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| I tell ya what, Tybort: I've ''never'' liked [[Victoria]], and I think I may have been too hasty with [[Neptune (Guests of King Neptune)]]. I think it makes sense, instead, to consider the name a proper title, rather than an honorific. Thus, I think the better solution are the main titles given in ''Tooth and Claw'':
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| This allows us to distinguish from what is now at [[Queen Victoria]], which would then become, simply:
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| What do you think of that solution? I really, really don't want to give Queen Victoria a name that includes a story dab, because no one will find it. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}17:11: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| :::On second thought, she's the very definition of a "primary use". Basically everything else named "Victoria" is named after her, so I'm moving "Victoria to [[Victoria (disambiguation)]] and Victoria (Queen) to just [[Victoria]]. This follows the ''general'' nomenclature of most of our other monarchs who, if possible, go by their single, titular names. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}17:51: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| ::::No, Victoria, Empress of India is "the original, you might say". Victoria Waterfield was definitely named after her, to hammer home the point that she was from the Victorian Era. And then there's several place names, too, all derived from the "original" Victoria. It's not really about number of appearances, but overall "reach". {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:02: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| :BTW, are you ''sure'' about the first appearance being Impreial Moon? 2000 seems awfully late in the day to me. She was really never in an annual story or a TVC or something from the 1960s/70s? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:07: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| ::Yeah, appearances are tricky things with famous people from the real world. Just doing a cursory review, I think you're right in that ''Moon'' might be her first ''actual'' appearance. But her existence goes back at least to ''Ghost Light'', where it's stated that she ''is'' Queen and that her reign is going to be ended for the benefit of the story's antagonists — much like the plan in ''Tooth and Claw'', actually. Then the idea of her appears again in ''[[Prelude Birthright]]'' and ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''. So the question is, do we need to see royalty for an appearance to be counted? I guess. Appearance is ''appearance''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}18:18: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| [[Alpha Centauri]] should be for the person, and be undisambiguated. It's clearly the primary term. You can't use [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)]] at all, because it doesn't [[dab]]: both the planet and the person were introduced in ''Curse''.
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| :I'm gonna have to think about the Sontar thing, too. I'm not sure how well that actually disambiguates.
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| Come to think of it, I may have well been wrong with the whole Peladon thing, so forget I did it. It's all easily correctable. Yeah, I am wrong. The planet and the individual were both introduced simultaneously, so (The Curse of Peladon) doesn't disambiguate. Ahh well. More work for the bot! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}19:55: Thu 19 Jul 2012 </span>
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| Please pose your question to the forum. I'm not touching that one. (You might want to look back on previous discussions about the same.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}22:27: Sat 21 Jul 2012 </span>
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| == Careaker ==
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| I think this is an odd one. The natural inclination would be to make [[Caretaker]] a [[dab]] page, and move the current Caretaker to Caretaker (Paradise Towers).
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| Because of the presence of individuals known as "Caretaker" in ''Paradise Towers'', Caretaker (Paradise Towers) fails to disambiguate. Since people will primarily be meaning the whole class of person, and not [[Caretaker 345/12, subsection 3]] or other individuals, it should be the primary term, with [[Caretaker (disambiguation)]] serving as the dab page.
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| As for a page about the profession of being a caretaker, well, I dunno. I think we're going to have to let that go by the wayside, at least until someone makes a convincing case that there's enough info out there about caretaking to warrant a page — especially since the term is itself ''hugely'' vague. I mean a caretaker can be anything from a groundskeeper to a hospice worker, really. In the DWU there's little doubt that "Caretaker" is ''most'' associated with {{s|''Paradise Towers''}} crap that shouldn't even be a valid source, but because other people edit this wiki, too, it should get primacy. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}22:51: Mon 30 Jul 2012 </span>
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| ==Removing continuity from Unbounds==
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| Walk me through the reasoning behind removing the continuity sections entirely from the ''Unbound'', isn't it still useful to keep the continuity? As these releases are still referencing various bits of DW continuity. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 13:10, July 31, 2012 (UTC)
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| :Certainly cut the in-universe stuff.
