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Is He-man.org a reliable source for he man related info because I think it needs a mass over haul and cull because too many articles are unnecessary of simply Fancruft WP:FAN. Also some of the He-Man.org articles are dead because the site seems to be updated so alot of links don't work on many of the articles. I personally think its semi reliable since they seem to interview alot of people related to making the toys or writers of the show. My final point for the He-Ro article I found a carbon copy of the old He-man.org article and found a released series bible relating to He-Ro should it be used. [1] Dwanyewest ( talk) 01:39, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
In that case
He-Man and
She-Ra should have their He-Man.org website links removed because their is at least 8 or more He-man related articles with such links. There is a host of poorly written Fancruft written articles I wouldn't know where to begin and plus are these articles even using the correct character inbox for TV characters?
Dwanyewest (
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02:30, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
To the best of my knowledge I gotten rid of every article with He-man.org Dwanyewest ( talk) 18:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I am just trying to cover my back are these acceptable sources
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Dwanyewest (
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09:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at WikiProject Tokusatsu where me and User:Ryulong have disagreed on whether this news article from TVShowsOnDVD.com is a reliable source for info about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers being "remastered" for its 2010 rebroadcast. As Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a TV show I decided to start this discussion so users here can say what they think about this. Powergate92 Talk 23:16, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Smallville (season 9)#DVR ratings about creating a separate table to list the DVR numbers for episodes. As the page currently (or, at least originally) stood, ALL the viewership numbers were on one episode table--with DVR numbers separately identified. It is my assertion that having 2 episode tables is needlessly redundant, when the ratings can easily fit on one table along with the rest of the episode information. Another editor disagrees, and feels that it's confusing to have two numbers listed. More opinions are requested. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 00:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
A discussion has been started about merging these two templates at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 October 23#Template:All plot. There is also a rename discussion at Template talk:Plot#Requested move that may be of interest. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 15:43, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I would assume the fact that almost all stations involved have removed the company logo from their site, and that network website is no longer online, I would assume the network defunct. However, I've been wrong before, so someone should check to make sure. Retro Agnostic ( talk) 06:36, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Could some editors please take a look at the nomination of All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) and give their input? Thanks. Ophois ( talk) 17:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm reposting these comments here, from the help desk. I'd like to get some more input.
One editor made a series of edits to multiple articles, citing a single source that opines about the sexual orientation of various cartoon characters. Here are the diffs: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]. I don't see how, on the basis of a single source, these theories deserve weight in the articles. As far as we can tell, this is one guy's opinion. This opinion seems to be based entirely on subtext, as homosexuality is either rarely or never mentioned in these cartoons. In some cases, this one person's opinion is receiving substantial weight in the article, in something of a bizarre way. I think it would be wise for this kind of discussion to happen in one place, rather than on six different talk pages. Croctotheface ( talk) 09:21, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I've noticed that in many articles for television series, there is mention that the series itself is "Peabody-Award winning", or somewhere else in the lead and/or main body it might say "Show X won a Peabody Award". Setting aside the former example as a vio of the guideline that the subject of an article should never be introduced with "award-winning" in the first sentence of the lead, I would like to bring up something else: I wandered over to the Peabody Awards article and read that the award is actually given to a network...not to a specific show. The network may receive the award if one of its shows or specials is deemed as an "area of excellence", but said show or special is not the official recipient, and a person associated with the show usually receives the physical award on behalf of the network. So instead of "Show X won a Peabody Award", should it instead read "Show X garnered a Peabody Award for Network Y"? - SoSaysChappy ( talk) 19:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
A discussion is on-going at Template talk:Infobox Television#Flags regarding the removal of flag icons from Television infoboxes. As the talk is not as widely watched, it seems appropriate to make a note here as well. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 19:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Previously, Ion Television was moved from ION Television per the standards of capitalization in WP:MOSTM. The concern I'm raising here is that move, done properly and according to our conventions, wasn't accompanied by moves for related articles such as ION Media Networks (the parent company) and ION Life (a digital subchannel carried on Ion O&Os). What I'm asking for here is a list of affected pages so I can do a proper requested move of them, as apparently at least some of the pages previously had been at the Ion capitalization and been moved to the ION version despite the naming conventions at WP:MOSTM that we don't use irregular capitalization of brand names just because the brand owner does. It should also be noted that "Ion" is not an initialism, so all caps wouldn't be appropriate here unlike CBS, NBC and ABC which originally were. oknazevad ( talk) 20:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I've nominated the South Park episode " Weight Gain 4000 for an WP:FAC, as part of the South Park Featured Topic Drive. So far it has only one commenter, so I was hoping if any of you had the time, you could swing by and take a look at the nomination? Thanks! — Hunter Kahn ( c) 16:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone familiar with featured lists please give their opinions/input on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Supernatural episodes/archive1? Thanks. Ophois ( talk) 01:43, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I would like some outside perspective on this matter in regards to the external links section of Game of Thrones (TV series). WP:MOSTV states that linking fansites are appropriate only if they demonstrate "more [significance] than any random fansite." Westeros.org contains an overwhelming amount of helpful information, but as the TV series do not necessarily pertain to the books, the link given is the forum. Technically, WP:MOSTV states that forums should not be linked to, but what differentiates the forum at westeros.org is that the executive producers post there (as does the girlfriend of the author, who works as a co-executive producer and is a reliable and credible source in regards to series), hence signifying a sanction of "recognized authority" (to quote from WP:EL). Winter is Coming blog is a fansite (in the form of a blog, so calling it 'only a blog' would be wrong) that is generally recognized within the ASoIaF fan community as the big source for HBO's GoT, as it alone receives insider information that proved to be right (HBO reacted to the leaks by punishing those who worked there and leaked info) and has been cited and/or mentioned by news articles by TV critics as an authoritative source. In addition, both fansites interact with some of the crew working on GoT on what seems to be a regular basis. I was wondering if I should either keep at least one fansite (or both) or remove both of them (along with a third that seems be a very small, random fansite) from the article altogether. Thoughts? — Mirlen Talk 18:31, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I've nominated this article a week or so ago, and has received only one a comment since then. If anyone would like to comment, I would greatly appreciated it. The Flash {talk} 21:11, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Is it the best option considering the limited amount of FU images we're allowed? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 04:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
First of all, I'd like to point out (and laud) the House WikiProject and its members for extracting that show's logo (and converted it to SVG!) for wider usage on Wikipedia. Not only is the logo employed across the articlespace where logical, but it's even used in the talkspace, wikispace, and userspace! That's awesome!
Secondly, I realized that while a lot of shows I watch have title cards that meet the threshold of originality for copyright, the logos in those title cards--that are used far and wide without the copyrightable elements of the title card--are usually textual only and fall into the public domain. But that I had the image manipulation skills, I would extract the logos myself from the six Star Trek series, CSI ( 1, 2, & 3), NCIS, FlashForward, Lie to Me, Life, Warehouse 13, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Journeyman come to mind off the top of my head. All these shows have a base textual logo that, while usually included in their copyrighted title cards, cannot be copyrighted by themselves.
Therefore it's my argument that no, using the copyrighted title cards is frequently not the best option, and in fact can be construed in many circumstances to fail WP:NFCC#1 and #3. — pd_THOR | =/\= | 05:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
For example, Star Trek: Voyager's title card ( File:VOYlogo.png) incorporates elements that cross the threshold of originality: the starfield in the background, and metallic overlay of the text are apparent. However, if we look at how the Voyager logo is represented elsewhere, we'll see that only the words and particular shape/layout of the words remains consistent across the product: all seven DVD sets simply colour the textual logo white in their box art [11], the books vary its colouring, but retain the same shape and layout of the textual logo [12], the Star Trek: Voyager magazine continues the colour-play while retaining the textual identicality [13], and the Star Trek website itself only uses the base text arrangement (in white, occasionally with a drop shadow) [14]. What this shows me is that what represents Star Trek: Voyager across the board is the specific arrangement and font of the series' name, and that can be simply enough recreated (if not copied from elsewhere) without running afoul of copyright limitations due to its intrinsic simplicity ({{ PD-textlogo}}). — pd_THOR | =/\= | 07:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
(redent)Well, if only one non-free image were allowed, I'd guess that the most important one for most TV shows would be the cast image. Showing the cast in the infobox doesn't seem confusing to me, but I could be wrong. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 03:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 55#SPOILER ALERT disclaimers discussing whether spoiler alerts should be added to all articles that cover a fictional topic. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 04:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
I have made a proposal at Template talk:Infobox TV channel#Remove of Channel params to remove all of the individual channel number/carrier params of the infobox. Further input would be appreciated. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 07:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Diamond Ray of Disappearance, The Problem with Power, The Cosmic Comet, Teela's Quest, Origin of the Sorceress all should be merged into List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes
Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
If this is what I must do I shall
Dwanyewest (
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02:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I know that we're told to say "Hogan's Heroes is a television series", rather than was because it continues to exist, per MOS:TV ("References to the show should be in the present tense since shows no longer airing still exist") but I'm having a problem at Popstars The Rivals, because it no longer airs, and it focussed on a single event (winning a singing competition). The event no longer exists, so it sounds odd to say "Popstars The Rivals (often stylised as Popstars: The Rivals) is an interactive reality, talent show broadcast in the United Kingdom during the autumn of 2002." Is this an exception to the rule? Matthewedwards : Chat 01:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone familiar with featured articles please take a look at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Supernatural_(season_1)/archive2 and give their input on whether or not it meets the criteria? Thanks. Ω pho is 08:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
It has been proposed that History of Family Guy be merged into Family Guy on the grounds that it is a content fork. Can editors please give their input? Discussion is here. Thanks. Ω pho is 21:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Another editor and I are having some disagreements over what is and is not appropriate in the infobox. Specifically whether there should be a caption on the image and if so what, if (without commercials) is appropriate to add after the episode runtime, if "Science" is a genre that needs to be appended to Documentary, and whether we should use History or The History Channel (which even the channel itself can't seem to decide on). Additional views would be useful at Talk:How the Earth Was Made#Infobox issues.-- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 01:27, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
There is now a dispute on this article regarding if the episode width should be set at 65-70% (current), 100% (one editor), or removed all together (from the 30 responder to the disagreement over the first two). For such a tiny article, it sure seems to bring out some crazy arguments. Further views would certainly be appreciated and useful at Talk:How the Earth Was Made#Episode table width dispute -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 16:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to rename the Television infobox. Views welcome at Template talk:Infobox Television# Name -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 00:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Would San Diego Comic Con fall within the scope of the project due to large number of shows which premier or hold a panel at the event? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 22:29, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Supernatural (season 2) for FAC. Can anyone please take the time and review it here? Ω pho is 21:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I think this is the most relevant WP so I'll ask here. I was thinking it would perhaps be a good thing to restructure Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia) (and it's sister channels 2, HD and Extra (no article)). Now the channels are "merged" into articles by channel name, I think it would be better to merge by country. So we have Canal+ Sport (Sweden), Canal+ Sport (Denmark), Canal+ Sport (Norway), Canal+ Sport (Finland) where 1, 2, Extra and HD are show similar to Sky Sports. The main reason for this would be that the broadcast rights for the sports are not exactly the same in all countries (for example, Serie A is not shown in Sweden but in all 3 others, in Finland the UEFA Champions League/Europa League are shown but not in the others) and I would say the Swedish C+S1 has more in common with S2, SExtra and SHD than C+S1 NO, DK and FI.
So how should I go about implementing this or getting some merge/move/split discussions going (There doesn't seem to be many people watching either Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia) or C More Entertainment) cha ndl er 00:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
There are too many poorly written and articles with little justification for notability or evidence of third person notability. Wikipedia is not for fan speculation or essays. There were no reliable sources, and as such constituted original research (specifically WP:SYNTH). If sources can be provided to demonstrate that this is notable in any real-world sense then sources should be added.
List of Masters of the Universe characters needs rewritting.
