User talk:Bigshowbower
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Vandalism and other things
Hurrah! Makes me happy that it was all worked out without the big scary Admin coming in! Just thought I'd add a little something though (as I can't help but meddle!). As the user was a new user (or even if not) to tell them specifically why it's vandalism point them towards either the Tardis:Manual of style or the more specific Tardis:Layout guide (which is more of a kick off page), the Tardis:Format for Television Story Entries lays out exactly what's in a TV story page and includes a description of what the Discontinuity section is. Thanks. --Tangerineduel 13:55, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
K9 Mark IV
--TheYoungDoctor 12:10, October 28, 2009 (UTC) K9 Mark IV is only mentioned in Interference and is not actually given to Sarah Jane.
Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks
For Frontier, as there's been an edit in between the user who added the copied text and what it used to be the easiest way to remove the info is to go to the page's history and find the last un-edited version of (in this case) the synopsis and plot and copy it into the current revision of the article (which is what I've just done).
As for Planet of the Daleks, as stated on the manual of style (Tardis:Manual of style#Use of material from Wikipedia) it is preferable not to copy/rely on wikipedia for information in order to create a unique encyclopedia here. As you've done some work to make the plot usable I thought I'd mention it rather than just removing the plot. As it still resembles the wikipedia plot however the page will need to have a Template:Wikipedia added to the bottom of the article (just under the season templates and everything specifically it would look like this if added: {{wikipedia|Planet of the Daleks}}. Which states that some content has come from wikipedia. --Tangerineduel 14:04, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
