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I've archived the talk page since no one had said anything for a month. I think we need to do something to get everyone interested in this project again. My suggestion is to revamp the front page, update the portal and really get going on the supposed "collaboration department." Who is still actively working this project? I've been a bit lax lately myself and would like to have a direction to work in along with other editors. Ideas? Perhaps an FA run for Futurama or a GA run for another article would get us revved up again. Stardust8212 20:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Something that has come up is the use of production seasons instead of broadcast seasons for episode numbering. Why does this project use production numbering when other shows use broadcast seasons? Surely uniformity would be good between these types of shows so shouldn't the broadcast seasons be used?- Localzuk (talk) 16:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed today that the screenshot used in Xmas Story had been deleted. The deletion log [1] shows it was speedy deleted for not having a fair use rationale. We need to add fair use rationale for all the images currently linked in any Futurama article. If you have a little time please try to do just a few of these and the task can get done quickly. Also if someone could get another shot for this episode and any other which may have been deleted (I'd do it myself but I only have season 4 on DVD). If you don't know what a fair use rationale should look like then just copy what is used on another picture like this one. Stardust8212 16:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a LOT of discussion going on right now about what the inclusion criteria for episode articles should be (check out Wikipedia talk:Television episodes) and I think a few ongoing issues are about to come to a head. I'd like us to avoid getting wrapped up in that whirlwind by taking a few preventative steps now. The main issue right now is people wanting to redirect the episodes to the season or episode list pages which would result in a lot of lost content as far as this project is concerned. the best way to prevent this is to make sure Futurama articles are covering all their bases as far as the guidleine is concerned. Let's cover the bullet points on that and I think that should give us a good argument if a mergist comes along:
So, seeing as we keep reorganizing our articles I think as of now they should be covered like so:
Please discuss any suggestions for how best to do this because I would really hate to see a lot of our hard work get trashed. I'd much rather have the people who want to get rid of episode articles come along and think "Now this is how the subject is supposed to be handled". I know The Simpsons has GA and even FA articles so I know we can do it! Stardust8212 21:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Bad news nobody, as I'm sure any of you that are watching episode articles have realized my worst fears on this issue have been realized. Every Futurama episode article has now been tagged and could be redirected in fourteen days. If you thought I was over reacting before I hope this now shows that this is an issue we need to deal with immediately. This is the time for the wikiproject to come together and really work this issue. I'll continue to do what I can by myself but my current rate is only about one article a day and I don't have 72 days before this needs to be resolved. Please help me
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I've put some further thought into this subject and I think the episode articles as a whole are improving though not nearly fast enough and most of them still don't seem to pass muster. I'm still looking for sources when I have time but they're starting to get pretty thin. There are a few pay to view sites I may yet try but well, I have to pay for them before I even know if they'll be useful. I've also come to a point in the improvement process that I've been trying to avoid for many months now but can no longer deny. The trivia needs to go. Wikipedia has a guideline about avoiding unsourced trivia ( WP:AVTRIV) and let's face it, that's what the "Cultural references" sections are. I love those sections as much as the next guy (they're actually what made me into a steady contributor) but I can no longer pretend they are somehow ok. My proposal is to move the "Cultural references" sections from all the episode articles onto their talk pages with the exception of any sourced material. For example in " Hell Is Other Robots" I would move everything not sourced leaving the section sourced from the Pinsky book. The items that remained could then be made into prose which is much better than a list anyway. I'd like to hear the rest of the group's thoughts on this. I want to come up with a better solution but I am unable to come up with one. If a better solution is found later, then everything would still be on the talk page. Star dust 8212 00:28, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how cultural refrences are against WP:EPISODE... -- Duke B. Garland 22:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
