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Desperate Housewives WikiProject

  • Just wanted to let y'all know that there is an proposition for a Despearte Housewives Wiki Project. i could realy help to expand the characters, the main article and organize the rest of the pages. Anyone who is insterested sign up on the Proposales page on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Desperate_Housewives page.! cosmo.vnz4:08, 306 August 2007 (UTC)

Number of episodes

I do believe that the number of episodes in the TV series"Desperate Housewives" is incorrect. The number is 70 and not 69. The season two finale is double, for it consisted in two parts, but it aired as a one single two-hour special on the U.S.A., wich is why they have posted on this website that the number of episodes in the show is of 69. The season two finale consisted of two episodes, Remember Parts 1 & 2. The episode was actually "episodes". In other countries, such as Portugal, both arts aired in two distinct weeks, making it two disting parts of a double episode. If the show runs entirely divided by 40-minute-episodes, a chapter that lasts for over 80 minutes must be a two parter. In fact, the portuguese dvd boxsets feature both parts as two normal episodes. I tried to correct this mistake, but my changes were deleted. From the season two finale on, the episode count is completely wrong. Search the "Desperate Housewives" episode list on www.tv.com and it'll back up this message's content. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mosteiros (talk • contribs) 18:39, August 21, 2007 (UTC).

It's true that some countries aired Remeber as two episodes, although the US wasn't the only country to air it as one. However - the question isn't really how "Remeber" was aired, but how it was produced. This could easily be checked by looking up the production number in the end of the end credits (if there are two different production codes, then the finale ought to be concidered two episodes, as Mosteiros suggests). I don't have the Season 2 DVD box available at the moment, but anyone who does, please check it. Pjär80 09:31, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Episode titles

I was surprised to find nothing in the article about the episode titles. I noticed while looking through Season 3 episode articles that several in a row had titles from songs in Sondheim musicals, and came to this article to find out whether that's true of all episodes, just of Season 3 episodes, or what. It would be a useful subsection for the main article. 02:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree that such details are of intrest to the article. However, I havn't managed to find any proper sources for this - anyone who does, please add! Pjär80 09:32, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The biggest ensemble cast of American prime time television"

I changed "Desperate Housewives features the biggest ensemble cast of American prime time television, with seventeen regulars during the third season." to "Desperate Housewives features a large ensemble cast, with seventeen regulars during the third season.".

Even though I would say that the former sentence is correct, there doesn't seems to be any valid sources for it. If anyone can find such, please change back and add the source. Cheers! Pjär80 12:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Season ratings

How about adding a table showing the average ratings for the different seasons and their rankings? (Wikirocks2 14:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC))[reply]

It is mentioned in the reception paragraph and in the individual season articles.Pjär80 14:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but a table similar to the one on LOST would be much clearer. Instead of having to read all the information, browsers could see all the information in one glance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikirocks2 (talk • contribs) 07:32, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello? I think we should add a table. Clearer, easier to see, and you know all the info in just one quick glance. Why not? Щіκі RoςкЗ(talκ) 14:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Episodes

Hey all,

I've just gone through all the episode articles and standardised the images sizes to 250px (used for most TV series), fixed a section header and tagged articles with a Notes/Trivia section with {{trivia}}. Some of the trivia looks like it can be simply removed as it may not belong on Wikipedia, but most looks like it can be integrated (hence my tagging, rather than removing).

Now the new season is here we should probably try and get the older articles up to spec.

Take care, Matthew 14:25, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work, and I agree on your POV. However, shouldn't this the discussion rather be on the talk page of List of Desperate Housewives episodes? Pjär80 14:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yea it should, but I thought more editors who are interested in DH would see my message here rather than at the LOE. Matthew 15:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Racism in DH

Someone should add a Controversy section regarding the racist comment Teri Hatcher stated in one episode, which insulted Filipinos... Blake Gripling 11:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's too soon. If the debate escalate, it might be of encyclopedic interest, but at the moment we don't know if it will. However - it ought to be, and is, mentioned in the article regarding the actual episode (Now You Know (Desperate Housewives)). Pjär80 11:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's currently of encyclopaedic intrest, but if it is added, surely it should be mentioned in the wider context of other racist attitudes in the community; Gabriella's use of the term "White Trash", and Bree's dislike of Danielle seeing Matthew (which Danielle perceives as racism). But given the show is so cram packed full of sexism, ageism and stereotyping, I can't see how this one remark is worthy of a whole section in the article. PoisonedPigeon 13:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's notable because it's one whole country seeking apology from the show. Different cultures have different views on racism. Number1spygirl 13:47, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No one is questioning the rights of the Filipinos to express their concern about the comment made in the episode, nor to demand an apology from the people in charge. But before we know what will happen it's very difficult to deal with the mather in a encyclopedic manner. Pjär80 13:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is more of an update issue. It is still noteworthy for inclusion. Number1spygirl 20:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Although the incident was not racism (as Filipino is not a race), it should be in the "Now You Know" article, not the main article. That or it should be in the criticism or controversy section with a "main article" template. Geoking66talk 04:34, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Nomination

