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I think this infobox should have parameters for the film's editor, cinematographer, etc.. IMDB does include this. Any objections? Easchiff( talk) 03:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
And I am going to add the 'cinematography' parameter now. (I hope it will work). Joshua Issac ( talk) 19:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
could someone investigate why this template creates an additional carriage return at the top of articles? examples of this anomaly can be seen here and here. -- emerson7 23:22, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
As shown on this page, the code for a TV.com link is wrong. To make it work, the text needs to be "tv.com_id", not "tv_com_id". Suggest correcting to functional syntax, but adding to template to support both, as there must be pages using this format having copied from this page. -- hmcnally ( talk) 13:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any chance that this template can be fixed so that the image_size tag works as in {{ Infobox Film}} (or the way it's supposed to work there, anyway)? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
CURRENT {{#if: {{{image|<noinclude>-</noinclude>}}} | {{!}} style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{!}} {{{image}}} {{#if: {{{caption|<noinclude>-</noinclude>}}} | <br/><span style="font-size: 95%; line-height:1.5em;">{{{caption}}}</span> }} NEW {{#if:{{{image|}}}| {{!}} style="font-size: 95%; line-height:1.5em; text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{!}} [[File:{{{image}}}|{{#if:{{{image_size|}}}|<!--then:-->{{px|{{{image_size}}} }}|<!--else:-->220px}}|]] {{#if:{{{caption|}}}|<br />{{{caption}}}}}
-- emerson7 05:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm working on Tin Man (TV miniseries) and the "last_aired" parameter appears not to be working. I've filled it out, but it doesn't show up in the page view as it does in the examples here. A little help? -- IllaZilla ( talk) 07:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm proposing substantial behind-the-scenes changes to bring it this template in line with {{ Infobox Film}}. The visible changes will be minimal - see this example. Pick over the source code, please. - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 20:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
An editor used this template as an example of it being optional to format <br> (break) without a space and a slash. That is true to an extent that it is option but I'd like the template to not just do the bare minimum that is required but show the preferred most strictly correct XHTML formatting for <br />. Templates should follow best practice right? Hoping for some consensus before changing, even a +1 or "I agree" comment would be appreciated. -- Horkana ( talk) 02:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Could the runtime be moved down some? I don't see why it needs to be the first thing listed after the image. Also, the heading should be changed to just "Runtime". BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 16:12, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Synchronize with Template:Infobox television film/sandbox. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 12:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been raised on WT:FILM under WT:FILM#Merge of minor infobox variants which is pertinent to this template. Please leave comments or suggestions on that thread. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Should there be a "name_2" parameter for additional, alternative titles for the film?-- Twinsday ( talk) 05:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Since this template is also used for miniseries, it misses the |list_episodes=
parameter as seen in {{
Infobox television}}. The line: |data20 = {{{num_episodes|}}}
replaced by: |data20 = {{{num_episodes|}}} {{#if: {{{list_episodes|}}} | ([[{{{list_episodes}}}|List of episodes]])}}
should do it. Thanks
Xeworlebi (
t•
c) 17:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
|Camera=
but it's there for those that do use it. 19:51, 28 February 2010 (UTC)Friends, why are we still seeing the forced linking of "English" in this infobox? Finally, the country-name isn't linked unless the editors determine it's helpful; can we please fix this? Most television films are in English, aren't they. Tony (talk) 09:26, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to split the writer credits, but to my surprise this template has not yet implemented this. Splitting writer credits meaning in addition to |writer=
a |screenplay=
(maybe we should call it "teleplay" here?), |story=
and |based on=
parameter. This has been discussed at length at
Template talk:Infobox film#Writer Parameter where it has been implemented on {{
Infobox film}}, this carrier pretty much verbatim over to this template, so this shouldn't be all that controversial. I've updated the
sandbox with this as well as some other adjustments, such as the addition of |Narrated by=
, changes in the order, de-bolded "Official website", and to auto-link languages as I suggested
above, and works fine with already linked languages, so it shouldn't mess those up.
