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All caps

Seems to be caused by PRESS STATEMENT, which likely doesn't need to be in all caps. Filter is functioning correctly.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  16:06: Wed 24 Jul 2013

Wikipediainfo

Hey, I notice you used {{wikipediainfo}} when you created Richelle Mead. As the template instructions indicate, we don't really want to use {{wikipediainfo}} on real world pages. Think of it as a way to give our readers real world information without violating T:NO RW — not as a substitute for writing a real world article. Thanks!
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  01:05: Sat 07 Sep 2013

Plagiarism question

Re your question at thread:142060:

It's my opinion that when it comes to plagiarism, better safe than sorry. If there is a substantial amount of text that seems to have been lifted from another site, it's gotta go. I think what has happened with some of the older stories is that it was copied word for word, but over the years numerous editors have added and subtracted text, but it's still basically plagiarism.

If you're up for rewriting any of the plot summaries, go for it. I don't want to cause you extra work, but I think in the long run it's less work to rewrite than to check sections back and forth and correct here and there. Don't forget to put an "in use" tag if you feel you need it. Thanks a bunch! Shambala108 ☎ 23:34, September 26, 2013 (UTC)

Torchwood

I wonder if you could do me a favor. I was looking through the plot summary for Day One, and there's a scene where the rest of the Torchwood crew is discussing what they know about Jack. There is a sentence in the middle of this section that says: "Ianto think she's CIA." I haven't seen this episode, so I don't know if Ianto is talking about Jack and it's a typo, or if he's talking about Gwen, who is referred to in the previous sentence. Do you have any idea which is correct? Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 17:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I went ahead and fixed it, and if you or someone else later find that it's wrong, it can be fixed. Shambala108 ☎ 18:14, September 29, 2013 (UTC)

Something about preloads

Didn't you sometime, somewhere, within the last month say something about preloads needed to be fixed? I was looking around for that comment today but couldn't find it. If I've got the wrong man, please forgive me. But if I've got the right one, please jog my memory.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  19:36: Fri 11 Oct 2013

That must be it! Thanks!
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013

Help

Hey, can I prevail upon you for a little bit of immediate help. Any chance that you could do the crew lists for the last four eps of 7b today? I know, I know: it's my own fault for not fixing {{wales crew}} sooner, but if you could help with that, I'd be mighty appreciative. If you can't, though, lemme know.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013

Tomato check tracking

Well, I put this in the thread, but it's really hard to read it there. I thought you might like to see it at full width. This chart tells you which episodes you don't need to worry about anymore, as they've already been touched by two editors.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  01:05: Tue 15 Oct 2013

	CZ	SOTO	TYB	SH	SPR
SH				Self
SOTO	SOTO has no common stories with CZ	Self		See above
TYB	TYB has no common stories with CZ	see above	self	see above	TYB has no common stories with SPR
SPR	SPR has no common stories with CZ	see above	see above	see above	self

Chat

When you have a moment, could you please stop by chat? Thanks :) (It's nothing bad, don't worry.)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  19:41: Tue 15 Oct 2013 19:41, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

Kath Braxton?

I guess I don't understand why the lead-in to the Tenth Doctor article, the identity of his incarnation, depends on the attestation of a minor character from a comic that a lot of people on here probably haven't read. Clara specified that her Doctor was the Eleventh Doctor, but if I added that, I'm willing to bet it would be deleted within a day. TARDIStraveler ☎ 22:25, October 23, 2013 (UTC)

Cleanup edits

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your recent many cleanup edits have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. I noticed that you've been concentrating a lot on stuff that relates to 2005-Doctor Who. That's probably going to help with the Rotten Tomatoes stuff. Thanks for all your hard work! Shambala108 ☎ 01:10, November 17, 2013 (UTC)

Christmas cheer

Happy holidays!

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We've received an unprecedented level of support from Wikia Staff, resulting in all sorts of new goodies and productive new relationships. And we've recently decided to lift almost every block we've ever made so as to allow most everyone a second chance to be part of our community.

2014 promises to build on this year's foundations, especially since we've got a full, unbroken series coming up — something that hasn't happened since 2011. We hope you'll stick with us — or return to the Tardis — so that you can be a part of the fun!

