User talk:Shambala108/Archive 2

Now that I have performed a (much overdue) archive of my talk page, if you wish to continue a previous conversation, please start a new topic here. Do not edit the archived topics.

Starman
I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm working on The Beast of Babylon right now and the main enemy is Starman (The Beast of Babylon). However, his species is also a Starman, so I created Starman (species) and that's when I realized that there was also a David Bowie song called Starman. I put a speedy rename request on that to change it to Starman (song) and since there's now three Starman pages, I know we'll also need a disambiguation page.

However, the Ninth Doctor also refers to another Starman that he encountered and trapped in the twenty-sixth dimension and by doing so inadvertently created the Starman (The Beast of Babylon). So how would I label a page for the Starman that's trapped in the twenty-sixth dimension, since they are both referenced in The Beast of Babylon, but only one can have that page name? Mewiet ☎  18:20, November 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * All right, thank you!


 * And if it helps, I already did a WhatLinksHere search and there was only one Starman link on the David Bowie page, which I already changed (because it was suggested to do so on the speedy rename instruction page, if there were fewer than ten links). The only other link that now exists is the one in my last set of comments when I was explaining the Starman page issue. Mewiet ☎  18:59, November 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just thinking, the main enemy Starman is sometimes referred to as the Beast or the Great Beast by ancient Babylonians. He has no official name though and he's mainly referred to as the Starman, with the Beast and the Great Beast coming in as the next most used nicknames, respectively. (In the very latter part of the text.) I'm not sure how acceptable either of those would be though, since they aren't what he's primarily referred to as. But I guess it's something that could be considered since this is unique situation. But I can definitely work with your suggestion until something's decided. :) Mewiet ☎  01:51, November 10, 2013 (UTC)

Request for the Doctor Who Page
Hey, I found this picture of a British Paper from 1963 talking about Doctor Who as an upcoming television series. The article was written 2 days before the premiere of An Unearthly Child

Fingers are crossed that they find more lost episodes... I'm re-watching the classic series (still on season 1) and it's a shame that Marco Polo was never recovered.. which is peculiar because out of all the missing episodes, it was broadcast in the largest number of foreign stations. If we find another episode.. I'm putting my bet on this episode. ...That is if you truly believe they didn't find it in Nigeria..

Dabomb217 ☎  14:08, November 12, 2013 (UTC)

This Just In
Thought you might wanna look at this. This is information released to the public on the Doctor Who Archive yesterday, and according to the site this is a reliable source. I really wish they'd tell us what the damn source was once in a while.. but like you said we have to keep hope.

Full story here:

Information has been provided to DWA which apparently provides a list of what episodes were recovered. This list was allegedly posted online in June of this year and comes from a very good source (not the original poster, if indeed there was one). Certain aspects of this article were amended following an objection from a concerned party, the alleged original poster. We of course apologise for any distress caused. The list remains the same. As ever this should all be taken as rumour at this stage, this time however we will be passing comment given the claims of the source. List of Missing Episodes Found The complete list D: Marco Polo found in both Hong Kong and Ethiopia H: The Reign of Terror‘s two missing episodes found in both Hong Kong and Ethiopia P: The Crusade‘s two missing episodes found in Ethiopia T: Galaxy 4‘s three missing episodes found in Ghana U: The Myth Makers found in it’s entirety in Ghana W: The Massacre found in its entirety in Ghana Y: The Celestial Toymaker‘s missing episodes found in Ghana AA: The Savages found in its entirety in Ghana CC: The Smugglers found in its entirety in Ghana DD: The Tenth Planet episode 4 found in Ghana EE: The Power of the Daleks found in its entirety in Ghana FF: The Highlanders found in its entirety in Hong Kong GG: The Underwater Menace‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong HH: The Moonbase‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong JJ: The Macra Terror found in its entirety in Hong Kong KK: The Faceless Ones‘ four missing episodes found in Hong Kong LL: The Evil of the Daleks found in its entirety in Hong Kong NN: The Abominable Snowmen status uncertain, all episodes possibly found in Nigeria or Hong Kong PP: The Enemy of the World found in Nigeria in its entirety QQ: The Web of Fear found in Nigeria in its entirety RR: Fury from the Deep found in its entirety Hong Kong SS: The Wheel in Space, found episodes 1, 4 and 5 in Nigeria and maybe episode 2 in Hong Kong VV: The Invasion‘s two missing episodes found in Hong Kong YY: The Space Pirates missing episodes found in Hong Kong 88 Episodes Found of 106 Missing or +5 Episodes Found of 106 Missing (including The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6?) or +1 Episodes Found of 106 Missing (also including The Wheel in Space 2?) List of Still Missing Episodes T/A: Mission to the Unknown (1) V: The Daleks’ Master Plan (1,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12) NN: The Abominable Snowmen (1,3-6)? OO: The Ice Warriors (2,3) SS: The Wheel in Space (2)? 18 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing or -5 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing (excluding The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6?) or -1 Episodes Still Missing of 106 Missing (also excluding The Wheel in Space 2?)

Dabomb217 ☎  13:26, November 19, 2013 (UTC)

Sorry
you update the page ok make it how the episode was...ok!

