Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television
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Year categories
[edit]Currently, the TV article category system is broken down by year as follows:
- Category:YYYY in Fooian television
- Category:YYYY Fooian television series debuts
- Category:YYYY Fooian television series endings
- Category:YYYY Fooian television seasons
This is evidently based on the seasonal TV format common in the US. But it doesn't work well for places where limited-run series are the norm. For example, Descendants of the Sun is in Category:2016 South Korean television series debuts and Category:2016 South Korean television series endings, back to back (and is missing from the season category as there are no individual seasons). It becomes rather redundant when almost all of a country's drama series have to be categorised this way.
This is also the case for Thai drama series. Recently, User:วรุฒ หิ่มสาใจ has been creating non-standard categories such as Category:2022 Thai television dramas presumably to avoid this redundancy. However, this creates problems due to (1) incompatibility with the larger category scheme, and (2) introducing the term "television dramas" into the categorisation, leading to inconsistency and ambiguity, as there's already Category:Drama television series by country where drama is meant as the genre rather than an umbrella term. (Or is it? The current categorisation is really confusing.)
I'm reluctant to wholesale revert his edits, as they do address the issue mentioned above. But then I'm also unsure how to integrate these categories into the TV categorisation scheme. (The user has also made a complete mess of the Thailand TV tree.)
On the whole, I think it boils down to two things:
- Should an additional by-year category tree be created for limited-run series, and how should the categories be titled?
- Should television dramas be used as an umbrella term that covers TV dramas in the wider sense (all fictional scripted shows regardless of genre, so also including e.g. action, sci-fi, etc.)? Or does the existing drama television series category already serve this function?
--Paul_012 (talk) 05:46, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- I want to separate the TV dramas and series from the TV shows such as game shows, talk shows, and variety shows into the own categories. How can I do this without causing any problems? วรุฒ หิ่มสาใจ (talk) 07:32, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- วรุฒ หิ่มสาใจ, I was hoping we might find some advice here, but it doesn't appear that much is forthcoming. I'll take another look at the category and see what I can do to make things at least internally consistent and compatible with the wider tree. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @Paul 012 วรุฒ หิ่มสาใจ (talk) 04:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
- วรุฒ หิ่มสาใจ, I was hoping we might find some advice here, but it doesn't appear that much is forthcoming. I'll take another look at the category and see what I can do to make things at least internally consistent and compatible with the wider tree. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Why is there no best TV list?
[edit]- The NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) was named by TV Guide as the greatest TV show of all time in 2002.[1][2]
- The HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999-2007) was named the greatest TV show of all time in 2013 by TV Guide[3] and in 2016 by Rolling Stone.[4]
- Another HBO crime drama series, The Wire (2002-2008) was voted as the greatest TV show of the 21st Century by BBC in 2021.[5]
- The BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses was voted by viewers as Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Cosgrove-Mather, Bootie (April 26, 2002). "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS News. Associated Press. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ Fretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt. "The Greatest Shows on Earth". TV Guide Magazine. Vol. 61, no. 3194–3195. pp. 16–19.
- ^ Fretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt (December 23, 2013). "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (September 21, 2016). "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ Why The Wire is the greatest TV series of the 21st Century – BBC Culture
- ^ "The Final Top Ten Sitcoms". bbcattic.org. London: BBC. 2004. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
Requested move at Talk:Television works about intersex#Requested move 18 November 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Television works about intersex#Requested move 18 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Web-julio (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Presently a discussion is going on, which may be of interest to this WikiProject, at Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2020–present#Splitting off 2020-2024 entries into new article when 2025 begins? about whether to split off the 2020-2024 entries of LGBTQ+ characters in January 2025 or to leave the article as is. Your contributions would be appreciated. Thanks! Historyday01 (talk) 22:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Notifying about SpinCo
[edit] | There is a discussion at Talk:NBCUniversal that people here might be interested in; it pertains to the spinoff of cable channels owned by Comcast and its subsidiary NBCUniversal into a new company tentatively named SpinCo. |
2601AC47 (talk|contribs) Isn't a IP anon 13:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord#Requested move 1 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord#Requested move 1 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Alpha3031 (t • c) 01:00, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Bleach season 2 for featured list removal
[edit]I have nominated Bleach season 2 for featured list removal. 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. RunningTiger123 (talk) 01:58, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Bleach season 3 has also been nominated for featured list removal; you are encouraged to join the discussion. RunningTiger123 (talk) 02:30, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Merger discussion for Green Wing series 1 and Green Wing series 2
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Articles which may be of interest to members of this project—Green Wing series 1 and Green Wing series 2—have been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. RunningTiger123 (talk) 02:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television) § Allowing disambiguation based on region
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television) § Allowing disambiguation based on region. Frostly (talk) 06:39, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Jock Ewing
[edit]I think we should delete the entire Wes Parmalee section from the Jock Ewing page. It's basically original research. GoodDay (talk) 00:47, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Live Show has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:14, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Primary source for episode titles and release dates
[edit]Hello, I am not certain if it is correct tag the episode section of Voltes V: Legacy with Template:Third-party for something that involve cold facts such as episode titles and release date. It just happens that the episode information are not neatly collated in a single cite. Am I incorrect with my assessment, cause the whole point of third party sources is to combat bias or establish general notability for the article as a who;e. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:List of Lupin the 3rd Part V: Misadventures in France episodes#Requested move 26 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of Lupin the 3rd Part V: Misadventures in France episodes#Requested move 26 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:37, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Bluey (2018 TV series)#Requested move 9 December 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bluey (2018 TV series)#Requested move 9 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)