SOTO nomination

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czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  00:02: Wed 01 Jan 2014

Capitol

Why you add my edit in capitol it was correct watch the end of time you see--Doctor other ☎ 15:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC)

Theory page

So sorry but you edit on Theory:Timeline Last Great Time War unreasonable--Doctor other ☎ 20:36, March 2, 2014 (UTC)

How to delete pictures

Can you show me how ı delete a picture ?--Doctor other ☎ 13:19, March 3, 2014 (UTC)

The War

Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other ☎ 00:55, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other ☎ 15:31, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Deleted images

I just wanted to say thanks for tagging all those images for deletion. I think I got all of them. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 16:23, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Silents Vs. the Silent

The correct plural form of Silent is The Silent. There is no 'S'. If you are referring to the religious order, "The Silence" is proper. - Masterpwn (Previously unsigned)

Season four category

I just wanted to thank you for the edits you made removing the "characters of season four" category. I knew there was something wrong with it, but couldn't place why, so I asked the user to hold off creating any more. I've now asked him/her not to continue the project (using your edit summary as the reason), and I deleted the one category that's been created so far. Shambala108 ☎ 01:37, June 3, 2014 (UTC)

I need your help understanding your reason

"The Marilyn Monroe stuff is edging too much into T:NO RW. I don't think the story says anything other than "woman standing with Eleven, Sinatra and Santa Claus in that photograph"," was what you said when you removed that section I put on the Model page.

I'm sorry, but did you seriously do that without reading the links I connected it to at all? Because it appears so. Yes. That's a bit bunt and could be considered impolite, but I would appreciate an explanation for removing my work. An explanation that proves you looked at the links I connected to the paragraph for the convenience of readers, like you were.

In the episode A Christmas Carol, we see the Doctor leave the party with Marilyn. At the end of the episode, Rory answers a phone call from her, and the Doctor tells her to tell her the chapel wasn't ligament. Here's straight out of the episode article (Which I had a link to in the bit I posted): "A few minutes later, the Doctor finds the couple kissing passionately, but impatiently requests to leave, as he has accidentally become engaged to Marilyn Monroe; he leaves with her nevertheless." At the end of the episode, "Rory pops out of the TARDIS, saying he answered the phone; Marilyn has called the Doctor. The Doctor tells Rory to inform Marilyn that he will call her back, "and that was never a real chapel"."

And, may I ask what this picture you speak of is? I don't remember it.

And please, don't get me wrong. I am upset (who wouldn't be if some of their hard work was taken down with a reason they didn't understand.), but I still have an open mind. From what I know, and the information I've received, I can only conclude that you were not aware to what I was referring. So here I am, trying to explain.

You are more experienced at wiki-ing than me, so I am asking for your help in understanding. But I like to think I am a hardcore Whovian when it comes to the reboot series. I think I know what I'm talking about with this episode.

Will you do me a favor and read Marilyn Monroe and A Christmas Carol (TV story)? Then, will you please reconsider removing that section?

Thank you for your time, and again, I'm sorry for sounding so blunt.

--Rebazim ☎ 17:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)

Alright. I guess I can accept that....--Rebazim ☎ 19:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)

Images

Those page images are taken. Put yours somewhere else or find empty pages. --Buckimion ☎ 02:20, October 31, 2014 (UTC)

Thank you...

... for your work about the Black Sun War pages! Especially for the missing ones. --- HarveyWallbanger ☎ 21:35, December 9, 2014 (UTC)

Hyperion

Crap! Sorting it now. Thanks for letting me know. :) --Revan\Talk 12:54, December 10, 2014 (UTC)

Past tense in direct quotations

Hey there. Regarding your edits to the quote in the lead for Dalek, do you know if it is the policy at this project to alter direct character quotations into the past tense? I have looked through 6~7 MoS/policy articles and could not find a direct answer, so I'm uncertain. Either way, this line: "[i]nside that shell, there [was] a creature born to hate, whose only thought [was] to destroy everything and everyone that [wasn't] a Dalek, too." is very brutal to read. If it isn't policy, are you okay with me changing it back to a direct quote? And if it is policy to force verbatim character lines to be in the past tense, are you okay with having this paraphrased? Blue Rook ☎ 00:31, December 18, 2014 (UTC)