Lungbarrow
I have nearly sorted out the lungbarrow theory all i need is a bit more information that includes looming and childbirth in one story

Best Regards

Orangerichard56

☎ 18:54, November 24, 2013 (UTC)

Someone has intiated a protocol banning the war doctor from doctors in infoboxs
I am trying to add the war doctor to doctors in the infobox of the day of the doctor also another of multi doctor specials have refused to have the non current doctor under doctor

I sugges this shall be rectified                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ☎  18:06, November 25, 2013 (UTC)

Per the discussion policy, all talk from the page "The Curator (Day of the Doctor)" needs to be removed. You removed my contribution, yet leave others thoughts on there when they are narrative discussions as mine also was. Either enforce it for everyone, or no one.

Re:
This isn't what Czech has said on the same page. In fact, he suggests the opposite: "...replacing murky language that was written as if this were an in-universe language. we can speak in a normal voice on a story page." Now, you may prefer it to be in-universe, but there is no rule saying that this must be so, and when trying to write a point on a story page in a way that connects this to another story page, out-of-universe points are by far more effective. TV story pages are to be written in an out-of-universe fashion, no matter the section. Now, I don't wish to start an edit war, but based on Czech's higher jurisdiction judgment, I will now be moving that point back. Paulisthewalrus ☎  00:32, November 29, 2013 (UTC)

Capaldi talk page
Could we have the talk page for Peter Capaldi unlocked, please? Talk pages must never be locked anyway because that's where people can request changes be made. For example, the use of the phrase "wordless" in describing Capaldi's appearance in DOTD is debateable as there are published reviews in reputable media that have indicated it is Capaldi saying the words "No, sir, all 13". Even if this is not the case, this needs to be indicated in the article. There may well be other corrections worthy of suggestion. Locking the main article is no problem, but talk pages should never be locked down. Thanks. 68.146.70.124talk to me 13:44, December 2, 2013 (UTC)
 * Unblocked. For future reference, any page can be protected if an admin thinks it is necessary. Shambala108 ☎  16:37, December 2, 2013 (UTC)

Re:Russel
Yes, I did find that out shortly afterwards. Despite this, John Guilor still has played Doc #1 twice as much. Paulisthewalrus ☎  15:09, December 2, 2013 (UTC)

Forum Post
Sorry about the putting that post in the wrong place. That was my first post in the forums. Digitized since 95 Pcthomas2 18:06, December 4, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks I know about the no spoiler policy and I thought at the time I was in the right place. I've reposted that post in the Howling and I hope we can reach a verdict that will get that big plot hole plugged. Digitized since 95 Pcthomas2 18:26, December 4, 2013 (UTC)

Silver Nemesis
How do you suggest Silver Nemesis be edited to account for the lizard not being a chameleon? Without referencing chameleons it's hard to say why it makes the Doctor think of cloaking devices. Would you rather I just edit it to "lizard" and destroy the chameleon reference altogether, or put it down as a production error that the lizard isn't a chameleon?
 * After a bit of thinking, I came up with something like this (and feel free to change it however it needs to fit in the surrounding text): "The Doctor spots a lizard hiding in plain sight against foliage, and realizes the Cyber fleet is shrouded." This doesn't sound like too much speculation, and it doesn't have to be a chameleon to make the Doctor think of camouflage. Shambala108 ☎  23:10, December 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not the best camouflage, but it was hidden under a root moments before, so how about "The Doctor sees a lizard emerge from hiding and realises that the Cyber fleet is shrouded."? (Sorry I'm not signing, I don't edit often! Was just checking this wiki's story notes as I went on a Doctor Who spree for the 50th and came across the error.)
 * Sounds good to me. Shambala108 ☎  00:25, December 9, 2013 (UTC)

Could you enter chat? DraconisWombat13203 ☎  03:56, December 11, 2013 (UTC)

Hey, I was just wondering why you changed the Rose Tyler profile image back to the original. I think my one's better, don't you? --11japete ☎  15:02, December 15, 2013 (UTC)

Front Page
Hi I'm the admin of Simpsons Wiki and we've taken a liking to some of the coding of this wiki. We were wondering if you were willing to share some of coding/templates to help us out (we won't copy directly and will make considerable changes to suit our overall aesthetic), but we'd really appreciate it if you could start us in the right direction.
 * Contact me here: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Message_Wall:Jhonevans

--Jhonevan&#39;s signature. ☎  22:37, December 15, 2013 (UTC)

Spoilers?
I just wanted to ask a question about the spoiler policy: Does the spoiler policy specifically forbid mentioning titles of future stories? I was under the impression that it only forbid adding in-universe info and behind-the-scenes production info. Thanks for your time. -- Bold  Clone  20:19, December 20, 2013 (UTC)

Blocking
When entering blocking rationales please don't forget to give a working link to the pages on which offending material can be found. Almost all block rationales are worded so as to point readers to specific pages. Thanks :) 16:12: Mon 23 Dec 2013

TARDIS chicks article and its creator should be removed or something. The creator isn't acting properly.

Thanks for the issue with The Savages. Can I revert my edit back again seeming as it was a fuller entry.