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| :I understand your reasoning, it wasn't something I'd really thought about. My default go to compare is [[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]], but even looking at its continuity the info would probably better reside in the Notes section on that article. Thanks. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 13:26, July 31, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Revenants and Deadline ==
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| Wrong. Unmade stories never displace a produced story. All that needs to happen is the addition of {{tlx|you may}} top hat to [[Revenants]] and [[Deadline]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}15:19: Tue 31 Jul 2012 </span>
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| == Glasgow ==
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| Hey. Not that long ago you put the <nowiki>{{rename}}</nowiki> tag on the [[Glasgow]] page. Can I get you to add you reason to the talk page so people see it and it gets a discussion going? Also so we can get a decision. Cheers. (I want to say 'Many cheers' (instead of many thanks), but it doesn't sound that good in my head. Oh the dilemma!) [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 23:29, August 3, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Reply ==
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| I think the colourised reprints were by Marvel, but I'm not sure as I only downloaded the comics this morning. {{User:Clone gunner commander jedi/signature}}
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| ==Renaming pages==
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| Hi there. If you are unsure as to whether you should be renaming a page or not, please leave a message on the talk page first, instead of going ahead and renaming it anyway. I've renamed "Clockwork (species)" back to "Clockworks" as this is the correct term for the species used in the narrative, and not the singluar "Clockwork". One example is that Iris is referred to as "a member of the Clockworks" instead of simply "a Clockwork". Thanks. --[[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revan]]\[[User_talk:Revanvolatrelundar|Talk]] 17:45, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
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| Line drawings, I believe are things like logos and other things like that which sit on a transparent background which a PNG can do, it's also said in the same sentence as SVG which suggests it's something on a transparent background as that's only (I think) how SVGs are.
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| See also the [[Forum:Tech note: Image use policy change]]. I think CzechOut (who wrote the bulk of the T:ICC means computer line drawings rather than the traditional illustrated line drawings (wikipedia calls it {{w|line art}}) (I'll look into changing the language to reflect this/to clarify it). --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 17:49, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
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| :Response of relevance to you at [[user talk:Tangerineduel#PNG]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}15:07: Wed 15 Aug 2012 </span>
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| ==Asylum of the Daleks==
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| Are we allowed to write the plot for Asylum of the Daleks, or is it too early for the people who haven't watched it yet? Are we waiting for the re-screening tomorrow?
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| [[User:Cyruptsaram|Cyruptsaram]] [[User talk:Cyruptsaram|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:16, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Behind the scenes people ==
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| Is it my imagination, or are we seeing another seismic shift in the behind-the-scenes personnel with ''Asylum''? I haven't seen that much red ink an a {{tlx|Wales crew}} instance since the first episode of ''Miracle Day''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} {{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 02:32: Sun 02 Sep 2012</span>
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| Hey, I couldn't help but notice that you recently deleted the infobox picture for [[Dalek Caan]], because it was "too tall". While I couldn't agree more, is there any chance you could keep the current picture there until you find a suitable replacement that meets the requirements of the Image Policy? You know, just as a temp? Thanks, [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:59, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
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| Hm. Well, then. I guess the only thing to do now is find a suitable image? I can do it, but unfortunately my iPod is unable to upload photos to Wikis.
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| Is there any rule against taking your OWN screenshots from episodes? I couldn't find anything against it in the rules, and while I couldn't find anything about it, I thought I'd just verify.
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| [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:24, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
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| No, there's nothing wrong withnyou're image, it's a very nice image. I just think it's more appropriate to use the older image. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 19:03, September 9, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Dalek Project and title templates ==
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| Ahhhh, yes. The older, media-speicifc variants of {{tlx|title}} have, by their very nature, a flaw. Since they only work on one medium, they don't need a "fall through" value, which means they auto-add (<media> story), even if one isn't really there. I really should get around to redirecting all those media based versions to {{tlx|title dab away}}, which works on just about all story pages — and has a default value of just italicising the title — without adding a "ghost" dab term. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:05: Wed 12 Sep 2012</span>
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| == Annual 1970 ===
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| The Dr Who Annual 1970 cover page you've uploaded is less "faded" because the contrast is whacked right up, losing all the detail of the Doctor's coat which now looks like a black blob instead of having folds and visible outlines etc. Can you please increase the brightness ord ecrease the contrast to restore the lost detail? Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/2.24.94.78|2.24.94.78]]<sup>[[User talk:2.24.94.78#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:54, September 13, 2012 (UTC)Frankymole
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| == Dalek (TV story) edit ==
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| I just wanted to say that your most recent edit on the Dalek (TV story) page was a very good one and I appreciated your depth of knowledge that you utilized to make the edit. I also appreciated that you provided an in-depth reason for the edit as well. {{Unsigned|Emersoneells}}
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| == ST ==
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| Yeah, this was a bit of a grey area that maybe never got declaratively solved. I tried to throw up a warning at [[Forum:Short Trips prose v. Short Trips audio]], but I'm not sure everyone got what I was trying to say then. In any event, the [[PROSE]] prefix explanation says nothing ''other'' than that ST should be used for stories from ''books''. The bot is currently correcting on that basis. If some people have misapplied the prefix, the error is with them, not the bot. ST audios by Big Finish should have been prefixed with BFA, or at least something other than ST.
