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Aw thanks so much for spreading the word! [http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Asnow89/Fantasy_Food_Fight-Round_TWO I just posted round 2 a few minutes ago, so let the voting begin!] | Aw thanks so much for spreading the word! [http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Asnow89/Fantasy_Food_Fight-Round_TWO I just posted round 2 a few minutes ago, so let the voting begin!] | ||
== Image licence for Doctor Who Figurine Collection ... == | |||
Any ideas? as there could be quite a few images maybe a new more specific licence? and under what heading? Magazine or Merchandise [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] [[User talk:The Librarian|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:55, September 6, 2013 (UTC) | |||
:It's a magazine ''with'' figurines. See ''[[Doctor Who: Figurine Collection]]''. So half the pictures will be magazine covers, and the other half will be the merchandise included with that issue. --[[user:SmallerOnTheOutside|SOTO]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|☎]] 23:31, September 6, 2013 (UTC) | |||
:: So can a specific licence be added to both as 'Doctor Who Figurine Collection figure images' and 'Doctor Who Figurine Collection magazine covers' ...please [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] [[User talk:The Librarian|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:03, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
: Its just that the merchandising licences are 'Character Options' or 'others' which seems a bit too broad. I would also suggest a 'Dapol' specific licence as well. [[User:The Librarian|The Librarian]] [[User talk:The Librarian|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:43, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
== Wikipediainfo == | |||
Ahh. I think I know what happened. I must have carelessly copied and pasted the description from another eshort writer when writing Richelle Mead's page. I've just cleared up the instances on Scott, Sedgwick and Reeve's pages, one of which I probably used as a "template" (not {{tl|wikipediainfo}}, but the whole description). Normally I'm quite good with this sort of thing. Thanks for pointing out the error, though. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 01:20, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
== Video uploads == | |||
Hey, there is a new user who has uploaded literally dozens of videos. I wanted to make sure what to do with them. Do they get deleted since they weren't uploaded by an admin? (I haven't checked them all yet so I don't know if any have spoilers.) Thanks, [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:12, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
== New categories == | |||
Hello! | |||
Now that we (=you) have solved the Sporting Events, I'd love to create two more new categories, with related doubts: | |||
* Under [[:Category:Law and order]], a sub-category named "Penalties" or "Sanctions" or "Execution methods" or whatever, including: [[vaporisation]], [[embolism]], [[death sentence]], [[steaming]], [[torture]], [[molecular dispersal]]... | |||
* Under [[:Category:Supposed deities]] (and maybe [[:Category:Earth myths and legends]]), the category "Greek gods" or another name, including: [[Zeus]], [[Poseidon]], [[Kronos]]... (and possibly, "Egyptian gods", etc...). Here, I am not sure about the in-universe approach. | |||
What do you think about their creation and their possible titles? Thank you, again. --[[User:HarveyWallbanger|HarveyWallbanger]] [[User talk:HarveyWallbanger|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:16, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
:Thank you, CzechOut. I will follow your suggestions! :)--[[User:HarveyWallbanger|HarveyWallbanger]] [[User talk:HarveyWallbanger|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:33, September 9, 2013 (UTC) | |||
== Graham Dilley == | |||
OK, the Doctor doesn't describe the Ashes in any real way to Peri and Erimem, merely mentioning that Tegan won't be enjoying the match as she's Australian. '''However''', before the story properly begins, there is a (fictional) newspaper article, which contains the following quote: | |||
:"At the close of play on the third day of the third test of the 1981 Ashes series, English cricket was being buried. Already one test down and with the captain sacked, England were following on, still two hundred adrift and one second innings wicket already lost. Journalists were preparing eulogies for the national team. | |||
:By the close of play on the fourth day, the corpse had shown signs taht it wasn't ready to lie down and die just yet. That defiant, belligerent 145 not out by Ian Botham had given England a slender lead. By the end of the fifth day, despite the odds of 500-1 against given by bookmakers less than twenty-four hours previously, the dead body of English cricket had risen from the grave, a Phoenix rising in this Ashes series, and England had won the match in the greatest comeback the sport had ever seen." | |||