Minor characters which I believe are minor and have no reliable third person sources needs deletion
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe)
This does not meet general notability and I believe is
WP:FANCRUFT needs deletion
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles
Dwanyewest (
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02:21, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe)
Need to be dealt with they are a waste of space
Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:38, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
I've set up the AlexNewArtBot to list new articles related to this project. I recommend watchlisting User:AlexNewArtBot/TelevisionSearchResult for anyone interested in patrolling new television articles. The search results are updated daily. Sarilox ( talk) 01:48, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Television to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Popular pages.
The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr. Z-man 01:03, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
can someone review Wikipedia:Peer review/Family Guy/archive5 and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Family Guy (season 5)/archive2-- Pedro J. the rookie 20:20, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Since several Wikipedia-Books are TV-related, could this project adopt the book-class? This would really help WikiProject Wikipedia-Books, as the WP TV people can oversee books like Seasons of 30 Rock much better than we could as far as merging, deletion, content, and such are concerned. Eventually there probably will be a "Books for discussion" process, so that would be incorporated in the Article Alerts. I'm placing this here rather than on the template page since several taskforces would be concerned.
There's an article in this week Signpost if you aren't familiar with Wikipedia-Books and classes in general. Thanks. Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 21:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a discussion occurring here about the use of cast/crew members in navigation boxes, including TV navboxes. Comments would be greatly appreciated. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 17:54, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a relevant TfD going on here. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 11:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
In {{
infobox television}}, there is a field for both format
and genre
. Does format include
reality television or would that go in genre? Also, would you classify
My Antonio as a
soap opera,
reality television show, or is
docu-soap a better description. Should the genre soap opera be reserved for scripted fiction? Or does it include reality television shows, which are usually partially scripted? Any input and all input at
Talk:My Antonio is appreciated. After that we can discuss what colour to paint the
bikeshed. Thanks!
Plastikspork
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00:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi everyone. While Saturday Night Live is under the domain of WikiProject Television and Comedy, after spending the last few months working on it, I'm seeing more and more just how mammoth a task it is. There are literally dozens of articles dedicated to it, and most need A LOT of work. Because of this, I've proposed the WikiProject Saturday Night Live. Please leave comments, and consider joining as a potential project member. Mainly.generic ( talk) 04:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to drop a note that the
List of House episodes articles, and the individual season articles, need some attention.
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Unident
Unfortnally that something i dnt have time to do anymore due to work and child commitments but RfC require other memebr consent doesnt it? as i didi propuse this a logn time ago and it was jsut said there a conesus so need for it. if soeone else wants to take this up and follwo it through be my guest i wont complain and will support it :) for now until a new conesus can be mae i think it best ot leave it the way it is hopefully this can be resolve soon :)-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 22:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Following this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Barnett, would anyone mind merging all the character pages for The Game (TV series) into List of The Game characters? Thanks. Fences& Windows 14:49, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Supernatural (season 2) has been renominated for FAC here. Does anyone mind helping review the article? Thanks. Ω pho is 16:16, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
There needs to be a major effort to merge in the myriad of character articles about characters in Oz into Characters of Oz - I poked around and saw many character articles. They don't seem to have any "creation and conception" or "reception" sourced content, and they seem to be all plot summary. WhisperToMe ( talk) 17:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Pond. Cirt ( talk) 21:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
I'd like more input for inclusion of some content on The Beautiful Life series article please. I opened an RfC about ten days ago and haven't received much input. Thanks! Pinkadelica ♣ 15:35, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Where are the Nielsen ratings for TV shows located? An IP keeps adding them to the Law & Order: SVU Season 11 page. I have asked for a source from this person, but have received no response—not a peep. Are these numbers valid and verifiable? Thanks. -- Mike Allen 05:49, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Any fans of this series out there? After mentioning this a year ago on the talk page, I noticed that the List of Sapphire & Steel television stories gives story titles when they never actually had any. I've come back to this now after viewing the currently released DVD which mentions both in its sleeve notes and on the bonus documentary that the stories never had titles. I believe the story name section should be changed, as it seems the titles given (although it does state they weren't official) will give the casual reader false information. Anybody agree or care?-- Tuzapicabit ( talk) 18:35, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Amy_Pond#RfC:_Is_Photo_in_Casting_and_initial_filming_section_relevant. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 13:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
FYI Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_December_28#Category:TV_programmes_and_films_shot_in_Bristol. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:08, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
These characters need to merged I wish to hear opinions if anyone disagrees.
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe), Icer and Scare Glow need to be merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters
Blade (Masters of the Universe) and
Gwildor need to be merged
Masters of the Universe (film)
Snake Face needs to be merged to
Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)
Heroes
Clamp Champ need to be merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters
Zoar (He-Man) to
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull
List of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters needs reorganising
Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
This also I feel needs deletion
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles This article fails on multiple levels there is no third person information, it lacks notability and is really just trivia it needs deletion see the criteria.
WP:TOYS
Dwanyewest (
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12:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
If it is agreed how do these articles get merged I dunno how to do it? Dwanyewest ( talk) 17:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I have started the debate regarding the List of Masters of the Universe vehicles Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:08, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
FY: Deletion discussion for Category:Saturday morning television and some subcategories at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 30#Saturday_morning_television, where contributions from members of this project would be welcome. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 22:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Primeval could use some editor love. Never saw the series myself, so not totally vested in trying to improve it beyond some semi-quick, rough clean up. Trying first to deal with the insane number of side articles made for this short 23 episode series. Check out Template:Primeval for the list of most of them. So far, I've:
The main article really needs some good clean up, as does the episode list. I've done some of the work on the episode list already, cleaning up the lead a bit and expanding it some, and tweaking the layout. The ratings need to be moved up to their ep tables though. The character list formatting needs fixed, its lead expanded, non-free image culling, plot trimming, and sourcing. The rest, I'm inclined to say need the actions I've done (of course), but other eyes and views on how to clean this one up would be great. Even better would be someone interested in adopting this series to get its articles into shape and clean up behind the self-proclaimed "cult" fans who have gone crazy with it. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 17:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Eleventh_Doctor#RfC:_Image_use_in_infobox. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 08:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Letting everyone know that a good article under the scope of this project, Stephen Colbert, is underoing an individual good article reassessment. You can see my concerns at Talk:Stephen Colbert/GA1. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 15:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Can someone help me find ratings for the first five episodes of Million Dollar Challenge (poker).-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 06:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Stub templates section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Television says "The complete list of Television related stubs can be found here: List of Television related stubs", but Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types no longer has Television section. Change wording to "The complete list of Television related stubs can be found at WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types"? -- EarthFurst ( talk) 11:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
After a short discussion at WT:ANIME, which concluded that Firefox News is a WP:SPS and should not be used as a source, I have started a general discussion about the reliability of Firefox News at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Firefox.org/news/. I'm placing this notice here as a number of television articles also reference Firefox News for information. — Farix ( t | c) 14:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Need your help to improve and reorganise W.I.T.C.H. and its related articles, as well as their structures. Discuss more at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disney#W.I.T.C.H.. -- JSH-alive talk • cont • mail 11:05, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
A proposal has been raised on WT:FILM under WT:FILM#Merge of minor infobox variants which is pertinent to the {{ infobox television film}} and {{ infobox Hollywood cartoon}} templates; as these may be considered to fall under "television series" it was suggested that a note be dropped here. Please leave comments or suggestions on that thread. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
A discussion started in June 2009 regarding the bolding of cast lists in series article, has been restarted after an editor disputed the updating of the TV Style Guidelines to no longer call for this bolding. Additional views would be useful at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Bolding -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 21:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Just as a note, I added the project tag to the talk page on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Also, this user ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/75.168.250.99) seems hell bent on adding in a fan site. I wouldn't be surprised if this person was the sites owner. Regardless, the link doesn't belong, and it should be removed per WP:EL. Since i'm not very active on Wiki, it might help if someone from this project kept an eye on it. Cheers! 24.99.178.246 ( talk) 00:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
I am massively trying to clean up Masters of the Universe I tried to nominate the following articles for deletion something has gone wrong. Slime Pit, Attak Trak, Battle Ram, Battle Ram, Talon Fighter, Wind Raider can anyone help? Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Dalek#RfC:_Free-use_image_for_infobox_picture.3F. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 02:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
The coloring of the navigation boxes {{ Nickelodeon}}, {{ Nicktoons}}, and {{ Nicktoons video games}} is being discussed here. Any and all opinions are needed! BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 04:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
I should state right off the bat that I generally tend to stay away from TV articles here on Wikipedia for the simple fact that there seems to be a tendency for editors in this subject area to be more combative then is usual (which is really saying something, my hat's off to those of you who "live" in this topic area).
I've noticed that there's a recent tendency for editors to transclude the table portion of the "<Show name> (<year> season)" articles onto the main "<Show name>" article (for examples, see
List of MythBusters episodes or
List of House episodes, two TV show articles I know are doing this). Now, I recognize right off the bat that this practice makes the immediate maintenance task easier for editors, since only one list needs to be maintained. However, I find this development troubling for the simple fact that it makes editing article content that much more difficult to accomplish. The ability to transclude content from one article onto another is a needed capability to have, but it's regular use in the mainspace (outside of established use with templates) has generally been frowned upon, historically. So... I guess hat I'm asking is, is this something that we're going to find generally acceptable now? I'm willing to live with it, especially since I'm probably more technically inclined then most, but it seems to be an odd enough departure from the established norms that I wanted to bring the subject up for discussion.
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This is odd. How does { {:House (season 1)}} create what I see at List_of_House_episodes#Season_1:_2004.E2.80.932005? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 00:18, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
\i think maybe somerthing should be changed in the code so that when you press the edit button it also brings upt he contents of what is included in the onlyinclude tags-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 17:21, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Can we get some opinions at Template talk:How I Met Your Mother about linking to subsections? BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 23:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Articles such as LongArm and various COPS characters have YouTube videos and have questionable notability see others for yourselves Sundown (C.O.P.S.) I believe all the character bios should be deleted or merged if there is no third person info on the characters. Dwanyewest ( talk) 17:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi; is there anyone involved with this project that knows of/can recommend a copyeditor for " A Rugrats Chanukah," which is currently at FAC, where a reviewer noted his smitten recommendation of another copyedit to the article as soon as possible. Thanks, The Flash {talk} 22:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
I've been expanding episode summaries at List of Metalocalypse episodes. One of the episodes I wrote a pretty decent paragraph for, which one editor (an anon) thought was too long. I was wondering if there was any consensus as to the depth of explanation for a single episode. I recall reading a Star Trek episode plot in great detail on Wikipedia, but then again, I figure that's going to have the same problems as DBZ, with a lot of people really passionate about it. AzureFury ( talk | contribs) 05:02, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
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There appears to be a bit of a dispute of the ratings on the ER page. My question is whether the ratings are based on total number of individual viewers, or viewers per household? -- The Taerkasten ( talk) 12:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm working on List of Code Monkeys episodes and I have no idea how to find its Nielsen ratings. Is there a website that has ratings or something because I can't find one. GamerPro64 ( talk) 23:25, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural) has been nominated for FAC here. Does anyone mind contributing to the review? Thanks. Ω pho is 17:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm afraid I might get blocked by insisting the use of one template for both series given they exist in one universe. See Template:Encantadia. A well-meaning yet misguided user does not seem to understand what a spin-off means. Please help in mediating. Thanks. Please read. -- [[User:Buhay Tao|Buhay Tao (ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜆᜂ)]] ([[User talk:Buhay Tao|Buhay Tao (ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜆᜂ)]]) ( talk) 17:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
I'd appreciate some input at the above AfD. (this is a neutral note, any comments are appreciated) The leftorium 09:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I left some feedback on the talkpage, Talk:Survivor:_Borneo#Did_anyone_proof_read_this_article.3F -- GateKeeper ( talk) @ 01:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
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Is there a reason why most of the featured seasons are classified as featured lists, but the featured Smallville and Supernatural seasons are classified as featured articles? Sarilox ( talk) 05:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Articles such as LongArm and various COPS characters have YouTube videos and have questionable notability see others for yourselves Sundown (C.O.P.S.) I believe all the character bios should be deleted or merged if there is no third person info on the characters.
