discussion at [[Tardis:Temporary forums/Slot 6: Subpages 2.0#Proposal: /Non-valid sources]], if you'd like to weigh in with support! – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 17:32, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 
== Showtime ==
 
Hey pal, if you get chance a screenshot of 11 being chased by Miranda would make a great It’s Showtime infobox image rather than the current title card. [[Special:Contributions/81.106.187.1|81.106.187.1]]<sup>[[User talk:81.106.187.1#top|talk to me]]</sup> 15:12, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 
== Re:Disney Time ==
 
Sure, check your DMs on Discord. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 23:42, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
: Ottsel's been ''trying'' to get in touch with you via Discord, but for some reason his Friend requests aren't going through. I sent you a DM, myself, could you check whether you received it? [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 13:03, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 
:: I am not ready to give out any contact info on Tardis due to personal reasons. If you send an email I could send you something. Otherwise try looking for a Discord DM from someone with a green icon. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 15:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 
== The Sorcerer's Apprentice ==
 
Hi, there. Just wondering if there's a reason you copied and pasted [[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (cartoon)]] to [[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney Time)]] instead of moving the page? [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 
: Is redirecting not the same thing? Ack. Well, in that case, I do not know how to move pages 😰 [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 
: Don't worry about it! If you hover over the three dots next to the EDIT button at the top of a page, you'll see a button saying MOVE. If you use that, it keeps the page's edit history and everything. [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 
:: Ahhh, gotcha. Cheers. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:59, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 
== Disney XD promos ==
 
It seems that you have access to the original versions of various [[Disney XD]] promos, do you happen to have any screenshots from them for use on story articles? [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:09, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 
: Well, I went to what I assume was the same channel, and took everything above the watermark; it doesn't have the lower parts of the screen as a result. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 
== Re: Disney Time logo ==
Well, I'd assumed that the "fanmade" part was the thing before that, but apparently not. I will continue looking for a good logo, however (the current one may be deleted at some point). [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:48, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 
== Duplicate files ==
You know, it's fully possible to move files to a different name, just hover over the 3 dots at the top-right corner of the file page, go down the list, click move, type in the location you want to move it to, and press "move page". [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:45, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
 
== Speech bubbles ==
 
Hey, just so you know, since the big image-use reform it is no longer against policy for images to crop out part of a speech balloon, so long as the text within is whited out so you don't just get half-words. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 22:03, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 
== RE: Image uploads ==
 
Hi. Thanks for your message, however the images do not, in fact, violate the policies as they stand today. They would have done so once upon a time before we had our big policy overhauls about half a year ago or so… the ruling as it is today is that you can crop part of speech bubbles to put better focus on a subject, as long as you whiten out the text that is left, or entirely crop the text away. The only thing that I believe is still against the rules is if you leave half a text present, which I wouldn’t do anyway, as that is just ugly on the image, Thank you for noticing though. [[User:Danniesen|Danniesen]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:07, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 
== Re: Simpsons images ==
In terms of this, I suppose a gallery could work... Although I almost wonder if the method used at Wikisimpsons would work here ([https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Doctor_Who example]). [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:09, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
: I mean, I definitely think word balloon references should be allowed, but that's just my opinion. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:38, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 
== ''The Birthday Boy'' ==
Hiya, as you uploaded a better version of [[:File:The Toymaker The Birthday Boy.JPG]], I was wondering if you had the digital copy of the comic and are willing to upload the image of the Toymaker in the crowd of the Doctor's enemy on the (IIRC) next page? Many thanks. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 18:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 
== Re: Re: Hedz ==
Surely we'd just cover the ''DW''-themed sketches as their own things? [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:08, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 
== Scripts ==
Hey, just sptted [[Anne Hegarty]] — this is something I mean to change in the Forums someday, but please be aware that currently script releases (other than prose "disguised" as scripts) don't get in-universe coverage, albeit invalid — just source pages. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 20:57, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 
== Welcome! ==
 
'''Hey! Welcome to our new home.''' I just thought I'd let you know that I've imported all your edits from the old site which you made in the interim. Currently making my way through missing user contributions for those who've come through. Hope that saves you some trouble.
 
