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==FUBARED==
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*2010-14: [[User talk:The Doctor/Archive (2010-14)]].
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*2015-19: [[User talk:The Doctor/Archive (2015-19)]].
  
F**ked up beyond all repair/recognition- basically the knock-out table bore no relation to the actual finals as they took place (indeed, it had Allan Saldanha beating Harvey Freeman in the semi-final) and had seedings, where series 33 didn't. Best to rip it out and start again. Nebagram 22:11, 17 May 2010 (BST)
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== Mike Brown ==
  
==Series 62==
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Sorry, I got halfway through typing this and hit a wall. The current [[Mike Brown]], with numerous co-event appearances and several wins, is (in my opinion) clearly the primary topic for people searching for Mike Brown. You can argue whether or not [[Stephen Howe]] constitutes a primary topic, but as I was doing one, I thought I may as well do the other.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 15:07, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Your comment about Nikki being told she's in the finals makes more sense today than yesterday. However, some other contestants were also told when they'd finished their run that they were on the leaderboard at a place one position higher than they should be. One was Peter; another, I believe, was Claudia. So for consistency, either include them all, or none of them. I understand that the reason for these errors was that the leaderboard being maintained by the production team had inadvertently omitted one name. In any case, it's only relevant until the final lineup is known.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 22:50, 18 May 2010 (BST)
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: That's not right, for me. It should be the case that both Browns, Howes, etc. are treated equally. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 18:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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:: @Launchballer: I don't believe there is such a notion as "primary topic", and indeed that is what Disam pages are for. The fact we had two Mike Browns in the same series is irrelevant; your logic would imply that the likes of [[Chris Davies]] need to be re-done, and I don't think that's appropriate at all. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 10:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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:::Fair enough, I'll change them back. I can't be bothered to sift through [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]], I'm in the throes of assessment season.
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:::On a completely unrelated matter, are you an actual doctor, because I hit my head on a low ceiling yesterday morning, and I've since been dry heaving - both of which are symptoms of concussion.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 11:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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::::No. It was just an awful Doctor Who reference when I made this account nearly 10 years ago. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 12:17, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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:::::I have a horrible feeling I may have to go through that category anyway given that a random sample of disambiguation pages shows a complete lack of consistency. Possibly a job for a template?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 14:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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::::::Really? A random sample for me shows a lot of consistency.... [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 15:05, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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:::::::Some contain full sentences ([[Steve Harris]] and [[Andrew Jackson]]), while some are bullet points ([[Mark Jones]] and [[Barry Smith]]) and others contain varying lengths of lede ([[Chris Davies]] and [[Debbie Jones]]).--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 16:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
  
==COC13==
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== [[Joe Lycett]] ==
My reason for reverting your recent edit, twice, is that one of the contestants, Jon Corby, was from Series 54.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 21:23, 1 June 2010 (BST)
 
  
==[[User:The Doctor| My Dream Series]]==
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I do not agree with including Joe Lycett's 'real name' within his article here. It smacks of recentism, and we haven't included the real names of [[Lee Mack]] or [[Johnny Vegas]] or [[Paul Sinha]] here.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 12:29, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Lewis Hamilton v Jenson Button :-D [[User:the Doctor|Matt Smith]] 5 jun 2010, 1217 bst
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:@Launchballer - to that I say "why not"? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 18:30, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
*The conundrum you used in Round 14 of Episode F6 was a plural. Just sayin. [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 14:50, 12 June 2010 (BST)
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::I'm not seeing anything in [[Countdown:About]], and I will admit to being slightly biased due to my contempt for celebrity in general (I take the view that the Catsdown contestant articles should not contain any more detail than the Countdown contestant articles), however this Hugo Boss business strikes me as a prank for a show and would amount to a footnote in an encyclopedia entry, so it seems too trivial for us. Leave it for Wikipedia.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 20:25, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
*I watch F1 occasionally, eh, but I'm more a fan of American game shows, eh. Sadly, we don't get Countdown over in the Great White North, eh? [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 22:18, 12 June 2010 (BST)
 
*You spelled {{word|VUVUZELA}} wrong.
 
  
{{w|Felipe Massa|Felipe}} versus {{w|Heikki Kovalainen|Heikki}} or {{w|Jenson Button|Jenson}}? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]]
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== [[Andy Hewitt]]s ==
  
Will there be another? Supply and demand. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 16:55, 12 July 2010 (BST)
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That's the second time I've been caught out today; first with <strike>William G. Stewart</strike>, which is not accessible, and second with the new editor JackH, who I initially thought was an occasional editor of UKGameshows.com, another site I edit, but now I'm not sure. Which Andy Hewitt, if either, is the new one?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 18:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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:Sorted it all out, all the Andy Hewitt's are the same person, spoke to him earlier. [[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] 19:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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:: @JRTerrier24: I was told as the program was going out that it was the S62 Hewitt, but if he’s said they’re the same person that sorts that out. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 19:18, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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:: @Launchballer: The category had a full stop and WGS’s page didn’t, hence the redirect as adding the infobox threw up a red link. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 19:18, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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:::I meant I'd been caught out in that I forgot that .s don't seem to work in mainspace and so I managed to break it by moving [[William G Stewart]] to <strike>William G. Stewart</strike> - which I promptly moved back rather red-facedly.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 19:20, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
  
