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==Royalty==
== All caps ==
I tell ya what, Tybort: I've ''never'' liked [[Victoria]], and I think I may have been too hasty with [[Neptune (Guests of King Neptune)]].  I think it makes sense, instead, to consider the name a proper title, rather than an honorific.  Thus, I think the better solution are the main titles given in ''Tooth and Claw'':
Seems to be caused by {{uc:press statement}}, which likely doesn't need to be in all capsFilter is functioning correctly.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 16:06: Wed 24 Jul 2013</span>
::[[Queen Victoria, Empress of India]]
This allows us to distinguish from what is now at [[Queen Victoria]], which would then become, simply:
::[[Queen Victoria]]
What do you think of that solution?  I really, really don't want to give Queen Victoria a name that includes a story dab, because no one will find it.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}17:11: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
:::On second thought, she's the very definition of a "primary use".  Basically everything else named "Victoria" is named after her, so I'm moving "Victoria to [[Victoria (disambiguation)]] and Victoria (Queen) to just [[Victoria]].  This follows the ''general'' nomenclature of most of our other monarchs who, if possible, go by their single, titular names.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}17:51: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
::::No, Victoria, Empress of India is "the original, you might say".  Victoria Waterfield was definitely named after her, to hammer home the point that she was from the Victorian Era.  And then there's several place names, too, all derived from the "original" Victoria.  It's not really about number of appearances, but overall "reach".  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:02: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
:BTW, are you ''sure'' about the first appearance being Impreial Moon?  2000 seems awfully late in the day to me.  She was really never in an annual story or a TVC or something from the 1960s/70s? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:07: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
::Yeah, appearances are tricky things with famous people from the real world.  Just doing a cursory review, I think you're right in that ''Moon'' might be her first ''actual'' appearance.  But her existence goes back at least to ''Ghost Light'', where it's stated that she ''is'' Queen and that her reign is going to be ended for the benefit of the story's antagonists — much like the plan in ''Tooth and Claw'', actually.  Then the idea of her appears again in ''[[Prelude Birthright]]'' and ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''.  So the question is, do we need to see royalty for an appearance to be counted?  I guessAppearance is ''appearance''.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:18: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>


==Dab stuff==
== Wikipediainfo ==
[[Alpha Centauri]] should be for the person, and be undisambiguatedIt's clearly the primary term.  You can't use [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)]] at all, because it doesn't [[dab]]: both the planet and the person were introduced in ''Curse''. 
Hey, I notice you used {{tlx|wikipediainfo}} when you created [[Richelle Mead]].  As the template instructions indicate, we don't really want to use {{tlx|wikipediainfo}} on real world pages.  Think of it as a way to give our readers real world information without violating [[T:NO RW]] — not as a substitute for writing a real world article. Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:05: Sat 07 Sep 2013</span>


So it'd run something like this:
== Plagiarism question ==


*[[Alpha Centauri (disambiguation)]]
Re your question at [[thread:142060]]:
*[[Alpha Centauri]], the person
*[[Alpha Centauri (planet)]]
*[[Alpha Centauri (system)]]


:I'm gonna have to think about the Sontar thing, too.  I'm not sure how well that actually disambiguates.
It's my opinion that when it comes to plagiarism, better safe than sorry. If there is a substantial amount of text that seems to have been lifted from another site, it's gotta go. I think what has happened with some of the older stories is that it was copied word for word, but over the years numerous editors have added and subtracted text, but it's still basically plagiarism.


Come to think of it, I may have well been wrong with the whole Peladon thing, so forget I did it.  It's all easily correctable.  Yeah, I am wrong. The planet and the individual were both introduced simultaneously, so (The Curse of Peladon) doesn't disambiguate.  Ahh well. More work for the bot! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}19:55: Thu&nbsp;19 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
If you're up for rewriting any of the plot summaries, go for it. I don't want to cause you extra work, but I think in the long run it's less work to rewrite than to check sections back and forth and correct here and there. Don't forget to put an "in use" tag if you feel you need it. Thanks a bunch! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:34, September 26, 2013 (UTC)


==Cyberleader thingy ==
== Torchwood ==
Please pose your question to the forum.  I'm not touching that one.  (You might want to look back on previous discussions about the same.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}22:27: Sat&nbsp;21 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>


== Careaker ==
I wonder if you could do me a favor. I was looking through the plot summary for ''[[Day One]]'', and there's a scene where the rest of the Torchwood crew is discussing what they know about Jack. There is a sentence in the middle of this section that says: "Ianto think she's CIA." I haven't seen this episode, so I don't know if Ianto is talking about Jack and it's a typo, or if he's talking about Gwen, who is referred to in the previous sentence. Do you have any idea which is correct? Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
I think this is an odd one. The natural inclination would be to make [[Caretaker]] a [[dab]] page, and move the current Caretaker to Caretaker (Paradise Towers).
:Thanks! I went ahead and fixed it, and if you or someone else later find that it's wrong, it can be fixed. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:14, September 29, 2013 (UTC)


But that won't work.
== Something about preloads ==
Didn't you sometime, somewhere, within the last month say something about preloads needed to be fixed?  I was looking around for that comment today but couldn't find it.  If I've got the wrong man, please forgive me. But if I've got the right one, please jog my memory. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:36: Fri 11 Oct 2013</span>
:That must be it!  Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013</span>
== Help ==
Hey, can I prevail upon you for a little bit of immediate help.  Any chance that you could do the crew lists for the last four eps of 7b today?  I know, I know: it's my own fault for not fixing {{tlx|wales crew}} sooner, but if you could help with that, I'd be mighty appreciative.  If you can't, though, lemme know. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013</span>


Because of the presence of individuals known as "Caretaker" in ''Paradise Towers'', Caretaker (Paradise Towers) fails to disambiguate.  Since people will primarily be meaning the whole class of person, and not [[Caretaker 345/12, subsection 3]] or other individuals, it should be the primary term, with [[Caretaker (disambiguation)]] serving as the dab page.  
== Tomato check tracking ==
Well, I put this in the thread, but it's really hard to read it there.  I thought you might like to see it at full width.  This chart tells you which episodes you ''don't'' need to worry about anymore, as they've already been touched by two editors. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:05: Tue 15 Oct 2013</span>
{{tomato check}}


As for a page about the profession of being a caretaker, well, I dunno. I think we're going to have to let that go by the wayside, at least until someone makes a convincing case that there's enough info out there about caretaking to warrant a page — especially since the term is itself ''hugely'' vague.  I mean a caretaker can be anything from a groundskeeper to a hospice worker, really.  In the DWU there's little doubt that "Caretaker" is ''most'' associated with {{s|''Paradise Towers''}} crap that shouldn't even be a valid source, but because other people edit this wiki, too, it should get primacy. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}22:51: Mon&nbsp;30 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
== Chat ==
When you have a moment, could you please stop by chat? Thanks :) (It's nothing bad, don't worry.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:41: Tue 15 Oct 2013</span> 19:41, October 15, 2013 (UTC)
 
== Kath Braxton? ==
 
I guess I don't understand why the lead-in to the Tenth Doctor article, the identity of his incarnation, depends on the attestation of a minor character from a comic that a lot of people on here probably haven't read. Clara specified that her Doctor was the Eleventh Doctor, but if I added that, I'm willing to bet it would be deleted within a day. [[User:TARDIStraveler|TARDIStraveler]] [[User talk:TARDIStraveler|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:25, October 23, 2013 (UTC)
 
== Cleanup edits ==
 
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your recent many cleanup edits have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. I noticed that you've been concentrating a lot on stuff that relates to 2005-Doctor Who. That's probably going to help with the Rotten Tomatoes stuff. Thanks for all your hard work! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:10, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
{{Christmas greetings}}


==Removing continuity from Unbounds==
== SOTO nomination ==
Walk me through the reasoning behind removing the continuity sections entirely from the ''Unbound'', isn't it still useful to keep the continuity? As these releases are still referencing various bits of DW continuity. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 13:10, July 31, 2012 (UTC)
The admin nomination for [[User:SmallerOnTheOutside]] is drawing swiftly to a close.  Did you have any thoughts on it? [[Tardis:User rights nominations|Please go here if you do.]] {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:02: Wed 01 Jan 2014</span>
:Certainly cut the in-universe stuff.
:I understand your reasoning, it wasn't something I'd really thought about. My default go to compare is [[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]], but even looking at its continuity the info would probably better reside in the Notes section on that article. Thanks. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 13:26, July 31, 2012 (UTC)


