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Starting December 1st, there will be a month-long drive to reduce the backlog at Good Article nominations. With roughly 50 current nominations in the Theatre, film and drama section, I'm hoping editors from this project will want to participate - perhaps even stay to assist with other topics. Note that television article appear to dominate the nominations in this category. Please visit the drive's project page for details. Cheers, AstroCog ( talk) 15:42, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, there is a communication theory called Cultivation Theory that is a part of this WikiProject Television. Will someone edit the page if you have time? Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivation_theory Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel.l.marten ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Disney often labels the first airing of the first episode of a new series as a "series preview", with the "official" series premiere occurring at a later date. Nickelodeon has also done it with programs such as The Penguins of Madagascar and Fish Hooks (and probably others), where they call the first episode a "sneak peak". The series premiere is always a different episode. This invariably results in an editing dispute over the first season premiere date; is it the "series preview/sneak peak" date or the "official" season premiere date? There is one such dispute happening at List of Austin & Ally episodes now. Disney advertised a full broadcast of the first episode, " Rockers & Writers" as a "preview" on 2 December, with the official premiere occurring on 4 December with " Kangaroos & Chaos". [1] Despite Disney marketing, common sense would seem to dictate that the season premiere date in the "series overview" table should be December 2, 2011 but, since this is a contentious issue that has occurred before and no doubt will again in the future, I was wondering what the opinions of the project are in cases like this. If the season premiere date is decided to be December 4, how do we handle episode episode numbering and the inevitable future change to the the season premiere date in the series overview table? -- AussieLegend ( talk) 11:40, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi there I have come across a Good Article nomination for One Tree Hill (TV series). While one a very quick look through, it seems good. There is one striking thing missing. The final season starts in 2012. Would it be normal to nominate a series article for a GA review when its not complete. Jim Sweeney ( talk) 06:31, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion underway at The Sopranos article about the use of a link to the cast section, rather than a listing of all the actors. Previously, there was a very long list of the main cast, which was removed (by me, after a discussion) several months ago and replaced with a link to the relevant section. I believe I have seen this in other articles which also had large cast lists. I would like some feedback from editors involved with this project, both on The Sopranos article in particular, and the general idea of using such links in infoboxes. This is the best place for such a general discussion to take place. --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 04:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
It would help if other voices could be heard on The Sopranos talk page, as the discussion is stymied. I think a link to a cast section is preferable to editors deciding on their own who the "most important" stars are, especially with shows with large ensemble casts. I am considering a similar move in regard to ER which has 25 names in the cast list in the infobox. Like other shows, NYPD Blue, for example, the show had an ensemble cast and a great many cast changes over the years. Any other thoughts on this? --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 18:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Portal:Animation is currently a featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 23:31, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have a big problem that I would like it to be fixed. It is about DVD covers I have uploaded to the 24 (TV series) season articles. There has been DVD cover on all eight seasons, and now they all are deleted (see here). The main problem is that they are not even orphaned for seven days, they are just deleted, so am asking administrators to undelete those covers so I could put them where they belong, of course if that is possible.
Also, here it says that it was deleted because "Author requests deletion". I did not requested something like that. InfamousPrince 10:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
I must say that I have to disagree with the reinsertion of the DVD images here. The cast image have been in the infobox for years, the DVD images only inserted recently. I'll make the same argument that I did at my talk page, the problem with the images uploaded by InfamousPrince, they were of an awkward shape, too large under the non-free criterias, and with cover art representing a minority of the countries it was released in (Regions 2 and 4 use the same cover art). As we couldn't agree on which to use, we reverted back to the cast images, which was in place for years. I note that is topic is covered by a separate wikiproject, that is WP:24, so while I understand this project has guidelines, feel it is inappropriate for it to impose their ways of doing things on other projects. If you can make an argument in favour of why we should do things differently with the info odds apart from "Our MOS says so" and in favour of Region 1 covers apart from "It's an American show" (I refer to the infoboxes of House (season 1) to House (season 3) which alternates between DVD regions) then I am receptive, however I respectfully think the important issue here is article stability, as opposed to "my images got deleted". Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 19:37, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
The 24 season articles are in a pretty horrendous state at the moment, partly due to a lack of editors, lack of free time on my part as well as a focus on other 24 articles (having got 24 (TV series) and 24: Redemption to GA) so the season articles have been low on my priority list. At present I agree that the cast images add little to the season articles, though disagree with regards to the pages for individual characters. That said, as we are probably very familiar with, debates on the non-free content criteria can last until the heat death of the universe, and isn't the primary issue we are addressing here. My suggestion is we use a promotional poster for each season instea, preferred by MOSTV. I am sure I will be able to find a few. Does that work for all of you? Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 08:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
As I feel we have not been able to come to a consensus here, I have opened a request for opinions on this issue at the Dispute Resolution noticeboard. Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 23:58, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
...was posted here [6] but I should have posted it on DRN, so moved there [7] Chzz ► 04:31, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
So the main concern is deciding on what image to use for the infobox. Well, two of the original arguments for the change aren't concerns at all–images can be resized and I doubt the original covers were that large anyway, and for them being "an awkward shape", they're simply a view that shows off the spine of the DVD which is very common for DVD covers shown in press releases. The argument that the region 2 and 4 covers cover more countries is a bit original research in terms of knowing what the cover art actually looks like. Region 2 covers the Middle East and Greenland, but do you know what those 24 DVD covers look like? Probably not. Region 2 covers Japan, but they use their own cover art. Not sure what DVD region Germany is in, but they use region 1 artwork. So that argument is a bit shaky. But, you can easily argue for region 1 covers: 24 is an American series, most (if not all) content presently in the season articles is American-driven: air dates, viewership, reception and awards. It's also pretty much convention to use the DVD artwork from the respective region of where the show originates. Sure, some articles might be different, but that's a select few mostly of which the editors for those article don't really care what image is used. As for using promotional posters, that's a good idea, but what's the difference between those and the region 1 DVD covers when they're mainly the same image? If we go with that, here's a link that has all the posters. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 15:57, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I've uploaded the DVD posters and added them to the articles. I think we can close this as resolved now. I apologise for acting quickly and am happy that in the end we have been able to come to a resolution. I hope in future we can work together on improving these articles, as a lot of work needs to be done on these articles. I would love to see 24 (TV series) on the main page one day as an FA. Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 05:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
For nearly a month I've been working on a List of That Girl episodes, but I'm afraid I'm going to need some help with the formatting. I tried to add some episodes that were formatted more correctly with this edit, but it didn't work, because the correctly formatted version automatically went to the bottom of the page. I'm also trying to select color bars that I think are more appropriate for the series, i.e.; some soft pastel sort of things. ---- DanTD ( talk) 01:11, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I have created User:TonyTheTiger/sandbox/Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. It is questionable whether the article passes WP:GNG. I started a conversation at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Alfonso_Gomez-Rejon_.3F that has not gotten much feedback and none since I have done the sandbox creation. I need some more feedback on whehter this article is ready for article space either for WP:FILMMAKER #3 or for WP:IAR rationales.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I was trying to find out the list of DMA (Designated Market Area), but unfortunately the list is inconsistent between articles.
If I take for example my nearest market, Burlington-Plattsburgh, it's listed as #92 on ABC list, #93 on CBS list, #92 on NBC list, #95 on Fox list, and #95 on MyNet list. So, which one is it? And there are also problems higher the list, like Denver and Miami which are listed #16, #17 or #18, depending on which article you consult. A nice update or a link to the latest DMA list would be appreciated. Thanks. InMontreal ( talk) 20:10, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film#Disambiguation between feature films and TV films regarding the disambiguation of television films; Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television) advocate making a distinction between TV films and feature films, but the reasons and the criteria for when to do this are not clear. The guidelines could ideally do with being made clearer, so since there is some overlap between the film and TV projects then your input would be welcome. Betty Logan ( talk) 18:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at your sister project WP:SOAPS could do with more views. It is about fancruft and infoboxes. RaintheOne BAM 03:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I nominated this article a week ago at FAC, and have so far received no feedback. I'd appreciate comments, feedback, and (hopefully!) support for this article, which I have put a lot of work into. Cheers, AstroCog ( talk) 15:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I uploaded my first image to the Smash page, and I wanted to make sure all the copyright information is correct. I think I have most of it in line, but could somebody take a look at it?
-- Kelseyss ( talk) 18:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
An editorial dispute over a TV show's influence is taking place here. Can editors who read this participate and offer their opinions? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 19:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
I notice there is no task force for the Fringe article. Why exactly is that? Akihironihongo ( talk) 22:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
This interesting list suffers from a lack of references and many, many mistakes. The list requires a completely new research of the dates. I have collected some sources which may the useful: At first, The Statesman's Yearbook and the Europa World Year Book, very reputable almanacs, also TIME Almanac with Information Please and World Almanac may be useful. Unfortunately I do not have an own access to the online archives, so I cannot do that work. pressreference.com, culturalprofiles.net or [mapsofworld.com] (blocked by spamfilter) are much less reputable and should be used only if no other sources are available. Then, there are several "historical dictionaries", available also for minor countries in asia and africa, and the Country Studies( Area Handbooks. Perhaps the is someone here who wants to improve that list.-- Antemister ( talk) 22:21, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
2011 Queen announced mtv icon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.215.22.208 ( talk) 18:09, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to notify people of a discussion taking place here about changes to the template mainly about the removal of the last appearance field. D4nnyw14 ( talk) 23:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
I've just gotten hold of the episodes of Cops L.A.C., an Australian proecdural series that lasted a single season of 13 episodes. Imagine my surprise (horror) to find three articles written about the show: Cops L.A.C., List of Cops L.A.C. episodes, and Cops L.A.C. (season 1). Why is this kind of article hierarchy needed here? It's not like the show aired for years. MOS:TV recommends creating season pages after about 80 episodes have aired. 13 episodes were made for this show. Surely the season page isn't needed because the cast list is already in the "main" page, and the episode descriptions can be moved to the list of episodes pages. However, in saying that, Cops L.A.C. isn't that big, and the summaries aren't that long, so sticking the Episode List table in that page and just having one article for the series is completely feasible.
Just trying to see what others' opinions are before I go prodding. Matthewedwards : Chat 04:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
The project needs to be more vigilant in making sure season articles are not created too prematurely. There are too many current shows that have split into numerous articles where it just isn't necessary:
MOS:TV says it may be necessary to split the list into season pages for lengthy series, typically those with over 80 episodes, but current practice is to split way before then. Either pages need merging or the MOS needs updating to reflect practices, rather than common sense. Also, looking through all these pages made me feel like I was tripping. Where in the MOS:TV does it say we should be giving all these seasons different colours just because they're similar to a colour on a DVD box? We're not at the M&Ms factory, and we're not "Skittlepedia". {{
Episode list}} and {{
Infobox tvseason}} have default shades, why can't we just stick with them? We're the only Project that allows its authors to switch the colours on these templates willy nilly with each article.