Re: The Eye of Torment

No problem. The only reason I knew what to do is that I've seen it used in source mode before. Previously, I had tried using the "|" and it didn't work. Shambala108 ☎ 15:35, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Andy-Frankham Allen

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I changed the Andy-Frankham Allen page you created to a redirect, as he had previously written stories under the name of Andy Frankham. The only reason I know this is because he wrote some Short Trips stories, which is an area of the wiki I focus on. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 01:13, February 11, 2015 (UTC)

Companion Chronicle numbering

Hey Tybort. I just want to call your attention to Talk:The Sleeping Blood (audio story). Thanks. P&P talk contribs 16:48, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Colour in B&W

We found out the colour of Daleks, the Doctor's eyes and the ring from seeing behind-the-scenes photographs that were taken in colour. Plus, with a keen eye and enough experience, one can see through the black-and-white format to deduce the colour of things.BananaClownMan ☎ 13:13, August 17, 2015 (UTC)

Galleries

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the edit at Apology cue cards. I knew there was a policy against galleries, but I could not for the life of me remember where it was. (I forgot to check the Help namespace.) Shambala108 ☎ 23:54, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum

One of the series 2 websites was the "Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum". It was heavily implied to be a Torchwood Base. The game "Security Bot" takes place inside the base. The website is now gone, but the game can still be played on the official Dr. Who website. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheChampionOfTime (talk • contribs) .

He explicitly said 2 billion years and since Rigsy was alive around this time...

Talk:Clara

P&P got to it before me. But thanks for pointing it out!
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 01:37, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

4.5 Billion

Clearly you can't measure the doctor's age by his body. He regenerates often, and teleports often. If you were to do that, he would be a few days old when he finally got to Gallifrey. Is the age the Doctor states correct? No, the Doctor lies. His age is measured by his timestream and consciousness. When the previous bodies were destroyed he got to keep the memories as they were still part of his timestream. They took a while to integrate, but they eventually did, just like it can take you a while to remember things when you wake up in the morning, or when he regenerates. So then those sections of his timestream weren't erased from his timeline even though he got a body that had been restored to a point before those events occurred. He lived them, and remembered them. They are part of his timeline. Thus, he is now 4.5 billion years old. According to who? According to logic. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sadanyagci (talk • contribs) .

Zygon

It did say that the staff seen were Zygons, I can't remember how but it did pal. DENCH-and-PALMER ☎ 08:52, January 11, 2016 (UTC)

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol did have a brief scene on Earth - the Doctor takes young Kazran to Hollywood and accidentally marries Marilyn Monroe. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 14:44, January 13, 2016 (UTC)

School Reunion

"The contradiction is all of School Reunion." Because in Dreamland and School Reunion Sarah's apparently not seen the Doctor since The Hand of Fear? Putting "according to one account" on every encounter of theirs back to The Five Doctors doesn't make sense. "According to one account" only works where it's obvious what the contradiction is. So Dreamland and School Reunion could have "according to one account, Sarah and the Doctor hadn't met since she stopped traveling with him.", and it'll make sense that the contradiction is with all of the earlier listed encounters. Fwhiffahder ☎ 21:38, January 15, 2016 (UTC)

Fat Controller Vandalism

Its not vandalism to say the Controller is fat - its what he'she's called --90.199.121.253^{talk to me} 13:48, January 18, 2016 (UTC)

September 14th

What year --90.199.121.253^{talk to me} 13:50, January 18, 2016 (UTC)

Hello Tybort, please go and check out the Doctor Who Reviews Wiki. Where you can review Doctor Who Stories! Go to: http://doctor-who-reviews.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Reviews_Wikia

Thank You! (Sorry if this is annoying)

Allonsy potter ☎ 16:46, February 28, 2016 (UTC)