== Revenants and Deadline ==
== Capitol ==
Wrong.  Unmade stories never displace a produced story.  All that needs to happen is the addition of {{tlx|you may}} top hat to [[Revenants]] and [[Deadline]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}15:19: Tue&nbsp;31 Jul 2012&nbsp;</span>
Why you add my edit in capitol it was correct watch the end of time you see--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC)
 
== Theory page ==
So sorry but you edit on Theory:Timeline Last Great Time War unreasonable--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:36, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
 
== How to delete pictures ==
Can you show me how ı delete a picture ?--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:19, March 3, 2014 (UTC)


== Glasgow ==
== The War ==
Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:55, March 6, 2014 (UTC)


Hey. Not that long ago you put the <nowiki>{{rename}}</nowiki> tag on the [[Glasgow]] page. Can I get you to add you reason to the talk page so people see it and it gets a discussion going? Also so we can get a decision. Cheers. (I want to say 'Many cheers' (instead of many thanks), but it doesn't sound that good in my head. Oh the dilemma!) [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 23:29, August 3, 2012 (UTC)
Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:31, March 6, 2014 (UTC)


== Reply ==
== Deleted images ==
I think the colourised reprints were by Marvel, but I'm not sure as I only downloaded the comics this morning. {{User:Clone gunner commander jedi/signature}}


==Renaming pages==
I just wanted to say thanks for tagging all those images for deletion. I think I got all of them. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:23, March 6, 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. If you are unsure as to whether you should be renaming a page or not, please leave a message on the talk page first, instead of going ahead and renaming it anyway. I've renamed "Clockwork (species)" back to "Clockworks" as this is the correct term for the species used in the narrative, and not the singluar "Clockwork". One example is that Iris is referred to as "a member of the Clockworks" instead of simply "a Clockwork". Thanks. --[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revan]]\[[User_talk:Revanvolatrelundar|Talk]] 17:45, August 13, 2012 (UTC)


==PNG==
== Silents Vs. the Silent ==
Line drawings, I believe are things like logos and other things like that which sit on a transparent background which a PNG can do, it's also said in the same sentence as SVG which suggests it's something on a transparent background as that's only (I think) how SVGs are.


See also the [[Forum:Tech note: Image use policy change]]. I think CzechOut (who wrote the bulk of the T:ICC means computer line drawings rather than the traditional illustrated line drawings (wikipedia calls it {{w|line art}}) (I'll look into changing the language to reflect this/to clarify it). --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 17:49, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
The correct plural form of Silent is The Silent. There is no 'S'. If you are referring to the religious order, "The Silence" is proper. - [[User talk:Masterpwn|Masterpwn]] (Previously unsigned)
:Response of relevance to you at [[user talk:Tangerineduel#PNG]].  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}15:07: Wed&nbsp;15 Aug 2012&nbsp;</span>


==Asylum of the Daleks==
== Season four category ==
Are we allowed to write the plot for Asylum of the Daleks, or is it too early for the people who haven't watched it yet? Are we waiting for the re-screening tomorrow?


[[User:Cyruptsaram|Cyruptsaram]] [[User talk:Cyruptsaram|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:16, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for the edits you made removing the "characters of season four" category. I knew there was something wrong with it, but couldn't place why, so I asked the user to hold off creating any more. I've now asked him/her not to continue the project (using your edit summary as the reason), and I deleted the one category that's been created so far. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:37, June 3, 2014 (UTC)


Thanks, maybe I'll ask an Admin.
== I need your help understanding your reason ==


== Behind the scenes people ==
Is it my imagination, or are we seeing another seismic shift in the behind-the-scenes personnel with ''Asylum''?  I haven't seen that much red ink an a {{tlx|Wales crew}} instance since the first episode of ''Miracle Day''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp; {{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 02:32: Sun 02 Sep 2012</span>


== Stand-In Picture ==
''"The Marilyn Monroe stuff is edging too much into T:NO RW. I don't think the story says anything other than "woman standing with Eleven, Sinatra and Santa Claus in that photograph","'' was what you said when you removed that section I put on the [[Model]] page.


Hey, I couldn't help but notice that you recently deleted the infobox picture for [[Dalek Caan]], because it was "too tall". While I couldn't agree more, is there any chance you could keep the current picture there until you find a suitable replacement that meets the requirements of the Image Policy? You know, just as a temp? Thanks, [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:59, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but did you seriously do that without reading the links I connected it to at all? Because it appears so. Yes. That's a bit bunt and could be considered impolite, but I would appreciate an explanation for removing my work. An explanation that proves you looked at the links I connected to the paragraph for the convenience of readers, like you were.


Hm. Well, then. I guess the only thing to do now is find a suitable image? I can do it, but unfortunately my iPod is unable to upload photos to Wikis.  
In the episode ''A Christmas Carol'', we see the Doctor leave the party with Marilyn. At the end of the episode, Rory answers a phone call from her, and the Doctor tells her to tell her the chapel wasn't ligament. Here's straight out of the episode article ''(Which I had a link to in the bit I posted)'': "A few minutes later, the Doctor finds the couple kissing passionately, but impatiently requests to leave, as he has accidentally become engaged to Marilyn Monroe; he leaves with her nevertheless." At the end of the episode, "Rory pops out of the TARDIS, saying he answered the phone; Marilyn has called the Doctor. The Doctor tells Rory to inform Marilyn that he will call her back, "and that was never a real chapel"."


Is there any rule against taking your OWN screenshots from episodes? I couldn't find anything against it in the rules, and while I couldn't find anything about it, I thought I'd just verify.  
And, may I ask what this picture you speak of is? I don't remember it.


Thanks,
And please, don't get me wrong. I am upset (who wouldn't be if some of their hard work was taken down with a reason they didn't understand.), but I still have an open mind. From what I know, and the information I've received, I can only conclude that you were not aware to what I was referring. So here I am, trying to explain.


[[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:24, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
You are more experienced at wiki-ing than me, so I am asking for your help in understanding. But I like to think I am a hardcore Whovian when it comes to the reboot series. I think I know what I'm talking about with this episode.


== Re:TARDIS image ==
Will you do me a favor and read [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[A Christmas Carol (TV story)]]? Then, will you please reconsider removing that section?


No, there's nothing wrong withnyou're image, it's a very nice image. I just think it's more appropriate to use the older image. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 19:03, September 9, 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your time, and again, I'm sorry for sounding so blunt.


== Dalek Project and title templates ==
--[[User:Rebazim|Rebazim]] [[User talk:Rebazim|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 17:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)
Ahhhh, yes.  The older, media-speicifc variants of {{tlx|title}} have, by their very nature, a flaw.  Since they only work on one medium, they don't need a "fall through" value, which means they auto-add (<media> story), even if one isn't really there.  I really should get around to redirecting all those media based versions to {{tlx|title dab away}}, which works on just about all story pages — and has a default value of just italicising the title — without adding a "ghost" dab term. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:05: Wed 12 Sep 2012</span>


== Annual 1970 ===
Alright. I guess I can accept that....--[[User:Rebazim|Rebazim]] [[User talk:Rebazim|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)
The Dr Who Annual 1970 cover page you've uploaded is less "faded" because the contrast is whacked right up, losing all the detail of the Doctor's coat which now looks like a black blob instead of having folds and visible outlines etc. Can you please increase the brightness ord ecrease the contrast to restore the lost detail?  Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/2.24.94.78|2.24.94.78]]<sup>[[User talk:2.24.94.78#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:54, September 13, 2012 (UTC)Frankymole


== Dalek (TV story) edit ==
== Images ==


I just wanted to say that your most recent edit on the Dalek (TV story) page was a very good one and I appreciated your depth of knowledge that you utilized to make the edit. I also appreciated that you provided an in-depth reason for the edit as well. {{Unsigned|Emersoneells}}
Those page images are taken. Put yours somewhere else or find empty pages. --[[User:Buckimion|Buckimion]] [[User talk:Buckimion|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:20, October 31, 2014 (UTC)


== ST ==
== Thank you... ==
Yeah, this was a bit of a grey area that maybe never got declaratively solved. I tried to throw up a warning at [[Forum:Short Trips prose v. Short Trips audio]], but I'm not sure everyone got what I was trying to say then.  In any event, the [[PROSE]] prefix explanation says nothing ''other'' than that ST should be used for stories from ''books''.  The bot is currently correcting on that basis.  If some people have misapplied the prefix, the error is with them, not the bot. ST audios by Big Finish should have been prefixed with BFA, or at least something other than ST.  


