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the Doctor not The Doctor

Please could you leave the "the" of the Doctor in lower case please, the only time it should be capitalised is at the start of a sentence, thanks. Revanvolatrelundar 19:02, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Thumbnail.jpg

Hiya :) I wanted to take a moment to explain why I had to delete the above-named file, which you had attempted to place on The Aztecs. Except for very special cases, pictures must be a minimum of 292 px (that is to say, the standard width of a sidebar advertisement), so that they can be used in all situations on the wiki. Your picture was far too small for that purpose — so small that the people were indistinct. Also, pictures shouldn't be named after elements within CSS (that is to say, the wiki's underlying programming language). A thumbnail is a specific thing, and thumbnail.jpg should only be used on a file which is illustrating what a thumbnail is.

I think what you were trying to do was to create a thumbnail. That's done by taking a picture that's bigger than 292px and using this markup:

[[file:PicName.jpg|thumb|This is the caption]]

Please feel free to resubmit that image at a different, larger size and under a different file name, preferably one that describes the content of the image.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 

More pic deletions

Hi, again :) I really hate to keep deleting your contributions, because it's clear you're trying to give us improvements that the wiki really needs — namely photos for The Aztecs. Thing is, though, we really need our pics to meet certain minimum requirements. Again, pics should be preferably no smaller than 292 px, and absolutely no smaller than 250px, wide. Also, the gif format, while not strictly disallowed, isn't preferred because it's so inflexible. Please try saving in the .jpg or .png formats for maximum utility.

With these latest two pics, I've also noted some issues with placement on the page, and I thought I'd talk about those, too, now. If you're on a page about an individual, like Tonila, and the infobox doesn't yet have a picture, please put your picture in the infobox by entering the filename next to the variable that says, image =. If you're putting the picture within the body of an article, please don't introduce additional spaces. For instance, you had put:

[[File:TBOS.gif|thumb|Tlotoxl offers Barbara the poisoned wine.]]


Barbara responds to this demand of Tlotoxl's . . .

Instead, please type:

[[File:TBOS.gif|thumb|Tlotoxl offers Barbara the poisoned wine.]]
Barbara responds to this demand of Tlotoxl's ...

Seriously, I'm not stalkin' ya or trying to get on your case. We absolutely do want you editing here. We just need you to slightly change some of your settings on your image-editing software. If you need help figuring out how to do that, please get in touch by clicking on the little phone icon after my name.  :)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 

No HTML in the body of articles

Observe T:NO HTML or you will be prevented from editing.

I have recently audited your editing history and discovered that you are doing a lot of unseen and doubtless unintentional damage to the wiki. Please do not use HTML directly in the main article namespace — such as you have done, for instance in this revision of The Crusade#The Lion (1). Using HTML in normal article space can disrupt overall CSS styling and make automated maintenance more difficult. Please acknowledge, on my user talk page, that you have read and understood this message. Feel free to ask questions while you're there.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:28: Tue 01 Nov 2011 

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:44: Wed 21 Dec 2011 

Continuity edits

Hi! Please do not put plot holes or discontinuities on story pages, like you did at The Myth Makers, The Sensorites, and Galaxy 4. We have a whole namespace where people can list and refute such things. You can find it at Theory:Discontinuity index. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 15:10, May 30, 2013 (UTC)

Christmas cheer

Happy holidays!

As this fiftieth anniversary year comes to a close, we here at Tardis just want to thank you for being a part of our community — even if you haven't edited here in a while. If you have edited with us this year, then thanks for all your hard work.

This year has seen an impressive amount of growth. We've added about 11,000 pages this year, which is frankly incredible for a wiki this big. November was predictably one of the busiest months we've ever had: over 500 unique editors pitched in. It was the highest number of editors in wiki history for a year in which only one programme in the DWU was active. And our viewing stats have been through the roof. We've averaged well over 2 million page views each week for the last two months, with some weeks seeing over 4 million views!

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!