User talk:TheDoctor69
TheDoctor69Thanks for your edits! We hope you'll keep on editing with us. This is a great time to have joined us, because now you can play the Game of Rassilon with us and win cool stuff! Well, okay, badges. That have no monetary value. And that largely only you can see. But still: they're cool!
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Spoiler policy
Hi! Since you are new here, you may not have seen the spoiler policy plastered all over the wiki. We do not allow spoilers here, so your edits at Steven Moffat and Talk:Steven Moffat have been removed. I strongly encourage you to read our spoiler policy, which you can find here. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 20:23, August 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Once again your post at Talk:Steven Moffat has been removed. I did not request you to read Tardis:Spoiler policy because I thought you didn't know the definition of spoiler; I suggested you read it so you would learn exactly what this wiki considers a spoiler and how we deal with spoilers. Specifically, a user usually gets blocked for posting spoilers; since you are a new user, I chose not to block you. If you think that's poor treatment, I can't do anything about that. Please do not post this information again. Shambala108 ☎ 21:48, August 17, 2013 (UTC)
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Hey
Many thanks for getting the reply up so quickly - also recall reading today that CZECKOUT is the wiki founder so glad to get this from the "top" even though I realize now there IS no top here ;)
Great summary of the review process here: indeed the explanation of admin policy that I was suggesting.
I cant help but feel an assumption was made however that i'm trying to tie up the wiki with formal bureaucracy etc and setup a "taddletale" style system - this was not what I was suggesting! I fully appreciate that this wiki is run by volunteers who have enough on their plate already etc and that there are some informal systems to ensure fair review etc - this is a great system!! My point is simply that since there can be no strict "rules" or "laws" regarding these wiki's in general...then it's up to us - the community - (and to be fair more you the admins) to demonstrate and explain the internal systems used for review (with posts like this etc) to ensure that the public who use it trusts the validity of the information posted and also so they know the information is not censored and/or controlled in any way. This will get further support and more donations (assuming this wiki is setup for donation support?!)
Many thanks however, LOTS of clarification here and I hope the post stays up so others have a chance to read your great reply.
PS: confused on the last point?! Wikipedia ISN'T a democracy?! The assumption made by the public - with all of the wiki's on the web - is that they are controlled by and contributed to the mass as opposed to the few. That way the information can be better trusted and not censored etc..... really though....it's NOT like this?!? 0_0
not sure why this isn't saving
