User talk:VariousStuffs

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Help me!

Please help me with... I am currently working on adding a new section to the article on the TARDIS, detailing inconsistencies between the real police box and the many props of it seen throughout the show's run. however, it keeps getting removed, presumably due to a lack of citations (or reliable ones) to verify it. Admittedly, I have done some "original research" in measuring the dimensions of the props from scale diagrams and finding the scale differences in percentage, but other than that, it should be valid. Unfortunately, I am struggling to find good sources to cite my work to, as most of my results are just pinterest links to other sites I've already looked at, like The Mind Robber's page which I have already used to gather some information and references (including the diagrams). WombleYT (talk) 17:00, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello WombleYT! Unfortunately, even if the original research is minor, it is still not allowed on Wikipedia. For further information, please see this subsection on what Wikipedia is not. Furthermore, if someone removed unreferenced content, that means that they are challenging the information you have added to the article. When something is challenged, it cannot be re-added without a citation to a reliable source. Here is a direct quote from the aforementioned policy:

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Help me!

Please help me with... getting this paragraph onto the TARDIS article. it keeps getting rejected due to either a lack of citations or original research, and i can't seem to get it accepted. so can someone please edit my paragraph and photo w/ description to make it acceptable for the article?

Inconsistencies between Props and Real Police Boxes

The prop has almost never been accurate to the real Police Box, its most accurate portrayal was in the Dalek films starring Peter Cushing where it is almost completely identical. the original prop is fairly close, but is noticeably smaller[1]. the free for use of public sign changed doors inconsistently throughout Patrick Troughton's run, starting from Evil of the Daleks (1967). The Shada box, used from 1976 to 1980[2] and inconsistently throughout the early eighties (notably Logopolis and Castrovalva 1981-2) is stockier with a completely flat roof, though it was steeped again for its appearance in Logopolis and Castrovalva. in 1980, a new prop was constructed from fibreglass[2] for The Leisure Hive (1980), and is now larger again with a firmer build, though still smaller than the genuine article. the 1996 TV movie is also slightly larger, and its windows, which normally have six panels with the two in the bottom corners being white or off-colour, this one has some panes in the wrong slots. the one on the right door is in the top corner and some have the off-colour panes directly adjacent to the other one.. the Eccleston/Tennant prop is much larger, and the panels/windows are almost square and take up much more space. This has caused many a joke where a character to comment on how "the windows are the wrong size" with the in-universe explanation being that the TARDIS is so old that the "bigger on the inside" has begun leaking out, causing the outside shell to grow. the original prop was navy blue, though on-screen it was grey as the show was in black and white at the time, and it was repainted to a lighter blue in 1972 which remained consistent (albeit some minor colour shifts) throughout the rest of the run. The 2005 prop is much greyer, with a green-yellowy twinge to it. The Smith Prop is a vibrant navy colour with an intense wood effect, while the Capaldi Prop turns this down significantly, making it a mostly solid blue. The Whittaker Prop returns to the 2005 Prop's colours, but re-adds the wood effect. Since the show's reboot in 2005, the dimensions have stayed identical with only minor alterations. The Hurt Prop, as seen in Day of the Doctor (2013) is essentially just the 2005 prop with sand and grime all over it and a few cracked windows. However, these inconsistencies don't just apply to the Doctor's TARDIS, as in Logopolis, both a real Police Box and the Master's TARDIS assume the Shada Box's proportions and in The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe (2011) The Doctor finds a real Police Box that looks like his. Both of these situations were probably caused by budgetary constraints though, as it would be uneconomical to have many separate Police Box props in storage unused. The roof lamp has changed too, the original was rather accurate, while in season two it was replaced by a cheap plastic cylinder along with the whole roof being less steep. The Shada Box uses a generic lamp, while in its namesake story and a few others before and after it, it has a blue spinning police car lamp. The 2005 Prop uses a cylindrical lamp, while the Smith Prop has one from a ship (boat, not space-ship). None have ever gotten close to the real lamp, which would've been encased in a cylindrical cage with a dome on top.

then add picture named "Dinky Toy Police box" and its description (with alterations for brevity's sake) and add citations and the relevant links to where they are needed, and you're done! thanks in advance for helping me curate this paragraph for use in an article. WombleYT (talk) 20:26, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, I suggest you ask for help on the article's talk page: Talk:TARDIS. Please provide detail about the published reliable sources where you read this information, including whatever [1] and [2] refer to in your paragraph above. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 20:42, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia is trying to be an encyclopaedia, which is a tertiary source. Which means that it primarily cites and summarises reliable sources. Think of it as a term paper that you need to write for a class (as opposed to a take-home class project). The easiest way to start is to go down to a library, get a direct quotation from a book or magazine, and start paraphrasing that quote. Cheers. DonQuixote (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gilbert Mackenzie Trench (July 24)

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Clearfrienda ^💬 17:58, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gilbert Mackenzie Trench has been accepted

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Hey man im josh (talk) 21:51, 21 August 2022 (UTC)