Tardis talk:Quote of the Week nominations

Quote questions
With the numbering and formatting, how should we submit quotes in the individual weeks or the unsorted quotes?

May quotes contain dialogue from more than one character?

Must the quote be continuous or can it skip over something relatively brief and irrelevant for purposes of brevity for QotW?--TheOmnius 07:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Seeing as there are unsorted quotes, perhaps they should be sorted into their respective weeks, seeing as how they were initially suggested.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The unsorted quotes I just copied over from the previous quote of the week page while I was sorting out the various pages.
 * As for numbering just use the # symbol at the start of each of the quote nominations so in voting we can just say 'A vote for number 1' etc, rather than having to repeat the quotes and so we can sort it all out easily.
 * I think they should be continuous, but I suppose it can be judged on a case by case basis. --Tangerineduel 06:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that clears up my questions very neatly. Much appreciated, Tangerineduel.  (On a side note, do you prefer to be called by the full handle?)--TheOmnius 07:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't mind (Tangerine is fine if you don't want to type the extra four characters). I've made a few changes, for spacing and formatting sake, manually numbering is easier than using the # symbol. I've also added a 'how to vote section', just below the nominations section. I'll also be changing the 'unsorted nominations' section to 'Previous Quotes of the Week'.--Tangerineduel 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanksthanks, sounds great.--TheOmnius 15:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Quote of the Week themes
Now that the quote of the week system is up and running I was thinking perhaps planning ahead for the coming weeks with some vague themes. Just so we don't keep getting quotes from one series or whatever. Thoughts? --Tangerineduel 14:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm all for that. Perhaps themes like "Davros quotes", "Fourth Doctor quotes", "Audio quotes", "Quotes from obscure sources", to name a few.


 * Oh, and since I'm thinking about it right now, perhaps we could also have a QotW archive page? I'll take a quick gander at the one used on Wookieepedia for format and put a test page together tonight.   Trak Nar  Ramble on 04:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Quote of the Week themes - Update
I've introduced themes for the Quote of the Week as the last week or two we've not really had a lot of nominations. I think a theme will give the Quote of the Week something for people to be specific about when choosing a quote. I've added themes for the next couple of weeks on some wide topics; Gallifrey, Torchwood (series), Time travel, Military, Foods and Beverages. Hopefully there should be some fun and interesting results. --Tangerineduel 14:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Quote of the Week archive
Alright, I started the basic format for the Archive page and added the past quotes after the policy was implemented.

User:Trak Nar/QotW Archive

All it needs is a review, suggestions, further formatting (if needed), and moved (upon which it will get a category). The format was loosely-based on Wookieepedia's QotD archive, only organized primarily by date for now. Until a decision is reached, I will be adding quotes to the subpage archive in order to get into the habit, and because I want to. ^^;  Trak Nar  Ramble on 01:56, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Looks like a good idea. Though maybe it'd be better as a subpage of the nominations page, rather than of your user page. Or are you using the above page as a trialling ground to make sure it all works? --Tangerineduel 13:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The above page was indeed just a test to get the formatting proper. It can be moved.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 13:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I Like it so far. Also, if we have it then we probably won't need the 'Previous quotes of the week' section on this page as long as we put a link to the archive page on this page. --Bill Odie 18:57, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I added the quotes that were displayed prior to the policy being decided upon, moved the page to a subpage of the nominations page and linked it in the Previous Quotes section.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions for themes
Having themes for Quote of the Week seems to stimulate somewhat more responses than not having a theme, I've added themes for the Quote of the Week to September, but if anyone wants to make a suggestion for further themes, add them here and we'll choose the most suitable for the rest of the year. (Just remember to choose things with a wide enough pool of sources to take quotes from). --Tangerineduel 09:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * My suggestions are: Master's quotes, The Brigadier's quotes, Dalek quotes, Cybermen quotes, Sontaran quotes, I, Davros quotes, DWM comic strip quotes, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures quotes, quotes of character's last words and quotes to do with spaceships and space-stations. --Bill Odie 15:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

More suggestions for theme
I'm going to make themes a regular thing for the quotes of the week for 2010. Any suggestions for themes? --Tangerineduel 11:58, November 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * Time Lord quotes, for examples quotes from Borusa, Hedin, or Goth. Bigshowbower 12:08, November 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * So far I've noticed no quotes regarding everybody's favorite blue box. We definitly need a TARDIS Theme at some point. CyberChronicler 5:35, November 17, 2009 (U.S. Central Time)


 * Quotes from the 2009 Specials Bigshowbower 11:38, November 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * Should that be individual quotes from Time Lords, like have a week dedicated to quotes from Borusa, Hedin, Goth, Flavia, Savar. (Just in case people are worried about scarcity of sources for these people; Borusa appeared in a few stories, Hedin's in The Deadly Assassin and The Infinity Doctors, Goth is in The Deadly Assassin and I think Legacy of the Daleks and another novel that escapes me, Flavia is in The Five Doctors and The Eight Doctors and Savar is in The Invasion of Time and The Infinity Doctors).
 * How about quotes about the Doctor's TARDIS one week, TARDISes in general another and Police Boxes a further week?
 * Quotes from all the Christmas specials, 2009 specials and the Charity specials (all in different weeks I mean)?
 * Maybe a quote of the week sometime in January on the subject of regeneration. --Tangerineduel 13:07, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Quote suggestion
Brooke: Name? Rank? Intention? The Doctor: The Doctor. Em... Doctor. Fun.

Idaknow. Just a thought. Maybe for some time that is fun. :) -- sulfur 03:39, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Voting
Im getting concerned about the users voting, there just seems to be names and not proper signatures, can a warning or something be added to page that says "A registered signature must be used for a vote to be deemed valid." Or is that too much? --Bigshowbower 04:03, January 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Should it be that we need just a signature (even IP editors can use a signature, it just signs their IP). Or do we disallow IP voting all together? --Tangerineduel 12:34, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions for themes 2010
For this year I've been trying to have the quote of the week follow a set of random yet controlled patterns of quote themes.

Very roughly they are: Individual (who isn't a companion), idea, story/grouped stories, companion, object, things in a categories, races and species. None of this is set in stone, but it seemed a good way to get some variety into the quote of the week themes.

March, April and May more or less follow this random sort of form.

So any suggestions for quotes themes of the week after 9th May 2010? Previous quote of the week themes are here. --Tangerineduel 12:44, February 13, 2010 (UTC)