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| | Hey there Boris, I'm just remembering that I was supposed to ask you to briefly weigh in on a minor dispute between myself and Scrooge over at ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''. It's really a minor thing, hence why I forgot about it, but could you do me the favor of reading [https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1401654193312706562 this four-tweet thread] and decide which of [[Special:Diff/3134102|these descriptions]] is a better description? It's practically a distinction without a difference, and feel free to take your time with getting around to it. Just crossing my t's and dotting my i's! – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 14:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC) |
| | :Also, just pinging you about [[Talk:Tales from the TARDIS (comic series)|Talk:Tales from the TARDIS]], which seems like the sort of thing you'd be interested in knowing about. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 15:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC) |
| | ::Wise choice. No worries about the delay, and thanks again for weighing in here and regarding the TARDIS / Time Tales! – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 03:56, 9 July 2021 (UTC) |
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| == Images == | | == TV Century 21 == |
| All images uploaded to the wiki must have a copyright license attached, such as {{tlx|screenshot}}. This can be selected from the dropdown when uploading or by putting the template on the file page. If your uploaded images do not have licenses, they will be deleted. Also, all images must be at least 250 pixels wide. You can find a quick list of image rules at [[Help:Image cheat card]]. Thanks! {{User:PicassoAndPringles/sig}} 17:32, January 11, 2017 (UTC)
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| == ''Dimensions in Time'' thread ==
| | I know that you are the go-to person for TV Century 21-related stuff, would you be able to pop over to that page's talkpage when you have a moment as I have posed a question about the missing stories. Thank you! [[User:RadMatter|RadMatter]] [[User talk:RadMatter|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC) |
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| I see you like your invalid sources, perhaps you might like to take a look at this thread http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:211495 just here. [[Special:Contributions/82.3.146.201|82.3.146.201]]<sup>[[User talk:82.3.146.201#top|talk to me]]</sup> 18:09, February 25, 2017 (UTC)
| | == Re: The Hollow Crown == |
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| == Questions ==
| | Appoligies, the new wiki software slightly hid you message. The Kingmaker isn't an audio that I listen to that often, for me it doesn't live up to the hype and high regard most fans seem to hold it in, for me it is rather boring. The Hollow Crown is more connected to the TV story the Shakespeare code (and also the Day of the Doctor) as there are mentions that the Doctor the Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare knew is different to the one they knew, i.e. 10. The uncut version of Richard III is about reinstating the cuts the Elizabeth ordered to keep up the propaganda about her bloodline. This may correlate to events in the Kingmaker, but to be fair there are so many discontinuities in the whoniverse that disregarding an ubsurd story of the Kingmaker to fit in with the TV series, given that the audience would probably come to the David Bradley range from the TV series. Hope that helps. '''[[User:AdricLovesNyssa|Adric♥Nyssa]]'''∩''[[User_talk:AdricLovesNyssa|Talk?]]'' 11:00, 10 June 2022 (UTC) |
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| Hello! I was to first off thank you so much for contributing so many fine images to this wikia. Article illustrations are so important, and invalid stories are so often left to the side. I do have a few questions about the stories you've presented, since it appears that you're the only person who has seen many of these.
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| My first question comes down to the Facebook-only Zygon segments. How much do these adaptations entail? Audio, narration? If so, one could likely make the case that the stories are very much novelisations, and thus should not be invalid. Of course we would need to have a discussion about this, and I am just inquiring on the details of the story in case we ever want to go down the route.
| | Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at [[Forum talk:Index]] and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:34, 1 November 2022 (UTC) |
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| The one that certainly hooks me the most is ''[[Christmas Past (webcast)|Christmas Past]]'', which is the second LEGO product to feature DWU characters, and it's also the only DWU Lego product to be produced through stop-frame animation. My question is this: have you seen the suggested original upload which was not part of a collage? The one that was actually called ''Christmas Past''? Surely you must get your info from somewhere.
