User talk:Mini-mitch

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20:07: Tue 20 Dec 2011

commas
We seem to be having a wrangle about commas. In particular, you seem intent on making sure that commas appear in places where they are not optional (as they may be when preceeding "and"; I cut those out anyway unless they are mandatory) but others in which you think they mark off a subordinate clause -- which, if they were, would be mandatory. However, your analysis is wrong.

In particular, in the article on Julie Legrand, you have

Julie Legrand played the Partisan in the Doctor Who story, The End of Time.

It's a fairly subtle point, but The End of Time is not a subordinate clause which further defines the preceding. This can be better appreciated by removing it.

Julie Legrand played the Partisan in the Doctor Who story.

This sentence is nonsense. It leaves you hanging for definition, because there is no item which can reasonably be called "the Doctor Who story." I think you have confused this with what would have happened had the indefinite article been used. Had the sentence read

Julie Legrand played the Partisan in a Doctor Who story, The End of Time.

You can remove the clause and still have a meanginful, if vague sentence. This difference renders the phrase a subordinate clause.

Anyway, I am going to leave this particular article alone until the normal course of events (hitting it on the random button or noticing that it has recently been edited a lot and so may need a cleanup) brings it to my attention again to give you a chance to think about this. Sorry to lecture a fellow decent writer -- it embarasses me to do so -- but we seem to be working at cross purposes here. Boblipton talk to me 14:10, December 22, 2011 (UTC)

Uncat images
I actually want to wait until 31 December to do the next clean, precisely because I'm expecting an influx of new, unlicensed images.

However, earlier today, I made some changes that might stem the tide of unlicensed images. Open an edit window and hit the add photo button on the right. You'll see much clearer instructions.

Oh, also, preloads work again, though I'm still tinkerin' just a bit. 18:54: Fri 23 Dec 2011

Tree
Was there something wrong with my picture of trees?

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
So were not allowed print screens with the BBC logo on them? Clone gunner commander jedi

Adminship
Hello, Mini-mitch, with my greatest copliments, I woul like too become an admin, for mostly, improving this Wiki. (Please note that I know how to work being an admin, I'm the only on Just William Wiki!) Metardis talk to me 14:05, December 26, 2011 (UTC)

Hi, in the reply you sent me, just now I realised that after I made the mistakes on policies I got blocked for 24 hours. I'm trying not to make this mean, regards - Metardis talk to me 08:44, December 27, 2011 (UTC)

is it all right?
me again, is it all right if I archive your reply and then ask User:Tangerineduel if I can be one? Also, do you leave nonimations on the talk page of the link you sent me, or on the page? Metardis talk to me 14:26, December 26, 2011 (UTC)

Outnumbered
Shouldn't Category:Actors who appeared in the Outnumbered franchise be Category: Actors who appeared in Outnumbered? It's not a franchise, as it consists of the original TV show and nothing else. No spin-offs, no video games, no merchandise, no other media except for DVD releases. Digifiend 00:35, December 27, 2011 (UTC)

Images
I'm sorry for the Pictures. There were none I could find without the logo's.

Songs category deleted
I created a new Category:Stories with songs, which you promptly deleted. I'd love to know why. Did I miss a policy somewhere? -- Gousha talk to me 19:15, December 28, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. My intent was to have a category for those stories where there's singing involved, but I also quickly realized it could be diluted with background songs. I didn't have a good solution for that. I'll endeavour to put more thought into any new categories in the future. -- Gousha talk to me 21:03, December 28, 2011 (UTC)

Brilliant Books
Thanks. I've gotten through all of the 2012 pages except The Moon, and I plan to tackle 2011 the next few days.

On a side note, I see you've deleted a few pages that were 100% based off of the book, but wouldn't it be better to keep them under the "Non-canon" category? Like we've done The Master (Scream of the Shalka) and Splinx? Just to expand the wiki to its limits, if nothing else. Thanks for the help! OS25 (talk to me.) 01:18, December 30, 2011 (UTC)

Category creation
You seem to be in a "Category: Actors who appeared in XXX" mood. While some of the elder ones seem to have little in the way of linkage to Doctor Who apart from the fact that busy supporting actors turn up everywhere, most do have some "stickiness". Could you explain your criteria for these new categories? Boblipton talk to me 00:41, December 31, 2011 (UTC)