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Hi! I'm [[User:Scrooge MacDuck]].  
|image              = Dalek (I'M Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek).jpg
|user name          = Scrooge MacDuck
|name                = Aristide Twain
|age                =
|affiliation          = <small>This Very Wiki<br><small>(as a Caretaker)</small>[[w:c:scrooge-mcduck:Scrooge McDuck Wiki (website)|Scrooge McDuck Wiki]]<br><small>(as its Wikimaster)</small></small>
|origin              = <small><small>The Citadel of [[wikipedia:France|Ecnarf]], on the planet [[wikipedia:Earth|Thrae]] in the [[wikipedia:Milky Way|Constellation of Yawyklim]]</small></small>
|fav doctor          = <small><small>In no particular order:</small><br>[[Twelfth Doctor|The Twelfth Doctor]]<br>[[Second Doctor|The Second Doctor]]<br>[[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]<br>[[Eleventh Doctor|The Eleventh Doctor]]</small>
|fav companion      = <small><small>In no particular order:</small><br>[[Clara Oswald]]<br>[[Romana II]]<br>[[Wilfred Mott]]<br>[[Handles]]<br>[[Tom Campbell]]<br>[[Melanie Bush]] <small>(so fight me)</small></small>
|fav enemy          = <small><small><small>In no particular order:</small><br>[[Daleks|The Daleks]]<br>The [[Dalek Prime]]<br>[[The Master]] <small>(nearly all versions)</small><br>[[Rassilon]]</small></small>
|fav episode        = <small><small><small>''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough]] [[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|Falls]] [[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Upon a Time]]''<br>''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''<br>''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]''<br>''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''<br>''[[The Secret of the Emperor (comic story)|The Secret of the Emperor]]''<small>And many more</small></small></small></small>
|fav season          = [[Season 17]]
|fav vid            =
|languages          = English<br>French
}}:::<span font size="18px">“'''''Hello there!'''''”</span>


I, '''Scrooge MacDuck''', also known by the more serious pen name of '''[[Aristide Twain]]''', am one of the most recent additions to this Wiki's admin team. Be sure to ask me anything! I'm always happy to talk or help out.
I'm one of this Wiki's [[Tardis:Administrators|team of Administrators]], and a long-term contributor to the encyclopaedia itself. Don't hesitate to reach out on [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|my talk page]] if there's anything with which you need help — or if you just want to say hello!


I am a resident of the Citadel of [[wikipedia:France|Ecnarf]], on the planet [[wikipedia:Earth|Thrae]] in the [[wikipedia:Milky Way|Constellation of Yawyklim]], and a fervent enthusiast of the extended ''Doctor Who'' universe, from something as mainstream as [[Series 10 (Doctor Who)|Series 10]] (whose three-part finale may well be my favorite televised ''Doctor Who'' story altogether) to the most obscure of [[Tardis:Valid sources|NOTVALID]] short stories. ([[Not Guilty (short story)|Cough, cough.]]) I am also an author, though not as yet one of licensed ''DW'' fiction, and, elsewhere on the Internet, the Wikimaster of the [[w:c:scrooge-mcduck:Scrooge McDuck Wiki (website)|$crooge McDuck Wiki]].
Of course, a Tardis Wiki Admin is not all I am: for example, I'm a very silly person. If you want details, it is possible that despite my best efforts, you might find some useful information in the following document.


== Editing style ==
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<center><font size=6>'''''“Who In The World Is Scrooge MacDuck?”'''''</font><br><font size=4>'''A Transcript.'''</font></center>
Transcript starts
''Early evening. Footsteps hurry along on wet cobblestones; a cloaked figure, fleeing in the shadows.''
: <font size=5>“</font><font size="2">Hey!</font> <font size=4>Hey, you!</font> <font size=5>Stop right ''there''!”</font>
''The footsteps stop for a moment — then start again, faster — but suddenly, a bright spotlight streams down from a window, catching the figure by surprise. Defeated, the entity throws the cloak aside, revealing a strange superposition of absurd images: [https://aristidetwain.neocities.org/ a skeleton with glasses and a top hat] — an Earthling with long blond hair, leaning on an elegant cane, their features hidden, Magritte-style, behind a hovering [[The Book of the Enemy|book]] — a [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/8f2f1ff2-8163-460e-8fc1-648ac153080e/thumbnail/width/400/height/400 pair of colourful, rocklike creatures] from an old comic book — a hint of other shapes too, some too frightful to consider.''