Spoilers and all that

Doesn't DWM 501 come out tomorrow? It sure isn't available for download yet. I get the excitement of a new companion and I also get that within 24 hours anyone will be able to read the new adventures of the Twelfth Doctor and {name removed due to spoilers}, but doesn't this violate Tardis:Spoiler policy? I mean, at this point it would be rather silly to undo all of your edits, but please don't make a page for the comic that hasn't been officially released yet! C o T ☎ 15:22, June 29, 2016 (UTC)

Hey, I don't think you need to worry about the spoiler policy, though I've been wrong before and User:CzechOut will certainly correct me. I have to apologize for any concern you had because I'm the one who deleted the original creation of the article, and as one of my reasons I listed that it was a spoiler. Actually, my main concern was that the editor had failed to use the proper template (or any template, actually), so it was easier to delete than clean up.

If, however, there is a spoiler on the cover, if you could help me by keeping an eye open for any uploading of the cover image, I would appreciate it. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 03:13, June 30, 2016 (UTC)

Season 6's recurring monster

I saw you'd commented that Season 6 did not have a recurring monster from the classic series and so I'd just like to remind you about the Cybermats. --TazminDaytime ☎ 21:33, July 30, 2016 (UTC)TazminDaytime

Re: edit

Hi! I don't have time right now, but I'll get to it this evening. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 15:50, November 1, 2016 (UTC)

Done. Shambala108 ☎ 13:51, November 2, 2016 (UTC)

Change your favourite wikis list

Hi Tybort, just notifying you that Paul Magrs Wikia is in your list of favourite wikis. A look at its home page will tell you exactly why you should do this as fast as possible. CoT ? 01:39, November 16, 2016 (UTC)

Hi. This is the person who made the Paul Magrs wiki. I'm just stopping by (some of) the talk pages TheChampionOfTime has been making these comments on to clarify the concerns s/he has had: You may have noticed that the front page of that wiki refers to the editors of this wiki here as "fascist bastards." That's meant to be tongue in cheek, and not a serious criticism. You may also have noticed that a lot of story pages are shamelessly duplicated from pages on this wiki. That's not plagiarism; I used the Wikia import/export feature to preserve the edit history so that all the authors are properly cited, and the license (CC-BY-SA) is followed. Fwhiffahder ☎ 02:35, November 16, 2016 (UTC)

Indistinct?

Why was the footage of Cofelia indistinct? Later in the shot she scans a card saying Miss Foster and then Jack Harkness tell us that she is actually Cofelia and so on. I realize it's not the best shot but that's the best you can get from the file. HolmestoHomes ☎ 13:52, January 15, 2017 (UTC)

Your input is requested!

Hey! If you have free time, I'd love to hear your thoughts at Thread:212365. OS25 (Talk) 19:44, May 4, 2017 (UTC)

Donald McCrimmon

Hello. I noticed your edits asking when Jamie's father's name was given as Donald McCrimmon. In the third episode of The Highlanders, Colin McLaren says to Willie Mackay, "And Jamie, son of Donald McCrimmon. A piper, like his father and his father's father." --GusF ☎ 21:04, October 23, 2017 (UTC)

Doctor Who Answers closed

Doctor Who Answers has been closed. The new website will go up at http://www.doctorwhoanswers.com/, but right now it's not quite ready because they've not had enough spare time to sink into it. Doctor 25 ☎ 20:15, April 11, 2020 (UTC)

For(u)m Letter

Hey there, I hope your Halloween was decent. As you might know, we've not had forums for over two years at this point. A few of the regular editors have been having a discussion on this topic at Forum talk:Index and we'd like the input of other prominent editors if you have the inclination. Cheers. Najawin ☎ 09:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Orson Pink

Re: your edit summary at Orson Pink — I agree that the family tree didn't belong, but I find your words in the summary a bit harsh. Sure, Steven Moffat said in behind the scenes quotes that fans could interpret Orson as an indirect descendant of Danny so that there was no paradox, but quotes aren't valid sources, and death of the author is an established way of looking at fiction. Looking at what's on TV alone, it seems entirely possible — for example — that Orson was Danny's descendant in one possible timeline, and that time shifting again so that Danny now dies in Dark Water results in Orson being erased from history. How Orson could exist despite his alleged relation to Danny and Clara has not been established in valid sources. Indeed, the first of the quotes mentioned in that BTS section has Moffat speaking of the "more distant relative" idea as merely one possible explanation, not necessarily the be-all-end-all. All of which to say that I don't think you can point to Dark Water itself as hard evidence that Orson isn't Danny and Clara's descendant; and that calling the tree a "lie" is coming on much too strong. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 21:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