I'd love to see another F1 series (I'm kind of nostalgic for Richard and the 9 round format these days), but bring back Carol and Rachel. I want more good storylines with them. Huff FTW! [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 15:10, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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== [[Series 1]] ==
  
FTW = For The Win [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 15:48, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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[[Series 1]] I had to restore from scratch using Google Cache after it was accidentally deleted, and it wasn't even the first page that's happened to. Like smashed glass on a duvet, people are still rolling over and wincing. There must be some way of preventing something like this happening; do we have a backup anywhere? And whose idea was it for us to not record deleted revisions?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 13:32, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
(Also, maybe you should make a new page for each series, like this: User:The Doctor/Formula Series 2. If you keep going with these episodes, the old one will get way too long.)
 
  
In [[Episode F43]], for the benefit of the show's viewers, you might want to make Round 8 easier. I've been trying to come up with the target in my spare time for three days and have no idea how to get it. [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 19:04, 7 August 2010 (BST)
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== [[Mike Brown]] ==
  
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Please be more careful when repairing page-move vandalism, as your deletion of <strike>Obselute</strike> took the page history of [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)]] with it. Don't worry, JohnnyCanuck deleted the page history of [[Rhys Benjamin]] when he deleted <strike>Rhys BenjamIn</strike>, and back when he had rights MartinS took out the history of [[Series 1]] when he deleted [[Deleted Page]], but still please be more careful.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 19:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
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: Mike Brown was fine anyway, wasn't it? Unlike Series 1, there was the up-to-date version of Mike Brown, I think? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 20:01, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
  
Could you do a Series Formula Championship of Champions I?--[[User:The Countdown Man|The Countdown Man]] 19:00, 11 August 2010 (BST)
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== [[ZoomDown]] contestants ==
:Yeah, sure! [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 19:01, 11 August 2010 (BST)
 
  
==Episode 5058==
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Where do they get the contestants for ZoomDown from? I assumed they were all from Apterous.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 23:45, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
If you're going to do recaps of certain episodes, there are two things you need to know.
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:Mostly from Apterous, but also some from a Facebook group. Paul put some feelers out in more or less everywhere. (Edit) They're chosen by Paul to try and generate close match-ups. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 23:48, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
  
1. I sort out ALL recaps (with the exception of Mondays), so you're not required to do them!
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== [[COLIN XVI]] ==
2. If you're going to make a botched-up version of it, at least have the decency to do it all correctly in future!
 
[[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] 18:44, 11 June 2010 (BST)
 
  
==Clive Freedman==
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You're unfamiliar with Show preview I take it.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 00:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I've undone your attempt at changing the Clive Freedman's page name for a couple of reasons.
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:No, I do use it, just overlooked it when I did preview. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 00:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
  
* The convention for contestants with duplicate names is to qualify them by the series in which they started their run, even though it may spill over to a second series.  There is no advantage in having 6 & 7 in the page title, as it's never seen, other than in the category lists.
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== Two things ==
  
* Putting such characters as & in a page title have very unfortunate consequences, one of which results in the page in question not being able to be accessed at times.
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I have updated [[Template:Recap project progress bar‎]] so that the denominator will update whenever a new episode goes out (or, more precisely, when we create an article for it). Once I know how the numerator's been arrived at, I can update it further.
  
BTW, if you do a move again, as you did with Ben Cooke earlier in the week, there's a lot more to be done than just moving the page and creating a disambiguation page. All the pages which refer to the page which as been moved have themselves to be edited. In the case of the Ben Cooke page which you moved, there were 19 references elsewhere in the wiki which needed amending.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 19:37, 7 July 2010 (BST)
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As for <strike>Template:Multiple eps</strike>, the reason it's no longer used is that no new recording dates are likely to be published any time soon, and it doesn't show up in [[Special:WhatLinksHere]] because it's designed to be substituted. However, at some point recording will resume, and I had planned to resume use of it later. Is the source code anywhere about, or would I need to recreate it nearer the time?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 02:49, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
:No worries. Series 30 references to Ben Cooke have been fixed now. :)  --[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 19:25, 8 July 2010 (BST)
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:It’s not quite that simple. The denominator is [[:Category:Episodes with round details]], not the total ep count, and the numerator is that category &minus; [[:Category:Partial recaps]] and [[:Category:Blank recaps]], although at present there aren’t any. As for multiple eps, does [[Special:Undelete]] not work? And in the past it’s simply copied and pasted per episode, so I really don’t think much of that template quite frankly. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 03:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
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::I've updated the bar. [[Special:Undelete]] has never worked on this wiki; if you go to [[Special:Undelete/Template:Multiple eps]], the word 'diff' for the diffs are black. I don't think this wiki keeps deleted revisions.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 05:37, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
  
