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Next time you feel strongly about the need to change something urgently, I advise you to contact an admin and persuade them of the emergency you are experiencing. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:59, May 21, 2017 (UTC) | Next time you feel strongly about the need to change something urgently, I advise you to contact an admin and persuade them of the emergency you are experiencing. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:59, May 21, 2017 (UTC) | ||
== Communication on this wiki == | |||
Given the apparent clash of wiki cultures, let me lay down our rules. First, it is expected that everyone follows their own talk page. On the other hand, it is not expected that others have to follow your talk page. Take, for instance [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] who has about 100k edits under the belt. Such users cannot possibly follow each of the thousands of pages they've edited. Thus, if you need somebody's attention, you post on their talk page. | |||
If, on the contrary, you want to primarily talk about something that has a page, then the discussion should happen on that page. | |||
Topics touching upon more than one page have their rightful place in one of the forums, depending on the topic. In this case, for instance, there are two pages involved, [[Clara's TARDIS]] and [[TARDIS (Hell Bent)]]. So a post on one may be missed by someone reading the other talk page. Forum discussions are closed by an admin. Until this happens, it is prohibited to start editing the disputed pages based on the arguments of the discussion per [[T:BOUND]]. | |||
All this is notwithstanding [[T:SPOIL|our spoiler policy]], which prohibits discussing unreleased stories almost anywhere. | |||
The right to move, delete and merge pages is also reserved exclusively for admins. | |||
For the record, you can still edit your talk page. I left this ability so that you could contact me if need be. | |||
Another thing you need to understand is that, though we always try to respond to editors and explain things, and indeed both admins involved with these TARDISes of yours did respond to you, we are under no obligation to do so and certainly under no obligation to respond within a certain time limit. All admins are volunteers who spend their time in the service of the wiki but not in the service of any individual editor. The same principle applies to renames, merges and deletes. Each request requires time to process (and typically a lot of tedious maintenance work) and there is no guarantee that it would be processed within a week, a month or, indeed, even within a year. Some forum discussions are dragging on for years without a resolution. My favourite example is [[Thread:183821]] which is 1.5 years old and shows no sign of closing despite my numerous attempts to nudge it towards the finish line. We all need to have patience. | |||
And to be completely honest with you, upon a very brief look at they issue you care about, I do not see it as open and shut at all. Thus, it is always important to wait for an admin to confirm that a) the consensus has arrived and b) it does not violate any policies. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:38, May 21, 2017 (UTC) | |||