As an editor of the Tardis Data Core Wiki, I can often be found lurking on the forums and weighing in on matters of policy or inclusion debates — and as concerns the latter, it's no secret that I almost always favour ''in''clusion if I think there's a fair case to be made for it.  
''Perhaps unsurprisingly, nowhere among them is a cartoon duck to be found.''


But I am also a diligent editor of the actual body of the Wiki, with a [[User:Scrooge_MacDuck/Created_Pages|large number of created pages on record]]. As mentioned above, I am fascinated by the furthest boundaries of ''Doctor Who''-ness and the oddest odds-and-ends that are to be found, just as much as by the great televised masterpieces; as such, while you certainly will find me [http://tardis.fandom.com/wiki|Orphan_55_(TV_story)?diff=next&oldid=2832685 adding synopses to recent ''Doctor Who'' episodes' pages] and suchlike, I am more often engaged in coverage of less prominent, but, in my view, equally important, works — for the simple reason that there are fewer other people who'll do it if I don't, whereas you can generally trust this amazing continuity to yield fantastic TV story pages very quickly.
''The figure smirks, {{w|The Third Man|Orson-Welles-like}}.''


One thing to note about my editing style is that when I cover something, I cover it ''thoroughly''. Tis another man than I who would leave a page like [[Doctor Why's TARDIS]] a stub or a redlink, if he set his mind to boosting coverage of ''[[Hallo My Dalek]]'' — no matter if it doesn't exactly seem like a priority as a whole.
: <font size=3>“''There'' you are. Alright, then, who sent you?”</font>
=== Projects I'm proud to present ===
* Overhauling the [[Dalek]] page (especially its "History" section) with more information from the 1960's [[The Dalek Chronicles (comic series)|''Dalek Chronicles'' comics]];
* Boosting coverage of the [[Dalek annual]]s, with the creation of such pages as ''[[Inside a Skaro Saucer]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Dictionary]]'' (which, believe me, took a while);
* Single-handedly creating pages about all episodes of ''[[The Fan Show]]'' and about the characters & concepts who appear in the skits it contained, from [[Estellebalhoonarkedo|Lady Estellebalhoonarkedo]] to [[Terry (The Old Doctor Who Monsters' Home)|Terry the Cyberman]] to [[Steven's ball of wibby wobby timey wimey stuff]] <small>''(ongoing)''</small>
* [[Thread:257167|Proving]] that the [[Dalek Prime]], [[Golden Emperor]] and [[Dalek Emperor (The Evil of the Daleks)|''Evil of the Daleks'' Emperor]] are shown in valid sources to be one individual, and that ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' aren't as incompatible as all that


