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== Something you might want to look into ==


= Starman =
Hello, User:Shambala108.  
I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm working on ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'' right now and the main enemy is [[Starman (The Beast of Babylon)]]. However, his species is also a Starman, so I created [[Starman (species)]] and that's when I realized that there was also a [[David Bowie]] song called ''[[Starman]]''. I put a speedy rename request on that to change it to [[Starman (song)]] and since there's now three Starman pages, I know we'll also need a disambiguation page.


However, the Ninth Doctor also refers to another Starman that he encountered and trapped in the twenty-sixth dimension and by doing so inadvertently created the [[Starman (The Beast of Babylon)]]. So how would I label a page for the Starman that's trapped in the twenty-sixth dimension, since they are both referenced in ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'', but only one can have that page name? [[User:Mewiet|Mewiet]] [[User talk:Mewiet|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:20, November 9, 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to disturb you with this, but I felt you needed to be informed of this edit [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(TV_story)?diff=3662903&oldid=3662898 here], where, even after I informed them on what you once told me about how featuring is to only include recurring characters to prevent overcrowding, [[User:Epsilon the Eternal]] still readded a single episode character to the section, essentially because  they were pivotal to the plot, and then justified it by saying that an admin's word is not policy and can be ignored (at least by my reading of their edit summery). And why the character in question, [[Rose Noble]], had showed up in a short story, they have ignored my explanation that the short story doesn't make her a recurring character due to it's nature as a prelude to the episode and my request for a few weeks of patience to see if she returns.
:All right, thank you!


:And if it helps, I already did a WhatLinksHere search and there was only one Starman link on the David Bowie page, which I already changed (because it was suggested to do so on the speedy rename instruction page, if there were fewer than ten links). The only other link that now exists is the one in my last set of comments when I was explaining the Starman page issue. [[User:Mewiet|Mewiet]] [[User talk:Mewiet|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:59, November 9, 2013 (UTC)
I've actually been meaning to message you about them and their decorum for some time, but this blatant disregard towards your words has pushed me into action now. For the past few months, their edit summaries have included [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3660630 treating arguments against their edits as attacks on the merit of their opinion], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Theory:Timeline_-_Fourteenth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3659912 reverted edits based on actions not yet taken], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3659364 put "More to Added" on fully released articles instead of contributing themselves], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3656646 indulge in rude wording] [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3656310 on multiple occasions] ([https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Solitract?diff=prev&oldid=3641225 even using the name of the Lord in vain]), and engaged in unneeded hostilities [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Fourteenth_Doctor on talk pages].
::I was just thinking, the main enemy Starman is sometimes referred to as the Beast or the Great Beast by ancient Babylonians. He has no official name though and he's mainly referred to as the Starman, with the Beast and the Great Beast coming in as the next most used nicknames, respectively. (In the very latter part of the text.) I'm not sure how acceptable either of those would be though, since they aren't what he's primarily referred to as. But I guess it's something that could be considered since this is unique situation. But I can definitely work with your suggestion until something's decided. :) [[User:Mewiet|Mewiet]] [[User talk:Mewiet|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:51, November 10, 2013 (UTC)


== Request for the Doctor Who Page ==
I was hoping to ask if you could have a word with them, if it's not to much trouble, to inform them on proper Wiki etiquette towards other editors, and to avoid getting to personal in their edit summaries, and to remind them of why the featuring section on story pages is just for recurring characters.
Hey, I found this picture of a British Paper from 1963 talking about Doctor Who as an '''upcoming''' television series. The article was '''written 2 days before the premiere of ''An Unearthly Child'''''


Fingers are crossed that they find more lost episodes... I'm re-watching the classic series (still on season 1) and it's a shame that  Marco Polo was never recovered.. which is peculiar because out of all the missing episodes, it was broadcast in the largest number of foreign stations. If we find another episode.. I'm putting my bet on this episode.
Thank you for your time.
...That is if you truly believe they didn't find it in Nigeria..
Sincerely,
[[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


[[User:Dabomb217|Dabomb217]] [[User talk:Dabomb217|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:08, November 12, 2013 (UTC)
== Edit war ==


== This Just In ==
Hi, Shambala. There's the potential for an edit war at [[Beep the Meep]]. Wondering if you could help resolve it. [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Thought you might wanna look at this. This is information released to the public on the Doctor Who Archive yesterday, and according to the site this is a reliable source. I really wish they'd tell us what the damn source was once in a while.. but like you said we have to keep hope.