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| If you have, what do Clara and the Doctor watch on the TV in the original? The answer to this could be very important, as it could decide if the story is declared an ''advertisement'' or not. If they watch an ad, then it simply can't be valid according to our policy (we've, at one point or another, come to the conclusion that ads are not stories). But if they watch something else, then it's a whole other ball-park.
| | Hi, I've been gathering every BBC DVD cover image on the wiki into one of my sandboxes, in order to see where there are any missing covers or duplicates. |
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| If you see any other story where you think there's the case to be make for the story to be valid despite it being a "sketch" or such and such, hit me up with that info and we can chat over it. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 22:18, March 13, 2017 (UTC)
| | Pop over and have a look, and feel free to upload any of the missing covers. |
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| == Re: images ==
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| Hi! You can always go to [[Special:Recentchanges]] to find the specific reasons for deletions. I've deleted a bunch of images over the last couple of weeks, but I believe that the ones I did recently were mostly >100kb, when we require images to be <100kb. I also deleted one that had no license, but I can't remember whose it was. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:43, March 15, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Infobox Merchandise ==
| | [[User:Doc77can|Doc77can]] [[User talk:Doc77can|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:26, 24 November 2022 (UTC) |
| Heya :) Thanks for your recent edits. :) Just wanted to let you know, though, that {{tlx|Infobox Merchandise}} really isn't meant to be used the way you're using it. It's supposed to be for toys, games, wearables, edibles even -- but not for ranges of narratives (or ads or near-narratives).
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| I'll soon be introducing a new infobox for ranges, but understand that in the past we've implicitly agreed ''not'' to have a infobox on pages like ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Torchwood]]''. And I'm still not super-convinced it's a great idea on the novel ranges, cause names like [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] aren't ''actually'' official.
| | == Tobolsk / Tobolski == |
| | | Hi, just wanted to let you know that someone has been "busy" at [[Tobolsk]] and [[Tobolski]] and the other relevant pages, moving things around w.r.t the multiple name spellings, and now I'm not sure what's meant to be what anymore. Interestingly they've also been at it over at [https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/91.46.40.176 TB Wiki]. Also I think that the IP user, "Derbstek" and "Marcus Tobolski" are all the same person so I'm not sure if [[T:SOCK]] is relevant here. [[user:guyus24|guyus24]] ([[user talk:guyus24|talk]]) 02:57, 26 August 2023 (UTC) |
| But that's maybe a slightly different question. Until the new infobox comes in, though, please stop using {{tlx|Infobox Merchandise}} for describing any sort of narrative/video/advertising range. Thanks! :) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 18:19: Mon 24 Apr 2017</span>
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| Yeah, I can confirm it's definitely weird and a bug. But the code that does that little thing isn't local to Tardis. So I'll have to go on a hunt elsewhere at Fandom to figure out what's going on. It's definitely on the list, if a little lower down. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 19:07: Mon 24 Apr 2017</span>
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| == Crossover madness ==
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| Okay, let's do this. First of all, there is a very useful page [[Crossover]] explaining the concept and giving many examples.
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| That characters who have set foot in DWU once should not be covered in all their other appearances is detailed in the last post/closing remarks of [[User:CzechOut|CzechOut]] on [[Thread:210741#3|Sleeze Brothers]].
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| Then there was a follow up with several examples of gratuitous appearances of characters from other properties, also from CzechOut. I'll just copy it here and create some links:
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| ''Some of our users here at Tardis have been trying for a month or two to make some kind of rule that "if a character is in a DWU property, then prior or subsequent appearances are also in the DWU. But there is no such rule in [[T:VS]]. And, in fact, there's precedence to suggest otherwise, as with [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Dracula]], [[Jar Jar Binks]], and a whole host of others.''
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| The other threads are still open and either too long or a bit too heated. So I'll not quote them here. I do realise that I somehow did not find a clear statement that a crossover character meeting the Doctor should be valid. But this should immediately follow from [[T:VS]] and from the multiple precedents. Hope this helps. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:30, April 27, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Crossover madness ==
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| When in doubt, it's always a good idea to ask. As for the closing of the thread, it should be done by another admin, one who did not participate in the discussion. It's not a problem for the thread to stay open though: the stories were explicitly ruled to be valid after [[Thread:215070|another (very short) debate]]. By [[T:BOUND]], they remain valid until ruled otherwise. In other words, despite our thread remaining open, there is no problem editing the stories. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:58, April 30, 2017 (UTC)
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| == The Big Bang Theory ==
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| Hi, don't worry. I did see that. But [[Board:Inclusion_debates|Inclusion debates]] is specifically intended for discussions of validity. Strictly speaking, this thread was off-topic. Such questions should properly be discussed in [[Board:The_Panopticon|the Panopticon]].
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| I was interrupted in the process of writing the closing remarks, so left this secondary concern without explicit response. Sorry about that. I will add it to the thread.
