Wikipedia:WikiProject Television
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This is WikiProject Television, a collaboration area for Wikipedians interested in improving coverage of Television. |
This is to guide the structure and normalize the standard of articles dealing with the Television medium and television series or other forms of episodic programs.
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[edit] Project-specific guidelines
- Wikipedia:Television episodes
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
- Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations for advice on articles about television networks, channels, production houses etc.
[edit] Descendant WikiProjects and task forces
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture#Television for an up-to-date list
[edit] Task forces which deal with specific types of articles
- Episode coverage task force - A task force managing season, lists and episode articles.
- Test cards task force
- Broadcast Engineering and Technology Taskforce
[edit] Region-specific projects and task forces
- WikiProject American television
- WikiProject Australian television
- WikiProject British TV
- WikiProject Scottish Television
- WikiProject Canadian TV shows
- WikiProject Indian television
- WikiProject Television Stations (for US television stations)
[edit] Genre-specific projects and task forces
[edit] Show-specific projects and task forces
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We now strongly recommend that new show/topic-specific WikiProjects become task forces of WP:TV. This still allows for greater focus on that show/ topic, but without having to start a whole new project from scratch. Many existing show-specific WikiProjects became projects before the concept of task forces was widely known, and many of them will become task forces in the future. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide for more info, or ask for help on WT:TV. |
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[edit] Related Wikiprojects
- WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
- WikiProject Albums
- WikiProject Animation
- WikiProject Anime and manga
- WikiProject BBC
- WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television
- WikiProject Film
- WikiProject Literature
- WikiProject Radio
- WikiProject Screenwriters
[edit] Participants
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User WP TV
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A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Television participants.
Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to TV related articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the project by listing their name as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project and can help other editors see what types of articles that user is interested in editing.
To add yourself to the project listing add the following to your user page:
[[Category:WikiProject Television participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]
Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{User WP TV}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.
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This project deals with a lot of television related articles, but they are not all the same. Therefore we have created separate pages with information for each type of television related article.
[edit] Guidelines
First of all, be sure to read these guidelines, policies and discussions if you want to write good articles on fiction.
- Avoid Trivia sections
- Writing better articles: Check your fiction
- Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (#2, Plot summaries)
- Possible proliferation of fictional-universe-related articles is discussed in the essay Wikipedia:Fancruft and its talk page.
[edit] Characters and fictional elements
TODO Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Fictional elements (includes characters)
[edit] Featured articles
See these featured articles for examples of well written articles on characters and elements from fiction:
[edit] People working in television
Actors, producers, writers etc. are all real people. Turn to WikiProject Biography for help on writing such articles. Here are some quick guidelines and tips for you however.
- Notability of people
- Biographies of living persons
- Manual of Style (biographies)
- Wikiproject Screenwriters - project dedicated to screenwriters.
[edit] Categories
As a rule do not create categories for "People by series", because they can potentially work on numerous series or movies etc. You should categorize by profession. See the higher level Category:Television actors, Category:Television directors, Category:Television producers, Category:Television writers, Category:Television presenters in the top level Category:Television people.
[edit] Images
Fair Use images on pages of real people that are still alive are not allowed, because these images are replaceable. You also cannot use an image from a television program, etc., because you are not illustrating the character but the actor.
[edit] Featured articles
[edit] More television templates
Category:Television templates has a list of the available television templates. Please consult this before creating a new template and add any new templates to this category.
[edit] Infoboxes
[edit] Content
- {{Infobox television}} should be used for a television show (but not for television films or miniseries).
- {{Infobox television film}} should be used for a television film or miniseries (but not if it is part of a television show).
- {{Infobox television soap opera}} can be used for television soap operas.
- {{Infobox television season}} should be used for a season of a television show.
- {{Infobox television episode}} should be used for an episode or special of a television show.
- {{Infobox television advert}} should be used for a television advertisement.
[edit] People
- {{Infobox character}} should be used for a fictional character.