A suggestion, though it may not be feasible under wikipedia regulations: What if, instead of having "Cultural References" sections, we changed these to "Cultural parallels," and instead of actually claiming that there are references in the shows themselves, we instead simply list the parallel instances. For example in The Cyber House Rules, we might simply not that "Phaser eye surgery" involves the word "phaser" from star trek and also bears a strong resemblance to the term laser eye surgery. Since we are then not claiming that there is any actual reference, would we still need to have a reference? A reference is, of course, preferable when possible, but as discussed above, tracking down references for these (admittedly quite obvious) references is quite difficult. Mad2Physicist ( talk) 04:17, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
This might not be an ideal source but it does have quite a bit of information, at least for some episodes: http://www.things.org/~jym/y3k/ Mad2Physicist ( talk) 16:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
The WikiProject Television episode coverage taskforce have recently been working on a review process for episode articles. There are a rash of articles about individual episodes which fail notability, and are unlikely to ever reach such requirements. Many contributors are unaware of the specific guidelines to assess notability in episode pages: Wikipedia:Television episodes. We have expanded these guidelines to make them more helpful and explanatory, and we invite you to read the guidelines, and make any comments on its talk page. After much discussion, we have created a proposed review process for dealing with problem articles. See: Wikipedia:Television article review process. We invite discussion of this process on its talk page. General comments about this whole process are welcome at the episode coverage taskforce talkpage. Thanks! Gwinva 10:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
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Wikipedia's guideline on the notability of fictional elements has been recently revised. Check out the changes at Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) and the discussion on the talk page. Remember this guideline is what governs many of the articles regarding characters and items in the Futurama universe so make sure you're familiar with it so we can continue to improve Wikipedia's Futurama articles. Star dust 8212 01:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey gang, I've nominated Space Pilot 3000 for peer review ( here) after making many of the proposed changes from further up the page. Now would be a great time for everyone to have a look at the article and see what else could be improved. Thanks! Star dust 8212 03:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that there is a "citation needed" tag in the Production section for Hell is Other Robots. In this example in particular, I know that the "Fight for Your Right" portion can be cited in the audio commentary for the episode. How do we go about using audio commentaries as citing material? They could definitely be used to add information into not only the article linked, but also articles throughout the WikiProject/Portal. -- Icweiner 03:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I need some help finding citations involving the show and figured this would be a good place to ask. I'm trying to clean up the article for the science fiction short story collection I, Robot. It seams as though this show has payed homage to it several times. I found a ref for the episode " I, Roommate" in the article for that page, but still need one for " The Cyber House Rules" and " Anthology of Interest II." DVD commentary will probably verify that at least one of these is a spoof/tribute to the Asimov book. Also, anyone who would like to expand the paragraph about Futurama references to I, Robot would be more than welcome; as it stands there are only three short sentences. Thanks. Sbacle 13:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I've started a new possibly controversial discussion at Talk:List_of_recurring_human_characters_from_Futurama#Trim_list. I'd appreciate getting as many opinions on the subject as possible. Thank you! Star dust 8212 23:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if the Comedy WikiProject is a parent of the Futurama WikiProject? Is it so and should it be added? ISD 21:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
For those of you not following the ins and outs of every page in the project heres a quick update of what's been going on.
Well, that's the news update. Good luck and happy editing. Star dust 8212 17:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Hell Is Other Robots/archive1, and if you can, provide feedback on how to improve this article's quality further to WP:FA status. Thanks, Cirt 16:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC).
Noticing various articles such as D.O.O.P., United States of Earth, Planet Express, and the like are subject for deletion. Recommending merging all of them into a single List of Themes from Futurama article. Any objections to that? KyuuA4 10:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
You may wish to create Portal:Futurama when/if there is enough good content, to go along with this WikiProject. Then you could add {{Portal|Futurama}} to the Template:FuturamaWikiProject, and it would sort of be a way to pull everything together. Check out Portal:The Simpsons for an idea. Better yet, check out Portal:Sustainable development - though unrelated, it is rated among Wikipedia:Featured portals. (Check out some other Featured Portals there too if interested.) Cirt ( talk) 18:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC).
