User talk:The ARC Minister
The ARC MinisterThanks 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. Shambala108 ☎ 04:46, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
Spelling[[edit source]]
Hi! Please note that this wiki uses British spelling. You can check out some common examples of British spelling at Tardis:Spelling. Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 03:44, August 7, 2013 (UTC)
Infobox[[edit source]]
Hi! You will have to change your infobox on your user page from "Infobox Individual" to "Infobox User". The "Infobox Individual" is only for story characters, and pages with that infobox are placed in certain categories. User pages don't belong in those categories. Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 04:42, August 14, 2013 (UTC)
- As it's been a week since I left you the above message, and you have not corrected your infobox, I had to remove the entire infobox. You can replace it with the "Infobox user" template if you wish, but do not use the "Infobox individual" template on your user page. Thanks. Shambala108 ☎ 14:43, August 21, 2013 (UTC)
Categories[[edit source]]
Hi! I had to remove the category you added to Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler and Sarah Jane Smith because it does not exist on this wiki. You can find a list of existing categories at Special:Categories. For more information on categories, you can go to Tardis:Categories and Tardis:Categorisation. Thanks! Shambala108 ☎ 14:45, August 21, 2013 (UTC)
Infobox again[[edit source]]
Once again I had to remove the "Infobox individual" from your user page. This kind of infobox absolutely does not belong on user pages. We do have an infobox for user pages, as I mentioned in my previous post on the subject.
Do not add this infobox to your user page again. Shambala108 ☎ 04:59, September 6, 2013 (UTC)
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!
