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All caps
Seems to be caused by PRESS STATEMENT, which likely doesn't need to be in all caps. Filter is functioning correctly.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 16:06: Wed 24 Jul 2013
Wikipediainfo
Hey, I notice you used {{wikipediainfo}} when you created Richelle Mead. As the template instructions indicate, we don't really want to use {{wikipediainfo}} on real world pages. Think of it as a way to give our readers real world information without violating T:NO RW — not as a substitute for writing a real world article. Thanks!
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 01:05: Sat 07 Sep 2013
Plagiarism question
Re your question at thread:142060:
It's my opinion that when it comes to plagiarism, better safe than sorry. If there is a substantial amount of text that seems to have been lifted from another site, it's gotta go. I think what has happened with some of the older stories is that it was copied word for word, but over the years numerous editors have added and subtracted text, but it's still basically plagiarism.
If you're up for rewriting any of the plot summaries, go for it. I don't want to cause you extra work, but I think in the long run it's less work to rewrite than to check sections back and forth and correct here and there. Don't forget to put an "in use" tag if you feel you need it. Thanks a bunch! Shambala108 ☎ 23:34, September 26, 2013 (UTC)
Torchwood
I wonder if you could do me a favor. I was looking through the plot summary for Day One, and there's a scene where the rest of the Torchwood crew is discussing what they know about Jack. There is a sentence in the middle of this section that says: "Ianto think she's CIA." I haven't seen this episode, so I don't know if Ianto is talking about Jack and it's a typo, or if he's talking about Gwen, who is referred to in the previous sentence. Do you have any idea which is correct? Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 17:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks! I went ahead and fixed it, and if you or someone else later find that it's wrong, it can be fixed. Shambala108 ☎ 18:14, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
Something about preloads
Didn't you sometime, somewhere, within the last month say something about preloads needed to be fixed? I was looking around for that comment today but couldn't find it. If I've got the wrong man, please forgive me. But if I've got the right one, please jog my memory.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 19:36: Fri 11 Oct 2013
Help
Hey, can I prevail upon you for a little bit of immediate help. Any chance that you could do the crew lists for the last four eps of 7b today? I know, I know: it's my own fault for not fixing {{wales crew}} sooner, but if you could help with that, I'd be mighty appreciative. If you can't, though, lemme know.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 15:18: Sat 12 Oct 2013
Tomato check tracking
Well, I put this in the thread, but it's really hard to read it there. I thought you might like to see it at full width. This chart tells you which episodes you don't need to worry about anymore, as they've already been touched by two editors.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 01:05: Tue 15 Oct 2013
| CZ | SOTO | TYB | SH | SPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH | Self | ||||
| SOTO | SOTO has no common stories with CZ | Self | See above | ||
| TYB | TYB has no common stories with CZ | see above | self | see above | TYB has no common stories with SPR |
| SPR | SPR has no common stories with CZ | see above | see above | see above | self |
Chat
When you have a moment, could you please stop by chat? Thanks :) (It's nothing bad, don't worry.)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 19:41: Tue 15 Oct 2013 19:41, October 15, 2013 (UTC)
Kath Braxton?
