User talk:Tangerineduel

EDA Books / Bernice Summerfield Books

 * thanks for doin' it! I think they have programs to bulk-transfer entries from Wikipedia to Wiki's but don't know how that works. that would help. --***Stardizzy*** 14:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * That would be at special:import, operatable only by admins. 16:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * As I've said, I'll work though it, doing it from scratch, the wikipedia pages aren't in the same format or have the same sorta idea as the TARDISwiki, so I'm not sure it would help...though being an admin would...but it matters not in any case. --Tangerineduel 13:36, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * if you get Administrator priveliges you can use the Special:Import page to import entries from Wikipedia. I think/hope that includes the pictuers. of course, for all I know, you already have Admin. priveliges. I had brought this up in the Forum before but no one responded, so I didn't know if you knew. also, I forgot to sign my name, but I made the comments on numbering the seasons, below. --***Stardizzy*** 14:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I have begun the Benny New Adventures (and it's just as easy to start from scratch then trying to reformat and rewrite from wikipedia. (haven't really begun...but Oh No It Isn't! has an rejigged info box for other novels (no Doctor position and 'Companions' has been changed to 'Featuring' more in line with the Benny range I think). --Tangerineduel 07:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * why thank you. I guess when you import the entry, the image doesn't also import automatically, unfortunatley? --***Stardizzy*** 11:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Novelisations

 * agree with you on novelisations versus novelizations, though I never noticed the difference in spelling until you mentioned it. --***Stardizzy*** 14:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * update: I have retitled some of the entries accordingly. also, created a Novelisations category. --***Stardizzy*** 14:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Well done!
You've managed to complete all the EDAs! Now just the MAs, NAs, NDAs, and don't forget the TDAs! And once you've done the novels, there's the BFAs, BFBSs, the DWMs... 14:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I fogot the PDAs and TWNs... :) 14:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't listen! Slack off instead! Azes13 14:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I will...at some point soon be starting the Bernice Summerfield (Virgin) New Adventures. Haven't read all the MAs (haven't got most of them), same with the PDAs, so someone else can have that job. All the NAs are done (I think), but I may go through and clean them up / add to them.

I'll consider the Big Finish Audios...maybe.

I'm sure there's enough interest in the New Series for someone to do the NDAs and TDAs. --Tangerineduel 14:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Made of Steel
Thanks for the help with the formatting for the Made of Steel page, having spent a year using a different system on Memory Beta for a year, I slipped into using that system. I tried looking at the Manual of Style but couldn't find a section for novels, but now I know what format to use. Thanks again (-: --Vote Saxon 15:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * There isn't one (I don't think) in the Manual of Style...I may have to fix that. It's my mission to fix all the novels (all the EDAs conform to the manual of style...as I wrote most of them. --Tangerineduel 15:46, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Correction there wasn't one, there is now. (See Format for Novels) --Tangerineduel 16:08, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Comic Strip Pages
Hi again. Sorry its a bit of a long one this time! The dialogues good and useful. Hope the niggles are becoming less. Not sure about your comments re: minor edits. Obviously for a new page I wouldn't tick them, but do you want me to continue ticking them for minor changes, tidying up, spelling and links or not? Now I've got the links to start adding content to the individual comic strip pages ,I would appreciate your thoughts on my ideas for the 'comic strip pages templates' and maybe agree a layout early on. I fully appreciate that as new sections of the wiki grow its largely make it up as you go along, so I'd like to offer my input.

Under contents could you add; As sub-categories of 'References'
 * '3.1 First Appearance'
 * '3.2 Reprints'

Under 'First Appearance' I would like to include; (Part Number) / (Source) / (Page Count) / (Closing Caption) Note: the 'Closing Caption', often in early strips, gave the following strip some sort of a title, and acted as a significant teaser in others.

The above additions to content would dispense with the need in the infobox for the headings; 'Published in' 'Publication' 'Publication Date' as these are only really relevant to original publication and create a problem with including reformatted reprints / colouring. 'Format' could also be changed to 'Original Format' indicating whether it was B&W or colour

Also in the infobox do you need the 'Story' box (see below notes on continuity)?

Along with 'Author' (probably better referred to as 'Scripter' or 'Scripted by') and 'Artist'; should be 'Colourist' and 'Lettered'/'Lettering by'. As these are specialised aspects of modern comic strips (that may formally have been carried out by the above) but are valuable contributions that I feel should be credited where given.

The 'Editor' of the publication (and ultimately the comic strip), through commission, dictate, direction and content/feel of the comic strip is a significant name that has been ommitted from the infobox and, while it is tied to publication details is still equally valid as a credit for individual strip stories that could be included.

