User talk:TimeTraveller34

'''Welcome to the TimeTraveller34 Thanks for your edits at Aneth! 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:
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Suggestions
I've been looking over your edits and I have some suggestions: -<Azes13 talk to me 16:23, November 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Remember that pages should be in-universe. Instead of "Indigo 3 is the location of the Blue Desert in the audio drama The Skull of Sobek.", it would be "Indigo 3 is the location of the Blue Desert." and then at the end put (BFA: The Skull of Sobek). See here for more information on citing.
 * Remember that pages should be in the past-tense. Instead of "Indigo 3 is the location of the Blue Desert." it would be "Indigo 3 was the location of the Blue Desert."
 * You don't have to write out the whole links. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy works just as well as The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and doesn't look as messy.
 * Try to add suitable categories to a page.

Recent creations
Hi :) Thanks for your edits.  I regret I've had to delete many of them today.  To prevent this, I'll echo some of what Azes has said to you above. Articles must:
 * not be based solely upon something from a reference book. (There must be a story which mentions the subject for you to create a page about it.)
 * obey the following basic policies: T:LEADS, T:BOLD TEXT, T:CITE, T:ITAL, T:SOURCES, T:WIKIFY, T:CANON. (Articles must obey the entirety of the manual of style, but these are sections of the MOS I notice you've repeatedly offended.)
 * be more than just "X was a planet". That's not nearly enough info with which to start an article.

Please review our MOS before making further edits. If you need help, please ask me or any other admin. Thanks again for your efforts! 14:08: Wed 09 Nov 2011

1 hour block
You need to take a break. You don't seem to be heeding either Azes13's or my instructions on your talk page, so I need to block you for one hour to give you a chance to read the tardis:manual of style. The pages which you have been adding recently have all been summarily deleted, or are in the process of being deleted. Please understand our policies before adding any more pages to this database. You may add comments to this page for the duration of your block. 14:32: Wed 09 Nov 2011

Just to make clear why I've blocked you and am now deleting a lot of your work, let's take a look at a sample article you've created:
 * Limus 4 was a planet. (DW: The Leisure Hive)

You use this style over and over again, and it's really not good enough. The biggest problem is that it's just not enough information. There must be something more than its status as a planet. Give us some kind of context for it, even if its as simple as
 * Limus 4 was a planet that mentioned in passing. (citation)

Obviously, we'd want every detail that the narrative provides. But we've got to have even a little bit more than just the fact that it's a planet. Also, story titles must be italicised, per T:ITAL, and all articles must have a category. 14:43: Wed 09 Nov 2011

More tips
Okay, so I've now looked at every page you've created and am in the process of deleting the lot. I hate to do this to you as you've just started editing with us, but you've fundamentally misunderstood some of our foundational principles.

The biggest thing for you to understand is that we aren't Wikipedia. This has a few solid implications.

First, this means that you can't just take information from Wikipedia and put it here, except in certain, well-defined situations. Info from wikipedia is simply not allowed at all on what we call "in-universe" pages, like the ones you were trying to create. If your page is about an element within the DWU itself — a character, a weapon, a planet, a theoretical construct, whatever — then Wikipedia should never be used as your source. (Wikipedia is allowed for out-of-universe articles, like those on cast members, but it's heavily discouraged, and you must put a note up indicating that you're basing the article on Wikipedia text.)

Second, the fact that we're not Wikipedia means that we have an entirely different perspective when writing articles. We treat the DWU as "true", but something we're observing from the outside of the universe, from a point when the whole universe no longer exists. This then forces every in-universe article to be written in the past tense. Since Wikipedia articles are written in the present tense, as if the DWU is fictional, you can't just import the text directly. Please see T:POV and T:TENSES for more info on this subject.

Citation is also done very differently, as you can read at T:CITE. Basically, though, Wikipedia would allow and encourage language like:
 * As seen in the Doctor Who televised story, The Parting of the Ways, the Ninth Doctor regenerates to save Rose Tyler's life.

We would write it entirely differently:
 * The Ninth Doctor regenerated to save Rose's life. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

I've noticed, too, that where you've attempted to use the appropriate prefix — DW being an example of a prefix — that you've sometimes got it wrong. This is completely understandable as you've just started editing with us. You'll want to review T:LOP for a current list of all prefixes.

I also saw that you created an awful lot of redlinks for story names. There are very few stories for which we don't have a page. You should generally assume that if you get a redlink while trying to link to a story name that you've done something wrong. The most likely thing you've done wrong is that you've made a simple spelling error, or that you've got the disambiguation term wrong. In any case, it should be fairly easy for you to find the correct name, because the software autosuggests links for you. Just type open brackets —  — and the first few letters of an article name, and you should see a column pop up with a list of possibilities. Try it now if you haven't.  Type: [[The A just to see how many suggestions you get.  You can use your up and down arrow keys, or your mouse, to navigate through and select from the list. Please don't take today's mass deletion of your work personally.  We just need to ensure that the information added to this database comes from the stories themselves and not from Wikipedia, which may be inaccurate.  For instance, if you were to actually watch [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and confirm that these various planets whose pages you created are indeed mentioned in that serial, then you may certainly recreate the pages (so long as you gave us a bit more about the context in which they're mentioned).

Please keep editing with us, and if you need any help, please do contact either myself or one of the other admins. 17:12: Wed 09 Nov 2011