=== Things I think should change ===
''“Who sent me what?''
None of these things could be done on the Wiki without community discussions, and you can't start too many threads at once, if only out of courtesy to admins; but here are a few things on the Wiki which I believe should change at some point in the future and am planning to create threads about someday. (If you agree with me on these issues and want to help with setting up such a thread at some point, do get in touch!)
* The [[Tardis:Guide to images|restriction on images over 100 kilo-octets large]] made sense when the Wiki started, but in this day and age, I think it's become downright archaic for most intents and purposes. I'm not arguing we should start uploading high-def 10 Mo image at every corner, but being something like 600 ko should no longer be a "delete-on-sight"-type offence.
* If [[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|animated recons]] and [[Macra|"special editions" with added CGI]] of TV stories are considered valid sources for screenshots, it's frankly unfair that colourised reprints of comics are still exiled to BTS sections.
* [[The Master]] should be split into different pages for each new body. No, we sometimes don't know what order these bodies go into exactly, or by what exact mechanism the Master went from one to the other. And? We don't know when and how the Doctor regenerates into [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|the Curator]], that never bothered us. If anything, these uncertainties seem to pose more difficulties with trying to write a single, linear biography of the Master than they would with separate pages.
* [[Tardis:Valid sources]] should have a clause that allows for a specific community discussion to let a story with no licensed DW elements at all in, so as to accommodate those stories which started out as not officially DW-related, but which were always meant as DW-''adjacent'' and have since seen their concepts and characters become parts of ''Doctor Who''. Prime candidates would be:
** BBV's ''Cyberon'' <small>(the protagonist [[Lauren Anderson]] and the villains [[Cyberon|the Cyberons]] both already have pages on the Wiki — and to boot, it started production as a ''DW'' spin-off even if they'd lost their license by the time they finished things up)</small>
** Paul Magrs' ''Phoenix Court'' books <small>(the first appearance of [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Forum:Iris Wildthyme: should she stay or should she go?|all of whose further appearances have been ruled DWU]], and explicitly shown in ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'' to still be valid history for this DWU Iris)</smalL>.
* [[Tardis:No personal attacks]] should be dependent on the supposed victim's opinion: if the accused editor claims they meant no offence, ''and none was taken'', there shouldn't need to be any sanctions.


==My Sandboxes==
: <font size=3>“Never mind the witticism — let's start with a simpler question. What's your name?</font>
# '''[[User:Scrooge_MacDuck/Sandbox_Alpha]]'''<br>  (<small>'''Currently occupied by''': rewritten [[Creation of the Daleks]] page</small>)
# '''[[User:Scrooge_MacDuck/Sandbox_Beta]]'''<br>  (<small>'''Currently occupied by''': policy draft</small>)
# '''[[User:Scrooge_MacDuck/Sandbox_Gamma]]'''<br>  (<small>'''Currently occupied by:''' proposed incarnations of the Doctor navbox, propsoed redux of Master stories navbox</small>)
# '''[[User:Scrooge_MacDuck/Sandbox_Delta]]'''<br> (<small>'''Currently occupied by:''' revamped [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)]]</small>)
# '''[[User:Scrooge MacDuck/Sandbox Epsilon]]'''<br> (<small>'''Currently occupied by:''' dated Dalek timeline</small>)


==Contacting Me==
''“Simple? No, no, I shouldn't think so. But let's try it anyway. In [[TARDIS Wiki (in-universe)|this dimension]] I'm known as [[User:Scrooge MacDuck#Aliases of Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]], or simply [[User:Scrooge MacDuck#Aliases of Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge]]. That's M''a''cDuck with the A spelled out; not ''Mc''Duck. No relation to the cartoon duck.”''
I'm usually pretty quick to reply to messages, so feel free to ask me anything on my talk page; you can expect an answer within a week or so (probably less, but you never know when a horribly busy week might kick in). Just one thing: if the business you have with me isn't Tardis-related, I'd rather you contacted me on my user talk page on the $crooge McDuck Wiki, as I find the old-fashioned “reply on the other person's talk page” setup of Tardis talk pages something of a pain to keep track of. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me"></span>]] 17:07, May 15, 2019 (UTC)
 
: <font size=3>“I see. Any other names we should know about?”</font>
 
''“In the Lands of Discord, there are those who call me Scrooge MacBadger. That's [[Rep (The Taking of Planet 5)|Rep.]] [[User:Scrooge MacDuck#Aliases of Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacBadger]], to be exact. And when the mood strikes me to offend the Muses, I credit the results to [[Aristide Twain]].”''
 
: <font size=3>“Those names are extremely tawdry and you ought to be ashamed. ''Aristide'', what's that, French?”</font>
 
''“Well, Greek, etymologically speaking, but that's the French spelling, certainly. You see, I am, in fact, French. …And I'm not sorry either.”''
 
: <font size=3>“I probably should ask about the gender situation…”</font>
 
''“Oh, masculine, essentially.”''
 
: <font size=3>“…I'm going to regret asking, but — ‘essentially’?”</font>
 
''“Let us say that I can go for the occasional [[singular they]], and keep it at that.”''
 