I also feel that the 'Previous Story' and 'Following Story' boxes could be removed as they are only really applicable to an ongoing sequential storyline within a particular publication title. Unless someone is prepared to decide on a chronology for ALL comic strip adventures without placing the more wackier ones especially specials somewhere on there own!

With the comic strips now begining to shape up, and each individual title having its own link, I'm still not sure of the best way to link the pages to another strip entry without having to go back and select another title from the 'X Doctor Comic Strip Stories' in the infobox. May be enough. (Selecting Categories at the bottom might seems awkward as it grows, for quick viewing) The Librarian 14:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * PS DWMS is so much better - look out for pictures soon!
 * While on abbreviations could you add DWPM Doctor Who Poster Magazine


 * Read your comments, thanks. I have been checking up most of your references and they have helped. No I don't intend a page per 'episode' of strip (that would be silly!) but one for each self contained story. I admit the 'Its Bigger on the Inside' slipped in (I just wanted to get the image on and out of the way as it will link to DWM pages featuring the 'Doctor Who?' cartoon strip in the magazine and I will pad it out.
 * I'll do some comic strip pages soon, let me know if I could do better. I love constructive criticism!!
 * Still not sure about the 'Series' line and I might leave it to someone else to fill in some of the infobox bits for next and previous (might get round to it on re-edits).
 * Regarding the minor edits, its usually that when I'm working away, I save a new page, then go back to it to tidy it up etc. so for me it is a minor edit, but I accept your point. And yes I have gone in at the deep end, but I think I'm keeping my head above water. Sleep well! The Librarian 19:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, played about with a comic strip entry,'Return of the Daleks (Comic Strip Story)' I had to specify so as not to link to the Audio release. Could you please have a look if you get a moment and help me with; On a side note, would you suggest I link the characters in the list or simply put a comment in after their name as I can't think there would be much more to add (exceptions of course to include 'reoccuring' characters)? Once this is sorted I should be ok to fill the pages I've now set up, which should keep me quiet for a while. Do I hear a deep sigh of relief?! Thanks again The Librarian 20:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) in the infobox I couldn't get a series link
 * 2) I also had some problems inputting 'setting'. The edit showed it as something else and wouldn't accept the planet.
 * 3) I couldn't get the hang of categories at the bottom. I wanted a link to Back-up Comic Strip Stories' but again no joy.


 * I'll start with the easiest, where it says setting in the infobox doesn't correspond to setting when you actually edit (it's just one of those things which hasn't been changed...and if its changed now it would be a lot more things to go back and redit), you should see when you see the finalised page it would have (when you see the  in the infobox it means you're missing something in the edit stage, the word within the {{ is what you need to put in. In this case for setting it needs to be  year= ', I've fixed that for you.


 * Also just on a side note, when writing headings and everything such as Comic Strips or Closing Captions, it's more tidy to have the S or not the S rather than a / between. (I may be being slightly picky on this one so feel free to ignore me as I'll probably fix it anyway when I have nothing to do).


 * As for the series link, I've changed it from "Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories", which is basically a repeat of the first half of the setting box (plus there isn't a page, and there really isn't a nessesicty for one), I've changed it to link to the Back-up Comic Strip Stories page (as that's what this comic strip is part of.
 * Now the above point leads onto the final point, the reason the category link shows up red is specifically that, there isn't a category for the back-up comicstrips.
 * I'm in two minds about this, firstly we can just leave it as it is with all the stories going into the main Category:Doctor Who Magazine comics stories, which means that they're all accesible (additionally they're all accesible via the X Doctor comic strip pages/Backup comic strip pages. Or alternatively, I can make it as a sub-category of the Category:Doctor Who Magazine comics stories page, but that would probably mean have a sub-category for all the Doctors stories, this could mean that it's easier to find everything, but might also additionally make them hidden within multiple sub-categories. I appreciate your thoughts on this matter before I go ahead either way.


 * Could you clarify what you want to do regarding the characters, I'm not quite sure what you mean by your question.
 * If you mean actually creating an article for them by placing the [[ brackets around them, then that's up to your discretion, if you believe there is enough information in the comic strip to justify a page for them, then of course create one for them. Just make sure when/if you do create a page it isn't a dead end page (ie with nothing linking to it). If you've got the magazines sitting in front of you (which is quite something if you have 1 through to 385...I've been meaning to ask do you?) then I think by all means include whatever information you like for it.
 * Just make sure when writing the character pages that they are from an in-universe perspective, use the Template:Infobox Individual and put them somewhere in a category if they're a comic only companion in the or if they're just an individual place them somewhere in Category:Individuals or one of the many sub-categories that exist in the Cat-Individuals section. --Tangerineduel 10:22, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks again. We'll see how it all evolves! (I personally have a loathing for dead ends - as you may have realised) ... Oh and in answer to your question - of course I have!!! After all, I am the Librarian!! The Librarian 19:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)