To briefly comment on the above, I'll note that the tree uses a dotted line which passes through the connection between Danny and Clara without actually emerging from it, leaving it ambiguous as to whether Orson is Danny and Clara's descendant or merely a different relative of Danny, while still embodying both opportunities. Additionally, the line connecting two people is often used to indicate pairings other than literal marriage. For these reasons I don't think the chart itself is inaccurate in the least. – n8 (☎) 21:23, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

It's not "fan theory" or "literary interpretation". In Listen, Orson is explicitly a descendant of Danny and Clara. Following the events of Dark Water, he is explicitly not a descendant of Danny, while still being in his family tree. Per Tardis:Neutral point of view, we cannot weight one of these sources over the other; we must present them equally. You have yet to explain how the family tree fails to achieve this. As a courtesy, I'll ask you before I go to an admin: why did you revert my edit on Orson Pink before the discussion had come to a conclusion? Are we not still discussing this matter? – n8 (☎) 14:01, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

MySpace blog

Thanks for the point you raised in your edit summary of Special:Diff/3397585 – you're absolutely right, and I have no idea how I missed that. I've gone through Special:WhatLinksHere/Martha Jones' MySpace blog (short story) and rewritten several pages to refer to "X days before Martha met the Tenth Doctor" rather than "On XX March 2007". – n8 (☎) 16:12, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Re: About spoilers

I too raised an eyebrow at Tardis talk:Out-of-universe perspective, but as it turns out, Ncuti Gatwa has already appeared as the Fifteenth Doctor in a valid IU source (Whotopia). – n8 (☎) 17:15, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

That, and moreover, that page is out of date. I forgot it existed, honestly. (Why does it exist?) Please refer to T:OFFICIAL INFO and T:SPOIL FORUM instead for the up-to-date policy on this issue. As regards talk pages, spoilers are only allowed in discussion areas if they are themselves tagged with {{spoiler}}, and, in the case of a Panopticon thread, if the word "spoiler" is included in the title of the thread. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 17:16, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Interesting point! I suppose it depends on the definition of "current Doctor". Fifteen certainly meets the standard of "highest confirmed consecutive number". – n8 (☎) 17:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

As I said, the Tardis:Spoiler policy#Spoilers and the forums section is intended to apply to talk page discussions as well, including Tardis_talk: ones, provided the necessary steps are taken. I may rewrite the section later to make this clearer, but you need only look to Talk:Doctor Who Wiki for precedent. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 17:30, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, by "consecutive number" I didn't mean consecutive number of stories. I meant that he's #15, latest in the numbered series that began with Hartnell (#1). As opposed to the Forty-Fifth Doctor, who isn't consecutive since we haven't seen 16–44, or the Fugitive Doctor, who wasn't numbered at all.

That was just my best stab at a definition, but upon further reflection I don't know it holds up, since it excludes 14. It strikes me that both might be the "current Doctor". (As an aside, you remark that 14 will be the current Doctor "until he steps down as the Doctor on TV" – but what would that definition mean for the Eighth Doctor from 2005-2013?)

In the end I think "current Doctor" is just a fuzzy category with no clear definition and we'd do best to avoid it. – NateBumber (☎) 15:29, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Re: SMW problem with future story pages

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I could create a new SMW property, perhaps property:released, which is set to false if {{spoiler}} is used on the source page and true otherwise (potentially with some nuance for unreleased stories). Then, this property being true could be set as a condition in the SMW queries used to generate automated lists. For separating out TV stuff, if deemed necessary, a condition could be added tp the relevant queries that checks if property:medium is set to "tv story". Bongo50 ☎ 15:52, 6 December 2023 (UTC)