Go check it if you don't believe me. Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:34, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I feel that Sakis Rouvas is in too many irrelevant wikiprojects and I have identified yours as possibly being one. Could someone familiar with the scope of this project please read through the article and decide whether it fits or not? If it doesn't please remove the project banner. Thanks. Grk1011/Stephen ( talk) 20:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
All the American Tv Series like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Heroes_episodes seem to be listed that way, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_serials is not. Why is that ? Is there not a standard for All Tv Series episodes ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowboy83 ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
If any one whats to join the debates feel free. Blade (Masters of the Universe), Scare Glow, LongArm, Sundown (C.O.P.S.)
Dwanyewest (
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08:32, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
The Top Gear Race to the North article is listed as of interest to this project. The GA review has been put on hold for seven days to allow editors to deal with the issues raised at Talk:Top Gear Race to the North/GA1. Regards SilkTork * YES! 12:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Members of this project are invited to comment on an assessment of Toon Zone ( www.toonzone.net) as a possible reliable source. Arsonal ( talk) 02:28, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Should we mention the Horrid Henry CITV takeover that is taking place between the 15th February and the 19th February, thought I'd mention it here. Paul 2387 17:04, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I have a thought on the removal of a parameter, if people want to weigh in at Template_talk:Infobox_character#Parameter_removal CTJF83 GoUSA 22:49, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Supernatural (season 2) and the two season two episodes are currently nominated for featured topic here. Can anyone please give their view on it? Thanks. Ω pho is 02:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
I have over the last few months tried to improve the Masters of the Universe articles by adding third person information. In terms of characters I feel it has become bloated and in many cases not notewothy. Many I feel should be deleted or merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters which also needs a major rewrite.
The only characters I feel are worthy keeping are the following:
He-man,
She-Ra,
Battlecat,
Orko,
Man-At-Arms,
King Randor,
Teela,
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull,
Hordak,
Queen Marlena,
Snake Men (Masters of the Universe),
Skeletor. Does anyone have any opinions?
Dwanyewest (
talk)
19:50, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I have nominated the episode Pilot (Parks and Recreation) for FAC. I've been working on P&R articles for some time now, but am concerned that not enough people have commented at the FAC for this particular article. If anybody has time to take a glance at it, any comments, suggestions or criticisms would be highly appreciated! — Hun ter Ka hn 13:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Can somebody explain this to me? Is it still upcoming? Woogee ( talk) 03:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Please see the proposal at Template_talk:Infobox_television#Additional_fields. Fred the happy man ( talk) 14:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I'm hoping to nominate Parks and Recreation (season 1) for FAC. It's passed at GAN and GLN, and gone through a peer review before, but it failed the first FAC because of prose problems. I've listed it for another peer review and was hoping someone could take a rigorous look at the prose and grammar before I nominate it for FAC again. Thanks! — Hun ter Ka hn 18:37, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey, has anyone noticed the page abuse on the Cooper Freedman page from Private Practice? I am new to this and do not know the info to replace the written page abuse on this page. Could someone please fix this? 118.90.60.127 ( talk) 09:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I really believe some of these issues need resolving and discussion these are my ideas I thought I better ask otherwise it will likely go into an edit war again.
I feel that Horde Trooper and Horde Prime should be merged into Evil Horde. Tung Lashor, Snake Face, Sssqueeze into Snake Men (Masters of the Universe) and Double Trouble (She-Ra) and a few others into List of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters and episodes such as Teela's Quest should be merged into List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes I feel also some other characters should be merged or deleted.
I added a reliable third person source [16] for Vic Mackey and other articles and it keeps been removed I don't believe trivia without sources should be allowed. [17] other shield characters need additional sources too. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:13, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
just informing this project about merge proposal of the two The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tv shows. see Talk:The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_(2010_TV_series)#Propose_to_Merge_with_The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_.281992_TV_series.29. Gman124 talk 05:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Recently, an admin replaced [18] the promo image for the House character Thirteen with the actress's image. I have never encountered this before, and was wondering whether this is right, as the admin basically stated that actors images should be used if it "serves the same encyclopedic purpose". This is per my discussion here. Any feedback? -- Hana ichi 10:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Are the pages Journey to the West (TVB) and Journey to the West (TVB series) relating to the same subject? I can't quite tell. Thoughts? Lord Sesshomaru ( talk • edits) 13:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to consult those in WP:TV about a specific question related to the style guidelines. Generally, where should the the pick-up date of a TV series be mentioned under the 'Background and production' heading? Would it be better to place it under 'Conception and development' section or 'Filming' section? I should mention that the casting happened before the series was greenlit, so perhaps that changes things. Thanks in advance. — Mirlen Talk 16:03, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Discussion at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Proposal_-_stricter_guidelines_against_plots_in_articles -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 04:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
On the page Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) (yet again, I'm sorry), an editor moved the newly (and sourced) episode ratings that I added out of the episode list table and into its separate (sortable) table below it. I asked him/her how to make the ratings column sortable within the episode table. But not sure if that is feasible and they insist that it be in its own table. However, I think a whole new table for the ratings is redundant and just more [unnecessary] table code within the article. Other articles, such as the FL Lost (season 3) have the ratings within the episode table. I do understand the usefulness of having the ratings sortable, so could just the ratings column in the EL table be made sortable? — Mike Allen 03:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Also, I do wish I could help upgrade the article to a FL in the future, but I'm afraid information about "reception", "production", etc aren't found with L&O: SVU (like for example, Smallville (season 9)). Well other than, blogs, which just sucks. So I'm just trying to make the article the best that I can given the material to work with. Any suggestions on any improvements that can be made on the article that could help it one day pass a FL evaluation? (Note: I have removed the copied summaries, which I was ineptly guilty of doing.) Thanks. — Mike Allen 03:45, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I am working on Chanakya (TV series), adding the plots of every episode to a section devoted to the same. The problem is, at the end of 47 episodes (45 min each), the article might become too long (still to come: a plot section describing the overall series, and a few more paragraphs in the production and criticism sections).
The question is, can the list be moved to a separate Chanakya (episodes) article or something similar? Unlike American or British serials, Indian ones hardly, if ever, have episode titles. So I can't exactly create pages like Episode 1 (Chanakya). And I am not sure if this can go into a List of Chanakya episodes article. Last Contrarian ( talk) 12:10, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Should you be allowed to use TV.com links as episode links? See this. The edit was made by Kamyar Aflaki ( talk | contribs). I reverted the user's edit, but I am not sure what reasoning to give why, since I haven't witnessed an edit like this before. -- Matthew R Dunn ( talk) 14:28, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
My assumption would be that they did use Google, MSN, or AltaVista, and Wikipedia was the first link available. In the case of CSI: Miami season 8, Wiki is actually the 4th link on the list. TV.com is the first link. Wikipedia should provide them with everything they need first, not direct them somewhere else first. How can we be sure that a reader isn't looking for something on our website, is redirected to TV.com as soon as they get to the page, only to find out that TV.com doesn't have what they want and they have to backtrack to Wikipedia just to find their answer. When, had they stayed on the page from the start they might have found it on the first try. It should be, "Please, read our page. If you have not found what you are looking for then please look through these links that we have at the bottom of the page to see if they will help." If you put the link up top, you're basically giving up on providing them with any information, and immediately sending them somewhere else. That would be like me walking into Wal-Mart and immediately seeing a sign for a sale at K-Mart. How do I konw that Wal-Mart doesn't have the same sale? BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:40, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Degrassi: The Next Generation for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. 117Avenue ( talk) 03:33, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
I have led to believe that characters such as He-man and Hordak don't use the correct character inbox so which one do I use as some of the Masters of the Universe characters. I used the the comic book inbox for the Snake Men (Masters of the Universe) since the began in comics but some characters first appearance was in television which one do I use. Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the the excess details from
Fearless Photog but the article was created by
User:Dream Focus so expect an edit war just so you know.
Dwanyewest (
talk)
19:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Well since neither of us are gonna agree I discussed it here which is neutral [20] Dwanyewest ( talk) 21:50, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I've nominated Parks and Recreation (season 1) for featured article, but more than two weeks have gone by and its received very little attention. This article has passed at GA, gone through two peer reviews, and is the flagship article for a GT. It's well sourced and comprehensive, and failed its first FA because of prose issues which have now been resolved. But I'm concerned it will fail at the current FA simply due to lack of participation in the FAC. If any of you can spare some time, would you be willing to review it? Thanks in advance! — Hun ter Ka hn 18:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I've been keeping an eye on The Pacific (miniseries) and Lie to Me recently, and noticed they had large tables/lists identifying practically every tv channel they were broadcast on, even non-English broadcasts. So I'd a look at the style guidelines and they state "make sure that Wikipedia is not seen as the American Wikipedia, it would be beneficial to the article to have any international broadcasters listed". While I'm all for Wikipedia not being the American Wikipedia (I'm from Europe!), I think the distinction should be made that it is the english-language Wikipedia, and so propose ammending the guideline to say "...it would be beneficial to the article to have any English-language international broadcasters listed" (without the emphasis). Off the top of my head, this includes the US, Canada, Ireland, UK, Hong Kong (might be mistaken on this?), Australia and New Zealand. Any thoughts? Thanks! Fin © ™ 11:49, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I just wanted to make an announcement in case you're like me and miss important changes. Per this discussion ALT text is no longer required for Featured Articles. Just a heads for future FAR. :-) — Mike Allen 18:17, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Are we not allowed to copy plot summaries (even when the are a couple of sentences) from TVguide.com, etc for episodes? Someone keeps removing some of the plot summaries from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11), citing copyvio. I flat out told them that TVguide doesn't own those sentences. Do they really? I know it would look better by adding a longer encyclopedic summary.. I just haven't done it yet. Couldn't the borrowed summary from that site stay until I (or miraculously another user) re writes it? They also keep adding TV.com as a source.. sigh. — Mike Allen 10:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
OK the user is back removing two episode summaries that is set to air within the next two weeks. I have them sourced by the Futon Critic, and I summarized the given summary of "Bedtime" by NBC, in my words. The other episode see below. Yet this person is still citing a copyright violation AND Crystal. How is Wikipedia predicting the future when it's in reliable sources? I don't get this...
"Bedtime"
"When a journalist is found dead in her bed with an "X" carved into her cheek, Capt. Cragen recalls a similar case thirty years earlier that occurred in the Bronx by the "Bedtime Butcher". The mission soon leads Benson to go undercover to uncover the truth."
Source
I had this one the same as the first sentence of The Futon page:
"Conned"
"The detectives must determine a murder victim's identity after the presumed victim turns up alive."
Source
I just re worded it to "After a presumed murder victim turns up alive, the detectives must figure out their identity." I mean how many ways can you reword this?
Is this a copyright violation?? — Mike Allen 19:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Another editor has removed several listings from List of Kurdish television channels and tagged articles relating to Kurdish television stations such as Gali Kurdistan, Kurdsat TV, Kurd1, Kurd Channel for speedy deletion. I don't want to get into an edit war, but could someone who is familiar with lists of stations and channels consider reverting the list to the last complete one? If you have access to sources that might establish notability for individual stations, please consider restoring or recreating articles on those stations. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 20:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
An editor has started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Multiple use of commercial links regarding whether the use of multiple commercial links, such as official sites and Amazon.com, to reference air dates and release dates for media works is "spam". Said discussion stems from a second editor claiming it was and stripping all such references out of several FA and FL articles, and attacking another editor as a "spammer" for referencing several more lists in a similar fashion. Additional views would be useful. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 13:23, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
There's an ongoing edit war at
List of Castle episodes over how to present multi-part stories where "Part x" is not part of the episode title. The current war relates to two episodes, "
Tick, Tick, Tick..." and "
Boom". "Boom" is the second part of the story commenced in "Tick, Tick, Tick..." but neither episode has "Part 1" or "Part 2" as part of its title. One editor opposes putting "(Part 1)" in the title box of {{
Episode list}} and insists that "{Part 1)" should be in the "|ShortSummary=
" field. There's a more detailed explanation of the problem at
Talk:List of Castle episodes#Edit-warring over episode part placement.