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I visited Peppa Pig: Episode & DVD lists today, being redirected from List of Peppa Pig episodes. I found a number of things wrong with this page that the Project might want to look into. Details at Talk:Peppa Pig: Episode & DVD lists. Matthewedwards : Chat 02:54, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I started a stub for The Singing Office and I plan on expanding it more. Since I don't have any experience creating articles on major shows because they usually already exist, I was wondering if anyone from this Wikiproject would like to help with it. SL93 ( talk) 03:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
This image is under review in WP:Non-free content review#File:I Love Lucy Titlecard.png. They said that this image is too irreplaceable and that file:ILoveLucyTitleScreen.jpg is irreplaceable (after recovery), even with the logo ineligible for copyrights. Even if this image is irreplaceable, can anybody involve create an SVG version of the logo without replacing the non-free image? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:01, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
There's an issue raised by some questions on the infobox images for TV show articles. [8]. The short question is: if it is possible to make free (as in speech) logo of a TV's title from its title card (as can be done from the "I Love Lucy" titlecard), is this an "equivalent" free replacement (per NFCC#1) for what appears to be the typical use of the show's title card? I recommend responding there for simplicity. -- MASEM ( t) 00:00, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, every episode of the Jericho (TV series), linked from List of Jericho episodes, has its own article. Several of these are quite elaborate; however most are only plot recaps, with little sourced information about production, reception, reviews, or any third party sources. So they are at threat of being merged into the list article for lack of sourcing or notability. See Talk:List_of_Jericho_episodes#Jericho_episode_articles_being_deleted. I've managed to hold back the last attempt, but if the articles are not brought up to standard, they probably will not survive much longer. Barsoomian ( talk) 13:15, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure if I've brought this up before, if so then please let me know. I'm curious about naming of characters. On 90210 a characters birth name is "Erin Silver" but that character has always been called "Silver" on the show and that's how she's labelled on press releases from The CW and on their website. Also on the same series, "Ivy Sullivan" is labelled as just "Ivy" on the press releases. How should we label them here? Jayy008 ( talk) 16:23, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Also, I could have sworn that you're only mandated to use the "surname" in follow-up mentionings for real life people. In fiction, you just need to be consist in what you use (e.g., if you refer to the character as Buffy, instead of Summers, then always use Buffy). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I am still working on this article. Nevertheless, if you want to help out, MLA style is preferred; no citation templates, please. Just Google 'MLA style' or related; otherwise, use http://www.dmoz.org to search MLA. Anyway, I don't know if any fictional background of him is relevant, but the prominent breakthroughs were his relationship with Diane Chambers and with Rebecca Howe, his alcoholism, and his sex addiction. What can we do with his early life, ownership of Cheers, and baseball career? -- George Ho ( talk) 11:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Some season confusion has cropped up, along with issues concerning technical matters, see Talk:ICarly (season 4)#Move? -- 76.65.128.132 ( talk) 10:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Bad news for ratings here. "Your Entertainment Now" no longer has a domain name, it says it's waiting to be renewed for deleted. I guess we should wait to see what happens but anytime TVBTN hasn't had the final numbers available—that's what I see in articles. It's going to take a lot of work removing it all. Jayy008 ( talk) 17:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I have proposed that the Inaccuracies section of Jurassic Fight Club be removed. Anyone interested is free to participate in the discussion at Talk:Jurassic Fight Club. Chris the Paleontologist ( talk | contribs) 20:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Can anyone point me to some Category:Espionage television series that have finished in the top 10 in the ratings? Which one was most recent?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:53, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I recently started working on a draft version of List of writers of The X-Files, which can be seen here. I really think I've bitten off more than I can chew here—citing individual episode credits is going to result in several hundred footnotes, with many of those cited several times; although I've managed to alleviate some need for this thanks to an index page in one of the print sources, which only covers two and a half seasons. Does this kind of thing actually need to be cited, though? Given that each of the episodes is linked and provides full credits, or redirects to a season article which does so, I'm wondering if there's that much need to cite this one. Also, the initial "summary" table is too long and narrow—I'd ideally like to split it in two and sit them side by side, so it takes up a greater width and lesser height; however, my attempt to do this based on nesting two tables within a larger table just plain didn't work. Does anyone else know how this might be achieved? Any help here would be appreciated. GRAPPLE X 21:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if there is any consensus on how to treat cast credited as "also starring". This is prompted by the the continued crediting of Brian Dietzen as "also starring" in NCIS. For those not familiar with the program, the opening credits start and then list Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette and Sean Murray in that order. This is then followed by with Rocky Carroll and David McCallum", Executive Producer Chas. Floyd Johnson, Created By Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill. After the credits end the episode title is shown. Then Also Starring Brian Dietzen is typicall shown, after which guest stars etc are shown. Dietzen has been listed as "also starring" since season 6, but has never been added to the actual opening credits along with other cast members. Should he be treated as a recurring character or as main cast? Being placed just before guest stars but after the EP, creators and the episode title, he's not really being treated as main cast, but more as an elevated guest star, so I'm not sure what to do. We've been crediting himas a recurring character but this has changed in recent weeks, without discusssion. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 13:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Does WikiProject Television have any notability criteria regarding contestants for the Pop Idol franchise? Kingjeff ( talk) 04:54, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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Star Trek: The Original Series is reviewed and must be fixed, according to Sjones23. For skilled writers, you can do an introduction consisted of three or four paragraphs. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:35, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I'm working on User:WhisperToMe/Little Fatty's Food Diary - It's a cooking program that aired in Mainland China. What other information would be useful before one says "okay, it's notable! Let's move it into the mainspace?" - I would like to add content proving this TV show's notability before I move it into the mainspace. Thank you WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:42, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've opened an RfC at Talk:List of iCarly episodes#Request for Comment - Splitting seasons. Comments would be greatly appreciated. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 10:12, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi again! I'd also like for people to look at the article on the television network China Food TV:
So far it's heavy on primary sources, but I'm trying to get more secondary sources
Also I can confirm that "China Food TV USA" does air in San Francisco!
WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:10, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tom Cudahy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Cudahy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps this is dealt with somewhere, but I can't find it so I'll ask here.
I notice that the past tense is used when talking about characters that have been killed off, eg Chef or Bleeding Gums Murphy. Now, even though they are not alive any more on the show, they do exist as characters. The show is not real life and the old episodes do still exist for people to watch.
Also, if this is the practice for shows - what about comics? Why is Dream referred to in the present tense?
By extension, any character within a one-off film or story should also be referred to in the past tense, eg. Tony Montana or The Comedian - and especially the latter, since he dies before the story's even begun! (& especially since the story was also originally a series) AND, if the manual of style is different for comics and for film, what to do with the Comedian, since Watchmen was both?!
But let's pick up on that - once a show gets canceled or is completed, in theory all characters become equally "non existent", whether they were alive at the last episode or not. What then? Go back through the whole of Wikipedia and change everything to past tense? Or change it all to present tense, since it's assumed that all literature transcends time? But by that logic, Chef and Bleedin' Gums shouldn't be in the past tense in the first place!
Or what if someone writes a show where an asteroid destroys the earth in the last episode. Should ALL characters then be in the past tense, since they all died within the show?
And, using past tense is quite a major spoiler. I know, WP doesn't care about spoilers, but considering the fact that in this case the spoiler occurs in the second word of the article ("Chef was a character...") is a bit full-on! Seriously, if someone told me that (a certain character who gets killed in the last episode) "was" a character on The Wire...while I was still on, say, episode 34...i'd be PISSED!
So, please, someone explain the workings of this to me, as I can't figure out the logic. Thanks! BigSteve ( talk) 17:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
I am expanding an article about a fictional couple of Cheers; however, helping me expand this article is nice. Nevertheless, I don't need storyline expansion, as anything about Sam and Diane should be relevant; copy-editing would be nice. What do you say? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I know there are many templates for characters now (all pointlessly created by Wren Valmont). I'm confused by which one to use, shouldn't there just be one? Jayy008 ( talk) 18:31, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm proposing a new taskforce for the television series Fringe. Interested editors can find the proposal page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Fringe (TV series). I hope it goes successfully. Thanks, Ruby 2010/ 2013 04:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Television will have interest in putting on events related to women's roles in TV; as actors, performers, tv hosts, news reporters, writers, etc. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 19:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
List of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? episodes has been nominated once again for AFD. The discussion can be found here. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 04:25, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Friday night death slot is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friday night death slot until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
A recent decision was made to merge The Front Page (Diff'rent Strokes) into the Diff'rent Strokes article. To me, it would make much more sense to merge it into List of Diff'rent Strokes episodes. Why didn't anybody consider this during the discussion? ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sam and Diane is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam and Diane until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
I have created this Project proposal that must cover fictional couples of any fixed medium, print or electronic, such as soap opera couples, Relationship of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and Sam and Diane. I wonder if you can join in the linked title rather than here. -- George Ho ( talk) 06:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
This all started because Free Love (Cold Case) popped up on Special: NewPages list tonight. I clicked through to the article and I see 3 sentences of prose and 3 screens full of bulleted lists (Cast, Music, Notes, etc.). The entire page is referenced to a single tv.com entry, except for one citation to a ratings aggregator. This article has basically no reason for existence that I can see—the individual episode has no notability at all that I can find (and I looked). I've always 'hurrumphed' at these kind of "articles" but never bothered doing anything with/about them. But this time I wandered into Category: 2010 television episodes, and... wow. 29 articles on Chuck episodes which are 99% plot summary and 1 sentence of "Critical Review" sourced to an IGN review. Totally unsourced articles like Epiphany (Desperate Housewives) that are 80% plot summary and 20% trivia.
To be totally clear, I am not complaining about all episode articles—there's probably as many good ones as bad ones (good ones like Hell-O (Glee), The Undergraduates, and obligatory Simpsons reference Treehouse of Horror XXI). But when the entire article is unsourced plot summary and cast listings, does there really need to be an article for it?
I've seen some cases where individual episodes redirect to a "Show X (season Y)" article. Is there consensus for consolidating these articles like this? Is anyone going to come after me with a pitchfork if I try to clean these things up? I wouldn't touch any article that's supported by more than one non-trivial coverage in a reliable source but is there any point at all in articles like Spiral (Haven)?
