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Sources

Please cite sources when adding material to article pages. As users will often want to check where the information is from. Thanks. --Tangerineduel 16:24, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

It's not lies. The info is from http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ which was created by the BBC who create Doctor who thus it is real. Please don't delete it.

The issue was it wasn't sourced and was inserted into the article somewhat haphazardly. Also there is an issue of verifiability, many of the things on the whoisdoctorwho website are referring to TV stories where we can double check this information with 'what actually happened'. But I'm not so sure about the info you added as it doesn't appear to be referring to TV or prose stories.

The Ninth Doctor article already has an external link out to the page where this information is cited, which I think presents the information in context better than trying to integrate these second hand accounts into the body of the text. Thanks. --Tangerineduel 16:50, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

True true but these events happened to the ninth doctor during his life. They should be written in both places. In the unrecored adventures part. Stop deleting them please. I'm only trying to make a positive contribution.Also the information on the who is doctor who? website is a kind of back story but loads of short back-stories of people's sightings of the Doctor. It doesn't neccesarily have to refer to a TV episode. Comics don't but that info should be added and the new series adventures some of those are mentioned in the series. But please let me re-add it.

Quotes and MOS

the Manual of Style has changed, which was not made well-known so why you may not know. Quotes are to to fitted into the article, not at the top of it, the quote has to to relative to the article, e.g. descriptive. All Television articles had their quotes removed from the top of the page, and we are currently going through all the monster, aliens, villains, characters etc and removing the quote from them. I would ask you to wait till we finished doing this, before putting qoute into the article, under the headings, and must be relevant. Sorry for the inconvenience, and if your still unsure, please see the MOS or ask an admin. See here for details. Mini-mitch 21:21, April 17, 2010 (UTC)

Images on articles

Hi, we've updated our Manual of Style concerning the use of images on in-universe articles. In short only screenshots should be used on in-universe articles as promotional images or concept art is often staged and not within an in-universe setting. Thanks. Tangerineduel

Your recent addition to the Tenth Doctor article was rolled back as the image did not conform to our Manual of Style relating to image use. Please do not add images that are contrary to our image use for articles policy. --Tangerineduel 13:52, May 28, 2010 (UTC)

That's a very silly regulation.

The policy was discussed by the active members of this wiki who are striving to create a unique encyclopaedia made up of the best sources whilst maintaining an in-universe style that is constant across all the articles on this wiki. --Tangerineduel 13:59, May 28, 2010 (UTC)

Oh no no no right but they still do it on the Star wars wikia and it works for them.I actually think the character main images are better against a plain background.

You have silly regulations, and this is TARDIS Wikia, not Star Wars Wiki. Here we disaprove of promotional images on articles. The is against our Manual of Style. If you do not understand here are the main two languages in the world apart from English. Duelfight, 18:36, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Vous avez des règlements stupides, et c'est TARDIS Wikia, pas de Star Wars Wiki. Ici, nous disaprove des images promotionnelles sur les articles. L'l'encontre de notre Manual of Style.

Usted tiene reglamentos tonto, y esto es TARDIS Wikia no, Star Wars Wiki. Aquí disaprove de las imágenes promocionales de artículos. El está en contra de nuestro Manual de Estilo.

I'm just asking but why do you disaprove of promotional images or images against colour backgrounds? It works really well I think so why don't we use it? Neosforce657 12:31, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Quoted from the discussion on the forums: Never, ever use publicity stills — except as temporary, pre-broadcast placeholders – because they're out-of-universe, and have no place on an in-universe article page Mini-mitch 13:35, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

I know that but other wikis use them and it works fine for them. So why not here? Neosforce657 12:44, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

The choice was made here to not use promotional stills. Some wikis choose to use them, others try to avoid them. This one avoids them wherever possible. -- sulfur 12:53, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Yes it does try to avoid them but why? They work so well. Neosforce657 13:01, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Because we want to have in-universe images, not out-of-universe articles. We decided it was better for this wiki and also we decided it looked better. Is that difficult to understand. That is why we did it. Mini-mitch 14:04, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Basically, we write all articles from the point of view of some sort of entity at the very end of the universe. We only use images of things that actually happened in Doctor Who. That's why promo pics are no use on main article pictures; there's no way a Dalek would pose in front of a green screen for a picture. You see? --The Thirteenth Doctor 13:18, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Hey guys I need help. I started a wik the Slave Leia wiki and need contributors. http://slaveleia.wikia.com/wiki/Slave_Leia_Wiki Please help me with it. Thanks. Neosforce657 17:43, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Last Words

Please stop removing the code as it is messing up the page. The Thirteenth Doctor 09:25, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Three things.

One - Those weren't the Master's last words they were - Get out of the way! You did this to me! All my life! You made me! one two three FOUR...

Two - We don't even know if he's dead so these can't be his last words.

Three - He didn't regenerate probably and I think we should remove his last words from "The end of time" until we know whether he regenerated after attacking Rassilon.

• I didn't say don't remove the Master's last words. I asked you to stop removing the coding. --The Thirteenth Doctor 09:57, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Oh sorry didn't realise I was. But the Master's last and first words from "The end of time" should be deleted until we next see the Master. Neosforce657 09:58, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Images

You've been asked before not to use promotional images. Please do not do so again. --The Thirteenth Doctor 19:25, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

It works better. I'd like to speak to someone and try to get both promo and on-screen accepted. Just whichever works best for the select article. So who do I speak to about it?Neosforce657 19:46, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

• You would have to bring it up at the forums, here, but I have to say, it is likely pointless as all articles are to be in-universe, and they can't be in-universe if you add out-of-universe pictures to them. You can try and have this changed, but it is unlikely to be changed as you'd need the support of a lot of users, and I think most of the regular users would actually oppose it. --The Thirteenth Doctor 20:02, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Final warning about images

You've been asked several times by users and an admin not to use promotional images on this wiki. You've asked where you can bring this up, yet you did not and simply continued to add them. If you do so again, I will ask an admin to step in and warn you. The Thirteenth Doctor 22:57, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

I've added a new image non-promotional! Give the man a medal! Please don't ban this new image of the Tenth Doctor in his Tuxedo in The Lazarus experiment. The shot is from after Lazarus is reverted to human form tempoarily before the Doctor gets slapped.

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