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| | == Something you might want to look into == |
| * Please don't forget to [[Tardis:Signature Policy|sign your posts]]. Like most [[admin]]s, I won't answer any post that doesn't have a signature.
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| == Calendar confusion in The Green Death ==
| | Hello, User:Shambala108. |
| I don't understand why you deleted the calendar issue in Ep 2 of TGD yesterday. The choice of Feb 1972 in the scene at the security gate was pretty clearly designed to place the story in that month, but given that the calendar a few minutes later showed a date in April 1973 (when the show was being filmed) seems to strongly indicate that this was an error. TBH, this is at the irrelevant/amusing end of the production error spectrum, but I do think it would have reached the bar of an error to be mentioned in e.g. The Discontinuity Guide given the other sorts of things that get included in that volume (see, for example, the 1925/26 calendar blooper they describe in Carnival of the Monsters). {{unsigned|BuzzardBoy}}
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| == Re: Plot == | | Sorry to disturb you with this, but I felt you needed to be informed of this edit [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(TV_story)?diff=3662903&oldid=3662898 here], where, even after I informed them on what you once told me about how featuring is to only include recurring characters to prevent overcrowding, [[User:Epsilon the Eternal]] still readded a single episode character to the section, essentially because they were pivotal to the plot, and then justified it by saying that an admin's word is not policy and can be ignored (at least by my reading of their edit summery). And why the character in question, [[Rose Noble]], had showed up in a short story, they have ignored my explanation that the short story doesn't make her a recurring character due to it's nature as a prelude to the episode and my request for a few weeks of patience to see if she returns. |
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| Hey no problem, happy to do so! I have quite a few in mind that I want to do so hopefully they will be done over the next few weeks or at the very least, whenever I have a chance to purchase/listen to the audios in question. Yes I am terribly sorry, my method right now consists of listening to the audio and making notes in a microsoft word document as I listen. After that I just copy and paste it directly onto the page in question but as I've noticed, it reads the written characters literally and causes a lot of issues for which I am deeply sorry. I will be changing this in the future. I looked up sandoxing on wikipedia and while they have an explicit demonstration there, I was wondering if you could quickly fill me in on how to do a sandbox page here on tardiswiki? It will save a lot of work and time in the future. Also need to start using the "Inuse" template you mentioned before so I don't end up spamming the recent activity page. Thank you, I'm very sorry for all the inconvenience and much, much appreciated! [[User:DoctorQuoi|DoctorQuoi]] [[User talk:DoctorQuoi|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:14, June 21, 2020 (UTC)DoctorQuoi
| | I've actually been meaning to message you about them and their decorum for some time, but this blatant disregard towards your words has pushed me into action now. For the past few months, their edit summaries have included [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3660630 treating arguments against their edits as attacks on the merit of their opinion], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Theory:Timeline_-_Fourteenth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3659912 reverted edits based on actions not yet taken], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3659364 put "More to Added" on fully released articles instead of contributing themselves], [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3656646 indulge in rude wording] [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Destination:_Skaro_(TV_story)?diff=prev&oldid=3656310 on multiple occasions] ([https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Solitract?diff=prev&oldid=3641225 even using the name of the Lord in vain]), and engaged in unneeded hostilities [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Fourteenth_Doctor on talk pages]. |
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| == Infoboxes ==
| | I was hoping to ask if you could have a word with them, if it's not to much trouble, to inform them on proper Wiki etiquette towards other editors, and to avoid getting to personal in their edit summaries, and to remind them of why the featuring section on story pages is just for recurring characters. |
| Okay, I understand. So infoboxes that are longer than the article and don't contain an actor can be removed? -- [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Saxon]] ([[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|✉️]]) 10:03, June 28, 2020 (UTC)
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| ::Thanks Shambala, I think I've caught all of them. I do agree with Saxon that we should have some definitive angle when there is need for an infobox and when there isn't. Especially in the light of these short articles but also in the longer ones, as I've sometimes had to add them to articles where they need them but are several paragraphs long especially audio characters. '''[[User:AdricLovesNyssa|Adric♥Nyssa]]'''∩''[[User_talk:AdricLovesNyssa|Talk?]]'' 10:48, June 28, 2020 (UTC)
| | Thank you for your time. |
| | Sincerely, |
| | [[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC) |
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| == Re: cleanup == | | == Edit war == |
| Thanks, that's very kind of you. Not gonna lie, I do kind of enjoy keeping things organised, so it's good to be able to put that to good use! Thanks, also, to the efforts you put in, both in that area and in adminship in general, it really does help to keep the place running smoothly. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:46, June 28, 2020 (UTC)
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| == Images ==
| | Hi, Shambala. There's the potential for an edit war at [[Beep the Meep]]. Wondering if you could help resolve it. [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Jack "BtR" Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC) |
| Hiya, you recently deleted <nowiki>[[File:Iris Wildthyme's Sonic Corkscrew]]</nowiki>, on the basis it was in a portrait orientation, ''however'', due to the source of the image, it's not possible to get a landscape orientation without the whole left side being a completely redundant area of space, increasing the file size, making the image take longer to load, which as far as I can recall is something this wiki doesn't want. Please can you restore the file?
