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== Cleanup Template ==
== Wiki Manager ==
Ok. It is done. At the moment, it says: It needs to be cleaned up in these sections: as I couldn't think of anything better but if you can think of something better, feel free to change it. {{User:Solar Dragon/Signature}} 16:45, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
:Oh, whoops. Sorry, I thought it was you who left my the message. I don't know why. Anyway, it needs rewording I know but can you think of anything better? {{User:Solar Dragon/Signature}} 16:52, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
:The reason I was saying about it was that, for example, on [[River Song]]'s page, it was in need of a clean-up. But it didn't need it for one section, it needed it in the the whole thing, but most people wouldn't know that the cleanup needed all spoilers removed. If we add this section to the cleanup template, it doesn't always need to be used, but it is there for necessary times when specifics need to be removed such as the spoilers on River's page. I've cleaned her page up since asking for the template to be modified, but I still think it will be useful for the future. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 17:08, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


Hi Tangerineduel! My name is Playsonic2 and I’m the Fandom Wiki Manager assigned to TARDIS Data Core. I am here to help the community and be a liaison to full-time Fandom staff.


==Community involvement with the italics/quotes issue==
I also happen to be an administrator at the Spanish Doctor Who Wiki, which has me spending considerable amount of time here (adding interlanguage links mostly). I know this wiki wonderfully organised and that [[user:CzechOut|CzechOut]] assists with any technical issues, but if there are ever any issues I could assist with, I would be pleased to help. I will be available on my talk page! ~[[User:Playsonic2|Playsonic2]] 09:03, May 20, 2019 (UTC)
I obviously value discussions and consensus decision-making too. That's why I use the fora and talk pages with great frequency. You keep making the point of seeking discussion as if it's something I'm not doing. But is that fair? We're talking about a change that I clearly want to make, that I have the tools to make with relative ease, and about which I actually don't think there is any ''logical'' resistance. To me, this is like arguing over whether the sky is blue. And yet . . I've made no substantive moves on the matter in the 18 months the discussion has been open. How much more dedicated do you want me to be to using the fora? Even by our standards, this discussion has been ongoing, unresolved, for a ''ridiculously'' long time. Let's face it, if you were on board with this idea, you wouldn't be behaving so cautiously. And reluctance and caution are both fine things. But please don't shade the issue as if I'm trying to do something improper by seeking closure on an 18-month-old discussion. Most of my major actions on this wiki have only been made after at least some period of discussion on the fora or talk pages. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 06:46, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
:Of course it's a 18-month discussion and ''not'' just two spurts of activity. It's ''significant'' that no one else has posted in that time. I think it indicates that they don't care, and that they want us to settle the matter. You can't make people interested enough in a topic that they'll post. Some things attract attention; some things don't. You can't force people to use the fora. If you wanna try the canvassing thing, cool. For me, canvassing has produced mixed results in the past, but what the heck. Again, though, let's not make this out to be a question of failing to involve the community. That's wholly unfair. This topic has been out there, and several times at the top of the list of topics at the Panopticon. It's not like this has been buried on your talk page. People have read it, and chosen to ignore it, just like they did the K9 discussion. Arguing the finer points of punctuation isn't gonna set the world on fire, but ''somebody'' has to bring it up and take a stand on it. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 07:27, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
::I'm really glad you've gotten more input at the forum thread, but I do think the precise language you've used to drive people there was a little less than neutral. Instead of saying something bland like, "Could you please come to this forum thread and give your opinion", you went further than I would and said, "I'm not comfortable with . . . " — which kinda suggests that something "fishy" was going on. People will have naturally gone to that page with greater suspicion than was necessary. I'm not angry or anything. I don't think you were ''actually'' trying to "load" the discussion with people "on your side". And I absolutely understand what you were trying to say in the full sentence. You were saying that you were uncomfortable with just two people having the discussion, which is a perfectly valid point.


::But I do think some people might have focused merely on the fact that you said you were uncomfortable rather than parsing the whole sentence. And as you're viewed as the senior admin who tends to "close" these discussions, such word choice can have a devastating effect upon genuine conversation. It's a bit like one's boss saying, "I'm uncomfortable; aren't you uncomfortable, too?" And that feeling of discomfort could be then applied to the thing being proposed, especially as you ''are'' uncomfortable with the proposal. Again, I'm not suggesting intentionality or anything like that, but that's a subliminal vibe that's possible to infer. It's so important to consensus building that people be alerted to a discussion in as neutral a way as possible, as is suggested at [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Canvassing|the Wikipedia guidelines on canvassing]]. In the interests of avoiding anything like this in the future, I have therefore brought over a simplified version of {{tl|Please see}} from Wikipedia. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 20:25, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
:Heya! Just here to let you know that Fandom now has an official Discord server and lots of editors are joining. In [[w:User blog:MisterWoodhouse/The Official Discord Server for Fandom and Gamepedia Editors|this blog post at Community Central]] you can find more information, as well as a server invite link if you wish to join us. There are many editors there, as well as staff members, and a variety of channels. Cheers! [[User:Playsonic2|Playsonic2]] [[User talk:Playsonic2|<span title="Talk">☎</span>]] 07:46, July 11, 2019 (UTC)


:::I'm sorry that my words upset you. I thought they would reassure you. After all, having the tools to do something, but not doing them, surely shows restraint and responsibility. In this instance in particular, where I really don't understand the community response, I think it shows a ''demonstrable'' respect for the community-building process. You seem to start from the position that I'm a loose cannon or something, and that baffles me. Given that you've had other ''admin'' around here saying things on talk pages like, "Nah, don't ask anybody, just ''do'' it," I'd have thought the amount that I talk about things before doing them a refreshing change. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 17:50, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
== BBC ==


== [[Forum:Formatting the Doctors|Formatting the Doctors]] ==
Hi, thanks for merging the BBC pages. I just finished removing all the links to "BBC (real world)" and deleted that page. [[User:OncomingStorm12th]] and I cleaned up the [[BBC]] page, so it flows better. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:20, June 28, 2019 (UTC)


Hey. You were part of the discussion above. I was wondering if you could have a look at the discussion as I have given a new reply including an example page, and maybe we could start discussing it again now that we'll have time before the Christmas special. Also, I think it'd be good to get the rest of the community's opinions if you could ask them to join. Thanks. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 20:53, June 27, 2010 (UTC)
== Mark I Travel Machine ==
Hi there. This will be a blast from the past: over ten years ago now you [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Guilt_(audio_story)?diff=prev&oldid=238819 edited] [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Guilt (audio story)|Guilt]]'' and added a note that the prototype Dalek seen in the story was of the same design (by description and implication) seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''. If you remember could you please elaborate on this description and implication as I find it hard to reconcile this fact as the Daleks Davros eventually presented to the world were Mark III Travel Machines and not Mark Is. Thanks in advance. --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:01, September 21, 2019 (UTC)


== The Time Field ==
== About the Deceased category ==


As we Know the Finale has aired but yet nobody has made a decision. So Please Could you move the Time Field to the Time Crack! I am Only asking to change this because in the big bang the doctor says amy is not a ordinary girl because she grew up with a Time '''CRACK '''in her wall not time field. so please could you move it? From [[User:Liamhenney|Liamhenney]] 18:29, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
A few days ago, I noticed there was no deceased category for this wiki, so I thought I should create one. So I tried, and saw that you had chosen for this page not to be created, as you judged it not useful since all articles were written in the past tense.
Of course, a deceased category for a time-travel related series isn't an easy task. Should be put any characters that most likely died of old age in this category ? Personally, I don't think so. In my opinion, if we were to have such a category on this wiki, only the ones whose deaths were either witnessed in the series or seen as absolute (for instance Amy and Rory's), when we know those characters will very most likely never be seen again. Well, they could in some extreme cases, then they will just be removed.
So as you probably have guessed by now, I am writing this message to you in order to ask you to re-considerate your decision regarding this category.
Of course, in the case where you would accept, I would gladly take care of filling this category myself (i have seen all the new series but not the old ones yet, it's only a matter of time).
I will then await for your decision on this matter,
With all due respect,


Yeah, it may have been seven months ago that Liamhenney said that and I agree, Tangerineduel. Good idea, Liamhenney! [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 19:50, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
[[User:ThePurpleShadow|ThePurpleShadow]] [[User talk:ThePurpleShadow|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:21, October 27, 2019 (UTC)


== Help with discussion  ==
== Re:Deceased category ==


Hey, can you please state you view on the discussion I am having in the forums [[Forum:Navigation Templates|here]]. Its about the navigation template, and I am would like you views on them, and how we can improve them ([[User:CzechOut|ChzechOut's]] idea) or if we should remove them. Cheers. [[User:Mini-mitch|Mini-mitch]] 22:19, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Thanks to your message, I now understand your point of view better. There is indeed a lot I didn't take into account when I thought this category was needed on this wiki. I usually visit wikis and recently have been adding/completing deceased categories on others, like Reborn's for example. So when I saw this one I thought it was missing, and it could have been useful. But now I see why this isn't the case, and I am sorry I bothered you for such a matter.  
Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to write me a reply that could enlighten me about this wiki,


== Doctor Who Spoofs ==
[[User:ThePurpleShadow|ThePurpleShadow]] [[User talk:ThePurpleShadow|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:15, October 29, 2019 (UTC)
What is the limit really of Doctor Who spoofs? I mean... [[The Curse of the Fatal Death]] has an article on this wiki. Lenny Henry also did a spoof on his show, so should that have an article as well. I understand that not all spoofs need an article, a lot of them aren't proper skits, but I think the Lenny Henry one is. It was also released alongside the Curse of the Fatal Death and on the Trial of a Time Lord. So shouldn't it have its own article(s). I can create them in my user namespace first if that's better? [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 13:25, September 25, 2010 (UTC)


==Mortimus name change==
== Tardis:User rights nominations ==
Hey there, a number of users have been talking about a name change from Mortimus to The Monk because now Mortimus isnt his most recent name and The Monk is a more recognised name for him. Just thought i'd get an admin's view before changing anything.
Hi. As you know, since you left a brief comment there, I've started a self-nomination over [[Tardis:User rights nominations]]. I'm not sure how up-to-track you've been keeping yourself around the wiki, but I thought of bringing to your attention that the usual "one week" period for comments has passed, and you might (if you have the time to, of course) weight in if more time's need or something of the sorts. Anyway, thanks in advance. [[User:OncomingStorm12th|OncomingStorm12th]] [[User talk:OncomingStorm12th|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:36, January 31, 2020 (UTC)
:Yeah, I saw on your "contributions" section that you still show up once in a while. I'm glad to see this. Also, thanks for closing it. Now into new territory. :) [[User:OncomingStorm12th|OncomingStorm12th]] [[User talk:OncomingStorm12th|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:54, February 1, 2020 (UTC)


http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Mortimus
== Left-over vandalism ==
Hey. Thanks for dealing with the two vandals just now. As per the restrictions in [[Tardis:Vandalism policy]] regarding removal of others' comments may I have your permission to remove all the comments at [[User talk:Borisashton#Singular they]]? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:11, February 5, 2020 (UTC)
:I'd like to say thanks too and ask the same regarding my own page. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:15, February 5, 2020 (UTC)
::Thanks. Also, I have no idea how to archive the talk page discussions. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:48, February 5, 2020 (UTC)


[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 15:11, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
== Re: Template order ==
Oh, it makes sense. Since most of these "small, rectangle templates" usually go on top, I'd assumed it was ended up being moved to the bottom of the page during a bot run, and went sort of unnoticed, but now looking at the page history I realize it was there since day one. Will change it back. Thanks for the heads up. [[User:OncomingStorm12th|OncomingStorm12th]] ([[User talk:OncomingStorm12th|talk]]) 16:15, February 5, 2020 (UTC)


== Death of the Doctor editing ==
== Just FYI, since you banned them ==


Sorry to complain but whats the point in not being to edit [[Death of the Doctor]] until it's been broadcast. [[The Vault of Secrets]] hasn't been broadcast but people can edit that. Why? I'm not complaining about the "admin only" thing, I understand that. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 17:36, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
[[User:Dissident Prodigy]] appears to be a sock puppet [[User:Unbanned reality talk]]. The former was created suspiciously quickly after the latter was banned, the names are vaguely similar, and the former’s only contributions are removing messages insulting the latter from his talk page (including that one message about mentioning logical fallacies by name being ‘reddit-tier arguing’, which, if you look at the history, the latter kept trying to remove - obviously it hit too close to home), as well as a supsicious cryptic comment about the ‘shoe [being] on the other foot’ on Shamabala’s talk page. Probably something you should look into. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.220.11|82.132.220.11]]<sup>[[User talk:82.132.220.11#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:04, February 6, 2020 (UTC)


So it's gonna stay like that until Death of the Doctor has been broadcast? [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 14:58, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
== Thanks ==
Thank you for putting an end to [[User:120.20.195.104]]'s obstruction of the Wikia. It started on the Series 12 page, which admin Shambala108 had to lock because they continued to undo facts. I replied to Shambala on the talk page to do something and they kept counter-arguing it. Then I took to editing other pages, which they then kept undoing, obstructing work. Then I had to report to Shambala108 about it, which they followed and kept trying to argue again, this time going at me with personal attacks. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:10, February 9, 2020 (UTC)
:Furthermore they also broke the [[Tardis:Spoiler policy]] by naming spoilers outside the series page, specifically on Shambala's talk page. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:15, February 9, 2020 (UTC)


Please could you change the editing thing. Perhaps you could do a poll on the home page then that means that everyone gets to infulence what happens to the wiki, not just the admins. Please. The only reason me and I'm sure loads of other people go on this wiki is being able to tell people about Doctor Who. Please consider my request. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 15:16, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
Hopefully, you are right. But I do have my worries that this could continue. And without accusations, I do have slight suspicions that this in itself is a continuation of past actions, as I do remember a user of the past (half a year back or so) who engaged in the same kind of actions with the same motives. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:31, February 9, 2020 (UTC)