[21] I've looked but can't find any consensus on how part numbers should be presented in cases such as this so my question is obviously, is there any consensus regarding this? --
AussieLegend (
talk)
14:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I am new to editing TV episode lists. What is the practice for counting series episodes in a series that normally has half hour episodes? In List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes a production code represents one half hour, but some episodes (from beginning credits to end credits) were an hour or two hours long. I tried to remedy this error by naming the number of episodes per season "Half-hours", only to be undone [22]. I then tried to recount the episodes per season by actual number of episodes (credits to credits), to be undone again [23]. Any suggestions to remedy this edit war? And if number of actual episodes are to be used, should the 22 November 2009 episode be series #168 not series #179? 117Avenue ( talk) 23:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The reason I ask this is because List of Masters of the Universe characters I believe needs reorganising because the characters are arranged according to year the toy was released without verification. Is the accepted format if not then what is? Incidently I have proposed a merger of Masters of the Universe characters because too many exist with minimal verification to assert notability to discuss it go to Talk:List of Masters of the Universe characters Dwanyewest ( talk) 19:03, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Hey folks,
In line with the gradual trend towards making sure that we treat articles about fictional subjects from a neutral, real-world perspective, I finally created a new in-universe tag for articles related to The Sopranos which approach the topic from the perspective of the series itself. Our articles on The Sopranos are notorious for this - even the most prominent characters have articles devoid of references which contain nothing but plot material. The tag is {{ in-universe/Sopranos}} - it adds pages to the new cleanup category Sopranos articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction. Please tag any further examples and help clean them up. Cheers! Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I've recently returned to Wikipedia after a short absence, and visited List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes, which I happened to take to WP:FLC a year ago. I found the page to be a complete mess. [24] I've spent the morning redoing the page, and left a message on the talk page. I suspect the members of the project are more up to date with current practices, MOS guidelines for lists, episode lists, article structure, etc etc. All comments are welcome. Thank you, Matthewedwards : Chat 21:01, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
What do folks here think about this discussion? There or here, fine either place. -- John ( talk) 06:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm working through Category:Articles to be merged from November 2007 and I've got to List of Six Feet Under episodes and List of Six Feet Under deaths. Could someone take a look and see if this is worth carrying though (the first one or two series have been done)? Thanks. Totnesmartin ( talk) 20:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the policy is for wedging a list of episodes into the episode infobox, but those interested in this practice may wish to comment here. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I have started merge discussions for the above proposals at Talk:Home Movies (TV series)#The Art of the Sucker Punch and Talk:Phineas and Ferb#Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror as I believe that neither episode meets the notability guidelines. –– Jezhotwells ( talk) 00:29, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
I've recently poured a lot of time, thought, and effort into an article about Code of Vengeance. It was featured as part of DYK just yesterday but I think it could also qualify as a Good Article. (Heck, if a guy can dream, maybe a Featured one.) But even though I've been here for quite a while, have over 80 DYK credits, created countless articles, and done a ton of editing, I've never actually put an article up for Good Article review. Any thoughts, guidance, or assistance would be gratefully accepted. - Dravecky ( talk) 19:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there a difference in notabilty between tv-broadcasted- and web-series' ? -- Wistula ( talk) 16:30, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I have proposed that Mekaneck, Evilseed, Two-Bad, Screeech, Man-E-Faces, Mer-Man, Crita should be merged into List of Masters of the Universe characters anyone with opinions please discuss at Talk:List of Masters of the Universe characters Dwanyewest ( talk) 14:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm wondering if an article about Menowin Fröhlich is justified considering he is a runner-up on a reality tv show. Kingjeff ( talk) 19:20, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Dear fellows, I have prepared an article covering the International Television Expert Group (see User:Mentalmoses/ITEG), but I'm afraid it might need some tidying up. So I would kindly as for the support of a more experienced group member to look it over before putting it into the mainspace. Many thanks for your support! Mentalmoses ( talk) 22:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
User:Mentalmoses/ITEG
At WT:NBA#Possible widespread errors, I reported a bunch of unsourced edits by a single IP address about radio/TV broadcasts ( examples). Nobody there seems to know how to verify them either, but one person suggested asking here so I'll wait a little longer before I start undoing the edits. I considered posting at WT:TVS, but it doesn't seem to be very active. Thanks. — LOL T/ C 12:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Yet again, User:Camelbinky is arguing for removing all plot summaries from all media articles unless the plot is sourced to a third-party source, not the work itself, claiming that they are "unencyclopedic" and that it is only a "vocal minority" who favor them. Discussion is at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Perhaps revisit this "perennial proposal" in light of new comment by Jimbo -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 03:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The article Interactive television is redirected from Interactive Television Standards but then again there is an existing article called Interactive television standards?! Similar conflict between this article ( Interactive television) and Interactive Television!
And none of these articles mention the two major ongoing industry projects: Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV and Project Canvas. I hope somebody would be ready to fix all this?
We may also consider, if Interactive television & Co should not rather be a television project article?
Any thoughts? Mentalmoses ( talk) 21:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I came across an article for the television pilot Mr. Sunshine (2010 TV series). I was going to do some expanding/fixes and add some sources. The article itself is incorrect because this is just a pilot, not a series as it states, and it has not yet been picked up by the network. I am worried I will be wasting my time if someone deems this not a notable article. Are stand alone TV pilots considered notable? (BTW, I must admit I don't think every pilot/show in development needs a page, but I was willing to work on this one.) Are there any guidelines on this?
Also, is there a category for pilots? Or series under development? The article is currently categorized as "2010s American television series" and "2010 television series debuts", which are technically wrong. I'd appreciate any feedback. I just hate to waste my time on it. Thanks. -- Logical Fuzz ( talk) 21:45, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
In some shows, certain actors will receive the "with" or "and" billing, whether it be a series regular or guest actor, and this is then translated onto Wikipedia for cast lists, where it'll say "and actor name" ( V as an example), is this allowed or not? I've seen instances where people will remove this information, while some articles have it. I've been reverting some edits where an anon user is adding this into cast lists, and I just want to know if I'm correct or not. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 21:36, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
The link can be found here. GamerPro64 ( talk) 19:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm having difficulty making edits to this article. User:Otto4711 has been attempting to prevent me from making major edits, such as removing a trivial image with a poor fair use rationale. I feel that Otto has been been making clear violations of WP:OWN, considering the editor suggested that I had less right to edit the articles because I had not made any edits prior. But first and foremost, I would just like to get some assistance so Otto cannot simply ignore any arguments and blindly revert any edits to the article. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I looked over both of those articles, and neither supports a non-free image right now. Not for any reason. Maybe a free one of Hemingway, if a valid reason to have it could be found. There are other problems with those pages though. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:15, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
This article is currently at FAC, and could use some FAC reviews. Please take a moment to review the article. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
User:Headbomb restored this list from its being redirected to the main article in June 2009 as it had been primarily copyvio and nothing but titles after all that was removed. I initially disagreed with his restoration, but as he added air dates I let it stand and proceeded to properly format the list using the {{ episode list}} template, adding a basic lead, adding the basic ELs. He is continuing to restore "his" version for the simple sake of adding back a "reference" to IMDB. I have attempted to discuss it with him on his talk page, [25] but he continues reverting during the discussion claiming his format is preferred by "featured lists" (obviously, not) and as he has now done four reverts I left him a 3RR warning. Additional views in this issue would be useful. I have started a discussion at Talk:List of Forever Knight episodes#Dispute Over Format. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 17:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
The same editor has now created a category and template for the series, which has three articles total. Both have been nominated for deletion.
As same editor is continuing to be extremely uncivil and abusive, some neutral intervention, views would be most useful. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 21:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I thought this is what his userspace is for? If he is going to make a "big edit" he should have least added it to his userspace and made sure it was within guidelines/policy and all that good stuff, before pushing it out to the mainspace. "Sadly i think this may have turned headbomb off from further expanding the content" ...And? He should learn to work with others. Also using BRIGHT and WILD colors is discouraged per WP:ACCESSIBILITY. Why not use hot pink next time? Mike Allen 06:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Some assistance at this featured list would be very helpful, since it appears, superficially at least, to have serious copyright problems.
CIreland ( talk) 15:39, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
There's a little problem in The Secret Saturdays about whether the air date should say "October 3, 2008 - Present" or "October 3, 2008 - January 30, 2010". The reason for this difficulty is because Cartoon Network did not actually cancel the show, but according to the series' creator, no new episodes have been ordered. What would be the proper course of action in this "hiatus" situation?-- Twilight Helryx 18:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct place to put this, but I am giving it a try.
I have started a personal project goal of creating navboxes for channels such as History, ect. This way, it will be easier to find a list of non-one shot special programs, and navagate from the main History Channel Page, or between shows on their respective pages. I believe I have finally finished it, and I was hoping to get a review from you guys, since you are more skilled in this area than I am.
The template can be found here: Template:History Shows
Thanks, -- Mooshykris ( talk) 15:30, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Don'y worry about notability. If something is deleted, it can be removed from the template (I won't comment on the redlinks). It's a pretty good template, except that it's really full. Is there any way you can link to lists or something, and make it less full? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 22:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
I suspect our old friend Mmbabies is back vandalizing TV station articles, primarily in Houston, fictionalizing their channel numbers. -- Gridlock Joe ( talk) 01:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Fresh Blood (Supernatural) for FA here. There has been little response, so would anyone mind taking a look? Thanks. Ω pho is 14:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
This list article which is tagged as an Wikiproject Television article is nominated for deletion. Please nominate here for consensus on this article. Thank you. Jhenderson777 ( talk) 19:52, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Anyone want to help clean up the mess that is You Can't Do That on Television and its subarticles? Apparently some fans have been running around, spamming a well-known fansite that offers illegal copies of the series, and filling the articles with WP:OR, as well as making articles for various unnotable cast members. I just did a massive gutting of the main article to remove some of the worse bits and tagging it for the remaining issues, but it still needs a ton of work. [26] I also boldly redirected the episode list back to the main article, as it was a variety show which we generally don't do episode lists for. Happy to also work with someone or several someone's on cleaning this up (particularly source hunting) as I did rather love the show as a kid, but its a large project for just one person to work on, and I'd rather not really commit to tackling this clean up without some support. I think this is a series that we could easily get to GA level with some work, as the series was greatly talked about in its heyday. So...anyone? Bueller? I don't know? *splat* -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 01:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I have suggested that Minty (My Little Pony) be merged into List of My Little Pony characters but has been suggested that this website http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0116948/ be used as a source for a character is IMDB a reliable source. Dwanyewest ( talk) 21:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
I invite anyone to discuss the merger of Rainbow Dash, Star Catcher to List of My Little Pony characters I feel the issue needs to resolved. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I believe the site http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com is more reliable for characters even if it is not completed. It is not user submitted info. Only three individuals have access to add content and they only add content that is obtained from show credits, dvds, and the like. Maybe this could be used as a substitute for IMDB. Granted they have a lot of content still to add but it seems whatever is added is pretty darn reliable. Optimussolo ( talk) 22:44, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
See the discussions for Infobox Chuck character and Chuck episodes. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:16, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
There is a dispute going on about " Living Lohan" involving the song infobox for "All the Way Around" being placed there. I'm not so sure if this applies in this case, but does this fall under the guidelines for articles for TV shows, since it was focused around the song? Thanks. ( talk) 3:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
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Is He-man.org a reliable source for he man related info because I think it needs a mass over haul and cull because too many articles are unnecessary of simply Fancruft WP:FAN. Also some of the He-Man.org articles are dead because the site seems to be updated so alot of links don't work on many of the articles. I personally think its semi reliable since they seem to interview alot of people related to making the toys or writers of the show. My final point for the He-Ro article I found a carbon copy of the old He-man.org article and found a released series bible relating to He-Ro should it be used. [1] Dwanyewest ( talk) 01:39, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
In that case
He-Man and
She-Ra should have their He-Man.org website links removed because their is at least 8 or more He-man related articles with such links. There is a host of poorly written Fancruft written articles I wouldn't know where to begin and plus are these articles even using the correct character inbox for TV characters?