I deem it necessary to quickfail this nomination, due to desperately lacking references/sources/citations (see WP:CITE). Yet, I have always thought that quickfailing is a lack of respect, so for this reason, I will not quickfail this article. However, when the sources are present in the article, I shall review it wisely. Thank you, Lex94 Talk Contributions Signatures 14:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? What sources etc do you feel is missing? More specific that is? Pjär80 15:05, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The whole lead has only 1 source.
  • The Production section, has very minimal sources as well
  • The whole Cast and Characters Section has absoulutely no sources
  • Most of this article are about occurences on the show, backstage-workings, opinions, and reception which all need to be cited (WP:CITE)

Cheers, Lex94 Talk Contributions Signatures 15:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record, there was a discussion on the WP:GAN talk page about a month ago, and the consensus was that citations are not required in the lead for a GA pass. Cheers, CP 16:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Understood, yet not really relevant as the other 80% of the article is completely source-less. Lex94 Talk Contributions Signatures 22:51, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Failed

After numerous weeks of being on hold (unlike wikipedia policy) and no significant improvement in sources, the article has been failed. Yet, you can see the article in Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Unreferenced GA task force/Nominations. Good day, Lex94 Talk Contributions Guest Book 20:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DVD cover

It seems a little wierd to me that the season 1 DVD cover is the first image on this page. IMO, we should use an image that's more broad and doesn't revolve around one season. What do you think? Cheater1908 02:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about the intertitle/titlecard that I'm sure used to be here (no idea how long ago, though), like other TV shows? •97198 talk 14:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Episode Title

I'm sorry, but there's something that's been bothering me: the episode title for the eighth episode of the forth season of the show: the name of the page is "Distant's Past" ( which is absurd, obviously ), and the entire show's section on wikipedia refers to that episode as "Distant Past" or "A Distant Past" ( even the own episode page, in its description ). Somebody has to do something about it. I went to the official Housewives page on this article and its title is "Distant Past". So I am creating a page titled "Distant Past" and copying and pasting the information given on "Distant's Past". Hope that's okay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renaboss (talk • contribs) 12:45, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal Ratings irrelevance

Hi there, I have an improvement for seasonal ratings field. Seasons 5-7 needs to be removed, as this data is irrelevant and these seasons will not be aired for a long period of time. There is also no evidence that season 7 will be the series final, just that Marc Cherry would LIKE it to be. Please accept this discussion to remove this part of the seasonal ratings field. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caradone (talk • contribs) 01:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Owens-sheridan-skit.jpg

Image:Owens-sheridan-skit.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eagle State = New York

In one episode of season 2, Bree told Andrew that he wouldn't have access to the money Rex left him until he turns 21. This gives a good clue as in which state the show occurs, as there are only 3 jurisdictions in the US mainland where the age of majority is 21 - Mississippi, the District of Columbia and New York (see Age of majority). Mississippi must be excluded because Felicia Tilman said there is no capital punishment in the state where DH occurs and the death penalty is used in MS. The show is unlikely to occur in DC, as there are probably no such suburban settings there. This leaves New York as the only state to fit all these criteria, so Desperate Housewives occurs in the state of New York. Canjth (talk) 18:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good job, but I doubt that they had a state in mind when making the show. I'm guessing that the writers wrote the script with whatever laws they wanted and that they didn'd necessarily have a state that they based it on. 71.126.233.76 (talk) 19:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Taglines

This is only a small problem, however, I just read the taglines section near the top of the page, and found, although possible, it is difficult to see where one starts and the next begins, because I'm not very experienced with spacing things out, if anyone could make it clearer? Вlazzeee 20:12, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It hasn't been confirmed that Nicolette is leaving the show!

Remember the season 2 finale? Everybody thought James Denton had been written out of the show.

And what about the season 3 finale where everybody thought Edie was dead and Nicolette Sheridan was leaving the cast. Just because Marc Cherry has said that something will lead to the schocking conclusion to Edie's time on Wisteria Lane doesn't mean she'll no longer be part of the cast.

Her name should first be removed when an episode without Nicolette Sheridan's name as part of the main cast airs! 195.249.187.67 (talk) 22:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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