The user is back at again with these removals of sourced material. Could you please take action before this escalates once again? Thank you. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:37, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:You agree it's unsourced? Cheers! Best to lock the page again so Danny doesn't edit-war. [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:40, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
::YOU edit-war because you won't accept the facts as they are. YOU were blocked for this. Not once, but twice. Tangerineduel was easy on you with a one day block, but Shambala made your block longer for these actions. Why can't you take the hint that you are messing the page up by doing this? --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:45, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:::You admitted it's unsourced. You agree with me. Thank you! Why can't you read what you say? [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:47, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
::::"I think you need reading glasses. I didn't agree. I said you removed SOURCED material. Do you never get tired of going against this Wikia? You'll probably end up getting another block. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:49, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:::::How's it sourced? Explain to me where it says it's definitely a Christmas special. Also point me to the part where it says it may be completely wrong. If you can't, then ''I think you need reading glasses''. [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:59, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
::::::You tried this once before, remember? Without luck. Oh, and you have no respect for the spoiler policy as you again posted a spoiler where they are not allowed. I'm done with arguing this fact that you can't accept. The admins can take it from here. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:10, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:::::::Because you won't read the source. Just admit it. You've never opened it. You'll never even ''mention'' the bit where it says the source could be wrong. Copy-paste it. I dare you. Bet you won't. Scared of admitting you're wrong. [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 08:21, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
::::::::Read it multiple times, thanks. Still not wrong. Oh, and why would I deliberately break the spoiler policy? --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:29, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:::::::::Clearly not. Told you that you won't confirm that I'm right concerning the source. I'm right again? Wow! I'll be back here when it airs before Christmas, just to tell you that I told you so. [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 08:31, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
:::::::::The only regrettable thing is that I can't deal with disobedient Wikia-trolls like you myself and I have to pester another poor admin to take care of it because people like you keep coming back for more. Unable to accept things as they are. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:39, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
::::::::::Unable to accept sources as they are? Hey, that's you! Won't even accept what it says. Can I make my CV, say that I paid for the whole series since 1963 and put in online? That's a reliable source, yeah? You seem to think so! [[Special:Contributions/120.20.172.137|120.20.172.137]]<sup>[[User talk:120.20.172.137#top|talk to me]]</sup> 08:50, February 19, 2020 (UTC)


== Re: UCP and nomination ==
Ah, thank you for getting back to me! Yes, that sounds fair. And I have indeed familiarised myself with the UCP on other Wikis; seemed only sensible.


Yeah, how many non wiki heads like me actully knew about the editing poll thingy? You could put one one the main home page; then people will know and there will be a better result. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 17:45, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
(I don't think it will affect the Wiki ''too'' badly, from what I've seen; the only area where I'm worried is the Forum, depending on how we handle the situation. In fact, the option to fill in image file descriptions ''within'' the source editor of a ''page'', rather than having to go through [[Special:Upload]] ahead of time, even seems like it might help significantly with issues of new users posting images without any licenses or categories.) --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:22, September 20, 2020 (UTC)
:Well… as you'll doubtless have noticed, we ''have'', now, moved to the UCP, for better or for worse. Will you be able to get back to my case? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:59, September 29, 2020 (UTC)
::Thank you very much! (Speaking of replies — you didn't actually reply to my response to your concerns in <nowiki>==Neutral==</nowiki>; by all means do if there are areas I didn't address/more assurances you feel I should give.) --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:48, September 30, 2020 (UTC)
:::Point of information, I'm not sure we've finished the move to UCP. There are a variety of changes that come with UCP, the change to the forums is only one of them. I'm not sure that this is relevant, as the others aren't necessarily going to change much on an admin front to ''my'' knowledge, but it is something to bear in mind. (For instance, we still have "Recent Wiki Activity" on my end, which I'm certainly not complaining about, but shouldn't be the case? So I dunno what's going on, but it doesn't seem to be a full transition to UCP. Again, not sure if this is relevant to pausing the admin nom going forward, as the biggest issue there seemed to be the forums from my limited perspective, but it should be pointed out.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:10, September 30, 2020 (UTC)
::Oh, absolutely! Had you had more to ask I would definitely have posted the answers ''on'' the nomination page.


Yes. You said it yourself. It is meant to draw people in. A poll would be perfect. People really like doing polls because it makes them think that they have made an impact on what happens on the wiki. They would love it. It would DEFINETLEY draw people in. Consider it. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 15:19, October 20, 2010 (UTC)
::As regards Najawin's message above, I mean, we had the banner ''announcing'' we had moved. It may be we ''are'' keeping WikiActivity after all as a special favour to one of the Original 100 Wikis? Who knows. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:20, September 30, 2020 (UTC)


OK, polling is not is aparrently not a good idea but then, what is someone comes up with a great idea, an absolutely ''amazing'' idea, tell you, and you think "Oh no, I don't like that", how do you know that a vast majority of the wiki could even ''will'' like it? How do the admins know that they are making the right decision? People don't find out about it unless they look on your talk page but how many people actully bother to go looking on this talk page and go "Oh I like that idea". I think the whole wiki should have their say in what happens on the wiki. Now that loads of people go on the wiki its not the admins decision, its the peoples decision. You are the clever person, come up with a way to notify and ''let people'' ''know and have'' a part in decisions. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 16:18, October 22, 2010 (UTC)
== Admin categories ==


Hi, did you see the above message? [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 16:45, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
Since you moved yourself into a new category on [[Tardis:Administrators]], I'm wondering if some of the admins listed in the "Frequently active admins" category should also be moved (or whether it's incumbent on them to move themselves). I know when I was newer a few months ago the category not quite lining up confused me. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:18, October 2, 2020 (UTC)


== Ghastly9090 ==
== Community Connect ==


Can you please give Ghastly9090 a warning. They've been warned several times about not adding spoilers and future appearances, but have ignored them. Thanks. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 15:09, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
Hey there! Not sure we've spoken much, but I'm Chris - a Wiki Representative at Fandom. Have you heard of an event called Community Connect? It's a Fandom event where news is often revealed about the platform and you get to chat to other admins. It's virtual this year over Zoom or similar but no mic or camera needed. It's 7th + 8th August at 8-12 PT. Is this something you would be interested in attending? I can't guarantee an invite, but I can look into getting one sent to the email associated with your Fandom account --[[User:Spongebob456|Spongebob456]] <sup>[[User talk:Spongebob456|talk]]</sup> <staff/>


== SJA wiki ==
== Fandom projects ==


Hey can I post links from The Sarah Jane Adventures Wiki to this Wiki it is just stories Sarah Jane Smith features in. [[User:Drwhokid|Drwhokid]] 22:08, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Got a couple of things:  


== A few questions ==
As this wiki used to use Special:Forum, Fandom wants to make sure that old forum links and references aren't cluttering up maintenance special pages (unusedfiles, needed pages etc). Would you mind checking and letting me know asap as to whether that's an issue for this wiki? Just looking for dead links to forums in special pages, or links to images used in forums but are now dead, stuff like that. No need to attempt to cleanup yourself, I just need to know if they exist.


Hi, I need to ask u three things: 1: The ancient civiliation on Mars whould that be considered as Ice Warriors or Osirins? 2. What is this Anti wiki alliance? and 3. Why has Solar Dragon left?
Secondly, did you receive an email sent last week I believe inviting you to The Downstream on September 10th? The email is titled "[The Downstream] Ask Fandom Anything, Social Media Tips, and Data Insights". I just want to confirm you received the email as we know Fandom outreach emails often land in spam.  


If you could let me know about both of those things, that would be fantastic. Thanks! --[[User:Spongebob456|Spongebob456]] <sup>[[User talk:Spongebob456|talk]]</sup> <staff/> 09:43, 27 August 2021 (UTC)


Just curious. Many thanks [[User:Son of Icthar|Son of Icthar]] 14:02, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
== Temporary forums ==


Hey! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Since you've been away, a new discussion's been going on, with our continuing need for forums to get things done again. As we've been in a transition period for a while, and [[user:CzechOut]]'s still busy preparing the next stage of evolution, some users have proposed we make space for these necessary conversations.


== Yet another question ==
Would be good to get another eye on this. Do you think you could have a look? It's over at [[Tardis talk:Temporary forums]]. {{User:SOTO/sig}} 07:01, 21 December 2021 (UTC)


Just wondered, how do you delte a whole article. Just wondered how, don't worry I'm not going to delete anything on this wiki. If you could tell me how though, that would be great.[[User:Son of Icthar|Son of Icthar]] 14:05, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
== Discussions AbuseFilter ==


== Thank you ==
Hey! A new feature is available on Discussions - Discussions AbuseFilter (DAF). This is designed to be a tool to help moderation on Discussions, if certain behaviours are being disruptive and making manual moderation difficult:


Thank you for answering my questions, could you just clarify something for me were the pyramids built by the Ice warriors or the Osirans, I think it's the osarians but my friend says it's the ice warriors. Also who or what was Monaco? I've never heard of it, if you could tell me that would be great. I don't suppose you know where I can see a picture of this 'oasis' or whatever it's called. Many thanks [[User:Son of Icthar|Son of Icthar]] 10:50, October 20, 2010 (UTC)
* [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Special:DiscussionsAbuseFilter DAF page (not enabled yet but I can do)]
* [https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DToast/Introducing_Discussions_AbuseFilter Announcement blog]
* [https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Help:Discussions_AbuseFilter Help page]


==Unblock==
Not compulsory for anyone to use it etc, just letting you know it's here. As a note about forums, I have asked Czech about it and I know he is aware it's still needed. If I can help with anything though, please give me a shout on here or Discord! --[[User:Spongebob456|Spongebob456]] <sup>[[User talk:Spongebob456|talk]]</sup> <staff/> 20:36, 17 October 2022 (UTC)


== Joledex? ==


Please can you update Death Of The Doctor with the synopsis and ading the doctor to the cast list
Im not really sure because it has been a while back. Maybe because I wasn't sure about the spelling of the name 08:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)


== Merge and categories ==
== Admin nomination ==
Hi Tangerineduel, just wanted to ping you to let you know that the admin nomination for [[User:Bongolium500]] at [[Tardis:User rights nominations]] has passed the one week threshold and is ready for conclusion. Hope you've been well! – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 14:15, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
: Hey — cheers on closing Bongolium's nomination, but just letting you know that his actual user rights don't appear to have been changed yet? <span style="color: #baa3d6;font-family:Comic Sans;">[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']]</span> <span style="color: #baa3d6;">[[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]]</span> 13:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
::Ah, makes sense! Thanks. (This is just why we need Bongolium; I'm no good at the coding stuff…) <span style="color: #baa3d6;font-family:Comic Sans;">[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']]</span> <span style="color: #baa3d6;">[[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]]</span> 13:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)


Hey, could you merge [[Osterhagen Project]] and [[Page redirected|Osterhagen key]]. I put the merge template up a while ago and no one has objected. As I said on the key's page it's literally the same information on two different pages, so would just be better to have a section on the key in the project's page.
== Re:Admin - Welcome! ==


The second thing is categories. In the [[:Category:History]], Archaeology has it's own subcategory. If you go to it, that category is in the history and science categories. It only has the [[Archaeology]] page in it, so would it not simply be easier to put the archaeology page directly into the history and science pages? I could understand if there were several articles or even subcategories for archaeology, but there isn't. And the same would apply to others of the same kind of nature. Would you object to me changing these? --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 11:02, October 21, 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome! Don't worry about the wait: everyone has their busy moments. I look forward to getting started with some of my new responsibilities! [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)


Thanks. I'll have a look around and see, but if there isn't any other, would it be removed, and the same for other categories? Also, Death of the Doctor, one of the categories you added was missing the ) at the end, so it's created a red link. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 12:00, October 21, 2010 (UTC)
== Temporary Forums Are Live! ==
Hello!


It may have been three months ago that this happened but I think that merge is a really bad idea. [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 20:44, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to notify you that, [[User:CzechOut]]'s final deadline of "by New Year's Day" having passed, and following in-depth discussion between myself and fellow admins [[User:SOTO]], [[User:OncomingStorm12th]] and [[User:Bongolium500]], we have decided to '''activate [[Tardis:Temporary forums]]''', come what may. A [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|sitenotice]] has been set to inform the community of this development, and I am taking it upon myself to personally update [[Tardis:Administrators|our Administrators]] on the situation, as well as yourself.


== [[User talk:92.6.124.1|92.6.124.1]] ==
As the name implies, we hope the Temporary Forums will remain — well — temporary. Any work on reactivating proper DPL Forums will still be welcome and appreciated; this system is a further fine-tuning of the setup Bongolium500 had proposed in December 2021, which it means is designed from the ground up to be '''easy to transfer into the actual DPL Forums''' if we should get those back in the near future after all.  


This user is a vandal and has vandalised several pages, despite being warned. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 19:33, October 21, 2010 (UTC)
But it has been ''multiple years'' since the Wiki has had a venue for changing policy and forming community consensus on important matters. Bongolium500 and SOTO put forward the first draft of the Temporary Forums a full ''year'' ago — and were convinced to retract it by a promise that the real Forums would come ‘very soon’; and here we are. I don't think anyone's at fault; I do think everyone has the Wiki's best interests at heart. But the time has come to realise that the overly-optimistic strategy of endlessly putting off an imperfect temporary solution in pursuit of a perfect one "soon" has failed, resoundingly. It is time for a different approach. The Tardis community are ''owed'' a different approach. If you ''have'' active DPL Forums to give us, we will take them gladly. But we cannot sacrifice one more promising alternative to a nebulous future possibility which has already proven more difficult to achieve that you'd expected several times over. It is our hope that you can understand respect our decision in this matter.


== ? ==
We [[four surviving elementals|four elementals]] behind the Temporary Forums would like to reassure the rest of the admin team that this necessary step '''is not intended to create more work for them unbidden'''. Four are, if it comes to that, plenty enough to keep the peace a Forum with no more than six threads running at a time; we would be thrilled to see the rest of the team embracing the Temporary Forums, but please don't feel any ''obligation'' to do so.