Once all the instances of ST are eradicated, I can make an additional bot run later which corrects the audio stories back to AUDIO. I'm sure there can't be that many that need correcting.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:55: Sun 16 Sep 2012</span>
... for your work about the Black Sun War pages! Especially for the missing ones. --- [[User:HarveyWallbanger|HarveyWallbanger]] [[User talk:HarveyWallbanger|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:35, December 9, 2014 (UTC)


== Prefixes ==
==Hyperion==
Well, that little 3-minute block would have made more sense if I could have actually found a way to post to you in under 3 minutes.  Hopefully you got the message I sent to you at [[w:c:aybs:User talk:Tybort]].  Anyway, {{tlx|px}} is now being deleted from the wiki.  Hopefully, you didn't put much time into it before I noticed that you were changing it all. Obviously, that system doesn't work, now that we're no longer prefixing by publication title. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 22:34: Thu 20 Sep 2012</span>
Crap! Sorting it now. Thanks for letting me know. :) --[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revan]]\[[User_talk:Revanvolatrelundar|Talk]] 12:54, December 10, 2014 (UTC)
:Ohhhhhhhh.  I can see by the way the bot is running that you actually had put a lot of time into it.  Sorry that I didn't catch it earlier, so that I could have saved you time.  Clearly, though, the new system is simple enough that it doesn't actually need "prefix helpers" like this, and it gets confusing to have multiple instances (like COMIC and PROSE) on the same page.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 22:40: Thu 20 Sep 2012</span>


== You changed the Desktop Theme! ==
==Past tense in direct quotations==
Hey there. Regarding your edits to the quote in the lead for [[Dalek]], do you know if it is the policy at this project to alter direct character quotations into the past tense? I have looked through 6~7 MoS/policy articles and could not find a direct answer, so I'm uncertain. Either way, this line: ''"[i]nside that shell, there [was] a creature born to hate, whose only thought [was] to destroy everything and everyone that [wasn't] a Dalek, too."'' is very brutal to read. If it isn't policy, are you okay with me changing it back to a direct quote? And if it is policy to force verbatim character lines to be in the past tense, are you okay with having this paraphrased? [[User:Blue Rook|Blue Rook]] [[User talk:Blue Rook|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:31, December 18, 2014 (UTC)


Hey, who changed the new background? I like it. :-) [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:54, October 1, 2012 (UTC)
== Re: The Eye of Torment ==
:You've been redecorating... Hmm... I don't like it. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 03:56, October 17, 2012 (UTC)


== Vandal ==
No problem. The only reason I knew what to do is that I've seen it used in source mode before. Previously, I had tried using the "|" and it didn't work. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:35, January 13, 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up on the vandal.  But please stop trying to correct the problem. You're actually making it a bit more confusing.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 18:11: Wed 03 Oct 2012</span>
:I appreciate that you were trying to do the right thing.  Just remember, though, that if you add to a page, and I delete it before the cache has a chance to catch up, then your addition to a page "wins". The system will almost always award a "tie" to the edit which ''adds'' to the wiki.  Thus adding your {{tlx|delete}} message ironically prevented me from deleting.  Remember, too, that it's not really necessary to label which page has the edit history. That's obvious in the edit history, which every admin should be checking in cases like this.


:A best practice with vandalism is simply to notify an admin and wait.  Or, you could just accept adminship and then take care of the problem yourself. :)
== Andy-Frankham Allen ==


:As for what does or does not show up in [[Special:WikiActivity]], well, I haven't been keeping close tabs on that.  The ''real'' list of changes is at [[Special:RecentChanges]]. Anyone seriously interested in tracking changes on the wiki should be using that — not the "kiddie toy" of WikiActivity.  This is before your time editing with us, but there was a great uproar over the introduction of WikiActivity because it's ''such'' a dumbed-down version of the activity report. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 18:47: Wed 03 Oct 2012</span>
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I changed the Andy-Frankham Allen page you created to a redirect, as he had previously written stories under the name of [[Andy Frankham]]. The only reason I know this is because he wrote some Short Trips stories, which is an area of the wiki I focus on. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:13, February 11, 2015 (UTC)


== P.S. ==
== Companion Chronicle numbering ==


P.S. is a valid source. It wasn't filmed, but it was released as an animated webcast, and animated episodes are considered valid sources as much as live-action ones, as long as they are narrative sources, which this one is. [[Special:Contributions/78.8.5.21|78.8.5.21]]<sup>[[User talk:78.8.5.21#top|talk to me]]</sup> 12:48, October 12, 2012 (UTC)
Hey Tybort. I just want to call your attention to [[Talk:The Sleeping Blood (audio story)]]. Thanks. '''[[User:PicassoAndPringles|<span style="color:#002B7F">P&amp;P</span>]] [[User_talk:PicassoAndPringles|<span style="color:#FCD116;font-size:0.6em">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/PicassoAndPringles|<span style="color:#CE1126;font-size:0.6em">contribs</span>]]''' 16:48, June 4, 2015 (UTC)


== Update tag ==
==Colour in B&W==
We found out the colour of Daleks, the Doctor's eyes and the ring from seeing behind-the-scenes photographs that were taken in colour. Plus, with a keen eye and enough experience, one can see through the black-and-white format to deduce the colour of things.[[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:13, August 17, 2015 (UTC)


Just a quick reminder that the update tag should not been added to a page just a couple of hours after an episodes airs, which you did to [[Vastra]] and [[Jenny Flint]]. It is understandable that after a few hours, even a few days a page might not be updated with the latest episodes, but the update tag is still not needed. If after a few weeks or months information from episodes are missing, then you should add the tag, but not less than three hours after an episode airs. Thanks. [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 15:17, November 17, 2012 (UTC)
== Galleries ==


== Sorry for lack of communication ==
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the edit at [[Apology cue cards]]. I '''knew''' there was a policy against galleries, but I could not for the life of me remember where it was. (I forgot to check the Help namespace.) [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:54, October 4, 2015 (UTC)
Sorry that I've not been responding individually to the things that you put up on my talk page. Due to my limited time over the last month, I've been trying to just respond with action rather than words.  Here's a roundup though:


*[[T:LOP]] has been expanded/rewritten per 5 Oct request
== Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum ==
*[[Tardis:Valid sources/Detailed list]] has been redone in light of the bot-munching that happened there.
One of the series 2 websites was the "Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum". It was heavily implied to be a Torchwood Base. The game "Security Bot" takes place inside the base. The website is now gone, but the game can still be played on the official Dr. Who website. {{Unsigned|TheChampionOfTime}}
*[Tardis:Tardis Manual]] text will eventually all go away, so there's no need to worry too much about the fact that there's an instance of TARDIS instead of Tardis.
* Beltempest -->  [[Beltempest (novel)]]
*'''Beltempest (Human)''' --> Beltempest
* finally finished up the [[Rob (The Chromosome Connection)]] thing from way back
* fixed quirk at [[The Dalek Project (comic story)]]
* ST issue should have been fixed, such that audio ST are now identified as AUDIO, while short stories are PROSE
*vandal 212.219.231.252 was banned by TD
*prefixes [[Robot 1]] and [[Robot 2]] were fixed
* the category is now [[:category:Actors who appeared in Game of Thrones]], per your copyedit
*The apparent contradiciton between [[T:VS]] and [[T:NPOV]] over blogs has been resolved — but do bear in mind that the impetus for [[T:NPOV]] was really Tangerineduel's, and he hasn't had time yet to give his edit.  Language may change again.  Still, I think the language as regards blogs and whatnot will probably stick close to what's currently at [[T:OOU SRC]].  Oh, bear in mind that there's a current forum thread about this one too.  So expect some shifting as we hammer out the exact language.
*I haven't had time to ponder that [[Ember (planet)]] thing. I'm gonna have to sit with that one for a while.


Anyway, sorry for the communications blackout, but do rest assured that I've been reading all your suggestions and taking action along the way. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 16:31: Sun 18 Nov 2012</span>
He explicitly said 2 billion years and since Rigsy was alive around this time...