How are the the episodes developing? Is there enough material actually get most of them up to our standards, or it is just a few here and there? If not, I suggest an episode by episode "review" or something like that. TTN ( talk) 16:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Are we ready to start? We can probably post something on the television wikiproject, the episode guideline, and some other places to garner attention. TTN ( talk) 15:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
http://futurama.overt-ops.com/ has a nice wealth of information that Wikipedia could import. Lbgrowl ( talk) 03:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [2]. -- Maniwar ( talk) 21:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
The episode Hell Is Other Robots has been nominated as a Featured Article Candidate. Comments are welcome at the nomination page. Star dust 8212 14:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
WP:FICT, the notability guideline for elements within a work of fiction (characters, places, elements, etc) has a new proposal/revision that is now live [3] Everyone is encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page. Ned Scott 22:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal to split WP:EPISODE into a more general notability guideline, Wikipedia:Notability (serial works), and make the rest of WP:EPISODE just a MOS guideline. Please join in at WT:EPISODE#Proposed split of EPISODE and/or Wikipedia talk:Notability (serial works). -- Ned Scott 22:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I finally cleared all of the episode articles out of Category:Unassessed Futurama articles and I thought I should drop a note here with how I determined class and importance.
Everyone should feel free to reassess the articles as necessary especially if I've made an error or if you feel the article has significantly improved. Hopefully this will give people an idea of which articles need the most help and where they can easily show improvement and achievement. Star dust 8212 01:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
In order to encourage everyone to improve Futurama articles I am offering barnstars in return for improving articles to a specific standard. If you complete any of the following tasks I will reward you with a barnstar!
This offer applies only to future work so barnstars will not be awarded for articles which are already at FA or GA status (sorry Cirt). If you think you have completed one of these tasks then please leave a message here or on my talk page with appropriate diffs and links. I'm hoping this will inspire people to work on these articles. Star dust 8212 22:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm just curious as to why there is no article for notable (not just a character featured in the background or something) one-time characters in Futurama? I think of several notable characters off the top of my head that could be adequately covered in such an article and I'm surprised their isn't one. .: Alex :. 20:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I have listed Space Pilot 3000 for peer review. If you have time please leave comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Space Pilot 3000/archive2. Thank you. Star dust 8212 21:18, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
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For those of you not aware, the rating scheme has recently been expanded to include a new “c-class” rating and some of the descriptions of other classes have been revised. Since this projects rating system never really got off the ground and I decided the ratings of most of the articles it seems like it is time for us to do a run through and re-rate the articles. I have pulled together a little briefer on rating articles and I’m hoping to get some inputs on whether this sounds about right for rating. If we’re in general agreement about the rating scheme then it will be time to go through all the articles covered by this wikiproject and make sure their ratings are correct. In particular I would appreciate comments on whether the examples I've listed here are good examples of the classes or if there are better examples. Star dust 8212 17:58, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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Hello, I am wondering why there isn't an Article for each season of Futurama like many other shows? Is it prohibited or can I create them? Diaa abdelmoneim ( talk) 15:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I just created the Tinny Tim Article can someone Help out? Can I go on in creating Characters from the List of recurring robot characters from Futurama? Diaa abdelmoneim ( talk) 21:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't know if everyone updated their watchlists when the recurring characters articles were merged but there are some discussions at Talk:List of Futurama characters which could use some more participants. Please come offer your opinions on that talk page. Star dust 8212 14:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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I'm new to Wikiproject Futurama, so I apologize if this question has been asked before, but are there active project members (students, journalists, etc.) who have access to LexisNexis? References from reputable print sources would go a long way towards improving the cachet of many of the episode pages, especially the episodes from the first two seasons when Futurama was most heavily promoted in the media. (Of course, nowadays the relative status of websites has gone way up, but the original series ran from 1999-2003.) Cy3 ( talk) 16:07, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