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| [[User:Epsilon the Eternal|Epsilon the Eternal]] [[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:12, June 30, 2020 (UTC) | |
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| == Help == | | == Re:Request for help == |
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| Hello could you meet me in chat at some point as there are some things i wish to discuss --[[User:UnownChallenger|WhoCares]] [[User talk:UnownChallenger|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:30, July 1, 2020 (UTC)
| | I've looked through your cited page above, and looked over the linked examples. |
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| Hey thanks for the swift reply, really helpful. I recently edited the plot section for "The Edge of Destruction". I assume this is something taht people don't object to but if its a issue if you could let me know. I hope you don't mind me using you as a point of contact as you were the first person to speak to me on the platform. Regarding the "Jacanda" page what route should I take to get it changed to "Takanda". Anyway thanks again for all teh help.<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>
| | I'm also aware of both editors' edits throughout the past few years, although acknowledge I've not been as active as I had been in the past. |
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| == Potential sock puppet ==
| | I generally come at this from the perspective of 'is there a policy I can point to for a reason for this edit'. Epsilon does cite many of their edits regarding a policy. However the edit summary war is something that cannot continue, it's a nightmare to cite any discussion and it's not what the summaries are for regardless. |
| Hi, I noticed your edits were reverted again over at [[Subscriber Short Trips]] by what appears to be a [[Special:Contributions/101.116.91.75|a new IP]] of a [[Special:Contributions/101.116.206.59|user with an active one month ban]]. Just thought I'd let you know. [[User:Danochy|Danochy]] [[User talk:Danochy|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:06, July 5, 2020 (UTC)
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| == Cyber-pages ==
| | I'm unsure on a few of the cited issues by Banana, but can see how they may find some things vexatious. |
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| Now that the ''[[The ArcHive Tapes (audio anthology)|The ArcHive Tapes]]'' have been [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:260946#8 ruled as valid], can you please restore the long-deleted pages [[CyberTelosian]] and [[CyberNeomorph]]. In addition, [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/CyberMondasian?action=history CyberMondasian] as I recall had a history before being deleted and ultimately recreated as a redirect to [[CyberMondan]]. I believe it would be useful to restore that history and possibly useful content within. --[[User:MrThermomanPreacher|MrThermomanPreacher]] [[User talk:MrThermomanPreacher|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:53, July 8, 2020 (UTC)
| | I think all users can have their issues, and while Epsilon has had a few citations against them in the past, there have been extraneous circumstances around those in some regards. |
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| == Re:Interpretation ==
| | We've not had a proper forum to engage new policies for in some time, and that's where rulings should come into play. Citing a reason for an edit especially something which might result in an edit war over inclusion of a character (or not) should be backed up by a talk page decision, forum or policy. Citing the word of an admin while it might seem like the 'voice of the flying spaghetti monster' in terms of resolving or justifying an edit, however it is better to be citing a policy or discussion. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 01:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC) |
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| Again, I think the point is well taken generally, and the specific issue about new users is certainly relevant. I just think this ''particular'' instance was much ado about nothing for the reasons laid out. (That said, have you actually had instances of users thinking something is policy when someone makes clear that they're ''interpreting'' a comment made by someone else? I say this with no frustration whatsoever, I'm utterly fascinated by this idea. I would love to see an example if you know of one.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:27, July 9, 2020 (UTC)
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| :this will be my only comment, as i do not want to wade in and cause a big argument.