I'm willing to do some heavy lifting and tackle this issue, but not unless I have support form the project community. :) Livit⇑ Eh?/ What? 02:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
List of Legends of the Hidden Temple episodes has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Legends of the Hidden Temple episodes (3rd nomination). Feedback from this WikiProject is appreciated. RJaguar3 | u | t 22:55, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm not clear whether there are special tv guidelines that would make KBCH-TV notable, so thought I would stop by here and ask.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 23:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
There are a lot of people who like to create episode articles. Of the twelve most recent episodes to win Directors_Guild_of_America_Award#Outstanding_Directorial_Achievement_in_Dramatic_Series three need articles (two from Mad Men and one from 24): " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men) ", " Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency", " Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Of the 22 most recent episodes to win Directors_Guild_of_America_Award#Outstanding_Directorial_Achievement_in_Comedy_Series only 10 have been created (2005-2010, plus all 3 Seinfeld and 1 of 2 Frasier winning episodes).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Which awards at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards are for specific episodes? I think all the Emmy guest actor and writer awards are for specific episodes and the directing awards may be as well.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:37, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Just in case anyone wasn't aware, there's a consensus discussion going on here. Sarujo ( talk) 11:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Recently episode articles have become quite the rage. I am unaware of any templates to link critically acclaimed episodes. Although I am unaware of any awards for best episode, there are a few best episode directing and best episode screenplay awards. As such, I have created the following:
I am giving thought to adding episodes to Emmy Awards templates that are awarded for episode contributions. I will not do so for awards that are only for single roles in an episode, but for awards representing entire episodes (directing and writing). The following are the categories that I would modify templates to highlight the closest substitutes that we have for most critically acclaimed episode:
I don't think this is necessary for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special or Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. These are often TV movies and miniseries which actually have Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries ({{ EmmyAward Miniseries}}) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie ({{ EmmyAward TelevisionMovie}}). Even though this category is sometimes for an episode of a miniseries, changing these templates would result in some redundancy.
I don't think this is necessary for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program or Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program since episode articles are not common for these.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 06:49, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
If there's one thing I love, it's a good template. Nice work with them. Ruby 2010/ 2013 16:58, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
All of this looks good to me. I love navboxes. The only thing I'd like to see in addition (I think this may have been mentioned above already) is the name of the series represented somehow. Of course, that would require each entry to have four different things (the people involved, the episode title, the series, and the year), and it would probably get out of hand. If there's a way to add it without giving readers headaches, I'd like to see it. If not, what's already here looks great. Kevinbrogers ( talk) 05:03, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I have finished creating and amending the episodic awards templates for directing and writing. I am contemplating reformatting the Emmy writing templates to encompass smaller time periods, but I am not really convinced it is worth the effort. Looking at what is done and what needs to be done, we are doing better than I had anticipated. Almost all episodes that have won multiple awards in this century have articles. Except for one episode of Mad Men all episodes in the last 10 years with multiple awards have articles. Three dramas swept the two Emmy awards and won either the WGA or DGA, but all are from 1995 and before. Three others won one Emmy and the DGA. In terms of comedy only one episode with three awards is missing an article. It is a 2001 episode of Malcolm in the Middle, which is one of two shows ( Frasier being the other with two missing multi-winning episodes). See below for the significant ommissions.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:38, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:The_Firm_(Canadian_TV_series)#Requested_move.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, everyone! This column I found describes in detail the structure of several television series and analyses the differences between them and how they help or detract from episode and season plots. There are lots of articles in this project that could get improved with articles like this. Could you add the content to them? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 02:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys, I came across a controversy section in The Client List, and I'm wondering if this should be included. I'd ask the question on the article's talk page, but it doesn't seem to be a very active article. First, is Change.org consider a reliable source? It seems like a few other sources have reported on it, but the there isn't a ton of detail. Second, is this notable enough to be included? It says they have 1,300 signatures, but I'm not sure that this is notable enough to be included in a Wikipedia article. This is unfamiliar territory for me, so I thought I'd post the question here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- TravisBernard ( talk) 21:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Anyone from this project want to figure out what this project is supposed to be all about: Wikipedia:WikiProject Programming Blocks? Is it just supposed to cover things like Must See TV, Animation Domination, and TGIF (ABC)? Does that need its own project? -- Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars ( talk) 18:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 07:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I've nominated Portal:Arts for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Arts. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 20:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 06:50, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi-there. I'd like to propose some changes to the Bloomberg Television article. Currently, it lacks sourcing and generally is disorganized. I've written a draft of the article in my sandbox to give give a little more structure to the article while providing better citations. I would appreciate it if someone would take a look at it and, if found appropriate, please implement the changes into the current article. I work on behalf of Bloomberg L.P. and do not want my conflict of interest to interfere with Wikipedia's guidelines by implementing any major changes into the article myself. -- RivBitz ( talk) 18:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 23:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I was going to tag the talk page of Awake (TV series), but I am not sure what tags belong. Is it Sci-Fi or Psychology?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 08:39, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello all -- just to let you know I have nominated this for WP:FLC and it can do with comments, feedback, criticism et al in the next few days or weeks. If you can please take some time to give some feedback, cheers – Lemonade51 ( talk) 12:02, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi all, I have started a discussion on toonzone on reliable source notice board, i would like to get as many editors involved as possible soa consensus on the site various parts can be have resolution and eventually archived consensus decisions that all user will be able to look over in the future. Here is the link to the thread Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Toonzone please i really encourage all editors to participator as this is used as source for main article son wikipedia and there is always arguments over it, i have tried to collect the different areas of the site as there is many and post my opinions on each part so lease join in-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 20:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Can someone tell me why the following award-winning shows have no season articles. I am wondering if they have been deleted/merged into episode list articles:
The following are the seasons that have won major awards ({{ ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVDrama}}, {{ GoldenGlobeTVDrama}}, and {{ EmmyAward DramaSeries}} or {{ ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVComedy}}, {{ GoldenGlobeTVComedy}}, and {{ EmmyAward ComedySeries}}) since 1990 that need award-winning season articles (the season numbers needed follow the name of the series):
Drama;
Note the list above iincludes two shows that were once the number-one show in the country according to Nielsen Media Research ( Cheers and Roseanne (TV series)).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:14, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
I have noticed a preponderance of descriptions in episode articles that say actor x won the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Supporting Actress in a Drama Series or Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this episode. Is this correct or do you win those awards for seasons based on submissions of a particular episode. For many Emmys such as writing and directing as well as often for guest acting or voiceover, winning for an episode is quite precise. I am not sure it is precise for the acting awards.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I have noted that in several cases, for series that are broadcasted through a latin american wide network, such as Fox Latin America, Sony Entertainment and so, many individual countries are listed (e.g. Mexico - Fox, Venezuela - Fox, etc.). I think we could standardize on a single way for Latin American networks as a whole. What is your opinion on the subject?
Sebastian 21:03, 13 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tian2992 ( talk • contribs)
There is a discussion about the primary topic of Big Bang Theory. Currently it is an american TV show. You are welcome to comment at Talk:Big_Bang_Theory_(disambiguation)#Primary_Topic_RFC. Hipocrite ( talk) 13:32, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I've heard on the grapevine that the British TV show Red or Black? has been renewed but with a changed format. Currently the show article is a GA. Has anyone got any experience with splitting up a show article into series articles as this will need to happen shortly and I've never had the opportunity to do it - also what happens to the GA? I presume it just gets dropped and once stable the new series one article can get renominated. Miyagawa (talk) 20:36, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to everybody who responded to my messages over the last month regarding badly needed episodes. Following the creation of " Love's Labor Lost (ER)", " Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.", " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men)", " Bowling (Malcolm in the Middle)", " Pilot (The Cosby Show)", " "A," My Name is Alex - Parts I & II ", " Good-bye (The Wonder Years)" and " Pilot (Malcolm in the Middle)" our list had gotten shorter. Today, I stumbled upon a new resource ( the Writers Guild of America Library Catalog) and we have a much more complete list of episode awards on WP. As a result, the new list of episodes that have won multiple awards that appear to have no article has expanded by 7. See below, which does not include the recently created " Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz", " Woody Interruptus", " Pilot (Sports Night)" and " Hill Street Station".
For a complete list of progress on episodes and seasons needed see Wikipedia:Television_episodes#Episodes.
Please help us create some of these and fill in the templates, award articles, writer articles, director articles, season articles and episode lists.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 04:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Another finding of my recent research is many award winning shows that have no articles. The following shows that have episodes that have won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Episodic Comedy, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama, and/or Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series have no articles:
Stop by and help out.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:29, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to improve the woody woodpecker articles particularly his television show articles. I just wish to know if The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia! (see here http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/) is a valid source as the website states that its an unofficial website so surely all these sources on woody woodpecker articles should be removed. I thought I better ask before any militant inclusionists accuse me of "destroying valuable information". Dwanyewest ( talk) 15:35, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I have a question on whether there is a specific guideline on pages that list episodes on TV shows, such as List of The Nanny episodes. I have noticed there has been a lot of reverts on this page because there is a difference between the air dates of the show and the order in which the episodes were created. Some people think it should be arranged by the air date and others think it should be arranged by the date the episodes were created since this is how they were supposed to air. Is there a correct way on how this should be listed? LongLiveMusic ( talk) 05:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, just thought I'd pass along that there's a discussion going on over here. Sarujo ( talk) 22:26, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I am currently experiencing a conflict with two editors on Scandal (TV series), a series that hasn't even come to the air yet (and won't until April 5), and whose majority of episode titles haven't hit ABC's press wire yet. However, they have created an "episode guide" using titles sourced to the TV listings of Zap2It which aren't scheduled at all, and nothing else (such as this one not even premiering for two months yet). Currently there is only episode title (the pilot) I can source directly to ABC's press department, but the other six episodes have not had synopses hit yet. An attempt by me to remove the episode guide with an imploring that we're not under deadline was reverted with an argument that they are used on a "huge number of articles", though this seems more likely for existing programs than future episodes two months in the future. I would like some guidance on how to proceed without hitting 3RR; note that this article has had a problem with an episode guide article created in January with only the premiere date released and nothing else. Nate • ( chatter) 04:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK!!! I have completed the new and revamped The Voice UK. However, I would like to know one question. There is no really point in creating the Voice UK (series 1) yet, as the current main article is only there for the first series anyway, any thoughts? Mayhem Mario 20:21, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone have a good WP:RS for either the 1997 or 2009 TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I have expanded the list at Wikipedia:Television_episodes#Episodes with a second list of articles. They are from the 2009 TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. Currently we have 38 done and 13 redirects to list articles.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 23:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been looking up a few pages for South Park episodes. For example South Park is Gay and South Park is Gay!. Click it. It leads to the Season 7 page. But, as you can see from the season page, the page for that episode actually exists, South Park Is Gay!. Quite a few episodes do this.
Shouldn't these redirects point to the actual episode if the page already exists? I'm willing to do that, but I was wondering whether it actually needed to be done.
