User talk:NPChilla1
NPChilla1Thanks 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! Please do not put spoilers in the edit summary as you did on Series 10 (Doctor Who). Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 00:43, July 9, 2016 (UTC)
Was it a spoiler? Sorry, I thought it counted as a rumour - there is a spoiler warning for the page, which is why I thought sufficed on its own. (It's all unconfirmed and the Mirror's track record for getting things right is very poor anyway.) I'll know for future, thank you for telling me. NPChilla1 ☎ 00:50, July 9, 2016 (UTC)
- For violating Tardis:Spoiler policy a second time, after being warned once, you are blocked for three months (to cover the period up until the airing of the Christmas special). Shambala108 ☎ 14:01, October 10, 2016 (UTC)
- For what, putting the name of the next episode in an edit summary? How does that count as a spoiler, the BBC announced it... Whatever, I don't feel like I'm missing out on this wiki. So long and thanks for all the fish. NPChilla1 ☎ 01:26, November 5, 2016 (UTC)
- That is absolutely considered a spoiler here. Read through T:SPOIL, and you'll see—until a story has been officially released, any discussion of it is considered a spoiler. Something can be officially announced, but if it hasn't been released yet, you can't bring it up outside of spoiler-specific areas. Edit summaries are public, and visible to all with no spoiler screen.
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 01:32, November 5, 2016 (UTC)
- That is absolutely considered a spoiler here. Read through T:SPOIL, and you'll see—until a story has been officially released, any discussion of it is considered a spoiler. Something can be officially announced, but if it hasn't been released yet, you can't bring it up outside of spoiler-specific areas. Edit summaries are public, and visible to all with no spoiler screen.
- For what, putting the name of the next episode in an edit summary? How does that count as a spoiler, the BBC announced it... Whatever, I don't feel like I'm missing out on this wiki. So long and thanks for all the fish. NPChilla1 ☎ 01:26, November 5, 2016 (UTC)
I think you're misunderstanding the extent of our spoiler policy. We want every user who wants to contribute to be able to do so without fear of being spoiled. In order to do that, we have to forbid spoilers everywhere except designated places (spelled out at Tardis:Spoiler policy) and we have a very strict definition of what makes a spoiler (also spelled out at Tardis:Spoiler policy). If you haven't read the policy, it's understandable that you're confused about BBC releases and edit summaries. I suggest you read the policy thoroughly in order to understand it.
Incidentally, through very diligent editing, we were able to keep the announcement of Peter Capaldi being cast as the Twelfth Doctor off the wiki until his first appearance aired. I know of at least one user who wished to be surprised by the change, and he was able to continue editing on the wiki without being spoiled. Shambala108 ☎ 02:03, November 5, 2016 (UTC)
