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The plan was for this to continue through the remainder of the series, as is common with some BBC programming.
Is this known, or speculation? I think there should be a reference, or this should be removed. Ros0709 12:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Neither the shows themselves, the BBC site, nor IMDB has titles for the individual episodes beyond "Episode 1", etc. They are cited to DigiGuide as the source, but what's the nature of that site? Where did it get the titles from? Without clear evidence to the contrary, I'd take the BBC site as the definitive source, and conclude that the proper titles are simply, "Episode 1," etc.-- Trystan ( talk) 18:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
At present the individual episodes consist almost entirely of in-universe plot summaries and trivia. With the exception of the pilot, all episode articles fail WP:EPISODE. It is likely that each individual episode of a television series will not be notable on its own, simply because there are not enough secondary sources available. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) explains further:
When an article is created, the subject's real-world notability should be established according to the general notability guideline by including independent reliable secondary sources — this will also ensure that there is enough source material for the article to be comprehensive and factually accurate.
Articles on a work of fiction should primarily describe it from a real-world perspective.
Every single one of the episode articles fail these policies.
Therefore all episode articles should be merged and redirected to List of Life on Mars episodes. Even then episode lists pages must still be notable, and contain out-of-universe context, and not merely be a list of episode titles or cast and crew: Wikipedia is not a directory. McWomble ( talk) 13:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Police,Mad,Jack ( talk · contribs)☺ 15:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Comment Moving content elsewhere is generally preferable to simply deleting it. How about this Life on Mars wiki? It's fairly sparse at the moment, but an infusion of this material could certainly jump start it.-- Trystan ( talk) 18:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
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![]() | The contents of the Series 1: Episode 1 (Life on Mars) page were merged into List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes on December 22, 2011. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | The contents of the Series 1: Episode 8 (Life on Mars) page were merged into List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes on December 22, 2011. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | The contents of the Series 2: Episode 1 (Life on Mars) page were merged into List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes on December 22, 2011. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | The contents of the Series 2: Episode 3 (Life on Mars) page were merged into List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes on December 22, 2011. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | The contents of the Series 2: Episode 8 (Life on Mars) page were merged into List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes on December 22, 2011. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
The plan was for this to continue through the remainder of the series, as is common with some BBC programming.
Is this known, or speculation? I think there should be a reference, or this should be removed. Ros0709 12:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Neither the shows themselves, the BBC site, nor IMDB has titles for the individual episodes beyond "Episode 1", etc. They are cited to DigiGuide as the source, but what's the nature of that site? Where did it get the titles from? Without clear evidence to the contrary, I'd take the BBC site as the definitive source, and conclude that the proper titles are simply, "Episode 1," etc.-- Trystan ( talk) 18:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
At present the individual episodes consist almost entirely of in-universe plot summaries and trivia. With the exception of the pilot, all episode articles fail WP:EPISODE. It is likely that each individual episode of a television series will not be notable on its own, simply because there are not enough secondary sources available. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) explains further:
When an article is created, the subject's real-world notability should be established according to the general notability guideline by including independent reliable secondary sources — this will also ensure that there is enough source material for the article to be comprehensive and factually accurate.
Articles on a work of fiction should primarily describe it from a real-world perspective.
Every single one of the episode articles fail these policies.
Therefore all episode articles should be merged and redirected to List of Life on Mars episodes. Even then episode lists pages must still be notable, and contain out-of-universe context, and not merely be a list of episode titles or cast and crew: Wikipedia is not a directory. McWomble ( talk) 13:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Police,Mad,Jack ( talk · contribs)☺ 15:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Comment Moving content elsewhere is generally preferable to simply deleting it. How about this Life on Mars wiki? It's fairly sparse at the moment, but an infusion of this material could certainly jump start it.-- Trystan ( talk) 18:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)