Why cant i edit death of the doctor? [[User:Tangerineduel2|Tangerineduel2]] 13:46, October 23, 2010 (UTC)
Happy New Year, happy editing — and happy contribution to the New Forums!


== Tangerineduel2 ==
<span style="color: #baa3d6;font-family:Comic Sans;">[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']]</span> <span style="color: #baa3d6;">[[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]]</span> 11:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)


Hi, a user calling himself [[User:Tangerineduel2|Tangerineduel2]] has been leving stupid messages on my talk page. Can you talk to him? [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 13:56, October 23, 2010 (UTC)
== Bot ==
*I actually believe that having such a similar name to yours is actually warrant for permanent blocking, isn't it? --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 14:02, October 23, 2010 (UTC)


== [[User:Jasontyler|Jasontyler]] ==
Hi, I was wondering if you knew what the process was for an admin to obtain a bot? [[T:HOW BOT]] seems geared towards non-admins. I have experience with programming and would like to use a bot to automate certain tasks. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
: I'm familiar with the technical process of bot creation. However, all a bot really is is a second account with the bot user group which can only be granted by a bureaucrat so I was wondering what the procedure to obtain this is, if there is a procedure, or if I should just create the account and point it your way for you to add the admin and ot user groups. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
:: Thanks. I've created [[User:Botgo50]]. If you could assign it the "administrator" and "bot" user groups, that would be great. This is less important to me, but, while you're at it, would you be able to assign my main account "administrator (Semantic MediaWiki)"? I think I'm the only person using [[T:SMW|SMW]] at the moment and this group would be useful. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


Can you please give this person a final warning. He has been warned numerous times about adding unconfirmed information without citation or sources. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 10:27, October 24, 2010 (UTC)
== Heads up about the thanks extension ==


== [[:Template:Infobox Short Story]] ==
Hi. I just wanted to give you a heads up that Tardis is testing the "thanks" extension which Fandom will be rolling out to all wikis soon. This extension allows editors to thank other editors for their edits. The editor being thanked will then recieve a notification. Therefore, while you're actively performing edits, you may receieve a few more notifications than normal. If you notice any bugs, pass them onto [[User:Spongebob456]]. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:59, 25 May 2023 (UTC)


Hey, when you edited this the other day, I think it messed a little bit of the code up somehow. I was looking at [[Leap Second]] and the other short stories, and they all have the same code at the top of the page, and I'm sure it's to do with the template. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 11:52, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
== Re: Tardis Data Core change to Tardis Wiki ==
Did we actually decide to officially change the name? If so, I can run through the Tardis namespace with my bot and get things updated. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


== Death to the Doctor ==
: For what it's worth it's not ''my'' understanding that "Tardis Data Core" is obsolete. We were, and remain, "the Tardis Data Core Wiki" in full; our old logo abridged this to ''Tardis Data Core'', the new one abridges it to ''Tardis Wiki''. That's my read. But if mileages on this vary too heavily (it seems concerning that out of us three no one is actually ''sure''), we may need a thread to try and gauge what the community actually wants before we do anything drastic either way. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 15:59, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


Sorry, I don't remeber doing that. I must have clicked something by accident I guess. Sorry for the inconvenience.--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 16:57, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
:: I actually thought our full name was "Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who Wiki". [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


== Creating New Pages with no info ==
::: I agree that a forum thread is a good idea. Does anyone particuarly want to start it? If not, I'm happy to do so within a few days. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:36, 10 July 2023 (UTC)


I've noticed something that a lot of people are doing, generally new users or anons. They create new pages, but just have one line or no information at all. This looks bad on the history of the page, and it's better if the article is started with some actual content on it. Is it possible to add something like that to our policies about not creating pages if you haven't filled in basic information about the subject? [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 20:32, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
:: Ah, excellent! [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 10:45, 14 July 2023 (UTC)


== [[User talk:94.7.224.51|94.7.224.51]] ==
::: Great! [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:48, 14 July 2023 (UTC)


Could you please leave a message on the above IP's talk page. I've asked them a few times when creating articles to remember and put the episode source beside the information. For some of the pages it's easy to tell where the information comes from, but the user has ignored my asking them to do so, and it's other users who are having to add it in. Thanks. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 12:06, October 27, 2010 (UTC)
== Can you give admin to my bot? ==


Hi, I've been running [[User:Botgo50]] relatively succesfully for a while now but it'd be really helpful if it could be given admin, mostly so that it can edit protected pages. Would you be able to do that next time you're arround? Thanks. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:02, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


==PandoricaOpens666==
== Re: Bot admin request ==
You need to have a talk with this user, his edits are consistantly speculative and he refuses to conform to the manual of style. Finally he leaves hostile comments on user's talk pages who remove or correct his edits, such as he is doing on The Thirteenth Doctor now. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 16:37, October 27, 2010 (UTC)


Revanvolatrelundar acts mature and powerful, but considering he thinks I'm called "PandoricaOpens666" as opposed to "ThePandoricaOpens666" I think he's the one that has an issue of "factual inaccuracy"
Thank you very much! [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:54, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


I do conform to the manual of style mostly and I do try, and if you people who run this site would stop being so ignorant and pointing out the negative things no matter how small they are not noticing the positive contributions like the ones I have done to numerous SJA articles, and making small cases look extreme. Consistant? That's nonsense, and another thing, saying that factual innacuracy is extreme....it's not in most cases.
== Admin+ ==


Oh, and he did have the decency to spell Thr Thirteenth Doctor's name correctly, well that shows what he thinks of me in comparison to him. I am not making personal attacks at the Thirteenth Doctor, and...hostile? Thats nonsense also, I never threatened him or insulted him, like I said you people make a big thing out of petty situations.
Hey there! I’m reaching out to introduce the Admin+ program (if you haven’t heard about it already!) & let you know I’m here if you have any questions about it. Take a look at the details [https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Admin_Plus here] & feel free to send over any questions you have. <span style="font-family: Rubik; border-radius:8em; padding:0 5px; background:#d58494">[[User:Pikushi|<span style="color:#f1f5ff">pikushi ✧.*</span>]] </span>  <staff /> 20:25, 18 September 2023 (UTC)


The Thirteenth Doctor is actually pretty unkind to users, he bullies them, criticises them for every little thing they do wrong and think's he's correct about everything and is not open to hear new opinions, he also appears very formal and enthusiastic about all the suffering that goes on in this wiki or the Whoniverse, and I was merely stating my opinion.
== Request for help ==


And to be honest.....This is a wiki about entertainment! You're all treating this like it's some big, legal matter, there is nothing serious going on here, yet you all sit at your computers or laptops acting serious and mature about this, acting like this whole website is some big responbility, and in a way thats very biased and immature.
Hi! I was wondering if I could get you to look into [[User talk:Shambala108#Something you might want to look into|this issue]]. For various reasons (which I would be glad to tell you if you wish), I don't feel I am the right person to address this, and I definitely don't think any of the newer admins could help. I feel like this situation is starting to remind me of [[Forum:What about Bob?|something from long ago]]. Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


~ ThePandoricaOpens666 27th October 2010, 18:26 (UTC)
== re:Recent edits ==


== "You've redecorated - I don't like it!" ==
I think I get what you're saying, but I wanted to ask for some clarification. I was always told it is best to leave a reason behind reversions in the edit summaries, but I think your saying to only do so for a limited number of times before taking things to a talk page? [[User:BananaClownMan|BananaClownMan]] [[User talk:BananaClownMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


Hi, just a quickie....has the new improved site taken away our sidebar and its features? [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 15:34, October 28, 2010 (UTC)
== Since you're on ==
: Thanks! I'm sure I'll get used to it :) The bit I miss is the list of quick save links to pages working on? and not sure what My Tools is for? ...yet! ;) [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 18:13, October 28, 2010 (UTC)


== [[User_talk:109.154.2.185|109.154.2.185]] ==
Can you block 119.111.220.93‎? It's some random user that will do a ton of vandalism, get blocked, and then come back under a new IP a few weeks later. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:13, 24 December 2023 (UTC)


This user has repeatedly vandalised after several warnings and needs blocking. [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 18:10, October 28, 2010 (UTC)
== RE: Wild Blue Yonder Numbers ==


== The Five Doctors ==
Hi there! Hope you are well. Per your response on my talk page, I wanted to check this. So does that mean it is best I leave those pages alone then and leave you and the order admins to sort out the whole merging thing? 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> 11:22, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


This user: 92.25.94.14 Has repeatedly vandilised [[The Five Doctors]] page. Check the history if you want, I have rolled the edits back.--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 10:35, October 30, 2010 (UTC)
== Re. Financial crisis of 2007 ==
==Admin==
While I'm not an expert on the topic, it seems to me that the credit crunch was one of the events that followed the financial crisis of 2007; the 2008 credit crunch wasn't the "main" incident. Although "credit crunch of 2008" is stated in dialogue while "financial crisis of 2007" isn't (to the best of my knowledge) it seems misleading to name the page "credit crunch of 2008".
What does the word Admin mean to you? In fact what does the word Admin mean entierly?


But are the Admins in charge of this whole website? Or just second-in-command?
It'd be like if [[D-Day]] was named in the DWU but [[World War II]] wasn't; it'd be incorrect to name the larger conflict "D-Day", even though in this hypothetical situation that name isn't conjectural while the name of the larger conflict would be.


Okay, but how come wikipedia dosen't let anybody edit, an this does? Is wikiepida just run by staff and not admins as you said?
But then, there easily could be a story that uses the name "financial crisis of 2007" somewhere, which maychave not been documented on the Wiki yet. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 13:53, 3 February 2024 (UTC)


Thank you for that information. Rumors have spread suggesting that there will be a flying shark in the 2010 christmas episode, and that there will be glimpse of [[Amy]] and [[Rory Williams]]'s honeymoon but they were having they're honeymoon on the honeymoon world mentioned in [[SJA]]. Also could anyone create a wiki like about a comic a book, anything? Like would me for instance be able to make my own wiki were people could edit like this one? Who founded Doctor Who wiki?
== RE: Prop delete query ==


I never wanted to MAKE a wiki, I was just interested that's all!
Hey! Sorry I missed your message; I still haven't adapted to talk page notifications being moved to the bell. It's been great seeing you around more recently, by the way.


==Christmas episode what-what-what?==
At time of writing, the only of my user subpages not related to the Forum Archive is the ''Five Doctors'' home media sandbox page, from a project it was ultimately decided in the forums not to proceed with anymore. (Shambala actually added that tag, not me, but I've been holding onto it in case there happens to be a revival in the [[F:CLOISTERS|New Forums]].)
Is there really gonna be a flying shark? Will we have a glimpse of a Amy and Rory's honeymoon? Although it did happen during death of the doctor.
==Trouble ==
Recently Solar Dragon has been abusive to me, and unkind and racsit! Please try and stop this once and for all!
==Favour==
Could you tell the thirteenth doctor, im sorry for what i've done, because he isn't responding to my messages.


== a question ==
The Forum Archive has been on pause for a while due to a number of personal circumstances, and now it's a little stuck until I have access to a personal computer again, unfortunately. Those message-level pages (each message needs its own subpage due to the method of archiving, which meant organising large masses of files by adapting a spreadsheet made from an unrelated output) tagged were found to be spam posts, so the next step will be properly removing them from the final archive subpages before launch.


since when was the cheetah people and catkind shown to have claws. [[User:Kingdomcode|Kingdomcode]] 21:53, October 30, 2010 (UTC)
I should be able to complete those pre-launch steps from a library computer, come to think of it, so I hope to have time for that soon. I do appreciate your reminder!{{User:SOTO/sig}} 05:27, 10 February 2024 (UTC)


== Followed pages ==
== Deletions ==


I've made it private, but I can't find any way of unfollowing it without creating it again and then unfollowing it. Is there a way you can do it without recreating the page? [[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 12:37, October 31, 2010 (UTC)
Two pages I added and edited were deleted.
*Wait, never mind. I found it. I'll be removing all of the red links now. Thanks for pointing that out. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 12:38, October 31, 2010 (UTC)
Kiviniss Ak
And Rom Kor-Marisi
Were two character editions direct from author
Simon Guerrier
As listed in the credits.
Did I add them incorrectly?
Thank you {{Unsigned|BrentSmith66}}


== re:a question ==
== Welcome ==


i cant see this pic so good can you tell me do the cheetah people wear open-toed shoes by looking at this pic.[[File:DW-Survival_470_470x300.jpg]] [[User:Kingdomcode|Kingdomcode]] 19:06, October 31, 2010 (UTC)Kingdomcode
Well it's certainly great to have you! I'm glad you made it. I ''do'' seem to remember rumblings way back when in my own early days.


== About gothic stories ==
I can't imagine it ''would'' be fun sticking around with most of our support forked over here. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad to leave it behind, as exciting as all these new opportunities are to build the wiki the way we want it!


Hi! Well, yes. The Kasterborous reference cited is where a lot of it is coming from. I must say it's changed since I left that message on the talk page. The thing is, I don't really know where you stand of plaguerism. I know plenty of people who would consider copying a line but changing one or two words to be plaguerism, but others wouldn't. If consider the first point to be accurate, then basically the whole page is plaguerised. If you consider the second, probably one or two sentences that I doubt breach any copyright laws. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! [[User:Bigredrabbit|Bigredrabbit]] ('''[[User talk:Bigredrabbit|talk to me]]''') 05:04, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
I'm going to make a concerted effort soon to import missed changes from the 5 or so days we missed during final preparations, by the way. If there's anything in particular you want me to bring over from before you got here, so you don't feel you have to re-do edits, do let me know!


== Lost in Time cast list ==
(Incidentally, I've [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Interwiki_map#Tardis_Wiki put in a request over at Wikimedia] for them to add us to their inter-wikis. Might take a while before that's approved, but I thought it might be of interest, since that seems to be closer to your neck of the woods than mine.)


