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Current tasks (edit)

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Assess : Rate articles from Unassessed Family Guy articles and Unknown-importance Family Guy articles.
Cleanup : Walter Murphy that contains fancruft
Expand : Expand articles from Category:Stub-Class Family Guy articles. Add real world content from sources not about Family Guy, or other TV shows. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television for details.
Infobox : See Category:Family Guy articles needing infoboxes if the infobox is needed to be added.
Photo : Add photos to Lori Alan, Chris Sheridan, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, Walter Murphy, Ron Jones. See requested photographs of Family Guy if the image is needed to be added.
Stubs : Jim Bernstein, Steve Callaghan, Gary Janetti, Peter Shin, Alec Sulkin, Sarah Frost, Cyndi Tang More...
Other : *Add {{WikiProject Animation|class=|importance=|family-guy=yes|family-guy-importance=}} banner to Talk pages for all episodes (Seasons 4-12). Default class Start.
- Complete list of FG articles not already listed in FG template or episode list.
- Complete list of FG categories.
- Complete list of FG actors. (These can be found on the episode pages.)
- Complete list of FG writers. (These can be found on the episode pages.)
- Per WP:TRIVIA, trivia is not recommended.

Things you can do (edit)

Here are some things you can do:

Remember

Family Guy characters are not real.
Don't nitpick on continuity.
Don't attempt to recreate the humor of the show. This rarely works, and is contrary to the purpose of an encyclopedia.

Cleanup

Add out-of-universe information.
Replace explicit references to episodes with episode citations.
Move superfluous examples of character actions to appropriate episode pages.
Trim Cultural references sections, removing non-notable examples of things no one needs explained.
Convert trivia sections into freakin' brilliant prose.
Shorten plot synopses.
Identify editors who swap in smart quotes for typewriter quotes and beat them bloody.

Build the project

Help finish project tasks.
Invite quality editors to participate.
Welcome new editors.

Announce

Let other Project members know what you've done!

Shortcuts

This WikiProject hopes to improve articles related to Family Guy. The ultimate goal of this project is to bring every Family Guy-related article to featured article status. If you would like to help, please sign up and inquire on the Talk page, or pick a task from the Task list.

Scope

The scope of this project is to bring all Family Guy and related articles into line with established policies and guidelines and push them towards good article status.

Participants

Add your signature to join

Addit (talk) 05:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Andrewlp1991 01:02, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Baseballa449 (talk) 20:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 23:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
BrianGriffin-FG 18:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
BSFMan97 09:25, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cuyler91093 (Contribs) 07:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cf38 (talk) 10:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
CompterGuy - Mostly work on season articles and the Cleveland Show. –CG 16:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
edgarde 00:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Gage (talk) 06:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Gavin Scott 17:32, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Grande13 00:09, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Homefill 21:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kenjoshii ^[chat]
King Zeal (talk) 15:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Martin B 19:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Milonica (talk) 03:42, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Onopearls 19:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
PAH Page 6:02 10/27/07
Saget53 02:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sturm55 (talk) 21:30, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sup3rior 22:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thesimpsonsguru (talk) 23:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
TigerK 69 01:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Toonami Reactor (talk) 19:49, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yoda317 23:33, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Gwynand (talk) 16:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
--Solumeiras ^talk 18:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC) - I will not be inactive on this, leave a message for me on my talk page if I don't try and edit a Family Guy article.[reply]
Toolazy21 (talk) 13:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
MattyC3350 (talk) 06:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
мirаgeinred سَراب ٭ (talk) 20:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Staffwaterboy♂ 19:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
JIMfoamy1 (talk) 04:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Paper Luigi ^{Talk • Contributions} 21:27, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mertozoro(talk) 02:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reliable ♪ Forever ^talk
♦ Maddie talk 12:52, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Simon^KSK 23:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DP76764 (Talk) 20:05, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Pedro thy master (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
♥Soccer5525♥Talk To Me!
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Red walnut (talk) 16:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Silver mask cube (talk) 09:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inactive

PhattyFatt 18:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC) → inactive >6 months[reply]

--Antiego (talk) 21:25, 12 December 2008 (UTC)antiego[reply]

Achievements

Featured articles

Template:FAstar "North by North Quahog"

Good articles

At GAN

Potential good topics

Article alerts

Template:ArticleAlertbotSubscription

Projects

Family Guy reference desk

This is a new and experimental project that answers general questions about Family Guy mistakenly posted to article Talk pages, but not related to editing the articles. Editors are encouraged to tag such questions with the {{evilmonkey}} template.

