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Hi, I edited your talk page to remove it from in-universe categories. See Tardis:User page policy for more info.----Skittles the hog--Talk 21:01, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Video policy

Your recently-uploaded video, Video:Doctor Who Series 6 Episode 7 A Good Man Goes to War Trailer, is in violation of our video policy because it does not come from the official BBC YouTube channel, or that of an official national broadcaster, like BBCA. As a result, it has been summarily deleted. We are very serious about our video policy. The reason we're so serious about it is because it's the only thing preventing people from uploading whole episodes of DW-related programs, which would be a clear and indefensible copyright violation. I hate to sound harsh, but this is your one and only warning on the matter. Now that you have been acquainted with this rule, further violations of the policy will result in an immediate ban.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 17:24:54 Tue 07 Jun 2011 

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:A few changes?. Mini-mitch\talk 17:37, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

Your input is needed!

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:A few changes?. Mini-mitch\talk 13:42, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia plots

Please do not copy plots from wikipedia. This is plagarism and is agaisnt out Manual of Style. Mini-mitch\talk 13:42, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Just to explain further, while it is practice among some newly-started wikis to use content from Wikipedia it is not a practice we follow as we want to create a unique Doctor Who information source separate from Wikipedia. As such things such as summaries, synopsis and plots for story articles we want them to be written by contributors to this wiki. Thanks --Tangerineduel / talk 13:59, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Valdemar

Does Eldritch Valdemar actually appear in the new DWM strip, or is he just mentioned?--Skittles the hog - talk 16:37, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Yes he does make an apperance on the second page. User:Doctorpenguin 16:42, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Mels Zucker

I've just gotten confirmation in the Panopticon section: if it appears in a story, then Mels Zucker is a valid name. If it appears as a hint or in non-fiction, so to speak, it is not. I've left a notice at the end of the Mels Zucker section of the River Song talk page that I will continue to chop it out until someone cites the story in the talk page. Sorry if this seems a bit heavy-handed to you, but.... well, if you want to put Mels Zucker in, please offer the citation. Boblipton ^{talk to me} 03:56, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

Your input is needed!

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

czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 14:58: Tue 20 Dec 2011 

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