MediaWiki:Community-corner

Ring in the new year by adding licenses to your images (or they'll be deleted) It's the end of the year, so that inevitably means getting drunk — and cleaning up afterwards. At 1200 (UTC) on 2 January 2012, images which do not bear a license will be automatically deleted. Please remember that every single image that is uploaded must bear an image license. Otherwise, it will be deleted. This message is plastered across the wiki in several different places, including at most upload screens. You might also want to start the new year by reviewing our image cheat card, which provides a simple chart of all our rules governing images. Some loss of functionality ahead As the effort to return preloadable formats heats up over the holidays, you will experience some loss of functionality in the extra "goodies" we have around here. For instance, you may notice that the archive tool disappears or the UTC clock goes away. You shouldn't be deprived of any core functionality, however.

I have no actual ETA for the return of preloadables, but I'm hoping for a 2011 solution.

10:34: Fri 23 Dec 2011 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: Species categories To combat inconsistency in the way categories about species are named, the bot is enforcing a standard nomenclature. Although this isn't actually a change for most categories, it does affect the way category:humans is used. More details are available at Categories dealing with species and individuals of a species.
 * 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"

Prefix changes Pursuant to a couple of forum discussions, a number of prefixes have recently changed. They include:
 * Doctor Who Unbound --> BFDWU (DWU is now redirect to Doctor Who universe)
 * Doctor Who Adventures --> DWA
 * Doctor Who annual --> DWAN
 * Doctor Who Storybook --> DWS
 * Doctor Who Yearbook --> DWY
 * Dalek annual --> DAN
 * K9 Annual 1983 --> K9AN
 * Quick Reads --> QR
 * Brief Encounter --> BE (not actually a change, but for some reason people were using the incorrect prefix DWM)

Existing links were changed by bot. It's believed that all stories in these ranges are now referenced by the appropriate prefix.

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.