Dwanyewest (
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02:30, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
To the best of my knowledge I gotten rid of every article with He-man.org Dwanyewest ( talk) 18:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I am just trying to cover my back are these acceptable sources
[2]
[3]
[4]
Dwanyewest (
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09:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at WikiProject Tokusatsu where me and User:Ryulong have disagreed on whether this news article from TVShowsOnDVD.com is a reliable source for info about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers being "remastered" for its 2010 rebroadcast. As Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a TV show I decided to start this discussion so users here can say what they think about this. Powergate92 Talk 23:16, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Smallville (season 9)#DVR ratings about creating a separate table to list the DVR numbers for episodes. As the page currently (or, at least originally) stood, ALL the viewership numbers were on one episode table--with DVR numbers separately identified. It is my assertion that having 2 episode tables is needlessly redundant, when the ratings can easily fit on one table along with the rest of the episode information. Another editor disagrees, and feels that it's confusing to have two numbers listed. More opinions are requested. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 00:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
A discussion has been started about merging these two templates at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 October 23#Template:All plot. There is also a rename discussion at Template talk:Plot#Requested move that may be of interest. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 15:43, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I would assume the fact that almost all stations involved have removed the company logo from their site, and that network website is no longer online, I would assume the network defunct. However, I've been wrong before, so someone should check to make sure. Retro Agnostic ( talk) 06:36, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Could some editors please take a look at the nomination of All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) and give their input? Thanks. Ophois ( talk) 17:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm reposting these comments here, from the help desk. I'd like to get some more input.
One editor made a series of edits to multiple articles, citing a single source that opines about the sexual orientation of various cartoon characters. Here are the diffs: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]. I don't see how, on the basis of a single source, these theories deserve weight in the articles. As far as we can tell, this is one guy's opinion. This opinion seems to be based entirely on subtext, as homosexuality is either rarely or never mentioned in these cartoons. In some cases, this one person's opinion is receiving substantial weight in the article, in something of a bizarre way. I think it would be wise for this kind of discussion to happen in one place, rather than on six different talk pages. Croctotheface ( talk) 09:21, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I've noticed that in many articles for television series, there is mention that the series itself is "Peabody-Award winning", or somewhere else in the lead and/or main body it might say "Show X won a Peabody Award". Setting aside the former example as a vio of the guideline that the subject of an article should never be introduced with "award-winning" in the first sentence of the lead, I would like to bring up something else: I wandered over to the Peabody Awards article and read that the award is actually given to a network...not to a specific show. The network may receive the award if one of its shows or specials is deemed as an "area of excellence", but said show or special is not the official recipient, and a person associated with the show usually receives the physical award on behalf of the network. So instead of "Show X won a Peabody Award", should it instead read "Show X garnered a Peabody Award for Network Y"? - SoSaysChappy ( talk) 19:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
A discussion is on-going at Template talk:Infobox Television#Flags regarding the removal of flag icons from Television infoboxes. As the talk is not as widely watched, it seems appropriate to make a note here as well. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 19:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Previously, Ion Television was moved from ION Television per the standards of capitalization in WP:MOSTM. The concern I'm raising here is that move, done properly and according to our conventions, wasn't accompanied by moves for related articles such as ION Media Networks (the parent company) and ION Life (a digital subchannel carried on Ion O&Os). What I'm asking for here is a list of affected pages so I can do a proper requested move of them, as apparently at least some of the pages previously had been at the Ion capitalization and been moved to the ION version despite the naming conventions at WP:MOSTM that we don't use irregular capitalization of brand names just because the brand owner does. It should also be noted that "Ion" is not an initialism, so all caps wouldn't be appropriate here unlike CBS, NBC and ABC which originally were. oknazevad ( talk) 20:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I've nominated the South Park episode " Weight Gain 4000 for an WP:FAC, as part of the South Park Featured Topic Drive. So far it has only one commenter, so I was hoping if any of you had the time, you could swing by and take a look at the nomination? Thanks! — Hunter Kahn ( c) 16:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone familiar with featured lists please give their opinions/input on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Supernatural episodes/archive1? Thanks. Ophois ( talk) 01:43, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I would like some outside perspective on this matter in regards to the external links section of Game of Thrones (TV series). WP:MOSTV states that linking fansites are appropriate only if they demonstrate "more [significance] than any random fansite." Westeros.org contains an overwhelming amount of helpful information, but as the TV series do not necessarily pertain to the books, the link given is the forum. Technically, WP:MOSTV states that forums should not be linked to, but what differentiates the forum at westeros.org is that the executive producers post there (as does the girlfriend of the author, who works as a co-executive producer and is a reliable and credible source in regards to series), hence signifying a sanction of "recognized authority" (to quote from WP:EL). Winter is Coming blog is a fansite (in the form of a blog, so calling it 'only a blog' would be wrong) that is generally recognized within the ASoIaF fan community as the big source for HBO's GoT, as it alone receives insider information that proved to be right (HBO reacted to the leaks by punishing those who worked there and leaked info) and has been cited and/or mentioned by news articles by TV critics as an authoritative source. In addition, both fansites interact with some of the crew working on GoT on what seems to be a regular basis. I was wondering if I should either keep at least one fansite (or both) or remove both of them (along with a third that seems be a very small, random fansite) from the article altogether. Thoughts? — Mirlen Talk 18:31, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I've nominated this article a week or so ago, and has received only one a comment since then. If anyone would like to comment, I would greatly appreciated it. The Flash {talk} 21:11, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Is it the best option considering the limited amount of FU images we're allowed? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 04:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
First of all, I'd like to point out (and laud) the House WikiProject and its members for extracting that show's logo (and converted it to SVG!) for wider usage on Wikipedia. Not only is the logo employed across the articlespace where logical, but it's even used in the talkspace, wikispace, and userspace! That's awesome!
Secondly, I realized that while a lot of shows I watch have title cards that meet the threshold of originality for copyright, the logos in those title cards--that are used far and wide without the copyrightable elements of the title card--are usually textual only and fall into the public domain. But that I had the image manipulation skills, I would extract the logos myself from the six Star Trek series, CSI ( 1, 2, & 3), NCIS, FlashForward, Lie to Me, Life, Warehouse 13, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Journeyman come to mind off the top of my head. All these shows have a base textual logo that, while usually included in their copyrighted title cards, cannot be copyrighted by themselves.
Therefore it's my argument that no, using the copyrighted title cards is frequently not the best option, and in fact can be construed in many circumstances to fail WP:NFCC#1 and #3. — pd_THOR | =/\= | 05:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
For example, Star Trek: Voyager's title card ( File:VOYlogo.png) incorporates elements that cross the threshold of originality: the starfield in the background, and metallic overlay of the text are apparent. However, if we look at how the Voyager logo is represented elsewhere, we'll see that only the words and particular shape/layout of the words remains consistent across the product: all seven DVD sets simply colour the textual logo white in their box art [11], the books vary its colouring, but retain the same shape and layout of the textual logo [12], the Star Trek: Voyager magazine continues the colour-play while retaining the textual identicality [13], and the Star Trek website itself only uses the base text arrangement (in white, occasionally with a drop shadow) [14]. What this shows me is that what represents Star Trek: Voyager across the board is the specific arrangement and font of the series' name, and that can be simply enough recreated (if not copied from elsewhere) without running afoul of copyright limitations due to its intrinsic simplicity ({{ PD-textlogo}}). — pd_THOR | =/\= | 07:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
(redent)Well, if only one non-free image were allowed, I'd guess that the most important one for most TV shows would be the cast image. Showing the cast in the infobox doesn't seem confusing to me, but I could be wrong. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 03:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 55#SPOILER ALERT disclaimers discussing whether spoiler alerts should be added to all articles that cover a fictional topic. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 04:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
I have made a proposal at Template talk:Infobox TV channel#Remove of Channel params to remove all of the individual channel number/carrier params of the infobox. Further input would be appreciated. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 07:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Diamond Ray of Disappearance, The Problem with Power, The Cosmic Comet, Teela's Quest, Origin of the Sorceress all should be merged into List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes
Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
If this is what I must do I shall
Dwanyewest (
talk)
02:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I know that we're told to say "Hogan's Heroes is a television series", rather than was because it continues to exist, per MOS:TV ("References to the show should be in the present tense since shows no longer airing still exist") but I'm having a problem at Popstars The Rivals, because it no longer airs, and it focussed on a single event (winning a singing competition). The event no longer exists, so it sounds odd to say "Popstars The Rivals (often stylised as Popstars: The Rivals) is an interactive reality, talent show broadcast in the United Kingdom during the autumn of 2002." Is this an exception to the rule? Matthewedwards : Chat 01:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone familiar with featured articles please take a look at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Supernatural_(season_1)/archive2 and give their input on whether or not it meets the criteria? Thanks. Ω pho is 08:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
It has been proposed that History of Family Guy be merged into Family Guy on the grounds that it is a content fork. Can editors please give their input? Discussion is here. Thanks. Ω pho is 21:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Another editor and I are having some disagreements over what is and is not appropriate in the infobox. Specifically whether there should be a caption on the image and if so what, if (without commercials) is appropriate to add after the episode runtime, if "Science" is a genre that needs to be appended to Documentary, and whether we should use History or The History Channel (which even the channel itself can't seem to decide on). Additional views would be useful at Talk:How the Earth Was Made#Infobox issues.-- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 01:27, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
There is now a dispute on this article regarding if the episode width should be set at 65-70% (current), 100% (one editor), or removed all together (from the 30 responder to the disagreement over the first two). For such a tiny article, it sure seems to bring out some crazy arguments. Further views would certainly be appreciated and useful at Talk:How the Earth Was Made#Episode table width dispute -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 16:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to rename the Television infobox. Views welcome at Template talk:Infobox Television# Name -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 00:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Would San Diego Comic Con fall within the scope of the project due to large number of shows which premier or hold a panel at the event? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 22:29, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Supernatural (season 2) for FAC. Can anyone please take the time and review it here? Ω pho is 21:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I think this is the most relevant WP so I'll ask here. I was thinking it would perhaps be a good thing to restructure Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia) (and it's sister channels 2, HD and Extra (no article)). Now the channels are "merged" into articles by channel name, I think it would be better to merge by country. So we have Canal+ Sport (Sweden), Canal+ Sport (Denmark), Canal+ Sport (Norway), Canal+ Sport (Finland) where 1, 2, Extra and HD are show similar to Sky Sports. The main reason for this would be that the broadcast rights for the sports are not exactly the same in all countries (for example, Serie A is not shown in Sweden but in all 3 others, in Finland the UEFA Champions League/Europa League are shown but not in the others) and I would say the Swedish C+S1 has more in common with S2, SExtra and SHD than C+S1 NO, DK and FI.
So how should I go about implementing this or getting some merge/move/split discussions going (There doesn't seem to be many people watching either Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia) or C More Entertainment) cha ndl er 00:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
There are too many poorly written and articles with little justification for notability or evidence of third person notability. Wikipedia is not for fan speculation or essays. There were no reliable sources, and as such constituted original research (specifically WP:SYNTH). If sources can be provided to demonstrate that this is notable in any real-world sense then sources should be added.
List of Masters of the Universe characters needs rewritting.
Minor characters which I believe are minor and have no reliable third person sources needs deletion
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe)
This does not meet general notability and I believe is
WP:FANCRUFT needs deletion
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles
Dwanyewest (
talk)
02:21, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe)
Need to be dealt with they are a waste of space
Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:38, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
I've set up the AlexNewArtBot to list new articles related to this project. I recommend watchlisting User:AlexNewArtBot/TelevisionSearchResult for anyone interested in patrolling new television articles. The search results are updated daily. Sarilox ( talk) 01:48, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Television to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Popular pages.