Happy editing! 🟦📖{{User:SOTO/sig}} 01:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 
== Forum discussion ==
 
Hi Walt, just wanted to give you a heads up that I've added all your forum comments from today into a new section [[Forum:General_Discussion_of_the_Fork|on the forum]]. There seem to be a number of design glitches today, with design updates/tweaks, so I figured it'd make it easier to put everything together (along with my own comments too). Also, more and more screencaps were just looking messy and out of sync down the side of the page so I've put them into a gallery with captions so admins and mods can see at a glance what each relates to. Thought it was only polite to let you know I'd done this, with all best intentions. If you wish to add more to the gallery captions to clarify, feel free! Added a few of my own glitches too. Cheers :) × [[User:Fractal|Fractal]] [[User talk:Fractal|<span title="Talk">•</span>]] 20:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 
== April 2024 ==
 
{{subst:uw-test1|1=TVT224 35}} [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|☎]] 16:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
: Sorry, this message was sent in error while testing an automated tool - it clearly doesn't work! I also accidently reverted one of your edits - I have restored this. Sorry again. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|☎]] 16:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
:: It's a tool to help with reviewing edits from recent changes and checking them for vandalism. It's designed for Wikipedia and has a number of shortcuts for automatically warning users for common violations there. I accidently triggered one of these automatic warnings on your edit. In reality, I think you're doing great work in creating these magazine articles. It's an area of coverage that was lacking but that I feel is really interesting and I enjoy reading about. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|☎]] 18:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re: About those SpongeBob images ==
While I do agree that it's a pretty minor connection, I feel that it's better to have them than not, both for the purposes of illustrating the connection (albeit minor), as well as to show what the characters look like for anyone living under a rock (although they can obviously also follow the link to [[w:c:spongebob:Encylopedia SpongeBobia]]). (I did try to find a shared ''artist'', but there didn't seem to be any when looking through the aforementioned wiki) [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re: Wallace & Gromit ==
The context behind that is that in {{cs|Robot Week (TV story)}}, which features [[the TARDIS]], mention of [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]], etc., it's mentioned that fans of ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]'' can tune in to watch ''[[Wallace & Gromit]]: [[A Close Shave]]''. (More information on the ''Robot Week'' page, ctrl+f for "Shaun the Sheep" if you can't find it) [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 
: I mean, I don't recall claiming that was a "proper" crossover, just that we could have pages for "''[[Wallace & Gromit]]''" and "''[[A Close Shave]]''". [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 
== Rollback ==
 
Looking at it, it seems to me that [[special:MobileDiff/3789926|''you'' accidentally reverted your edit]], actually. (Which rolled back to the last edit by another user, which happened to be [[User:SV7|my bot]].)
 
(If you hadn't realised that as a [[trusted user]], you've have rollback rights for the last month, I can only blame myself for not making a proper announcement.)
 
Hope that clears things up. Do go ahead and undo the rollback action.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 06:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re. Oh Crap! ==
Hey, no worries, things slip through the cracks. As for ''A Short History of Everyone'', I was eventually able to track down a copy in a shop to check. With ''The Birthday Boy'', however, I haven't been able to find a digital copy so if you still have access to yours, please have a look for the image — I'd like to have it on [[The Toymaker/Gallery]].
 
Also, with [[A Short History of Everyone (in-universe)]], it doesn't need the the dab term under [[T:DAB IU]], as real world books named after their fictional counterparts are exempt — see [[Who Killed Kennedy]], for example. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 02:19, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re: The Fifteenth Doctor promos ==
I’m not sure fourth wall stuff ''is'' “fair game now” - I believe it’s just not a definite indicator of invalidity. The first promo didn’t really break the fourth wall since it’s a diagetic announcement, while the second broke the fourth wall by having him address the audience without explanation, as well as counting down the days until the next episodes. (I’m typing this on mobile, so I hope it’s formatted properly) [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re:Not using twitter. ==
 
nitter.poast.org It's a bit janky, and sometimes the site overloads and you need to come back a bit later / refresh the page. But it does let you browse things without an account. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
:We're not, lol. I just saw that and figured I'd volunteer the site. Every nitter instance is down ''except'' for that one and, I think, one other. I have no idea how they're maintaining it, it has to be an army of legit accounts they're rotating through to not trip anything or something. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 
== re: Stolen Titan artwork ==
 