This fictional article supposedly comes from the National Clarion, William Jenkins-Wells, cricket reporter. | |||
I've already created an article for [[William Jenkins-Wells]], as he already features in the story. | |||
Hopefully you can get some good stuff out of this. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
:Actually, that's a good point about the "fictional". For all I know, the authors of ''[[Graham Dilley Saves the World]]'', [[Iain McLaughlin]] and [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]], copied an actual article from an actual newspaper. I don't know enough about cricket or English newspapers to say for sure. What I meant by fictional is that McLaughlin and Bartlett set up their story with a newspaper article about the events that will happen in the story. It's pretty common in [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] for authors to create documents, newspaper accounts, book excerpts, etc. to help their stories along. | |||
:I hope that clears things up. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:30, September 7, 2013 (UTC) | |||
==Episode Template (viewers)== | |||
I was thinking that you may want to add the final ratings (views) in the episode template. for example for the episode [[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]] achieved a final raitng of 6.5 million views. So I was asking if I could put 6.5 million views in the episode template. | |||
--[[User:QuestionRules]] 19:48, September 8, 2013 (UTC) | |||
== A catch up == | |||
Long time, no see CzechOut. How you been? | |||
So... it seems I have been absent for a bit of time here. Something that I regret, but was not able to prevent - the reason being is that I have been mainly working full time or sleeping, plus doing some university work on the side has left me with very little chance to edit here. But I will try and get my editing back on track - starting with images. Yes, that time has come again, where I do a massive image clear out... hoping every time I have to do it less and less. | |||
On another note, I got a lovely wee email for Sarah Manley earlier this month... she seem to mention something about meeting Wikia staff, you, in an all expensive paid trip to Wikia offices? And as much as I would like to go, it pains, saddens, upsets me even to say that I can't, due to university and work commitments. I am disappointed that I shall not be able to attend this trip (although, hopefully, if we get another chance (fingers cross) I will be able to). If I might make a suggest, what about [[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] or even [[User:SmallerOnTheOutside|SOTO]], the latter being suggested due to his hard work, detmination and effort he has put in since his time here - which I hope he will continue far into the future. | |||
But before I rattle on any more, I should ask: Have I missed any major policy changes? | |||
But now, back to editing I think. I plan to do images ASAP, then tackle the unresolved issues of: | |||
a) The continuity and references section | |||
b) The home media releases issue | |||
c) And the other thing(s) I started a discussion on, but can't remember | |||
Anyway, until next time. [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 22:54, September 8, 2013 (UTC) | |||
==Wikia Spotlights and the 50th anniversary== | |||
Hey CzechOut, I was just about to leave a spotlight request for DWA on [[community:Community_Central_talk:Spotlights|Community Central]] for the weeks leading up to the 50th, but then I thought that maybe we could do some sort of joined thing between DWA and TDC to celebrate the time while attracting readers and editors to both our wikis. You interested in doing a joined spotlight or something? [[User:Imamadmad|Imamadmad]] ([[User talk:Imamadmad|Contact me]]) 03:40, September 9, 2013 (UTC) | |||
==Rabbits== | |||
No, not in modern 21st century 'Straya. Ever. | |||
I'm not even sure of the origins of the expression. Perhaps it could be that there are a lot of rabbits in Australia and that would just be an exclamation. Are we sure this is a Janet Fielding thing and not a JNT-approximating-Australia-thing? | |||
There is the term to "rabbit on" (also used is rabble on and rattle on) – to go on about nothing (definition from the Australian Oxford Paperback Thesaurus) or "to talk nonsense, usually at length" (from The Macquarie Australian Dictionary app, based on the complete Macquarie Dictionary Fifth Edition), that's the second definition. Under the first definition though in the Macquarie Dictionary there's also;''colloquial'' - a bottle of beer, ''colloquial'' - a fool, ''phrase colloquial'' - "to rabbit around, to indulge in aimless and time-wasting activities", run the rabbit "to go out purchase alcoholic drink, especially after closing hours or somehow improperly". | |||
There's also rabbit-o / rabbit-oh, a seller of rabbits for food. | |||
So I'd say it's just a Janet Fielding-thing. Or perhaps it's just one of those words like frak and our very own [[cruk]]. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 10:28, September 9, 2013 (UTC) | |||