Xeworlebi (
talk) 14:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Would it be possible (or a good idea) to add parameters for a background and foreground color, as seen on Template:Infobox television season? I'm trying to work on an article that I believe would benefit from this, but I wanted to make sure this was something that would be a good idea first. Thanks. Kevinbrogers ( talk) 16:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Why do those two get to be at the top? It looks very stilted and unnatural, especially because Template:Infobox film is also widely used, and it doesn't have those at the top. They should match each other, as both of these templates are very similar. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 19:39, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Infobox television film template. |
|
![]() | This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | This template was considered for deletion on 2015 April 25. The result of the discussion was "keep". |
![]() | This template was considered for deletion on 2015 April 27. The result of the discussion was "merge". |
I think this infobox should have parameters for the film's editor, cinematographer, etc.. IMDB does include this. Any objections? Easchiff( talk) 03:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
And I am going to add the 'cinematography' parameter now. (I hope it will work). Joshua Issac ( talk) 19:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
could someone investigate why this template creates an additional carriage return at the top of articles? examples of this anomaly can be seen here and here. -- emerson7 23:22, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
As shown on this page, the code for a TV.com link is wrong. To make it work, the text needs to be "tv.com_id", not "tv_com_id". Suggest correcting to functional syntax, but adding to template to support both, as there must be pages using this format having copied from this page. -- hmcnally ( talk) 13:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any chance that this template can be fixed so that the image_size tag works as in {{ Infobox Film}} (or the way it's supposed to work there, anyway)? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
CURRENT {{#if: {{{image|<noinclude>-</noinclude>}}} | {{!}} style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{!}} {{{image}}} {{#if: {{{caption|<noinclude>-</noinclude>}}} | <br/><span style="font-size: 95%; line-height:1.5em;">{{{caption}}}</span> }} NEW {{#if:{{{image|}}}| {{!}} style="font-size: 95%; line-height:1.5em; text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{!}} [[File:{{{image}}}|{{#if:{{{image_size|}}}|<!--then:-->{{px|{{{image_size}}} }}|<!--else:-->220px}}|]] {{#if:{{{caption|}}}|<br />{{{caption}}}}}
-- emerson7 05:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm working on Tin Man (TV miniseries) and the "last_aired" parameter appears not to be working. I've filled it out, but it doesn't show up in the page view as it does in the examples here. A little help? -- IllaZilla ( talk) 07:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm proposing substantial behind-the-scenes changes to bring it this template in line with {{ Infobox Film}}. The visible changes will be minimal - see this example. Pick over the source code, please. - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 20:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
An editor used this template as an example of it being optional to format <br> (break) without a space and a slash. That is true to an extent that it is option but I'd like the template to not just do the bare minimum that is required but show the preferred most strictly correct XHTML formatting for <br />. Templates should follow best practice right? Hoping for some consensus before changing, even a +1 or "I agree" comment would be appreciated. -- Horkana ( talk) 02:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Could the runtime be moved down some? I don't see why it needs to be the first thing listed after the image. Also, the heading should be changed to just "Runtime". BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 16:12, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Synchronize with Template:Infobox television film/sandbox. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 12:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been raised on WT:FILM under WT:FILM#Merge of minor infobox variants which is pertinent to this template. Please leave comments or suggestions on that thread. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Should there be a "name_2" parameter for additional, alternative titles for the film?-- Twinsday ( talk) 05:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Since this template is also used for miniseries, it misses the |list_episodes=
parameter as seen in {{
Infobox television}}. The line: |data20 = {{{num_episodes|}}}
replaced by: |data20 = {{{num_episodes|}}} {{#if: {{{list_episodes|}}} | ([[{{{list_episodes}}}|List of episodes]])}}
should do it. Thanks
Xeworlebi (
t•
c) 17:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
|Camera=
but it's there for those that do use it. 19:51, 28 February 2010 (UTC)Friends, why are we still seeing the forced linking of "English" in this infobox? Finally, the country-name isn't linked unless the editors determine it's helpful; can we please fix this? Most television films are in English, aren't they. Tony (talk) 09:26, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to split the writer credits, but to my surprise this template has not yet implemented this. Splitting writer credits meaning in addition to |writer=
a |screenplay=
(maybe we should call it "teleplay" here?), |story=
and |based on=
parameter. This has been discussed at length at
Template talk:Infobox film#Writer Parameter where it has been implemented on {{
Infobox film}}, this carrier pretty much verbatim over to this template, so this shouldn't be all that controversial. I've updated the
sandbox with this as well as some other adjustments, such as the addition of |Narrated by=
, changes in the order, de-bolded "Official website", and to auto-link languages as I suggested
above, and works fine with already linked languages, so it shouldn't mess those up.
Xeworlebi (
talk) 14:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Would it be possible (or a good idea) to add parameters for a background and foreground color, as seen on Template:Infobox television season? I'm trying to work on an article that I believe would benefit from this, but I wanted to make sure this was something that would be a good idea first. Thanks. Kevinbrogers ( talk) 16:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Why do those two get to be at the top? It looks very stilted and unnatural, especially because Template:Infobox film is also widely used, and it doesn't have those at the top. They should match each other, as both of these templates are very similar. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 19:39, 14 August 2013 (UTC)