The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr. Z-man 01:03, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
can someone review Wikipedia:Peer review/Family Guy/archive5 and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Family Guy (season 5)/archive2-- Pedro J. the rookie 20:20, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Since several Wikipedia-Books are TV-related, could this project adopt the book-class? This would really help WikiProject Wikipedia-Books, as the WP TV people can oversee books like Seasons of 30 Rock much better than we could as far as merging, deletion, content, and such are concerned. Eventually there probably will be a "Books for discussion" process, so that would be incorporated in the Article Alerts. I'm placing this here rather than on the template page since several taskforces would be concerned.
There's an article in this week Signpost if you aren't familiar with Wikipedia-Books and classes in general. Thanks. Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 21:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a discussion occurring here about the use of cast/crew members in navigation boxes, including TV navboxes. Comments would be greatly appreciated. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 17:54, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a relevant TfD going on here. BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 11:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
In {{
infobox television}}, there is a field for both format
and genre
. Does format include
reality television or would that go in genre? Also, would you classify
My Antonio as a
soap opera,
reality television show, or is
docu-soap a better description. Should the genre soap opera be reserved for scripted fiction? Or does it include reality television shows, which are usually partially scripted? Any input and all input at
Talk:My Antonio is appreciated. After that we can discuss what colour to paint the
bikeshed. Thanks!
Plastikspork
―Œ(talk)
00:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi everyone. While Saturday Night Live is under the domain of WikiProject Television and Comedy, after spending the last few months working on it, I'm seeing more and more just how mammoth a task it is. There are literally dozens of articles dedicated to it, and most need A LOT of work. Because of this, I've proposed the WikiProject Saturday Night Live. Please leave comments, and consider joining as a potential project member. Mainly.generic ( talk) 04:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to drop a note that the
List of House episodes articles, and the individual season articles, need some attention.
—
V = I * R (
talk to Ω)
17:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Unident
Unfortnally that something i dnt have time to do anymore due to work and child commitments but RfC require other memebr consent doesnt it? as i didi propuse this a logn time ago and it was jsut said there a conesus so need for it. if soeone else wants to take this up and follwo it through be my guest i wont complain and will support it :) for now until a new conesus can be mae i think it best ot leave it the way it is hopefully this can be resolve soon :)-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 22:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Following this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Barnett, would anyone mind merging all the character pages for The Game (TV series) into List of The Game characters? Thanks. Fences& Windows 14:49, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Supernatural (season 2) has been renominated for FAC here. Does anyone mind helping review the article? Thanks. Ω pho is 16:16, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
There needs to be a major effort to merge in the myriad of character articles about characters in Oz into Characters of Oz - I poked around and saw many character articles. They don't seem to have any "creation and conception" or "reception" sourced content, and they seem to be all plot summary. WhisperToMe ( talk) 17:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Pond. Cirt ( talk) 21:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
I'd like more input for inclusion of some content on The Beautiful Life series article please. I opened an RfC about ten days ago and haven't received much input. Thanks! Pinkadelica ♣ 15:35, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Where are the Nielsen ratings for TV shows located? An IP keeps adding them to the Law & Order: SVU Season 11 page. I have asked for a source from this person, but have received no response—not a peep. Are these numbers valid and verifiable? Thanks. -- Mike Allen 05:49, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Any fans of this series out there? After mentioning this a year ago on the talk page, I noticed that the List of Sapphire & Steel television stories gives story titles when they never actually had any. I've come back to this now after viewing the currently released DVD which mentions both in its sleeve notes and on the bonus documentary that the stories never had titles. I believe the story name section should be changed, as it seems the titles given (although it does state they weren't official) will give the casual reader false information. Anybody agree or care?-- Tuzapicabit ( talk) 18:35, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Amy_Pond#RfC:_Is_Photo_in_Casting_and_initial_filming_section_relevant. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 13:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
FYI Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_December_28#Category:TV_programmes_and_films_shot_in_Bristol. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:08, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
These characters need to merged I wish to hear opinions if anyone disagrees.
Ninjor (Masters of the Universe), Icer and Scare Glow need to be merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters
Blade (Masters of the Universe) and
Gwildor need to be merged
Masters of the Universe (film)
Snake Face needs to be merged to
Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)
Heroes
Clamp Champ need to be merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters
Zoar (He-Man) to
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull
List of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters needs reorganising
Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
This also I feel needs deletion
List of Masters of the Universe vehicles This article fails on multiple levels there is no third person information, it lacks notability and is really just trivia it needs deletion see the criteria.
WP:TOYS
Dwanyewest (
talk)
12:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
If it is agreed how do these articles get merged I dunno how to do it? Dwanyewest ( talk) 17:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I have started the debate regarding the List of Masters of the Universe vehicles Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:08, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
FY: Deletion discussion for Category:Saturday morning television and some subcategories at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 30#Saturday_morning_television, where contributions from members of this project would be welcome. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 22:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Primeval could use some editor love. Never saw the series myself, so not totally vested in trying to improve it beyond some semi-quick, rough clean up. Trying first to deal with the insane number of side articles made for this short 23 episode series. Check out Template:Primeval for the list of most of them. So far, I've:
The main article really needs some good clean up, as does the episode list. I've done some of the work on the episode list already, cleaning up the lead a bit and expanding it some, and tweaking the layout. The ratings need to be moved up to their ep tables though. The character list formatting needs fixed, its lead expanded, non-free image culling, plot trimming, and sourcing. The rest, I'm inclined to say need the actions I've done (of course), but other eyes and views on how to clean this one up would be great. Even better would be someone interested in adopting this series to get its articles into shape and clean up behind the self-proclaimed "cult" fans who have gone crazy with it. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 17:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Eleventh_Doctor#RfC:_Image_use_in_infobox. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 08:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Letting everyone know that a good article under the scope of this project, Stephen Colbert, is underoing an individual good article reassessment. You can see my concerns at Talk:Stephen Colbert/GA1. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 15:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Can someone help me find ratings for the first five episodes of Million Dollar Challenge (poker).-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 06:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Stub templates section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Television says "The complete list of Television related stubs can be found here: List of Television related stubs", but Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types no longer has Television section. Change wording to "The complete list of Television related stubs can be found at WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types"? -- EarthFurst ( talk) 11:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
After a short discussion at WT:ANIME, which concluded that Firefox News is a WP:SPS and should not be used as a source, I have started a general discussion about the reliability of Firefox News at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Firefox.org/news/. I'm placing this notice here as a number of television articles also reference Firefox News for information. — Farix ( t | c) 14:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Need your help to improve and reorganise W.I.T.C.H. and its related articles, as well as their structures. Discuss more at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disney#W.I.T.C.H.. -- JSH-alive talk • cont • mail 11:05, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
A proposal has been raised on WT:FILM under WT:FILM#Merge of minor infobox variants which is pertinent to the {{ infobox television film}} and {{ infobox Hollywood cartoon}} templates; as these may be considered to fall under "television series" it was suggested that a note be dropped here. Please leave comments or suggestions on that thread. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
A discussion started in June 2009 regarding the bolding of cast lists in series article, has been restarted after an editor disputed the updating of the TV Style Guidelines to no longer call for this bolding. Additional views would be useful at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Bolding -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 21:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Just as a note, I added the project tag to the talk page on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Also, this user ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/75.168.250.99) seems hell bent on adding in a fan site. I wouldn't be surprised if this person was the sites owner. Regardless, the link doesn't belong, and it should be removed per WP:EL. Since i'm not very active on Wiki, it might help if someone from this project kept an eye on it. Cheers! 24.99.178.246 ( talk) 00:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
I am massively trying to clean up Masters of the Universe I tried to nominate the following articles for deletion something has gone wrong. Slime Pit, Attak Trak, Battle Ram, Battle Ram, Talon Fighter, Wind Raider can anyone help? Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Dalek#RfC:_Free-use_image_for_infobox_picture.3F. Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 02:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
The coloring of the navigation boxes {{ Nickelodeon}}, {{ Nicktoons}}, and {{ Nicktoons video games}} is being discussed here. Any and all opinions are needed! BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 04:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
I should state right off the bat that I generally tend to stay away from TV articles here on Wikipedia for the simple fact that there seems to be a tendency for editors in this subject area to be more combative then is usual (which is really saying something, my hat's off to those of you who "live" in this topic area).
I've noticed that there's a recent tendency for editors to transclude the table portion of the "<Show name> (<year> season)" articles onto the main "<Show name>" article (for examples, see
List of MythBusters episodes or
List of House episodes, two TV show articles I know are doing this). Now, I recognize right off the bat that this practice makes the immediate maintenance task easier for editors, since only one list needs to be maintained. However, I find this development troubling for the simple fact that it makes editing article content that much more difficult to accomplish. The ability to transclude content from one article onto another is a needed capability to have, but it's regular use in the mainspace (outside of established use with templates) has generally been frowned upon, historically. So... I guess hat I'm asking is, is this something that we're going to find generally acceptable now? I'm willing to live with it, especially since I'm probably more technically inclined then most, but it seems to be an odd enough departure from the established norms that I wanted to bring the subject up for discussion.
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This is odd. How does { {:House (season 1)}} create what I see at List_of_House_episodes#Season_1:_2004.E2.80.932005? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) ( contribs) 00:18, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
\i think maybe somerthing should be changed in the code so that when you press the edit button it also brings upt he contents of what is included in the onlyinclude tags-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 17:21, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Can we get some opinions at Template talk:How I Met Your Mother about linking to subsections? BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 23:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Articles such as LongArm and various COPS characters have YouTube videos and have questionable notability see others for yourselves Sundown (C.O.P.S.) I believe all the character bios should be deleted or merged if there is no third person info on the characters. Dwanyewest ( talk) 17:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi; is there anyone involved with this project that knows of/can recommend a copyeditor for " A Rugrats Chanukah," which is currently at FAC, where a reviewer noted his smitten recommendation of another copyedit to the article as soon as possible. Thanks, The Flash {talk} 22:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
I've been expanding episode summaries at List of Metalocalypse episodes. One of the episodes I wrote a pretty decent paragraph for, which one editor (an anon) thought was too long. I was wondering if there was any consensus as to the depth of explanation for a single episode. I recall reading a Star Trek episode plot in great detail on Wikipedia, but then again, I figure that's going to have the same problems as DBZ, with a lot of people really passionate about it. AzureFury ( talk | contribs) 05:02, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
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There appears to be a bit of a dispute of the ratings on the ER page. My question is whether the ratings are based on total number of individual viewers, or viewers per household? -- The Taerkasten ( talk) 12:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm working on List of Code Monkeys episodes and I have no idea how to find its Nielsen ratings. Is there a website that has ratings or something because I can't find one. GamerPro64 ( talk) 23:25, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
A discussion has started at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Advice on Lists of Minor Fictional Characters purportedly asking for "advice on when a list of minor characters is appropriate and what the content should be" and is moving towards a suggestion that they be allowed under WP:SALAT. Views from project that deal with fictional works would be useful. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 20:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural) has been nominated for FAC here. Does anyone mind contributing to the review? Thanks. Ω pho is 17:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm afraid I might get blocked by insisting the use of one template for both series given they exist in one universe. See Template:Encantadia. A well-meaning yet misguided user does not seem to understand what a spin-off means. Please help in mediating. Thanks. Please read. -- [[User:Buhay Tao|Buhay Tao (ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜆᜂ)]] ([[User talk:Buhay Tao|Buhay Tao (ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜆᜂ)]]) ( talk) 17:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
I'd appreciate some input at the above AfD. (this is a neutral note, any comments are appreciated) The leftorium 09:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I left some feedback on the talkpage, Talk:Survivor:_Borneo#Did_anyone_proof_read_this_article.3F -- GateKeeper ( talk) @ 01:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
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Is there a reason why most of the featured seasons are classified as featured lists, but the featured Smallville and Supernatural seasons are classified as featured articles? Sarilox ( talk) 05:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Articles such as LongArm and various COPS characters have YouTube videos and have questionable notability see others for yourselves Sundown (C.O.P.S.) I believe all the character bios should be deleted or merged if there is no third person info on the characters.