See the edits I made to [[15D 2]]. I cited has the original tweet that Andrew Orton was replying to. [[User:LegoK9|LegoK9]] [[User talk:LegoK9|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 
== Nwlh ==
Hey, sorry for the late reply. [[Template:Nwlh]] is basically used to bookend a link to prevent it from showing up on [[Special:WhatLinksHere]]; its particularly used on navigation templates with a lot of links, else when you use WhatLinksHere, it is clogged with every link from the template, shich can be sometimes in the hundreds. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 16:03, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re: Recent magazine pages ==
Ah, I forgot those existed. Suppose that means some images need to be merged in some way, and also gives proper page names for a bunch of them. Thanks for pointing this out to me, I was just going through a blog I found and documenting the issues. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
 
== Re: The iPlayer promo ==
I only have an unofficial Twitter upload of the video, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share links to unofficial uploads of DWU stuff here. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
 
== Bruce Forsythe (in-universe) ==
It's kinda a free-for-all currently. There is little precedent. @[[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] was been the one doing type of organisation, but I'm beginning to think that the "Non-valid sources" section and the "Behind the scenes" section should be completely separate. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 16:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


[quote]Iris and Panda did a thing that caused a bootstrap paradox. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost (short story)|Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost]]'')[/quote]
== Re: Covering cover art thread ==
Quite possibly, yes! I do appreciate you reminding me of that OP I had lying around, thanks. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)


The only reason I opted to remove it rather than amend it is simply because I have not read the story and thus lacked the sufficient information needed to reword it accordingly. By all means re-add it as long as you abide by the format I exemplified above. [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:16, July 7, 2020 (UTC)
: It's now posted at [[Forum:Covering cover art]]! [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:35, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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File sizes[[edit source]]

Please note that all images uploaded to this Wiki must be smaller than 100kb in size, as per Tardis:Image use policy. OncomingStorm12th (talk) 23:48, April 2, 2020 (UTC)

My apologies. The issue is I do not know how resize images accordingly... WaltK 19:31, April 3, 2020 (UTC)

Thank you![[edit source]]

Hey, sorry to bother, but I just wanted to thank you for your remarkable work in making Queer representation in Doctor Who an actually good page!! I know you did most of that months ago, but still... good to have that stuff on the wiki. :) CoT ? 17:54, May 27, 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response, but thank you! WaltK 20:35, July 7, 2020 (UTC)

Daft Dimension image[[edit source]]

Ah, sorry about the colours. But that's actually my own scan, not any variation of yours. If you can use your own file and yield a version that's 1) widescreen rather than 'tall', and 2) 420px or larger without being grainy, by all means replace my replacement. This was really just a rushed job so that the file wouldn't have to be deleted altogether (which is always messy). --Scrooge MacDuck 18:30, May 27, 2020 (UTC)

Doctor Whoah![[edit source]]

Hi there, I saw your post on Talk:Doctor Whoah!. I have access to all the Doctor Whoah! strips via their DWM issues. I don't really want to start another big project so soon (as I'm about to conclude work on documenting Doctor Who?) but what I will do is slowly add to the table at Doctor Whoah!#Stories which will give you half a clue for most of them about which stories correspond to which issues. Does that sound alright? Feel free to contact me if it is still ambiguous from who features in them.

I see you have coverage of The Daft Dimension to be getting on with in the mean time, anyway. Good work on that so far by the way! Best regards, --Borisashton 23:53, May 30, 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! I’ve actually mostly reached my limit with my Daft Dimension coverage for now, having covered nearly all the ones I have access to. But I'm definitely raring to go on Doctor Whoah! with my trusty compilation book at the ready. Cheers for making it just that little bit easier with the table! Much appreciated! WaltK 00:03, May 31, 2020 (UTC)

Timeline discussions[[edit source]]

Hi, since theory talk pages don't provide any form of notification, I just thought I'd like to invite you to take part in the various (slowly progressing) timeline discussions taking place at the moment. We started at Theory talk:Timeline - Second Doctor, and we've since started several more wide-reaching discussions at Theory talk:Timey-wimey detector, and then the discussion at Theory talk:Timeline - Seventh Doctor. If you're not interested, that's fine, I just thought I'd let you know in case you were. Danochy 04:05, June 9, 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting know! I’ll be sure to take a look. WaltK 17:52, June 9, 2020 (UTC)

Question on continuity[[edit source]]

Hello, User:WaltK. I wanted to ask you something that could prove useful to deciphering the placement of an entry for the Thirteenth Doctor timeline theory forum. In At Childhood's End and A Little Help From my Friends, does Team TARDIS act surprised to finding out the Doctor had previous companions, or mention they've never met a predecessor of their's before? Thank you for time.BananaClownMan 15:06, June 13, 2020 (UTC)