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| :i clearly remember an instance where you stated a policy to me which turned out to be wrong. it occurred here; [[Talk: How The Monk Got His Habit (short story)]], i had opened a merger discussion on the talkpage of said page (as i correctly thought at the time was the right thing to do) but you came in and stated quite firmly that i had went against policy and needed to make a thread about it; "make a thread about it. Until then, T:BOUND, you can't say that they're the same thing". | | Hi, Shambala. This page keeps being vandalised. [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Jack "BtR" Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC) |
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| :it later turned out that this was wrong and you didnt exactly step up to explain that you'd led me wrong. not that i found it to be too big a deal, but the way you firmly stated a policy that you actually didnt understand led me to doing something wrong so i could very well see this happening in the forums to new users too. [[User:DiSoRiEnTeD1|DiSoRiEnTeD1]] [[User talk:DiSoRiEnTeD1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:02, July 9, 2020 (UTC)
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| ::Responded on your talk page. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:14, July 9, 2020 (UTC)
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| == About the War Chief/Master Thread ==
| | Would the admins have any objections if I did some further entries to my "Who vs [insert]" polls? I know the cards are heavily stacked, but still...the Lord loves a tryer, eh? |
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| While I was a relatively neutral party in principle, and I guess in practice "against", just from how the thread panned out, I would politely ask for a small waiving of [[T:BOUND]] in the event that [[User:Scrooge MacDuck]] would like to reformulate the thread. Scrooge made the point in that thread that he was thinking about making a similar thread (see: [[Thread:275417#2]]), but one less focused on authorial intent (see: [[Thread:275417#17]]). In general I found his comments far more persuasive, and I think this version of the thread would, if it comes to exist, have a different path of discussion. I ask for a waiving of [[T:BOUND]] because I'm not certain that any new evidence will actually be brought up, but instead it would feature a ''restructuring'' of evidence, away from authorial intent. (It's entirely possible such a thread by him ''would'' have new evidence, I'm just asking this in case it doesn't.) Best. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 06:28, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | [[User:Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba|Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba]] [[User talk:Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC) |
| :Or maybe not [[T:BOUND]]. Whichever the one is about needing new evidence to open a thread. You understand what I mean. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 06:34, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
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| :: And no such "new" thread ever appeared. It is clear that this user did indeed "have a horse in the race". And he/she has also been '''caught in a lie'''. [[Special:Contributions/197.86.143.51|197.86.143.51]]<sup>[[User talk:197.86.143.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:18, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | == Merry Christmas And Happy New Year == |
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| :::I'm so deeply confused as to this response. I haven't lied anywhere here, and this comment here was just made after Shambala closed the thread. If I truly "had a horse in the race" why would I ask Shambala for special dispensation for a similar thread to be reopened in the future as soon as the thread was closed? This just makes no sense. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:26, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | Have a good rest of 2023 and a great 2024 and onward [[User:Sum41Champ]] |
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| == The Peter Butterworth thread has been closed? == | | == RE: Sockpuppet == |
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| The thread on the Panopticon about Peter Butterworth was never about "this guy is the Master". It was about the NUMEROUS contradictory, and utterly incompatible, takes on what was ''supposed to be'' a single character. And yet, as stated, there are multiple differing accounts, no two of which can be reconciled.
| | Hey! Hope all is going well. I don't have [[Help:CheckUser|CheckUser]] access myself, since I'm not Fandom staff, but I'll pass it along, since it seems like we have reasonable suspicion! |
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| And, very importantly, the "he is the Master" in-narrative was just '''one''' view.
| | Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Happy holidays.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 18:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC) |
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| But, there was very clearly another view that he was never even a Time Lord at all!
| | : I just wanted to mention that [[User:Spongebob456]] is probably the easiest Fandom staff member to contact for things like this as he's our wiki rep. He's who I've gone to for a few similar requests in the past (which I've done through his Discord but you could probably do through his talk page). [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC) |
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| And, of course, another view that while he was a Time Lord(and never the Master) he was never actually called "the Monk". | | :: And that's exactly who I went to, in fact! But no problem at all. |
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| The point was that having a page called "the Monk"(when multiple in-narrative sources state that that was NEVER his actual name, and just a disguise), and insisting that he is a Time Lord is pushing one specific line. One that by itself is utterly impossible. I believe that closing that thread was a mistake, as the actual issues were never addressed. The only one who actually gave any sort of valid response asked about "Are you saying the Monk is the Master"?, which was NEVER the actual point of the thread. It was about how to address the character who appeared in The Time Meddler and The Daleks' Master Plan, and even what species he actually was. And now that was closed before any real discussion ever took place. [[Special:Contributions/197.86.143.51|197.86.143.51]]<sup>[[User talk:197.86.143.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 06:50, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | :: Spongebob456 confirmed via Discord that all the accounts you linked are, in fact, related. I'm giving indefinite blocks to the new accounts, and I'll leave it to you to decide how long to extend their sentence on whichever is their main account. Cheers{{User:SOTO/sig}} 18:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC) |
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| == Closing War Chief/Master thread. Why? == | | == Spacing with categories == |
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| The thread [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:275417] was shut down. The reasoning you stated was:
| | What's the purpose of the space? I See 0 effect that has on the page, Happy New Year. [[User:Sum41Champ]] |
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| "There's enough evidence against the Master". A single dream sequence in Divided Loyalties. But even so, it '''still''' needs to be interpreted as to who "Magnus" in Divided Loyalties actually is. And, what's more, this very wiki has a Magnus article, that is separate from both the War Chief and Master articles.