Go check it if you don't believe me. Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:34, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I feel that Sakis Rouvas is in too many irrelevant wikiprojects and I have identified yours as possibly being one. Could someone familiar with the scope of this project please read through the article and decide whether it fits or not? If it doesn't please remove the project banner. Thanks. Grk1011/Stephen ( talk) 20:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
All the American Tv Series like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Heroes_episodes seem to be listed that way, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_serials is not. Why is that ? Is there not a standard for All Tv Series episodes ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowboy83 ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
If any one whats to join the debates feel free. Blade (Masters of the Universe), Scare Glow, LongArm, Sundown (C.O.P.S.)
Dwanyewest (
talk)
08:32, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
The Top Gear Race to the North article is listed as of interest to this project. The GA review has been put on hold for seven days to allow editors to deal with the issues raised at Talk:Top Gear Race to the North/GA1. Regards SilkTork * YES! 12:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Members of this project are invited to comment on an assessment of Toon Zone ( www.toonzone.net) as a possible reliable source. Arsonal ( talk) 02:28, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Should we mention the Horrid Henry CITV takeover that is taking place between the 15th February and the 19th February, thought I'd mention it here. Paul 2387 17:04, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I have a thought on the removal of a parameter, if people want to weigh in at Template_talk:Infobox_character#Parameter_removal CTJF83 GoUSA 22:49, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Supernatural (season 2) and the two season two episodes are currently nominated for featured topic here. Can anyone please give their view on it? Thanks. Ω pho is 02:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
I have over the last few months tried to improve the Masters of the Universe articles by adding third person information. In terms of characters I feel it has become bloated and in many cases not notewothy. Many I feel should be deleted or merged to List of Masters of the Universe characters which also needs a major rewrite.
The only characters I feel are worthy keeping are the following:
He-man,
She-Ra,
Battlecat,
Orko,
Man-At-Arms,
King Randor,
Teela,
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull,
Hordak,
Queen Marlena,
Snake Men (Masters of the Universe),
Skeletor. Does anyone have any opinions?
Dwanyewest (
talk)
19:50, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I have nominated the episode Pilot (Parks and Recreation) for FAC. I've been working on P&R articles for some time now, but am concerned that not enough people have commented at the FAC for this particular article. If anybody has time to take a glance at it, any comments, suggestions or criticisms would be highly appreciated! — Hun ter Ka hn 13:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Can somebody explain this to me? Is it still upcoming? Woogee ( talk) 03:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Please see the proposal at Template_talk:Infobox_television#Additional_fields. Fred the happy man ( talk) 14:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I'm hoping to nominate Parks and Recreation (season 1) for FAC. It's passed at GAN and GLN, and gone through a peer review before, but it failed the first FAC because of prose problems. I've listed it for another peer review and was hoping someone could take a rigorous look at the prose and grammar before I nominate it for FAC again. Thanks! — Hun ter Ka hn 18:37, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey, has anyone noticed the page abuse on the Cooper Freedman page from Private Practice? I am new to this and do not know the info to replace the written page abuse on this page. Could someone please fix this? 118.90.60.127 ( talk) 09:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I really believe some of these issues need resolving and discussion these are my ideas I thought I better ask otherwise it will likely go into an edit war again.
I feel that Horde Trooper and Horde Prime should be merged into Evil Horde. Tung Lashor, Snake Face, Sssqueeze into Snake Men (Masters of the Universe) and Double Trouble (She-Ra) and a few others into List of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters and episodes such as Teela's Quest should be merged into List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes I feel also some other characters should be merged or deleted.
I added a reliable third person source [16] for Vic Mackey and other articles and it keeps been removed I don't believe trivia without sources should be allowed. [17] other shield characters need additional sources too. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:13, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
just informing this project about merge proposal of the two The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tv shows. see Talk:The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_(2010_TV_series)#Propose_to_Merge_with_The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_.281992_TV_series.29. Gman124 talk 05:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Recently, an admin replaced [18] the promo image for the House character Thirteen with the actress's image. I have never encountered this before, and was wondering whether this is right, as the admin basically stated that actors images should be used if it "serves the same encyclopedic purpose". This is per my discussion here. Any feedback? -- Hana ichi 10:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Are the pages Journey to the West (TVB) and Journey to the West (TVB series) relating to the same subject? I can't quite tell. Thoughts? Lord Sesshomaru ( talk • edits) 13:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to consult those in WP:TV about a specific question related to the style guidelines. Generally, where should the the pick-up date of a TV series be mentioned under the 'Background and production' heading? Would it be better to place it under 'Conception and development' section or 'Filming' section? I should mention that the casting happened before the series was greenlit, so perhaps that changes things. Thanks in advance. — Mirlen Talk 16:03, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Discussion at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Proposal_-_stricter_guidelines_against_plots_in_articles -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 04:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
On the page Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) (yet again, I'm sorry), an editor moved the newly (and sourced) episode ratings that I added out of the episode list table and into its separate (sortable) table below it. I asked him/her how to make the ratings column sortable within the episode table. But not sure if that is feasible and they insist that it be in its own table. However, I think a whole new table for the ratings is redundant and just more [unnecessary] table code within the article. Other articles, such as the FL Lost (season 3) have the ratings within the episode table. I do understand the usefulness of having the ratings sortable, so could just the ratings column in the EL table be made sortable? — Mike Allen 03:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Also, I do wish I could help upgrade the article to a FL in the future, but I'm afraid information about "reception", "production", etc aren't found with L&O: SVU (like for example, Smallville (season 9)). Well other than, blogs, which just sucks. So I'm just trying to make the article the best that I can given the material to work with. Any suggestions on any improvements that can be made on the article that could help it one day pass a FL evaluation? (Note: I have removed the copied summaries, which I was ineptly guilty of doing.) Thanks. — Mike Allen 03:45, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I am working on Chanakya (TV series), adding the plots of every episode to a section devoted to the same. The problem is, at the end of 47 episodes (45 min each), the article might become too long (still to come: a plot section describing the overall series, and a few more paragraphs in the production and criticism sections).
The question is, can the list be moved to a separate Chanakya (episodes) article or something similar? Unlike American or British serials, Indian ones hardly, if ever, have episode titles. So I can't exactly create pages like Episode 1 (Chanakya). And I am not sure if this can go into a List of Chanakya episodes article. Last Contrarian ( talk) 12:10, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Should you be allowed to use TV.com links as episode links? See this. The edit was made by Kamyar Aflaki ( talk | contribs). I reverted the user's edit, but I am not sure what reasoning to give why, since I haven't witnessed an edit like this before. -- Matthew R Dunn ( talk) 14:28, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
My assumption would be that they did use Google, MSN, or AltaVista, and Wikipedia was the first link available. In the case of CSI: Miami season 8, Wiki is actually the 4th link on the list. TV.com is the first link. Wikipedia should provide them with everything they need first, not direct them somewhere else first. How can we be sure that a reader isn't looking for something on our website, is redirected to TV.com as soon as they get to the page, only to find out that TV.com doesn't have what they want and they have to backtrack to Wikipedia just to find their answer. When, had they stayed on the page from the start they might have found it on the first try. It should be, "Please, read our page. If you have not found what you are looking for then please look through these links that we have at the bottom of the page to see if they will help." If you put the link up top, you're basically giving up on providing them with any information, and immediately sending them somewhere else. That would be like me walking into Wal-Mart and immediately seeing a sign for a sale at K-Mart. How do I konw that Wal-Mart doesn't have the same sale? BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:40, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Degrassi: The Next Generation for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. 117Avenue ( talk) 03:33, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
I have led to believe that characters such as He-man and Hordak don't use the correct character inbox so which one do I use as some of the Masters of the Universe characters. I used the the comic book inbox for the Snake Men (Masters of the Universe) since the began in comics but some characters first appearance was in television which one do I use. Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the the excess details from
Fearless Photog but the article was created by
User:Dream Focus so expect an edit war just so you know.
Dwanyewest (
talk)
19:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Well since neither of us are gonna agree I discussed it here which is neutral [20] Dwanyewest ( talk) 21:50, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey all. I've nominated Parks and Recreation (season 1) for featured article, but more than two weeks have gone by and its received very little attention. This article has passed at GA, gone through two peer reviews, and is the flagship article for a GT. It's well sourced and comprehensive, and failed its first FA because of prose issues which have now been resolved. But I'm concerned it will fail at the current FA simply due to lack of participation in the FAC. If any of you can spare some time, would you be willing to review it? Thanks in advance! — Hun ter Ka hn 18:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I've been keeping an eye on The Pacific (miniseries) and Lie to Me recently, and noticed they had large tables/lists identifying practically every tv channel they were broadcast on, even non-English broadcasts. So I'd a look at the style guidelines and they state "make sure that Wikipedia is not seen as the American Wikipedia, it would be beneficial to the article to have any international broadcasters listed". While I'm all for Wikipedia not being the American Wikipedia (I'm from Europe!), I think the distinction should be made that it is the english-language Wikipedia, and so propose ammending the guideline to say "...it would be beneficial to the article to have any English-language international broadcasters listed" (without the emphasis). Off the top of my head, this includes the US, Canada, Ireland, UK, Hong Kong (might be mistaken on this?), Australia and New Zealand. Any thoughts? Thanks! Fin © ™ 11:49, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I just wanted to make an announcement in case you're like me and miss important changes. Per this discussion ALT text is no longer required for Featured Articles. Just a heads for future FAR. :-) — Mike Allen 18:17, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Are we not allowed to copy plot summaries (even when the are a couple of sentences) from TVguide.com, etc for episodes? Someone keeps removing some of the plot summaries from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11), citing copyvio. I flat out told them that TVguide doesn't own those sentences. Do they really? I know it would look better by adding a longer encyclopedic summary.. I just haven't done it yet. Couldn't the borrowed summary from that site stay until I (or miraculously another user) re writes it? They also keep adding TV.com as a source.. sigh. — Mike Allen 10:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
OK the user is back removing two episode summaries that is set to air within the next two weeks. I have them sourced by the Futon Critic, and I summarized the given summary of "Bedtime" by NBC, in my words. The other episode see below. Yet this person is still citing a copyright violation AND Crystal. How is Wikipedia predicting the future when it's in reliable sources? I don't get this...
"Bedtime"
"When a journalist is found dead in her bed with an "X" carved into her cheek, Capt. Cragen recalls a similar case thirty years earlier that occurred in the Bronx by the "Bedtime Butcher". The mission soon leads Benson to go undercover to uncover the truth."
Source
I had this one the same as the first sentence of The Futon page:
"Conned"
"The detectives must determine a murder victim's identity after the presumed victim turns up alive."
Source
I just re worded it to "After a presumed murder victim turns up alive, the detectives must figure out their identity." I mean how many ways can you reword this?
Is this a copyright violation?? — Mike Allen 19:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Another editor has removed several listings from List of Kurdish television channels and tagged articles relating to Kurdish television stations such as Gali Kurdistan, Kurdsat TV, Kurd1, Kurd Channel for speedy deletion. I don't want to get into an edit war, but could someone who is familiar with lists of stations and channels consider reverting the list to the last complete one? If you have access to sources that might establish notability for individual stations, please consider restoring or recreating articles on those stations. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 20:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
An editor has started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Multiple use of commercial links regarding whether the use of multiple commercial links, such as official sites and Amazon.com, to reference air dates and release dates for media works is "spam". Said discussion stems from a second editor claiming it was and stripping all such references out of several FA and FL articles, and attacking another editor as a "spammer" for referencing several more lists in a similar fashion. Additional views would be useful. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 13:23, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
There's an ongoing edit war at
List of Castle episodes over how to present multi-part stories where "Part x" is not part of the episode title. The current war relates to two episodes, "
Tick, Tick, Tick..." and "
Boom". "Boom" is the second part of the story commenced in "Tick, Tick, Tick..." but neither episode has "Part 1" or "Part 2" as part of its title. One editor opposes putting "(Part 1)" in the title box of {{
Episode list}} and insists that "{Part 1)" should be in the "|ShortSummary=
" field. There's a more detailed explanation of the problem at
Talk:List of Castle episodes#Edit-warring over episode part placement.