Hi. Here is the cast list for Lost in Time:
EDIT: Importing means preserving the edit history, which is generally preferable, but there's also nothing wrong with bringing things back up to date yourself. Especially given they're ''our own edits''.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 05:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Lady Matilda (Fiona Hampton), Mistress Ellen (Elizabeth Rider), Queen Jane (Amber Beattie), Shopkeeper (Cyril Nri), George (Richard Wisker), Emily (Gwyneth Keyworth), Gemma (Lucie Jones), Emily (Gwyneth Keyworth), Miss Wyckham (Catherine Bailey), Koenig (Tom Wlaschiha), Katy (Morgan-Faith Hughes) and Ben (Llewcus Oaten).
: Ah, one other thing. As bureaucrats, on the independent wiki we now have access to [[Special:RenameUser]]. It really does what it says on the tin. Users might approach you with [[Help:Changing your username|user rename requests]] now.


Source: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sja-lost-in-time-pics-10853.htm#ixzz14Ev9zJF3[[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 17:03, November 3, 2010 (UTC)
: So long as there's nothing against the name in [[Tardis:Username policy]], and the username doesn't already have any registered edits on Tardis, I see no reason not to fulfil them. I have been recommending that users place their old name somewhere visible on their user pages, though, for the avoidance of confusion.


: (I've only done one so far. It never once occurred to me before this would be something I'd be doing.){{User:SOTO/sig}} 05:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


=== Renaming users ===
:: That is a really good point regarding the potential for abuse. I had only really considered allowing requests from long-term trusted users.


Can you add this to the [[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]] page for me. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 15:56, November 4, 2010 (UTC)
:: We'll need something in place to prevent user rename requests from being fulfilled that would too closely resemble other well-known users, for one thing... which can be hard to scale when the once-active user they might be confused for is long-gone. (Maybe checking against [[Special:ListUsers]], ordered by edit count, up to a certain point, should be procedure, in case.)


== User ==
:: We'll definitely need to lay out clearer policy. Watching out for signs of sockpuppet abuse is another, definitely. I think the first thing I'd lay out is a minimum threshold of time or number of edits with us in order to make the request. Maybe it should be on a public page, like a smaller-scale [[Tardis:User rights nominations]].


Can you take a look at this users contributions: [[User:Drummer who]], I warned them about vandalism.--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 14:32, November 6, 2010 (UTC)
:: A user requesting a name change would have to fill out a template where they confirm they meet the requirements. Maybe we'd allow very small scale changes to the name '''exactly once''' even soon after account creation, in the case of typos and such, but then require that they stick with us first.


: The User has now had four warnings. He seems to be ignoring the them as he is continually adding the images that he added yesterday, which several User including myself and you removed and reverted. Is a block in order because if it keeps up we'll end up with edits wars. [[User:Mini-mitch|Mini-mitch]] 13:49, November 7, 2010 (UTC)
:: The one thing I'd like to avoid is blindly approving any request from a user we don't really know. I think we can make it work, though!


== help? ==
:: (P.S. I brought in [[Tardis:User talk pages]].){{User:SOTO/sig}} 06:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


do you know a site where i can watch outtakes or cat-flap from [[DW:Survival]] i only could find one on youtube and i cant buy the DVD [[User:Kingdomcode|Kingdomcode]] 14:57, November 6, 2010 (UTC)Kingdomcode
::: It's looking good so far! Do I have your permission to make small changes while it's still in your sandbox?


== Blood Harvest ==
::: It might also be good to quickly say that Tardis bureaucrats reserve the right to adjust the minimum number of edits (agreed, amount of time would be a bad idea) as new request data comes in. Please continue editing with us if you haven't met the mark yet! (Making sure to keep to good-faith edits. We probably need to introduce a variant on the GOR rules for hitting edit requirements.)


Do you know if [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' is (partially) set in [[E-Space]], if so it needs to be categorised accordingly. Thanks--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 16:28, November 8, 2010 (UTC)
::: Also, if we are formally suggesting that new-ish users make new accounts (instead of granting one minor rename request in the first week, which ''does'' count in using up their 12 months), we'll have to make clear that they need to declare their old account per [[T:SOCK]], unless they didn't make any edits with us.


== videos ==
::: Agreed on requirement to declare your old account for 6 months minimum. There should also be something, perhaps a separate page like [[Help:My rename request was rejected]], which makes clear that repeated attempts to log for already-rejected names (or still too similar to them, or during a period when you have no "token") will result in a warning and then a temporarybban. If you've already been rejected, and you're not sure, ask a bureaucrat clarifying questions before submitting a request.


Im being curious are short clips from episodes allowed on this wiki. [[User:Drwhokid|Drwhokid]] 19:57, November 9, 2010 (UTC)
::: [[User:Bongolium500|Bongo]] can probably make us a form with the required inputs, so it automatically creates a new section with syntax for user stats, once we get <code><nowiki>{{#editcount:USER}}</nowiki></code> up and running (and a link to a DPL page I can work on building for help finding similar usernames). But it might be worth manually checking.


== Well Done ==
::: Officially halting all user rename requests until we have this all set up and worked out.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 06:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


This is just casual, but I just want to say well done for keeping the wiki so organised. I have been looking at other wikis and they are absolutely terrible. There are incomplete pages, bad articles. You and the other admins are doing a GREAT job. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 11:00, November 13, 2010 (UTC)
:::: (I do also wonder if we should decide what to do in cases where new users have given themselves policy-breaking names like "Tardis admin" or some hate speech. Should we, by course, rename the user to "Permablock--638528", ie. some random string of 6 digits (wouldn't want anyone to see it as a leaderboard, in sequence), in order to remove that vandalism/bothersome claim, after blocking?)


== Can I modify... ==
:::: (It seems to me that would be a good idea.){{User:SOTO/sig}} 06:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


Congrats and Thanks for having a good organized wiki for DW fans, I want to ask one thing. Can I modify/copy your infobox_individual for a wiki please? Because I really suck at making infobox and I attempted making one and it was really crap and I saw the one you use. If you want credits or anything tell me where please? If no, Thanks anyway.
Thanks! I've gone ahead and made a few relatively minor changes to [[Tardis:User rename policy]], and I've streamlined the request page to make things easier. I also added in the total number of requests a user has made in the section heading (needs to be manually changed from #1 for further requests).


I'm pretty happy with both pages, personally. I've also updated [[Help:Changing your username]] now.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 08:27, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


[[User:Sykez|Sykez]] 18:43, November 16, 2010 (UTC)
=== Checkuser checks and balances ===
: On a separate but related note, we also have the ability to grant users (read: ourselves) the <code>checkuser</code> role, which is even more serious.


== Featured Article ==
: Bongo suggested — and I agree — that for complete transparency, only when it's absolutely necessary to check for suspected socks, we will '''''temporarily''''' assign that role, perform the check, and then remove it again. Logs of any checkuser scan are also provided to the public, including an admin summary.


for featured articles in the future for newer episodes (and older ones) dose the No TBA rule apply to dvds when they have not been announced [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 05:54, November 17, 2010 (UTC)
: I strongly suggest we hold off on this for as long as possible, as we get settled in and update our policies. We need to think deeply about oversight and transparency, now that [[T:LOCAL WINS|local policy really ''does'' prevail]].


I Ment SJA [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 19:56, November 20, 2010 (UTC)
: If you'd find it helpful, I can also invite you to a space where such things can be discussed with our sysadmins, who laid out our [[Tardis:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]] and [[Tardis:General disclaimer|General disclaimer]].{{User:SOTO/sig}} 06:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


== RE: Thanks ==


You're very welcome. Lovely to have you! {{User:Aquanafrahudy/Sig}}


Thank you!!! I really needed that infobox. So happy now.
== Bumbling around the new place ==


[[User:Sykez|Sykez]] 15:18, November 17, 2010 (UTC)
Hello! A bit late, but I’m finding my way around the new digs. I was “surprised-but-not-surprised” when I learned the news of the migration; I certainly have seen enough headaches from arbitrary Fandom diktats to understand the reasons for the decision.


==Short Trips: Volume 1 infobox==
Although I was an infrequent editor and an even more infrequent admin on the old site, it would be nice to retain the admin bit. (Like the Doctor’s “parts” that Cassandra refers to in “New Earth”, it’s nice to have them even if they are “barely used.”)
Hey, i made the page for the new short trips audio and the infobox went a tad wrong. Ive done my best to fix it but to no avail, could you try to fix it please? [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 15:29, November 18, 2010 (UTC)


Managed to fix it now. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 15:51, November 18, 2010 (UTC)
Please let me know if there is anything I should be aware of about in the change beyond what’s in the general announcements. Thanks! —[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] [[User talk:Josiah Rowe|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:35, 2 March 2024 (UTC)


== Help ==
:Ooh, that was quick! Looks like SOTO took care of it without me even asking! Now, that’s service! Never mind me, then. —[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] [[User talk:Josiah Rowe|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:46, 2 March 2024 (UTC)


Hi Tangerineduel. I have just become an admin on The Sarah Jane Adventures Wiki. I think [[User: Mini-mitch|Mini-mitch]] is a regular user on it as well '''but''' it is in ''really'' bad shape. There are loads of VITAL pages that need creating and that's where you come in. If I am not mistaken you created this wiki and look at it now; It's number 10 on the "Wiki Charts". Please would you try to help Sarah Jane Adventures Wiki by creating some of these pages and I could help by asking the guy in charge (Mini-mitch I think) to make you and admin. This is not bribary. Please could you help or at least have a look. Thanks so much. [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 16:12, November 20, 2010 (UTC)
== "Talking dog" ==
Hey, I really do appreciate your going through the proposed mergers lately, but [[Talk:Talking dog]] was an ongoing discussion; it wasn't settled that it should be merged. Do please check these things! As you know, it's very tricky to ''undo'' a merge that was done in error. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)


== A Christmas Carol ==
== Unnecessary category redirects ==


Why isn't there a Christmas Special Page yet? [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 16:15, November 23, 2010 (UTC)
Hi Tangerine, would you be able to delete [[:Category:4DA Series 9 audio story images]] and [[:Category:The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9 audio anthology images]], as they are both unused and unnecessary; only existing because of mistakes whilst moving categories. The source code seems to be locked for them both though, so I can't put a delete tag there myself.


== Just An Idea ==
Ta, {{User:Gingerfool/Sig}} 23:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
 
For Adventure games: Talk pages the page is full of game help. just thought that should Separate pages be made from the talk page so there clear for editing pages Discussions (it can also be used for other games) [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 05:56, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Not quite a merger then - sorry! ==
 
Hi sorry about that I was about to add soundtracks Series 5 and specials and I noted that the article page could have been better (as suggested) so I just did it - sorry about that. As I did the original page, and it had been sitting there a while, I didnt think it would matter if I orphaned my original page. Obviously I was wrong - again sorry. I was just those three pages so I promise I wont do it again. Am I forgiven oh great and highly respected one? btw wheres the template for audio music soundtracks with collapsable fields for previous and next - cant seem to find it again. [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 10:10, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
: Me again! I knew there was something ... [[Infobox Music]] template doesn't include previous and next. [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 19:04, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Jane Espenson ==
 
Jane is writing three to five episodes, three of them definitely will be written by her. She has revealed the line "I need to talk to you" said by Jack in episode five. She also confirmed on twitter she is writing episode seven in one of her 'writing sprints' @adrievdm @janeespenson
 
== Spoiler alert ==
Just a friendly advisory that this afternoon what appears to be a fairly major spoiler involving the Doctor in Series 6 has started to make the rounds. Without giving it away (because I'm mad enough at getting spoiled unnecessarily and I don't want to do it to anyone else), it's one of those things that could result in less-responsible IPs and newbies making certain edits to some articles, like that of the Doctor. If you're not aware of the spoiler, just a suggestion you may want to police the articles to make sure premature/prebroadcast/unconfirmed information isn't added. (As I understand it, while the wiki isn't a spoiler-free zone, that applies to material already broadcast and published and not necessarily in relation to an episode that may not air till next June) [[Special:Contributions/68.146.64.9|68.146.64.9]] 23:33, December 8, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Protection ==
 
Could you protect my talkpage for a week or so? I'm arguing with a member over his inappropriate behavior, and would rather just drop the entire issue. However, I don't think he is willing to do that, and would like to have my TP temporarily protected to force the point. Thank you for your time, regardless of your decision. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 02:44, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
 
== ban ==
 
can you ban http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/86.144.64.176 as hes vandalising the survival page. thanks [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 12:55, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Talk Page ==
 
What Happened to the christmas carol talk page? [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 18:44, December 21, 2010 (UTC)
 
==IP Personal Attacks==
[http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Talk:A_Christmas_Carol&curid=57442&diff=466701&oldid=466331] I believe that here, the IP user has crossed the line on personal attacks. Could you please do something about him? Thank you for your time. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 21:07, December 21, 2010 (UTC)
:[http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=User:Bold_Clone&oldid=467393] Here is another personal attack made by the same IP. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 18:09, December 22, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Possession ==
 
Would [[Compassion]]'s taking over of people count as possession?--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 15:19, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 
hey you know the photo how do knew get the liscisnig add new ones like doctor who adventures issues etc
 
== liscising ==
 
how do you do your new liscing topics for your photos like doctor who adventures topic etc
 
== Apostrophies ==
 
Should we use abbriviations/apostrophies in the general format of main pages? I accept that they can be used in speech extracts but I've seen cases when people have said things like "The Silence will be a monster that we've not seen before" etc. What do you think? Finally have you entered the competition that wikia are running nominating your favourite wiki for a chance to be on the main wikia page? I have, nominating Tardis index file of course! [[User:Ghastly9090|Ghastly9090]] 18:10, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 
== [[Christmas Special 2010]] ==
 
Can't seem to recreate this page after your deletion of it. Need to do so, as it's the only official name we have for the Christmas episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. Not quite sure why it's not working. Can you please check to see if you need to undo some admin-y type thing? Thanks. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 22:59, December 25, 2010 (UTC)
 
== Users ==
 
[[User:Higuiseitsmeagain]] created the vandilised page [[TATU]].--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]] 19:30, December 30, 2010 (UTC)
 
== TOC movement ==
 
I share your concerns about picture placement, and indeed they are ones also conveyed by [[user:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]. As I explained to him, however, there was no way to test this in some sort of sandbox or hypothetical way, as the effect had to be seen on real pages.
 