I don't believe they act surprised in ALHFMF... when the Doctor tells her friends what happened to her in Blink, it does prompt Yaz to say "You said "we". You weren't alone, then", which could give the impression that the idea of the Doctor having past companions is a new concept to them, but it's hard to determine. I haven't read At Childhood's End, so I can't say on that one. WaltK 18:00, June 13, 2020 (UTC)

Lizzie[[edit source]]

Hiya, on Lizzie (The Runaway TARDIS) you've uploaded a pretty good image, and as much as I like it, is there a version of the image with a larger crop, showing off more of her clothes? Epsilon the Eternal 19:37, July 1, 2020 (UTC)

I believe the current one is good enough. It fits into the standard that other profile images follow (head and shoulder shots). WaltK 19:44, July 1, 2020 (UTC)
Sounds reasonable. 👍
Epsilon the Eternal 19:47, July 1, 2020 (UTC)

Thread:277667[[edit source]]

Hi Walt, just wanted to say that I support your position 100% on Thread:277667. I've always hated those pages, which have always looked bad and look even worse now. Hopefully, the outcome of the thread will be in favor of our position. Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived 00:20, July 3, 2020 (UTC)

Thanks man! I'm glad that it's got people talking. WaltK 07:19, July 3, 2020 (UTC)

Bootstrap paradox[[edit source]]

Hiya WaltK. You just undid my revision over on Bootstrap paradox, as it was written from an out-of-universe perspective, but isn't the entire page written like that, from the third person? Granted, it was a touch speculative, but shouldn't the info be on that page anyway? (As the whole "wibbly wobbly timey wimey" is also speculation?) Epsilon the Eternal 18:15, July 7, 2020 (UTC)

Saying "the events of [STORY TITLE] could also be seen as an example”, in those exact words, is how one would normally write something from a behind the scenes standpoint as opposed to an in-universe, biographical one. The proper way to write from an in-universe perspective would be:

Iris and Panda did a thing that caused a bootstrap paradox. (PROSE: Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost)

The only reason I opted to remove it rather than amend it is simply because I have not read the story and thus lacked the sufficient information needed to reword it accordingly. You're free to re-add it as long as you abide by the format I exemplified above. WaltK 20:16, July 7, 2020 (UTC)
Gotcha! You and User:Scrooge MacDuck raised good points,so I'll incorporate them into a revised edit.
Epsilon the Eternal 20:21, July 7, 2020 (UTC)

Clarifying stuff[[edit source]]

Hi, so to clarify some more what we were talking about at Talk:Queer Representation in Doctor Who, what they did was more "cis gays not being aware" as opposed to Rowling or Glinner level sh*t. It's not the easiest thing to hear, but it's part of accountability and such. They are improving, which is good, and not digging in like Dreyfus or Roberts. Just wanted to clarify and such. Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived 18:43, July 8, 2020 (UTC)

So you mean, like, the Greeks Bearing Gifts controversy (which I personally always just chalked up as Davies and Barrowman not being as enlightened on the matter at the time)? WaltK 19:02, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
Yep, pretty much, they just were not enlightened enough at the time. Anyway, so on the talk page, what do you think we can use as a "called out" source? Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived 19:06, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
You can see my full response on the talk page, but to sum up, a "call out" section that compiles every time a cast/crew member so much as offhandedly says something out of line probably wouldn't be the way to go. With situations like Davies and Barrowman, whether or not anything they said or did in the past indicated a deep-seated intolerance would largely be up to individual opinion (some may believe there were legit transphobic tendencies there, but I'd personally disagree). No, we should only cover instances where the bigotry of an individual is undeniable; Roberts and Dreyfus, both of whom have repeatedly voiced blatantly transphobic views and have refused to back down on them, fit that bill easily. WaltK 19:36, July 8, 2020 (UTC)

I've put this on the talk page, but yeah, I'm down for that. Thanks for the convo! It's nice to talk to someone is both empathetic about change and personal growth, as well as willing to hold people accountable. Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived 19:40, July 8, 2020 (UTC)

Re: TDOTD[[edit source]]

Aaah, I see. That makes sense. But not only did you post it in the wrong Board, it also sounds like this isn't even really a matter for the forums (or indeed an admin's talk page) as opposed Talk:The Day of the Doctor (novelisation). But since you asked me: I would say that yes, we can derive the existence of a number of copies of "Book (The Day of the Doctor)" and of anonymous readers thereof.