- {{Infobox person}} should be used for a person of any profession. ({{Infobox actor}} has been redirected, but is still in use.)
- {{Infobox actor awards}} should be used for an actor's list of awards.
[edit] Channels, stations and networks
- {{Infobox television channel}} should be used for a television channel.
- {{Infobox broadcast}} should be used for a television station.
- {{Infobox broadcasting network}} should be used for a television network.
[edit] Television Project banner
{{WikiProject Television}}: Add this to the Talk pages of WP:TV related articles. This template can be used for making assessments of the television articles.
{{WikiProject Television|class=|importance=}}
If the articles needs an infobox and currently lacks one, use the template with the needs-infobox option like this:
{{WikiProject Television|class=|importance=|needs-infobox=yes}}
This will automatically categorize the page in Category:Television articles without infoboxes.
For a full explanation of the usage and options of this template see the usage instructions.
Additionally, any of these tags that can be added to the article's talk to request the addition of missing material:
- {{tvimage}} For articles needing an image, preferably a free one
- {{Television needs production section}} For articles that are lacking a production section
- {{Television needs character section}} For show articles that need a character (fiction) or cast (non-fiction) section added or expanded
- {{Television needs response section}} For articles needing a response section
- {{Television needs episode list}} For show articles needing an episode list added or cleaned up
- {{Television needs synopsis}} For show articles needing a plot summary (fiction) or format overview (non-fiction)
[edit] Images
Note: Most TV-related images are copyrighted, and are required to follow the non-free content guidelines and policy, or they will be deleted.
- {{Non-free television screenshot}} for screenshots of TV material.
- {{Non-free logo}} for logos of TV stations, channels etc.
[edit] Upcoming TV
Everything needs to be verifiable through official sources (for instance press releases), and rumours should be immediately removed from articles.
[edit] Stub templates
There are quite a lot of stub templates for TV related articles. The highest level stub that can be used is {{Tv-stub}} for anything television related, but it is prefererred to use a more detailed stub that adds Country and Type (actor/tv-prog/episode etc).
- A list of television related stubs can be found at WikiProject Stub sorting.
- You can find all stub articles by browsing the Television stubs category.
[edit] Television technology templates
{{TV resolution}} Inserts a graph of the various TV resolutions in existence.
{{North American DTV}} Inserts a list of articles relating to the ATSC digital television rollout in North America.
[edit] Television filmography
For television actors {{ActingFilmography-tv}} and {{Filmography-tv}} currently exist. Needs cleanup
[edit] Awards
- {{Awards table}} for a table of awards. See also Template:Table cell templates/doc.
[edit] Citation
- {{episode}} for requesting a television episode citation in an article.
- {{cite episode}} for citing a television episode in an article.
- {{cite video}} for citing a DVD special feature in an article.
[edit] Episode lists
- {{Episode list}} for creating an episode list.
- {{ER to list entry}} when merging/redirecting episode articles to an episode list, place this template on the redirected article after the redirect code.
[edit] Tasks
[edit] Important Alerts
[edit] New articles
AlexNewArtBot has been set up to identify new articles that are potentially within the scope of this project, based on the rules defined at User:AlexNewArtBot/Television. It is likely that some are false positives, in which case the log at User:AlexNewArtBot/TelevisionLog should be examined for more information.
[edit] Article alerts
Please watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Article alerts, for important alerts related to articles of this Wikiproject. "Article alerts" will be updated daily, and will also be transcluded here.
- Today's featured articles
- 07 Feb 2012 – Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
- Articles for deletion
- 26 Jan 2012 – Phillip Drummond (character) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dwanyewest (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 26 Jan 2012 – Kimberly Drummond (character) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dwanyewest (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 24 Jan 2012 – Porntourage (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kelly (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 24 Jan 2012 – List of Avatar: The Legend of Korra episodes (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ged UK (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 23 Jan 2012 – The Front Page (Diff'rent Strokes) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Metropolitan90 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 17 Jan 2012 – Drought Conditions (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AussieLegend (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 15 Jan 2012 – Let the Angels Commit (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Curb Chain (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 14 Jan 2012 – Arnold Jackson (character) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dwanyewest (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 14 Jan 2012 – Willis Jackson (character) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dwanyewest (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 13 Jan 2012 – Emma Lavery (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pharaoh of the Wizards (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- (6 more...)
