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::*As [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] has pointed out, please be conscious of the structure of our category tree. Except for those categories that are currently engaged in the [[Game of Rassilon]], you don't want to put an article in a parent category, if it's already in a child category. For instance, let's imagine you had a page for a [[boa constrictor]]. You would want to put that page into [[:category:snakes]]. But you '''wouldn't''' put it into [[:category:reptiles]], as well — because [[:category:snakes]] itself is in [[:category:reptiles]]. Why does this matter? Well, it makes routine maintenance of the database more difficult because it creates [[recursion]]. There are enough pockets of recursion caused by those categories involved in the [[Game of Rassilon]]. We don't need to make more. | ::*As [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] has pointed out, please be conscious of the structure of our category tree. Except for those categories that are currently engaged in the [[Game of Rassilon]], you don't want to put an article in a parent category, if it's already in a child category. For instance, let's imagine you had a page for a [[boa constrictor]]. You would want to put that page into [[:category:snakes]]. But you '''wouldn't''' put it into [[:category:reptiles]], as well — because [[:category:snakes]] itself is in [[:category:reptiles]]. Why does this matter? Well, it makes routine maintenance of the database more difficult because it creates [[recursion]]. There are enough pockets of recursion caused by those categories involved in the [[Game of Rassilon]]. We don't need to make more. | ||
::*You do want to be careful about applying "companion" categories to people. We've had long debates (see the behind the scenes section of [[companion]] for links to threads) about who counts and who doesn't. If a person doesn't appear on {{tl|companions of the Sixth Doctor}}, you should probably ask a question first at [[forum:reference desk]] as to whether it'd be okay to consider that character as a companion. I'm not altogether sure, for instance, you can justify [[Sabalom Glitz]] as a companion of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ::*You do want to be careful about applying "companion" categories to people. We've had long debates (see the behind the scenes section of [[companion]] for links to threads) about who counts and who doesn't. If a person doesn't appear on {{tl|companions of the Sixth Doctor}}, you should probably ask a question first at [[forum:reference desk]] as to whether it'd be okay to consider that character as a companion. I'm not altogether sure, for instance, you can justify [[Sabalom Glitz]] as a companion of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. | ||
::*Also, avoid using categories to make controversial points. Categories are what are used by the bot to perform hundreds of thousands of small edits. Certain things are ''expected'' by the bot, and by me as the operator of the bot. Sometimes I perform actions on '''[Number] Doctor companions''' categories. I need to sort of know what's in that category. I'm not going to expect, for instance, that [[K9 Mark III]] is in [[:category:Tenth Doctor companions]]. Or that [[Paul McGann]] is in [[:category:Actors who portrayed the Master]]. I'm not at all saying that you have to report every category change to me. That would be ridiculous. But you don't want to overreach with categories and use them to say something with them. The point of a category is organisation. It's not really to say something the article doesn't. If you tried to establish in the [[Paul McGann]] article that he actually played the Master, it'd probably be struck down fairly quickly. Far as I know, he ''doesn't'' actually play the Master anyway; Roberts' face is merely superimposed on his. Understand that '''I do want you to use and have fun with categories'''. But if you get to a point where you think, "Actually, this is kinda debatable", '''don't use that category'''. Categories should only be for really solid facts. Paul McGann absolutely is one of those | ::*Also, avoid using categories to make controversial points. Categories are what are used by the bot to perform hundreds of thousands of small edits. Certain things are ''expected'' by the bot, and by me as the operator of the bot. Sometimes I perform actions on '''[Number] Doctor companions''' categories. I need to sort of know what's in that category. I'm not going to expect, for instance, that [[K9 Mark III]] is in [[:category:Tenth Doctor companions]]. Or that [[Paul McGann]] is in [[:category:Actors who portrayed the Master]]. I'm not at all saying that you have to report every category change to me. That would be ridiculous. But you don't want to overreach with categories and use them to say something with them. The point of a category is organisation. It's not really to say something the article doesn't. If you tried to establish in the [[Paul McGann]] article that he actually played the Master, it'd probably be struck down fairly quickly. Far as I know, he ''doesn't'' actually play the Master anyway; Roberts' face is merely superimposed on his. Understand that '''I do want you to use and have fun with categories'''. But if you get to a point where you think, "Actually, this is kinda debatable", '''don't use that category'''. Categories should only be for really solid facts. Paul McGann absolutely is one of those "category:actors who appeared in Sea of Souls". He is '''not''' someone who '''unambiguously''' played the Master. | ||
::*To answer your question at [[talk:Twelfth Doctor]], redirections on articles titled '''[Number] Doctor''' are flatly disallowed, as implied by [[T:DOCTORS]]. Such articles should ''only'' be the ''actual'', proper incarnation of the Doctor. Obviously we're going to need [[Twelfth Doctor]] by 2014-ish, so we're not goin to allow its usage prior to our first encountered with the "real" number 12. | ::*To answer your question at [[talk:Twelfth Doctor]], redirections on articles titled '''[Number] Doctor''' are flatly disallowed, as implied by [[T:DOCTORS]]. Such articles should ''only'' be the ''actual'', proper incarnation of the Doctor. Obviously we're going to need [[Twelfth Doctor]] by 2014-ish, so we're not goin to allow its usage prior to our first encountered with the "real" number 12. | ||
::*Please note that [[T:HEAD SC]] requires you to use sentence case, not title case, in headers. That is, headers must be <code>Like this</code> not <code>Like This</code>. I noticed on a few occasions you seemed to want to introduce title case, as at [[Ninth Doctor]], where you used "Post-Regeneration" instead of "Post-regeneration" and "Ear;u Adventures" instead of "Early adventures". Why is this tiny detail important? See [[T:HEAD LINK]]. | ::*Please note that [[T:HEAD SC]] requires you to use sentence case, not title case, in headers. That is, headers must be <code>Like this</code> not <code>Like This</code>. I noticed on a few occasions you seemed to want to introduce title case, as at [[Ninth Doctor]], where you used "Post-Regeneration" instead of "Post-regeneration" and "Ear;u Adventures" instead of "Early adventures". Why is this tiny detail important? See [[T:HEAD LINK]]. | ||
::And with all that said, I now remove your block. I hope that you'll take my and [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]]'s comments constructively. '''We absolutely do want you here editing with us.''' If you have any questions, please don't be a stranger! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}00:50: Mon 09 Jan 2012 </span> | ::And with all that said, I now remove your block. I hope that you'll take my and [[user:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]]'s comments constructively. '''We absolutely do want you here editing with us.''' If you have any questions, please don't be a stranger! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}00:50: Mon 09 Jan 2012 </span> | ||
==Eleventh Doctor== | ==Eleventh Doctor== | ||