[21] I've looked but can't find any consensus on how part numbers should be presented in cases such as this so my question is obviously, is there any consensus regarding this? --
AussieLegend (
talk)
14:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I am new to editing TV episode lists. What is the practice for counting series episodes in a series that normally has half hour episodes? In List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes a production code represents one half hour, but some episodes (from beginning credits to end credits) were an hour or two hours long. I tried to remedy this error by naming the number of episodes per season "Half-hours", only to be undone [22]. I then tried to recount the episodes per season by actual number of episodes (credits to credits), to be undone again [23]. Any suggestions to remedy this edit war? And if number of actual episodes are to be used, should the 22 November 2009 episode be series #168 not series #179? 117Avenue ( talk) 23:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The reason I ask this is because List of Masters of the Universe characters I believe needs reorganising because the characters are arranged according to year the toy was released without verification. Is the accepted format if not then what is? Incidently I have proposed a merger of Masters of the Universe characters because too many exist with minimal verification to assert notability to discuss it go to Talk:List of Masters of the Universe characters Dwanyewest ( talk) 19:03, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Hey folks,
In line with the gradual trend towards making sure that we treat articles about fictional subjects from a neutral, real-world perspective, I finally created a new in-universe tag for articles related to The Sopranos which approach the topic from the perspective of the series itself. Our articles on The Sopranos are notorious for this - even the most prominent characters have articles devoid of references which contain nothing but plot material. The tag is {{ in-universe/Sopranos}} - it adds pages to the new cleanup category Sopranos articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction. Please tag any further examples and help clean them up. Cheers! Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I've recently returned to Wikipedia after a short absence, and visited List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes, which I happened to take to WP:FLC a year ago. I found the page to be a complete mess. [24] I've spent the morning redoing the page, and left a message on the talk page. I suspect the members of the project are more up to date with current practices, MOS guidelines for lists, episode lists, article structure, etc etc. All comments are welcome. Thank you, Matthewedwards : Chat 21:01, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
What do folks here think about this discussion? There or here, fine either place. -- John ( talk) 06:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm working through Category:Articles to be merged from November 2007 and I've got to List of Six Feet Under episodes and List of Six Feet Under deaths. Could someone take a look and see if this is worth carrying though (the first one or two series have been done)? Thanks. Totnesmartin ( talk) 20:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the policy is for wedging a list of episodes into the episode infobox, but those interested in this practice may wish to comment here. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I have started merge discussions for the above proposals at Talk:Home Movies (TV series)#The Art of the Sucker Punch and Talk:Phineas and Ferb#Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror as I believe that neither episode meets the notability guidelines. –– Jezhotwells ( talk) 00:29, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
I've recently poured a lot of time, thought, and effort into an article about Code of Vengeance. It was featured as part of DYK just yesterday but I think it could also qualify as a Good Article. (Heck, if a guy can dream, maybe a Featured one.) But even though I've been here for quite a while, have over 80 DYK credits, created countless articles, and done a ton of editing, I've never actually put an article up for Good Article review. Any thoughts, guidance, or assistance would be gratefully accepted. - Dravecky ( talk) 19:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there a difference in notabilty between tv-broadcasted- and web-series' ? -- Wistula ( talk) 16:30, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
I have proposed that Mekaneck, Evilseed, Two-Bad, Screeech, Man-E-Faces, Mer-Man, Crita should be merged into List of Masters of the Universe characters anyone with opinions please discuss at Talk:List of Masters of the Universe characters Dwanyewest ( talk) 14:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm wondering if an article about Menowin Fröhlich is justified considering he is a runner-up on a reality tv show. Kingjeff ( talk) 19:20, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Dear fellows, I have prepared an article covering the International Television Expert Group (see User:Mentalmoses/ITEG), but I'm afraid it might need some tidying up. So I would kindly as for the support of a more experienced group member to look it over before putting it into the mainspace. Many thanks for your support! Mentalmoses ( talk) 22:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
User:Mentalmoses/ITEG
At WT:NBA#Possible widespread errors, I reported a bunch of unsourced edits by a single IP address about radio/TV broadcasts ( examples). Nobody there seems to know how to verify them either, but one person suggested asking here so I'll wait a little longer before I start undoing the edits. I considered posting at WT:TVS, but it doesn't seem to be very active. Thanks. — LOL T/ C 12:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Yet again, User:Camelbinky is arguing for removing all plot summaries from all media articles unless the plot is sourced to a third-party source, not the work itself, claiming that they are "unencyclopedic" and that it is only a "vocal minority" who favor them. Discussion is at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Perhaps revisit this "perennial proposal" in light of new comment by Jimbo -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 03:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The article Interactive television is redirected from Interactive Television Standards but then again there is an existing article called Interactive television standards?! Similar conflict between this article ( Interactive television) and Interactive Television!
And none of these articles mention the two major ongoing industry projects: Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV and Project Canvas. I hope somebody would be ready to fix all this?
We may also consider, if Interactive television & Co should not rather be a television project article?
Any thoughts? Mentalmoses ( talk) 21:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I came across an article for the television pilot Mr. Sunshine (2010 TV series). I was going to do some expanding/fixes and add some sources. The article itself is incorrect because this is just a pilot, not a series as it states, and it has not yet been picked up by the network. I am worried I will be wasting my time if someone deems this not a notable article. Are stand alone TV pilots considered notable? (BTW, I must admit I don't think every pilot/show in development needs a page, but I was willing to work on this one.) Are there any guidelines on this?
Also, is there a category for pilots? Or series under development? The article is currently categorized as "2010s American television series" and "2010 television series debuts", which are technically wrong. I'd appreciate any feedback. I just hate to waste my time on it. Thanks. -- Logical Fuzz ( talk) 21:45, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
In some shows, certain actors will receive the "with" or "and" billing, whether it be a series regular or guest actor, and this is then translated onto Wikipedia for cast lists, where it'll say "and actor name" ( V as an example), is this allowed or not? I've seen instances where people will remove this information, while some articles have it. I've been reverting some edits where an anon user is adding this into cast lists, and I just want to know if I'm correct or not. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 21:36, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
The link can be found here. GamerPro64 ( talk) 19:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm having difficulty making edits to this article. User:Otto4711 has been attempting to prevent me from making major edits, such as removing a trivial image with a poor fair use rationale. I feel that Otto has been been making clear violations of WP:OWN, considering the editor suggested that I had less right to edit the articles because I had not made any edits prior. But first and foremost, I would just like to get some assistance so Otto cannot simply ignore any arguments and blindly revert any edits to the article. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I looked over both of those articles, and neither supports a non-free image right now. Not for any reason. Maybe a free one of Hemingway, if a valid reason to have it could be found. There are other problems with those pages though. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:15, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
This article is currently at FAC, and could use some FAC reviews. Please take a moment to review the article. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
User:Headbomb restored this list from its being redirected to the main article in June 2009 as it had been primarily copyvio and nothing but titles after all that was removed. I initially disagreed with his restoration, but as he added air dates I let it stand and proceeded to properly format the list using the {{ episode list}} template, adding a basic lead, adding the basic ELs. He is continuing to restore "his" version for the simple sake of adding back a "reference" to IMDB. I have attempted to discuss it with him on his talk page, [25] but he continues reverting during the discussion claiming his format is preferred by "featured lists" (obviously, not) and as he has now done four reverts I left him a 3RR warning. Additional views in this issue would be useful. I have started a discussion at Talk:List of Forever Knight episodes#Dispute Over Format. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 17:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
The same editor has now created a category and template for the series, which has three articles total. Both have been nominated for deletion.
As same editor is continuing to be extremely uncivil and abusive, some neutral intervention, views would be most useful. -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 21:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I thought this is what his userspace is for? If he is going to make a "big edit" he should have least added it to his userspace and made sure it was within guidelines/policy and all that good stuff, before pushing it out to the mainspace. "Sadly i think this may have turned headbomb off from further expanding the content" ...And? He should learn to work with others. Also using BRIGHT and WILD colors is discouraged per WP:ACCESSIBILITY. Why not use hot pink next time? Mike Allen 06:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Some assistance at this featured list would be very helpful, since it appears, superficially at least, to have serious copyright problems.
CIreland ( talk) 15:39, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
There's a little problem in The Secret Saturdays about whether the air date should say "October 3, 2008 - Present" or "October 3, 2008 - January 30, 2010". The reason for this difficulty is because Cartoon Network did not actually cancel the show, but according to the series' creator, no new episodes have been ordered. What would be the proper course of action in this "hiatus" situation?-- Twilight Helryx 18:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct place to put this, but I am giving it a try.
I have started a personal project goal of creating navboxes for channels such as History, ect. This way, it will be easier to find a list of non-one shot special programs, and navagate from the main History Channel Page, or between shows on their respective pages. I believe I have finally finished it, and I was hoping to get a review from you guys, since you are more skilled in this area than I am.
The template can be found here: Template:History Shows
Thanks, -- Mooshykris ( talk) 15:30, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Don'y worry about notability. If something is deleted, it can be removed from the template (I won't comment on the redlinks). It's a pretty good template, except that it's really full. Is there any way you can link to lists or something, and make it less full? - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 22:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
I suspect our old friend Mmbabies is back vandalizing TV station articles, primarily in Houston, fictionalizing their channel numbers. -- Gridlock Joe ( talk) 01:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Fresh Blood (Supernatural) for FA here. There has been little response, so would anyone mind taking a look? Thanks. Ω pho is 14:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
This list article which is tagged as an Wikiproject Television article is nominated for deletion. Please nominate here for consensus on this article. Thank you. Jhenderson777 ( talk) 19:52, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Anyone want to help clean up the mess that is You Can't Do That on Television and its subarticles? Apparently some fans have been running around, spamming a well-known fansite that offers illegal copies of the series, and filling the articles with WP:OR, as well as making articles for various unnotable cast members. I just did a massive gutting of the main article to remove some of the worse bits and tagging it for the remaining issues, but it still needs a ton of work. [26] I also boldly redirected the episode list back to the main article, as it was a variety show which we generally don't do episode lists for. Happy to also work with someone or several someone's on cleaning this up (particularly source hunting) as I did rather love the show as a kid, but its a large project for just one person to work on, and I'd rather not really commit to tackling this clean up without some support. I think this is a series that we could easily get to GA level with some work, as the series was greatly talked about in its heyday. So...anyone? Bueller? I don't know? *splat* -- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 01:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I have suggested that Minty (My Little Pony) be merged into List of My Little Pony characters but has been suggested that this website http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0116948/ be used as a source for a character is IMDB a reliable source. Dwanyewest ( talk) 21:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
I invite anyone to discuss the merger of Rainbow Dash, Star Catcher to List of My Little Pony characters I feel the issue needs to resolved. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I believe the site http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com is more reliable for characters even if it is not completed. It is not user submitted info. Only three individuals have access to add content and they only add content that is obtained from show credits, dvds, and the like. Maybe this could be used as a substitute for IMDB. Granted they have a lot of content still to add but it seems whatever is added is pretty darn reliable. Optimussolo ( talk) 22:44, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
See the discussions for Infobox Chuck character and Chuck episodes. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:16, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
There is a dispute going on about " Living Lohan" involving the song infobox for "All the Way Around" being placed there. I'm not so sure if this applies in this case, but does this fall under the guidelines for articles for TV shows, since it was focused around the song? Thanks. ( talk) 3:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)