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| | Hell there. Hope all is well. I was wondering if you could help me with a query concerning a missing thread I am having trouble locating that is listed on several incarnations of the Doctor's articles. The thread I am referring to is mentioned as follows in the template on the articles's lede section: |
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| While, as just one example, in '''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon''', when the older Time Lord relates the events of '''The War Games''' when asked about the Doctor and the '''Master''', that is clear evidence of who the Master is/was.
| | ''As detailed at [[Thread:264489]], character pages should only have AT MOST 2-3 sentences per story, not whole paragraphs of plot detail. This page needs a major cleanup in that area.'' |
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| | As you can see though, this link to said thread is red, hence doesn't take me anywhere when I click it. |
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| But, the actual point was if we go with "According to one account..." Well, the ONLY ONE account who has two separate characters called 'Koschei' and 'Magnus' is Divided Loyalties. And if we use that, we have to point out that the Doctor fails to recognise the name 'Koschei' in The Dark Path. Yes, DW has contradictions, but the point is that this one obviously contradictory piece of "evidence" somehow "trumps" everything to the contrary. If this wiki has no problems having, say Legacy of the Daleks, Doorway to Hell and The Two Masters all in one page; or First Frontier, Dust Breeding and The Eight Doctors all in one page; or The Glorious Dead and The Forgotten all in one page; or The Dark Path and The Deadly Assassin all in one page; or... well you get the point. There are multiple contradictory accounts of the Master's life all in a single article. There is clear in-universe narrative evidence that Kreer from First Frontier and Seta from Dust Breeding can not possibly be the same character. And yet, they are...because DW has contradictory accounts, and this wiki apparently doesn't come down on one side as judge and jury.
| | Per some users (anonymous editors) removing it from the page, I began to do some digging as to the thread itself, in preparation for setting myself on the task of shortening down the Doctor articles myself in time, having already began work doing so with the CS links per my conversation with [[User:Scrooge MacDuck]]. In doing so, I discovered you are the one who added said template onto the Doctor articles back in 2020 (see the following link as an example: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Twelfth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3015495 ) |
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| Except in this case very clearly is doing that. Or rather, a small group of people on this wiki are. Because there is clear and unambiguous in-narrative evidence that the War Chief IS the Master. Period. Yes, there is also Divided Loyalties, the ONE account that allegedly states that Magnus=War Chief and Koschei=Master(even though we still need to interpret who Magnus is). yet, if this wiki can have both Kreer and Seta, both the Preacher and Richard the Footman etc. happily co-existing, then the only reason NOT to include the War Chief in this already extraordinarily contradictory tangle, must be someone's personal preference. [[Special:Contributions/197.86.143.51|197.86.143.51]]<sup>[[User talk:197.86.143.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:02, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | Therefore, are you able to provide me information as to the thread itself or link me to the archive where it is stored? I don't want to trouble myself shortening all the articles if this thread has been superceded or reverted, hence does not actually have to be acted upon now. In which case, I could take to removing the templates from the Doctor's articles instead. |
| :"(I'd also like to add that the poster who said "FASA is the only source" was clearly not being truthful.)" - I note here that [[Thread:275417#54|this quote]] is taken out of context, and I was specifically referring to the Monk/Master connection. Whether or not this is correct I make no comment on, as I believe we both said our piece elsewhere. I'm just correcting the portrayal of this quote for future readers. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:09, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
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| Well, that thread was '''only''' about the Master and the War Chief being the same person. In addition you clearly referred to the hypercube that the War King had, which again is a nod to the War Chief, and has nothing at all to do with FASA or "the Monk". [[Special:Contributions/197.86.143.51|197.86.143.51]]<sup>[[User talk:197.86.143.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:13, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | Looking forward to your reply. [[User:Snivystorm|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#1E90FF">''Snivy''</font></font>]]<font face="Arial"><font color="dodgerblue"> </font> [[User talk:Snivystorm|<small style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font face="Cambria"><font color="Grey">✦ ''The coolest Pokemon ever'' ✦</font></font></small>]]</font> 17:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC) |
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| :: I'd just like to add, as the OP of the thread said, that "the Monk" isn't even relevant here. The people who created 'the War Chief' also created 'the Master', and there is clear in-narrative confirmation that the War Chief and the Master are one and the same. '''Najawin''' tries to change the issue by saying "Wouldn't that make the Monk the same character?" , and the answer is 'No'. | | :On this subject Shambala, it ''does'' still apply, it's just sorta been rolled into the broader reforms discussed in [[Forum:Temporary forums/Subpages 2.0]], as Bongo alluded to on Snivy's talk. The work here has really been touch and go, but it's very much live policy, just a real headache to implement. And archived forum threads from the 2012-2020 forums are at [[User:SOTO/Forum Archive]]. (Well, okay, it's a bit more complicated than that, because there are actually some forum archives that can only be accessed through URLs and not that index. But it's pretty obvious where to look if you pay attention to the URLs.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC) |
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| :: Let's make an analogy. Steven Moffat created River Song and Mels. And he told us that River Song and Mels are the same person. Just the same as Dicks/Holmes/Hulke being the same crew who gave us War Chief/Master and telling us it's the same guy.