The latter individuals don't necessarily deserve pages as individuals, being so nondescript, though if we did have pages on them, we'd probably call them things like Reader 1 (The Day of the Doctor) and so on. But you can definitely create Bookshop (The Day of the Doctor), with a lede along the lines of "One of the readers of the Curator's book on the Last Day of the Great Time War found their copy in a bookshop which also contained……".

Concerning what happened to the Forums, I'm hoping User:CzechOut will chime in with an explanatory post some time soon, but the keynotes version is:

  • "FANDOM Powered By Wikia" decided to upgrade its source code wholesale, rather than keep adding patches and epicycles to an increasingly Rube-Goldberg-esque, anachronistic Frankenstein's Monster;
  • The new code architecture they've designed didn't support the Forums we used to have at Special:Forum;
  • Consequently, when they started moving Tardis's archives to the new platform (known as the UCP), all the Forums' contents were transferred to the "next best thing", namely the "Discussions" area, which already existed separate from the Forums.

Cheers! And thank you for the congratulations! --Scrooge MacDuck 23:16, October 4, 2020 (UTC)



Invalid info[[edit source]]

With regards to this: you're not quite right. If it's simply a bullet-point in a wider BTS section, the invalid information should be written in an out-of-universe point of view. But if there's enough invalid material for a full subsection in the BTS section of the valid page, then that can be written in the same in-universe way as an {{invalid}} concept page. Scrooge MacDuck 19:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Talk pages[[edit source]]

Hi please do not blank talk pages (or other pages), even if you think they need to be deleted. It's better to put a delete tag on such a page than to leave a blank page that an admin might not see for a long time thanks Shambala108 04:42, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

List of actors who portrayed the Doctor[[edit source]]

Hereby requesting permission to contribute to User:WaltK/List of actors who portrayed the Doctor. MrThermomanPreacher 13:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Permission granted :) WaltK 17:25, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Deletions[[edit source]]

Hi please don't blank pages that you think shouldn't exist. It could be considered vandalism. If something needs to be deleted, just use a delete tag to bring it to admin attention thanks. Shambala108 21:32, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Third violation[[edit source]]

Since you were warned on 23 December 2021 and 19 April 2022 not to blank pages, but you still deleted user content on talk pages on 23 April 2022, you are blocked for violating Tardis:Vandalism policy. Since your intentions were in the right place (trying to enforce Tardis:Discussion policy), this block is only for a week, mostly to get your attention and make sure you understand the message I've left twice on this page on the proper procedure for dealing with this type of thing. Please do not just remove the content or blank the page; it's best to inform an admin who can deal with the user violating the discussion policy. Shambala108 04:31, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

RE: In-universe versions of these stories…[[edit source]]

IIRC they appeared in The Daft Dimension. They should be removed from the template, actually. I should never have added them.

19:52, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Ahh. I'll still create invalid pages for them, regardless. Come to think of it, shouldn't the navbox still have a sub-section for invalid material like several others do? WaltK 19:57, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
It should have invalid sections but I never got around to creating them. Also, please make sure to dab them, as it is better than leaving them undabbed and causing confusion. 20:17, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

For(u)m Letter[[edit source]]

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. Najawin 08:19, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

"Mayored to the Mob"[[edit source]]

Just a heads up since your probably didn't notice, the "Mayored to the Mob" image was a .png file, rather than a .jpg file. However, it turns out a version already exists on-site, so you might want to switch to that and put the .png up for deletion. Cookieboy 2005 21:04, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

File sizes[[edit source]]

Hi there. I see that you've been told before that images mustn't be any bigger than 100 KB. This is the second rule that comes up when you upload an image and you've been consistently breaking it.