I am r000t ( talk) 04:12, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Is the episode that won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama titled "thirtysomething" by the Writers Guild of America the same episode as that which won Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series titled "Pilot" by the Directors Guild of America? I see no episode entitled "thirtysomething" at List of Thirtysomething episodes. If they are the same, which name is correct?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:20, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello all; I rewatched the ER episode Love's Labor Lost last night for the first time in years as I intend to expand it's article in the coming months. Unlike most programmes, it credits 'co-starring' and 'featuring' actors/actresses, so does anyone know how to differentiate them in the 'Guests' section in the infobox? Cheers -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 18:47, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
I've created and expanded Pilot (Sports Night), and it could easily become a good article if someone wants add some more info, but does anyone know where to get the Nielsen ratings for the episode. I can only find a season preview and overall season ranking. 03 md 02:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
I have notice that since 2007 ( 59th Primetime Emmy Awards) episode submissions are included for acting awards. Is there a way to note that the award is not episode specific in the acting categories (except guest and voice) as it is in some categories such as directing and writing? Maybe we could reduce the fontsize or use an asterisk when it is not awarded for the episode.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've started the pilot episode Hot Snow (The Avengers). If anybody is interested in helping me start episodes on the Avengers let me know!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Heroes ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This WikiProject is under discussion, and the proposal is converting this Project to a task force. The show is cancelled, and I don't watch Heroes anymore. I wonder if anybody here is interested. -- George Ho ( talk) 15:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Recently I added some season finale summaries for several different series articles. Most were two-four weeks out and very simple. A couple of my additions were removed by other editors because they were "unsourced". When, if ever, have we ref-linked "summaries" past, present or future? Airdates and episode titles, sure, but summaries? I understand about possible copyvios, but if put into Wiki-speak/own words, do they need sourcing? Thanks for any/all responses. — WylieCoyote ( talk) 20:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to all that have responded! — WylieCoyote ( talk) 21:32, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I think I was just caught up in the new movies, tv episodes, etc. coming up which is what started the finale summaries today. Lesson learned. - WylieCoyote ( talk) 21:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Opinions on whether to delete or not? 31.193.133.160 ( talk) 17:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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The page List of The Walking Dead (TV Series) characters is practically a duplicate of List of The Walking Dead (TV series) characters. The only difference in the title, is the capitalization of the word "series", and per Wikipedia policy it should NOT be capitalized. Since both lists are large and may have had different information added to them, they should be merged instead of doing a simple redirect, so that no original information is missed. Fortdj33 ( talk) 20:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Cartoon Network was not active after the project was started by Driveus. Also, I have a felling tha WP:NICK is no longer active any more. Since I converted Cartoon Network, Family Guy, Adult Swim and SpongeBob SquarePants WikiProjects into work groups of WikiProject Animation, and I don't think very not active. I would suggest convert into task forces into this project. Any comments? JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 11:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
I do not want to sound too demanding, but That 70s show aired in 1998 which was such a long time ago. It even aired in many old years like 1999-2006. I just want somebody to put when each season was filmed so I can know what old year each season was created in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.238.19 ( talk) 02:59, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
I don't want to know when each season aired. I would like it if somebody told me when each season was FILMED please.
Thank you for giving me that information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peta8 ( talk • contribs) 05:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Nominated 2 documentaries of star wars. Which seems to be mainly a weak keep for small out of context info. It would be great if it could have larger scope. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Making of Star Wars and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back. Lucia Black ( talk) 06:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I am being challenged on a WP:NFCC screenshot use for an infobox at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_15#File:Pilot_.28The_Cosby_Show.29_monopoly_lesson.png. I don't understand why.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:27, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I inform the project of the removal of a series of plots in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9) that were copyviols from major websites such as The Futon Critic, TV.com or TV Guide. -- RanZag ( talk) 16:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
I noticed that this voice has the same text of
www.pmc.tv and I started the procedure for the copyright violation on 3th April. 8 days after, the
User:Pmcwebmaster (casually, a nickname that remember the channel) revert the page, removing the template.
Today I noticed that the voice has this section:
Link for Copyright Permission
http://www.pmc.tv/?page_id=1377
Well, in that link there isn't any permission but only a link at the en.wiki page of the channel.
The voice is also NNPOV.
Can someone explain me of how I can do to terminate this situation? -- Gce ( talk) 22:12, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Cheers was a failure, so I wonder if anybody here is interested in creating a task force of the show Cheers. I have done Sam and Diane, Sam Malone, Diane Chambers (and my version), Frasier Crane (and my version), " Give Me a Ring Sometime", " I Do, Adieu", and "One for the Road" (Cheers). -- George Ho ( talk) 17:39, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I have created a task force proposal. Come to Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Cheers for discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at the article with a view to fixing the tables?
The section USA 1950s seems to have been messed up by a more recent table. I did take a look but cannot work out where the problem is coming from. Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:16, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
We have slowly chipped away at the most acclaimed television episodes without articles. Recently, hundreds of wikipedians received Highbeam accounts. With this new resource a lot of subjects can be researched quite freely. For example, I recently created " Hearts and Souls" exclusively using Highbeam. The following episode that that won at least two major best director or best screenplay recognitions remain to be created. In addition, numerous episodes from TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time remain.
See our progress on important episodes and seasons at Wikipedia:EPISODE#Important articles to be created.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 03:06, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
How does one vote to choose who they would like to be on the show for 2013, My friends and I would like to see Richard Simmons on the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.60.23 ( talk) 15:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/NBC's Must See TV as a proposal of either a Project or a task force for shows from Must See TV and Comedy Night Done Right. Please join in discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Is anybody here enthusiastic enough to turn this inactive WikiProject into a WP:task force? -- George Ho ( talk) 22:05, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Should this article be merged into List of Cheers episodes#ep207? Please click above for discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 07:13, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
I am wondering whether your project would be interested in the West Austin Antenna Farm article. -- Jerome Potts ( talk) 15:48, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I noticed today that there had been some rather peculiar edits to List of Friends episodes, replacing transclusions from season articles with raw tables using some formatting that, to be honest, I haven't seen used at any TV article that I've edited. Assuming that it was the work of a misguided editor, as often happens, I started restoring the article to its transcluded format, but received this message on my talk page. I don't agree that transclusion has been discouraged at the featured list discussion, unless I've read something incorrectly, but the nomination, if successful, will set precedents that we will be expected to follow. Of particular note is the non-transclusion of season article episode lists, which will result in duplication errors. Not transcluding the season episode lists really means there should be no episode lists in the season articles, which means content for individual seasons will be in at least two places, whereas at the moment all is generally in the season article and shared with the main list. The changes made to List of Friends episodes also include complicated coding that is going to be difficult to follow, especially for new editors. Some season articles simply won't need to exist. {{ Episode list}} currently avoids the need for this. It also adds an enormous amount of content to the episode list article. Without any episode summaries List of Friends episodes has increased in size from 14,184 bytes on 1 March 2012, to 82,569 bytes with this edit. Also to be noted is de-bolding of episode titles, which will require changes to {{ Episode list}}. I think this featured list discussion is something that requires involvement by members of this project. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 14:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
{{Episode list}}
was created. --
AussieLegend (
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07:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
"Episode 2" (Twin Peaks) is currently up for peer review; the review page can be found here. Any input that project members may be able to give would be invaluable, as I hope to be bringing this article to FAC in the not-so-distant future. Thanks. GRAPPLE X 12:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Aside from the discussion above, List of Friends episodes, there is a more immediate discussion taking place at Template talk:Episode list#Bolding of episode titles regarding episode titles being presented in boldface in List of ''xxxxxxx'' episode tables and TV season tables. So far only one or two editors from this project have bothered to comment. Whether you feel strongly or not about the subject, whatever your position on the matter is, please provide input so that the issue can be resolved. Thanks, Matthewedwards : Chat 16:17, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
FYI, the article regarding green-light is currently up for deletion. The AfD is here. -- Logical Fuzz ( talk) 16:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I propose a conversion of this Project into a task force. You may improve a consensus by clicking WT:WikiProject Stargate#Turning WikiProject Stargate into a task force? and discussing a proposal. -- George Ho ( talk) 17:21, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
The entry for the BBC radio series Twice a Fortnight is under the television portal. I've edited the text to say "radio" instead of "television", but someone really ought to put the article somewhere it belongs. I'm not a Wiki regular, so could someone else sort this maybe? 81.178.30.92 ( talk) 18:09, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm in serious danger of getting into an edit war with users who insist on adding rumours and unsourced information regarding an upcoming film that has yet to enter production, and something called Thomas and the UK Trip which I can only find on fansites. They seem to think that a wikia fansite is a reliable source. Would appreciate some input. -- Rob Sinden ( talk) 20:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
For some time there has been discussion at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Friends episodes/archive1 as well as Talk:List of Friends episodes#Disputed changes regarding the transclusion of episode tables from season articles into the parent episode list articles. Whichever way this ends up could have widespread effect on the articles within the WikiProject's scope. For anybody who actually gives a hoot (noting that previous requests for input, thoughts and guidance [ #List of Friends episodes and the slightly related #Boldface in the episode template] went ignored) and has some advice or thoughts about it, a content dispute resolution thread has now been opened on the matter at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 29#Friends episodes. Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 07:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The drive create high priority episode and season articles seems to have run its course. I have moved the lists of remaining articles for creation from WP:EPISODE to Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Episodes for creation and Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Seasons for creation. They are listed in the WP:TV to-do list.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 12:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't we have content in 2012–13 United States network television schedule stating the scheduled announcement dates. I want to see what they are and feel they should be available by now.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi together. I tried to resolve a dispute at Talk:Person of Interest (TV series)#Description of Kara Stanton but the other party does not seem to be interested in discussing the issue. Since I'm not an expert on TV-related articles, there is a chance their argument actually reflects consensus for those articles and I'm wrong - unfortunately, without any input, I can't tell. That's why I'd like to request some input here on this (minor) issue. Regards So Why 20:26, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Anybody thought about doing a wikiproject for That 70s Show?-- Mjs1991 ( talk) 06:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Can somebody put when this movie was created? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.238.19 ( talk) 20:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe that {{ Chelsea Handler}} needs to be reduced to just Books by Chelsea Handler. I am not sure how to handle {{ Kristin Chenoweth}}. Should the last two lines be removed or should the template just be removed from those pages?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
There is a discussion whether Countdown to Destruction should be merged to the List of Power Rangers in Space episodes here. Please comment whether you should keep or merge the article to the episode list. Thanks, Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 20:56, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Will the above series ever be released on DVD, I have enjoyed this series. I am sure many others have to. Also, would be good if they would go ahead with another series! What do you think?