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I notice that many Futurama articles link to The Infosphere, the Futurama wiki, but there also exists The Futurama wiki. Is either of them more "official" than the other, or is there a reason for preferring one to the other? Shreevatsa ( talk) 17:44, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
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Additional opinions requested at here regarding sourcing. Thanks. Doniago ( talk) 16:17, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
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Attention everyone. I plan to revive the Futurama Wikiproject. If anyone has any suggestion on ways to make to re-work the Wikiproject, please post them. GamerPro64 ( talk) 21:05, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
After noticing that Proposition Infinity has passed GAN, I think that this project should have a collaboration on one article to work on to make it GA or FA status. Anybody have any ideas? GamerPro64 ( talk) 18:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
The subject article was recently deleted due to a lack of sources and in accordance with WP:CRYSTAL. Just a reminder that we should not be creating articles for future episodes until such time as there is a reasonable amount of sourced information to add to them. That being said, I assume we will see about the same amount of information for this episode when it airs as there has been for the other episodes this season. At that point in time it will be appropriate to recreate the article. I think we should take this as an opportunity to get this particular episode listed as a WP:DYK item on the main page after it airs. I've had a couple DYK before and it isn't too difficult, I think we should do this to show we are capable of creating well sourced articles and not just regurgitated plot summaries with attached trivia lists. Anybody want to help me? Star dust 8212 15:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
How about a timeline of Futurama we can add to the List of timelines in fiction? I've noticed it's been made twice before and deleted for being nonsensical. Surely we can make an appropriate page for it? Sixequalszero ( talk) 10:44, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure how many people monitor WP:MOSTV or even WP:TV (the basic WikiProject for all of us), but we've been trying to get some feedback on additions to the TV Manual of Style. It largely has to do with the inclusion of "Overview" tables at the start of the page, the order in which season lists are presented (currently, there is no concrete order), and what is considered too much info for DVDs (i.e. should we be placing every detail about the box set in the article, from each interview to the aspect ratio, or should be keep it more generalized). Please see discussion at WT:MOSTV#Updates to the MOS. Thank you. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:12, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Looking at several of the links and reports from sources, the most conclusive of which seems to be this interview with David X. Cohen, it seems like The Mutants Are Revolting is officially the season finale of Season Six. [4] You can find more links in reviews on the same episode page.
In the interview, though he considers the entire 26 episodes to be the full season, he explains that Comedy Central will be releasing the first 13 episodes as the sixth season on DVD and the last 13 as season seven. If that is the case, the DVD release seems to be the trump. I suggest that we correct the info box to mark the end of season six at September 2, and list the later episodes as part of season seven's box. Luminum ( talk) 10:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Looking for people to help create a quality Futurama timeline article, if you could please contibute or discuss it, please do so. Sixequalszero ( talk) 05:34, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
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Can someone who possesses the DVDs provide the quote for Christopher Tyng using Pierre Henry's "Psyché Rock" as the basis for the Futurama theme? Since this is an offline source, we could use an exact quote, and following info for the {{ Cite video}} template:
{{cite video |people= |date= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |language= |publisher= |location= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |time= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}
I'm guessing many of those parameters will be blank—there probably won't be a non- copyvio archive of the commentary online, for instance—but as much as applicable would help.
If you choose to accept this mission, thanks! / edg ☺ ☭ 16:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Futurama/Article alerts should start getting updated soon. Nergaal ( talk) 07:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject The Simpsons have a watchlist for monitoring changes so I thought that Futurama could also have one. I've made a draft in my userspace at User:RyukuX/Futurama Watchlist which lists a few Futurama articles and categories. Its still under construction, and you're more than welcome to help contribute to it by adding links. Once its complete it could maybe be promoted to part of the WikiProject. Ryuku 02:58, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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I started a request to rename the Professor at Talk:Hubert_J._Farnsworth#Rename CTJF83 12:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Should Mom (Futurama) merge to List of recurring Futurama characters? Please comment at Talk:Mom (Futurama). D O N D E groovily Talk to me 12:23, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt ( talk) 03:51, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Not quite clear to me how active this project is at this point. In any case, more input is needed here regarding how Futurama episodes are ordered, if anyone is in a position to comment. Thanks! DonIago ( talk) 19:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I have nominated numerous questionable redirects to Futurama for deletion/retargeting at this RfD. 165.91.13.99 ( talk) 01:25, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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I've archived the talk page since no one had said anything for a month. I think we need to do something to get everyone interested in this project again. My suggestion is to revamp the front page, update the portal and really get going on the supposed "collaboration department." Who is still actively working this project? I've been a bit lax lately myself and would like to have a direction to work in along with other editors. Ideas? Perhaps an FA run for Futurama or a GA run for another article would get us revved up again. Stardust8212 20:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Something that has come up is the use of production seasons instead of broadcast seasons for episode numbering. Why does this project use production numbering when other shows use broadcast seasons? Surely uniformity would be good between these types of shows so shouldn't the broadcast seasons be used?- Localzuk (talk) 16:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed today that the screenshot used in Xmas Story had been deleted. The deletion log [1] shows it was speedy deleted for not having a fair use rationale. We need to add fair use rationale for all the images currently linked in any Futurama article. If you have a little time please try to do just a few of these and the task can get done quickly. Also if someone could get another shot for this episode and any other which may have been deleted (I'd do it myself but I only have season 4 on DVD). If you don't know what a fair use rationale should look like then just copy what is used on another picture like this one. Stardust8212 16:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a LOT of discussion going on right now about what the inclusion criteria for episode articles should be (check out Wikipedia talk:Television episodes) and I think a few ongoing issues are about to come to a head. I'd like us to avoid getting wrapped up in that whirlwind by taking a few preventative steps now. The main issue right now is people wanting to redirect the episodes to the season or episode list pages which would result in a lot of lost content as far as this project is concerned. the best way to prevent this is to make sure Futurama articles are covering all their bases as far as the guidleine is concerned. Let's cover the bullet points on that and I think that should give us a good argument if a mergist comes along:
So, seeing as we keep reorganizing our articles I think as of now they should be covered like so:
Please discuss any suggestions for how best to do this because I would really hate to see a lot of our hard work get trashed. I'd much rather have the people who want to get rid of episode articles come along and think "Now this is how the subject is supposed to be handled". I know The Simpsons has GA and even FA articles so I know we can do it! Stardust8212 21:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Bad news nobody, as I'm sure any of you that are watching episode articles have realized my worst fears on this issue have been realized. Every Futurama episode article has now been tagged and could be redirected in fourteen days. If you thought I was over reacting before I hope this now shows that this is an issue we need to deal with immediately. This is the time for the wikiproject to come together and really work this issue. I'll continue to do what I can by myself but my current rate is only about one article a day and I don't have 72 days before this needs to be resolved. Please help me
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I've put some further thought into this subject and I think the episode articles as a whole are improving though not nearly fast enough and most of them still don't seem to pass muster. I'm still looking for sources when I have time but they're starting to get pretty thin. There are a few pay to view sites I may yet try but well, I have to pay for them before I even know if they'll be useful. I've also come to a point in the improvement process that I've been trying to avoid for many months now but can no longer deny. The trivia needs to go. Wikipedia has a guideline about avoiding unsourced trivia ( WP:AVTRIV) and let's face it, that's what the "Cultural references" sections are. I love those sections as much as the next guy (they're actually what made me into a steady contributor) but I can no longer pretend they are somehow ok. My proposal is to move the "Cultural references" sections from all the episode articles onto their talk pages with the exception of any sourced material. For example in " Hell Is Other Robots" I would move everything not sourced leaving the section sourced from the Pinsky book. The items that remained could then be made into prose which is much better than a list anyway. I'd like to hear the rest of the group's thoughts on this. I want to come up with a better solution but I am unable to come up with one. If a better solution is found later, then everything would still be on the talk page. Star dust 8212 00:28, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how cultural refrences are against WP:EPISODE... -- Duke B. Garland 22:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