== Cotton videos ==
== Talk:Clara ==
Hey, do me a favour and test something, will ya?  See if you can move [[RelatedVideos:Cotton]] to [[RelatedVideos:Cotton (The Mutants)]].  I've no idea whether that namespace is admin-only, as we're one of the few wikis that has it.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 17:50: Thu 06 Dec 2012</span>


== Cotton ==
P&P got to it before me. But thanks for pointing it out!{{User:SOTO/sig}} 01:37, December 25, 2015 (UTC)
Actually, there are enough prominent people called Cotton that I have a bit of a hard time justifying giving the plant the primary term here. I think it's probably wise to make Cotton be the dab page.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 05:35: Mon 10 Dec 2012</span>


== Regarding T:NO TITLE ==
== 4.5 Billion ==


[[T:NO TITLE]] poses little problem for [[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]], since the TV version was known by that name in full, whereas the webseries was actually just '''The Alien Files'''. If and when any one creates those individual episode pages for the webseries, it'll be under the nomenclature '''TAF x'''. I'm not sure that'll ever happen now, though, given that those video files are, to my knowledge, no longer available.  Certainly, our links to them are inaccurate.
Clearly you can't measure the doctor's age by his body. He regenerates often, and teleports often. If you were to do that, he would be a few days old when he finally got to Gallifrey. Is the age the Doctor states correct? No, the Doctor lies. His age is measured by his timestream and consciousness. When the previous bodies were destroyed he got to keep the memories as they were still part of his timestream. They took a while to integrate, but they eventually did, just like it can take you a while to remember things when you wake up in the morning, or when he regenerates. So then those sections of his timestream weren't erased from his timeline even though he got a body that had been restored to a point before those events occurred. He lived them, and remembered them. They are part of his timeline. Thus, he is now 4.5 billion years old. According to who? According to logic. {{unsigned|Sadanyagci}}


TThe individual televised episode titles will now be moved to SJAF x. 


Thanks for catching the [[Special:WantedPages]] Forum --> Theory error.  That's been corrected, but it'll take a while for it to actually fall out of the WantedPages list due to caching.  If you notice it's still there in a week, please lemme know.  It should, however, only take a day or so.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 23:57: Thu 27 Dec 2012</span>
== Zygon ==
It did say that the staff seen were Zygons, I can't remember how but it did pal. [[User:DENCH-and-PALMER|DENCH-and-PALMER]] [[User talk:DENCH-and-PALMER|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 08:52, January 11, 2016 (UTC)


== Graphic novel dab term ==
== A Christmas Carol ==
The [[dab term]] page will be rewritten as to this point.  The dab term (comic story) should be used for all comic stories, regardless of length, '''period'''.  So it should actually include ''original'' graphic novels.  The dab term (graphic novel) should only be used as a synonym for trade paperback. So [[Endgame (graphic novel)]], but [[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)]].  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:14: Mon 21 Jan 2013</span>
:[[dab term]] has been re-written, but on the specific point of ''Through Time and Space'', you're right, it should be (graphic novel).  [[Through Time and Space (graphic novel)|And so it is, now.]] {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:54: Mon 21 Jan 2013</span>


== Individual humans ==
''A Christmas Carol'' did have a brief scene on Earth - the Doctor takes young Kazran to Hollywood and accidentally marries Marilyn Monroe. [[User:JagoAndLitefoot|JagoAndLitefoot]] [[User talk:JagoAndLitefoot|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:44, January 13, 2016 (UTC)
Let it shake out for a day or so. We need to get a list at [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]] first.  Then we'll have to make an individual assessment of each page.  This isn't going to be a one-size-fits-all solution. 


However, no: pages should not go in [[:category:individuals]].  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:10: Sat 16 Feb 2013</span>
===School Reunion===
"The contradiction is all of School Reunion." Because in Dreamland and School Reunion Sarah's apparently not seen the Doctor since The Hand of Fear? Putting "according to one account" on every encounter of theirs back to The Five Doctors doesn't make sense. "According to one account" only works where it's obvious what the contradiction is. So Dreamland and School Reunion could have "according to one account, Sarah and the Doctor hadn't met since she stopped traveling with him.", and it'll make sense that the contradiction is with all of the earlier listed encounters. [[User:Fwhiffahder|Fwhiffahder]] [[User talk:Fwhiffahder|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:38, January 15, 2016 (UTC)


== Word order ==
== Fat Controller Vandalism ==
Yeah, man, you've really hit on one of the ''massive'' cleanup projects.  And you're not crazy.  Everything you provided was '''bad English'''.  But you may not have been able to articulate ''why'', because numbers don't look a normal part of speech.  And this, I'm guessing, is why so many of our editors seem to have a problem with this one.  (Well, that and the fact that it's not normal to speak of a place, person or object ''of a specific time''.) 


Thing is this. In all these phrases, the year is actually '''an adjective'''.  What do we do in English with adjectives?  Let's look:
Its not vandalism to say the Controller is fat - its what he'she's called --[[Special:Contributions/90.199.121.253|90.199.121.253]]<sup>[[User talk:90.199.121.253#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:48, January 18, 2016 (UTC)
{|class=wikitable
!right
!wrong
|-
|Jane carried the red ball down the street.||Jane carried the ball red down the street
|-
|}
In a similar way, it's: "1926 Hollywood", "1140 Worcester", "2059 Earth".


Another option you have is to turn the adjective into a prepositional phrase, as with: "the Hollywood of 1926" or "in Worcester, in 1140". But that sorta proves that years used in this way are adjectives, because one of the features of adjectives is that they can always be turned into prepositional phrases.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 21:26: Sat 16 Feb 2013</span>
== September 14th ==


==A Prequel==
What year --[[Special:Contributions/90.199.121.253|90.199.121.253]]<sup>[[User talk:90.199.121.253#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:50, January 18, 2016 (UTC)
When watching the new prequel at 12 o' clock today, I looked at the title, and it read out A Prequel - Steven Moffat. I suppose that's the only title I have. Would you like to change it? [[User:Cyruptsaram|Cyruptsaram]] [[User talk:Cyruptsaram|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:31, March 23, 2013 (UTC)


== Change to how we do renames ==
Hello Tybort, please go and check out the Doctor Who Reviews Wiki. Where you can review Doctor Who Stories! Go to: http://doctor-who-reviews.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Reviews_Wikia
Hey, since you're one of our principle "bad name catchers", I wanted to be sure you saw [[Thread:128198]] for a change in the way we'll be handling easy, non-controversial renames. Instead of just listing the changes on my talk page, we can now use {{tlx|speedy rename}} to populate [[T:SPEEDY]]. This list spreads the knowledge of what needs to be changed to all users and admin, establishing an actual ''system'' for change, which should make routine changes happen more quickly. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:39: Wed 17 Apr 2013</span>


== History/Biography sections ==
Thank You!
Well my big gripe is that people just put down the word "biography" or "history" without thinking what it means.  I just clicked the "random" button to come up with [[Merrivale Carr]] as an example.  What's the point of adding "biography" to the article?  On the one hand, it's obviously biographical information. ''Of course'' it is.  What else would a page about an individual contain, since we're obliged to write in the past tense?  So you don't need to ''state'' it.  Worse, ''stating'' it makes it seem like it is ''the'' definitive biography.  And it's not really a ''biography''. Such pages almost always describe just a few days in the life of the person.
(Sorry if this is annoying)


Granted, on bigger articles, a biography section ''might'' work, as you need to set off one part of the article from another: biography vs. behind the scenes, for instance.  And if you have information about several stages in their life, then "biography" is an accurate enough word.  For instance, on [[Sarah Jane Smith]], we know enough about her to reasonably claim, "This is the biography section of the article]].  But is it really the biography of [[John Ransome]]?  No way.   
[[User:Allonsy potter|Allonsy potter]] [[User talk:Allonsy potter|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:46, February 28, 2016 (UTC)


But such pages are the ''exception'', not the rule. Most pages about individuals are very short, describing the contact that individual had with the Doctor, or maybe another individual.  Refactoring such a short page so that it doesn't have sections at all is probably most sensible.    
== Spoilers and all that ==
Doesn't DWM 501 come out tomorrow? It sure isn't available for download yet. I get the excitement of a new companion and I also get that within 24 hours anyone will be able to read the new adventures of the Twelfth Doctor and {name removed due to spoilers}, but doesn't this violate [[Tardis:Spoiler policy]]? I mean, at this point it would be rather silly to undo all of your edits, but please don't make a page for the comic that hasn't been officially released yet! [[User:TheChampionOfTime|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT">C o T</span>]]   [[User talk:TheChampionOfTime|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span> ]] 15:22, June 29, 2016 (UTC)


Similarly "history" is often not a history at all.  It's just a description of a single incident, or maybe a few incidents.  Makes much more sense to roll without section heads, or to ''be specific'' about the section heads.  "History" is just a lazy, imprecise word.  Is it really the history of the ''[[Hope (ship)|Hope]]''?  Nah. It's more like "Known voyages". And to me, something like "Sightings" would be a better section head at [[Trickster's Brigade]]. I mean, it's almost an insult to say "History" there, because I bet a lot of people would ''love'' to know the history of the Brigade, and that section head only gives them false hope. We just don't know anything much about the Brigade, and "History" gives totally false hope.   {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 13:41: Fri 03 May 2013</span>
:Hey, I don't think you need to worry about the spoiler policy, though I've been wrong before and [[User:CzechOut]] will certainly correct me. I have to apologize for any concern you had because I'm the one who deleted the original creation of the article, and as one of my reasons I listed that it was a spoiler. Actually, my main concern was that the editor had failed to use the proper template (or any template, actually), so it was easier to delete than clean up.  