Caroline Trowbridge, Wilts. UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.9.134 ( talk) 11:41, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello TV project. Just a quick note to let you know that both List of Dexter episodes and List of Stargate SG-1 episodes are at risk of demotion from featured list status. They were both promoted some time ago and since then standards have changed, as have the lists. I have left some issues that should be addressed at both lists' talk pages so that the lists don't have to be subjects of consideration for removal from featured status. Any questions, don't hesitate to shout. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated List of Lupin III Part II episodes for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
There is curtainly a discussion on Talk:List_of_Scooby-Doo!_Mystery_Incorporated_episodes#Adding_episode_airdates regarding airdates, the main problem revolves round what does original airdate mean, since the show in question origins is america should only the american air dates count, or does all air dates count ie original date mean when it first airs ina english speak country regardless which country that is. I would like to get conesus what to do with this type of thing so there is archive to refer to for future reference for all editors.-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 16:25, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
ok these are the possible solutions to the problem as it is, but does not address the issue of First airdate
If anyone has any additional ideas how to sovle the issue please add them to my list :)-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 20:42, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
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Starting December 1st, there will be a month-long drive to reduce the backlog at Good Article nominations. With roughly 50 current nominations in the Theatre, film and drama section, I'm hoping editors from this project will want to participate - perhaps even stay to assist with other topics. Note that television article appear to dominate the nominations in this category. Please visit the drive's project page for details. Cheers, AstroCog ( talk) 15:42, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, there is a communication theory called Cultivation Theory that is a part of this WikiProject Television. Will someone edit the page if you have time? Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivation_theory Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel.l.marten ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Disney often labels the first airing of the first episode of a new series as a "series preview", with the "official" series premiere occurring at a later date. Nickelodeon has also done it with programs such as The Penguins of Madagascar and Fish Hooks (and probably others), where they call the first episode a "sneak peak". The series premiere is always a different episode. This invariably results in an editing dispute over the first season premiere date; is it the "series preview/sneak peak" date or the "official" season premiere date? There is one such dispute happening at List of Austin & Ally episodes now. Disney advertised a full broadcast of the first episode, " Rockers & Writers" as a "preview" on 2 December, with the official premiere occurring on 4 December with " Kangaroos & Chaos". [1] Despite Disney marketing, common sense would seem to dictate that the season premiere date in the "series overview" table should be December 2, 2011 but, since this is a contentious issue that has occurred before and no doubt will again in the future, I was wondering what the opinions of the project are in cases like this. If the season premiere date is decided to be December 4, how do we handle episode episode numbering and the inevitable future change to the the season premiere date in the series overview table? -- AussieLegend ( talk) 11:40, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi there I have come across a Good Article nomination for One Tree Hill (TV series). While one a very quick look through, it seems good. There is one striking thing missing. The final season starts in 2012. Would it be normal to nominate a series article for a GA review when its not complete. Jim Sweeney ( talk) 06:31, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion underway at The Sopranos article about the use of a link to the cast section, rather than a listing of all the actors. Previously, there was a very long list of the main cast, which was removed (by me, after a discussion) several months ago and replaced with a link to the relevant section. I believe I have seen this in other articles which also had large cast lists. I would like some feedback from editors involved with this project, both on The Sopranos article in particular, and the general idea of using such links in infoboxes. This is the best place for such a general discussion to take place. --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 04:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
It would help if other voices could be heard on The Sopranos talk page, as the discussion is stymied. I think a link to a cast section is preferable to editors deciding on their own who the "most important" stars are, especially with shows with large ensemble casts. I am considering a similar move in regard to ER which has 25 names in the cast list in the infobox. Like other shows, NYPD Blue, for example, the show had an ensemble cast and a great many cast changes over the years. Any other thoughts on this? --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 18:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Portal:Animation is currently a featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 23:31, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have a big problem that I would like it to be fixed. It is about DVD covers I have uploaded to the 24 (TV series) season articles. There has been DVD cover on all eight seasons, and now they all are deleted (see here). The main problem is that they are not even orphaned for seven days, they are just deleted, so am asking administrators to undelete those covers so I could put them where they belong, of course if that is possible.
Also, here it says that it was deleted because "Author requests deletion". I did not requested something like that. InfamousPrince 10:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
I must say that I have to disagree with the reinsertion of the DVD images here. The cast image have been in the infobox for years, the DVD images only inserted recently. I'll make the same argument that I did at my talk page, the problem with the images uploaded by InfamousPrince, they were of an awkward shape, too large under the non-free criterias, and with cover art representing a minority of the countries it was released in (Regions 2 and 4 use the same cover art). As we couldn't agree on which to use, we reverted back to the cast images, which was in place for years. I note that is topic is covered by a separate wikiproject, that is WP:24, so while I understand this project has guidelines, feel it is inappropriate for it to impose their ways of doing things on other projects. If you can make an argument in favour of why we should do things differently with the info odds apart from "Our MOS says so" and in favour of Region 1 covers apart from "It's an American show" (I refer to the infoboxes of House (season 1) to House (season 3) which alternates between DVD regions) then I am receptive, however I respectfully think the important issue here is article stability, as opposed to "my images got deleted". Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 19:37, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
The 24 season articles are in a pretty horrendous state at the moment, partly due to a lack of editors, lack of free time on my part as well as a focus on other 24 articles (having got 24 (TV series) and 24: Redemption to GA) so the season articles have been low on my priority list. At present I agree that the cast images add little to the season articles, though disagree with regards to the pages for individual characters. That said, as we are probably very familiar with, debates on the non-free content criteria can last until the heat death of the universe, and isn't the primary issue we are addressing here. My suggestion is we use a promotional poster for each season instea, preferred by MOSTV. I am sure I will be able to find a few. Does that work for all of you? Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 08:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
As I feel we have not been able to come to a consensus here, I have opened a request for opinions on this issue at the Dispute Resolution noticeboard. Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 23:58, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
...was posted here [6] but I should have posted it on DRN, so moved there [7] Chzz ► 04:31, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
So the main concern is deciding on what image to use for the infobox. Well, two of the original arguments for the change aren't concerns at all–images can be resized and I doubt the original covers were that large anyway, and for them being "an awkward shape", they're simply a view that shows off the spine of the DVD which is very common for DVD covers shown in press releases. The argument that the region 2 and 4 covers cover more countries is a bit original research in terms of knowing what the cover art actually looks like. Region 2 covers the Middle East and Greenland, but do you know what those 24 DVD covers look like? Probably not. Region 2 covers Japan, but they use their own cover art. Not sure what DVD region Germany is in, but they use region 1 artwork. So that argument is a bit shaky. But, you can easily argue for region 1 covers: 24 is an American series, most (if not all) content presently in the season articles is American-driven: air dates, viewership, reception and awards. It's also pretty much convention to use the DVD artwork from the respective region of where the show originates. Sure, some articles might be different, but that's a select few mostly of which the editors for those article don't really care what image is used. As for using promotional posters, that's a good idea, but what's the difference between those and the region 1 DVD covers when they're mainly the same image? If we go with that, here's a link that has all the posters. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 15:57, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I've uploaded the DVD posters and added them to the articles. I think we can close this as resolved now. I apologise for acting quickly and am happy that in the end we have been able to come to a resolution. I hope in future we can work together on improving these articles, as a lot of work needs to be done on these articles. I would love to see 24 (TV series) on the main page one day as an FA. Regards, Steven Zhang Join the DR army! 05:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
For nearly a month I've been working on a List of That Girl episodes, but I'm afraid I'm going to need some help with the formatting. I tried to add some episodes that were formatted more correctly with this edit, but it didn't work, because the correctly formatted version automatically went to the bottom of the page. I'm also trying to select color bars that I think are more appropriate for the series, i.e.; some soft pastel sort of things. ---- DanTD ( talk) 01:11, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I have created User:TonyTheTiger/sandbox/Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. It is questionable whether the article passes WP:GNG. I started a conversation at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#Alfonso_Gomez-Rejon_.3F that has not gotten much feedback and none since I have done the sandbox creation. I need some more feedback on whehter this article is ready for article space either for WP:FILMMAKER #3 or for WP:IAR rationales.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I was trying to find out the list of DMA (Designated Market Area), but unfortunately the list is inconsistent between articles.
If I take for example my nearest market, Burlington-Plattsburgh, it's listed as #92 on ABC list, #93 on CBS list, #92 on NBC list, #95 on Fox list, and #95 on MyNet list. So, which one is it? And there are also problems higher the list, like Denver and Miami which are listed #16, #17 or #18, depending on which article you consult. A nice update or a link to the latest DMA list would be appreciated. Thanks. InMontreal ( talk) 20:10, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film#Disambiguation between feature films and TV films regarding the disambiguation of television films; Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television) advocate making a distinction between TV films and feature films, but the reasons and the criteria for when to do this are not clear. The guidelines could ideally do with being made clearer, so since there is some overlap between the film and TV projects then your input would be welcome. Betty Logan ( talk) 18:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at your sister project WP:SOAPS could do with more views. It is about fancruft and infoboxes. RaintheOne BAM 03:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I nominated this article a week ago at FAC, and have so far received no feedback. I'd appreciate comments, feedback, and (hopefully!) support for this article, which I have put a lot of work into. Cheers, AstroCog ( talk) 15:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I uploaded my first image to the Smash page, and I wanted to make sure all the copyright information is correct. I think I have most of it in line, but could somebody take a look at it?
-- Kelseyss ( talk) 18:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
An editorial dispute over a TV show's influence is taking place here. Can editors who read this participate and offer their opinions? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 19:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
I notice there is no task force for the Fringe article. Why exactly is that? Akihironihongo ( talk) 22:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
This interesting list suffers from a lack of references and many, many mistakes. The list requires a completely new research of the dates. I have collected some sources which may the useful: At first, The Statesman's Yearbook and the Europa World Year Book, very reputable almanacs, also TIME Almanac with Information Please and World Almanac may be useful. Unfortunately I do not have an own access to the online archives, so I cannot do that work. pressreference.com, culturalprofiles.net or [mapsofworld.com] (blocked by spamfilter) are much less reputable and should be used only if no other sources are available. Then, there are several "historical dictionaries", available also for minor countries in asia and africa, and the Country Studies( Area Handbooks. Perhaps the is someone here who wants to improve that list.-- Antemister ( talk) 22:21, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
2011 Queen announced mtv icon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.215.22.208 ( talk) 18:09, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to notify people of a discussion taking place here about changes to the template mainly about the removal of the last appearance field. D4nnyw14 ( talk) 23:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
I've just gotten hold of the episodes of Cops L.A.C., an Australian proecdural series that lasted a single season of 13 episodes. Imagine my surprise (horror) to find three articles written about the show: Cops L.A.C., List of Cops L.A.C. episodes, and Cops L.A.C. (season 1). Why is this kind of article hierarchy needed here? It's not like the show aired for years. MOS:TV recommends creating season pages after about 80 episodes have aired. 13 episodes were made for this show. Surely the season page isn't needed because the cast list is already in the "main" page, and the episode descriptions can be moved to the list of episodes pages. However, in saying that, Cops L.A.C. isn't that big, and the summaries aren't that long, so sticking the Episode List table in that page and just having one article for the series is completely feasible.
Just trying to see what others' opinions are before I go prodding. Matthewedwards : Chat 04:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
The project needs to be more vigilant in making sure season articles are not created too prematurely. There are too many current shows that have split into numerous articles where it just isn't necessary:
MOS:TV says it may be necessary to split the list into season pages for lengthy series, typically those with over 80 episodes, but current practice is to split way before then. Either pages need merging or the MOS needs updating to reflect practices, rather than common sense. Also, looking through all these pages made me feel like I was tripping. Where in the MOS:TV does it say we should be giving all these seasons different colours just because they're similar to a colour on a DVD box? We're not at the M&Ms factory, and we're not "Skittlepedia". {{
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Infobox tvseason}} have default shades, why can't we just stick with them? We're the only Project that allows its authors to switch the colours on these templates willy nilly with each article.