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| Let me, by way of apology, give a more detailed answer to you personally. But essentially the answer is present on the thread. [[User:OttselSpy25|OttselSpy25]] perfectly summed up the practice of the wiki: "We can't have a page on every cultural reference to Doctor Who..." This accurately describes the policy of the wiki regarding cultural references.
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| First of all, an extended cultural reference is still a cultural reference. Whether a story (''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|SitL]]'' in this case) is mentioned by name, discussed contentwise or shown onscreen, it is still the same story. There is no material difference between Sheldon saying that he watched SitL and Sheldon actually watching SitL onscreen. In fact, I would say that the former is of more importance since it is almost inevitably the primary focus of the mise-en-scène, whereas a working TV set with SitL on can easily serve as a background to something else.
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| Secondly, you say yourself that it is unreasonable to cover the whole episode of TBBT, just the part of it with SitL. But it has been a long-standing policy of the wiki to only consider full stories. For valid stories, this is formulated explicitly as the first of [[T:VS|the four little rules]]. But the same principle clearly applies to invalid stories too. After all, given the power to edit out inconvenient portions, one could make almost any story valid. Take, for instance, [[Thread:209691]]. If one could remove all features of [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] that come into conflict with ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', the objection of [[User:AeD|AeD]] and the final ruling based on it would not have made sense.
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| In fact, if anything, the coverage of TBBT on [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe]] should be compactified and consolidated. It is more than adequate and an interwiki link [[w:c:bigbangtheory:sheldon]] will always be more informative than any page created on this wiki.
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| For all these reasons, this proposal wouldn't have merit on the Panopticon. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:29, May 5, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Capital images ==
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| Hi, I think the simplest solution is for you to reupload the images with extension .jpg. I'll delete that .JPG ones. Thanks for not ruining the table. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:23, May 10, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Thanks ==
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| Thanks for correcting my mistake. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:48, May 13, 2017 (UTC)
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| == No real world ==
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| Hi, I've noticed that you're uploading and putting on pages images that were flashing, usually without context, in the Pyramid and in Monks' broadcasts. I would like to remind you of [[T:NO RW]]. In short, you cannot identify a person by the image based on your real-world knowledge. In order to put those images on pages, you need either to use the context (like in the case of [[Neil Armstrong]], where the event is identified by the narrator and there is enough prior DWU information to understand who is in the spacesuit) or you need to compare the image with images of the same person that were featured in the DWU before. In the latter case, however, the new image is in most cases simply redundant in the presence of a superior image. A good example is your image of "Gagarin", which is so fuzzy that it would have been impossible to tell whether it is really him even if other images existed.
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| I would appreciate if you remove those images that are based on your real-world knowledge rather than DWU information from pages. Thank you in advance. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:21, June 8, 2017 (UTC)
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| : Yes, BTS is completely fine and actually useful. There may be some obscure link that would make the connection already. Or it can appear later one. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:23, June 8, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Categories ==
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| Hey, I see that you recently added a category to [[:Category:Cybermen]] which one would likely see on the page [[Cyberman]]. This will not do for a very specific reason.
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| The point of sub-categories is that it makes placements on pages less redundant. So there's no need to put both [[:Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] and [[:Category:TVA comic stories]] on [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Celluloid Midas (comic story)|The Celluloid Midas]]''. What this means is that every single category branching back all the way through starting with [[:Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] must apply to said page. This is why [[:Category:11D comic stories]] does not feature [[:Category:Eleventh Doctor comic stories]] as a sub-category, as there is at least one 11D comic stories which does not feature the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
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| Now the problem with pages like [[:Category:Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[:Category:The Master]] is that people tend to mistakenly add categories like [[:Category:Companions of the Doctor]] and [[:Category:Individual Time Lords]] to them. What this means is that a page like [[Bubble Shock!]] end up indirectly being within [[:Category:Companions of the Doctor]], or a page like [[Chang Lee]] ends up within [[:Category:Individual Time Lords]]. Thus, for most categories dedicated to sorting other categories by species or person, the only category that can be placed on those pages is [[:Category:Catalogue of Life]].