== Calamity Jane ==
:If, however, there is a spoiler on the cover, if you could help me by keeping an eye open for any uploading of the cover image, I would appreciate it. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 03:13, June 30, 2016 (UTC)
You're the ''Torchwood'' guy around here.  Got any thoughts on the issue at [[Talk:Calamity Jane]]?  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 05:37: Mon 20 May 2013</span>


== Prom thingy ==
==Season 6's recurring monster==
The page you wanted temporarily reopened is now reopened.  It'll be gone in 12 hours or so. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:51: Mon 15 Jul 2013</span>
I saw you'd commented that Season 6 did not have a recurring monster from the classic series and so I'd just like to remind you about the Cybermats. --[[User:TazminDaytime|TazminDaytime]] [[User talk:TazminDaytime|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:33, July 30, 2016 (UTC)TazminDaytime


== All caps ==
== Re: edit ==
Seems to be caused by {{uc:press statement}}, which likely doesn't need to be in all caps.  Filter is functioning correctly. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 16:06: Wed 24 Jul 2013</span>
 
Hi! I don't have time right now, but I'll get to it this evening. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:50, November 1, 2016 (UTC)
:Done. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:51, November 2, 2016 (UTC)
 
== Change your favourite wikis list ==
Hi Tybort, just notifying you that [http://timeship.wikia.com/wiki/Paul_Magrs_Wikia Paul Magrs Wikia] is in your list of favourite wikis. A look at its home page will tell you exactly why you should do this as fast as possible. [[User:TheChampionOfTime|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT">CoT</span>]]  [[User talk:TheChampionOfTime|<span title="Talk to me">?</span> ]] 01:39, November 16, 2016 (UTC)
:Hi. This is the person who made the Paul Magrs wiki. I'm just stopping by (some of) the talk pages TheChampionOfTime has been making these comments on to clarify the concerns s/he has had: You may have noticed that the front page of that wiki refers to the editors of this wiki here as "fascist bastards." That's meant to be tongue in cheek, and not a serious criticism. You may also have noticed that a lot of story pages are shamelessly duplicated from pages on this wiki. That's not plagiarism; I used the Wikia import/export feature to preserve the edit history so that all the authors are properly cited, and the license (CC-BY-SA) is followed. [[User:Fwhiffahder|Fwhiffahder]] [[User talk:Fwhiffahder|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:35, November 16, 2016 (UTC)
 
 
== Indistinct? ==
 
Why was the footage of Cofelia indistinct? Later in the shot she scans a card saying Miss Foster and then Jack Harkness tell us that she is actually Cofelia and so on. I realize it's not the best shot but that's the best you can get from the file. [[User:HolmestoHomes|HolmestoHomes]] [[User talk:HolmestoHomes|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:52, January 15, 2017 (UTC)
 
== Your input is requested! ==
 
Hey! If you have free time, I'd love to hear your thoughts at [[Thread:212365]]. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 19:44, May 4, 2017 (UTC)


== Wikipediainfo ==
==Donald McCrimmon==
Hey, I notice you used {{tlx|wikipediainfo}} when you created [[Richelle Mead]].  As the template instructions indicate, we don't really want to use {{tlx|wikipediainfo}} on real world pages.  Think of it as a way to give our readers real world information without violating [[T:NO RW]] — not as a substitute for writing a real world article. Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:05: Sat 07 Sep 2013</span>


== Plagiarism question ==
Hello. I noticed your edits asking when Jamie's father's name was given as [[Donald McCrimmon]]. In the third episode of ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'', [[Colin McLaren]] says to [[Willie Mackay]], "And Jamie, son of Donald McCrimmon. A piper, like his father and his father's father." --[[User:GusF|GusF]] [[User talk:GusF|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, October 23, 2017 (UTC)


Re your question at [[thread:142060]]:
== Doctor Who Answers closed ==


It's my opinion that when it comes to plagiarism, better safe than sorry. If there is a substantial amount of text that seems to have been lifted from another site, it's gotta go. I think what has happened with some of the older stories is that it was copied word for word, but over the years numerous editors have added and subtracted text, but it's still basically plagiarism.
Doctor Who Answers has been closed. The new website will go up at http://www.doctorwhoanswers.com/, but right now it's not quite ready because they've not had enough spare time to sink into it. [[User:Doctor 25|Doctor 25]] [[User talk:Doctor 25|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:15, April 11, 2020 (UTC)


If you're up for rewriting any of the plot summaries, go for it. I don't want to cause you extra work, but I think in the long run it's less work to rewrite than to check sections back and forth and correct here and there. Don't forget to put an "in use" tag if you feel you need it. Thanks a bunch! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:34, September 26, 2013 (UTC)
== For(u)m Letter ==


== Torchwood ==
Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at [[Forum talk:Index]] and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC)


I wonder if you could do me a favor. I was looking through the plot summary for ''[[Day One]]'', and there's a scene where the rest of the Torchwood crew is discussing what they know about Jack. There is a sentence in the middle of this section that says: "Ianto think she's CIA." I haven't seen this episode, so I don't know if Ianto is talking about Jack and it's a typo, or if he's talking about Gwen, who is referred to in the previous sentence. Do you have any idea which is correct? Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 17:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
== Orson Pink ==
:Thanks! I went ahead and fixed it, and if you or someone else later find that it's wrong, it can be fixed. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 18:14, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
Re: your edit summary at [[Orson Pink]] — I agree that the family tree didn't belong, but I find your words in the summary a bit harsh. Sure, [[Steven Moffat]] said in ''behind the scenes quotes'' that fans could interpret Orson as an indirect descendant of Danny so that there was no paradox, but quotes aren't valid sources, and {{w|death of the author}} is an established way of looking at fiction. Looking at what's on TV alone, it seems entirely possible — for example — that Orson was Danny's descendant in one possible timeline, and that time shifting again so that Danny now dies in ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'' results in Orson being erased from history. How Orson could exist despite his alleged relation to Danny and Clara ''has not been established'' in valid sources. Indeed, the first of the quotes mentioned in that BTS section has Moffat speaking of the "more distant relative" idea as merely ''one possible explanation'', not necessarily the be-all-end-all. All of which to say that I don't think you can point to ''Dark Water'' itself as hard evidence that Orson isn't Danny and Clara's descendant; and that calling the tree a "lie" is coming on much too strong. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 21:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
:To briefly comment on the above, I'll note that the tree uses a dotted line which ''passes through'' the connection between Danny and Clara without actually ''emerging from it'', leaving it ambiguous as to whether Orson is Danny and Clara's descendant or merely a different relative of Danny, while still embodying both opportunities. Additionally, the line connecting two people is often used to indicate pairings other than literal marriage. For these reasons I don't think the chart itself is inaccurate in the least. [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 21:23, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
It's not "fan theory" or "literary interpretation". In ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'', Orson is ''explicitly'' a descendant of Danny and Clara. Following the events of ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'', he is ''explicitly'' not a descendant of Danny, while still being in his family tree. Per [[Tardis:Neutral point of view]], we cannot weight one of these sources over the other; we must present them equally. You have yet to explain how the family tree fails to achieve this. As a courtesy, I'll ask you before I go to an admin: why did you revert my edit on [[Orson Pink]] before the discussion had come to a conclusion? Are we not still discussing this matter? – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 14:01, 18 January 2023 (UTC)


== Something about preloads ==
== MySpace blog ==
Didn't you sometime, somewhere, within the last month say something about preloads needed to be fixed?  I was looking around for that comment today but couldn't find it. If I've got the wrong man, please forgive me. But if I've got the right one, please jog my memory. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:36: Fri 11 Oct 2013</span>
Thanks for the point you raised in your edit summary of [[Special:Diff/3397585]] – you're absolutely right, and I have no idea how I missed that. I've gone through [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Martha Jones' MySpace blog (short story)]] and rewritten several pages to refer to "X days before Martha met the Tenth Doctor" rather than "On XX March 2007". – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 16:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
:That must be it!  Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013</span>
== Help ==
Hey, can I prevail upon you for a little bit of immediate help.  Any chance that you could do the crew lists for the last four eps of 7b today?  I know, I know: it's my own fault for not fixing {{tlx|wales crew}} sooner, but if you could help with that, I'd be mighty appreciative.  If you can't, though, lemme know.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013</span>