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I visited Peppa Pig: Episode & DVD lists today, being redirected from List of Peppa Pig episodes. I found a number of things wrong with this page that the Project might want to look into. Details at Talk:Peppa Pig: Episode & DVD lists. Matthewedwards : Chat 02:54, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I started a stub for The Singing Office and I plan on expanding it more. Since I don't have any experience creating articles on major shows because they usually already exist, I was wondering if anyone from this Wikiproject would like to help with it. SL93 ( talk) 03:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
This image is under review in WP:Non-free content review#File:I Love Lucy Titlecard.png. They said that this image is too irreplaceable and that file:ILoveLucyTitleScreen.jpg is irreplaceable (after recovery), even with the logo ineligible for copyrights. Even if this image is irreplaceable, can anybody involve create an SVG version of the logo without replacing the non-free image? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:01, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
There's an issue raised by some questions on the infobox images for TV show articles. [8]. The short question is: if it is possible to make free (as in speech) logo of a TV's title from its title card (as can be done from the "I Love Lucy" titlecard), is this an "equivalent" free replacement (per NFCC#1) for what appears to be the typical use of the show's title card? I recommend responding there for simplicity. -- MASEM ( t) 00:00, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, every episode of the Jericho (TV series), linked from List of Jericho episodes, has its own article. Several of these are quite elaborate; however most are only plot recaps, with little sourced information about production, reception, reviews, or any third party sources. So they are at threat of being merged into the list article for lack of sourcing or notability. See Talk:List_of_Jericho_episodes#Jericho_episode_articles_being_deleted. I've managed to hold back the last attempt, but if the articles are not brought up to standard, they probably will not survive much longer. Barsoomian ( talk) 13:15, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure if I've brought this up before, if so then please let me know. I'm curious about naming of characters. On 90210 a characters birth name is "Erin Silver" but that character has always been called "Silver" on the show and that's how she's labelled on press releases from The CW and on their website. Also on the same series, "Ivy Sullivan" is labelled as just "Ivy" on the press releases. How should we label them here? Jayy008 ( talk) 16:23, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Also, I could have sworn that you're only mandated to use the "surname" in follow-up mentionings for real life people. In fiction, you just need to be consist in what you use (e.g., if you refer to the character as Buffy, instead of Summers, then always use Buffy). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 20:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I am still working on this article. Nevertheless, if you want to help out, MLA style is preferred; no citation templates, please. Just Google 'MLA style' or related; otherwise, use http://www.dmoz.org to search MLA. Anyway, I don't know if any fictional background of him is relevant, but the prominent breakthroughs were his relationship with Diane Chambers and with Rebecca Howe, his alcoholism, and his sex addiction. What can we do with his early life, ownership of Cheers, and baseball career? -- George Ho ( talk) 11:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Some season confusion has cropped up, along with issues concerning technical matters, see Talk:ICarly (season 4)#Move? -- 76.65.128.132 ( talk) 10:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Bad news for ratings here. "Your Entertainment Now" no longer has a domain name, it says it's waiting to be renewed for deleted. I guess we should wait to see what happens but anytime TVBTN hasn't had the final numbers available—that's what I see in articles. It's going to take a lot of work removing it all. Jayy008 ( talk) 17:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I have proposed that the Inaccuracies section of Jurassic Fight Club be removed. Anyone interested is free to participate in the discussion at Talk:Jurassic Fight Club. Chris the Paleontologist ( talk | contribs) 20:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Can anyone point me to some Category:Espionage television series that have finished in the top 10 in the ratings? Which one was most recent?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:53, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I recently started working on a draft version of List of writers of The X-Files, which can be seen here. I really think I've bitten off more than I can chew here—citing individual episode credits is going to result in several hundred footnotes, with many of those cited several times; although I've managed to alleviate some need for this thanks to an index page in one of the print sources, which only covers two and a half seasons. Does this kind of thing actually need to be cited, though? Given that each of the episodes is linked and provides full credits, or redirects to a season article which does so, I'm wondering if there's that much need to cite this one. Also, the initial "summary" table is too long and narrow—I'd ideally like to split it in two and sit them side by side, so it takes up a greater width and lesser height; however, my attempt to do this based on nesting two tables within a larger table just plain didn't work. Does anyone else know how this might be achieved? Any help here would be appreciated. GRAPPLE X 21:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if there is any consensus on how to treat cast credited as "also starring". This is prompted by the the continued crediting of Brian Dietzen as "also starring" in NCIS. For those not familiar with the program, the opening credits start and then list Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette and Sean Murray in that order. This is then followed by with Rocky Carroll and David McCallum", Executive Producer Chas. Floyd Johnson, Created By Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill. After the credits end the episode title is shown. Then Also Starring Brian Dietzen is typicall shown, after which guest stars etc are shown. Dietzen has been listed as "also starring" since season 6, but has never been added to the actual opening credits along with other cast members. Should he be treated as a recurring character or as main cast? Being placed just before guest stars but after the EP, creators and the episode title, he's not really being treated as main cast, but more as an elevated guest star, so I'm not sure what to do. We've been crediting himas a recurring character but this has changed in recent weeks, without discusssion. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 13:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Does WikiProject Television have any notability criteria regarding contestants for the Pop Idol franchise? Kingjeff ( talk) 04:54, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
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Star Trek: The Original Series is reviewed and must be fixed, according to Sjones23. For skilled writers, you can do an introduction consisted of three or four paragraphs. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:35, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I'm working on User:WhisperToMe/Little Fatty's Food Diary - It's a cooking program that aired in Mainland China. What other information would be useful before one says "okay, it's notable! Let's move it into the mainspace?" - I would like to add content proving this TV show's notability before I move it into the mainspace. Thank you WhisperToMe ( talk) 07:42, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've opened an RfC at Talk:List of iCarly episodes#Request for Comment - Splitting seasons. Comments would be greatly appreciated. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 10:12, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi again! I'd also like for people to look at the article on the television network China Food TV:
So far it's heavy on primary sources, but I'm trying to get more secondary sources
Also I can confirm that "China Food TV USA" does air in San Francisco!
WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:10, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tom Cudahy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Cudahy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps this is dealt with somewhere, but I can't find it so I'll ask here.
I notice that the past tense is used when talking about characters that have been killed off, eg Chef or Bleeding Gums Murphy. Now, even though they are not alive any more on the show, they do exist as characters. The show is not real life and the old episodes do still exist for people to watch.
Also, if this is the practice for shows - what about comics? Why is Dream referred to in the present tense?
By extension, any character within a one-off film or story should also be referred to in the past tense, eg. Tony Montana or The Comedian - and especially the latter, since he dies before the story's even begun! (& especially since the story was also originally a series) AND, if the manual of style is different for comics and for film, what to do with the Comedian, since Watchmen was both?!
But let's pick up on that - once a show gets canceled or is completed, in theory all characters become equally "non existent", whether they were alive at the last episode or not. What then? Go back through the whole of Wikipedia and change everything to past tense? Or change it all to present tense, since it's assumed that all literature transcends time? But by that logic, Chef and Bleedin' Gums shouldn't be in the past tense in the first place!
Or what if someone writes a show where an asteroid destroys the earth in the last episode. Should ALL characters then be in the past tense, since they all died within the show?
And, using past tense is quite a major spoiler. I know, WP doesn't care about spoilers, but considering the fact that in this case the spoiler occurs in the second word of the article ("Chef was a character...") is a bit full-on! Seriously, if someone told me that (a certain character who gets killed in the last episode) "was" a character on The Wire...while I was still on, say, episode 34...i'd be PISSED!
So, please, someone explain the workings of this to me, as I can't figure out the logic. Thanks! BigSteve ( talk) 17:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
I am expanding an article about a fictional couple of Cheers; however, helping me expand this article is nice. Nevertheless, I don't need storyline expansion, as anything about Sam and Diane should be relevant; copy-editing would be nice. What do you say? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I know there are many templates for characters now (all pointlessly created by Wren Valmont). I'm confused by which one to use, shouldn't there just be one? Jayy008 ( talk) 18:31, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm proposing a new taskforce for the television series Fringe. Interested editors can find the proposal page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Fringe (TV series). I hope it goes successfully. Thanks, Ruby 2010/ 2013 04:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Television will have interest in putting on events related to women's roles in TV; as actors, performers, tv hosts, news reporters, writers, etc. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 19:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
List of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? episodes has been nominated once again for AFD. The discussion can be found here. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 04:25, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Friday night death slot is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friday night death slot until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
A recent decision was made to merge The Front Page (Diff'rent Strokes) into the Diff'rent Strokes article. To me, it would make much more sense to merge it into List of Diff'rent Strokes episodes. Why didn't anybody consider this during the discussion? ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sam and Diane is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam and Diane until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
I have created this Project proposal that must cover fictional couples of any fixed medium, print or electronic, such as soap opera couples, Relationship of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and Sam and Diane. I wonder if you can join in the linked title rather than here. -- George Ho ( talk) 06:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
This all started because Free Love (Cold Case) popped up on Special: NewPages list tonight. I clicked through to the article and I see 3 sentences of prose and 3 screens full of bulleted lists (Cast, Music, Notes, etc.). The entire page is referenced to a single tv.com entry, except for one citation to a ratings aggregator. This article has basically no reason for existence that I can see—the individual episode has no notability at all that I can find (and I looked). I've always 'hurrumphed' at these kind of "articles" but never bothered doing anything with/about them. But this time I wandered into Category: 2010 television episodes, and... wow. 29 articles on Chuck episodes which are 99% plot summary and 1 sentence of "Critical Review" sourced to an IGN review. Totally unsourced articles like Epiphany (Desperate Housewives) that are 80% plot summary and 20% trivia.
To be totally clear, I am not complaining about all episode articles—there's probably as many good ones as bad ones (good ones like Hell-O (Glee), The Undergraduates, and obligatory Simpsons reference Treehouse of Horror XXI). But when the entire article is unsourced plot summary and cast listings, does there really need to be an article for it?
I've seen some cases where individual episodes redirect to a "Show X (season Y)" article. Is there consensus for consolidating these articles like this? Is anyone going to come after me with a pitchfork if I try to clean these things up? I wouldn't touch any article that's supported by more than one non-trivial coverage in a reliable source but is there any point at all in articles like Spiral (Haven)?