I guess I don't understand why the lead-in to the Tenth Doctor article, the identity of his incarnation, depends on the attestation of a minor character from a comic that a lot of people on here probably haven't read. Clara specified that her Doctor was the Eleventh Doctor, but if I added that, I'm willing to bet it would be deleted within a day. TARDIStraveler ☎ 22:25, October 23, 2013 (UTC)
Cleanup edits
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your recent many cleanup edits have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. I noticed that you've been concentrating a lot on stuff that relates to 2005-Doctor Who. That's probably going to help with the Rotten Tomatoes stuff. Thanks for all your hard work! Shambala108 ☎ 01:10, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
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czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:02: Wed 01 Jan 2014
Capitol
Why you add my edit in capitol it was correct watch the end of time you see--Doctor other ☎ 15:31, February 17, 2014 (UTC)
Theory page
So sorry but you edit on Theory:Timeline Last Great Time War unreasonable--Doctor other ☎ 20:36, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
How to delete pictures
Can you show me how ı delete a picture ?--Doctor other ☎ 13:19, March 3, 2014 (UTC)
The War
Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other ☎ 00:55, March 6, 2014 (UTC)
Cult of the Black Sun (created by faction paradox) and the Order of the Black Sun are the same ? If they are war between order and the time lord is part of THE WAR.--Doctor other ☎ 15:31, March 6, 2014 (UTC)
Deleted images
I just wanted to say thanks for tagging all those images for deletion. I think I got all of them. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 16:23, March 6, 2014 (UTC)
Silents Vs. the Silent
The correct plural form of Silent is The Silent. There is no 'S'. If you are referring to the religious order, "The Silence" is proper. - Masterpwn (Previously unsigned)
Season four category
I just wanted to thank you for the edits you made removing the "characters of season four" category. I knew there was something wrong with it, but couldn't place why, so I asked the user to hold off creating any more. I've now asked him/her not to continue the project (using your edit summary as the reason), and I deleted the one category that's been created so far. Shambala108 ☎ 01:37, June 3, 2014 (UTC)
I need your help understanding your reason
"The Marilyn Monroe stuff is edging too much into T:NO RW. I don't think the story says anything other than "woman standing with Eleven, Sinatra and Santa Claus in that photograph"," was what you said when you removed that section I put on the Model page.
I'm sorry, but did you seriously do that without reading the links I connected it to at all? Because it appears so. Yes. That's a bit bunt and could be considered impolite, but I would appreciate an explanation for removing my work. An explanation that proves you looked at the links I connected to the paragraph for the convenience of readers, like you were.
In the episode A Christmas Carol, we see the Doctor leave the party with Marilyn. At the end of the episode, Rory answers a phone call from her, and the Doctor tells her to tell her the chapel wasn't ligament. Here's straight out of the episode article (Which I had a link to in the bit I posted): "A few minutes later, the Doctor finds the couple kissing passionately, but impatiently requests to leave, as he has accidentally become engaged to Marilyn Monroe; he leaves with her nevertheless." At the end of the episode, "Rory pops out of the TARDIS, saying he answered the phone; Marilyn has called the Doctor. The Doctor tells Rory to inform Marilyn that he will call her back, "and that was never a real chapel"."
And, may I ask what this picture you speak of is? I don't remember it.
And please, don't get me wrong. I am upset (who wouldn't be if some of their hard work was taken down with a reason they didn't understand.), but I still have an open mind. From what I know, and the information I've received, I can only conclude that you were not aware to what I was referring. So here I am, trying to explain.
You are more experienced at wiki-ing than me, so I am asking for your help in understanding. But I like to think I am a hardcore Whovian when it comes to the reboot series. I think I know what I'm talking about with this episode.
Will you do me a favor and read Marilyn Monroe and A Christmas Carol (TV story)? Then, will you please reconsider removing that section?
Thank you for your time, and again, I'm sorry for sounding so blunt.
--Rebazim ☎ 17:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)
Alright. I guess I can accept that....--Rebazim ☎ 19:31, June 4, 2014 (UTC)
Images
Those page images are taken. Put yours somewhere else or find empty pages. --Buckimion ☎ 02:20, October 31, 2014 (UTC)
Thank you...
... for your work about the Black Sun War pages! Especially for the missing ones. --- HarveyWallbanger ☎ 21:35, December 9, 2014 (UTC)
Hyperion
Crap! Sorting it now. Thanks for letting me know. :) --Revan\Talk 12:54, December 10, 2014 (UTC)
Past tense in direct quotations
Hey there. Regarding your edits to the quote in the lead for Dalek, do you know if it is the policy at this project to alter direct character quotations into the past tense? I have looked through 6~7 MoS/policy articles and could not find a direct answer, so I'm uncertain. Either way, this line: "[i]nside that shell, there [was] a creature born to hate, whose only thought [was] to destroy everything and everyone that [wasn't] a Dalek, too." is very brutal to read. If it isn't policy, are you okay with me changing it back to a direct quote? And if it is policy to force verbatim character lines to be in the past tense, are you okay with having this paraphrased? Blue Rook ☎ 00:31, December 18, 2014 (UTC)
Re: The Eye of Torment
No problem. The only reason I knew what to do is that I've seen it used in source mode before. Previously, I had tried using the "|" and it didn't work. Shambala108 ☎ 15:35, January 13, 2015 (UTC)