- Proposed deletions
- 21 Jan 2012 – Camp Nowhere (Part One) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Neelix (t · c): A search for reliable, secondary sources reveals an insufficient amount of significant coverage. This television episode fails Wikipedia's general notability guideline.
- 21 Jan 2012 – Inside Rutgers Football (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by GrapedApe (t · c): No indication of notability.
- 17 Jan 2012 – Policemen. On the other side of the contour (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Blanchardb (t · c): TV series with unclear notability.
- 14 Jan 2012 – Ji Suk-jin (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Travis.Thurston (t · c) was deleted
- 14 Jan 2012 – Mandar Jadhav (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by CharlieDelta (t · c) was deleted
- 14 Jan 2012 – Karen Wexler (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by George Ho (t · c) was redirected to List of General Hospital cast members (talk · edit · hist)
- 14 Jan 2012 – Eve Lambert (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by George Ho (t · c) was redirected to Julie Pinson (talk · edit · hist)
- Templates for discussion
- 24 Jan 2012 – Template:Indian Idol Finalists (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Frietjes (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jan 2012 – Template:WikiProject Veronica Mars (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jj98 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- Files for deletion
- 15 Jan 2012 – File:Colbert-truthiness.jpg (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Koavf (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 15 Jan 2012 – File:Stephen Colbert TDS.png (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Koavf (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- Featured list candidates
- 17 Dec 2011 – List of Chartjackers episodes (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Vobedd (t · c); see discussion
- undated – List of Breaking Bad episodes (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated; see discussion
- Good article nominees
- 27 Jan 2012 – The Return (The Office) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ruby2010 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jan 2012 – Traveling Salesmen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ruby2010 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jan 2012 – Closure (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jan 2012 – Vienen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jan 2012 – All Things (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jan 2012 – War of the Coprophages (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – Doomsday (The Office) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – Pilot (Hawaii Five-0) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Matthew R Dunn (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – Elisabeth Sladen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sfxprefects (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – The Beginning (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gen. Quon (t · c); start discussion
- (41 more...)
- Good topic candidates
- 23 Jan 2012 – Paper Clip (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – The Blessing Way (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Anasazi (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – End Game (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Colony (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Red Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – One Breath (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Ascension (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Duane Barry (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – Little Green Men (The X-Files) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
- (7 more...)
- Requests for comments
- 21 Jan 2012 – List of iCarly episodes (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by AussieLegend (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jan 2012 – Space Ghost (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Alucardbarnivous (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jan 2012 – Jurassic Fight Club (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Chris the Paleontologist (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Dec 2011 – Futurama (season 6) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Ctjf83 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Sep 2011 – The Dating Guy (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Black Kite (t · c); see discussion
- Peer reviews
- 26 Jan 2012 – Blake's 7 (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Baffle gab1978 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2012 – One for the Road (Cheers) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Ruhrfisch (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – Angie Bolen (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Akcvtt (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jan 2012 – Days Gone Bye (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by DAP388 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Dec 2011 – What Lies Ahead (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by DAP388 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Dec 2011 – My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Fluttershy (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2011 – Star Trek: The Original Series (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Gh87 (t · c); see discussion
- Requested moves
- 26 Jan 2012 – Martha Masters (House) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by SLV100 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jan 2012 – Friday night death slot (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jan 2012 – Put Your Head on My Shoulders (Futurama) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cvhcsee (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jan 2012 – National Geographic Wild (talk · edit · hist) move request by AxG (t · c) was closed
- 15 Jan 2012 – Æon Flux (talk · edit · hist) move request by Noetica (t · c) was closed; see discussion
[edit] Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
[edit] External watchlist
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