A suggestion, though it may not be feasible under wikipedia regulations: What if, instead of having "Cultural References" sections, we changed these to "Cultural parallels," and instead of actually claiming that there are references in the shows themselves, we instead simply list the parallel instances. For example in The Cyber House Rules, we might simply not that "Phaser eye surgery" involves the word "phaser" from star trek and also bears a strong resemblance to the term laser eye surgery. Since we are then not claiming that there is any actual reference, would we still need to have a reference? A reference is, of course, preferable when possible, but as discussed above, tracking down references for these (admittedly quite obvious) references is quite difficult. Mad2Physicist ( talk) 04:17, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
This might not be an ideal source but it does have quite a bit of information, at least for some episodes: http://www.things.org/~jym/y3k/ Mad2Physicist ( talk) 16:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
The WikiProject Television episode coverage taskforce have recently been working on a review process for episode articles. There are a rash of articles about individual episodes which fail notability, and are unlikely to ever reach such requirements. Many contributors are unaware of the specific guidelines to assess notability in episode pages: Wikipedia:Television episodes. We have expanded these guidelines to make them more helpful and explanatory, and we invite you to read the guidelines, and make any comments on its talk page. After much discussion, we have created a proposed review process for dealing with problem articles. See: Wikipedia:Television article review process. We invite discussion of this process on its talk page. General comments about this whole process are welcome at the episode coverage taskforce talkpage. Thanks! Gwinva 10:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
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Wikipedia's guideline on the notability of fictional elements has been recently revised. Check out the changes at Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) and the discussion on the talk page. Remember this guideline is what governs many of the articles regarding characters and items in the Futurama universe so make sure you're familiar with it so we can continue to improve Wikipedia's Futurama articles. Star dust 8212 01:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey gang, I've nominated Space Pilot 3000 for peer review ( here) after making many of the proposed changes from further up the page. Now would be a great time for everyone to have a look at the article and see what else could be improved. Thanks! Star dust 8212 03:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that there is a "citation needed" tag in the Production section for Hell is Other Robots. In this example in particular, I know that the "Fight for Your Right" portion can be cited in the audio commentary for the episode. How do we go about using audio commentaries as citing material? They could definitely be used to add information into not only the article linked, but also articles throughout the WikiProject/Portal. -- Icweiner 03:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I need some help finding citations involving the show and figured this would be a good place to ask. I'm trying to clean up the article for the science fiction short story collection I, Robot. It seams as though this show has payed homage to it several times. I found a ref for the episode " I, Roommate" in the article for that page, but still need one for " The Cyber House Rules" and " Anthology of Interest II." DVD commentary will probably verify that at least one of these is a spoof/tribute to the Asimov book. Also, anyone who would like to expand the paragraph about Futurama references to I, Robot would be more than welcome; as it stands there are only three short sentences. Thanks. Sbacle 13:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I've started a new possibly controversial discussion at Talk:List_of_recurring_human_characters_from_Futurama#Trim_list. I'd appreciate getting as many opinions on the subject as possible. Thank you! Star dust 8212 23:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if the Comedy WikiProject is a parent of the Futurama WikiProject? Is it so and should it be added? ISD 21:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
For those of you not following the ins and outs of every page in the project heres a quick update of what's been going on.
Well, that's the news update. Good luck and happy editing. Star dust 8212 17:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Hell Is Other Robots/archive1, and if you can, provide feedback on how to improve this article's quality further to WP:FA status. Thanks, Cirt 16:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC).
Noticing various articles such as D.O.O.P., United States of Earth, Planet Express, and the like are subject for deletion. Recommending merging all of them into a single List of Themes from Futurama article. Any objections to that? KyuuA4 10:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
You may wish to create Portal:Futurama when/if there is enough good content, to go along with this WikiProject. Then you could add {{Portal|Futurama}} to the Template:FuturamaWikiProject, and it would sort of be a way to pull everything together. Check out Portal:The Simpsons for an idea. Better yet, check out Portal:Sustainable development - though unrelated, it is rated among Wikipedia:Featured portals. (Check out some other Featured Portals there too if interested.) Cirt ( talk) 18:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC).