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| As pages like [[Telos]] and [[Cyber-megatron bomb]] are within [[:Category:Cybermen]], it will never be proper to place [[:Category:Cyborg species]] within said sub-category. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 17:16, June 14, 2017 (UTC)
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| : Yea, I tried to go around fixing this up where I've seen it, but I think there's a bigger issue at play. I think that most categories that end in "x species" should be renamed. For instance, [[Bill Potts]] would fit within [[:Category:Humanoids]]. She would not fit within [[:Category:Humanoid species]]. But in the case of something like [[:Category:Cybermen]] at least, there is no case to be made for keeping the species categories. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 17:43, June 14, 2017 (UTC)
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| :: Oh, quick tip! If you're going to a link to a category put a '':'' before the word ''Category''. So <nowiki>[[:Category:Cybermen]]</nowiki> links as [[:Category:Cybermen]] without adding the category Cybermen. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|Talk]]) 17:52, June 14, 2017 (UTC)
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| == Blocked for plagiarism ==
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| Hey, a number of admin have grown concerned over your recent additions surrounding things from the so-called "[[Leekley Bible]]". It appears to us as if you may have simply cut and pasted copy directly from Shannon Sullivan's website. This is strictly disallowed under [[T:THEFT]]. Worse, [[T:THEFT#Non-CC-BY-SA sources]] specifically names Shanon Sullivan's site as one that shouldn't be copied. Shannon's site isn't published under the same kind of license Tardis is, and their content isn't freely available for us to copy.
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| Therefore, just as universities will come down on you hard if you plaigiarise, so, too, ''must'' we. Your recent work will be audited, and probably largely removed. And you will be prevented from editing until 23 November 2017. Please note that several admin arrived at this decision, jointly -- both in terms of determining that plaigiarism occurred and what the length of the block should be. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:03: Fri 23 Jun 2017</span>
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| == Now we are six hundred ==
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| Please refrain from adding material from sources whose validity has not been established to the in-universe parts of pages. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:18, November 25, 2017 (UTC)
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| : Clarification: All poems in the book are invalid until their validity is decided by inclusion debate(s). Thank you for alerting me about that page. I will deal with it. Also please reread [[Tardis:Canon policy]] that clearly states that there is no canon on this wiki. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:35, November 25, 2017 (UTC)
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Hey there Boris, I'm just remembering that I was supposed to ask you to briefly weigh in on a minor dispute between myself and Scrooge over at Faction Paradox. It's really a minor thing, hence why I forgot about it, but could you do me the favor of reading this four-tweet thread and decide which of these descriptions is a better description? It's practically a distinction without a difference, and feel free to take your time with getting around to it. Just crossing my t's and dotting my i's! – n8 (☎) 14:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Also, just pinging you about Talk:Tales from the TARDIS, which seems like the sort of thing you'd be interested in knowing about. – n8 (☎) 15:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
- Wise choice. No worries about the delay, and thanks again for weighing in here and regarding the TARDIS / Time Tales! – n8 (☎) 03:56, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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I know that you are the go-to person for TV Century 21-related stuff, would you be able to pop over to that page's talkpage when you have a moment as I have posed a question about the missing stories. Thank you! RadMatter ☎ 17:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Appoligies, the new wiki software slightly hid you message. The Kingmaker isn't an audio that I listen to that often, for me it doesn't live up to the hype and high regard most fans seem to hold it in, for me it is rather boring. The Hollow Crown is more connected to the TV story the Shakespeare code (and also the Day of the Doctor) as there are mentions that the Doctor the Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare knew is different to the one they knew, i.e. 10. The uncut version of Richard III is about reinstating the cuts the Elizabeth ordered to keep up the propaganda about her bloodline. This may correlate to events in the Kingmaker, but to be fair there are so many discontinuities in the whoniverse that disregarding an ubsurd story of the Kingmaker to fit in with the TV series, given that the audience would probably come to the David Bradley range from the TV series. Hope that helps. Adric♥Nyssa∩Talk? 11:00, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at Forum talk:Index and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. Najawin ☎ 08:34, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I've been gathering every BBC DVD cover image on the wiki into one of my sandboxes, in order to see where there are any missing covers or duplicates.
Pop over and have a look, and feel free to upload any of the missing covers.
User:Doc77can/sandbox12
P.S. I'm messaging several users so check the upload log first.
Doc77can ☎ 20:26, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi, just wanted to let you know that someone has been "busy" at Tobolsk and Tobolski and the other relevant pages, moving things around w.r.t the multiple name spellings, and now I'm not sure what's meant to be what anymore. Interestingly they've also been at it over at TB Wiki. Also I think that the IP user, "Derbstek" and "Marcus Tobolski" are all the same person so I'm not sure if T:SOCK is relevant here. guyus24 (talk) 02:57, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