==Signing your messages==
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== ZoomDown ==
I notice you have been manually signing your messages.  Well, you don't need to do that, it is a lot of work.  There is a button at the top of the window (where the bold, italic etc. buttons are) which does it automatically for you.  You will find this 2nd from the right in the row of buttons. --[[User:Vande|Vande]] 17:01, 9 July 2010 (BST)
 
  
: You mean like this?--[[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:20, 9 July 2010 (BST)
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Just a minor thing - I noticed in my game with Robbo in ZD3, our declarations of POSSET and SPOUTS are the wrong way round. Would you care to fix it? :) [[User:Brahag16|Brahag16]]
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:All done. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 13:22, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
  
:: Hooray. It DID IT!!!!!--[[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:20, 9 July 2010 (BST)
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== Apterous ==
  
::: Glad to be of help ;-) --[[User:Vande|Vande]] 17:23, 9 July 2010 (BST)
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I follow this wiki with a web tracker. Had I known it would fall over I would have followed that as well. Could you let me know as soon as Apterous itself comes back up again so I can track it?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 17:51, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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:I'm going to pretend I actually understand any of this, and just say "yes, when Apto comes back I will leave a note for you". I have no idea what you mean about a web tracker. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:53, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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::[http://www.followthatpage.com FollowThatPage], if you've heard of it.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 17:58, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
  
==Episode 2636==
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== Userpage ==
Doctor, in round 8, C1 explained that he had a method which used all the numbers. Basically what he did was:
 
* 8 - 7 = 1
 
* 2 - 1 = 1
 
  
and then he multiplied it by the (5 x 100) + 8, because that still made the right answer.
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I hope you don't mind, but I've protected your userpage. No-one else should be editing it anyway.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 14:48, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
  
Hope that clears things up. :) [[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] 16:33, 11 July 2010 (BST)
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== Talk pages ==
  
== Featured Articles ==
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I just blocked you for five minutes per my talk page request until 22:44, it should elapse of its own volition. Let me know if you can reply to this.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 21:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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:Annoyingly, I wasn't looking at the wiki in that time...! Try again?  [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 22:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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::I've blocked for ten minutes this time.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 22:24, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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:::Yep, have unblocked myself (since it doesn't remove admin privileges if blocked). Talk page didn't work, couldn't edit it. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 22:27, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  
Hello Crispy,
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== [[User:Anthony S]] ==
  
Could you give us some notification if there will be another featured article for august. As you will see on [[Countdown:Featured articles]], I have made a few more proposals, going on the basis that they have the same amount of detail as <del>[[Harvey Freeman]]</del>, who went on to become an FA. I'm not going to start nagging about [[Scott Mearns]], but I really do think he should be in there for August. Anyway, back to the point, and could you please tell us whether the will be another Featured Article for August 2010. Please. Please.
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What do we think about [[User:Anthony S]]?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 19:35, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
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: I'm sure Charlie can override us anyway. Maybe I'm more generous than most, but I'm yeeting them, because if it looks like a Hancock and smells like a Hancock it probably is a Hancock. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 20:57, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
  
Yours Faithfully,
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== Wikipedia ==
  
[[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 12:09, 12 July 2010 (BST)
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What I'm asking will effectively out me, but what is your opinion of [[Wikipedia:User talk:Launchballer#Wiki Signup]]?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 16:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
: Try and avoid making such a mess around here, Doctor! ;-) I'd suggest the article for [[Scott Mearns]] has all of the ''content'' prerequisite for a featured article, but is let down by the general tone in places - i.e., it doesn't quite feel encyclopaedic. That said, there will definitely be a new FA for August, for which I will make preparations nearer the end of the month. I normally give articles a little proofread and a tidy during this process, but if you want to you are welcome to have a go at 'beefing it up' yourself.
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:I think the only way forward is for someone to contact Charlie, quite honestly. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 00:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
: As an example, I can see immediately that the introductory paragraph needs extending. It needs to be longer than the Twitter-esque summary that it is at the moment, but not so long that it contains every fact from the body of the article. For a good example of the ideal length in my opinion, see the article for [[Stewart Holden]].
 
: I hope this helps! Best wishes, [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 11:52, 13 July 2010 (BST)
 
::Where in the page? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 16:40, 13 July 2010 (BST)
 
:::Oh, thanks truly. I am doing a "rewrite" "write" now (to use a [[Richard Whiteley]] style joke.) [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 12:02, 13 July 2010 (BST)
 
::::OH, DAMN IT! I was giving him a rewrite then I accidentally pressed Delete. <nowiki> [cries] </nowiki> [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 12:12, 13 July 2010 (BST)
 
:::::OK, Chris, I've given [[Scott Mearns|him]] a rewrite. By the way, I added a totally Scott Mearns-unrealted comment on the featured articles page. [[Ryan Taylor]], anyone? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 10:00, 15 July 2010 (BST)
 
::::::That's looking a lot better. I'll give it a once over myself as a second pair of eyes shortly before it goes up. Thanks for your hard work! [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 15:31, 17 July 2010 (BST)
 
  
== JOLT ==
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== Black Takeover Day ==
  
