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Use the Correct Tense

I have read some articles that you have that and they are in present tense which is not the manual style of this wiki. Every article in this wiki is written in past tense --Catkind121 12:37, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake

Sorry about that, I will do so in future, do you know if there is a list where I can find all the terms used in refs like that? If there is then that would be very helpful, thank you, all the best — RC-1136 ^{Hate Mail Here} 18:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, I will refer to that in future, all the best — RC-1136 ^{Hate Mail Here} 18:24, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

My Apologies. The Librarian

Hi, I owe you a big apology because I believe I have unintentional caused offence by deleting a comment you placed on the discussion of a recent page Ive done, regarding spelling mistakes I made.

I appreciate you (or anyone) flagging things up for me and have only recently started using my Watchlist to better effect. The mistake in question was a spelling mistake (maybe two!) which I corrected and then deleted. I am sorry and will undo the change as soon as I can.

If its a genuine mispelling at source then I would indicate it with a (sic)remark, anything else please feel free to correct yourself, or let me know directly and I'll check it as soon as.

Im really sorry about this. I tried to leave a message for you before but overlooked the fact that a talk page could be active even though 'Americanwhofan' didn't. The Librarian 02:50, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Credit edits

Oops. That must have gotten lost in the shuffle of my edits. I'll put it back, as soon as I can pull up the episode and provide and example of what costs what from the Episode. Thanks for the catch, Monkey with a Gun 22:54, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again!

Cheers for that, Im working on so many different bits at the moment that I keep flipping between windows. I really should focus....but I cant! sorry I've tried! I like to be as completeist as possible but get easily distracted. Hope you are liking the new pages, some of them will probably need splitting up at some point but for now Im mainly concentrating on gathering content.Thanks for keeping an eye on me. Cheers! The Librarian 12:01, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Category

Sorry about that. Honest mistake - Sibyl is a cult leader and yes, she does need that category. -- Will101 15:47, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Weevil Fight Club

Sorry, but how is Weevil Fight Club considered vandalism. I'm a bit offended as I created the article and thought that, despite being quite short and definately a stub, was relevant and would be considered a 'real article'. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit 06:01, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 03:25: Tue 20 Dec 2011 

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 17:27: Thu 22 Dec 2011 

RE:Replaced image

Because, I was uploading a new version of the file, and I had no way of renaming it. If you do want too rename a page first arouse the matter onto the talk page and place Template:Rename on it. !ṂěṭáṛdIṢ 2024Sunatpm 22: 48^{Just William Wiki}

The above user is wrong. He can rename the file when he uploads a new version, however, since the file was completely different to what the file name was, he should have just upload it as a new image. I have reverted his image and gone back to yours. MM/Want to talk? 12:50, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Annuals

Yes, there are a number of bot mistakes with regards to annuals, because prev/next is done there without regard to the medium of the story. Don't worry. There's a secondary "cleanup" run that's coming for annuals. I deemed it easier to fix it later than to try to insulate annual stories from the initial run. But thanks for keeping your eyes peeled! If you see anything that concerns you, please do mention it, preferably by starting a new forum thread, as explained at Forum:New infoboxes and you. That way, the whole community can benefit from what you've noticed.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 18:35: Tue 13 Mar 2012 

Not a bot error

You'll note that the comic infoboxes haven't been redirected to {{Infobox Story}} yet. Once they are, it'll be perfectly appropriate to have prev/next. Give it a few more hours, and I'll have the comic stories online.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 20:24: Wed 14 Mar 2012 

File in wrong category

Because I occasionally make mistakes. --Tangerineduel / talk 12:33, March 18, 2012 (UTC)

Prev/next on infobox

As indicated on both the forum page and the {{Infobox Story}} documentation, what you're describing isn't an error. The first story of any range must have prev=none. Otherwise, it'll slide the "next" info into the left column, making it appear to be a "previous" story. Likewise, the final story of a range should have next=none, but it's less noticeable when this isn't set. When you see these types of error, please feel free to set prev or next to "none" as needed.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 23:25: Mon 19 Mar 2012 

Image

It contained the Doctor Who website and a copyright licence. All images must be clean of network logos, websites addresses, watermarks and copyright licences. The images I removed contained two other these, so it was removed. MM/Want to talk? 17:04, March 24, 2012 (UTC)

Re:TENTH DOCTOR AND BRIG DWM COMIC PICTURE

oh, Don't worry, that's just a side affect of updating the image. It'l look normal in a few hours, this is very common when someone updates an image. If you to the page for the image, It'll show what it will look like. OS25 (talk to me, baby.) 20:41, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Hi, about the Doctor Who Unbound, i got the information on Surus and that Doctor from the Doctor Who reference guide. http://www.drwhoguide.com/unbound01.htm. So instead of just saying the statement is unclear, why don't you check first and then improve it as you wish. =) Sclera1 ^{talk to me} 03:04, March 31, 2012 (UTC)

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For(u)m Letter

Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at Forum talk:Index and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. Najawin ☎ 09:11, 1 November 2022 (UTC)