Project members will monitor Category:Talk pages with Family Guy forum questions and move tagged question to Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy/Reference desk (shortcut WP:FGdesk), where they will be answered by a vast staff of Family Guy experts. Editors who would like to participate in this project are encouraged to sign up.

Templates

Article

Talk page

{{Family Guy WikiProject}} – project banner. Add above other project banners for Family Guy related articles. Add below other project banners for articles not about Family Guy, but of interest (such as actors and writers).

User talk page

{{FGinvite}} – for inviting good editors to become members of this WikiProject.
{{FGwelcome}} – work in progress. Do not use! For welcoming new members.

Userboxes

{{User WikiProject Family Guy}}

Fan boxes

{{User:UBX/Family Guy}}

Stub templates

Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. Do not simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Recommended non-Family Guy templates

{{Cite episode}} – usage suggestions for Family Guy articles at WP:FGcite.

Templates in development

Suggestions are welcome.

Style guide

Colors

These are taken from some Family Guy artwork.

WikiProjectFamily Guy recommended colors
hex (values 00-FF)	rgb (values 0-255)	sample	usage
`2669dd`	`38,105,221`		foreground (colored text)
`68eeff`	`104,238,255`		background

Guides

WikiProject Family Guy in-house essays

Neither of these are official Wikipedia guidelines, but they are recommended for editors of Family Guy articles.

Episode citation style – recommended method for using video as cited source.
Family Guy trivia‎ – caution against adding Family Guy mentions to non-FG articles.
Wikipedia is not a joke book – suggestions for avoiding unencyclopedic detail.

Official Wikipedia guidelines

Barnstar

Feel free to award this star to a user who you feel has made significant contributions to Family Guy related articles or the WikiProject.

Template: {{subst:The Family Guy Star|message ~~~~}}

Articles

Assessments

Family Guy articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2					2
FL	6						6
GA	2	4	81	10			97
B	3	1	4	3			11
C	5	4	16	6			31
Start	1	2	57	32		1	93
Stub			8	18			26
List	8	2	6		8		24
Category					62		62
Disambig					1		1
File					44		44
Project					37		37
Redirect		1	26	33	158		218
Template					6		6
Assessed	25	16	198	102	316	1	658
Total	25	16	198	102	316	1	658
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 972			Ω = 3.74

This table is compiled by a bot, at the bot's leisure. Changes within the past 3-4 days may not be reflected.

Assessment process

Shortcut

WP:FGassess

Character assessments

To advance toward Good article status, character articles should be developed to conform to the WP:WAF guideline. Jabba the Hutt is a former featured article, and a good example of writing about fictional characters.

Episode assessments

Suggested ratings:

Class

"Stub" – unsourced plot synopses and trivia pages, pic, and little more.
"Start" – probably the default class since new episode articles are developed very quickly. (Most Family Guy episodes go in quickly, with screenshot, infobox, Trivia (or "Cultural References") section. Even though this grows very long, this is technically a "Stub" class article. Such articles are being rated "Start" anyway — fewer fights.)
"C" – better than a Start-class, has a few sources, and a little bit on reception and the like, but not ready for a B yet.
"B" – episode articles in good shape, close to ready or ready to submit for GA review.

Importance

"Low" importance if interesting mostly as a Family Guy episode. This is the default rating since we have so many episodes.
"Mid" importance episodes are of non-trivial importance outside of FG, such as those subject to a lawsuit, or where main storyline is likely to draw attention in media not normally concerned with television episodes.
"High" importance for significant controversy (for example, one of the 2 episodes for which the PTC asked the FCC to fine Fox).
"Top" importance if mentioned in a Presidential speech. (Again, we have over 100 episode articles, so let's not overstate the importance of any one episode. The only Top-importance articles are the six Griffins, Seth MacFarlane, and Family Guy itself. So far, that's about all that are needed.)

Talk pages for most FG episodes would start with ...

