User talk:Ebyabe/Archive 2

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Starting DWM articles

Thanks for starting DWM 448. However, it's important to start such articles with the basic details being correct. Ever since DWM starting putting actual dates, as opposed to months, on the cover of their magazines, that date has never been the date of publication. Rather, it's the date of expiry — the time that newsstand owners are supposed to remove that issue and replace it with the next one.

Also, I'm seeing the cover date of 448 as 27 June 2012. Are you sure you haven't confused the 449 cover date with the 447?

I know that you may currently see a lot of sloppy language in the leads of recent DWM issues, but it's important that we convey this most basic of information correctly.

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On another point, please do not include an image link, if that image does not yet appear on the site. While we generally do encourage red links, they are not recommended for images. If a person clicks on that red link to add it, they will not get credit for having added the picture in the Game of Rassilon. You may not care about this game, but a number of our editors do. We want to make sure that they get full points, especially if they've taken the time to scan the image.

Thanks again for your edits!
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  16:23: Thu 27 Sep 2012

Also, I suppose the bigger point is to just use the standard format for adding issues. This format can be found by pulling down to "DWM issue" on the "standard preloads" dropdown under the "edit summary" of the standard (which is to say, not Monobook) editing window. It's important to use this standard, because it has a lot of time-saving coding already embedded. Read more here.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  16:32: Thu 27 Sep 2012

Hi! I'm going through the WantedPages, which is why it may seem I'm making articles haphazardly. Thanks for the headsup on DWM. I looked online and that's the date I found for issue 448. Since 447 was put out in May, it seemed right. But if incorrect, please feel free to fix. I've been rather active on Wikipedia, so I'm used to that, doncha know. Regarding images, I wasn't sure, but that policy is rather what it's like on Wikipedia, so that's cool. I probably won't be making more DWM articles soon, though, since there don't seem to be anymore at the top of the WantedPages.

Anyhoo, thanks for the notes. Do please drop me more lines should I need more noodging. Cheers! --Ebyabe ☎ 17:13, September 27, 2012 (UTC)

Blogs

Noticed that you tried to start a blog. We don't offer blogs on this wiki. Also, do please remember to use {{delete|reason you think a page should be deleted}} when you mistakenly create a page. Using {{delete}} puts pages in Category:proposed deletions, thereby making it easier for admin to maintain the wiki.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  17:44: Fri 28 Sep 2012

OK, thanks. So how does one get the blog badges then? --Ebyabe ☎ 17:51, September 28, 2012 (UTC)

Infobox adding

Some articles are short enough that they don't need an infobox. The infboxen are basically for summarising the article, and if it's not particularly long it doesn't need an infobox. I've removed the infobox from Betrothal of Sontar‎ as it's far too short to need an infobox. I've also removed the infobox from Constitution III as the only additional info it brought to the article was its origin. I've incorporated this info into the article. --Tangerineduel / talk 15:53, September 29, 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. Thanks for the note. :) --Ebyabe ☎ 15:59, September 29, 2012 (UTC)

Section stub

Hi! I removed the "section stub" that you placed on Goth Opera and Evolution. I did it because the placement was messing up the look of the lists on the pages. If you want to put the tags back, I suggest you play around with the placement of the tag, and use the "preview" button to see how it looks before publishing. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 04:09, October 4, 2012 (UTC)

Shouldn't the stub box not do that? It doesn't on Wikipedia. Perhaps the formatting for it should be changed? I don't think I'll be adding that tag, though. Maybe notes on talk pages as to what can be improved would be better. ----Ebyabe (talk) 15:02, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

It shouldn't but with Wikia's recent update there are still display issues that are cropping up.

Additionally, anything that says "to be added", such as where you added a section stub to on the novel pages, is itself I think enough of an indicator. Only use it to indicate a section that has some (though little) content, not one that is totally lacking it. If you look across practically all of the novel and audio ranges the plot sections are mostly empty as the decision to add a plot section was made late in development, so you don't need to add a section stub to these. Thanks. --Tangerineduel / talk 15:49, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

Be more careful with categories

Thanks for all your recent page creations! Be a little more thorough when categorising your pages though. You added several pages to the category "Humans" when really you want to put them in categories that describe both their species and their profession or other association, like "Human soldiers." And, if a profession or association isn't apparent, "Individual humans" is a good place holder. Memnarc ☎ 05:29, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome! I have been trying to do the more specific categories, but I'll look at the category tree to figure out more. "Individual humans"? Didn't even notice that one. Cheers! :) ----Ebyabe (talk) 14:59, October 6, 2012 (UTC)