== Tomato check tracking ==
== Re: About spoilers ==
Well, I put this in the thread, but it's really hard to read it there. I thought you might like to see it at full width. This chart tells you which episodes you ''don't'' need to worry about anymore, as they've already been touched by two editors. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 01:05: Tue 15 Oct 2013</span>
I too raised an eyebrow at [[Tardis talk:Out-of-universe perspective]], but as it turns out, [[Ncuti Gatwa]] has already appeared as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] in a valid IU source (''[[Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse (reference book)|Whotopia]]''). – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 17:15, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
{{tomato check}}
:: That, and moreover, that page is out of date. I forgot it existed, honestly. (Why does it exist?) Please refer to [[T:OFFICIAL INFO]] and [[T:SPOIL FORUM]] instead for the up-to-date policy on this issue. As regards talk pages, spoilers are only allowed in discussion areas if they are themselves tagged with {{tlx|spoiler}}, and, in the case of a Panopticon thread, if the word "spoiler" is included in the title of the thread. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 17:16, 29 November 2023 (UTC)


== Chat ==
:Interesting point! I suppose it depends on the definition of "current Doctor". Fifteen certainly meets the standard of "highest confirmed consecutive number". – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 17:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
When you have a moment, could you please stop by chat?  Thanks :) (It's nothing bad, don't worry.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:41: Tue 15 Oct 2013</span> 19:41, October 15, 2013 (UTC)


== Kath Braxton? ==
:: As I said, the [[Tardis:Spoiler policy#Spoilers and the forums]] section is intended to apply to talk page discussions as well, including Tardis_talk: ones, provided the necessary steps are taken. I may rewrite the section later to make this clearer, but you need only look to [[Talk:Doctor Who Wiki]] for precedent. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 17:30, 29 November 2023 (UTC)


I guess I don't understand why the lead-in to the Tenth Doctor article, the identity of his incarnation, depends on the attestation of a minor character from a comic that a lot of people on here probably haven't read. Clara specified that her Doctor was the Eleventh Doctor, but if I added that, I'm willing to bet it would be deleted within a day. [[User:TARDIStraveler|TARDIStraveler]] [[User talk:TARDIStraveler|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:25, October 23, 2013 (UTC)
:::Sorry, by "consecutive number" I didn't mean consecutive number of stories. I meant that he's #15, latest in the numbered series that began with Hartnell (#1). As opposed to the [[Forty-Fifth Doctor]], who isn't consecutive since we haven't seen 16–44, or the [[Fugitive Doctor]], who wasn't numbered at all.


== Cleanup edits ==
:::That was just my best stab at a definition, but upon further reflection I don't know it holds up, since it excludes 14. It strikes me that ''both'' might be the "current Doctor". (As an aside, you remark that 14 will be the current Doctor "until he steps down as the Doctor on TV" – but what would that definition mean for the [[Eighth Doctor]] from 2005-2013?)


Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your recent many cleanup edits have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. I noticed that you've been concentrating a lot on stuff that relates to 2005-Doctor Who. That's probably going to help with the Rotten Tomatoes stuff. Thanks for all your hard work! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 01:10, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
:::In the end I think "current Doctor" is just a fuzzy category with no clear definition and we'd do best to avoid it. [[User:NateBumber|NateBumber]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 15:29, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
{{Christmas greetings}}


== SOTO nomination ==
== Re: SMW problem with future story pages ==
The admin nomination for [[User:SmallerOnTheOutside]] is drawing swiftly to a close.  Did you have any thoughts on it? [[Tardis:User rights nominations|Please go here if you do.]] {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:02: Wed 01 Jan 2014</span>


== Capitol ==
Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I could create a new SMW property, perhaps [[property:released]], which is set to <tt>false</tt> if {{tlx|spoiler}} is used on the source page and <tt>true</tt> otherwise (potentially with some nuance for unreleased stories). Then, this property being <tt>true</tt> could be set as a condition in the SMW queries used to generate automated lists. For separating out TV stuff, if deemed necessary, a condition could be added tp the relevant queries that checks if [[property:medium]] is set to "<tt>tv story</tt>". [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:52, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
Why you add my edit in capitol it was correct watch the end of time you see--[[User:Doctor other|Doctor other]] [[User talk:Doctor other|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC)

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All caps[[edit source]]

Seems to be caused by PRESS STATEMENT, which likely doesn't need to be in all caps. Filter is functioning correctly.
czechout<staff />    16:06: Wed 24 Jul 2013

Wikipediainfo[[edit source]]

Hey, I notice you used {{wikipediainfo}} when you created Richelle Mead. As the template instructions indicate, we don't really want to use {{wikipediainfo}} on real world pages. Think of it as a way to give our readers real world information without violating T:NO RW — not as a substitute for writing a real world article. Thanks!
czechout<staff />    01:05: Sat 07 Sep 2013

Plagiarism question[[edit source]]

Re your question at thread:142060:

It's my opinion that when it comes to plagiarism, better safe than sorry. If there is a substantial amount of text that seems to have been lifted from another site, it's gotta go. I think what has happened with some of the older stories is that it was copied word for word, but over the years numerous editors have added and subtracted text, but it's still basically plagiarism.

If you're up for rewriting any of the plot summaries, go for it. I don't want to cause you extra work, but I think in the long run it's less work to rewrite than to check sections back and forth and correct here and there. Don't forget to put an "in use" tag if you feel you need it. Thanks a bunch! Shambala108 23:34, September 26, 2013 (UTC)

Torchwood[[edit source]]

I wonder if you could do me a favor. I was looking through the plot summary for Day One, and there's a scene where the rest of the Torchwood crew is discussing what they know about Jack. There is a sentence in the middle of this section that says: "Ianto think she's CIA." I haven't seen this episode, so I don't know if Ianto is talking about Jack and it's a typo, or if he's talking about Gwen, who is referred to in the previous sentence. Do you have any idea which is correct? Thanks! Shambala108 17:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I went ahead and fixed it, and if you or someone else later find that it's wrong, it can be fixed. Shambala108 18:14, September 29, 2013 (UTC)

Something about preloads[[edit source]]

Didn't you sometime, somewhere, within the last month say something about preloads needed to be fixed? I was looking around for that comment today but couldn't find it. If I've got the wrong man, please forgive me. But if I've got the right one, please jog my memory.
czechout<staff />    19:36: Fri 11 Oct 2013

That must be it! Thanks!
czechout<staff />    15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013

Help[[edit source]]

Hey, can I prevail upon you for a little bit of immediate help. Any chance that you could do the crew lists for the last four eps of 7b today? I know, I know: it's my own fault for not fixing {{wales crew}} sooner, but if you could help with that, I'd be mighty appreciative. If you can't, though, lemme know.
czechout<staff />    15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013

Tomato check tracking[[edit source]]

Well, I put this in the thread, but it's really hard to read it there. I thought you might like to see it at full width. This chart tells you which episodes you don't need to worry about anymore, as they've already been touched by two editors.
czechout<staff />    01:05: Tue 15 Oct 2013

CZ SOTO TYB SH SPR
SH Self
SOTO SOTO has no common stories with CZ Self See above
TYB TYB has no common stories with CZ see above self see above TYB has no common stories with SPR
SPR SPR has no common stories with CZ see above see above see above self

Chat[[edit source]]

When you have a moment, could you please stop by chat? Thanks :) (It's nothing bad, don't worry.)
czechout<staff />    19:41: Tue 15 Oct 2013 19:41, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

Kath Braxton?[[edit source]]

I guess I don't understand why the lead-in to the Tenth Doctor article, the identity of his incarnation, depends on the attestation of a minor character from a comic that a lot of people on here probably haven't read. Clara specified that her Doctor was the Eleventh Doctor, but if I added that, I'm willing to bet it would be deleted within a day. TARDIStraveler 22:25, October 23, 2013 (UTC)

Cleanup edits[[edit source]]

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your recent many cleanup edits have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. I noticed that you've been concentrating a lot on stuff that relates to 2005-Doctor Who. That's probably going to help with the Rotten Tomatoes stuff. Thanks for all your hard work! Shambala108 01:10, November 17, 2013 (UTC)

Christmas cheer[[edit source]]

Happy holidays!

As this fiftieth anniversary year comes to a close, we here at Tardis just want to thank you for being a part of our community — even if you haven't edited here in a while. If you have edited with us this year, then thanks for all your hard work.