{{Family Guy WikiProject|class=Start|importance=low}}

Assessment comments

Ratings other than Start/Low could use an explanation in the Assessments comments. (Example: Talk:When You Wish Upon a Weinstein)

To advance toward Good article status, episode articles should be developed to conform to the WP:EPISODE (or WP:FICT) guideline. Itchy & Scratchy & Marge is an exemplary episode article. Typical obstacles to overcome:

Most Family Guy episode articles lack "out-of-universe" information, especially information about the Production process. Our coverage of Reception is usually limited to simple Nielsen ratings and the like; reviews, criticism and news sources (especially those not normally covering TV) are desirable.
Also, many FG episode articles bog down terribly in explaining "in-universe" details from a real-world perspective. For example, explanations of how Brian's given age of 7 can be reconciled with depictions of him in the 60s, or his own recollection of relationships in the 80s, do not belong in Wikipedia articles about television show episodes.

Merge proposals

Mort Goldman (discuss), to List of characters in Family Guy, per Wikipedia:Notability (fiction).

For deletion

Most Family Guy Xfd pages should be added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television. Character pages should also be added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Fictional characters. Please don't rally to save articles nominated for good reason.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Family Guy cast members

Closed deletion debates

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Tucker (Family Guy) – "mostly a summary of old episode plots" [Keep, 23 February 2009]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert (Family Guy)[Redirect, 23 February 2009 (UTC)] to List of characters in Family Guy#Other_characters
Template:FGwiki – per WP:EL, with the additional concern that Family Guy Wiki is "a poor wiki". [No consensus, 24 October 2008 (UTC)]
Family Guy: Shown in the Cinema, on November 23rd – WP:CRYSTAL [Delete, 22 September 2008]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigel Pinchley – single episode character [Delete, 2 April 2008]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mickey McFinnigan – lacking real-world significance. This could be trouble for many FG character articles. [Redirect, 5 January 2008]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francis Griffin [Merge, 12 January 2008]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stewie Kills Lois [Keep, 20 December 2007]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernie (Family Guy) – the Giant Chicken. [Delete, 20 December 2007]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thaddeus Griffin [Redirect, 15 December 2007]]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce the Performance Artist – gentle, slow talking, recurring character. [Redirect 13 December 2007]
Template:FGwiki – lends "appearance of imprimatur" to a non-authoritative site. [Delete, 10 December 2007]'
Template:Religion in Family Guy [Delete, 18 November 2007]
Template:Cite episode – discussion has implications for any citation that uses primary sourcing (tho this discussion is about the template, not WP:CITE or WP:V policy). Many of our episode articles would be disrupted if this template were deleted, and WP:FGcite would be broken. However, nominator says this template is abused, at least in wrestling articles. [Keep, 23 November 2007]]
The FFC song [Delete, 18 November 2007]
Template:Infobox Family Guy Season 7 [Delete, 4 November 2007]
Template:Family Guy (TBS) – a third navigation box for episode articles. [Delete, 16 October 2007]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family Guy, season 6 episodes – episodes not yet broadcast, for lacking sources. (Editors are reminded to sign in before commenting.) [Delete all not redirected, 16 October 2007]
Culturally significant words and phrases from Family Guy – lacks context and fails to show how the phrases have become culturally significant. [Delete, 6 September 2007]
multiple Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episodes – described as basically unsourced plot synopses and trivia pages, a standard by which many Family Guy episode articles can be deleted. [Delete all, 24 August 2007]
Glenn Quagmire [Keep, 9 June 2007]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter's Got Woods [Keep, 9 June 2006 & 23 September 2005]

Non-Family Guy articles of interest

Free-use images

Parentage

Similar WikiProjects

Unrelated projects

Family Guy wiki

Family Guy wiki – the Wikia does not fall under Wikipedia guidelines, and is outside the scope of WikiProject Family Guy. However, material deleted for being Wikipedia-unsuitable (such as in-universe speculation, meditations on anthropomorphic dogs, and separate articles on minor, one-time characters) may be salvaged to the Family Guy Wiki.

Interwiki links to the Family Guy Wiki use this syntax: ''article_name''nowiki (ctrl-click)">''article_name''nowiki (ctrl-click)">[[wikiasite:familyguy:article name]]

[[wikiasite:familyguy:Jabba the Griffin|Jabba the Griffin]] → Jabba the Griffin

The {{FGwiki}} template makes this easier

{{FGwiki|Jabba the Griffin}} → Template:FGwiki

Because wikis are not considered reliable sources, links to Family Guy wiki are not useful as citations.

The Family Guy Helpers

The Family Guy Helpers – membership in this club encourages participation in WikiProject Family Guy (thanks!), but the WikiProject is not formally related to the Helpers, and their activities fall outside our scope. Information and discussion relevant to the Family Guy Helpers but not to the WikiProject should occur on Helpers' pages, not here.

Sister Project links

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