I'm currently in the process of going through your uploads and shrinking them or, when you've replaced a regulation image with one that's too big, reverting them. Images also have to be .jpg and you've uploaded several that are .png, so I've marked them for deletion. Jack "BtR" Saxon 19:55, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

My apologies. I simply hadn't been seeing the option to change the image sizes, until you pointed out where it was. I'll try to adhere from now on! WaltK 11:17, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
Hey. Sorry, I should've been clearer; PNGs are allowed if you need transparency but not for screenshots or anything like that. Those are the only ones I've marked for deletion. Jack "BtR" Saxon 11:26, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Re: "The wide and varied DWU"[[edit source]]

Hi. I'm sorry to say that I don't. I didn't make the image: it was a collaborative effort between some of the members of a Doctor Who-related Discord server that I'm in. All the information is probably scattered around a lot of different messages there, but I don't have any form of collected explanations, as cool as that would be. Bongo50 17:43, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

A Short History of Everyone[[edit source]]

Hiya, I saw your recent edit to 2006 which involved information from A Short History of Everyone, and I was wondering if you could share a picture of the relevant section? I've just Wikified Mars, which seems to have be contradicted by ASHoE, so I want to work out exactly how. Many thanks!

01:14, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Dimensions in Time proposal[[edit source]]

Hey, just saw your Dimensions in Time proposal and I'm not sure I grasp what you intend this thread to be. Obviously now that it's valid, the First Frontier connection can be Wikified as "one account" like any other valid source that says this about another valid source — in much the same way that the Conundrum and Land of Happy Endings interpretations are listed at John Who and Gillian Who. We don't need a thread for this! As I understood it, the caveat about further threads to clarify "the nature of stories' validity" after a Rule 4 By Proxy ruling would just be for people who want to argue that no Proxy was necessary because the original story passed Rule 4 all along and its invalidity was incorrect in the first place; but there's no need for a new thread that's just about a different proxy-avenue not mentioned in the original thread. Is there something else that I'm missing? Scrooge MacDuck 23:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Ah. I get where you're coming from, but actually, in such cases we only cover the later retcon as "one account" — again, see John Who and Gillian Who, claimed in Land of Happy Endings to be a dream and in Conundrum to be Land of Fiction constructs. (You could also compare this to retroactive claims that the Doctor saying he was half-human was a lie, or that it wasn't really Romana in Destiny of the Daleks.) Meet the Fam! is different because — as far as we can tell — it was always the intent that it would be revealed as Just A Dream; but if we had reason to think otherwise, we would cover it primarily as real events, and only present its dream-ness as an "alternative account". This goes double when we have even more, later sources asserting that the events really happened, which, in the case of DiT, we do via Storm in a Tikka and, for that matter, Rescue.
But either way, this seems like a matter for the talk page more than something which needs to take up a slot in the Temp Forums. I'd advise you to retract the proposal. Scrooge MacDuck 00:32, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
…See my reply directly above? Did you miss this one, or does it not answer some points you need? Scrooge MacDuck 20:46, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
Bumping this. Scrooge MacDuck 13:24, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

No worries! Scrooge MacDuck 14:09, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Unproduced stories[[edit source]]

Hi Walt, my proposal about dabbing unproduced stories has (second) most votes on Tardis:Temporary forums right now, so even though all the slots are full I've prepped an opening post at User:NateBumber/Sandbox/1 which also includes your idea about distinguishing between unproduced and unreleased stories. If you get the chance, could you give it a look and tell me whether you think it's a fair write-up or if there's any other information you'd like me to add? – n8 () 17:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Re: Changing page names[[edit source]]

As requested, I will provide a guide on how one can move a page, as illustrated below using one of my user pages as an example.

I hope this helps. Cookieboy 2005 22:22, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Invalid subpages[[edit source]]

Hi there Walt, I saw you proposed subpages covering invalid appearances at T:TF. Exactly such a proposal is already under discussion at Tardis:Temporary forums/Slot 6: Subpages 2.0#Proposal: /Non-valid sources, if you'd like to weigh in with support! – n8 () 17:32, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Showtime[[edit source]]

Hey pal, if you get chance a screenshot of 11 being chased by Miranda would make a great It’s Showtime infobox image rather than the current title card. 81.106.187.1talk to me 15:12, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Re:Disney Time[[edit source]]

Sure, check your DMs on Discord. OS25🤙☎️ 23:42, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Ottsel's been trying to get in touch with you via Discord, but for some reason his Friend requests aren't going through. I sent you a DM, myself, could you check whether you received it? Scrooge MacDuck 13:03, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
I am not ready to give out any contact info on Tardis due to personal reasons. If you send an email I could send you something. Otherwise try looking for a Discord DM from someone with a green icon. OS25🤙☎️ 15:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice[[edit source]]