I'm willing to do some heavy lifting and tackle this issue, but not unless I have support form the project community. :) Livit⇑ Eh?/ What? 02:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
List of Legends of the Hidden Temple episodes has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Legends of the Hidden Temple episodes (3rd nomination). Feedback from this WikiProject is appreciated. RJaguar3 | u | t 22:55, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm not clear whether there are special tv guidelines that would make KBCH-TV notable, so thought I would stop by here and ask.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 23:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
There are a lot of people who like to create episode articles. Of the twelve most recent episodes to win Directors_Guild_of_America_Award#Outstanding_Directorial_Achievement_in_Dramatic_Series three need articles (two from Mad Men and one from 24): " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men) ", " Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency", " Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Of the 22 most recent episodes to win Directors_Guild_of_America_Award#Outstanding_Directorial_Achievement_in_Comedy_Series only 10 have been created (2005-2010, plus all 3 Seinfeld and 1 of 2 Frasier winning episodes).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Which awards at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards are for specific episodes? I think all the Emmy guest actor and writer awards are for specific episodes and the directing awards may be as well.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:37, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Just in case anyone wasn't aware, there's a consensus discussion going on here. Sarujo ( talk) 11:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Recently episode articles have become quite the rage. I am unaware of any templates to link critically acclaimed episodes. Although I am unaware of any awards for best episode, there are a few best episode directing and best episode screenplay awards. As such, I have created the following:
I am giving thought to adding episodes to Emmy Awards templates that are awarded for episode contributions. I will not do so for awards that are only for single roles in an episode, but for awards representing entire episodes (directing and writing). The following are the categories that I would modify templates to highlight the closest substitutes that we have for most critically acclaimed episode:
I don't think this is necessary for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special or Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. These are often TV movies and miniseries which actually have Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries ({{ EmmyAward Miniseries}}) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie ({{ EmmyAward TelevisionMovie}}). Even though this category is sometimes for an episode of a miniseries, changing these templates would result in some redundancy.
I don't think this is necessary for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program or Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program since episode articles are not common for these.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 06:49, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
If there's one thing I love, it's a good template. Nice work with them. Ruby 2010/ 2013 16:58, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
All of this looks good to me. I love navboxes. The only thing I'd like to see in addition (I think this may have been mentioned above already) is the name of the series represented somehow. Of course, that would require each entry to have four different things (the people involved, the episode title, the series, and the year), and it would probably get out of hand. If there's a way to add it without giving readers headaches, I'd like to see it. If not, what's already here looks great. Kevinbrogers ( talk) 05:03, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I have finished creating and amending the episodic awards templates for directing and writing. I am contemplating reformatting the Emmy writing templates to encompass smaller time periods, but I am not really convinced it is worth the effort. Looking at what is done and what needs to be done, we are doing better than I had anticipated. Almost all episodes that have won multiple awards in this century have articles. Except for one episode of Mad Men all episodes in the last 10 years with multiple awards have articles. Three dramas swept the two Emmy awards and won either the WGA or DGA, but all are from 1995 and before. Three others won one Emmy and the DGA. In terms of comedy only one episode with three awards is missing an article. It is a 2001 episode of Malcolm in the Middle, which is one of two shows ( Frasier being the other with two missing multi-winning episodes). See below for the significant ommissions.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:38, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:The_Firm_(Canadian_TV_series)#Requested_move.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, everyone! This column I found describes in detail the structure of several television series and analyses the differences between them and how they help or detract from episode and season plots. There are lots of articles in this project that could get improved with articles like this. Could you add the content to them? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 02:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys, I came across a controversy section in The Client List, and I'm wondering if this should be included. I'd ask the question on the article's talk page, but it doesn't seem to be a very active article. First, is Change.org consider a reliable source? It seems like a few other sources have reported on it, but the there isn't a ton of detail. Second, is this notable enough to be included? It says they have 1,300 signatures, but I'm not sure that this is notable enough to be included in a Wikipedia article. This is unfamiliar territory for me, so I thought I'd post the question here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- TravisBernard ( talk) 21:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Anyone from this project want to figure out what this project is supposed to be all about: Wikipedia:WikiProject Programming Blocks? Is it just supposed to cover things like Must See TV, Animation Domination, and TGIF (ABC)? Does that need its own project? -- Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars ( talk) 18:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 07:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I've nominated Portal:Arts for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Arts. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 20:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 06:50, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi-there. I'd like to propose some changes to the Bloomberg Television article. Currently, it lacks sourcing and generally is disorganized. I've written a draft of the article in my sandbox to give give a little more structure to the article while providing better citations. I would appreciate it if someone would take a look at it and, if found appropriate, please implement the changes into the current article. I work on behalf of Bloomberg L.P. and do not want my conflict of interest to interfere with Wikipedia's guidelines by implementing any major changes into the article myself. -- RivBitz ( talk) 18:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 23:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I was going to tag the talk page of Awake (TV series), but I am not sure what tags belong. Is it Sci-Fi or Psychology?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 08:39, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello all -- just to let you know I have nominated this for WP:FLC and it can do with comments, feedback, criticism et al in the next few days or weeks. If you can please take some time to give some feedback, cheers – Lemonade51 ( talk) 12:02, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi all, I have started a discussion on toonzone on reliable source notice board, i would like to get as many editors involved as possible soa consensus on the site various parts can be have resolution and eventually archived consensus decisions that all user will be able to look over in the future. Here is the link to the thread Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Toonzone please i really encourage all editors to participator as this is used as source for main article son wikipedia and there is always arguments over it, i have tried to collect the different areas of the site as there is many and post my opinions on each part so lease join in-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 20:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Can someone tell me why the following award-winning shows have no season articles. I am wondering if they have been deleted/merged into episode list articles:
The following are the seasons that have won major awards ({{ ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVDrama}}, {{ GoldenGlobeTVDrama}}, and {{ EmmyAward DramaSeries}} or {{ ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVComedy}}, {{ GoldenGlobeTVComedy}}, and {{ EmmyAward ComedySeries}}) since 1990 that need award-winning season articles (the season numbers needed follow the name of the series):
Drama;
Note the list above iincludes two shows that were once the number-one show in the country according to Nielsen Media Research ( Cheers and Roseanne (TV series)).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:14, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
I have noticed a preponderance of descriptions in episode articles that say actor x won the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Supporting Actress in a Drama Series or Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this episode. Is this correct or do you win those awards for seasons based on submissions of a particular episode. For many Emmys such as writing and directing as well as often for guest acting or voiceover, winning for an episode is quite precise. I am not sure it is precise for the acting awards.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I have noted that in several cases, for series that are broadcasted through a latin american wide network, such as Fox Latin America, Sony Entertainment and so, many individual countries are listed (e.g. Mexico - Fox, Venezuela - Fox, etc.). I think we could standardize on a single way for Latin American networks as a whole. What is your opinion on the subject?
Sebastian 21:03, 13 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tian2992 ( talk • contribs)
There is a discussion about the primary topic of Big Bang Theory. Currently it is an american TV show. You are welcome to comment at Talk:Big_Bang_Theory_(disambiguation)#Primary_Topic_RFC. Hipocrite ( talk) 13:32, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I've heard on the grapevine that the British TV show Red or Black? has been renewed but with a changed format. Currently the show article is a GA. Has anyone got any experience with splitting up a show article into series articles as this will need to happen shortly and I've never had the opportunity to do it - also what happens to the GA? I presume it just gets dropped and once stable the new series one article can get renominated. Miyagawa (talk) 20:36, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to everybody who responded to my messages over the last month regarding badly needed episodes. Following the creation of " Love's Labor Lost (ER)", " Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.", " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men)", " Bowling (Malcolm in the Middle)", " Pilot (The Cosby Show)", " "A," My Name is Alex - Parts I & II ", " Good-bye (The Wonder Years)" and " Pilot (Malcolm in the Middle)" our list had gotten shorter. Today, I stumbled upon a new resource ( the Writers Guild of America Library Catalog) and we have a much more complete list of episode awards on WP. As a result, the new list of episodes that have won multiple awards that appear to have no article has expanded by 7. See below, which does not include the recently created " Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz", " Woody Interruptus", " Pilot (Sports Night)" and " Hill Street Station".
For a complete list of progress on episodes and seasons needed see Wikipedia:Television_episodes#Episodes.
Please help us create some of these and fill in the templates, award articles, writer articles, director articles, season articles and episode lists.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 04:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Another finding of my recent research is many award winning shows that have no articles. The following shows that have episodes that have won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Episodic Comedy, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama, and/or Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series have no articles:
Stop by and help out.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:29, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to improve the woody woodpecker articles particularly his television show articles. I just wish to know if The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia! (see here http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/) is a valid source as the website states that its an unofficial website so surely all these sources on woody woodpecker articles should be removed. I thought I better ask before any militant inclusionists accuse me of "destroying valuable information". Dwanyewest ( talk) 15:35, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I have a question on whether there is a specific guideline on pages that list episodes on TV shows, such as List of The Nanny episodes. I have noticed there has been a lot of reverts on this page because there is a difference between the air dates of the show and the order in which the episodes were created. Some people think it should be arranged by the air date and others think it should be arranged by the date the episodes were created since this is how they were supposed to air. Is there a correct way on how this should be listed? LongLiveMusic ( talk) 05:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, just thought I'd pass along that there's a discussion going on over here. Sarujo ( talk) 22:26, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I am currently experiencing a conflict with two editors on Scandal (TV series), a series that hasn't even come to the air yet (and won't until April 5), and whose majority of episode titles haven't hit ABC's press wire yet. However, they have created an "episode guide" using titles sourced to the TV listings of Zap2It which aren't scheduled at all, and nothing else (such as this one not even premiering for two months yet). Currently there is only episode title (the pilot) I can source directly to ABC's press department, but the other six episodes have not had synopses hit yet. An attempt by me to remove the episode guide with an imploring that we're not under deadline was reverted with an argument that they are used on a "huge number of articles", though this seems more likely for existing programs than future episodes two months in the future. I would like some guidance on how to proceed without hitting 3RR; note that this article has had a problem with an episode guide article created in January with only the premiere date released and nothing else. Nate • ( chatter) 04:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK!!! I have completed the new and revamped The Voice UK. However, I would like to know one question. There is no really point in creating the Voice UK (series 1) yet, as the current main article is only there for the first series anyway, any thoughts? Mayhem Mario 20:21, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone have a good WP:RS for either the 1997 or 2009 TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I have expanded the list at Wikipedia:Television_episodes#Episodes with a second list of articles. They are from the 2009 TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. Currently we have 38 done and 13 redirects to list articles.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 23:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been looking up a few pages for South Park episodes. For example South Park is Gay and South Park is Gay!. Click it. It leads to the Season 7 page. But, as you can see from the season page, the page for that episode actually exists, South Park Is Gay!. Quite a few episodes do this.
Shouldn't these redirects point to the actual episode if the page already exists? I'm willing to do that, but I was wondering whether it actually needed to be done.