How are the the episodes developing? Is there enough material actually get most of them up to our standards, or it is just a few here and there? If not, I suggest an episode by episode "review" or something like that. TTN ( talk) 16:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Are we ready to start? We can probably post something on the television wikiproject, the episode guideline, and some other places to garner attention. TTN ( talk) 15:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
http://futurama.overt-ops.com/ has a nice wealth of information that Wikipedia could import. Lbgrowl ( talk) 03:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [2]. -- Maniwar ( talk) 21:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
The episode Hell Is Other Robots has been nominated as a Featured Article Candidate. Comments are welcome at the nomination page. Star dust 8212 14:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
WP:FICT, the notability guideline for elements within a work of fiction (characters, places, elements, etc) has a new proposal/revision that is now live [3] Everyone is encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page. Ned Scott 22:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
There is a proposal to split WP:EPISODE into a more general notability guideline, Wikipedia:Notability (serial works), and make the rest of WP:EPISODE just a MOS guideline. Please join in at WT:EPISODE#Proposed split of EPISODE and/or Wikipedia talk:Notability (serial works). -- Ned Scott 22:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I finally cleared all of the episode articles out of Category:Unassessed Futurama articles and I thought I should drop a note here with how I determined class and importance.
Everyone should feel free to reassess the articles as necessary especially if I've made an error or if you feel the article has significantly improved. Hopefully this will give people an idea of which articles need the most help and where they can easily show improvement and achievement. Star dust 8212 01:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
In order to encourage everyone to improve Futurama articles I am offering barnstars in return for improving articles to a specific standard. If you complete any of the following tasks I will reward you with a barnstar!
This offer applies only to future work so barnstars will not be awarded for articles which are already at FA or GA status (sorry Cirt). If you think you have completed one of these tasks then please leave a message here or on my talk page with appropriate diffs and links. I'm hoping this will inspire people to work on these articles. Star dust 8212 22:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm just curious as to why there is no article for notable (not just a character featured in the background or something) one-time characters in Futurama? I think of several notable characters off the top of my head that could be adequately covered in such an article and I'm surprised their isn't one. .: Alex :. 20:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I have listed Space Pilot 3000 for peer review. If you have time please leave comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Space Pilot 3000/archive2. Thank you. Star dust 8212 21:18, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
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For those of you not aware, the rating scheme has recently been expanded to include a new “c-class” rating and some of the descriptions of other classes have been revised. Since this projects rating system never really got off the ground and I decided the ratings of most of the articles it seems like it is time for us to do a run through and re-rate the articles. I have pulled together a little briefer on rating articles and I’m hoping to get some inputs on whether this sounds about right for rating. If we’re in general agreement about the rating scheme then it will be time to go through all the articles covered by this wikiproject and make sure their ratings are correct. In particular I would appreciate comments on whether the examples I've listed here are good examples of the classes or if there are better examples. Star dust 8212 17:58, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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Hello, I am wondering why there isn't an Article for each season of Futurama like many other shows? Is it prohibited or can I create them? Diaa abdelmoneim ( talk) 15:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I just created the Tinny Tim Article can someone Help out? Can I go on in creating Characters from the List of recurring robot characters from Futurama? Diaa abdelmoneim ( talk) 21:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't know if everyone updated their watchlists when the recurring characters articles were merged but there are some discussions at Talk:List of Futurama characters which could use some more participants. Please come offer your opinions on that talk page. Star dust 8212 14:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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I'm new to Wikiproject Futurama, so I apologize if this question has been asked before, but are there active project members (students, journalists, etc.) who have access to LexisNexis? References from reputable print sources would go a long way towards improving the cachet of many of the episode pages, especially the episodes from the first two seasons when Futurama was most heavily promoted in the media. (Of course, nowadays the relative status of websites has gone way up, but the original series ran from 1999-2003.) Cy3 ( talk) 16:07, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
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I notice that many Futurama articles link to The Infosphere, the Futurama wiki, but there also exists The Futurama wiki. Is either of them more "official" than the other, or is there a reason for preferring one to the other? Shreevatsa ( talk) 17:44, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
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Additional opinions requested at here regarding sourcing. Thanks. Doniago ( talk) 16:17, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
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Attention everyone. I plan to revive the Futurama Wikiproject. If anyone has any suggestion on ways to make to re-work the Wikiproject, please post them. GamerPro64 ( talk) 21:05, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
After noticing that Proposition Infinity has passed GAN, I think that this project should have a collaboration on one article to work on to make it GA or FA status. Anybody have any ideas? GamerPro64 ( talk) 18:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