: <font size=3>“Yes, let's. So, Mr Twain, or whoever you are — what is it you… do?</font>
 
''“I make Wikis,” they reply nonchalantly. “Or I contribute to them, as the case may be. In this case I'm an [[Tardis:Administrators|Administrator]] of this place; not the oldest, not the youngest, either. I tinker, I discuss matters in [[Forum:The Cloisters|the Forum]], I write and I redraft pages. [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|My talk page is always open]] if you've got a question. That goes for you, too, by the way, Mr High-And-Mighty Ambiguous Metafictional Gimmick. You didn't have to track me down to whatever half-baked pseudo-fiction framing device you call this…”''
 
: <font size=3>“Where's the fun in that?” asks the Gimmick. “Admin, then. Just on Tardis?”</font>
 
''“Hardly! I run the [[w:c:Jenny_Everywhere_Wiki|Jenny Everywhere Wiki]], as well, and there are more besides, though nowhere I'm very active anymore nowadays.”''
 
: <font size=3>“But that's not all you do, is it? You mentioned some writing…”</font>
 
''“Ah, yes. Yes, I'm something of a storyteller. Mainly, I write [[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] with [[Lupan Evezan]] — you might have heard of it, although you probably haven't… And then, there's my [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] work. (Small multiverse, isn't it?) I've written prose and audio stories for [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] and [[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]].”''
 
: <font size=3>“Well I do hope you don't [[Tardis:Don't wikify your own material|self-promote in the main namespace]].”</font>
 
''“Do not cite [[T:WIKIFY OWN]] to me, Gimmick. I was there when it was written. In any case, my few DWU endeavours to date are just the start: soon, there'll be —”''
 
: <font size=3>“Shush. [[Tardis:Spoiler policy|Behave]].”</font>
 
''“…You're no fun.”''
 
: <font size=3>“You started it.”</font>
 
''“Did not.”''
 
: <font size=3>“Yes you did, you wrote this entire faux-interview.”</font>
 
''“That's right, shatter the fourth wall completely, why don't you. And all for a reheated joke from an overexposed sitcom. You know what? I'm leaving. See you never.”''
 
: <font size=3>“Wait! Er — leaving? Leaving where?”</font>
 
''“My entire existence doesn't revolve around the Wiki, you know. I do have a life out there in the four-dimensional realm. And even on the Interwebs, there are other places I might be found. I'm on [https://aristidetwain.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], I'm [https://discord.gg/doctorwho on Discord], I'm on the [https://factionparadox.boards.net/ Faction Paradox Forum] — even in the depths of [https://twitter.com/AristideTwain websites which have gone through Xtremely inadvisable rebrands]. Face it, there's no getting rid of me.”''
 
''The figure takes a bow, tips his top hat, and snaps his fingers, summoning what looks like [[w:c:jennyeverywhere:Fog Ship|a small, solid cloud with a dome-shaped hatch and a steering wheel]]. Before the Ambiguous Metafictional Gimmick can react, the Administrator hops aboard the ship and punches some coordinates into the control panel; with a flash of purplish light, they both vanish, leaving the Gimmick to contemplate its fate.''
 
: <font size=3>“W-wait,” it belatedly realises.</font> <font size=4>“If no one's around to write me into existence,</font><font size=5> don't I just —”</font>
 
Transcript ends
 
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 9 March 2024

Hi! I'm User:Scrooge MacDuck.

I'm one of this Wiki's team of Administrators, and a long-term contributor to the encyclopaedia itself. Don't hesitate to reach out on my talk page if there's anything with which you need help — or if you just want to say hello!

Of course, a Tardis Wiki Admin is not all I am: for example, I'm a very silly person. If you want details, it is possible that despite my best efforts, you might find some useful information in the following document.

“Who In The World Is Scrooge MacDuck?”
A Transcript.
Transcript starts

Early evening. Footsteps hurry along on wet cobblestones; a cloaked figure, fleeing in the shadows.

Hey! Hey, you! Stop right there!”