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| Once all the instances of ST are eradicated, I can make an additional bot run later which corrects the audio stories back to AUDIO. I'm sure there can't be that many that need correcting. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 15:55: Sun 16 Sep 2012</span>
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| == Prefixes ==
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| Well, that little 3-minute block would have made more sense if I could have actually found a way to post to you in under 3 minutes. Hopefully you got the message I sent to you at [[w:c:aybs:User talk:Tybort]]. Anyway, {{tlx|px}} is now being deleted from the wiki. Hopefully, you didn't put much time into it before I noticed that you were changing it all. Obviously, that system doesn't work, now that we're no longer prefixing by publication title. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 22:34: Thu 20 Sep 2012</span>
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| :Ohhhhhhhh. I can see by the way the bot is running that you actually had put a lot of time into it. Sorry that I didn't catch it earlier, so that I could have saved you time. Clearly, though, the new system is simple enough that it doesn't actually need "prefix helpers" like this, and it gets confusing to have multiple instances (like COMIC and PROSE) on the same page. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 22:40: Thu 20 Sep 2012</span>
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| Hey, who changed the new background? I like it. :-) [[User:Dr. Anonymous1|Dr. Anonymous1]] [[User talk:Dr. Anonymous1|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:54, October 1, 2012 (UTC)
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| :You've been redecorating... Hmm... I don't like it. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]] ([[User Talk:OttselSpy25|talk to me, baby.]]) 03:56, October 17, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Vandal ==
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| Thanks for the heads up on the vandal. But please stop trying to correct the problem. You're actually making it a bit more confusing. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 18:11: Wed 03 Oct 2012</span>
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| :I appreciate that you were trying to do the right thing. Just remember, though, that if you add to a page, and I delete it before the cache has a chance to catch up, then your addition to a page "wins". The system will almost always award a "tie" to the edit which ''adds'' to the wiki. Thus adding your {{tlx|delete}} message ironically prevented me from deleting. Remember, too, that it's not really necessary to label which page has the edit history. That's obvious in the edit history, which every admin should be checking in cases like this.
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| :A best practice with vandalism is simply to notify an admin and wait. Or, you could just accept adminship and then take care of the problem yourself. :)
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| :As for what does or does not show up in [[Special:WikiActivity]], well, I haven't been keeping close tabs on that. The ''real'' list of changes is at [[Special:RecentChanges]]. Anyone seriously interested in tracking changes on the wiki should be using that — not the "kiddie toy" of WikiActivity. This is before your time editing with us, but there was a great uproar over the introduction of WikiActivity because it's ''such'' a dumbed-down version of the activity report. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 18:47: Wed 03 Oct 2012</span>
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| P.S. is a valid source. It wasn't filmed, but it was released as an animated webcast, and animated episodes are considered valid sources as much as live-action ones, as long as they are narrative sources, which this one is. [[Special:Contributions/78.8.5.21|78.8.5.21]]<sup>[[User talk:78.8.5.21#top|talk to me]]</sup> 12:48, October 12, 2012 (UTC)
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| == Sorry for lack of communication ==
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| Sorry that I've not been responding individually to the things that you put up on my talk page. Due to my limited time over the last month, I've been trying to just respond with action rather than words. Here's a roundup though:
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| *[[T:LOP]] has been expanded/rewritten per 5 Oct request
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| *[[Tardis:Valid sources/Detailed list]] has been redone in light of the bot-munching that happened there.
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| *[Tardis:Tardis Manual]] text will eventually all go away, so there's no need to worry too much about the fact that there's an instance of TARDIS instead of Tardis.
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| * Beltempest --> [[Beltempest (novel)]]
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| * finally finished up the [[Rob (The Chromosome Connection)]] thing from way back
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| * fixed quirk at [[The Dalek Project (comic story)]]
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| * ST issue should have been fixed, such that audio ST are now identified as AUDIO, while short stories are PROSE
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| *vandal 212.219.231.252 was banned by TD
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| *prefixes [[Robot 1]] and [[Robot 2]] were fixed
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| * the category is now [[:category:Actors who appeared in Game of Thrones]], per your copyedit
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| *The apparent contradiciton between [[T:VS]] and [[T:NPOV]] over blogs has been resolved — but do bear in mind that the impetus for [[T:NPOV]] was really Tangerineduel's, and he hasn't had time yet to give his edit. Language may change again. Still, I think the language as regards blogs and whatnot will probably stick close to what's currently at [[T:OOU SRC]]. Oh, bear in mind that there's a current forum thread about this one too. So expect some shifting as we hammer out the exact language.