| | Yes, I know what you mean about the loading times. My experience on mobile viewing is atrocious for the long character articles and editing on mobile is near-impossible for me on them because it seems to crash or be so long to respond to the changes, even in source editor. Hence, I near-exclusively edit on desktop these days. I completely understand why editors appear apathetic to the change though; perhaps its the perks of superior internet speed or something, but these long articles do make editing a chore sometimes, necessitating having to edit solely in sections rather than whole page edits. |
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| :: If we go with '''Najawin''', we could have a problem. Because River Song is someone who can regenrate, and can travel in time, but isn't actually a Time Lord(which also completely contradicts Divided Loyalties btw). We also find out that is someone who will be/was/is the Doctor's wife. So, if we follow Najawin's reasoning as to "the Monk" having to be the Master...then that means that River Song is Iris Wildthyme, doesn't it? Well, no, obviously not. But River Song is Mels is Melody Pond. And Iris doesn't even enter the equation. And the War Chief is the Master. And trying to force something else into the equation ends up giving as "Marinus is Mondos, and the Voord are the Cybermen!" Because, authorial intent, while not valid by this wiki, means something. There was not authorail intent that the Cybermen are the Voord, there was not authorial intent that River is Iris, and there's no evidence of authorial intent for Butterworth being Delgado. But there was obvious authorial intent for River being Mels, and undeniable authorial intent that the War Chief is the Master. | | From what [[User:Bongolium500]] sent me, it appears there's still the intention for the articles to be trimmed down as the template requests, it just seems no one - or very few editors - are actually bothering to do it, hence the templates remaining after 3 and a bit years of its request being placed. Same could be said for the CS link conversion since a mix of editors still use variants of the old format. If the task to do it is still needed though, and hence isn't going to be a waste of my time, I can begin implementing the change. |
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| :: There's also an abundance of in-universe narrattive for it as well. [[Special:Contributions/197.86.143.51|197.86.143.51]]<sup>[[User talk:197.86.143.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:55, July 11, 2020 (UTC)
| | Thank you once more for responding to me message! [[User:Snivystorm|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#1E90FF">''Snivy''</font></font>]]<font face="Arial"><font color="dodgerblue"> </font> [[User talk:Snivystorm|<small style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font face="Cambria"><font color="Grey">✦ ''The coolest Pokemon ever'' ✦</font></font></small>]]</font> 11:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC) |
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| Hey! Just saw that you removed [[:Category:The Test of Time comic story images]] from the various images originating in that story? How come? Had I done something wrong when creating the cat? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:49, July 16, 2020 (UTC)
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| Could a new policy, or something, be created when it comes to condensing threads. Several times I have seen you posting reminders about no personal attacks - when in reality your complaint is about (and I quote) “people interpret others' posts, re-explain something they posted multiple times above, and accuse others of misinterpreting them.“
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| None of that is, at least the way I see it, personal attacking someone - and so I often ignore your reminders, as I know that I haven’t personally attacked anyone.
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| If your complaint is that a discussion is getting too long-winded perhaps a policy about that could be created, but the way I see it nobody is going to listen to accusations of personal attacking others if no personal attacks took place. [[User:DiSoRiEnTeD1|DiSoRiEnTeD1]] [[User talk:DiSoRiEnTeD1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:06, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
| | Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. I'm always happy to fix and clean up articles whenever I see any that need it, and I'm glad to be part of such a welcoming wiki community. [[User:BlueSupergiant|BlueSupergiant]] [[User talk:BlueSupergiant|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC) |
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| Multiple times you have posted your warnings right after I’ve said something - and it is clear that the warning was directed at me, despite far worse being said above. That, I take as a personal attack as it makes me feel extremely singled out.
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| This is the perfect example; you single out my comments (which I do not deem as personal attacks in the slightest) but completely ignore Scrooge’s comment on the discussion earlier to this recommending me purchase a dictionary due to a difference in interpretations... which, while I didn’t find it as a personal attack at the time, was far worse than anything I said. This is the exact same thing as the complain I made against Najawin (which you still continue to ignore) where a mistake I made was followed by the comment "anyone literate past high school English should know this".
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| It is incredibly frustrating to be tip-toe’ing around challenging people who are trying to control the discussion. On one discussion I was told that I wasn’t allowed to challenge ‘Monk’ as it would go against [[Tardis:You are bound by current policy|T:BOUND]] and then, after I created another discussion to address this story individually, I was told that I couldn’t as I the original thread would be used to define the releases. How could I reply to that without saying exactly what I did? That I personally found it to be this individual controlling the topic.
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| Also, while some threads - like the Lockdown thread which reached 500 comments - couldn’t be resolved by an admin any sooner (as I feel like there’s far too much to unpack). There’s some discussions (like the Monk discussion) that has had been left open for months and months despite all the required information having been presented a long time ago and nobody else showing interest to join in. So i don’t think it’s any wonder that a topic, which I view as so easy to rule upon (it was literally stated to be an unused draft of a novelisation instead of a short story itself - and so should be found on the novelisation page) would reach so many comments when it’s being left hanging after all information and viewpoints have already been said and are now just being reinforced. [[User:DiSoRiEnTeD1|DiSoRiEnTeD1]] [[User talk:DiSoRiEnTeD1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:30, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
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| :” You do not get to complain that my posts are not specific and then complain when I do get specific.”