The footsteps stop for a moment — then start again, faster — but suddenly, a bright spotlight streams down from a window, catching the figure by surprise. Defeated, the entity throws the cloak aside, revealing a strange superposition of absurd images: a skeleton with glasses and a top hat — an Earthling with long blond hair, leaning on an elegant cane, their features hidden, Magritte-style, behind a hovering book — a pair of colourful, rocklike creatures from an old comic book — a hint of other shapes too, some too frightful to consider.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, nowhere among them is a cartoon duck to be found.

The figure smirks, Orson-Welles-like.

There you are. Alright, then, who sent you?”

“Who sent me what?”

“Never mind the witticism — let's start with a simpler question. What's your name?

“Simple? No, no, I shouldn't think so. But let's try it anyway. In this dimension I'm known as Scrooge MacDuck, or simply Scrooge. That's MacDuck with the A spelled out; not McDuck. No relation to the cartoon duck.”

“I see. Any other names we should know about?”

“In the Lands of Discord, there are those who call me Scrooge MacBadger. That's Rep. Scrooge MacBadger, to be exact. And when the mood strikes me to offend the Muses, I credit the results to Aristide Twain.”

“Those names are extremely tawdry and you ought to be ashamed. Aristide, what's that, French?”

“Well, Greek, etymologically speaking, but that's the French spelling, certainly. You see, I am, in fact, French. …And I'm not sorry either.”

“I probably should ask about the gender situation…”

“Oh, masculine, essentially.”

“…I'm going to regret asking, but — ‘essentially’?”

“Let us say that I can go for the occasional singular they, and keep it at that.”

“Yes, let's. So, Mr Twain, or whoever you are — what is it you… do?

“I make Wikis,” they reply nonchalantly. “Or I contribute to them, as the case may be. In this case I'm an Administrator of this place; not the oldest, not the youngest, either. I tinker, I discuss matters in the Forum, I write and I redraft pages. My talk page is always open if you've got a question. That goes for you, too, by the way, Mr High-And-Mighty Ambiguous Metafictional Gimmick. You didn't have to track me down to whatever half-baked pseudo-fiction framing device you call this…”

“Where's the fun in that?” asks the Gimmick. “Admin, then. Just on Tardis?”

“Hardly! I run the Jenny Everywhere Wiki, as well, and there are more besides, though nowhere I'm very active anymore nowadays.”

“But that's not all you do, is it? You mentioned some writing…”

“Ah, yes. Yes, I'm something of a storyteller. Mainly, I write The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids with Lupan Evezan — you might have heard of it, although you probably haven't… And then, there's my DWU work. (Small multiverse, isn't it?) I've written prose and audio stories for Faction Paradox and P.R.O.B.E..”

“Well I do hope you don't self-promote in the main namespace.”

“Do not cite T:WIKIFY OWN to me, Gimmick. I was there when it was written. In any case, my few DWU endeavours to date are just the start: soon, there'll be —”

“Shush. Behave.”

“…You're no fun.”

“You started it.”

“Did not.”

“Yes you did, you wrote this entire faux-interview.”

“That's right, shatter the fourth wall completely, why don't you. And all for a reheated joke from an overexposed sitcom. You know what? I'm leaving. See you never.”

“Wait! Er — leaving? Leaving where?”

“My entire existence doesn't revolve around the Wiki, you know. I do have a life out there in the four-dimensional realm. And even on the Interwebs, there are other places I might be found. I'm on Tumblr, I'm on Discord, I'm on the Faction Paradox Forum — even in the depths of websites which have gone through Xtremely inadvisable rebrands. Face it, there's no getting rid of me.”

The figure takes a bow, tips his top hat, and snaps his fingers, summoning what looks like a small, solid cloud with a dome-shaped hatch and a steering wheel. Before the Ambiguous Metafictional Gimmick can react, the Administrator hops aboard the ship and punches some coordinates into the control panel; with a flash of purplish light, they both vanish, leaving the Gimmick to contemplate its fate.

“W-wait,” it belatedly realises. “If no one's around to write me into existence, don't I just —”
Transcript ends