User:TARDIS2010/Talk Archive/2012

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Hey ho, long time no talk my friend! Wanna hop on Gmail? -- *Peace* I'm Thinking  of  Linking  16:45, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

S'alright. We must talk and catch up sometime, you free tomorrow? -- *Peace* I'm Thinking  of  Linking  16:48, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

I can't sadly, I have the illegal version of Minecraft. ;) -- *Peace* I'm Thinking  of  Linking  16:50, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Hey T - Man, how have you been lately? Dynovan | Let's Talk | Happy New Year! 19:40, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

I'm fine. How's the toy project coming along? Dynovan | Let's Talk | Happy New Year! 16:45, January 6, 2012 (UTC)

Good, good. Do you have a 3DS? Dynovan | Let's Talk | Happy New Year! 17:42, January 7, 2012 (UTC)

I have one, but I like Xboxes too. How's Mass Effect going? Dynovan | Let's Talk | Happy New Year! 19:53, January 7, 2012 (UTC)

Cool. Did you hear the news about Doctor Who? Dynovan | Let's Talk | New Year, New Blogs 09:30, January 8, 2012 (UTC)

Well, it's gonna be better than ever, but they haven't even started filming yet, so we'll have to wait till Autumn to see it. I agree, it is getting a bit long. How do you archive talk pages? Dynovan | Let's Talk | New Year, New Blogs 16:53, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Did you know that Amy and Rory are leaving? Ok, so I do that, then do I copy my talk from my talk page and then delete it (From my talk page)? Dynovan | Let's Talk | New Year, New Blogs 19:42, January 9, 2012 (UTC)

Ok. Great, when my talk gets a bit longer, say to 30-40 sections, I'll archive it. :) Dynovan | Let's Talk | New Year, New Blogs 17:24, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Hello. -Lego Whovian 08:28, January 20, 2012 (UTC)

I joined this wiki in December 2011. I like collecting Doctor Who stuff. -Lego Whovian 17:57, January 20, 2012 (UTC)

Taking a break
No problem. It's always good to do something different once in a while. :)  Tardis1963   talk  02:01, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Toys
I bought the Enemies of the First Doctor set about a week ago, and since then I've been wanting to take a look at some of the classic releases, so I made the template and done 2 pages so far. I probably won't do too many more in a fast time, but just a few more until I feel like doing something else - I always need to fix up DVDs.  Tardis1963   talk  10:24, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

If you want to. It'll need to be done eventually, so feel free to.  Tardis1963   talk  10:28, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

Please don't revert any changes I have made to categories or the Toys page. I've changed them so they work better - so please leave them as I make them, thanks.  Tardis1963   talk  10:32, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

With the information you put on the toy page, it looks all childish and immature. It is incorrect grammar, and does not bode well for a site such as this. There is no need for a toy to go in an "exclusive" category - just because they originally released it exclusively there, does not mean it is only limited to that store. eBay and the like make it spread like wildfire. I'm not saying you can't handle it on your own, but I'm just trying to oversee the work you're doing and correct small inaccuracies.  Tardis1963   talk  10:38, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

The only reason they were "fine" for two years is because I was busy with other things then. Now I am getting around to the toys, and fixing/changing small things. I didn't start the DWCW to keep all sorts of details of Doctor Who stuff - merely for collectors such as myself to keep a track of what items they have.

The categories did not work fine - they made it harder to search through. Browsing through many different categories is hard to do - it makes much more sense to put the few hundred toys into one category - Category:Doctor Who toys. If someone wants to search through just classic toys, then they will be able to do so on the Character Options page, or the Dapol page, or the Corgi page, etc. We also do not need to specify if toys are exclusive to a particular shop - that goes beyond the scope of the DWCW.

Please just use the categories that I have used, and leave me to rewrite the Toys page - I'll probably do it in the next few days, saying similar things to what you did, just in better English.  Tardis1963   talk  10:56, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

"Boxsets" isn't a CO range - there is 2 - classic series and new series, and then the new series is split into different waves etc. All classic releases - whether they are in a box or not - should go on the one template to make it easier to find.

It wasn't the content of the categories as such - more the wording of them. Starting them with DW makes them hard to find in a search, and not every word needs a capital. All I've done is combined them into one all-encompassing, easy to read category called Doctor Who toys.  Tardis1963   talk  11:10, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

By all means you are welcome to continue with the toy pages on your own - but if at some point I change something I would appreciate it if you don't change it back. There is no clear definition of what is a box set and what is a figure. You left the Rememberance set on the figures page - but to me, it's in a box so it's a box set. Hence why I renamed the template to fit all CO classic toys on it.  Tardis1963   talk  11:17, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

Still not worth it. All classics on the one template.  Tardis1963   talk  11:25, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

I understand what you mean, but for me, there just isn't enough of a distinction. With the new series ones there is, but there is so few classics and there's no major theme that one template makes much more sense to me. I'm sorry, but all classics will be on the one template. I'll make sure to make a note about box set releases on the Character Options and Toys pages.  Tardis1963   talk  11:31, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

I know it is a community, but as administrator I say that they go on one template.  Tardis1963   talk  11:42, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

Why do I need experience in the toy section? I've done all reading up about them, and there is no official distinction between boxes and figures. I many not have edited them before, but I do know all about the toys.  Tardis1963   talk  11:48, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

Just put them on one template. That way everything is so much simpler.  Tardis1963   talk  11:52, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

I'm not going to change it now, but in the future I will combine the templates.  Tardis1963   talk  11:57, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

I can't be happy with it split over two templates. I don't want to save time - I want it to be the correct way.  Tardis1963   talk  12:06, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

I won't touch the templates while you're working on them. How's that?  Tardis1963   talk  12:11, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

That's an idea. I'll ask on the forums later.  Tardis1963   talk  12:23, April 8, 2012 (UTC)

It's too in depth for the main page. The main reason I changing everything over to this new template is because there isn't an "article" to write about each item. Some do have some interesting information, and I try to include this as much as possible with cover blurbs, special features on DVDs etc. If any articulation is listed on the back of a toy, it could probably be added to a cover blurb section. Otherwise, if it is just user generated information, it would have to be put on the talk page. I'm not going to move any of it to there - but if you would like to, you can. The talk pages are for discussion about an item, and user generated information such as articulation notes would be best there.

Btw, do you like my idea to add a promotional image in the other images section for each toy? I think it's a good way to sum up what each release has (it can sometimes be hard to tell from just a box image), without going into too much detail that's hard to maintain.  Tardis1963   talk  11:51, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Not prototype - promotional. As in, an image of the final figures and accessories, but against a white background with no packaging.  Tardis1963   talk  11:57, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Really? So the images that are used to sell them on, say, Forbidden Planet, aren't the final figures?  Tardis1963   talk  12:00, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Well I never knew that. I guess we'll just have to do our best, and try to find images that are as close to the final figure released - possibly not necessarily official CO ones.  Tardis1963   talk  12:07, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't have to be plain white, but the less clutter and more focus on the unboxed figures the better.  Tardis1963   talk  12:18, April 9, 2012 (UTC)