Just wanted to add that "Individual humans" is a category of last resort. It should really only be used if you can't tie them to any sort of profession or association. For instance, on the page Vacano, you had it categorised under both "Individual humans" and "Human scientists", when you really only needed "Human scientists". That category lets the user know that he's both human and a scientist, so "Individual humans" is a bit redundant. Just something to keep in mind. Memnarc ☎ 08:37, October 17, 2012 (UTC)

Missed that. Thanks. :) ----Ebyabe (talk) 13:09, October 17, 2012 (UTC)

Tenses

Another thing to keep in mind is that you want to keep everything in the past tense. Everything in the DWU isn't "happening" it "happened," if you get my meaning. Memnarc ☎ 04:12, October 7, 2012 (UTC)

Yep, I do. I've been doing so, but may occasionally slip, doncha know. Doing my best. :) ----Ebyabe (talk) 17:36, October 7, 2012 (UTC)

Doctor incarnations

Per wiki policy, it's preferred that you don't pipe switch an incarnation of the Doctor's page to "the Doctor", i.e. [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. Good job on all those page additions, though. -- Tybort (talk page) 19:22, October 9, 2012 (UTC)

I've seen it both ways on various pages, so I wasn't sure. But now that I see Tardis:Doctors, I understand. Actually, it's easier that way, since the piping takes a bit of extra effort. Thanks, and cheerio! :) ----Ebyabe (talk) 20:01, October 9, 2012 (UTC)

Alternate Earth individuals

You're kinda confusing the category structure of this category, introducing OOU terms into an in-universe category structure. As you can see in the category itself Category:Alternative Earth individuals if you want a category specific to a story go with Category:Alternative Earth (Day of the Daleks) individuals or something like that. --Tangerineduel / talk 03:39, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

So, for example, Category:Silurian Earth individuals should be Category:Blood Heat individuals? ----Ebyabe (talk) 13:10, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

No. That's the right way around. The other categories you've created that I've tagged with a rename are the wrong ones (they're all in the Category:Articles that need renaming at the moment).

The more specific category name the better. I looked at Category:Imperial Moon individuals for several moments and couldn't work out what the category was about. With our category format that would suggest that that category contained individuals who are from the moon "Imperial Moon".

The category for those individuals, what I assume you mean by its inclusion in that category is Category:Alternative timeline (Imperial Moon) individuals or Category:Alternative Earth (Imperial Moon) individuals – or something like that. If there's nothing more specific about that timeline that's mentioned in the novel, in the case of Category:Silurian Earth and Category:Arthur's World individuals those terms are used because they're more specific than "Alternative Earth (dab term) individuals". --Tangerineduel / talk 14:17, October 16, 2012 (UTC)

greeting

heeeyyy xxxx

hey back ----Ebyabe (talk)

Linking to copyright infringing material

Hey. It's enough to say it's correct in text / source material. Don't link to copyright infringing material like the link you left in the edit summary. Only link to material that has been uploaded by the copyright holder (like the BBC's YouTube page or the BBC's eBooks or things like that). Thanks. --Tangerineduel / talk 16:00, October 26, 2012 (UTC)

Apologies. Since the info conflicted with what's on the Doctor Who Reference Guide, I wanted to offer extra proof. Shan't happen again. ----Ebyabe (talk) 16:17, October 26, 2012 (UTC)

That's understandable. In future, a page number would be more useful, that'd allow people to check without linking to infringing material. Thanks. --Tangerineduel / talk 01:39, October 27, 2012 (UTC)

PAGENAME

When creating pages with disambiguation in their names, such as Guido (The Ghosts of N-Space), don't type {PAGENAME}. Instead, type the person's actual name, as the words in parentheses are just for differentiation, and not part of the person's name. Memnarc ☎ 21:16, November 7, 2012 (UTC)

Christmas cheer

Happy holidays!

As this fiftieth anniversary year comes to a close, we here at Tardis just want to thank you for being a part of our community — even if you haven't edited here in a while. If you have edited with us this year, then thanks for all your hard work.

This year has seen an impressive amount of growth. We've added about 11,000 pages this year, which is frankly incredible for a wiki this big. November was predictably one of the busiest months we've ever had: over 500 unique editors pitched in. It was the highest number of editors in wiki history for a year in which only one programme in the DWU was active. And our viewing stats have been through the roof. We've averaged well over 2 million page views each week for the last two months, with some weeks seeing over 4 million views!

We've received an unprecedented level of support from Wikia Staff, resulting in all sorts of new goodies and productive new relationships. And we've recently decided to lift almost every block we've ever made so as to allow most everyone a second chance to be part of our community.

2014 promises to build on this year's foundations, especially since we've got a full, unbroken series coming up — something that hasn't happened since 2011. We hope you'll stick with us — or return to the Tardis — so that you can be a part of the fun!