Full story here: [http://doctorwhoarchive.com/2013/11/18/missing-episodes-is-this-the-list-of-found-episodes-the-preddle-list-analysed/1/]
== Re:Request for help ==


Information has been provided to DWA which apparently provides a list of what episodes were recovered. This list was allegedly posted online in June of this year and comes from a very good source (not the original poster, if indeed there was one).
I've looked through your cited page above, and looked over the linked examples.
Certain aspects of this article were amended following an objection from a concerned party, the alleged original poster. We of course apologise for any distress caused. The list remains the same.
As ever this should all be taken as rumour at this stage, this time however we will be passing comment given the claims of the source.
List of Missing Episodes Found
The complete list
D: Marco Polo found in both Hong Kong and Ethiopia
H: The Reign of Terror‘s two missing episodes found in both Hong Kong and Ethiopia
P: The Crusade‘s two missing episodes found in Ethiopia
T: Galaxy 4‘s three missing episodes found in Ghana
U: The Myth Makers found in it’s entirety in Ghana
W: The Massacre found in its entirety in Ghana
Y: The Celestial Toymaker‘s missing episodes found in Ghana
AA: The Savages found in its entirety in Ghana
CC: The Smugglers found in its entirety in Ghana
DD: The Tenth Planet episode 4 found in Ghana
EE: The Power of the Daleks found in its entirety in Ghana
FF: The Highlanders found in its entirety in Hong Kong
GG: The Underwater Menace‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong
HH: The Moonbase‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong
JJ: The Macra Terror found in its entirety in Hong Kong
KK: The Faceless Ones‘ four missing episodes found in Hong Kong
LL: The Evil of the Daleks found in its entirety in Hong Kong
NN: The Abominable Snowmen status uncertain, all episodes possibly found in Nigeria or Hong Kong
PP: The Enemy of the World found in Nigeria in its entirety
QQ: The Web of Fear found in Nigeria in its entirety
RR: Fury from the Deep found in its entirety Hong Kong
SS: The Wheel in Space, found episodes 1, 4 and 5 in Nigeria and maybe episode 2 in Hong Kong
VV: The Invasion‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong
YY: The Space Pirates missing episodes found in Hong Kong
88 Episodes Found of 106 Missing or
+5 Episodes Found of 106 Missing (including The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6?) or
+1 Episodes Found of 106 Missing (also including The Wheel in Space 2?)
List of Still Missing Episodes
T/A: Mission to the Unknown (1)
V: The Daleks’ Master Plan (1,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12)
NN: The Abominable Snowmen (1,3-6)?
OO: The Ice Warriors (2,3)
SS: The Wheel in Space (2)?
18 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing or
-5 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing (excluding The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6?) or
-1 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing (also excluding The Wheel in Space 2?)


[[User:Dabomb217|Dabomb217]] [[User talk:Dabomb217|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:26, November 19, 2013 (UTC)
I'm also aware of both editors' edits throughout the past few years, although acknowledge I've not been as active as I had been in the past.


== Sorry ==
I generally come at this from the perspective of 'is there a policy I can point to for a reason for this edit'. Epsilon does cite many of their edits regarding a policy. However the edit summary war is something that cannot continue, it's a nightmare to cite any discussion and it's not what the summaries are for regardless.
you update the page ok make it how the episode was...ok!{{Unsigned|Lorddimertelo2213 }}
== Lungbarrow ==
I have nearly sorted out the lungbarrow theory all i need is a bit more information that includes looming and childbirth in one story


Best Regards
I'm unsure on a few of the cited issues by Banana, but can see how they may find some things vexatious.


Orangerichard56
I think all users can have their issues, and while Epsilon has had a few citations against them in the past, there have been extraneous circumstances around those in some regards.