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| *I haven't had time to ponder that [[Ember (planet)]] thing. I'm gonna have to sit with that one for a while.
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| Anyway, sorry for the communications blackout, but do rest assured that I've been reading all your suggestions and taking action along the way. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 16:31: Sun 18 Nov 2012</span>
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| == Cotton videos ==
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| Hey, do me a favour and test something, will ya? See if you can move [[RelatedVideos:Cotton]] to [[RelatedVideos:Cotton (The Mutants)]]. I've no idea whether that namespace is admin-only, as we're one of the few wikis that has it. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 17:50: Thu 06 Dec 2012</span>
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| == Cotton ==
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| Actually, there are enough prominent people called Cotton that I have a bit of a hard time justifying giving the plant the primary term here. I think it's probably wise to make Cotton be the dab page. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 05:35: Mon 10 Dec 2012</span>
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| == Regarding T:NO TITLE ==
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| [[T:NO TITLE]] poses little problem for [[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]], since the TV version was known by that name in full, whereas the webseries was actually just '''The Alien Files'''. If and when any one creates those individual episode pages for the webseries, it'll be under the nomenclature '''TAF x'''. I'm not sure that'll ever happen now, though, given that those video files are, to my knowledge, no longer available. Certainly, our links to them are inaccurate.
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| TThe individual televised episode titles will now be moved to SJAF x.
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| Thanks for catching the [[Special:WantedPages]] Forum --> Theory error. That's been corrected, but it'll take a while for it to actually fall out of the WantedPages list due to caching. If you notice it's still there in a week, please lemme know. It should, however, only take a day or so. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 23:57: Thu 27 Dec 2012</span>
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| == Graphic novel dab term ==
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| The [[dab term]] page will be rewritten as to this point. The dab term (comic story) should be used for all comic stories, regardless of length, '''period'''. So it should actually include ''original'' graphic novels. The dab term (graphic novel) should only be used as a synonym for trade paperback. So [[Endgame (graphic novel)]], but [[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:14: Mon 21 Jan 2013</span>
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| :[[dab term]] has been re-written, but on the specific point of ''Through Time and Space'', you're right, it should be (graphic novel). [[Through Time and Space (graphic novel)|And so it is, now.]] {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:54: Mon 21 Jan 2013</span>
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| == Individual humans ==
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| Let it shake out for a day or so. We need to get a list at [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]] first. Then we'll have to make an individual assessment of each page. This isn't going to be a one-size-fits-all solution.
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| However, no: pages should not go in [[:category:individuals]]. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 00:10: Sat 16 Feb 2013</span>
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| Yeah, man, you've really hit on one of the ''massive'' cleanup projects. And you're not crazy. Everything you provided was '''bad English'''. But you may not have been able to articulate ''why'', because numbers don't look a normal part of speech. And this, I'm guessing, is why so many of our editors seem to have a problem with this one. (Well, that and the fact that it's not normal to speak of a place, person or object ''of a specific time''.)
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| When watching the new prequel at 12 o' clock today, I looked at the title, and it read out A Prequel - Steven Moffat. I suppose that's the only title I have. Would you like to change it? [[User:Cyruptsaram|Cyruptsaram]] [[User talk:Cyruptsaram|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:31, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
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| == Change to how we do renames ==
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| Hey, since you're one of our principle "bad name catchers", I wanted to be sure you saw [[Thread:128198]] for a change in the way we'll be handling easy, non-controversial renames. Instead of just listing the changes on my talk page, we can now use {{tlx|speedy rename}} to populate [[T:SPEEDY]]. This list spreads the knowledge of what needs to be changed to all users and admin, establishing an actual ''system'' for change, which should make routine changes happen more quickly. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}} 20:39: Wed 17 Apr 2013</span>
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| Well my big gripe is that people just put down the word "biography" or "history" without thinking what it means. I just clicked the "random" button to come up with [[Merrivale Carr]] as an example. What's the point of adding "biography" to the article? On the one hand, it's obviously biographical information. ''Of course'' it is. What else would a page about an individual contain, since we're obliged to write in the past tense? So you don't need to ''state'' it. Worse, ''stating'' it makes it seem like it is ''the'' definitive biography. And it's not really a ''biography''. Such pages almost always describe just a few days in the life of the person.
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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.
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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
The admin nomination for User:SmallerOnTheOutside is drawing swiftly to a close. Did you have any thoughts on it? Please go here if you do.
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)
