MediaWiki:Community-corner

Use variable for most characters  When using infoboxes for characters or even species and objects, please remember to use the variable when something has only appeared in one story. The variable is plural, and therefore anticipates plural responses. As always, with the new series, a "story" is the same thing as an "episode". So people like Nancy from The Empty Child  still uses, because she's also in The Doctor Dances — but others like  Timothy Lloyd  use  because he's only in The Doctor Dances. Most of the pre-existing instances of have now been changed to. New to editing the wiki? Thanks for helping us out! We're glad you're here. We've recently made it a bit easier to understand how we do things.

If you're wondering why your recently-uploaded image might have been deleted, you might want to read our image cheat card. It lists the major points of image policy in an easy-to-read chart, and will help you ensure that your image remains a part of our database.

You'll also want to peruse a few of our policies about basic editing, such as:
 * why it's important articles have leads
 * why and when you should embolden the page title
 * what kind of sources you can use for your article
 * why writing in the past tense is vital for in-universe articles
 * how to use the wiki markup "language"

Review the archive of recent changes to the wiki here. Refresh your cache often The wiki continues to undergo a complete facelift. As the new style sheet is being implemented, you may see some untidy signs of construction. Thanks for your patience as we remodel. If you want to see the latest changes, you'll probably have to bypass your browser's cache. Safari users merely need to reload pages. Firefox users just have to hold down SHIFT, then press the reload button. Chrome users can press Ctrl + F5. Those using other browsers should check their help files for specific instructions.

Alternately, you can now just pull down the "edit" menu to refresh, and that should perform an automatic purge for you.