Talk:Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)

Please note that, per Tardis:Spoiler policy, spoilers may not be posted on this talk page. Spoilers are only allowed on the Series 12 page itself.

April Fool's

How do we treat articles considering that it is April 1st? What's considered a joke and what's considered real news? --DCLM ☎ 14:24, April 1, 2019 (UTC)

Wait till tomorrow to confirm they're real? Shambala108 ☎ 14:43, April 1, 2019 (UTC)

But if they're posted today, it's still up in the air tomorrow whether it's real or not. --DCLM ☎ 15:29, April 1, 2019 (UTC)

Past tense

What's with the past tense for future events? 192.241.183.147^{talk to me} 00:00, July 20, 2019 (UTC)

Saves us from having to go back and change to past tense when the season is over. It's a large wiki with a small number of regular editors who keep track of that kind of thing. Shambala108 ☎ 00:02, July 20, 2019 (UTC)

Page locked

This page is temporarily locked. Let me impress on our new users: please read Tardis:Edit wars are good for absolutely nothing. And keep in mind that, like every wiki, we have rules and guidelines. We have a lot of rules and guidelines because we have a very large wiki with a massive amount of information. Therefore, a new user who has their edits reverted by an experienced editor or admin should always ask either the editor or any admin for the reasoning. Then if there's a conflict, raise it on the talk page or an admin page (but always keeping in mind Tardis:Spoiler policy). Please don't just assume that we've been editing our own wiki incorrectly for 15 years. You may not always agree with our reasons, but we do have them. Thanks Shambala108 ☎ 15:39, August 11, 2019 (UTC)

And again. Same reasons above, as well as a warning: posting spoilers in the edit summary is a violation of Tardis:Spoiler policy. Shambala108 ☎ 22:50, October 28, 2019 (UTC)

Correct wording

I'm sorry, but SOTO's statement that "The S12 notice is quite clear that when we're making such statements we need to frame them as "X person said this", to be clear about attributing certainty without sufficient context about the source" is simply not true. This is not what it says. The notice says "Please also remember to directly quote people, or to exactly characterise their statements. Do not say that someone said something when they really didn't. Work from original quotes — not a paraphrasing of them. When it comes to anything Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens or any major star of the show says, give their exact quote only. Remember, a part of the production team's job is to tell the truth, but only very narrowly. So this page should contain only what they exactly say.". Given that there are not quotes present at any of the points of information in the top-area of the "Overview" section, there is not a need for "X said this is true". That's reserved for quotes as is in fact what the notice actually says. --DCLM ☎ 09:56, December 11, 2019 (UTC)

Again

Locking this page again to prevent any more edit wars. Please read Tardis:Edit wars are good for absolutely nothing and keep in mind that violation of this policy can result in a block. In this case the block would last until the end of the current season. And do not post any information here as that would be a violation of Tardis:Spoiler policy, which would also result in a block. Shambala108 ☎ 05:15, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

Hey Shambala. Thank you for taking action. It's getting tiresome when people insist on something when it's proven otherwise. But I was wondering if it is possible to just prevent unregistered users from editing the page, seeing as this page is almost given daily updates when new stuff is revealed, namely by myself, and a full on block will both prevent that AND the changes that will have to be made following tonight, except from by admins. Again, thanks for acting on this. --DCLM ☎ 09:45, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

Show me where it's confirmed that it's a Christmas special. And Danniesen, you can't talk, remember when you tried to edit-war over Chibs writing episode 8? Yeah? How did that go for you when you actually read the sources? 120.20.195.104^{talk to me} 09:48, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

First off, don't talk spoilers in the talk pages. Second of all, I did not really try to edit war. Usually when a source gives some information that info is added in and the source isn't read again, because it's unusual that sources are re-edited to change things. Third off, the source is pretty clear that it says something IS that way, not COULD BE. --DCLM ☎ 10:02, February 9, 2020 (UTC)

Also, it was YOUR edit that was changed back to mine just before the page-lock, so... I'd suggest not coming off as a smarty right now. --DCLM ☎ 10:04, February 9, 2020 (UTC)