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plicit
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This section isn't at all about the cast (other than parenthetically stating their names). It's about the characters—and boy, is it ever. These character "bios" exceed anything I've seen in other series articles. (That said, more flamboyant examples may very well exist—by definition, there's no limit on overwriting [LOL].)
Can someone tell me what useful purpose these über-extended character "bios" is supposed to serve? They'd mean little to people who haven't seen the show; and to those who have, they'd be redundant. Frankly, they seem like something for a fan forum, where endless discussion is not only appropriate, but encouraged—not an encyclopedia.
I like MM as much as anyone, and can understand people's enthusiasm for it. But in this reference context, could enthusiasm have obscured the principles of functionality? Seems like. –
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02:57, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I believe this article can be improved by summarize sections of this article and reducing overall length per guidelines set under Wikipedia:TOOBIG
current prose length is 13,120 words per https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/mad%20men Pdubs.94 ( talk) 00:14, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
(1.) Why is that section called "Identity and memory"? Identify, certainly, but memory? I've read the section a few times and don't get how that term applies to it.
(2.) In the Cast section, the Sal Romano character entry describes his repressed sexuality, superficial marriage, and how he was fired after being falsely accused of making advances on another man (who hid his own orientation)—such common and believable aspects of life as a gay man at that time. Yet "Themes and motifs" > Gender and sexuality" says nothing about this entire theme. What if the character description were more general, so the thematic events could be moved to a sub-subsection of their own? (I haven't presumed to do so.)
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10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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✗
plicit
03:55, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
This section isn't at all about the cast (other than parenthetically stating their names). It's about the characters—and boy, is it ever. These character "bios" exceed anything I've seen in other series articles. (That said, more flamboyant examples may very well exist—by definition, there's no limit on overwriting [LOL].)
Can someone tell me what useful purpose these über-extended character "bios" is supposed to serve? They'd mean little to people who haven't seen the show; and to those who have, they'd be redundant. Frankly, they seem like something for a fan forum, where endless discussion is not only appropriate, but encouraged—not an encyclopedia.
I like MM as much as anyone, and can understand people's enthusiasm for it. But in this reference context, could enthusiasm have obscured the principles of functionality? Seems like. –
AndyFielding (
talk)
02:57, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I believe this article can be improved by summarize sections of this article and reducing overall length per guidelines set under Wikipedia:TOOBIG
current prose length is 13,120 words per https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/mad%20men Pdubs.94 ( talk) 00:14, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
(1.) Why is that section called "Identity and memory"? Identify, certainly, but memory? I've read the section a few times and don't get how that term applies to it.
(2.) In the Cast section, the Sal Romano character entry describes his repressed sexuality, superficial marriage, and how he was fired after being falsely accused of making advances on another man (who hid his own orientation)—such common and believable aspects of life as a gay man at that time. Yet "Themes and motifs" > Gender and sexuality" says nothing about this entire theme. What if the character description were more general, so the thematic events could be moved to a sub-subsection of their own? (I haven't presumed to do so.)
–
AndyFielding (
talk)
10:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
The redirect
Mad Men (TV series has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 11 § Mad Men (TV series until a consensus is reached.
Utopes (
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cont)
04:28, 11 February 2024 (UTC)