Each page has a different TOC and a different ratio of text to picture. Consequently the "picture placement" issue actually ''doesn't'' affect the majority of pages. See, for example, ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Krotons]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'', and, say, ''[[Survival]]''. None of these picture displays are negatively impacted by the TOC move. This is because they are adequately written, with a decent-sized lead and synopses. It's also because these pages, by and large, don't try to put the picture immediately under the episode number subhead (though ''[[Survival]]'' proves you ''can'' get away with it, if the lead and synopsis are long enough).
 
So the '''best''' solution to the tiny problem being caused here is simply to fix the defects that are inherent in the pages, anyway. '''As long as the non-illustrated text extends to the bottom of the infobox, picture placement is unaffected.''' And, given the new, narrower page widths, that's not asking for all that much text. Also, it makes relatively little design sense for the first picture on a page with an infobox to be sent to the right side. Even without this change, that means that the picture is going to be underneath the major graphical element on the page. On most of these problematic pages, simply "left"ing the first picture snaps everything into place nicely.
 
Of course, this doesn't address the actual technical problem, which is that the infobox, and not the TOC, is causing this issue. Because it's coded as a simple table now, it's just not playing well with the thumbnail code. As we can see on [[List of stories recorded at BBC Television Centre]], however, it's quite possible for a picture to sit to the immediate left of a template. I'm going to spend some time today, now that I've figured out the actual technical issue, trying to find a new way of coding the box.
 
To be honest, though, it's not really all that necessary to "fix" the box — because, again, simply editing the few pages that are currently problematic will both resolve the issue and improve the wiki. But I'm still going to poke around a bit, looking for a template solution. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 14:02, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 
::Nope, you didn't ask for a fix to the box. It just bugs me that there ''are'' templates here that allow for pictures being placed immediately to the left of the infobox, while others don't. I think I've found the reason though, and will let you know how that progresses. No need for pictures to look unnecessarily screwy while we're busy improving them, if at all possible. I'm not gonna waste ''too'' much time on it, cause at the end of the day it's just better to improve the articles and turn the infobox thing into a non-issue.
 
::As for previous/next '''story''' on the infobox, I've got a '''huge''' problem with that wording on BBC Wales productions, as that's often entirely incorrect. If you're at ''[[The Empty Child]]'', the next '''story''' is '''not''' ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''. It's also not particularly correct if you're sitting at ''[[Mindwarp]]''. The next story isn't ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'', cause that's just a chapter in ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. Also, it's just a waste of space. Adding the word "story" adds an extra line of text (on some broswers, and at some font sizes, in some skins) which doesn't actually improve the user's understanding of the label. If you say "previous" and next to it is the linked name of a serial or episode, people understand what it means. Even if you're blind and using a reader, there's no difference between "previous" and "previous story", if the next words you hear are those describe an episode/serial title. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 15:02, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 
== A bit of a signup glitch ==
 
'''Short version:''' Attempting to sign up seems to have gone a bit screwy for me and now I've got an inaccessable account. If you can't deal with this for whatever technical reasons, I'd appreciate a referral up the chain to whomever at Wikia can.
 
'''Long version:''' I was doing a bit of editing, thought to sign up, and after filling out the form got a "username taken" error. Looked at the user page ([[User:CrazyDreamer]]) and saw that it listed the user signup date as today. Must be me, right? (Especially given that it's a pretty unique username; pretty much anywhere on the 'net you see that, that's me.) But logging in using the password I selected didn't work, and hitting the "e-mail me a new password" button hasn't resulted in an e-mail at the address I had supplied, so all that must have gotten borked somehow. I don't know if this indicates a bug in the system or a one-off glitch.
 
'''Possible resolution and contact info:''' My current IP User talk page probably isn't the best location, and the talk page for an account I can't log into isn't either, so e-mailing me at my preferred user name (CrazyDreamer) at (@) my personal domain (crazydreams.org) is probably best. Correcting the CrazyDreamer user account's e-mail address to that would allow me to use the password recovery function to log in, solving my problems. If other people have the same problem, of course, then the usual steps for reporting bugs will have to be taken, but if not, it's probably just a one-off.
 
--[[Special:Contributions/67.184.57.10|67.184.57.10]] 14:06, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Wishing you a Happy New Year ......and.... ==
 
Just wondered if you thought there was a need for an 'ongoing' stub? I was thinking of those pages which are still ongoing in terms of needing updating regularly so as to remain current, as opposed to the usual stub denoting an article that needs padding out with more content. Just a thought. Hope Christmas was good to you [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 00:22, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
: ok perhaps 'stub' was the wrong word I meant 'template' (? I think), something to denote that the pages are only as current as their last addition and so may albeit for a short time - out of date. Things like magazines, listings of comic strips, ongoing lines of merchandise that sort of thing. Hope thats a bit clearer .... New Year and still more muddled thinking - damn!! [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 20:49, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 
{{Please see|Moving the tables of content to the right}} '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 20:56, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Experiments and stubs ==
 
Just thinking... could we put the stubs on TOP of the page like spoliers ect. so they get more attention wich might get the problem fixed... and the thing about the thing above is using pages to show what they are doing. I'm not against this just thinking a box saying somthing like: This page is being used as part of an experiment [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 00:26, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Bold Clone ==
 
I would like to propose the '''temporal''' blocking of [[User:Bold Clone]]. For the following reasons: Re-adding delete template after vote against and removal of content (see [[Howling Halls]]). I posted warnings on his user page but he promptly deleted them. He also posted a warning on my page claiming that deletion of the template was against policy despite the discussion favouring keeping it. A vote was non-existent at the time. Thanks--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 17:24, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
He seems to be ignoring the opinions of other users also as he is re-adding the delete template even after a majority vote has decided that it should be removed. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 17:27, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:Hey. There was no vote against and removal of content at first. I was trying to follow policy by waiting for a vote.
:The warnings were groundless. It was not vandalism. Check the wiki policies to see that I'm right.
:Are we supposed to vote or discuss? The impression I got was that we discuss, ''then'' vote. A discussion would mean nothing without a vote to confirm it. Thanks for listening to me. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 17:30, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:A majority of 3 votes? Isn't there a minimum amount needed or a minimum time for the vote? --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 17:31, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
Sorry to use your page as some sort of battleground, if you look at the howling halls history it has all the evidence you need. All the information on their can be justified as you can see it is sourced. Thanks--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 17:36, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:''Sigh''...wrong. The info cannot be justified, even if it is sourced. All you are saying is "I didn't make up this info." Don't get me wrong, that's good, but you're still saying "the halls ''might'' be a prision." ''That'' is speculation, and to repeatedly add the info is vandalism. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 17:38, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
Discuss this on my page, don't junk up another users.--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 17:40, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:...You ''were'' the one who started this; you ''were'' the one who turned this page into a battleground...--[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 17:44, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:Just more on Bold Clones behaviour, he is currently taking a childish approach, to doing everything "by the book" which is preventing me from properly editing due to his provocative comments and insitence on reverting users edits before consulting the users about why they have been done so. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 19:43, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:You aren't doing any better. You're reverting everything I do without asking me why I did it. Doing it by the book is the way to do it, otherwise I'd be better off to break the rules.
:Provocative comments? --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 19:47, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
I agree, Bold Clone seems to have arrived on this wiki and decided that he is "the law". As you can see by this page, he cannot accept that he may be at fault. Sorry to press the issue.--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 19:45, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:''Sigh''...I have decided to follow the law. It's not really my problem if you won't. I just try to do my job. I can't be at fault if I am following the law. Sorry to have these editors continually bother you, Tangerineduel. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 19:49, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:Examples of this are the message that has just been posted now, it is asking for an answer that is obviously not needed and therefore stopping users from getting on with useful edits. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 19:51, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:I need it. I don't really know what you consider provocative. I am trying to do my job here, which includes adding proper info (including IB, which you are preventing), and deleting worthless pages, which I am also prevented from doing so. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 19:53, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Professerbillybob ==
 
Professerbillybob needs blocking also as he is constantly removing content from the eleventh doctor page. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 17:31, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
:It's more widespread now; he does need to be banned if he doesn't stop. (He ''is'' vandalizing.) --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 17:36, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
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== Utopia ==
 
I don't think I have the powers to do this, but, according to naming conventions, the following should happen:
#[[Utopia]] needs to move to [[Utopia (disambiguation)]]
#[[Utopia (planet)]] needs to move to [[Utopia]]
#[[Utopia (planet)]] needs to then be deleted.
#[[Utopia (short story)]] and [[Utopia (TV story)]] need to stay where they are.
Not quite sure why [[User:Ghelæ|Ghelæ]] deliberately edited ''away'' from the naming conventions, but there we are. Obviously, I could do point #1, but I think point #2 is where things start to go beyond me, because Utopia already exists as a pre-edited page. If I'm wrong, and I ''can'' do all that, let me know and I'll gladly take care of it. Otherwise, thanks for any help you can give. :) '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 23:23, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
::Ah, but there's the rub. According to [[Help:Moving pages]] only admins "have the additional option on pages moves of disabling the automatic redirect". And indeed I just did a move and looked in vain for anything like a "disable redirect" button. So I think I did need your help at some point on that road, and thank you for giving it. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 13:20, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Bold Clone ==
 
Sorry to bother you again but still Bold Clone is being distruptive on the wikia, reverting users edits and refusing to listen to why they are being reverted in the first place. Please i implore you, sort out this problem, i speak for myself Skittles and Mini Mitch as he is preventing all of us from moving on to new edits. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 20:01, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, what he's doing does not fall foul of any specific rule on the wiki. I've just spent a few minutes looking, and we don't have any real policies on [[wikipedia:wikipedia:edit warring|edit warring]]. In particular, we have nothing remotely like Wikipedia's very helpful [[wikipedia:wikipedia:3RR|3 reversion rule]], which would've curbed the craziness at the [[Howling Halls]] a while ago. It's kind of ironic, though. The Howling Halls have become a ''real'' prison for some of our editors now. This would be the ideal time to submit such a policy change to the forum. I'm sure it would pass without difficulty. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 15:13, January 6, 2011 (UTC)
:I agree it would be a good time to update the wikias rules on blocking and revertion.
:An example would be: once a users edit is reverted and a reason has been provided, then the topic must be discussed and voted for on the talk page instead of a big revertion war. Those who do not follow this could then face blocking after a warning from an admin. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 15:23, January 6, 2011 (UTC)
:Agreed; there needs to be a modification to the blocking/revertion rules. Perhaps something like "''anyone'' who gets involved in an edit war gets banned for a minimum of a day", simply to cool thing down and let others initiate disscussion? The reason why I suggest this is that if you engage in an edit war, you aren't really any better than the 'vandal' you are fighting. However, I believe that the definition of 'vandal' should also be improved. After all, if you are removing ambiguous or contraversial info, then aren't you doing the wiki a favor? That said, I'd like to point out that all I was doing was removing vague and contraversial info. --[[User:Bold Clone|<span style="color:blue">'''Bold'''</span>]] [[User Talk:Bold Clone|<span style="color:gold">'''Clone'''</span>]] 18:17, January 7, 2011 (UTC)
 
== DWA ==
 
The doctor who adventures button on the home page is about 7 issues out of date[[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 20:41, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
Didn't work 4 me [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 19:00, January 6, 2011 (UTC)
 
== replying to a message ==
hi yeah I'm sorry if I did upload a different version of the same image I wasnt aware that I was doing that. however I didnt appreciate that you deleted the image I put up even if I accidently posted it as a new version of a different image. look i am technically chalanged so it an amazing feat that i am even on a forum or talk page let alone trying to put images on a site so yeah
==ClassicTV box==
Awww, you don't like the borderless? Shame. I think it looks way better. Well, I'll tweak it some more then. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 16:15, January 7, 2011 (UTC)
:There ya go. Border restored. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 16:17, January 7, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Series Boxes ==
 
Template: Series Pages have been edited to make xmas special blend in with the rest of the series and also the series 6 split has been removed . just wondering if you or other admin have asked that to change [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 21:16, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 
Forum Started [[Forum:Series Boxes]] [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 02:43, January 10, 2011 (UTC)
 
 
==Age limit==
Hey, Tangerineduel, [[User:90.215.45.50]] here, please tell me if there is an age limit to wikia editors? Thanks.
 
Thank you for answering. Er, I am going to be 12 in July this year, will that count? [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 20:28, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
==Delete [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]]==
I am not very happy at Revanvolatrelundar because I created a page called [[Temporal Anomaly]] and he deleted it straight away so it would be good if you deleted ''him ''from the Doctor Who Wiki. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 19:03, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 
In my defense the page wasnt sourced and the info, to the best of my knowledge was false anyway. Also i cannot delete pages as i am not an admin. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 19:14, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Answer to 'Removing Content'==
The information in heading 'Removing Content' is nothing to me because it is utter tosh as I have never done such a thing, Tangerineduel. [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 19:37, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
==Was it you?==
[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] said he thought it was '''you''' who deleted [[Temporal Anomaly]]. Was it? (If so tell me, if not tell me and talk to Revanvolatrelundar for accusing you). [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 19:39, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 
Ive checked the logs and it was Doug86, sorry for the bother Tang. [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 19:42, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 
==User Pictures==
How do you give yourself a picture for your userpage, if you know what I mean? [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 21:42, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Changes to [[MediaWiki:Licenses]]==
Hey, it'd be really helpful if the following changes could be made to the licensing dropdown. For your cut-and-paste convenience, I include the whole of the code here.
 