Dear Doctor,
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I assume you're aware that in September 2021 an edition will air hosted by [https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-kickstarts-fresh-push-greater-and-screen-representation-black-takeover-day entirely black talent].--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 21:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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: *facepalm* That's the kind of virtue signalling crap that Channel 4 do these days, I'm afraid. Unless it's a Catsdown edition. Can't really imagine Damian being too happy about not having Nick, Rachel, or Susie in their positions... [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 23:04, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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::More likely is that it'll be a special episode within a series, like how [[Episode S40]] was within [[Series 71]].--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 09:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
  
Just in case you miss my request in the original edit summary, please see and respond to my message to you on [[Talk:JOLT]].
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== Catsdown ==
  
Thanks,
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Go ahead and move the Catsdown articles to "Episode CatsX". If we later decide to move it, the difficult bit's been done.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 11:26, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
  
[[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 12:53, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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== [[Template:Octostats]] ==
  
==12 round format==
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As you may have worked out, what I was doing was trying to find an answer to the question posed at [[Talk:Elliott Mellor]] by adding [[:Category:Octochamps]] to all uses of the template because, in my mind, all entries which showed up under '8' would have been those who'd got all eight of their heat conundrums correct (actually, the only entry which came up under 8 was [[Lew Schwarz]], who got 8 out of 10, with [[Clive Freedman (Series 7)|Clive Freedman]] coming up under '-' and everyone else coming up under '<'). Unfortunately, I got lazy in undoing my edit, and hadn't reckoned on having made the next most recent edit, which I undid at the same time&hellip;--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 22:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
  
I only put this in because all the other formats have their own page. I thought it would be best to make up the set. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 13:44, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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== Repeated Teatime Teasers ==
: That's fair enough, but I feel that just because there is a gap it doesn't mean it needs filling. As they say, a composition is not about the notes you use but rather the notes you leave out. I'll leave the page for a few days as I am happy to listen if anyone has a particularly strong reason for it to remain. ''Please'' don't take my actions on the wiki this afternoon as negative, by the way - your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated. I just have to keep an eye on things like consistency with other pages which are easily forgotten when you're passionately writing away. :-)
 
: Regards,
 
: [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 16:47, 13 July 2010 (BST)
 
  
== Numerical redirects ==
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I believe repeated teatime teasers may become a regular occurrence and I think they deserve a standalone category. The search results for "Teatime Teasers" are clogged with "[[:Category:Recaps with missing or incomplete Teatime Teasers]]", so I've preemptively emptied [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Teatime Teaser]].--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 20:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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:Fair enough, I guess - but would also then think about repeated conundrums and returnees as categories as well. Arguably more important. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 21:12, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
  
OK, this one's beyond me... what's with the seed order numerical redirects for Series 2 finalists e.g., [[Ash Haji (7)]]? -- [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 18:50, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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== Link account ==
: I believe he's done this because in series 2 there were 16 seeds rather than the usual 8. So the Coc-progress template has been used, as the finals progress template only allows up to 8 seeds. The finals template adds seed number, whereas the Coc does not.  A better way, IMO, would have been (to ask someone) to produce a finals-progress template which allows for 16 seeds.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 19:45, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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Hello! If you'd like to link this account from your apterous account, please visit https://www.apterous.org/user_wikiaccount.php. [[User:Reams|Charlie]] 17:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
:: Unless I am misunderstanding, there is one under the Progress heading. I am just not sure why the seed numbers need to be appended to each seed's name and this link redirected to their article. Heck, even if that form was preferred it would be much simpler just to have <nowiki>[[Ash Haji|Ash Haji (7)]]</nowiki> which avoids having sixteen redundant redirects. (I am ignoring the fact that the seed numbers are never wikilinked anyway!) Am I just missing something? -- [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 22:58, 13 July 2010 (BST)
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:An interesting decision to contact people that way. I'd have used [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]] personally. For the record, I do have [https://www.apterous.org/viewuser.php?user=107649 an account], so that I can view the public chat, but I don't have a subscription.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 22:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
::: Ok Doctor, here's an alternative.  I've replaced "Russell Byers" with <nowiki>"Russell Byers{{!!}}Russell Byers (1)"</nowiki>, and all seems to work perfectly, without any need for the numerical redirects.  I've only done him.  You can do the other 15 if you like, and then delete the 16 redirects.  I'll do them later if you prefer.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 09:29, 14 July 2010 (BST)
 
:::: Fixed. :) --[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 12:35, 14 July 2010 (BST)
 
== Countdown Wii Game ==
 
  
http://www.apterous.org is the only sensible answer to your query there. Nebagram 15:15, 14 July 2010 (BST)
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== Christmas Special ==
  
== Supreme Championship II ==
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A long shot, but do you know if they have a spare Catsdown Christmas special I can expect this year? They filmed the 8 Out of 10 Cats special back in January.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 22:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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:I think they’re filming a new one [https://twitter.com/rachelrileyrr/status/1334127320714579973?s=21], but we’ll see if it’s a Christmas one nearer the time. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 15:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
  
Not bad, although if Series 64 and 65 are included you may have to wait another year to make the championship. Maybe the Series 63, 64 and 65 champions should be replaced with [[Natascha Kearsey]], [[Paul Gallen]] and [[Steve Briers]] seeing as they won CoCs but not regular series. [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 12:46, 15 July 2010 (BST)
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== Cricket ==
:Also, I made up a 16-round format that you might want to use: LNCLLLNCLLLNCLNC.
 