This year has seen an impressive amount of growth. We've added about 11,000 pages this year, which is frankly incredible for a wiki this big. November was predictably one of the busiest months we've ever had: over 500 unique editors pitched in. It was the highest number of editors in wiki history for a year in which only one programme in the DWU was active. And our viewing stats have been through the roof. We've averaged well over 2 million page views each week for the last two months, with some weeks seeing over 4 million views!

We've received an unprecedented level of support from Wikia Staff, resulting in all sorts of new goodies and productive new relationships. And we've recently decided to lift almost every block we've ever made so as to allow most everyone a second chance to be part of our community.

2014 promises to build on this year's foundations, especially since we've got a full, unbroken series coming up — something that hasn't happened since 2011. We hope you'll stick with us — or return to the Tardis — so that you can be a part of the fun!

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SOTO nomination[[edit source]]

The admin nomination for User:SmallerOnTheOutside is drawing swiftly to a close. Did you have any thoughts on it? Please go here if you do.
czechout<staff />    00:02: Wed 01 Jan 2014

Capitol[[edit source]]

Why you add my edit in capitol it was correct watch the end of time you see--Doctor other 15:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC)

Theory page[[edit source]]

So sorry but you edit on Theory:Timeline Last Great Time War unreasonable--Doctor other 20:36, March 2, 2014 (UTC)

How to delete pictures[[edit source]]

Can you show me how ı delete a picture ?--Doctor other 13:19, March 3, 2014 (UTC)

The War[[edit source]]

Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other 00:55, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other 15:31, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Deleted images[[edit source]]

I just wanted to say thanks for tagging all those images for deletion. I think I got all of them. Thanks! Shambala108 16:23, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Silents Vs. the Silent[[edit source]]

The correct plural form of Silent is The Silent. There is no 'S'. If you are referring to the religious order, "The Silence" is proper. - Masterpwn (Previously unsigned)

Season four category[[edit source]]

I just wanted to thank you for the edits you made removing the "characters of season four" category. I knew there was something wrong with it, but couldn't place why, so I asked the user to hold off creating any more. I've now asked him/her not to continue the project (using your edit summary as the reason), and I deleted the one category that's been created so far. Shambala108 01:37, June 3, 2014 (UTC)

I need your help understanding your reason[[edit source]]

"The Marilyn Monroe stuff is edging too much into T:NO RW. I don't think the story says anything other than "woman standing with Eleven, Sinatra and Santa Claus in that photograph"," was what you said when you removed that section I put on the Model page.

I'm sorry, but did you seriously do that without reading the links I connected it to at all? Because it appears so. Yes. That's a bit bunt and could be considered impolite, but I would appreciate an explanation for removing my work. An explanation that proves you looked at the links I connected to the paragraph for the convenience of readers, like you were.

In the episode A Christmas Carol, we see the Doctor leave the party with Marilyn. At the end of the episode, Rory answers a phone call from her, and the Doctor tells her to tell her the chapel wasn't ligament. Here's straight out of the episode article (Which I had a link to in the bit I posted): "A few minutes later, the Doctor finds the couple kissing passionately, but impatiently requests to leave, as he has accidentally become engaged to Marilyn Monroe; he leaves with her nevertheless." At the end of the episode, "Rory pops out of the TARDIS, saying he answered the phone; Marilyn has called the Doctor. The Doctor tells Rory to inform Marilyn that he will call her back, "and that was never a real chapel"."

And, may I ask what this picture you speak of is? I don't remember it.

And please, don't get me wrong. I am upset (who wouldn't be if some of their hard work was taken down with a reason they didn't understand.), but I still have an open mind. From what I know, and the information I've received, I can only conclude that you were not aware to what I was referring. So here I am, trying to explain.

You are more experienced at wiki-ing than me, so I am asking for your help in understanding. But I like to think I am a hardcore Whovian when it comes to the reboot series. I think I know what I'm talking about with this episode.

Will you do me a favor and read Marilyn Monroe and A Christmas Carol (TV story)? Then, will you please reconsider removing that section?

Thank you for your time, and again, I'm sorry for sounding so blunt.

--Rebazim 17:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)

Alright. I guess I can accept that....--Rebazim 19:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)

Images[[edit source]]

Those page images are taken. Put yours somewhere else or find empty pages. --Buckimion 02:20, October 31, 2014 (UTC)

Thank you...[[edit source]]

... for your work about the Black Sun War pages! Especially for the missing ones. --- HarveyWallbanger 21:35, December 9, 2014 (UTC)

Hyperion[[edit source]]

Crap! Sorting it now. Thanks for letting me know. :) --Revan\Talk 12:54, December 10, 2014 (UTC)

Past tense in direct quotations[[edit source]]

Hey there. Regarding your edits to the quote in the lead for Dalek, do you know if it is the policy at this project to alter direct character quotations into the past tense? I have looked through 6~7 MoS/policy articles and could not find a direct answer, so I'm uncertain. Either way, this line: "[i]nside that shell, there [was] a creature born to hate, whose only thought [was] to destroy everything and everyone that [wasn't] a Dalek, too." is very brutal to read. If it isn't policy, are you okay with me changing it back to a direct quote? And if it is policy to force verbatim character lines to be in the past tense, are you okay with having this paraphrased? Blue Rook 00:31, December 18, 2014 (UTC)

Re: The Eye of Torment[[edit source]]

No problem. The only reason I knew what to do is that I've seen it used in source mode before. Previously, I had tried using the "|" and it didn't work. Shambala108 15:35, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Andy-Frankham Allen[[edit source]]

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I changed the Andy-Frankham Allen page you created to a redirect, as he had previously written stories under the name of Andy Frankham. The only reason I know this is because he wrote some Short Trips stories, which is an area of the wiki I focus on. Thanks! Shambala108 01:13, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

Companion Chronicle numbering[[edit source]]

Hey Tybort. I just want to call your attention to Talk:The Sleeping Blood (audio story). Thanks. P&P talk contribs 16:48, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Colour in B&W[[edit source]]

We found out the colour of Daleks, the Doctor's eyes and the ring from seeing behind-the-scenes photographs that were taken in colour. Plus, with a keen eye and enough experience, one can see through the black-and-white format to deduce the colour of things.BananaClownMan 13:13, August 17, 2015 (UTC)

Galleries[[edit source]]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the edit at Apology cue cards. I knew there was a policy against galleries, but I could not for the life of me remember where it was. (I forgot to check the Help namespace.) Shambala108 23:54, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum[[edit source]]

One of the series 2 websites was the "Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum". It was heavily implied to be a Torchwood Base. The game "Security Bot" takes place inside the base. The website is now gone, but the game can still be played on the official Dr. Who website. The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheChampionOfTime (talk • contribs) .

He explicitly said 2 billion years and since Rigsy was alive around this time...

Talk:Clara[[edit source]]

P&P got to it before me. But thanks for pointing it out!
× SOTO (💬/📈/) 01:37, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

4.5 Billion[[edit source]]

Clearly you can't measure the doctor's age by his body. He regenerates often, and teleports often. If you were to do that, he would be a few days old when he finally got to Gallifrey. Is the age the Doctor states correct? No, the Doctor lies. His age is measured by his timestream and consciousness. When the previous bodies were destroyed he got to keep the memories as they were still part of his timestream. They took a while to integrate, but they eventually did, just like it can take you a while to remember things when you wake up in the morning, or when he regenerates. So then those sections of his timestream weren't erased from his timeline even though he got a body that had been restored to a point before those events occurred. He lived them, and remembered them. They are part of his timeline. Thus, he is now 4.5 billion years old. According to who? According to logic. The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sadanyagci (talk • contribs) .