The main changes here are
*to italicize some things
*to un-capitalize other things
*to remove the DWIA "license" from active consideration. There's a difference between ''sourcing'' someone and providing the information as to its legal provenance. This is '''not''' a "license"; it's just sourcing a website that has no more right to the image than we do. Plus, his day is done; he was great in the 1990s, but now that we've got a more developed BBC website and a whole range of DVD releases, he's got nothing that can't be gotten from an official source. Even his publicity stills are better licensed with [[:template:promotional|promotional]] than DWIA. In fact, as he is not the originator of ''any'' image on his site, all of his images can be better licensed. The site may have been very useful in 2005 and 2006, when we were struggling to found the wiki, but at this point, I don't think we want to ''encourage'' any new additions from that rather low-quality image site.
*to create a comics section, and to add in idwcover and comicbookcover
*to add the simple PD template to the last section
*adding general clarity to the public domain wording (NASA images are not universally in public domain; wikipedia PD template needed stronger wording saying it's '''only''' public domain images from wikipedia, not wikipedia images in general.)
'''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 18:01, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
===Code begins===
<pre>
*TV & film images
**screenshot|BBC screenshots
**K9-screenshot|K-9 TV series screenshots
**telesnap|Telesnaps
**Film-screenshot|Images from spin-offs and films
*Book covers
**bbcbookcover|BBC Books covers
**bfbookcover|Big Finish Productions book covers
**virginbookcover|Virgin Publishing book covers
**targetbookcover|Target Books book covers
**telosbookcover|Telos Publishing book covers
**bookcover|Any uncategorised book covers
*CD and audio covers
**bfcover|Big Finish Productions CD covers
**bbvcover|BBV CD covers
**bbcaudiocover|BBC Audio covers
**audiocover|Any uncategorised audio covers
*DVD, video & other covers
**bbcdvdcover|BBC DVD or Blu-ray covers
**bbcvidcover|BBC VHS covers
**bbvcover|BBV DVD & video covers
**rpcover|Realtime Pictures DVD & video covers
**mediacover|Any uncategorised media covers
*Illustrations & art
**targetillustration|Illustrations from Target Books
**webillustration|Illustrations from BBC websites & e-books
**illustration|Any uncategorised illustrations
**concept|Concept or proof artwork
*Comics
**comic copyright|Images from the interior of comic strips or graphic novels
**idwcover|Images from IDW covers
**comicbookcover|Any uncategorised comic book covers
*Magazines
**dwmcover|''Doctor Who Magazine'' covers
**dwacover|''Doctor Who Adventures'' covers
**BIT copyright|''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' magazine & cards
**dwdvdfiles copyright|''Doctor Who DVD Files'' magazine & DVD
**twmcover|''Torchwood Magazine'' covers
**magazinecover|Any uncategorised magazine covers
*Promotional and merchandising
**merchandise|Images of merchandise
**promotional|Promotional images including wallpaper
**characteroptions copyright|Character Options merchandise
*Fair use and public domain
**fair dealing|Fair dealing or Fair use
**Wikipedia PD Image|Public domain images from Wikipedia
**PD-USGov|Public domain images from the US Government
**NASA|Non-copyrighted images from NASA
**PD|Public domain images from elsewhere
**GFDL|GFDL
*User images
**user image|Image uploaded for use on user pages</pre>
 
==Preview==
Can comic previews be used to illustrate BFA characters?--[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 12:56, January 16, 2011 (UTC)
==A slight change back to new decor==
I like the new Doctor Who Wiki decor and all that but could you please bring back the sidebar? It makes using the wiki a whole lot better and easier. From the now well known [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 21:53, January 20, 2011 (UTC).
 
==Vandalism==
Please protect [[:template:delete]] with full protection. There's no need for it ''ever'' to be edited. An anon user came through today and blanked it, which obviously had the effect of removing the delete template from a lot of pages. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 16:14, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
:Well, I say "a lot", but obviously I just mean "a few" and am employing hyperbole for semantic effect. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 16:18, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Removing "added by" from under pictures==
Could we please remove the "added by" line from under pictures? It's unnecessary, and in some situations, as with the <nowiki><randomimage></nowiki> command, simply displays in the weirdest places. I don't really see a need for a discussion, since it's not something any of us actively '''wanted'''; it was just forced on us by wikia. Plus, depending on the page on which the pic is located, it nominally violates our perspective policy by introducing the out-of-universe name of an editor to a page. It does require a tiny bit of CSS editing to disable, but the procedure is explained fairly simply [http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Remove_%22Added_by...%22_under_photos&t=20110109204509 here at community]. Here's an example of one of the possibile outcomes when used with <nowiki><randomimage></nowiki>. Note how the name of the contributor simply becomes a part of the caption. In other instances, it'll throw the "Added by" line to the left of the page, quite apart from the photo itself. It's just a wacky nuisance. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 20:28, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Grammar guide==
I think this is a marvelous idea. I'd have some thoughts on the actual wording you have ''now'', as well as other things that might be included, but, as a concept, it's damn well needed.  I know it can feel condescending, but here's why it's not:
 
The manual of style isn't actually that much of a manual of style.  It's just a few guidelines thrown together.  A true manual of style is every bit as detailed as you seem to be going with your effort.  Newspaper manuals of style will have passages about correct use of contractions and possessives, just as you have now.  Moreover, because we're "English speakers separated by a common language", we need something that specifically sets down what is correct '''for us''' and what is not.  I just answered a thing on a talk page the other day — I think it was [[Talk:Mr Smith]] — about why there's no period in "Mr".  And, to be honest with you, I know that, early on in my editing here, I've redirected articles to "St." something, away from the "British proper" "St" something.
 
So I say let's continue on with this effort, though it may be slightly premature to release it to a live page just yet.  '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]'''  [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 07:33, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
==A small change back==
I do like the new Doctor Who Wiki decor and all that but could you please bring back the sidebar? It's existence makes using this wiki a whole lot better. Thanks, from the now very well known [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 16:45, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Thanks . . . and an ''italic'' request ==
Thanks for all your help recently.  :)  Can I prevail upon you do one more small change?  Could you please add the following to [[MediaWiki:Wikia.css]]?
<pre>
/* Fix for rewrite title */
#title-meta i { font-style: italic !important; }
</pre>
It'll make it possible to have italic page titles, though the use of [[:template:Title]], as at ''[[starwars:A New Hope|A New Hope]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Great Expectations|Great Expectations]]''.  Changeover should then be possible to largely accomplish through the bot stamping [[:template:Title]] onto each story page on the wiki.  Thanks :)  '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]'''  [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 07:33, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
:Oh, and if you're wondering what all the ''other'' templates are in [[:category:italic title templates]], well, they're delightful fun and they totally work in a beautifully complex way — but only in Monobook.  Damned Wikia skin turns the titles into <nowiki><i>The Brain of Morbius</i></nowiki>, but doesn't parse the HTML.  This other .css change, though, is in current operation in the Wikia and Monobook skins at Wookieepedia, so all should be well here.  '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]'''  [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 07:33, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Getting rid of "read more" thingie==
Because that "read more" thing at the top right of articles can sometimes overflow into the edit history button (if category names are especially long), you might want to disable it. This can be done by adding the following to [[MediaWiki:Wikia.css]]:
<pre>
.RelatedPagesModule {display: none;}
</pre>
Just another thought . . . '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 07:33, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
==[[User:TheOncomingStorm|TheOncomingStorm]][[User:TheOncomingStorm|
]]==
A user calling himself TheOncomingStorm has made no edits and every time I visit his page on a different day the "Member since" thingie says that date. could you speak to him? [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 16:55, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Fancy coming to my rescue? plz ==
 
Hi! And I thought I was being so good! but ... I realise (CzechOut pointed it out!) that I've messed up image licences since 19th November - and I have unfortunately been rather busy. need to go back 500-1000 contributions ago!! :( You know how thick I am at these things (or should by now), so Im asking for help. Pleeeeease! I would like to correct my mistakes so ... Here goes!
: 1: How / where do I select one from to add (to new pics)?Adding a picture doesn't ask for licence now.
: Good news I think I've found out how to change a File with a (wrong) licence attached but most of mine recently dont have one to edit.
: 2: If a picture doesn't have a licence how can I add one?
:: Gutted - I'm putting new work on hold until I can sort it - and know what Im doing. Thanks [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] 20:27, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Hey! ==
 
Hey, how are you? Long time no... wiki... haha! Could you have a quick word with [[User:Codyjordan|Codyjordan]] about adding sources. He's been warned numerous times about it, but has [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Series_6_(Doctor_Who)&diff=prev&oldid=483501 continued to add information without sources]. Thanks. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 12:46, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Warning reply==
That warning you gave me was considered random because I don't know what 'User's User page' is. I was just checking, from [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 15:45, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 
Oh, OK. In that case, utter tosh. [[Special:Contributions/90.215.45.50|90.215.45.50]] 17:21, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 
==Delete temp==
Well, weird things are gonna happen if ya put it ''under'' an infobox.  What happens there is that two big templates are competing to be in the same space, and one of them has to "lose".  And the one that loses is "delete", because it's just a loose collection of div statements, rather than the proper ''table'' of an infobox. 
 
The question really is, why would ya put the delete template ''under'' an infobox?  It's meant to be the ''first'' thing on the page – or at least before any infoboxen/article text.  And it's not "meant" to be that way just for coding reasons; it should be hittin' ya in the face no matter how big your browser window is.  It should be saying to the reader, "Hey, there's a problem with this article; do something about it."  Burying it under an infobox simply isn't a placement I ''ever'' expected, which is why the usage instructions say "place the following at the '''top''' of the offending article". 
 
Even so, I have added a "clear:both" to the delete template so that "delete" retains its integrity no matter where it's placed on the page.  That "clear:both" is a visual bomb, though, and will really frak with the page design if you put the template in the middle of the article.  The best place is still the very top of the article. &nbsp;<span style="background:#cc3333; border:1px dotted #777777; padding:1px 3px 1px 3px; margin-left:4px; font-size:85%;-moz-border-radius:5px;">'''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="color:#b7b7ff; cursor:help" title="Don't worry.">czech</span><span style="color:#dbd8ff" title="I'm a force for good.">out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="Talk to me">☎</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="See what I've been up to">✍</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechBot|<font color="#ffffff" title="Czech up on the bot"></font>]]</span> 13:32, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
::No worries.  It got me to discover and delete a lot of weird empty spaces at the bottom of the template that I'd never noticed before.  So it was a useful revisitation. &nbsp;<span style="background:#cc3333; border:1px dotted #777777; padding:1px 3px 1px 3px; margin-left:4px; font-size:85%;-moz-border-radius:5px;">'''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="color:#b7b7ff; cursor:help" title="Don't worry.">czech</span><span style="color:#dbd8ff" title="I'm a force for good.">out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="Talk to me">☎</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="See what I've been up to">✍</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechBot|<font color="#ffffff" title="Czech up on the bot"></font>]]</span> 13:47, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 
== Idea (Likely to be shot down, But still an idea) ==
 
I Was just on [http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb_Wiki phineas and ferb Wiki] and ther main page has this box thingy that is fill of up coming and recent releases just thought it would clean up the main page a bit. Also a few days ago i accidently clicked on the link to the French Wiki (This wiki Not the other one) and there back ground picture is more Doctor Who-y then ours :( [[User:Joshoedit|Joshoedit]] 08:33, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
:P&F wiki is a fabulously well-crafted wikia, for what it's worth.  However, it's a ''much'' smaller fictional universe, so the slider thing works for them.  We ''have'' [[Doctor Who Wiki/Slider|a slider like that]], but the thing is, it ''only'' takes four images and they ''must'' be at a very precise and peculiar size.  So what four images would we choose  to represent the totality of what we cover, and who are we going to put on "slider image duty"?  Check out the development notes for more info :) &nbsp;<span style="background:#cc3333; border:1px dotted #777777; padding:1px 3px 1px 3px; margin-left:4px; font-size:85%;-moz-border-radius:5px;">'''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="color:#b7b7ff; cursor:help" title="Don't worry.">czech</span><span style="color:#dbd8ff" title="I'm a force for good.">out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="Talk to me">☎</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="See what I've been up to">✍</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechBot|<font color="#ffffff" title="Czech up on the bot"></font>]]</span> 16:33, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
== CSS==
We need to add this to the very top of [[MediaWiki:Wikia.css]]:
<pre>
/*LEAVE THIS IMPORT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE*/
@import url("http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&usemsgcache=yes&ctype=text/css&smaxage=86400&action=raw&maxage=86400");
</pre>
Not that we have that ''much'' in common.css at the moment, but this fix makes good on the promise at the top of wikia.css that "CSS placed here will be applied to all skins."  According to [http://community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Common.css&t=20110105030225 this thread at community], wikia.css doesn't actually load common.css at all, unless you force it.  This fix, I've noticed, is present in most of the "tech savvy" wikia wikis now. 
 
Also, I've made you an admin at [[w:c:tardistest:Tardis Test Wiki|the Tardis Test Wiki]] so that we can have a safe place to test CSS while we're learning it.  And it'll be useful to check superficial (i.e. colour/backgound) changes.  I kinda dig the colour scheme that's there now.    &nbsp;<span style="background:#cc3333; border:1px dotted #777777; padding:1px 3px 1px 3px; margin-left:4px; font-size:85%;-moz-border-radius:5px;">'''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="color:#b7b7ff; cursor:help" title="Don't worry.">czech</span><span style="color:#dbd8ff" title="I'm a force for good.">out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="Talk to me">☎</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font color="#ffffff" title="See what I've been up to">✍</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/CzechBot|<font color="#ffffff" title="Czech up on the bot"></font>]]</span> 16:33, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
 
Hey, I just looked at [[DW]]:[[''The End of Time'']] article and it says on there in the template that The Master "redeems himself"- the thing is, he doesn't redeem himself, he's an evil Time Lord, he didn't do anything redeeming, he was getting revenge and decided to save the Doctors life, this isn't a major change for him or major life event, he didn't technically redeem himself, you can't just go from evil to good.
 
