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Saxon 3
Hi. Unless the user is doing something specifically against our Tardis:Vandalism policy, or being abusive towards users (see Tardis:What the TARDIS Index File is not#What the TARDIS Index File Doctor Who Wiki community is not) there isn't much in the way of our policy that I can do anything. The user has been warned not to deleted other's posts or talk pages. Please feel free to inform me should any of this escalate into what I've described. --Tangerineduel 07:55, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
User page
IP user has been blocked for 6 months. I can also delete your user page (so it goes back to not existing) if you want. --Tangerineduel 13:10, December 25, 2009 (UTC)
Large spacing
Please do not large amounts of spacing to articles. Thank You. Bigshowbower 11:18, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick Im sorry, but either way if you do see the large spacing please remove it instead of leaving. If you have problems inform an admin. --Bigshowbower 12:23, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
- I've noticed that the new default "magic" editor likes to introduce large spacing all over the place. I've set my default to the standard editor and never have the issues with extra spacing. Just fyi. -- sulfur 15:20, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
How do you change it, exactly? Delton Menace 16:25, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry, I missed that you'd asked this along the way. I'm guessing (from the random spacing you're still introducing) that you're still using the rich text editor?
- If so, I would strongly recommend going to the "more" option in the upper right, choosing preferences, scroll down to "editing preferences", and turn off the "rich text editing". It does a lot of really poor formatting things to articles and makes a multitude of changes that should not be made. -- sulfur 22:27, January 2, 2010 (UTC)
thanks
Thanks for agreeing with me on Forum:Children of Earth. It sucks how all the admins and greatly respected users are against it, though. Still, thanks. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit 23:30, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
hi--The mysterious 15:59, December 29, 2009 (UTC)
Lucy Saxon
However we're applying our own POV to things by stating absolutely that she is dead. Commentaries mean nothing, as it's what happens on screen that counts (they can be acknowledged, of course, in out-of-universe real world content). To give an example, someone could write that Harry Sullivan is dead, based on the fact Ian Marter is dead and that the first episode of Sarah Jane Adventures includes a line of dialogue that strongly suggests Harry is no longer alive. But unless they out and say it, we can't say with 100% certainty for any character. Alternately, Geoff Noble is definitely dead, because this has now been referenced directly in Partners in Crime and indirectly in the End of Time finale. If Moffat decides to write a future story with the Master (who likewise cannot be said to have died) and Lucy, there is nothing on screen that would prevent him from doing so. 23skidoo 18:50, January 5, 2010 (UTC)