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| :And when exactly did I do this? My complaint was that you very often post personal attack warnings right after I have said something despite there having been worse said earlier (and I can provide multiple instances if you like). This feels like singling out, maybe it is because I don’t notice it happening to others - but I very much doubt it.
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| :I completely understand that admins are busy, but I don’t accept your complaints that certain threads are too long - because a lot of the time they reached their natural end a long time ago and are only getting longer because they’re not being resolved. The Monk discussion is a perfect example; all the unique points were posted over a month ago and nobody has shown an interest to join in, but it still hasn’t been closed and therefore just gets longer with people reinforcing the same points.
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| :And personally I’d appreciate it if you didn’t use foul language directed at me or on my page, thanks. [[User:DiSoRiEnTeD1|DiSoRiEnTeD1]] [[User talk:DiSoRiEnTeD1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:39, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
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| The personal attacks rules are extremely strict. The other month I was in a discussion with another user who made such a confusing comment that I suggested they hadn’t listened to the story in question. For this I was warned against personal attacks, so I messaged the admin and explained why I thought they hadn’t listened to the story - and was blocked.
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| Yet, the same admin suggested I hadn’t listened to a story once (which I still have evidence of) and nothing happened to them. Is it a case of one rule for one? We’re not made of glass - there’s a big difference between a personal attack and a mere comment.
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| Well... this is the same site that blocked me for over three months for adding that Yasmin Khan was Pakistani (as apparently it was a spoiler) so I can’t be too shocked. [[User:Xx-connor-xX|Xx-connor-xX]] [[User talk:Xx-connor-xX|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:49, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
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| :It was intended to be a reply to @DiSoRiEnTeD’s proposed changes to the personal attack policy, I must have added onto the one beneath.
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| :I’m over it now, but you were the admin in question. I suggested another user hadn’t listened to a certain story, and you warned me against it. So I came to you and explained why I thought they hadn’t listened to the story, and you blocked me without the ability to edit talk pages so I couldn’t challenge it.
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| :If a user makes a statement such as, I don’t know, “Who is Ruth Clayton?” or “Who is the Fugitive Doctor?” then I think it is perfectly acceptable to suggest that said person hasn’t seen the episode. This user in question made a similar statement about an audio which, at the time, made me think that they hadn’t listened to the story. I don’t believe I was rude or disrespectful, I just pointed out that they shouldn’t be joining in a discussion about something they haven’t listened to, and you warned me against it. Then I came to you to explain myself and you blocked me.
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| :I thought discussions with admins would have been free reign to discuss potential rule breaks, but obviously not? [[User:Xx-connor-xX|Xx-connor-xX]] [[User talk:Xx-connor-xX|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:23, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
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| Thanks for closing [[Thread:279543]] so swiftly by citing the technical reasons involved. I hadn't yet had the time to dig up those old discussions. Does this mean the quote I pulled from [[T:SPOIL]] regarding the creation of individual episodes should be finally expunged? --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:15, July 23, 2020 (UTC)
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| == Since my name came up ==
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| So clearly my writing can at times take on a rather "bemused" tone. But I would like to think that I've kept it to arguing that someone's positions are in some way nonsensical rather than the person themselves. With that said, I am cognizant of the fact that my writing style can just be somewhat abrasive and come off poorly. I've taken some pains to tone it back, at least in the short term. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:10, July 24, 2020 (UTC)
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| Hello there, I found an image of mine being used without my permission on one of the pages. However I am happy for it to be used if the copyright is acknowledged. I tried to replace the image with one that had my watermark yesterday, but after reading your comment about policies I see that that is not allowed. Like I said I'm happy for it to remain on the page, but would like to be acknowledged as the photographer and copyright owner.
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| The image in question is this one of the actor Brian Cox https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28actor%29
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| [[User:Kuljitthetog|Kuljitthetog]] [[User talk:Kuljitthetog|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:40, July 30, 2020 (UTC)
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| == Closing How Many Monks? ==
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| Why was the ''How Many Monks'' discussion closed? I was not "Trying.." anything. It was a valid discussion. Where in ''4-Dimensional Vistas'' is any character called "the Monk"? Where in ''4-Dimensional Vistas'' does any character dress like a monk? And that goes on and on. eriously, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning behind having ''The War Chief'' and ''Magnus (Flashback)'' being two entirely separate articles, whereas a variety of contradictory "Meddling Monks", "Mortimuses" and "Time Meddlers" are all on one page, especially since '''there is no clear narrative to link them all as a single character'''. I have read threads, and this wiki's Rules, and I'm still none the wiser.