  
== Images ==
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Is [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/02/channel-4-wins-rights-for-england-test-cricket-tour-of-india this] at all likely to trouble Countdown being broadcast? I must admit I don't know how long cricket matches run for.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 15:16, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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:Right, as a big cricket fan... editions scheduled for 24-26 Feb, 12 Mar, 16 Mar, 18 Mar, 23 Mar, 26 Mar will be affected. As far as I'm aware most of those are already in the can, so presumably moved to Saturdays (or 12 Mar onwards, maybe moved earlier). [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 21:11, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
  
I've done my best to correct the aspect ratio of [[:Image:JRC2.jpg|the photo of Julie Russell]]. It's probably not a perfect job as it is a crop of the original freeze-frame and hence not exactly 16:9/4:3. However, it's a lot better than it was. -- [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 15:39, 17 July 2010 (BST)
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== Yesterday ==
  
== Episodes category ==
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I reckon you made as many edits to this site yesterday (1024) as I've made in the last 375 days.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 00:37, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
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: Haha, yes - I didn't have a bot to do that so it was all manual. Didn't take too long, though. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 13:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
  
Hi Doctor.  I know that you've seen what I've done to create an alternative letters template to prevent non-broadcastable episodes from being included in the '''Episodes with round details''' category.  And what you tried out is exactly the right thing to do.  So can you now change each of the R-letters templates to Rx-letters in all of your fantasy games.  You'll know when you've picked all the lines, as the '''Episodes with round details''' category will no longer be generated for the page.  Many thanks.  If you prefer, I can do it for you. :) --[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 17:32, 20 July 2010 (BST)
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Declan McGurk
:Yep. Could you do it for me, btw i have them on my watchlists so you will not get away with anything... and could you please do one for nums and cons. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:38, 20 July 2010 (BST)
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Hi Rhys, yeah I did put Declan in as a finalist,and was unaware that they had an extra filming day at the time. Spike.
::Nums and Cons don't need an alternative template, as it's only the R-letters template which generates the category in question.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 18:18, 20 July 2010 (BST)
 
:::Your talk pages done.--[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 18:49, 20 July 2010 (BST)
 
  
==[[Episode 5085]]==
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== Today's recap ==
If you're going to do episodes, at least have the decency to do them correctly, please. I found no fewer than 5 mistakes on your copy of this episode. [[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] 18:53, 20 July 2010 (BST)
 
:Well, I tried. Still, could be worse. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 09:19, 21 July 2010 (BST)
 
  
== Password Problem ==
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I've got today's recap - civic holiday here FTW. [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 12:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
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:Ace. I still need to do the text version though...! [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 13:09, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
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::Yep, you're on your own for that one :) [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 13:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
  
Yes, I think that's sorted --[[User:The Countdown Man|The Countdown Man]] 13:52, 22 July 2010 (BST)
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== Asked a couple of people who make recaps this, but figured I'd ask you too ==
  
== I'll shut up then.... ==
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Do you actually measure the conundrum times in quarter-seconds using a stopwatch, or do you just eyeball it? I really don't like being unreliable with any part of my recaps. [[User:JohnnyCanuck|JohnnyCanuck]] 23:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
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:ZoomDown is pure guesswork, Countdown itself is eyeballed, based on the lights + handle. .75 seconds = the light for the next second is just about to come on, .25 = a fraction past the light, .5 = about halfway, .00 = on the light. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 13:10, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  
Goodbye, until further notice. :-C [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:41, 13 August 2010 (BST)
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== Sourcing ==
  
== Preview ==
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Potentially showing my ignorance, but what was wrong with P*nkN*ws? They were listed as generally reliable at [[wikipedia:WP:RSP]].--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 13:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi, do you see a "Show preview" button next to the "Save page" button when editing a page? It would be helpful if you would use it, especially when it takes a few attempts to get something right as you were trying to do on [[Championship of Champions X]]. -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 11:28, 28 August 2010 (BST)
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:Personal grievance. They printed slander about me in Dec 2019 and refused to withdraw it, even when I contacted the editor directly. He and I are no longer on speaking terms (blocked each other on social medias, etc). PN are not in IPSO, so I cannot complain that way either. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 13:31, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, I did use it, but I stopped when I ran out of time. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 11:42, 28 August 2010 (BST)
 
  
== [[Episode 2694]] ==
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== Guests ==
Hi, what you've given as John's solution in round 4 makes no sense.  Could you please check what you intended to write? -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 02:26, 8 September 2010 (BST)
 
  
Oops.
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Where did you get the most recent information from?--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 03:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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: Somebody told me. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 09:10, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
  
== [[Episode 2701]] ==
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== [[Episode 7652]] ==
  