 
 
Thanks-
 
 
 
[[User:ThePandoricaOpens666|ThePandoricaOpens666]] 18:33, January 23, 2011 (UTC)[[ThePandoricaOpens666]] 18:33 23rd Januray 2010, UTC

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Wiki Manager[[edit source]]

Hi Tangerineduel! My name is Playsonic2 and I’m the Fandom Wiki Manager assigned to TARDIS Data Core. I am here to help the community and be a liaison to full-time Fandom staff.

I also happen to be an administrator at the Spanish Doctor Who Wiki, which has me spending considerable amount of time here (adding interlanguage links mostly). I know this wiki wonderfully organised and that CzechOut assists with any technical issues, but if there are ever any issues I could assist with, I would be pleased to help. I will be available on my talk page! ~Playsonic2 09:03, May 20, 2019 (UTC)

Heya! Just here to let you know that Fandom now has an official Discord server and lots of editors are joining. In this blog post at Community Central you can find more information, as well as a server invite link if you wish to join us. There are many editors there, as well as staff members, and a variety of channels. Cheers! Playsonic2 ☎ 07:46, July 11, 2019 (UTC)

BBC[[edit source]]

Hi, thanks for merging the BBC pages. I just finished removing all the links to "BBC (real world)" and deleted that page. User:OncomingStorm12th and I cleaned up the BBC page, so it flows better. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 02:20, June 28, 2019 (UTC)

Mark I Travel Machine[[edit source]]

Hi there. This will be a blast from the past: over ten years ago now you edited AUDIO: Guilt and added a note that the prototype Dalek seen in the story was of the same design (by description and implication) seen in TV: The Daleks. If you remember could you please elaborate on this description and implication as I find it hard to reconcile this fact as the Daleks Davros eventually presented to the world were Mark III Travel Machines and not Mark Is. Thanks in advance. --Borisashton ☎ 12:01, September 21, 2019 (UTC)

About the Deceased category[[edit source]]

A few days ago, I noticed there was no deceased category for this wiki, so I thought I should create one. So I tried, and saw that you had chosen for this page not to be created, as you judged it not useful since all articles were written in the past tense. Of course, a deceased category for a time-travel related series isn't an easy task. Should be put any characters that most likely died of old age in this category ? Personally, I don't think so. In my opinion, if we were to have such a category on this wiki, only the ones whose deaths were either witnessed in the series or seen as absolute (for instance Amy and Rory's), when we know those characters will very most likely never be seen again. Well, they could in some extreme cases, then they will just be removed. So as you probably have guessed by now, I am writing this message to you in order to ask you to re-considerate your decision regarding this category. Of course, in the case where you would accept, I would gladly take care of filling this category myself (i have seen all the new series but not the old ones yet, it's only a matter of time). I will then await for your decision on this matter, With all due respect,

ThePurpleShadow ☎ 13:21, October 27, 2019 (UTC)

Re:Deceased category[[edit source]]

Thanks to your message, I now understand your point of view better. There is indeed a lot I didn't take into account when I thought this category was needed on this wiki. I usually visit wikis and recently have been adding/completing deceased categories on others, like Reborn's for example. So when I saw this one I thought it was missing, and it could have been useful. But now I see why this isn't the case, and I am sorry I bothered you for such a matter. Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to write me a reply that could enlighten me about this wiki,

ThePurpleShadow ☎ 19:15, October 29, 2019 (UTC)

Tardis:User rights nominations[[edit source]]

Hi. As you know, since you left a brief comment there, I've started a self-nomination over Tardis:User rights nominations. I'm not sure how up-to-track you've been keeping yourself around the wiki, but I thought of bringing to your attention that the usual "one week" period for comments has passed, and you might (if you have the time to, of course) weight in if more time's need or something of the sorts. Anyway, thanks in advance. OncomingStorm12th ☎ 23:36, January 31, 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw on your "contributions" section that you still show up once in a while. I'm glad to see this. Also, thanks for closing it. Now into new territory. :) OncomingStorm12th ☎ 14:54, February 1, 2020 (UTC)

Left-over vandalism[[edit source]]

Hey. Thanks for dealing with the two vandals just now. As per the restrictions in Tardis:Vandalism policy regarding removal of others' comments may I have your permission to remove all the comments at User talk:Borisashton#Singular they? Thanks in advance. --Borisashton ☎ 15:11, February 5, 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to say thanks too and ask the same regarding my own page. --DCLM ☎ 15:15, February 5, 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. Also, I have no idea how to archive the talk page discussions. --DCLM ☎ 15:48, February 5, 2020 (UTC)

Re: Template order[[edit source]]

Oh, it makes sense. Since most of these "small, rectangle templates" usually go on top, I'd assumed it was ended up being moved to the bottom of the page during a bot run, and went sort of unnoticed, but now looking at the page history I realize it was there since day one. Will change it back. Thanks for the heads up. OncomingStorm12th (talk) 16:15, February 5, 2020 (UTC)

Just FYI, since you banned them[[edit source]]

User:Dissident Prodigy appears to be a sock puppet User:Unbanned reality talk. The former was created suspiciously quickly after the latter was banned, the names are vaguely similar, and the former’s only contributions are removing messages insulting the latter from his talk page (including that one message about mentioning logical fallacies by name being ‘reddit-tier arguing’, which, if you look at the history, the latter kept trying to remove - obviously it hit too close to home), as well as a supsicious cryptic comment about the ‘shoe [being] on the other foot’ on Shamabala’s talk page. Probably something you should look into. 82.132.220.11talk to me 13:04, February 6, 2020 (UTC)

Thanks[[edit source]]

Thank you for putting an end to User:120.20.195.104's obstruction of the Wikia. It started on the Series 12 page, which admin Shambala108 had to lock because they continued to undo facts. I replied to Shambala on the talk page to do something and they kept counter-arguing it. Then I took to editing other pages, which they then kept undoing, obstructing work. Then I had to report to Shambala108 about it, which they followed and kept trying to argue again, this time going at me with personal attacks. --DCLM ☎ 13:10, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

Furthermore they also broke the Tardis:Spoiler policy by naming spoilers outside the series page, specifically on Shambala's talk page. --DCLM ☎ 13:15, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully, you are right. But I do have my worries that this could continue. And without accusations, I do have slight suspicions that this in itself is a continuation of past actions, as I do remember a user of the past (half a year back or so) who engaged in the same kind of actions with the same motives. --DCLM ☎ 13:31, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

The user is back at again with these removals of sourced material. Could you please take action before this escalates once again? Thank you. --DCLM ☎ 07:37, February 19, 2020 (UTC)

You agree it's unsourced? Cheers! Best to lock the page again so Danny doesn't edit-war. 120.20.172.137talk to me 07:40, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
YOU edit-war because you won't accept the facts as they are. YOU were blocked for this. Not once, but twice. Tangerineduel was easy on you with a one day block, but Shambala made your block longer for these actions. Why can't you take the hint that you are messing the page up by doing this? --DCLM ☎ 07:45, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
You admitted it's unsourced. You agree with me. Thank you! Why can't you read what you say? 120.20.172.137talk to me 07:47, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
"I think you need reading glasses. I didn't agree. I said you removed SOURCED material. Do you never get tired of going against this Wikia? You'll probably end up getting another block. --DCLM ☎ 07:49, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
How's it sourced? Explain to me where it says it's definitely a Christmas special. Also point me to the part where it says it may be completely wrong. If you can't, then I think you need reading glasses. 120.20.172.137talk to me 07:59, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
You tried this once before, remember? Without luck. Oh, and you have no respect for the spoiler policy as you again posted a spoiler where they are not allowed. I'm done with arguing this fact that you can't accept. The admins can take it from here. --DCLM ☎ 08:10, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
Because you won't read the source. Just admit it. You've never opened it. You'll never even mention the bit where it says the source could be wrong. Copy-paste it. I dare you. Bet you won't. Scared of admitting you're wrong. 120.20.172.137talk to me 08:21, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
Read it multiple times, thanks. Still not wrong. Oh, and why would I deliberately break the spoiler policy? --DCLM ☎ 08:29, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
Clearly not. Told you that you won't confirm that I'm right concerning the source. I'm right again? Wow! I'll be back here when it airs before Christmas, just to tell you that I told you so. 120.20.172.137talk to me 08:31, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
The only regrettable thing is that I can't deal with disobedient Wikia-trolls like you myself and I have to pester another poor admin to take care of it because people like you keep coming back for more. Unable to accept things as they are. --DCLM ☎ 08:39, February 19, 2020 (UTC)
Unable to accept sources as they are? Hey, that's you! Won't even accept what it says. Can I make my CV, say that I paid for the whole series since 1963 and put in online? That's a reliable source, yeah? You seem to think so! 120.20.172.137talk to me 08:50, February 19, 2020 (UTC)

Re: UCP and nomination[[edit source]]

Ah, thank you for getting back to me! Yes, that sounds fair. And I have indeed familiarised myself with the UCP on other Wikis; seemed only sensible.

(I don't think it will affect the Wiki too badly, from what I've seen; the only area where I'm worried is the Forum, depending on how we handle the situation. In fact, the option to fill in image file descriptions within the source editor of a page, rather than having to go through Special:Upload ahead of time, even seems like it might help significantly with issues of new users posting images without any licenses or categories.) --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 17:22, September 20, 2020 (UTC)

Well… as you'll doubtless have noticed, we have, now, moved to the UCP, for better or for worse. Will you be able to get back to my case? --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 13:59, September 29, 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much! (Speaking of replies — you didn't actually reply to my response to your concerns in ==Neutral==; by all means do if there are areas I didn't address/more assurances you feel I should give.) --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 05:48, September 30, 2020 (UTC)
Point of information, I'm not sure we've finished the move to UCP. There are a variety of changes that come with UCP, the change to the forums is only one of them. I'm not sure that this is relevant, as the others aren't necessarily going to change much on an admin front to my knowledge, but it is something to bear in mind. (For instance, we still have "Recent Wiki Activity" on my end, which I'm certainly not complaining about, but shouldn't be the case? So I dunno what's going on, but it doesn't seem to be a full transition to UCP. Again, not sure if this is relevant to pausing the admin nom going forward, as the biggest issue there seemed to be the forums from my limited perspective, but it should be pointed out.) Najawin ☎ 09:10, September 30, 2020 (UTC)
Oh, absolutely! Had you had more to ask I would definitely have posted the answers on the nomination page.
As regards Najawin's message above, I mean, we had the banner announcing we had moved. It may be we are keeping WikiActivity after all as a special favour to one of the Original 100 Wikis? Who knows. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:20, September 30, 2020 (UTC)

Admin categories[[edit source]]

Since you moved yourself into a new category on Tardis:Administrators, I'm wondering if some of the admins listed in the "Frequently active admins" category should also be moved (or whether it's incumbent on them to move themselves). I know when I was newer a few months ago the category not quite lining up confused me. Najawin ☎ 21:18, October 2, 2020 (UTC)

Community Connect[[edit source]]

Hey there! Not sure we've spoken much, but I'm Chris - a Wiki Representative at Fandom. Have you heard of an event called Community Connect? It's a Fandom event where news is often revealed about the platform and you get to chat to other admins. It's virtual this year over Zoom or similar but no mic or camera needed. It's 7th + 8th August at 8-12 PT. Is this something you would be interested in attending? I can't guarantee an invite, but I can look into getting one sent to the email associated with your Fandom account --Spongebob456 talk <staff/>

Fandom projects[[edit source]]

Hi! Got a couple of things:

As this wiki used to use Special:Forum, Fandom wants to make sure that old forum links and references aren't cluttering up maintenance special pages (unusedfiles, needed pages etc). Would you mind checking and letting me know asap as to whether that's an issue for this wiki? Just looking for dead links to forums in special pages, or links to images used in forums but are now dead, stuff like that. No need to attempt to cleanup yourself, I just need to know if they exist.

Secondly, did you receive an email sent last week I believe inviting you to The Downstream on September 10th? The email is titled "[The Downstream] Ask Fandom Anything, Social Media Tips, and Data Insights". I just want to confirm you received the email as we know Fandom outreach emails often land in spam.

If you could let me know about both of those things, that would be fantastic. Thanks! --Spongebob456 talk <staff/> 09:43, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Temporary forums[[edit source]]

Hey! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Since you've been away, a new discussion's been going on, with our continuing need for forums to get things done again. As we've been in a transition period for a while, and user:CzechOut's still busy preparing the next stage of evolution, some users have proposed we make space for these necessary conversations.

Would be good to get another eye on this. Do you think you could have a look? It's over at Tardis talk:Temporary forums.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 07:01, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Discussions AbuseFilter[[edit source]]

Hey! A new feature is available on Discussions - Discussions AbuseFilter (DAF). This is designed to be a tool to help moderation on Discussions, if certain behaviours are being disruptive and making manual moderation difficult:

Not compulsory for anyone to use it etc, just letting you know it's here. As a note about forums, I have asked Czech about it and I know he is aware it's still needed. If I can help with anything though, please give me a shout on here or Discord! --Spongebob456 talk <staff/> 20:36, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Joledex?[[edit source]]

Im not really sure because it has been a while back. Maybe because I wasn't sure about the spelling of the name 08:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Admin nomination[[edit source]]

Hi Tangerineduel, just wanted to ping you to let you know that the admin nomination for User:Bongolium500 at Tardis:User rights nominations has passed the one week threshold and is ready for conclusion. Hope you've been well! – n8 (☎) 14:15, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Hey — cheers on closing Bongolium's nomination, but just letting you know that his actual user rights don't appear to have been changed yet? Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 13:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Ah, makes sense! Thanks. (This is just why we need Bongolium; I'm no good at the coding stuff…) Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 13:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Re:Admin - Welcome![[edit source]]

Thanks for the welcome! Don't worry about the wait: everyone has their busy moments. I look forward to getting started with some of my new responsibilities! Bongo50 ☎ 17:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Temporary Forums Are Live![[edit source]]

Hello!

Just wanted to notify you that, User:CzechOut's final deadline of "by New Year's Day" having passed, and following in-depth discussion between myself and fellow admins User:SOTO, User:OncomingStorm12th and User:Bongolium500, we have decided to activate Tardis:Temporary forums, come what may. A sitenotice has been set to inform the community of this development, and I am taking it upon myself to personally update our Administrators on the situation, as well as yourself.