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| If this article's basic Rules are : 'Tardis Data Core has a self-contained headcanon, and all articles must reflect', I can happily accept that. But as it is, I(and I'm sure others) simply don't know. As the Rules appear to change as it suits any relevant issue. How much information is enough? If, hypothetically speaking, a character sees "a man with curly hair and a long scarf, an attractive blonde woman, and a robot dog", have they just seen the Fourth Doctor, Second Romana and K9? Or would this wiki only reflect what the text says?
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| If one story tells us that the Doctor had a friend at the Academy called "Magnus", and then another story has a section at the Academy, where the Doctor has a friend called "Magnus", is that the same Magnus? And, if not, why?
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| Again, in my opinion, this wiki seems to be very inconsistent about what is ''enough'' to either accept or disqualify two references/stories as meaning the same thing. I have read through pages, and it seems inconsistent to me. [[Special:Contributions/197.83.246.23|197.83.246.23]]<sup>[[User talk:197.83.246.23#top|talk to me]]</sup> 09:01, August 1, 2020 (UTC)
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| Thanks. I'll make a start on removing them :) [[User:LauraBatham|LauraBatham]] [[User talk:LauraBatham|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:21, August 7, 2020 (UTC)
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| I notice that it was changed to the original uploaded file, the reason it reuploaded because the original was too big with the image upload policy that it is over 100KB. [[User:SleepyTechnoKid|SleepyTechnoKid]] [[User talk:SleepyTechnoKid|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 03:16, August 14, 2020 (UTC)
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| :Re: It's all cool, I just want to let you know on the reason as stuff like those can be easily overlooked. :) [[User:SleepyTechnoKid|SleepyTechnoKid]] [[User talk:SleepyTechnoKid|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:05, August 18, 2020 (UTC)
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| I see you have reversed my correction to the cartoon of Doctor Who on board the Mary Celeste. The name of the ship described on this site, and as depicted in the TV episode, was Mary Celeste. It was a real ship, and Mary Celeste was its name in real life. Marie Celeste was the name of a fictional ship in a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle's story was based on the true events surrounding the disappearance of Mary Celeste's crew, but he added a great deal of imagined detail and (probably accidentally) named the ship Marie Celeste. As the Oxford Dictionary says, "the form Marie Celeste was popularized by an account written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1884, and is now commoner in allusive use." This site really ought not to perpetuate this misunderstanding. I suggest the correction be reinstated. [[Special:Contributions/109.156.71.8|109.156.71.8]]<sup>[[User talk:109.156.71.8#top|talk to me]]</sup> 20:49, August 14, 2020 (UTC)
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| :Please read [[T:NO RW]] and [[Tardis:In-universe perspective]]. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108#top|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:09, August 14, 2020 (UTC)
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| Hello, User:Shambala108. Apologies for bothering you with this, but I did not know who else to turn to. My daily edit appears to have reset four-to-five day ago, but my contribution list has edits going back over a hundred day, so I'm not sure what going on there?[[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:22, August 14, 2020 (UTC)
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Something you might want to look into[[edit source]]
Hello, User:Shambala108.
Sorry to disturb you with this, but I felt you needed to be informed of this edit here, where, even after I informed them on what you once told me about how featuring is to only include recurring characters to prevent overcrowding, User:Epsilon the Eternal still readded a single episode character to the section, essentially because they were pivotal to the plot, and then justified it by saying that an admin's word is not policy and can be ignored (at least by my reading of their edit summery). And why the character in question, Rose Noble, had showed up in a short story, they have ignored my explanation that the short story doesn't make her a recurring character due to it's nature as a prelude to the episode and my request for a few weeks of patience to see if she returns.
I've actually been meaning to message you about them and their decorum for some time, but this blatant disregard towards your words has pushed me into action now. For the past few months, their edit summaries have included treating arguments against their edits as attacks on the merit of their opinion, reverted edits based on actions not yet taken, put "More to Added" on fully released articles instead of contributing themselves, indulge in rude wording on multiple occasions (even using the name of the Lord in vain), and engaged in unneeded hostilities on talk pages.
I was hoping to ask if you could have a word with them, if it's not to much trouble, to inform them on proper Wiki etiquette towards other editors, and to avoid getting to personal in their edit summaries, and to remind them of why the featuring section on story pages is just for recurring characters.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
BananaClownMan ☎ 04:34, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Shambala. There's the potential for an edit war at Beep the Meep. Wondering if you could help resolve it. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 22:25, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
I've looked through your cited page above, and looked over the linked examples.
I'm also aware of both editors' edits throughout the past few years, although acknowledge I've not been as active as I had been in the past.
I generally come at this from the perspective of 'is there a policy I can point to for a reason for this edit'. Epsilon does cite many of their edits regarding a policy. However the edit summary war is something that cannot continue, it's a nightmare to cite any discussion and it's not what the summaries are for regardless.
I'm unsure on a few of the cited issues by Banana, but can see how they may find some things vexatious.
I think all users can have their issues, and while Epsilon has had a few citations against them in the past, there have been extraneous circumstances around those in some regards.