Hi, I noticed that you removed the erroneous [[:Category:Recaps with missing or incomplete Teatime Teasers]] from this article.  If you're going to do this, it would be to the point to check for other erroneous categories.  For example, the format (9-round, 15-round, etc.) category was wrong, and indeed this triggered my recap tidier program to add the missing TTT category.  Just something to note for the future. -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 01:45, 30 September 2010 (BST)
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Does Countdown give contestants copies of their episodes? I know when I appeared on ''London Tonight'' in September 2007 ITV sent me a DVD of my appearance.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 01:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 
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: They don’t, but I will lean on Stu for a result if we don’t get this broadcast at any point. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 12:59, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
== [[Episode 1621]] ==
 
 
 
You've lost me somewhat.  Firstly, what is the source of the scan you cited in the edit summary? Secondly, while I'm a little confused by the format of the letters round details, it seems that it should at least enable one to begin putting the round details into the page, but you seem to be claiming otherwise.  (OK, I haven't done it either, but when I've a bit more time....)  Thirdly, have you evidence that whoever wrote that sheet did a thorough search to make sure no better words were possible?  Fourthly, it isn't clear why you reverted the other tweaks I made besides removing that sentence. -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 18:13, 7 October 2010 (BST)
 
:To answer your questions, Mike Brown, They're booking them on the forum, Yes, Sorry. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 18:25, 7 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
== Contributing so much ==
 
 
 
Doctor, you're always looking for new things to do on here, so much so that other people are becoming rather redundant as you step into their breeches.  Well, I have an idea - I reckon you should start taking a screen capture of every single contestant on the show from 4OD and submitting it to their page, and not only that, you should also add their occupation and location and any other trivia you see as interesting. That should keep you busy!  I look forward to looking at all this - good luck!! --[[User:Vande|Vande]] 16:24, 14 October 2010 (BST)
 
:I'm not really interested in pictures, though, and the wiki is for anybody to edit, right? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 17:15, 14 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
 
 
== Masters ==
 
 
 
Nice work on making the Masters winners link properly - I couldn't figure out a way of doing that when I did those tables ages ago! --[[User:Vande|Vande]] 13:45, 20 October 2010 (BST)
 
:Simple really, I inputed <nowiki>M1{{!!}}Masters Series 1</nowiki> and then made a redirect. Simples. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 13:50, 20 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
== Dr Phil Hammond picture ==
 
Rhys, slight problem with this: [[:Image:GOTD Dr phil hammond.jpg]].
 
It needs to be this: [[:Image:GOTD dr phil hammond.jpg]].
 
 
 
Hope you can sort that. :D [[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] 15:51, 26 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
Oh Poo. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 16:15, 26 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
It's uploaded but not appearing [[Dr Phil Hammond|here]]. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 18:49, 27 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
:Pic now sorted, Doc.  Just all the categories to fix now.  :) --[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 20:01, 27 October 2010 (BST)
 
 
 
== Leaderboard dating ==
 
 
 
I like the idea of putting a "correct as of ..." note. BUT, it needs to show a specific date, rather than always today.  For example, it's now saying correct as of 8th November, yet it's actually only correct as of 5th November. No time to add today's update till much later.  Can you do it? --[[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 16:47, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 

Latest revision as of 12:59, 5 December 2021

It is currently Thursday 28 March 2024.

Mike Brown

Sorry, I got halfway through typing this and hit a wall. The current Mike Brown, with numerous co-event appearances and several wins, is (in my opinion) clearly the primary topic for people searching for Mike Brown. You can argue whether or not Stephen Howe constitutes a primary topic, but as I was doing one, I thought I may as well do the other.--Launchballer 15:07, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

That's not right, for me. It should be the case that both Browns, Howes, etc. are treated equally. The Doctor 18:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
@Launchballer: I don't believe there is such a notion as "primary topic", and indeed that is what Disam pages are for. The fact we had two Mike Browns in the same series is irrelevant; your logic would imply that the likes of Chris Davies need to be re-done, and I don't think that's appropriate at all. The Doctor 10:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Fair enough, I'll change them back. I can't be bothered to sift through Category:Disambiguation pages, I'm in the throes of assessment season.
On a completely unrelated matter, are you an actual doctor, because I hit my head on a low ceiling yesterday morning, and I've since been dry heaving - both of which are symptoms of concussion.--Launchballer 11:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
No. It was just an awful Doctor Who reference when I made this account nearly 10 years ago. The Doctor 12:17, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
I have a horrible feeling I may have to go through that category anyway given that a random sample of disambiguation pages shows a complete lack of consistency. Possibly a job for a template?--Launchballer 14:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Really? A random sample for me shows a lot of consistency.... The Doctor 15:05, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Some contain full sentences (Steve Harris and Andrew Jackson), while some are bullet points (Mark Jones and Barry Smith) and others contain varying lengths of lede (Chris Davies and Debbie Jones).--Launchballer 16:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Joe Lycett

I do not agree with including Joe Lycett's 'real name' within his article here. It smacks of recentism, and we haven't included the real names of Lee Mack or Johnny Vegas or Paul Sinha here.--Launchballer 12:29, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