I am r000t ( talk) 04:12, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Is the episode that won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama titled "thirtysomething" by the Writers Guild of America the same episode as that which won Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series titled "Pilot" by the Directors Guild of America? I see no episode entitled "thirtysomething" at List of Thirtysomething episodes. If they are the same, which name is correct?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:20, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello all; I rewatched the ER episode Love's Labor Lost last night for the first time in years as I intend to expand it's article in the coming months. Unlike most programmes, it credits 'co-starring' and 'featuring' actors/actresses, so does anyone know how to differentiate them in the 'Guests' section in the infobox? Cheers -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 18:47, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
I've created and expanded Pilot (Sports Night), and it could easily become a good article if someone wants add some more info, but does anyone know where to get the Nielsen ratings for the episode. I can only find a season preview and overall season ranking. 03 md 02:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
I have notice that since 2007 ( 59th Primetime Emmy Awards) episode submissions are included for acting awards. Is there a way to note that the award is not episode specific in the acting categories (except guest and voice) as it is in some categories such as directing and writing? Maybe we could reduce the fontsize or use an asterisk when it is not awarded for the episode.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 16:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've started the pilot episode Hot Snow (The Avengers). If anybody is interested in helping me start episodes on the Avengers let me know!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Heroes ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This WikiProject is under discussion, and the proposal is converting this Project to a task force. The show is cancelled, and I don't watch Heroes anymore. I wonder if anybody here is interested. -- George Ho ( talk) 15:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Recently I added some season finale summaries for several different series articles. Most were two-four weeks out and very simple. A couple of my additions were removed by other editors because they were "unsourced". When, if ever, have we ref-linked "summaries" past, present or future? Airdates and episode titles, sure, but summaries? I understand about possible copyvios, but if put into Wiki-speak/own words, do they need sourcing? Thanks for any/all responses. — WylieCoyote ( talk) 20:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to all that have responded! — WylieCoyote ( talk) 21:32, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I think I was just caught up in the new movies, tv episodes, etc. coming up which is what started the finale summaries today. Lesson learned. - WylieCoyote ( talk) 21:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Opinions on whether to delete or not? 31.193.133.160 ( talk) 17:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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The page List of The Walking Dead (TV Series) characters is practically a duplicate of List of The Walking Dead (TV series) characters. The only difference in the title, is the capitalization of the word "series", and per Wikipedia policy it should NOT be capitalized. Since both lists are large and may have had different information added to them, they should be merged instead of doing a simple redirect, so that no original information is missed. Fortdj33 ( talk) 20:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Cartoon Network was not active after the project was started by Driveus. Also, I have a felling tha WP:NICK is no longer active any more. Since I converted Cartoon Network, Family Guy, Adult Swim and SpongeBob SquarePants WikiProjects into work groups of WikiProject Animation, and I don't think very not active. I would suggest convert into task forces into this project. Any comments? JJ98 ( Talk / Contributions) 11:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
I do not want to sound too demanding, but That 70s show aired in 1998 which was such a long time ago. It even aired in many old years like 1999-2006. I just want somebody to put when each season was filmed so I can know what old year each season was created in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.238.19 ( talk) 02:59, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
I don't want to know when each season aired. I would like it if somebody told me when each season was FILMED please.
Thank you for giving me that information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peta8 ( talk • contribs) 05:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Nominated 2 documentaries of star wars. Which seems to be mainly a weak keep for small out of context info. It would be great if it could have larger scope. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Making of Star Wars and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back. Lucia Black ( talk) 06:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I am being challenged on a WP:NFCC screenshot use for an infobox at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_15#File:Pilot_.28The_Cosby_Show.29_monopoly_lesson.png. I don't understand why.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:27, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I inform the project of the removal of a series of plots in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9) that were copyviols from major websites such as The Futon Critic, TV.com or TV Guide. -- RanZag ( talk) 16:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
I noticed that this voice has the same text of
www.pmc.tv and I started the procedure for the copyright violation on 3th April. 8 days after, the
User:Pmcwebmaster (casually, a nickname that remember the channel) revert the page, removing the template.
Today I noticed that the voice has this section:
Link for Copyright Permission
http://www.pmc.tv/?page_id=1377
Well, in that link there isn't any permission but only a link at the en.wiki page of the channel.
The voice is also NNPOV.
Can someone explain me of how I can do to terminate this situation? -- Gce ( talk) 22:12, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Cheers was a failure, so I wonder if anybody here is interested in creating a task force of the show Cheers. I have done Sam and Diane, Sam Malone, Diane Chambers (and my version), Frasier Crane (and my version), " Give Me a Ring Sometime", " I Do, Adieu", and "One for the Road" (Cheers). -- George Ho ( talk) 17:39, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I have created a task force proposal. Come to Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Cheers for discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at the article with a view to fixing the tables?
The section USA 1950s seems to have been messed up by a more recent table. I did take a look but cannot work out where the problem is coming from. Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:16, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
We have slowly chipped away at the most acclaimed television episodes without articles. Recently, hundreds of wikipedians received Highbeam accounts. With this new resource a lot of subjects can be researched quite freely. For example, I recently created " Hearts and Souls" exclusively using Highbeam. The following episode that that won at least two major best director or best screenplay recognitions remain to be created. In addition, numerous episodes from TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time remain.
See our progress on important episodes and seasons at Wikipedia:EPISODE#Important articles to be created.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 03:06, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
How does one vote to choose who they would like to be on the show for 2013, My friends and I would like to see Richard Simmons on the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.60.23 ( talk) 15:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/NBC's Must See TV as a proposal of either a Project or a task force for shows from Must See TV and Comedy Night Done Right. Please join in discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Is anybody here enthusiastic enough to turn this inactive WikiProject into a WP:task force? -- George Ho ( talk) 22:05, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Should this article be merged into List of Cheers episodes#ep207? Please click above for discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 07:13, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
I am wondering whether your project would be interested in the West Austin Antenna Farm article. -- Jerome Potts ( talk) 15:48, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I noticed today that there had been some rather peculiar edits to List of Friends episodes, replacing transclusions from season articles with raw tables using some formatting that, to be honest, I haven't seen used at any TV article that I've edited. Assuming that it was the work of a misguided editor, as often happens, I started restoring the article to its transcluded format, but received this message on my talk page. I don't agree that transclusion has been discouraged at the featured list discussion, unless I've read something incorrectly, but the nomination, if successful, will set precedents that we will be expected to follow. Of particular note is the non-transclusion of season article episode lists, which will result in duplication errors. Not transcluding the season episode lists really means there should be no episode lists in the season articles, which means content for individual seasons will be in at least two places, whereas at the moment all is generally in the season article and shared with the main list. The changes made to List of Friends episodes also include complicated coding that is going to be difficult to follow, especially for new editors. Some season articles simply won't need to exist. {{ Episode list}} currently avoids the need for this. It also adds an enormous amount of content to the episode list article. Without any episode summaries List of Friends episodes has increased in size from 14,184 bytes on 1 March 2012, to 82,569 bytes with this edit. Also to be noted is de-bolding of episode titles, which will require changes to {{ Episode list}}. I think this featured list discussion is something that requires involvement by members of this project. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 14:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
{{Episode list}}
was created. --
AussieLegend (
talk)
07:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
"Episode 2" (Twin Peaks) is currently up for peer review; the review page can be found here. Any input that project members may be able to give would be invaluable, as I hope to be bringing this article to FAC in the not-so-distant future. Thanks. GRAPPLE X 12:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Aside from the discussion above, List of Friends episodes, there is a more immediate discussion taking place at Template talk:Episode list#Bolding of episode titles regarding episode titles being presented in boldface in List of ''xxxxxxx'' episode tables and TV season tables. So far only one or two editors from this project have bothered to comment. Whether you feel strongly or not about the subject, whatever your position on the matter is, please provide input so that the issue can be resolved. Thanks, Matthewedwards : Chat 16:17, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
FYI, the article regarding green-light is currently up for deletion. The AfD is here. -- Logical Fuzz ( talk) 16:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I propose a conversion of this Project into a task force. You may improve a consensus by clicking WT:WikiProject Stargate#Turning WikiProject Stargate into a task force? and discussing a proposal. -- George Ho ( talk) 17:21, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
The entry for the BBC radio series Twice a Fortnight is under the television portal. I've edited the text to say "radio" instead of "television", but someone really ought to put the article somewhere it belongs. I'm not a Wiki regular, so could someone else sort this maybe? 81.178.30.92 ( talk) 18:09, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm in serious danger of getting into an edit war with users who insist on adding rumours and unsourced information regarding an upcoming film that has yet to enter production, and something called Thomas and the UK Trip which I can only find on fansites. They seem to think that a wikia fansite is a reliable source. Would appreciate some input. -- Rob Sinden ( talk) 20:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
For some time there has been discussion at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Friends episodes/archive1 as well as Talk:List of Friends episodes#Disputed changes regarding the transclusion of episode tables from season articles into the parent episode list articles. Whichever way this ends up could have widespread effect on the articles within the WikiProject's scope. For anybody who actually gives a hoot (noting that previous requests for input, thoughts and guidance [ #List of Friends episodes and the slightly related #Boldface in the episode template] went ignored) and has some advice or thoughts about it, a content dispute resolution thread has now been opened on the matter at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 29#Friends episodes. Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 07:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The drive create high priority episode and season articles seems to have run its course. I have moved the lists of remaining articles for creation from WP:EPISODE to Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Episodes for creation and Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Seasons for creation. They are listed in the WP:TV to-do list.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 12:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't we have content in 2012–13 United States network television schedule stating the scheduled announcement dates. I want to see what they are and feel they should be available by now.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi together. I tried to resolve a dispute at Talk:Person of Interest (TV series)#Description of Kara Stanton but the other party does not seem to be interested in discussing the issue. Since I'm not an expert on TV-related articles, there is a chance their argument actually reflects consensus for those articles and I'm wrong - unfortunately, without any input, I can't tell. That's why I'd like to request some input here on this (minor) issue. Regards So Why 20:26, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Anybody thought about doing a wikiproject for That 70s Show?-- Mjs1991 ( talk) 06:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Can somebody put when this movie was created? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.238.19 ( talk) 20:58, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe that {{ Chelsea Handler}} needs to be reduced to just Books by Chelsea Handler. I am not sure how to handle {{ Kristin Chenoweth}}. Should the last two lines be removed or should the template just be removed from those pages?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
There is a discussion whether Countdown to Destruction should be merged to the List of Power Rangers in Space episodes here. Please comment whether you should keep or merge the article to the episode list. Thanks, Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 20:56, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Will the above series ever be released on DVD, I have enjoyed this series. I am sure many others have to. Also, would be good if they would go ahead with another series! What do you think?
Caroline Trowbridge, Wilts. UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.9.134 ( talk) 11:41, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello TV project. Just a quick note to let you know that both List of Dexter episodes and List of Stargate SG-1 episodes are at risk of demotion from featured list status. They were both promoted some time ago and since then standards have changed, as have the lists. I have left some issues that should be addressed at both lists' talk pages so that the lists don't have to be subjects of consideration for removal from featured status. Any questions, don't hesitate to shout. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated List of Lupin III Part II episodes for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
There is curtainly a discussion on Talk:List_of_Scooby-Doo!_Mystery_Incorporated_episodes#Adding_episode_airdates regarding airdates, the main problem revolves round what does original airdate mean, since the show in question origins is america should only the american air dates count, or does all air dates count ie original date mean when it first airs ina english speak country regardless which country that is. I would like to get conesus what to do with this type of thing so there is archive to refer to for future reference for all editors.-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 16:25, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
ok these are the possible solutions to the problem as it is, but does not address the issue of First airdate
If anyone has any additional ideas how to sovle the issue please add them to my list :)-- Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 20:42, 28 May 2012 (UTC)