WIkiProject Doctor Who: December 2024 Newsletter

The Space-Time Telegraph
Volume II, Issue III — December 2024
Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

Anyone for a Ham and Cheese Toastie and a Pumpkin Latte?

Joy to the Doctor Who WikiProjects

Hello and welcome to the third issue of the new newsletter! A look ahead to the happenings of the WikiProject as we welcome a new year

Continued Improvement of Content

Since the last Newsletter, the articles "Eve of the Daleks", Terror of the Zygons, "The Name of the Doctor", "Silence in the Library", Doctor Who series 2, Mel Bush, Peter Capaldi, "Midnight", "Forest of the Dead", "The Church on Ruby Road", Doctor Who specials (2023), and Doctor Who series 14 have all been promoted to Good Article status. The Good Topic Doctor Who specials (2023) and the Featured Topic Peter Capaldi have also been promoted.
With the amount of articles promoted in the year, we have had our second most productive year of all time, falling just short of beating the record set by 2012. Work is continuing underway on articles Project-wide, and the Good Topic for the revived era nears completion.
Ongoing discussion and goals can be found at WP:WikiProject Doctor Who/Goals and nominees for promoted content here. Feel free to contribute in writing or in reviewing!

Reliable Sources

A discussion on the reliability of CultBox has determined that it should be phased out of use in the WikiProject. This source has been widely used across project articles, especially for information about filming. Concerns that the website is self-published and has poor editorial standards were raised. In some articles, project editors have already begun depreciating the source.
Similar concerns were raised about Doctor Who TV (doctorwho.tv.co.uk). Uses of this source have also been depreciated. This website should NOT be confused with Doctor Who TV (doctorwho.tv), a commercial website published by the Beeb, which is acceptable for use as a primary source.
As discussed in the previous issue, Doctor Who News has been widely phased out where possible. If you have any comments about these sources or any others, please contribute to the discussions on the project talk page.

Novels Being Overhauled

The scrutiny on many of the Doctor's past adventures through print over the years continues in regard to determining their individual notability. Discussions can be found on the WikiProject's talk page, with discussion still well under way in ironing out which articles pass the notability bar.
You can contribute by helping to improve articles of the novels, and other extended media, and bringing attention to the ones that might not.

Project Barnstar

In breaking news, it appears that Torchwood Three has been raided. The resurrection gauntlet has been stolen and used on the WikiProject Doctor Who Barnstar. If you notice exceptional contributions in project areas by any editor, feel free to show them some appreciation by awarding them their very own ✨barnstar✨.
Intelligence Bulletin from the Subwave Network
  • The War Between the Land and the Sea concluded filming on 10 December.
  • A 90-minute colourised version of The War Games aired on 23 December.
  • "Joy to the World" aired on 25 December.
  • An animated version of the completely missing First Doctor serial, The Savages, is due to be released in March 2025.
  • The editorial board of the newsletter is able to exclusively confirm that there will be no Dalek shenanigans for the third consecutive New Year. Polish off those resolutions, don't start a revolution, and celebrate New Year's Eve responsibly.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi JamJamSvn. Thank you for your work on Kent Intake Unit. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! May you and your family have a blessed day!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:49, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Wycliffe Well, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page ABC News.

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An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Philippe Gaulier, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Telegraph.

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Ways to improve Beeston bananas

Hello, JamJamSvn,

Thank you for creating Beeston bananas.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

This subject is so funny and seeing it made my day. I am not sure it really meets WP:NEVENT but I so enjoyed reading it. Thanks!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Dclemens1971}}. Remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

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Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:23, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heya, glad it brightened your day! I'd hope it stays up until at least the 2nd of March (for no particular reason haha) but understand if it has to go back into draftspace or something similar until it gets more coverage. JamJamSvn (talk) 21:19, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I marked as reviewed so I won't be sending it that way. Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:25, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh great! Thank you. JamJamSvn (talk) 21:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ConnorEatsPants moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to ConnorEatsPants. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit for review" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they/it) talk/edits 02:13, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:ConnorEatsPants has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:ConnorEatsPants. Thanks! 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they/it) talk/edits 14:33, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thank you. I was under the false impression that Dexerto was a reliable source and should have looked that up. JamJamSvn (talk) 14:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Next time, if you're unsure about a source's reliability, ask the reliable sources noticeboard or check this list of frequently discussed sources. 🌙Eclipse 🌹 ⚧ (she/they/it • talk • edits) 15:22, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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