User talk:TARDIS2468
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Spoilers aren't cool
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DVD covers
Hi, before uploading DVD covers a good place to check to see if we already have them uploaded is Doctor Who DVD covers (follow the links on the page for specific regions). As all the covers displayed on these pages will already have been copyright tagged. Thanks. --Tangerineduel / talk 12:34, October 18, 2011 (UTC)
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czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:12: Wed 21 Dec 2011
Spoilers
Hi! Please do not add spoilers to pages, like you did at The Rings of Akhaten. Per Tardis:Spoiler policy, even titles of unaired stories are considered spoilers. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 14:30, May 2, 2013 (UTC)
Infobox image at Tenth Doctor
You removed the following text at Tenth Doctor as you inserted a new pic there.
|image = TenSpecsBiggerSmileLeftSITL.jpg<!--This picture may not be changed without community discussion, because it is the result of extensive community involvement at [[Talk:Tenth Doctor]]. It is not eligible for removal until 11 December 2012 -->
Since you removed it, you are deemed to have read it. Did you think it didn't apply to you for some reason?
The infobox picture at Tenth Doctor was arrived at after literally weeks of discussion. It may not be removed without another community discussion. Since it is now after 11 December 2012, a new discussion may be started, but you cannot just swap pictures without first taking it to the community and starting a discussion at Talk:Tenth Doctor. This means that the picture cannot be swapped out until an admin closes whatever new discussion may arise. Effectively, then, only an admin, after consultation with the community, can swap out this picture.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 15:32: Sat 07 Dec 2013
Apologies. --TARDIS2468 ☎ 10:13, December 8, 2013 (UTC)
Removing content
Hi! It is against Tardis:Vandalism policy to remove content from your talk page. I've restored the info that you deleted. Please check out this rule carefully (see the section called "your own talk page"). Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 14:40, December 8, 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about that. --TARDIS2468 ☎ 07:48, December 10, 2013 (UTC)
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Incarnation number
Heya :) Thanks for your recent edit to Season 13. However, please be aware that T:DOCTORS applies on most every page of the wiki. Pipe switching away from a form of the name that includes the incarnation number is only allowed on story pages, and only then with performed Doctor Who so as to match a visible credit roll. So on a page like The Angels Take Manhattan, you should pipe trick from Eleventh Doctor to [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] because of T:CAST. But elsewhere, you'd just leave references to the Eleventh Doctor un-switched. Thanks :)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:05: Wed 08 Jan 2014
Thank you, I had been unaware T:DOCTORS applied to season pages and assumed T:CAST did. I made that change on a couple other season pages too before this and have now reverted them. --TARDIS2468 ☎ 00:37, January 8, 2014 (UTC)
Video recommendation
Uploaded and posted. Sorry about the delay. :)
× SOTO (☎/✍/↯) 20:30, December 30, 2014 (UTC)
Newslines
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Because we share 50% of advertising revenue with our contributors, someone like you could make a lot of money (possibly thousands of dollars/month) for very little time investment on your part. Have a look at the site, and let me know what you think: http://newslines.org/about/