We've not had a proper forum to engage new policies for in some time, and that's where rulings should come into play. Citing a reason for an edit especially something which might result in an edit war over inclusion of a character (or not) should be backed up by a talk page decision, forum or policy. Citing the word of an admin while it might seem like the 'voice of the flying spaghetti monster' in terms of resolving or justifying an edit, however it is better to be citing a policy or discussion. --Tangerineduel / talk 01:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi, Shambala. This page keeps being vandalised. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 13:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
My "Who vs elsewhere" polls[[edit source]]
Hello,
Would the admins have any objections if I did some further entries to my "Who vs [insert]" polls? I know the cards are heavily stacked, but still...the Lord loves a tryer, eh?
Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba ☎ 22:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Merry Christmas And Happy New Year[[edit source]]
Have a good rest of 2023 and a great 2024 and onward User:Sum41Champ
Hey! Hope all is going well. I don't have CheckUser access myself, since I'm not Fandom staff, but I'll pass it along, since it seems like we have reasonable suspicion!
Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Happy holidays.
× SOTO °|💬•|{•\📈°/↯/•] 18:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- I just wanted to mention that User:Spongebob456 is probably the easiest Fandom staff member to contact for things like this as he's our wiki rep. He's who I've gone to for a few similar requests in the past (which I've done through his Discord but you could probably do through his talk page). Bongo50 ☎ 18:46, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- And that's exactly who I went to, in fact! But no problem at all.
- Spongebob456 confirmed via Discord that all the accounts you linked are, in fact, related. I'm giving indefinite blocks to the new accounts, and I'll leave it to you to decide how long to extend their sentence on whichever is their main account. Cheers
× SOTO °|💬•|{•\📈°/↯/•] 18:55, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
What's the purpose of the space? I See 0 effect that has on the page, Happy New Year. User:Sum41Champ
Trying to locate a missing thread[[edit source]]
Hell there. Hope all is well. I was wondering if you could help me with a query concerning a missing thread I am having trouble locating that is listed on several incarnations of the Doctor's articles. The thread I am referring to is mentioned as follows in the template on the articles's lede section:
As detailed at Thread:264489, character pages should only have AT MOST 2-3 sentences per story, not whole paragraphs of plot detail. This page needs a major cleanup in that area.
As you can see though, this link to said thread is red, hence doesn't take me anywhere when I click it.
Per some users (anonymous editors) removing it from the page, I began to do some digging as to the thread itself, in preparation for setting myself on the task of shortening down the Doctor articles myself in time, having already began work doing so with the CS links per my conversation with User:Scrooge MacDuck. In doing so, I discovered you are the one who added said template onto the Doctor articles back in 2020 (see the following link as an example: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Twelfth_Doctor?diff=prev&oldid=3015495 )
Therefore, are you able to provide me information as to the thread itself or link me to the archive where it is stored? I don't want to trouble myself shortening all the articles if this thread has been superceded or reverted, hence does not actually have to be acted upon now. In which case, I could take to removing the templates from the Doctor's articles instead.
Looking forward to your reply. Snivy ✦ The coolest Pokemon ever ✦ 17:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- On this subject Shambala, it does still apply, it's just sorta been rolled into the broader reforms discussed in Forum:Temporary forums/Subpages 2.0, as Bongo alluded to on Snivy's talk. The work here has really been touch and go, but it's very much live policy, just a real headache to implement. And archived forum threads from the 2012-2020 forums are at User:SOTO/Forum Archive. (Well, okay, it's a bit more complicated than that, because there are actually some forum archives that can only be accessed through URLs and not that index. But it's pretty obvious where to look if you pay attention to the URLs.) Najawin ☎ 05:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Yes, I know what you mean about the loading times. My experience on mobile viewing is atrocious for the long character articles and editing on mobile is near-impossible for me on them because it seems to crash or be so long to respond to the changes, even in source editor. Hence, I near-exclusively edit on desktop these days. I completely understand why editors appear apathetic to the change though; perhaps its the perks of superior internet speed or something, but these long articles do make editing a chore sometimes, necessitating having to edit solely in sections rather than whole page edits.
From what User:Bongolium500 sent me, it appears there's still the intention for the articles to be trimmed down as the template requests, it just seems no one - or very few editors - are actually bothering to do it, hence the templates remaining after 3 and a bit years of its request being placed. Same could be said for the CS link conversion since a mix of editors still use variants of the old format. If the task to do it is still needed though, and hence isn't going to be a waste of my time, I can begin implementing the change.
Thank you once more for responding to me message! Snivy ✦ The coolest Pokemon ever ✦ 11:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
I Sent you a message on the purpose of spacing categories and you didn't get back. You have to give a solid reason as to how that affect a page for me to know the issue. User:Sum41Champ
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. I'm always happy to fix and clean up articles whenever I see any that need it, and I'm glad to be part of such a welcoming wiki community. BlueSupergiant ☎ 19:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