Zygon[[edit source]]

It did say that the staff seen were Zygons, I can't remember how but it did pal. DENCH-and-PALMER 08:52, January 11, 2016 (UTC)

A Christmas Carol[[edit source]]

A Christmas Carol did have a brief scene on Earth - the Doctor takes young Kazran to Hollywood and accidentally marries Marilyn Monroe. JagoAndLitefoot 14:44, January 13, 2016 (UTC)

School Reunion[[edit source]]

"The contradiction is all of School Reunion." Because in Dreamland and School Reunion Sarah's apparently not seen the Doctor since The Hand of Fear? Putting "according to one account" on every encounter of theirs back to The Five Doctors doesn't make sense. "According to one account" only works where it's obvious what the contradiction is. So Dreamland and School Reunion could have "according to one account, Sarah and the Doctor hadn't met since she stopped traveling with him.", and it'll make sense that the contradiction is with all of the earlier listed encounters. Fwhiffahder 21:38, January 15, 2016 (UTC)

Fat Controller Vandalism[[edit source]]

Its not vandalism to say the Controller is fat - its what he'she's called --90.199.121.253talk to me 13:48, January 18, 2016 (UTC)

September 14th[[edit source]]

What year --90.199.121.253talk to me 13:50, January 18, 2016 (UTC)

Hello Tybort, please go and check out the Doctor Who Reviews Wiki. Where you can review Doctor Who Stories! Go to: http://doctor-who-reviews.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Reviews_Wikia

Thank You! (Sorry if this is annoying)

Allonsy potter 16:46, February 28, 2016 (UTC)

Spoilers and all that[[edit source]]

Doesn't DWM 501 come out tomorrow? It sure isn't available for download yet. I get the excitement of a new companion and I also get that within 24 hours anyone will be able to read the new adventures of the Twelfth Doctor and {name removed due to spoilers}, but doesn't this violate Tardis:Spoiler policy? I mean, at this point it would be rather silly to undo all of your edits, but please don't make a page for the comic that hasn't been officially released yet! C o T 15:22, June 29, 2016 (UTC)

Hey, I don't think you need to worry about the spoiler policy, though I've been wrong before and User:CzechOut will certainly correct me. I have to apologize for any concern you had because I'm the one who deleted the original creation of the article, and as one of my reasons I listed that it was a spoiler. Actually, my main concern was that the editor had failed to use the proper template (or any template, actually), so it was easier to delete than clean up.
If, however, there is a spoiler on the cover, if you could help me by keeping an eye open for any uploading of the cover image, I would appreciate it. Thanks! Shambala108 03:13, June 30, 2016 (UTC)

Season 6's recurring monster[[edit source]]

I saw you'd commented that Season 6 did not have a recurring monster from the classic series and so I'd just like to remind you about the Cybermats. --TazminDaytime 21:33, July 30, 2016 (UTC)TazminDaytime

Re: edit[[edit source]]

Hi! I don't have time right now, but I'll get to it this evening. Thanks! Shambala108 15:50, November 1, 2016 (UTC)

Done. Shambala108 13:51, November 2, 2016 (UTC)

Change your favourite wikis list[[edit source]]

Hi Tybort, just notifying you that Paul Magrs Wikia is in your list of favourite wikis. A look at its home page will tell you exactly why you should do this as fast as possible. CoT ? 01:39, November 16, 2016 (UTC)

Hi. This is the person who made the Paul Magrs wiki. I'm just stopping by (some of) the talk pages TheChampionOfTime has been making these comments on to clarify the concerns s/he has had: You may have noticed that the front page of that wiki refers to the editors of this wiki here as "fascist bastards." That's meant to be tongue in cheek, and not a serious criticism. You may also have noticed that a lot of story pages are shamelessly duplicated from pages on this wiki. That's not plagiarism; I used the Wikia import/export feature to preserve the edit history so that all the authors are properly cited, and the license (CC-BY-SA) is followed. Fwhiffahder 02:35, November 16, 2016 (UTC)


Indistinct?[[edit source]]

Why was the footage of Cofelia indistinct? Later in the shot she scans a card saying Miss Foster and then Jack Harkness tell us that she is actually Cofelia and so on. I realize it's not the best shot but that's the best you can get from the file. HolmestoHomes 13:52, January 15, 2017 (UTC)

Your input is requested![[edit source]]

Hey! If you have free time, I'd love to hear your thoughts at Thread:212365. OS25 (Talk) 19:44, May 4, 2017 (UTC)

Donald McCrimmon[[edit source]]

Hello. I noticed your edits asking when Jamie's father's name was given as Donald McCrimmon. In the third episode of The Highlanders, Colin McLaren says to Willie Mackay, "And Jamie, son of Donald McCrimmon. A piper, like his father and his father's father." --GusF 21:04, October 23, 2017 (UTC)

Doctor Who Answers closed[[edit source]]

Doctor Who Answers has been closed. The new website will go up at http://www.doctorwhoanswers.com/, but right now it's not quite ready because they've not had enough spare time to sink into it. Doctor 25 20:15, April 11, 2020 (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 09:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Orson Pink[[edit source]]

Re: your edit summary at Orson Pink — I agree that the family tree didn't belong, but I find your words in the summary a bit harsh. Sure, Steven Moffat said in behind the scenes quotes that fans could interpret Orson as an indirect descendant of Danny so that there was no paradox, but quotes aren't valid sources, and death of the author is an established way of looking at fiction. Looking at what's on TV alone, it seems entirely possible — for example — that Orson was Danny's descendant in one possible timeline, and that time shifting again so that Danny now dies in Dark Water results in Orson being erased from history. How Orson could exist despite his alleged relation to Danny and Clara has not been established in valid sources. Indeed, the first of the quotes mentioned in that BTS section has Moffat speaking of the "more distant relative" idea as merely one possible explanation, not necessarily the be-all-end-all. All of which to say that I don't think you can point to Dark Water itself as hard evidence that Orson isn't Danny and Clara's descendant; and that calling the tree a "lie" is coming on much too strong. Scrooge MacDuck 21:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

To briefly comment on the above, I'll note that the tree uses a dotted line which passes through the connection between Danny and Clara without actually emerging from it, leaving it ambiguous as to whether Orson is Danny and Clara's descendant or merely a different relative of Danny, while still embodying both opportunities. Additionally, the line connecting two people is often used to indicate pairings other than literal marriage. For these reasons I don't think the chart itself is inaccurate in the least. – n8 () 21:23, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

It's not "fan theory" or "literary interpretation". In Listen, Orson is explicitly a descendant of Danny and Clara. Following the events of Dark Water, he is explicitly not a descendant of Danny, while still being in his family tree. Per Tardis:Neutral point of view, we cannot weight one of these sources over the other; we must present them equally. You have yet to explain how the family tree fails to achieve this. As a courtesy, I'll ask you before I go to an admin: why did you revert my edit on Orson Pink before the discussion had come to a conclusion? Are we not still discussing this matter? – n8 () 14:01, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

MySpace blog[[edit source]]

Thanks for the point you raised in your edit summary of Special:Diff/3397585 – you're absolutely right, and I have no idea how I missed that. I've gone through Special:WhatLinksHere/Martha Jones' MySpace blog (short story) and rewritten several pages to refer to "X days before Martha met the Tenth Doctor" rather than "On XX March 2007". – n8 () 16:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Re: About spoilers[[edit source]]

I too raised an eyebrow at Tardis talk:Out-of-universe perspective, but as it turns out, Ncuti Gatwa has already appeared as the Fifteenth Doctor in a valid IU source (Whotopia). – n8 () 17:15, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

That, and moreover, that page is out of date. I forgot it existed, honestly. (Why does it exist?) Please refer to T:OFFICIAL INFO and T:SPOIL FORUM instead for the up-to-date policy on this issue. As regards talk pages, spoilers are only allowed in discussion areas if they are themselves tagged with {{spoiler}}, and, in the case of a Panopticon thread, if the word "spoiler" is included in the title of the thread. Scrooge MacDuck 17:16, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Interesting point! I suppose it depends on the definition of "current Doctor". Fifteen certainly meets the standard of "highest confirmed consecutive number". – n8 () 17:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
As I said, the Tardis:Spoiler policy#Spoilers and the forums section is intended to apply to talk page discussions as well, including Tardis_talk: ones, provided the necessary steps are taken. I may rewrite the section later to make this clearer, but you need only look to Talk:Doctor Who Wiki for precedent. Scrooge MacDuck 17:30, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, by "consecutive number" I didn't mean consecutive number of stories. I meant that he's #15, latest in the numbered series that began with Hartnell (#1). As opposed to the Forty-Fifth Doctor, who isn't consecutive since we haven't seen 16–44, or the Fugitive Doctor, who wasn't numbered at all.
That was just my best stab at a definition, but upon further reflection I don't know it holds up, since it excludes 14. It strikes me that both might be the "current Doctor". (As an aside, you remark that 14 will be the current Doctor "until he steps down as the Doctor on TV" – but what would that definition mean for the Eighth Doctor from 2005-2013?)
In the end I think "current Doctor" is just a fuzzy category with no clear definition and we'd do best to avoid it. – NateBumber () 15:29, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Re: SMW problem with future story pages[[edit source]]

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I could create a new SMW property, perhaps property:released, which is set to false if {{spoiler}} is used on the source page and true otherwise (potentially with some nuance for unreleased stories). Then, this property being true could be set as a condition in the SMW queries used to generate automated lists. For separating out TV stuff, if deemed necessary, a condition could be added tp the relevant queries that checks if property:medium is set to "tv story". Bongo50 15:52, 6 December 2023 (UTC)