User talk:Gai-jin

thank you for contributing!

good of you. --***Stardizzy*** 15:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you going to create a userpage like most others have? And, also, would you like to join the New Time Lord Order? ~ Ghelæ -talk-contribs 11:39, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Er, probably. I am honoured to be asked to join the HTL (I take it I should be...?). Not 100% sure I qualify as I am legally required to carry a card with me at all times that indicates my status as an Alien (not making this up), hence my　User name. But in principle, yes, thankyou.--Gai-jin 14:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry. As long as you're part-Human (like me) or near-Human (like the original Time Lords) I think you're safe to join. So if you're going to, then you can add your name to the list of members and create a userpage with something stating you are a H.T.L or a member of the N.T.L.O (New Time Lord Order). ~ Ghelæ -talk-contribs 15:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite of your userpage

Erm... yeah, I agree, exactly.

Tries to get head round essay...

Yeah, ther'es nothing wrong with not being serious all the time, and I agree that "Humanian Era" is a bit excessive and pointless in most articles...

Reads more...

Err, yeah, that's it, I think. Oh, and your page's a bit long now, I barely managed to read it, so chances are that few others will. ~ Ghelæ -talk-contribs 09:03, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply... I appreciate it is a bit long now... can't off the top of my head think what I could really cut without making it too obscure to understand... it's here because I can't think of another logical place to put it - in many ways I think this is a very worthwhile project, and if I posted it off-site I might appear to be suggesting otherwise. I think catharsis is the word I'm looking for...

I'm not arguing in favour of all-out frivolity, just I think that we should be aware that an absolute insistence on bare canon fact in in-universe articles is very not-Doctor Who in a way I (clearly) find it difficult to properly articulate...

Maybe I'll just stick to out-of-universe articles and grammar polishes for a bit... --Gai-jin 09:25, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Humanian Era and the non-inclusion of

Just wanted to add my support to the question of 'why?' for Humanian Era. Really never saw the point in including it. It is mentioned here and there, but hardly enough to adopt as our standard...that's all...--Tangerineduel 11:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Well quite (looks like I have hit a nerve). On top of all the other reasons, equating the (ugh) Humanian Era with the AD calendar sort of implies that all the cultures who've retained their own dating system are somehow insignificant (maybe I'm just sensitive cos I live in one!).

('Human Era' and 'Rassilonian Era' would be marginally less annoying, but (as with so much else from the TVM) it's as if they went out of their way to be irritating...)