Hi, there. Just wondering if there's a reason you copied and pasted The Sorcerer's Apprentice (cartoon) to The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney Time) instead of moving the page? Jack "BtR" Saxon 20:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Is redirecting not the same thing? Ack. Well, in that case, I do not know how to move pages 😰 WaltK 21:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Don't worry about it! If you hover over the three dots next to the EDIT button at the top of a page, you'll see a button saying MOVE. If you use that, it keeps the page's edit history and everything. Jack "BtR" Saxon 21:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Ahhh, gotcha. Cheers. WaltK 22:59, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Disney XD promos[[edit source]]

It seems that you have access to the original versions of various Disney XD promos, do you happen to have any screenshots from them for use on story articles? Cookieboy 2005 11:09, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Well, I went to what I assume was the same channel, and took everything above the watermark; it doesn't have the lower parts of the screen as a result. Cookieboy 2005 17:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

[[edit source]]

Well, I'd assumed that the "fanmade" part was the thing before that, but apparently not. I will continue looking for a good logo, however (the current one may be deleted at some point). Cookieboy 2005 16:48, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Duplicate files[[edit source]]

You know, it's fully possible to move files to a different name, just hover over the 3 dots at the top-right corner of the file page, go down the list, click move, type in the location you want to move it to, and press "move page". Cookieboy 2005 19:45, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Speech bubbles[[edit source]]

Hey, just so you know, since the big image-use reform it is no longer against policy for images to crop out part of a speech balloon, so long as the text within is whited out so you don't just get half-words. Scrooge MacDuck 22:03, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

RE: Image uploads[[edit source]]

Hi. Thanks for your message, however the images do not, in fact, violate the policies as they stand today. They would have done so once upon a time before we had our big policy overhauls about half a year ago or so… the ruling as it is today is that you can crop part of speech bubbles to put better focus on a subject, as long as you whiten out the text that is left, or entirely crop the text away. The only thing that I believe is still against the rules is if you leave half a text present, which I wouldn’t do anyway, as that is just ugly on the image, Thank you for noticing though. Danniesen 22:07, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Re: Simpsons images[[edit source]]

In terms of this, I suppose a gallery could work... Although I almost wonder if the method used at Wikisimpsons would work here (example). Cookieboy 2005 23:09, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

I mean, I definitely think word balloon references should be allowed, but that's just my opinion. Cookieboy 2005 23:38, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

The Birthday Boy[[edit source]]

Hiya, as you uploaded a better version of File:The Toymaker The Birthday Boy.JPG, I was wondering if you had the digital copy of the comic and are willing to upload the image of the Toymaker in the crowd of the Doctor's enemy on the (IIRC) next page? Many thanks.

18:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Re: Re: Hedz[[edit source]]

Surely we'd just cover the DW-themed sketches as their own things? Cookieboy 2005 17:08, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Scripts[[edit source]]

Hey, just sptted Anne Hegarty — this is something I mean to change in the Forums someday, but please be aware that currently script releases (other than prose "disguised" as scripts) don't get in-universe coverage, albeit invalid — just source pages. Scrooge MacDuck 20:57, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Welcome![[edit source]]

Hey! Welcome to our new home. I just thought I'd let you know that I've imported all your edits from the old site which you made in the interim. Currently making my way through missing user contributions for those who've come through. Hope that saves you some trouble.

Happy editing! 🟦📖
× SOTO (💬/📈/) 01:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Forum discussion[[edit source]]

Hi Walt, just wanted to give you a heads up that I've added all your forum comments from today into a new section on the forum. There seem to be a number of design glitches today, with design updates/tweaks, so I figured it'd make it easier to put everything together (along with my own comments too). Also, more and more screencaps were just looking messy and out of sync down the side of the page so I've put them into a gallery with captions so admins and mods can see at a glance what each relates to. Thought it was only polite to let you know I'd done this, with all best intentions. If you wish to add more to the gallery captions to clarify, feel free! Added a few of my own glitches too. Cheers :) × Fractal 20:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

April 2024[[edit source]]

{{subst:uw-test1|1=TVT224 35}} Bongo50 16:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, this message was sent in error while testing an automated tool - it clearly doesn't work! I also accidently reverted one of your edits - I have restored this. Sorry again. Bongo50 16:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
It's a tool to help with reviewing edits from recent changes and checking them for vandalism. It's designed for Wikipedia and has a number of shortcuts for automatically warning users for common violations there. I accidently triggered one of these automatic warnings on your edit. In reality, I think you're doing great work in creating these magazine articles. It's an area of coverage that was lacking but that I feel is really interesting and I enjoy reading about. Bongo50 18:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: About those SpongeBob images[[edit source]]

