Talk: The Doctor: His Lives and Times

Revision as of 10:42, 30 May 2020

Non-fiction?

I haven't read the book, bear in mind, but the summary and table of contents as presented on this page really do make it sound like it's a fiction. It may be a non-valid fiction that breaks the 4th wall or something (again, I haven't read it), but whether it's plausible fiction to exist within the DWU is a different question than whether it is fiction at alL. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 22:31, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

Please refrain from commenting on material you haven't read. Note also that you should never edit story and non-fiction stories unless you saw/read/listened to them and have them fresh in your mind. Amorkuz ☎ 22:50, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

Considering the second point, I haven't done any such thing. As to the first — where would you suggest I ask this question, then, if it shouldn't be here? --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 22:53, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

I think you misunderstand my intention. When I warn you not to break any policies, I do not imply that you have. I warn you not to do that in the future. You are a new user, understandably unfamiliar with the large volume of our policies. I would prefer to prevent any of them from being broken than to clean up after they have been. Note also that it is impossible for an admin to know what is in an editor's head. Some write that they do not like the policy and wait for the answer, which seems to be your strategy. Others protest against a policy and start implementing their vision. Yet others start editing without even explaining why they change things. It is impossible to know in advance, which type a particular user is.

As for the question, there was no question asked. You were opining on the material you admitted not to know. Please don't do that on talk pages. I once again suggest that you will find a more receptive audience at Discussions. Talk pages are to discuss editing, which should be rooted in the knowledge of source material, knowledge you do not yet possess. Amorkuz ☎ 23:15, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

Short story titles

Regarding the existing story pages for this book, they need to be renamed to match the titles given in the book's table of contents and that appear at the top of each page of the stories:

Still Need a Title! -> The Fourth Doctor
When It Was Fun -> The Fifth Doctor
The Dark Scrolls of the Valeyard -> The Six Doctor
The Runes of Fenric -> The Seventh Doctor
Judge, Jury and Executioner -> The Tenth Doctor
Stop, Thief! -> The Eleventh Doctor
The Tale of the Pandorica -> merge with above

The current titles are headings used within the stories, but not given as the story titles themselves. There's clean up that still needs done, and the speedy rename templates do need to be placed on these articles. I'm badly in need of sleep so I can't sit down and do all that at this moment, but am leaving this talk page message so that the as-of-yet half completed job doesn't confuse anyone. Toqgers ☎ 10:42, May 30, 2020 (UTC)

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 :: As for the question, there was no question asked. You were opining on the material you admitted not to know. Please don't do that on talk pages. I once again suggest that you will find a more receptive audience at Discussions. Talk pages are to discuss editing, which should be rooted in the knowledge of source material, knowledge you do not yet possess. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:15, July 11, 2018 (UTC)
+== Short story titles ==
+Regarding the existing story pages for this book, they need to be renamed to match the titles given in the book's table of contents and that appear at the top of each page of the stories:
+* ''[[Still Need a Title! (short story)|Still Need a Title!]]'' -> ''[[The Fourth Doctor (short story)|The Fourth Doctor]]''
+* ''[[When It Was Fun (short story)|When It Was Fun]]'' -> ''[[The Fifth Doctor (short story)|The Fifth Doctor]]''
+* ''[[The Dark Scrolls of the Valeyard (short story)|The Dark Scrolls of the Valeyard]]'' -> ''[[The Sixth Doctor (short story)|The Six Doctor]]''
+* ''[[The Runes of Fenric (short story)|The Runes of Fenric]]'' -> ''[[The Seventh Doctor (short story)|The Seventh Doctor]]''
+* ''[[Judge, Jury and Executioner (short story)|Judge, Jury and Executioner]]'' -> ''[[The Tenth Doctor (short story)|The Tenth Doctor]]''
+* ''[[Stop, Thief! (short story)|Stop, Thief!]]'' -> ''[[The Eleventh Doctor (short story)|The Eleventh Doctor]]''
+* ''[[The Tale of the Pandorica (short story)|The Tale of the Pandorica]]'' -> merge with above
+The current titles are headings used within the stories, but not given as the story titles themselves. There's clean up that still needs done, and the speedy rename templates do need to be placed on these articles. I'm badly in need of sleep so I can't sit down and do all that at this moment, but am leaving this talk page message so that the as-of-yet half completed job doesn't confuse anyone. [[User:Toqgers|Toqgers]] [[User talk:Toqgers|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:42, May 30, 2020 (UTC)