[[User:Orangerichard56|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ]] [[User talk:Orangerichard56|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:54, November 24, 2013 (UTC)
We've not had a proper forum to engage new policies for in some time, and that's where rulings should come into play. Citing a reason for an edit especially something which might result in an edit war over inclusion of a character (or not) should be backed up by a talk page decision, forum or policy. Citing the word of an admin while it might seem like the 'voice of the flying spaghetti monster' in terms of resolving or justifying an edit, however it is better to be citing a policy or discussion. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 01:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


== Someone has intiated a protocol banning the war doctor from doctors in infoboxs ==
== [[AudioGO]] ==


I am trying to add the war doctor to doctors in the infobox of the day of the doctor also another of multi doctor specials have refused to have the non current doctor under doctor
Hi, Shambala. This page keeps being vandalised. [[User:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)


I sugges this shall be rectified [[User:Orangerichard56|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ]] [[User talk:Orangerichard56|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:06, November 25, 2013 (UTC)
== My "Who vs elsewhere" polls ==


Per the discussion policy, all talk from the page "The Curator (Day of the Doctor)" needs to be removed. You removed my contribution, yet leave others thoughts on there when they are narrative discussions as mine also was. Either enforce it for everyone, or no one.
Hello,


== Re: ==
Would the admins have any objections if I did some further entries to my "Who vs [insert]" polls? I know the cards are heavily stacked, but still...the Lord loves a tryer, eh?
This isn't what Czech has said on the same page. [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=The_Day_of_the_Doctor_%28TV_story%29&diff=1594820&oldid=1594678 In fact, he suggests the opposite: "...replacing murky language that was written as if this were an in-universe language. we can speak in a normal voice on a story page."] Now, you may ''prefer'' it to be in-universe, but there is no rule saying that this must be so, and when trying to write a point on a story page in a way that connects this to another ''story page'', out-of-universe points are ''by far'' more effective. TV story pages are to be written in an out-of-universe fashion, no matter the section. Now, I don't wish to start an edit war, but based on Czech's higher jurisdiction judgment, I will now be moving that point back. [[User:Paulisthewalrus|Paulisthewalrus]] [[User talk:Paulisthewalrus|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:32, November 29, 2013 (UTC)


==Capaldi talk page==
[[User:Kevin &#39;Chalky&#39; Kaiba|Kevin &#39;Chalky&#39; Kaiba]] [[User talk:Kevin &#39;Chalky&#39; Kaiba|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Could we have the talk page for [[Peter Capaldi]] unlocked, please? Talk pages must never be locked anyway because that's where people can request changes be made. For example, the use of the phrase "wordless" in describing Capaldi's appearance in DOTD is debateable as there are published reviews in reputable media that have indicated it is Capaldi saying the words "No, sir, all 13". Even if this is not the case, this needs to be indicated in the article. There may well be other corrections worthy of suggestion. Locking the main article is no problem, but talk pages should never be locked down. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/68.146.70.124|68.146.70.124]]<sup>[[User talk:68.146.70.124#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:44, December 2, 2013 (UTC)
:Unblocked. For future reference, '''any''' page can be protected if an [[admin]] thinks it is necessary. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:37, December 2, 2013 (UTC)


== Re:Russel ==
== Merry Christmas And Happy New Year ==


Yes, I did find that out shortly afterwards. Despite this, [[John Guilor]] still has played Doc #1 twice as much. [[User:Paulisthewalrus|Paulisthewalrus]] [[User talk:Paulisthewalrus|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:09, December 2, 2013 (UTC)
Have a good rest of 2023 and a great 2024 and onward [[User:Sum41Champ]]


== Forum Post ==
== RE: Sockpuppet ==
Sorry about the putting that post in the wrong place. That was my first post in the forums.
Digitized since 95 Pcthomas2 18:06, December 4, 2013 (UTC)


Thanks I know about the no spoiler policy and I thought at the time I was in the right place. I've reposted that post in the Howling and I hope we can reach a verdict that will get that big plot hole plugged.
Hey! Hope all is going well. I don't have [[Help:CheckUser|CheckUser]] access myself, since I'm not Fandom staff, but I'll pass it along, since it seems like we have reasonable suspicion!
Digitized since 95 Pcthomas2 18:26, December 4, 2013 (UTC)
 