@Launchballer - to that I say "why not"? The Doctor 18:30, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm not seeing anything in Countdown:About, and I will admit to being slightly biased due to my contempt for celebrity in general (I take the view that the Catsdown contestant articles should not contain any more detail than the Countdown contestant articles), however this Hugo Boss business strikes me as a prank for a show and would amount to a footnote in an encyclopedia entry, so it seems too trivial for us. Leave it for Wikipedia.--Launchballer 20:25, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Andy Hewitts

That's the second time I've been caught out today; first with William G. Stewart, which is not accessible, and second with the new editor JackH, who I initially thought was an occasional editor of UKGameshows.com, another site I edit, but now I'm not sure. Which Andy Hewitt, if either, is the new one?--Launchballer 18:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorted it all out, all the Andy Hewitt's are the same person, spoke to him earlier. JRTerrier24 19:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
@JRTerrier24: I was told as the program was going out that it was the S62 Hewitt, but if he’s said they’re the same person that sorts that out. The Doctor 19:18, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
@Launchballer: The category had a full stop and WGS’s page didn’t, hence the redirect as adding the infobox threw up a red link. The Doctor 19:18, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I meant I'd been caught out in that I forgot that .s don't seem to work in mainspace and so I managed to break it by moving William G Stewart to William G. Stewart - which I promptly moved back rather red-facedly.--Launchballer 19:20, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Series 1

Series 1 I had to restore from scratch using Google Cache after it was accidentally deleted, and it wasn't even the first page that's happened to. Like smashed glass on a duvet, people are still rolling over and wincing. There must be some way of preventing something like this happening; do we have a backup anywhere? And whose idea was it for us to not record deleted revisions?--Launchballer 13:32, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Mike Brown

Please be more careful when repairing page-move vandalism, as your deletion of Obselute took the page history of Mike Brown (debut episode 3328) with it. Don't worry, JohnnyCanuck deleted the page history of Rhys Benjamin when he deleted Rhys BenjamIn, and back when he had rights MartinS took out the history of Series 1 when he deleted Deleted Page, but still please be more careful.--Launchballer 19:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Mike Brown was fine anyway, wasn't it? Unlike Series 1, there was the up-to-date version of Mike Brown, I think? The Doctor 20:01, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

ZoomDown contestants

Where do they get the contestants for ZoomDown from? I assumed they were all from Apterous.--Launchballer 23:45, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Mostly from Apterous, but also some from a Facebook group. Paul put some feelers out in more or less everywhere. (Edit) They're chosen by Paul to try and generate close match-ups. The Doctor 23:48, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

COLIN XVI

You're unfamiliar with Show preview I take it.--Launchballer 00:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

No, I do use it, just overlooked it when I did preview. The Doctor 00:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Two things

I have updated Template:Recap project progress bar‎ so that the denominator will update whenever a new episode goes out (or, more precisely, when we create an article for it). Once I know how the numerator's been arrived at, I can update it further.

As for Template:Multiple eps, the reason it's no longer used is that no new recording dates are likely to be published any time soon, and it doesn't show up in Special:WhatLinksHere because it's designed to be substituted. However, at some point recording will resume, and I had planned to resume use of it later. Is the source code anywhere about, or would I need to recreate it nearer the time?--Launchballer 02:49, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

It’s not quite that simple. The denominator is Category:Episodes with round details, not the total ep count, and the numerator is that category − Category:Partial recaps and Category:Blank recaps, although at present there aren’t any. As for multiple eps, does Special:Undelete not work? And in the past it’s simply copied and pasted per episode, so I really don’t think much of that template quite frankly. The Doctor 03:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
I've updated the bar. Special:Undelete has never worked on this wiki; if you go to Special:Undelete/Template:Multiple eps, the word 'diff' for the diffs are black. I don't think this wiki keeps deleted revisions.--Launchballer 05:37, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

ZoomDown

Just a minor thing - I noticed in my game with Robbo in ZD3, our declarations of POSSET and SPOUTS are the wrong way round. Would you care to fix it? :) Brahag16

All done. The Doctor 13:22, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Apterous

I follow this wiki with a web tracker. Had I known it would fall over I would have followed that as well. Could you let me know as soon as Apterous itself comes back up again so I can track it?--Launchballer 17:51, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm going to pretend I actually understand any of this, and just say "yes, when Apto comes back I will leave a note for you". I have no idea what you mean about a web tracker. The Doctor 17:53, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
FollowThatPage, if you've heard of it.--Launchballer 17:58, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Userpage

I hope you don't mind, but I've protected your userpage. No-one else should be editing it anyway.--Launchballer 14:48, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Talk pages

I just blocked you for five minutes per my talk page request until 22:44, it should elapse of its own volition. Let me know if you can reply to this.--Launchballer 21:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Annoyingly, I wasn't looking at the wiki in that time...! Try again? The Doctor 22:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
I've blocked for ten minutes this time.--Launchballer 22:24, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Yep, have unblocked myself (since it doesn't remove admin privileges if blocked). Talk page didn't work, couldn't edit it. The Doctor 22:27, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