While I do agree that it's a pretty minor connection, I feel that it's better to have them than not, both for the purposes of illustrating the connection (albeit minor), as well as to show what the characters look like for anyone living under a rock (although they can obviously also follow the link to w:c:spongebob:Encylopedia SpongeBobia). (I did try to find a shared artist, but there didn't seem to be any when looking through the aforementioned wiki) Cookieboy 2005 19:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: Wallace & Gromit[[edit source]]

The context behind that is that in Robot Week [+]Loading...["Robot Week (TV story)"], which features the TARDIS, mention of the Doctor, etc., it's mentioned that fans of Shaun the Sheep can tune in to watch Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave. (More information on the Robot Week page, ctrl+f for "Shaun the Sheep" if you can't find it) Cookieboy 2005 20:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I mean, I don't recall claiming that was a "proper" crossover, just that we could have pages for "Wallace & Gromit" and "A Close Shave". Cookieboy 2005 20:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Rollback[[edit source]]

Looking at it, it seems to me that you accidentally reverted your edit, actually. (Which rolled back to the last edit by another user, which happened to be my bot.)

(If you hadn't realised that as a trusted user, you've have rollback rights for the last month, I can only blame myself for not making a proper announcement.)

Hope that clears things up. Do go ahead and undo the rollback action.
× SOTO (💬/📈/) 06:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Re. Oh Crap![[edit source]]

Hey, no worries, things slip through the cracks. As for A Short History of Everyone, I was eventually able to track down a copy in a shop to check. With The Birthday Boy, however, I haven't been able to find a digital copy so if you still have access to yours, please have a look for the image — I'd like to have it on The Toymaker/Gallery.

Also, with A Short History of Everyone (in-universe), it doesn't need the the dab term under T:DAB IU, as real world books named after their fictional counterparts are exempt — see Who Killed Kennedy, for example.

02:19, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Re: The Fifteenth Doctor promos[[edit source]]

I’m not sure fourth wall stuff is “fair game now” - I believe it’s just not a definite indicator of invalidity. The first promo didn’t really break the fourth wall since it’s a diagetic announcement, while the second broke the fourth wall by having him address the audience without explanation, as well as counting down the days until the next episodes. (I’m typing this on mobile, so I hope it’s formatted properly) Cookieboy 2005 09:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Re:Not using twitter.[[edit source]]

nitter.poast.org It's a bit janky, and sometimes the site overloads and you need to come back a bit later / refresh the page. But it does let you browse things without an account. Najawin 21:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

We're not, lol. I just saw that and figured I'd volunteer the site. Every nitter instance is down except for that one and, I think, one other. I have no idea how they're maintaining it, it has to be an army of legit accounts they're rotating through to not trip anything or something. Najawin 21:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

re: Stolen Titan artwork[[edit source]]

See the edits I made to 15D 2. I cited has the original tweet that Andrew Orton was replying to. LegoK9 22:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Nwlh[[edit source]]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Template:Nwlh is basically used to bookend a link to prevent it from showing up on Special:WhatLinksHere; its particularly used on navigation templates with a lot of links, else when you use WhatLinksHere, it is clogged with every link from the template, shich can be sometimes in the hundreds.

16:03, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Re: Recent magazine pages[[edit source]]

Ah, I forgot those existed. Suppose that means some images need to be merged in some way, and also gives proper page names for a bunch of them. Thanks for pointing this out to me, I was just going through a blog I found and documenting the issues. Cookieboy 2005 21:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Re: The iPlayer promo[[edit source]]

I only have an unofficial Twitter upload of the video, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share links to unofficial uploads of DWU stuff here. Cookieboy 2005 10:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Bruce Forsythe (in-universe)[[edit source]]

It's kinda a free-for-all currently. There is little precedent. @Cookieboy 2005 was been the one doing type of organisation, but I'm beginning to think that the "Non-valid sources" section and the "Behind the scenes" section should be completely separate.

16:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Re: Covering cover art thread[[edit source]]

Quite possibly, yes! I do appreciate you reminding me of that OP I had lying around, thanks. Cookieboy 2005 22:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

It's now posted at Forum:Covering cover art! Cookieboy 2005 23:35, 9 December 2024 (UTC)