--TheMasterRace ☎  00:47, December 28, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks...have a good New Year.

Read
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:148280

☎ 17:15, December 28, 2013 (UTC)

Image
Thank you for notifying me that my image needed a license, though I was a bit miffed when I saw that my image had been deleted "for violating policy". You included the specific reason in the deletion log, but it still would have been helpful for me to at least be notified of the deletion. Regardless of my meaningless strife, I have a question to ask: are categories like The Time of the Doctor TV story images meant for every screenshot of that particular episode? Reversinator ☎  03:57, December 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * You've been very patient with me and my mistakes. I was aware of adding a colon in front of a category (despite what I've demonstrated, I do have experience), but it's been a really long time since I've edited. In any case, I thank you greatly for helping me out. Reversinator  ☎  04:18, December 31, 2013 (UTC)

SOTO nomination
The admin nomination for User:SmallerOnTheOutside is drawing swiftly to a close. Did you have any thoughts on it? Please go here if you do. 00:01: Wed 01 Jan 2014

RE: Thanks
It's fine. Even now that I've been granted admin rights (and my username's a lovely shade of purple), of course feel free to bump me if you catch me making any sort of mistake. I can take criticism, and you are naturally still my senior. Happy New Year to you too, Shambala. Have a great 2014! :) --SOTO ☎ 23:07, January 1, 2014 (UTC)

Bells of Saint John prequal
There's an anon who keeps changing 'featuring' to 'companion' for Clara. But she isn't a companion in that webcast because she didn't go into the TARDIS or go traveling with him. Anon changed it for the second time so I've decided to tell you. :/ Geronimo! ☎  15:53, January 3, 2014 (UTC)

Re:Redlinks
OK. Thanks! TheMostBoringManInTheWorld  (talk)  11:52, January 6, 2014 (UTC)

Tense
Dear Administrator Shamabala,

I recieved your message about tense. Thanks for giving me a heads up. I did not realize my mistakes.

~ EA

Implications of The Gift
Hey, so The Gift was released in 2005. Yet Doctors who weren't even created until later than that are now said on the wiki to have attended the Brig's funeral. I've got someone asking me if that means Capaldi was there too. I have to believe that's impossible, because then Eleven wouldn't have believed that he was going to die a natural death in Time of the Doctor. Could you please re-read the passage where the Doctor says his other selves are there for the exact language. Is there any interpretation of the passage which puts a limitation on the number of incarnations involved? Or can the whole volume of Short Trips: The History of Christmas be said to chronicle only the adventures of One-Eight? 15:30: Mon 06 Jan 2014

Edit conflict
Whoops, sorry. Thanks; now I know for next time. :) --SOTO ☎ 05:44, January 17, 2014 (UTC)

Is there a way I can speak to you privately? I cannot find a clear button or command or location that allows me to do that.

Production errors
Regarding the recent deletion of my contributions regarding the Tardis prop, although, I would agree perhaps regarding the Unearthly Child contribution concerning the differing props and changes. I beg to differ on the War Machines production error of the difference between film and studio sequence when the Tardis prop altered. I.e. as this is a glaring error this contribution should have remained. Example: why have you kept my contribution regarding The Enemy of World, regarding the 'Pull to Open' sign appearing on the wrong side of the door?

By definition 'Production Errors' are whereby an on screen mistake has occurred that should not have happened, therefore, in continuity terms a lock changing sides in a matter of a few minutes of the same scene, whether part location or studio, is in my opinion a production error, rather than the comment you made on my talk page about "cardboard Daleks and tardis prop model changes". That particular glaring error is as significant as a boom microphone in shot and/or creased photo roundels backdrop visable in shot stated in an article I noticed in the 'production error' note in Unearthly Child.

After watching Dr Who since it's first transmission, audio recording episodes from 1964 and an avid collector of all things Dr Who, I would like to share my extensive knowledge of the programme if exceptable. Naturally, I would wish to abide by the rules of this Wiki, but there should be continuity on the part of your admin of the site regarding the examples I have given above. I look forward to your comments. Kind Regards David Davidtardis ☎  03:12, January 24, 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your extremely prompt reply to my enquiry. I really appreciate and understand your answers to my concerns etc. I shall take a look at your suggestions, as I am relatively new to this wiki and naturally on a 'learning curve' regarding the policies of this particular Wiki. I assure you I will abide to the rules and make posts and information within the correct sections in the future, and only too pleased to receive feedback and guidance in any future errors or mistakes that I may possibly make in the future. I am also very interested in making further contributions to this extremely informative and interesting medium regarding my passion that is, Doctor Who, even at my 'old age'!

I completely understand that it is difficult regarding the admin side and up-keep of this Wiki, and sincerely hope this Wiki keeps the numbers of admin editors to an efficient level, rather than too many 'chiefs and not enough Indians', as I have observed in Wikipedia, as my experience as an author of an artical within Wikipedia has caused a number of problems when dealing with too many people who seem to contradict each other on the rules etc., but that is another story! Once again, thank you for your valuable and prompt help and input. Kindest Regards, David Davidtardis ☎  06:39, January 24, 2014 (UTC)