As the name implies, we hope the Temporary Forums will remain — well — temporary. Any work on reactivating proper DPL Forums will still be welcome and appreciated; this system is a further fine-tuning of the setup Bongolium500 had proposed in December 2021, which it means is designed from the ground up to be easy to transfer into the actual DPL Forums if we should get those back in the near future after all.

But it has been multiple years since the Wiki has had a venue for changing policy and forming community consensus on important matters. Bongolium500 and SOTO put forward the first draft of the Temporary Forums a full year ago — and were convinced to retract it by a promise that the real Forums would come ‘very soon’; and here we are. I don't think anyone's at fault; I do think everyone has the Wiki's best interests at heart. But the time has come to realise that the overly-optimistic strategy of endlessly putting off an imperfect temporary solution in pursuit of a perfect one "soon" has failed, resoundingly. It is time for a different approach. The Tardis community are owed a different approach. If you have active DPL Forums to give us, we will take them gladly. But we cannot sacrifice one more promising alternative to a nebulous future possibility which has already proven more difficult to achieve that you'd expected several times over. It is our hope that you can understand respect our decision in this matter.

We four elementals behind the Temporary Forums would like to reassure the rest of the admin team that this necessary step is not intended to create more work for them unbidden. Four are, if it comes to that, plenty enough to keep the peace a Forum with no more than six threads running at a time; we would be thrilled to see the rest of the team embracing the Temporary Forums, but please don't feel any obligation to do so.

Happy New Year, happy editing — and happy contribution to the New Forums!

Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 11:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Bot[[edit source]]

Hi, I was wondering if you knew what the process was for an admin to obtain a bot? T:HOW BOT seems geared towards non-admins. I have experience with programming and would like to use a bot to automate certain tasks. Bongo50 ☎ 19:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

I'm familiar with the technical process of bot creation. However, all a bot really is is a second account with the bot user group which can only be granted by a bureaucrat so I was wondering what the procedure to obtain this is, if there is a procedure, or if I should just create the account and point it your way for you to add the admin and ot user groups. Bongo50 ☎ 16:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. I've created User:Botgo50. If you could assign it the "administrator" and "bot" user groups, that would be great. This is less important to me, but, while you're at it, would you be able to assign my main account "administrator (Semantic MediaWiki)"? I think I'm the only person using SMW at the moment and this group would be useful. Bongo50 ☎ 15:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Heads up about the thanks extension[[edit source]]

Hi. I just wanted to give you a heads up that Tardis is testing the "thanks" extension which Fandom will be rolling out to all wikis soon. This extension allows editors to thank other editors for their edits. The editor being thanked will then recieve a notification. Therefore, while you're actively performing edits, you may receieve a few more notifications than normal. If you notice any bugs, pass them onto User:Spongebob456. Bongo50 ☎ 19:59, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Re: Tardis Data Core change to Tardis Wiki[[edit source]]

Did we actually decide to officially change the name? If so, I can run through the Tardis namespace with my bot and get things updated. Bongo50 ☎ 14:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth it's not my understanding that "Tardis Data Core" is obsolete. We were, and remain, "the Tardis Data Core Wiki" in full; our old logo abridged this to Tardis Data Core, the new one abridges it to Tardis Wiki. That's my read. But if mileages on this vary too heavily (it seems concerning that out of us three no one is actually sure), we may need a thread to try and gauge what the community actually wants before we do anything drastic either way. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 15:59, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
I actually thought our full name was "Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who Wiki". Bongo50 ☎ 16:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
I agree that a forum thread is a good idea. Does anyone particuarly want to start it? If not, I'm happy to do so within a few days. Bongo50 ☎ 18:36, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
Ah, excellent! Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 10:45, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
Great! Bongo50 ☎ 15:48, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Can you give admin to my bot?[[edit source]]

Hi, I've been running User:Botgo50 relatively succesfully for a while now but it'd be really helpful if it could be given admin, mostly so that it can edit protected pages. Would you be able to do that next time you're arround? Thanks. Bongo50 ☎ 19:02, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Re: Bot admin request[[edit source]]

Thank you very much! Bongo50 ☎ 15:54, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Admin+[[edit source]]

Hey there! I’m reaching out to introduce the Admin+ program (if you haven’t heard about it already!) & let you know I’m here if you have any questions about it. Take a look at the details here & feel free to send over any questions you have. pikushi ✧.* <staff /> 20:25, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Request for help[[edit source]]

Hi! I was wondering if I could get you to look into this issue. For various reasons (which I would be glad to tell you if you wish), I don't feel I am the right person to address this, and I definitely don't think any of the newer admins could help. I feel like this situation is starting to remind me of something from long ago. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 01:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

re:Recent edits[[edit source]]

I think I get what you're saying, but I wanted to ask for some clarification. I was always told it is best to leave a reason behind reversions in the edit summaries, but I think your saying to only do so for a limited number of times before taking things to a talk page? BananaClownMan ☎ 11:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Since you're on[[edit source]]

Can you block 119.111.220.93‎? It's some random user that will do a ton of vandalism, get blocked, and then come back under a new IP a few weeks later. Najawin ☎ 07:13, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

RE: Wild Blue Yonder Numbers[[edit source]]

Hi there! Hope you are well. Per your response on my talk page, I wanted to check this. So does that mean it is best I leave those pages alone then and leave you and the order admins to sort out the whole merging thing? Looking forward to your reply. Snivy ✦ The coolest Pokemon ever ✦ 11:22, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Re. Financial crisis of 2007[[edit source]]

While I'm not an expert on the topic, it seems to me that the credit crunch was one of the events that followed the financial crisis of 2007; the 2008 credit crunch wasn't the "main" incident. Although "credit crunch of 2008" is stated in dialogue while "financial crisis of 2007" isn't (to the best of my knowledge) it seems misleading to name the page "credit crunch of 2008".

It'd be like if D-Day was named in the DWU but World War II wasn't; it'd be incorrect to name the larger conflict "D-Day", even though in this hypothetical situation that name isn't conjectural while the name of the larger conflict would be.

But then, there easily could be a story that uses the name "financial crisis of 2007" somewhere, which maychave not been documented on the Wiki yet.

13:53, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

RE: Prop delete query[[edit source]]

Hey! Sorry I missed your message; I still haven't adapted to talk page notifications being moved to the bell. It's been great seeing you around more recently, by the way.

At time of writing, the only of my user subpages not related to the Forum Archive is the Five Doctors home media sandbox page, from a project it was ultimately decided in the forums not to proceed with anymore. (Shambala actually added that tag, not me, but I've been holding onto it in case there happens to be a revival in the New Forums.)

The Forum Archive has been on pause for a while due to a number of personal circumstances, and now it's a little stuck until I have access to a personal computer again, unfortunately. Those message-level pages (each message needs its own subpage due to the method of archiving, which meant organising large masses of files by adapting a spreadsheet made from an unrelated output) tagged were found to be spam posts, so the next step will be properly removing them from the final archive subpages before launch.

I should be able to complete those pre-launch steps from a library computer, come to think of it, so I hope to have time for that soon. I do appreciate your reminder!
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 05:27, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Deletions[[edit source]]

Two pages I added and edited were deleted. Kiviniss Ak And Rom Kor-Marisi Were two character editions direct from author Simon Guerrier As listed in the credits. Did I add them incorrectly? Thank you – The preceding unsigned comment was added by BrentSmith66 (talk • contribs) .

Welcome[[edit source]]

Well it's certainly great to have you! I'm glad you made it. I do seem to remember rumblings way back when in my own early days.

I can't imagine it would be fun sticking around with most of our support forked over here. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad to leave it behind, as exciting as all these new opportunities are to build the wiki the way we want it!

I'm going to make a concerted effort soon to import missed changes from the 5 or so days we missed during final preparations, by the way. If there's anything in particular you want me to bring over from before you got here, so you don't feel you have to re-do edits, do let me know!

(Incidentally, I've put in a request over at Wikimedia for them to add us to their inter-wikis. Might take a while before that's approved, but I thought it might be of interest, since that seems to be closer to your neck of the woods than mine.)

EDIT: Importing means preserving the edit history, which is generally preferable, but there's also nothing wrong with bringing things back up to date yourself. Especially given they're our own edits.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 05:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Ah, one other thing. As bureaucrats, on the independent wiki we now have access to Special:RenameUser. It really does what it says on the tin. Users might approach you with user rename requests now.
So long as there's nothing against the name in Tardis:Username policy, and the username doesn't already have any registered edits on Tardis, I see no reason not to fulfil them. I have been recommending that users place their old name somewhere visible on their user pages, though, for the avoidance of confusion.
(I've only done one so far. It never once occurred to me before this would be something I'd be doing.)
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 05:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Renaming users[[edit source]]

That is a really good point regarding the potential for abuse. I had only really considered allowing requests from long-term trusted users.
We'll need something in place to prevent user rename requests from being fulfilled that would too closely resemble other well-known users, for one thing... which can be hard to scale when the once-active user they might be confused for is long-gone. (Maybe checking against Special:ListUsers, ordered by edit count, up to a certain point, should be procedure, in case.)
We'll definitely need to lay out clearer policy. Watching out for signs of sockpuppet abuse is another, definitely. I think the first thing I'd lay out is a minimum threshold of time or number of edits with us in order to make the request. Maybe it should be on a public page, like a smaller-scale Tardis:User rights nominations.
A user requesting a name change would have to fill out a template where they confirm they meet the requirements. Maybe we'd allow very small scale changes to the name exactly once even soon after account creation, in the case of typos and such, but then require that they stick with us first.
The one thing I'd like to avoid is blindly approving any request from a user we don't really know. I think we can make it work, though!
(P.S. I brought in Tardis:User talk pages.)
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 06:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
It's looking good so far! Do I have your permission to make small changes while it's still in your sandbox?
It might also be good to quickly say that Tardis bureaucrats reserve the right to adjust the minimum number of edits (agreed, amount of time would be a bad idea) as new request data comes in. Please continue editing with us if you haven't met the mark yet! (Making sure to keep to good-faith edits. We probably need to introduce a variant on the GOR rules for hitting edit requirements.)
Also, if we are formally suggesting that new-ish users make new accounts (instead of granting one minor rename request in the first week, which does count in using up their 12 months), we'll have to make clear that they need to declare their old account per T:SOCK, unless they didn't make any edits with us.
Agreed on requirement to declare your old account for 6 months minimum. There should also be something, perhaps a separate page like Help:My rename request was rejected, which makes clear that repeated attempts to log for already-rejected names (or still too similar to them, or during a period when you have no "token") will result in a warning and then a temporarybban. If you've already been rejected, and you're not sure, ask a bureaucrat clarifying questions before submitting a request.
Bongo can probably make us a form with the required inputs, so it automatically creates a new section with syntax for user stats, once we get {{#editcount:USER}} up and running (and a link to a DPL page I can work on building for help finding similar usernames). But it might be worth manually checking.
Officially halting all user rename requests until we have this all set up and worked out.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 06:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
(I do also wonder if we should decide what to do in cases where new users have given themselves policy-breaking names like "Tardis admin" or some hate speech. Should we, by course, rename the user to "Permablock--638528", ie. some random string of 6 digits (wouldn't want anyone to see it as a leaderboard, in sequence), in order to remove that vandalism/bothersome claim, after blocking?)
(It seems to me that would be a good idea.)
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 06:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! I've gone ahead and made a few relatively minor changes to Tardis:User rename policy, and I've streamlined the request page to make things easier. I also added in the total number of requests a user has made in the section heading (needs to be manually changed from #1 for further requests).

I'm pretty happy with both pages, personally. I've also updated Help:Changing your username now.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 08:27, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Checkuser checks and balances[[edit source]]

On a separate but related note, we also have the ability to grant users (read: ourselves) the checkuser role, which is even more serious.
Bongo suggested — and I agree — that for complete transparency, only when it's absolutely necessary to check for suspected socks, we will temporarily assign that role, perform the check, and then remove it again. Logs of any checkuser scan are also provided to the public, including an admin summary.
I strongly suggest we hold off on this for as long as possible, as we get settled in and update our policies. We need to think deeply about oversight and transparency, now that local policy really does prevail.
If you'd find it helpful, I can also invite you to a space where such things can be discussed with our sysadmins, who laid out our Privacy policy and General disclaimer.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 06:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

RE: Thanks[[edit source]]

You're very welcome. Lovely to have you! Aquanafrahudy 📢 🖊️

Bumbling around the new place[[edit source]]

Hello! A bit late, but I’m finding my way around the new digs. I was “surprised-but-not-surprised” when I learned the news of the migration; I certainly have seen enough headaches from arbitrary Fandom diktats to understand the reasons for the decision.

Although I was an infrequent editor and an even more infrequent admin on the old site, it would be nice to retain the admin bit. (Like the Doctor’s “parts” that Cassandra refers to in “New Earth”, it’s nice to have them even if they are “barely used.”)

Please let me know if there is anything I should be aware of about in the change beyond what’s in the general announcements. Thanks! —Josiah Rowe ☎ 19:35, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Ooh, that was quick! Looks like SOTO took care of it without me even asking! Now, that’s service! Never mind me, then. —Josiah Rowe ☎ 19:46, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

"Talking dog"[[edit source]]

Hey, I really do appreciate your going through the proposed mergers lately, but Talk:Talking dog was an ongoing discussion; it wasn't settled that it should be merged. Do please check these things! As you know, it's very tricky to undo a merge that was done in error. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 11:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Unnecessary category redirects[[edit source]]

Hi Tangerine, would you be able to delete Category:4DA Series 9 audio story images and Category:The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9 audio anthology images, as they are both unused and unnecessary; only existing because of mistakes whilst moving categories. The source code seems to be locked for them both though, so I can't put a delete tag there myself.

Ta, SID'gingerfool'RAT - ☎🔎 |📂|📝 23:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

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