User talk:Duncs Kinnear-swift

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Thanks for becoming a member of the TARDIS crew! If you have any questions, see the Help pages, add a question to one of the Forums or ask on my user talk page. 15:23: Tue 20 Dec 2011

Daleks in Manhattan Image
You replaced the file File:Daleks in Manhattan.jpg with a completely different picture. If you want to change the infobox image, please upload the file at a new name and edit the Daleks in Manhattan article.Americanwhofan ☎  21:05, September 15, 2012 (UTC)

Hold up there, pardner
Gotta block you for 30 minutes while I review your recent edits. Most of your recent edits to TV story infoboxes are adding unnecessary information which is adding to the overall length of these boxes. I'll give you more details shortly. 20:14: Wed 03 Oct 2012
 * Okay, the main issues I need you to watch out for are:
 * Please don't add parentheticals to the infobox like (in human form)
 * the variable should take only one answer
 * In general, too, I think you should just avoid editing the infoboxes of TV stories. You should assume that, since most of these pages are years old, we've probably already gotten them sorted.  Infoboxes should not contain a plethora of information.  They should just give a rough idea of what's going on.  A person should be able to read them in 30 seconds and not have any significant questions.  Adding parentheticals, slashes and qualifiers creates doubt that isn't appropriate for an infobox.  Who's the Doctor in The Almost People?  The Eleventh, full stop.  Who's the companion in The Impossible Astronaut?  Amy, Rory and River.  Period.  Sure, it might actually be "Ganger Amy" on reflection, but it's still Amy.  The Doctor even makes the point that the Amy has been Amy all along, even if she's been the Ganger.


 * So, thanks for your hard work, but please, when it comes to infoboxes, keep it simple. 20:34: Wed 03 Oct 2012

Infoboxes
Hi! Before you edit any more infoboxes, I suggest you view a large random sample of what we include and don't include in story infoboxes. I've had to revert a large number of your edits for different mistakes. For a couple of examples, we don't use line breaks or any other HTML in infoboxes, or for that matter, articles at all. There should not be multiple names under "main enemy" — one or two at most will do. Infoboxes are meant to be small snippets of info that lead the reader to the rest of the article. We are trying to reduce the height of infoboxes because they can make certain pages' layouts look odd. So please take a look at some of our infoboxes and try to get a feel for what they include and don't include. Thanks. Shambala108 ☎  18:04, August 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * In addition, please review the information provided in the message by CzechOut right above mine. Shambala108 ☎  18:06, August 6, 2013 (UTC)

Block
I have to block you for a week. You haven't paid much notice to the messages from CzechOut and me above, and have continued to make changes to well-established pages that violate various policies, but your block is due to the fact that you removed a warning message at Logopolis warning not to change the infobox field in question. This is considered a violation of Tardis:Vandalism policy.

Please spend the next week reviewing policies, particularly Tardis:Cast lists, and like I said in my earlier post, do some reviewing of story infoboxes to see what they're supposed to include and not include. Shambala108 ☎  15:01, August 7, 2013 (UTC)

Don't need to be blocked
Well i wasn't adding stupid information to the Logopolis page, i added the Watcher to the cast list because he appears in the episode and if you look on the Watcher's page, it has an actor so i added it. And as for the Doctor section at the top of the page, although the Fifth Doctor appears only briefly in the episode, he still appears in it and deserves to be casted. Duncs Kinnear-Swift, 16:08, 7th August 2013 (UTC)


 * It doesn't matter how valid the information was, we have certain guidelines and rules for story pages and infoboxes. Specifically, cast lists for TV stories must match the on-screen credits, as you can read at Tardis:Cast lists. Also, the infobox field for "Doctor" can only take one name; adding more than one messes it up.


 * Both CzechOut and I have left messages for you concerning classic Who stories and infoboxes, but according to your recent edits you either didn't see the messages or you ignored them. We have to have some guidelines for editing pages, or a big wiki like this would become a mess.


 * However, as I stated above, you weren't blocked for adding info contrary to policies, or for ignoring two admins telling you to stop. You were blocked for removing a message that warns editors not to make a particular edit. This, as I said above, is vandalism. Because most of your edits, though incorrect, are in good faith, I only blocked you for a week, far far shorter than the usual block for vandalism. Shambala108 ☎  15:35, August 7, 2013 (UTC)