User talk:QuestionRules
QuestionRulesThanks for your edits! We hope you'll keep on editing with us. This is a great time to have joined us, because now you can play the Game of Rassilon with us and win cool stuff! Well, okay, badges. That have no monetary value. And that largely only you can see. But still: they're cool!
We've got a couple of important quirks for a Wikia wiki, so let's get them out of the way first.
British English, please
We generally use British English round these parts, so if you're American, please be sure you set your spell checker to BrEng, and take a gander at our spelling cheat card.
Spoilers aren't cool
We have a strict definition of "spoiler" that you may find a bit unusual. Basically, a spoiler, to us, is anything that comes from a story which has not been released yet. So, even if you've got some info from a BBC press release or official trailer, it basically can't be referenced here. In other words, you gotta wait until the episode has finished its premiere broadcast to start editing about its contents. Please check the spoiler policy for more details.
Other useful stuff
Aside from those two things, we also have some pages that you should probably read when you get a chance, like:
- the listing of all our help, policy and guideline pages
- our Manual of Style
- our image use policy
- our user page policy
- a list of people whose job it is to help you
If you're brand new to wiki editing — and we all were, once! — you probably want to check out these tutorials at Wikipedia, the world's largest wiki:
Remember that you should always sign your comments on talk and vote pages using four tildes like this:Thanks for becoming a member of the TARDIS crew! If you have any questions, see the Help pages, add a question to one of the Forums or ask on my talk page. CzechOut ☎ 20:27, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
Using the forums[[edit source]]
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that if you want to make a major change that affects several pages, you can bring it up at Board:The Panopticon. That way any user can give input on the issue. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 19:58, September 8, 2013 (UTC)
Re:Chat[[edit source]]
Woah sorry about that, I was making myself some dinner. What did you want?
--SOTO ☎ 23:51, September 9, 2013 (UTC)
Pages using wiktionary template[[edit source]]
Yes. They're "necessary", as much as anything on this wiki. A part of the service of the wiki is to provide simple definition for words. This is what we do for highly fictional concepts, like the helmic regulator. There is no reason why we shouldn't do so for ordinary British phrases. A lot of the charm of Doctor Who is its essential Britishness — but this is also some of its complexity. Since the program has a global audience, it's important to give context and meaning to the British colloquialisms embedded in the scripts. So, while it may be perfectly obvious to you what "hit for six" or "silly mid-off" is, it's important to give some sense of meaning for these words to our non-British readers. The language of Doctor Who is as important as any other aspect of the show, and it will continue to be documented here.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 08:29: Wed 02 Oct 2013
Christmas cheer[[edit source]]
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!