User:Anthony S

What do we think about User:Anthony S?--Launchballer 19:35, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm sure Charlie can override us anyway. Maybe I'm more generous than most, but I'm yeeting them, because if it looks like a Hancock and smells like a Hancock it probably is a Hancock. The Doctor 20:57, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia

What I'm asking will effectively out me, but what is your opinion of Wikipedia:User talk:Launchballer#Wiki Signup?--Launchballer 16:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

I think the only way forward is for someone to contact Charlie, quite honestly. The Doctor 00:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Black Takeover Day

I assume you're aware that in September 2021 an edition will air hosted by entirely black talent.--Launchballer 21:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

*facepalm* That's the kind of virtue signalling crap that Channel 4 do these days, I'm afraid. Unless it's a Catsdown edition. Can't really imagine Damian being too happy about not having Nick, Rachel, or Susie in their positions... The Doctor 23:04, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
More likely is that it'll be a special episode within a series, like how Episode S40 was within Series 71.--Launchballer 09:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Catsdown

Go ahead and move the Catsdown articles to "Episode CatsX". If we later decide to move it, the difficult bit's been done.--Launchballer 11:26, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Template:Octostats

As you may have worked out, what I was doing was trying to find an answer to the question posed at Talk:Elliott Mellor by adding Category:Octochamps to all uses of the template because, in my mind, all entries which showed up under '8' would have been those who'd got all eight of their heat conundrums correct (actually, the only entry which came up under 8 was Lew Schwarz, who got 8 out of 10, with Clive Freedman coming up under '-' and everyone else coming up under '<'). Unfortunately, I got lazy in undoing my edit, and hadn't reckoned on having made the next most recent edit, which I undid at the same time…--Launchballer 22:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Repeated Teatime Teasers

I believe repeated teatime teasers may become a regular occurrence and I think they deserve a standalone category. The search results for "Teatime Teasers" are clogged with "Category:Recaps with missing or incomplete Teatime Teasers", so I've preemptively emptied Special:WhatLinksHere/Teatime Teaser.--Launchballer 20:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough, I guess - but would also then think about repeated conundrums and returnees as categories as well. Arguably more important. The Doctor 21:12, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Link account

Hello! If you'd like to link this account from your apterous account, please visit https://www.apterous.org/user_wikiaccount.php. Charlie 17:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

An interesting decision to contact people that way. I'd have used MediaWiki:Sitenotice personally. For the record, I do have an account, so that I can view the public chat, but I don't have a subscription.--Launchballer 22:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Christmas Special

A long shot, but do you know if they have a spare Catsdown Christmas special I can expect this year? They filmed the 8 Out of 10 Cats special back in January.--Launchballer 22:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I think they’re filming a new one [1], but we’ll see if it’s a Christmas one nearer the time. The Doctor 15:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Cricket

Is this at all likely to trouble Countdown being broadcast? I must admit I don't know how long cricket matches run for.--Launchballer 15:16, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Right, as a big cricket fan... editions scheduled for 24-26 Feb, 12 Mar, 16 Mar, 18 Mar, 23 Mar, 26 Mar will be affected. As far as I'm aware most of those are already in the can, so presumably moved to Saturdays (or 12 Mar onwards, maybe moved earlier). The Doctor (talk | contribs) 21:11, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Yesterday

I reckon you made as many edits to this site yesterday (1024) as I've made in the last 375 days.--Launchballer 00:37, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Haha, yes - I didn't have a bot to do that so it was all manual. Didn't take too long, though. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 13:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Declan McGurk Hi Rhys, yeah I did put Declan in as a finalist,and was unaware that they had an extra filming day at the time. Spike.

Today's recap

I've got today's recap - civic holiday here FTW. JohnnyCanuck 12:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Ace. I still need to do the text version though...! The Doctor (talk | contribs) 13:09, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Yep, you're on your own for that one :) JohnnyCanuck 13:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Asked a couple of people who make recaps this, but figured I'd ask you too

Do you actually measure the conundrum times in quarter-seconds using a stopwatch, or do you just eyeball it? I really don't like being unreliable with any part of my recaps. JohnnyCanuck 23:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

ZoomDown is pure guesswork, Countdown itself is eyeballed, based on the lights + handle. .75 seconds = the light for the next second is just about to come on, .25 = a fraction past the light, .5 = about halfway, .00 = on the light. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 13:10, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Sourcing

Potentially showing my ignorance, but what was wrong with P*nkN*ws? They were listed as generally reliable at wikipedia:WP:RSP.--Launchballer 13:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Personal grievance. They printed slander about me in Dec 2019 and refused to withdraw it, even when I contacted the editor directly. He and I are no longer on speaking terms (blocked each other on social medias, etc). PN are not in IPSO, so I cannot complain that way either. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 13:31, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Guests

Where did you get the most recent information from?--Launchballer 03:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Somebody told me. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 09:10, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Episode 7652

Does Countdown give contestants copies of their episodes? I know when I appeared on London Tonight in September 2007 ITV sent me a DVD of my appearance.--Launchballer (talk) 01:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

They don’t, but I will lean on Stu for a result if we don’t get this broadcast at any point. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 12:59, 5 December 2021 (UTC)