User talk:SOTO

To save you the trouble, just call me SOTO. Also, please sign your messages. Thanks.

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Temporary forums
Heya! Hope your new year has started off well, too! Mine has begun busily, and with a ton of inclement weather. So I'm running behind this week, along with it being a holiday week. So I'm not sure I'll reasonably be able to make this somewhat artificial deadline of the 24th to have the forums back in place. Would you mind giving me until Monday, 1 February? I'd rather avoid adding a second step to the forum restoration process if at all possible. Thanks! 02:55: Thu 20 Jan 2022
 * Hey :) I ran into another coupla roadblocks last week, and spo I couldn't get back over here. If y'all could give me another coupla weeks, I'd be super appreciative. 20:34: Tue 01 Feb 2022

Completely confused
Hi! About those edits regarding Bessie (which I apologise for if it looked like vandalism, I just genuinely thought it was the case), I’m actually kinda confused - I don’t really remember any DWU TV stories that focus on fully sentient vehicles. I say TV stories since I’ve only really seen those, as they are usually more commercially available. Nor can I remember any other sentient DW vehicles as well, aside from the TARDIS. The only non-organic life forms I can think of with any sentience are the likes of the Autons, WOTAN, and K9. Could you direct me to any examples of sentient vehicles, as well as instances of vehicles narrating a DW story? Thanks! 00:03: Tues 25 Jan 2022

Slothdoesthis
Hi the user Slothdoesthis is repeatedly creating the Baron page Valeyard12.5 ☎  12:20, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

What does the “council” tag mean (w’ signature)
On your profile, next to the administrator tag, there’s a “council” tag. You’re the only user I’ve seen so far with it. What does it mean? (Sorry for forgetting to sign the last time I did this) GaganTopia ☎  21:31, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Vandal
Making you aware of this violator: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/UR_MOTHER_GAMING DJAitch ☎  20:47, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Fandom updates
Hey there! I posted some Fandom updates here, which includes details on an upcoming MediaWiki upgrade to the platform. If you have any questions/feedback/comments on it, please do message on my talk page! As normal, if you wanted to continue a thread left by another admin too that'd be great to keep things in one place. Thanks! :) --Spongebob456 talk 21:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Template:Wales crew update?
Sorry to bother you, but do you have any idea when the updates to the "Wales crew" template might be completed? I know I've put in a lot of requests; apologies for cluttering up the talk page! As I mentioned before, I would love to learn how the template works so I could do the fiddly bits myself, although I completely understand if you'd rather just handle them centrally. Starkidsoph ☎  21:16, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Deletion request
Hello, I accidentally created a misspelt category that needs promptly deleting, "Category:Individuals Fairies", that I've remade as "Category:Individual Fairies", meant for Jasmine Pierce to denote her species. I hope the new category is acceptable and I apologise for the mistake. Kind regards. RedWizard98 ☎  15:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, other administrator has resolved issue, please ignore above. RedWizard98 ☎  20:53, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Rules and Blocking Policy
Hey!

Recently, Fandom staff posted updates to the Fandom Wiki Rules and Blocking Policy. As a reminder, this is a global policy to aid the wellbeing of communities that all wikis have been following since 2021. These new changes go into effect on April 4th.

I'll let you read through those changes and if you have any questions, please let me know on my talk page! :) --Spongebob456 talk 15:24, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Maps
Hey! Made a post about the new Interactive Maps feature - does Tardis have any maps suitable for that? --Spongebob456 talk 12:14, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Twice upon a Time Hartnell TARDIS
On the Fugitive Doctor TARDIS page, it states.

"The TARDIS prop appears to have the exterior used by the First Doctor as played by David Bradley in Twice Upon a Time, originally created as a replica of the William Hartnell-era TARDIS for the docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time. The TARDIS console also carries over from these productions."

This is not correct. This exterior was commissioned from ThisPlanetEarth, who make TARDIS exterior replicas. The Box was in fact their Pertwee style box that was altered to more resemble the way the TARDIS looked in 1966, as the box was modified during the War Machines. Because of these modifications, the Adventures in Space and Time box would no longer resemble the box in 1966, being more based loosely on the 1963 prop.

I can provide sources and evidence for this.

https://www.thisplanetearth.co.uk/maintardislanding.htm

https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=7920.0

https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=10227.0

https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=5030.0

Crook
How is a thief not a crook?