The subject article was recently deleted due to a lack of sources and in accordance with WP:CRYSTAL. Just a reminder that we should not be creating articles for future episodes until such time as there is a reasonable amount of sourced information to add to them. That being said, I assume we will see about the same amount of information for this episode when it airs as there has been for the other episodes this season. At that point in time it will be appropriate to recreate the article. I think we should take this as an opportunity to get this particular episode listed as a WP:DYK item on the main page after it airs. I've had a couple DYK before and it isn't too difficult, I think we should do this to show we are capable of creating well sourced articles and not just regurgitated plot summaries with attached trivia lists. Anybody want to help me? Star dust 8212 15:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
How about a timeline of Futurama we can add to the List of timelines in fiction? I've noticed it's been made twice before and deleted for being nonsensical. Surely we can make an appropriate page for it? Sixequalszero ( talk) 10:44, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure how many people monitor WP:MOSTV or even WP:TV (the basic WikiProject for all of us), but we've been trying to get some feedback on additions to the TV Manual of Style. It largely has to do with the inclusion of "Overview" tables at the start of the page, the order in which season lists are presented (currently, there is no concrete order), and what is considered too much info for DVDs (i.e. should we be placing every detail about the box set in the article, from each interview to the aspect ratio, or should be keep it more generalized). Please see discussion at WT:MOSTV#Updates to the MOS. Thank you. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:12, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Looking at several of the links and reports from sources, the most conclusive of which seems to be this interview with David X. Cohen, it seems like The Mutants Are Revolting is officially the season finale of Season Six. [4] You can find more links in reviews on the same episode page.
In the interview, though he considers the entire 26 episodes to be the full season, he explains that Comedy Central will be releasing the first 13 episodes as the sixth season on DVD and the last 13 as season seven. If that is the case, the DVD release seems to be the trump. I suggest that we correct the info box to mark the end of season six at September 2, and list the later episodes as part of season seven's box. Luminum ( talk) 10:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Looking for people to help create a quality Futurama timeline article, if you could please contibute or discuss it, please do so. Sixequalszero ( talk) 05:34, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
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Can someone who possesses the DVDs provide the quote for Christopher Tyng using Pierre Henry's "Psyché Rock" as the basis for the Futurama theme? Since this is an offline source, we could use an exact quote, and following info for the {{ Cite video}} template:
{{cite video |people= |date= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |language= |publisher= |location= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |time= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}
I'm guessing many of those parameters will be blank—there probably won't be a non- copyvio archive of the commentary online, for instance—but as much as applicable would help.
If you choose to accept this mission, thanks! / edg ☺ ☭ 16:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Are people interested in alerts for this project? Nergaal ( talk) 02:55, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Futurama/Article alerts should start getting updated soon. Nergaal ( talk) 07:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject The Simpsons have a watchlist for monitoring changes so I thought that Futurama could also have one. I've made a draft in my userspace at User:RyukuX/Futurama Watchlist which lists a few Futurama articles and categories. Its still under construction, and you're more than welcome to help contribute to it by adding links. Once its complete it could maybe be promoted to part of the WikiProject. Ryuku 02:58, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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I started a request to rename the Professor at Talk:Hubert_J._Farnsworth#Rename CTJF83 12:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Should Mom (Futurama) merge to List of recurring Futurama characters? Please comment at Talk:Mom (Futurama). D O N D E groovily Talk to me 12:23, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.
This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:
• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film
• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.
• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.
• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____
• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost
The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2014
For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to:
Project leaflets
Adikhajuria (
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12:03, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone!
You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.
Harej ( talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt ( talk) 03:51, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Not quite clear to me how active this project is at this point. In any case, more input is needed here regarding how Futurama episodes are ordered, if anyone is in a position to comment. Thanks! DonIago ( talk) 19:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I have nominated numerous questionable redirects to Futurama for deletion/retargeting at this RfD. 165.91.13.99 ( talk) 01:25, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.
Portals are being redesigned.
The new design features are being applied to existing portals.
At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{ Transclude lead excerpt}}.
The discussion about this can be found here.
Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.
Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.
So far, 84 editors have joined.
If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.
If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.
Thank you. — The Transhumanist 07:39, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.