== Silver Nemesis ==
Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Happy holidays.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 18:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
How do you suggest Silver Nemesis be edited to account for the lizard not being a chameleon? Without referencing chameleons it's hard to say why it makes the Doctor think of cloaking devices. Would you rather I just edit it to "lizard" and destroy the chameleon reference altogether, or put it down as a production error that the lizard isn't a chameleon?{{Unsigned-anon|5.70.193.241}}
 
:After a bit of thinking, I came up with something like this (and feel free to change it however it needs to fit in the surrounding text): "The Doctor spots a lizard hiding in plain sight against foliage, and realizes the Cyber fleet is shrouded." This doesn't sound like too much speculation, and it doesn't have to be a chameleon to make the Doctor think of camouflage. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:10, December 7, 2013 (UTC)
: I just wanted to mention that [[User:Spongebob456]] is probably the easiest Fandom staff member to contact for things like this as he's our wiki rep. He's who I've gone to for a few similar requests in the past (which I've done through his Discord but you could probably do through his talk page). [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
::Well, it's not the best camouflage, but it was hidden under a root moments before, so how about "The Doctor sees a lizard emerge from hiding and realises that the Cyber fleet is shrouded."? (Sorry I'm not signing, I don't edit often! Was just checking this wiki's story notes as I went on a Doctor Who spree for the 50th and came across the error.)
 
:: And that's exactly who I went to, in fact! But no problem at all.
 
:: Spongebob456 confirmed via Discord that all the accounts you linked are, in fact, related. I'm giving indefinite blocks to the new accounts, and I'll leave it to you to decide how long to extend their sentence on whichever is their main account. Cheers{{User:SOTO/sig}} 18:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 
== Spacing with categories ==
 
What's the purpose of the space? I See 0 effect that has on the page, Happy New Year. [[User:Sum41Champ]]
 
== Trying to locate a missing thread ==
Hell there. Hope all is well. I was wondering if you could help me with a query concerning a missing thread I am having trouble locating that is listed on several incarnations of the Doctor's articles. The thread I am referring to is mentioned as follows in the template on the articles's lede section:
 
''As detailed at [[Thread:264489]], character pages should only have AT MOST 2-3 sentences per story, not whole paragraphs of plot detail. This page needs a major cleanup in that area.''
 
As you can see though, this link to said thread is red, hence doesn't take me anywhere when I click it.
 
Per some users (anonymous editors) removing it from the page, I began to do some digging as to the thread itself, in preparation for setting myself on the task of shortening down the Doctor articles myself in time, having already began work doing so with the CS links per my conversation with [[User:Scrooge MacDuck]]. In doing so, I discovered you are the one who added said template onto the Doctor articles back in 2020 (see the following link as an example: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Twelfth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3015495 )
 
Therefore, are you able to provide me information as to the thread itself or link me to the archive where it is stored? I don't want to trouble myself shortening all the articles if this thread has been superceded or reverted, hence does not actually have to be acted upon now. In which case, I could take to removing the templates from the Doctor's articles instead.
 
Looking forward to your reply. [[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> 17:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 
:On this subject Shambala, it ''does'' still apply, it's just sorta been rolled into the broader reforms discussed in [[Forum:Temporary forums/Subpages 2.0]], as Bongo alluded to on Snivy's talk. The work here has really been touch and go, but it's very much live policy, just a real headache to implement. And archived forum threads from the 2012-2020 forums are at [[User:SOTO/Forum Archive]]. (Well, okay, it's a bit more complicated than that, because there are actually some forum archives that can only be accessed through URLs and not that index. But it's pretty obvious where to look if you pay attention to the URLs.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 
Yes, I know what you mean about the loading times. My experience on mobile viewing is atrocious for the long character articles and editing on mobile is near-impossible for me on them because it seems to crash or be so long to respond to the changes, even in source editor. Hence, I near-exclusively edit on desktop these days. I completely understand why editors appear apathetic to the change though; perhaps its the perks of superior internet speed or something, but these long articles do make editing a chore sometimes, necessitating having to edit solely in sections rather than whole page edits.
 
