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Big Brother 26 (American season)

I have a feeling we're going to be dealing with a lot of B.S. this season. And I don't mean just on TV... Bgsu98 (Talk) 19:41, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

I sadly concur. With the lack of being able to pause/rewind feeds I can only imagine the kind of chaos it will bring. TheDoctorWho (talk) 02:27, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You know how much I always appreciate your work on these BB articles, but I really don't like the dash (-) in the HouseGuests table. I really think putting the Day underneath (with or without parentheses) really looks neater, and narrows the overall width of that table. Let me know what you think. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:33, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I replaced the dash with a line break. That should solve the immediate issue. I'm indifferent on the parentheses, but if you actually want them, let me know. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:39, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I saw where you posted on the article's talk page after I posted this here. I think the line break is fine. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

WIkiProject Doctor Who Newsletter: July 2024

The Space-Time Telegraph Volume II, Issue I — July 2024 Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who Okay–ooh. New teeth newsletter. That's weird... Hello! Welcome to the first regenerated issue of The Space-Time Telegraph, the official newsletter of WikiProject Doctor Who. We hope it finds you well in your safe travels across the Whoniverse! This newsletter was founded in 2008 and seemed to get lost in the time vortex quite quickly. Thanks to the Doctor dragging Sutekh through the time vortex and bringing life by bringing death to death (yeah... I'm a little confused too), it seems to have regenerated. The writing staff hopes to bring you future editions quarterly. For this first edition, we have created an updated version of our mailing list that includes any active editors who previously had their usernames included in our participants list. If you do not wish to receive future editions, please remove your name from the mailing list. If you no longer wish to participate in the project, please also remove your name from the participants list. I think that's enough about the newsletter for now. Let's dive into interesting things happening within the Doctor Who side of Wikipedia. Geronimooooo..... Big Spike in Productivity During 2024, the project has scored 8 GAs, 2 FLs and a GT, up from last year's 4 GAs and a GT. Several additional things are in the pipeline, with a bunch of things currently having been nominated with some mix of OlifanofmrTennant, TheDoctorWho, and Pokelego999 having their names attached to them. Allow me to look into the nominees. Series 14: As of July 18th, every single episode has been sent to GAN, with "Boom", "73 Yards", and "The Devil's Chord" having made it to GA. 2023 Specials: Early in the year, as part of trying to not lose the WikiCup, Ollie sent "The Star Beast" (still salty about the move) to GAN. It was reviewed by frequent collaborator (fly high) of hers, but failed. She then fixed it up and sent it back where it passed. Later "The Giggle" was expanded and sent to GA, followed shortly by "Wild Blue Yonder". WBY received help by JustAnotherCompanion, a pretty fresh user. This other companion chose not to be listed as co-nom. A page was created for "Destination: Skaro" and quickly got GA status. The Daleks' Master Plan was also sent to GAN by Rhain. It passed to join Rhain's other First Doctor content, being the fourth season three article to get the green check. Peter Capaldi: The filmography and newly created awards of Capaldi were both sent to FLC and passed. Capaldi's main page was sent to GA, though due to some minor incompetence on the part of the nominator it was failed. Proposals to the WikiProject A recent proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Doctor Who suggested potential improvements and suggestions for the main page of the project, as well as discussions about the project overall. The proposals are as follows: The Task Forces section should be removed due to inactivity in the Torchwood Task Force, and a lack of significant interest in creating further Task Forces. The freenode channel no longer works and should be removed due to most discussion taking place on site. Due to the low quality of Lungbarrow and Jubilee despite being sample articles, these articles should either be removed as samples or improved. Additionally, the "sample device" has a very small application field, and should be removed from the sample articles section. An updates infobox should be included, similarly to those used by Wikipedia:VGCHAR. Radio Times's Doctor Who sections should be included in the references section due to their benefits for the project sourcing wise. The Deletion Discussion archive should be removed, or have work invested in updating it, due to its lack of updates. If you feel you have any thoughts or suggestions on these matters, or on any other matters pertaining to the project and its main page, feel free to chime in the ongoing discussion. Discussions of Note A move discussion is currently underway on whether or not Doctor Who series 14 should be moved to Doctor Who season 1 (2024). The discussion also involves conversation on a few other adjacent articles. If you have an opinion on the matter please read over the discussion or leave comments. Contributors TheDoctorWho (talk) Pokelego999 (talk) Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) If you wish to contribute to future editions of the newsletter, leave a message on the WikiProject talk page or reach out to one of the current contributors listed above. If you do not wish to receive future editions of the Space-Time Telegraph, please remove your name from our our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Tulsa King

Hi TheDoctorWho, I've now finished my c/e. In the Season 1 table of the section "Episodes", I am seeing an error message: "Preview warning: Page using Template:WritingCredits with unknown parameter "tfirst"". This warning only shows in preview mode. I looked at the template in question {{WritingCredits}}, which does not have a "tfirst" parameter so I've no idea why it's there; you can probably remove it with no bother. Anyway, good luck with the article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:46, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the copy edit! I've corrected the template, it's a parameter that used to exist, but was recently replaced. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

No probs; ah, that would explain it, these things happen. :) I've fixed the template link in my message. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode)

On 23 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to writer Russell T Davies, he conceived elements of the Doctor Who episode "Empire of Death" decades before he wrote it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Destination: Skaro

The article Destination: Skaro you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Destination: Skaro for comments about the article, and Talk:Destination: Skaro/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of OlifanofmrTennant -- OlifanofmrTennant (talk) 00:06, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

RE: Doctor Who Series 14

I'm concerned about your nom for series fourteen due to the fact it's current under a move discussion (Thus, the article isn't stable and wouldn't meet one of the GA criteria). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel you should probably wait for the move discussion to finish before nominating so it doesn't conflict with the ongoing move discussion and get auto-failed because of it. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

I actually originally intended on waitinf, and have for a while (you can see my original message on Alex's talk page. However, I had anothwr read over the good article criteria, and the stableness of the article specifically refers to edit warring/content disputes, which isnt the case here. No one has attempted to move the article prior to the discussion being closed, and even if it is moved, it wouldn't be easily moved back without a page mover. The article itself has been stable for quite a while even when ut comes to the series 14/season 1 dispute, ehich wasnt originally the case. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

If that is the case, then best of luck with the nomination. I hope all goes smoothly. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of List of Line of Duty episodes

Congratulations, TheDoctorWho! The list you nominated, List of Line of Duty episodes, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Destination: Skaro

On 8 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Destination: Skaro, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Destination: Skaro. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Destination: Skaro), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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