When you have time
Hey SOTO. Someone made a change to and I don't know enough about that template to know if the change broke something, fixed something, or is entirely irrelevant to how this wiki functions because we don't use it anywhere. Could you check it at your earliest convenience? Najawin ☎  08:12, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Forum issues / Talk to a user
Hey, whenever you have the time, it would be nice if you could swing by Forum talk:Index. There's an ongoing discussion about our continuing lack of forums, and having some more feedback would always be nice. In addition, since I haven't asked you to be the bad guy since I've been back, could you please have a discussion with User:PepsiMagnet about their page creations? They're definitely engaging in good faith, but they keep creating pages with just a title and an infobox (and often the title is wrong, or the page shouldn't exist yet), and User:Shambala108 has already specifically told them not to create pages. Najawin ☎  05:44, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Re: Image captions
If it is against the rules... it should be stated in the rules, as I was able to point out this rule is not. A user should not have to blindly trust another "more experienced" user, especially one that the user has had problems with in the past. DrWHOCorrieFan ☎  21:01, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I struggle to see good faith in a user continually engaging with another user that has indicated that they do not want to interact with them. Surely this site has rules regarding that? Why should I have to interact with a user that makes me feel uncomfortable when they could just as easily ask an admin to intervene if they think I am doing something wrong? DrWHOCorrieFan ☎  21:14, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

DrWHOCorrieFan
Hi, SOTO. I left a message on this user's page because they've been consistently uploading images of more than 100 KB and haven't been categorising them. They've indicated that they don't intend to follow these rules, so I wonder if you might be able to have a word. Jack &#34;BtR&#34; Saxon ☎  00:16, 24 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Are there seriously no rules regarding harassment on this site? This is a very clear case.


 * I am a user who can take criticism and advice, all you have to do is look at User:OncomingStorm12th pointing out to me that a ton of pages I created were taking up space on Special:LonelyPages and I immediately combatted this by creating a template to house the pages. But I refuse to do so from a user who makes me feel deeply uncomfortable and that I have repeatedly asked to limit interaction with me. Making out that I'm refusing to follow the rules, rather than refusing to acknowledge a user who knows that they make me feel uncomfortable, is a fabrication. A user should not have to interact with someone who makes them feel uncomfortable. It isn't like I make a habit of accusing other users of this, it is a single user who I have had problems with in the past and no longer want to interact with. DrWHOCorrieFan ☎  00:27, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

“You may” template
Hiya - since you were the last admin to edit the "You may" template, you may want to look at the talk page I created for it, where I raised some issues. Over on Stranger Things Wiki, I designed the equivalent templates to ensure they don't create awkward squashed text. For the most part, TARDIS is excellently designed, but the issues with this particular template stick out like a sore thumb. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Template_talk:You_may TheGreatGabester ☎  17:51, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Undelete talk page
Hey, I'm not sure if this will be at all interesting, but when you have time could you undelete Talk:The mighty 200? I found a reference to it on an old talk page, so it might be worth looking at. Najawin ☎  05:55, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Inclusion Debates 2.
Hey, SOTO, that 10k Dawns thread is currently viewable in inclusion debates 2. The one nobody is supposed to be able to see. Najawin ☎  04:31, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Obviously you're still moving stuff around, but just a heads up that User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon III is out of order. Absolutely no rush, what exists is fantastically workable compared to the early days of the wiki. But just to bring it to your attention. Najawin ☎  08:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Please join me in Slack
Hey hey! LTNS! Would you mind joining me in Slack to share your plans for the Forum? 18:03: Wed 10 May 2023
 * Actually a meeting in Diosco might be more convenient. Any chance you could stop by there and befrikend me, cause you don't seem to have your habndle in your provile. Mine is in my profile.  You should know that the Forum namespace is now open. That would seem to obviate some of the plans CHris has told me you have made, and I'd like a chance to discuss a few things.  Thanks!  02:55: Thu 11 May 2023

Heads up about the thanks extension
Hi. I just wanted to give you a heads up that Tardis is testing the "thanks" extension which Fandom will be rolling out to all wikis soon. This extension allows editors to thank other editors for their edits. The editor being thanked will then recieve a notification. Therefore, while you're actively performing edits, you may receieve a few more notifications than normal. If you notice any bugs, pass them onto User:Spongebob456. Bongo50  ☎  19:58, 25 May 2023 (UTC)