From what [[User:Bongolium500]] sent me, it appears there's still the intention for the articles to be trimmed down as the template requests, it just seems no one - or very few editors - are actually bothering to do it, hence the templates remaining after 3 and a bit years of its request being placed. Same could be said for the CS link conversion since a mix of editors still use variants of the old format. If the task to do it is still needed though, and hence isn't going to be a waste of my time, I can begin implementing the change.
 
Thank you once more for responding to me message! [[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> 11:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 
== Follow Up ==
 
I Sent you a message on the purpose of spacing categories and you didn't get back. You have to give a solid reason as to how that affect a page for me to know the issue. [[User:Sum41Champ]]
 
== Re: Edits ==
 
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. I'm always happy to fix and clean up articles whenever I see any that need it, and I'm glad to be part of such a welcoming wiki community. [[User:BlueSupergiant|BlueSupergiant]] [[User talk:BlueSupergiant|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Something you might want to look into[[edit source]]

Hello, User:Shambala108.

Sorry to disturb you with this, but I felt you needed to be informed of this edit here, where, even after I informed them on what you once told me about how featuring is to only include recurring characters to prevent overcrowding, User:Epsilon the Eternal still readded a single episode character to the section, essentially because they were pivotal to the plot, and then justified it by saying that an admin's word is not policy and can be ignored (at least by my reading of their edit summery). And why the character in question, Rose Noble, had showed up in a short story, they have ignored my explanation that the short story doesn't make her a recurring character due to it's nature as a prelude to the episode and my request for a few weeks of patience to see if she returns.

I've actually been meaning to message you about them and their decorum for some time, but this blatant disregard towards your words has pushed me into action now. For the past few months, their edit summaries have included treating arguments against their edits as attacks on the merit of their opinion, reverted edits based on actions not yet taken, put "More to Added" on fully released articles instead of contributing themselves, indulge in rude wording on multiple occasions (even using the name of the Lord in vain), and engaged in unneeded hostilities on talk pages.

I was hoping to ask if you could have a word with them, if it's not to much trouble, to inform them on proper Wiki etiquette towards other editors, and to avoid getting to personal in their edit summaries, and to remind them of why the featuring section on story pages is just for recurring characters.

Thank you for your time. Sincerely, BananaClownMan 04:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Edit war[[edit source]]

Hi, Shambala. There's the potential for an edit war at Beep the Meep. Wondering if you could help resolve it. Jack "BtR" Saxon 22:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Re:Request for help[[edit source]]

I've looked through your cited page above, and looked over the linked examples.

I'm also aware of both editors' edits throughout the past few years, although acknowledge I've not been as active as I had been in the past.

I generally come at this from the perspective of 'is there a policy I can point to for a reason for this edit'. Epsilon does cite many of their edits regarding a policy. However the edit summary war is something that cannot continue, it's a nightmare to cite any discussion and it's not what the summaries are for regardless.

I'm unsure on a few of the cited issues by Banana, but can see how they may find some things vexatious.

I think all users can have their issues, and while Epsilon has had a few citations against them in the past, there have been extraneous circumstances around those in some regards.

We've not had a proper forum to engage new policies for in some time, and that's where rulings should come into play. Citing a reason for an edit especially something which might result in an edit war over inclusion of a character (or not) should be backed up by a talk page decision, forum or policy. Citing the word of an admin while it might seem like the 'voice of the flying spaghetti monster' in terms of resolving or justifying an edit, however it is better to be citing a policy or discussion. --Tangerineduel / talk 01:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

AudioGO[[edit source]]

Hi, Shambala. This page keeps being vandalised. Jack "BtR" Saxon 13:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

My "Who vs elsewhere" polls[[edit source]]

Hello,

Would the admins have any objections if I did some further entries to my "Who vs [insert]" polls? I know the cards are heavily stacked, but still...the Lord loves a tryer, eh?

Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba 22:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year[[edit source]]

Have a good rest of 2023 and a great 2024 and onward User:Sum41Champ

RE: Sockpuppet[[edit source]]

Hey! Hope all is going well. I don't have CheckUser access myself, since I'm not Fandom staff, but I'll pass it along, since it seems like we have reasonable suspicion!

Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Happy holidays.
× SOTO (//) 18:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

I just wanted to mention that User:Spongebob456 is probably the easiest Fandom staff member to contact for things like this as he's our wiki rep. He's who I've gone to for a few similar requests in the past (which I've done through his Discord but you could probably do through his talk page). Bongo50 18:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
And that's exactly who I went to, in fact! But no problem at all.
Spongebob456 confirmed via Discord that all the accounts you linked are, in fact, related. I'm giving indefinite blocks to the new accounts, and I'll leave it to you to decide how long to extend their sentence on whichever is their main account. Cheers
× SOTO (//) 18:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Spacing with categories[[edit source]]

What's the purpose of the space? I See 0 effect that has on the page, Happy New Year. User:Sum41Champ

Trying to locate a missing thread[[edit source]]

Hell there. Hope all is well. I was wondering if you could help me with a query concerning a missing thread I am having trouble locating that is listed on several incarnations of the Doctor's articles. The thread I am referring to is mentioned as follows in the template on the articles's lede section:

As detailed at Thread:264489, character pages should only have AT MOST 2-3 sentences per story, not whole paragraphs of plot detail. This page needs a major cleanup in that area.

As you can see though, this link to said thread is red, hence doesn't take me anywhere when I click it.

Per some users (anonymous editors) removing it from the page, I began to do some digging as to the thread itself, in preparation for setting myself on the task of shortening down the Doctor articles myself in time, having already began work doing so with the CS links per my conversation with User:Scrooge MacDuck. In doing so, I discovered you are the one who added said template onto the Doctor articles back in 2020 (see the following link as an example: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Twelfth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3015495 )

Therefore, are you able to provide me information as to the thread itself or link me to the archive where it is stored? I don't want to trouble myself shortening all the articles if this thread has been superceded or reverted, hence does not actually have to be acted upon now. In which case, I could take to removing the templates from the Doctor's articles instead.

Looking forward to your reply. Snivy The coolest Pokemon ever 17:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

On this subject Shambala, it does still apply, it's just sorta been rolled into the broader reforms discussed in Forum:Temporary forums/Subpages 2.0, as Bongo alluded to on Snivy's talk. The work here has really been touch and go, but it's very much live policy, just a real headache to implement. And archived forum threads from the 2012-2020 forums are at User:SOTO/Forum Archive. (Well, okay, it's a bit more complicated than that, because there are actually some forum archives that can only be accessed through URLs and not that index. But it's pretty obvious where to look if you pay attention to the URLs.) Najawin 05:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I know what you mean about the loading times. My experience on mobile viewing is atrocious for the long character articles and editing on mobile is near-impossible for me on them because it seems to crash or be so long to respond to the changes, even in source editor. Hence, I near-exclusively edit on desktop these days. I completely understand why editors appear apathetic to the change though; perhaps its the perks of superior internet speed or something, but these long articles do make editing a chore sometimes, necessitating having to edit solely in sections rather than whole page edits.

From what User:Bongolium500 sent me, it appears there's still the intention for the articles to be trimmed down as the template requests, it just seems no one - or very few editors - are actually bothering to do it, hence the templates remaining after 3 and a bit years of its request being placed. Same could be said for the CS link conversion since a mix of editors still use variants of the old format. If the task to do it is still needed though, and hence isn't going to be a waste of my time, I can begin implementing the change.

Thank you once more for responding to me message! Snivy The coolest Pokemon ever 11:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Follow Up[[edit source]]

I Sent you a message on the purpose of spacing categories and you didn't get back. You have to give a solid reason as to how that affect a page for me to know the issue. User:Sum41Champ

Re: Edits[[edit source]]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. I'm always happy to fix and clean up articles whenever I see any that need it, and I'm glad to be part of such a welcoming wiki community. BlueSupergiant 19:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)