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Q1: Why is Sara Gilbert, who portrayed Leslie Winkle, still listed in a starring role, even though she left the series in season 3?

A1: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television#Cast and characters information states, "The cast should be organized according to the series original broadcast credits, with new cast members being added to the end of the list. Please keep in mind that "main" cast status is determined by the series producers, not by popularity or screen time. Furthermore, articles should reflect the entire history of a series, and as such actors remain on the list even after their departure from the series."

Since Sara Gilbert was a main cast member at one time she remains listed as a main cast member even though she is not in that role any more. This is necessary to ensure that the article reflects the entire history of the series. This has been discussed at length. Previous discussions may be found at:

Q2: Why is this article here? It's not the primary topic so it should be at The Big Bang Theory (TV series), or somewhere else, and this article should be about the cosmological model called the Big Bang.

A2: There have been several lengthy page move discussions with none reaching a consensus that this is not the primary topic. For more information, please see the discussions listed below:

Please consider these discussions before suggesting another move. Note that the cosmological model is simply called Big Bang and the name does not include "The" or "Theory", and redirects have been setup to take this, including capitalisation, into account. A list of redirects is shown below:

To the television series The Big Bang Theory

To the cosmological model Big Bang

Content dispute discussion

There is a content dispute at List of The Big Bang Theory characters. Unfortunately, the page doesn't seem to have a lot of active editors so I'm seeking wider input. The relevant discussion is at Talk:List of The Big Bang Theory characters#Content dispute - October 2014. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:57, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This got renamed now to People who can control Sheldon --Jnorton7558 (talk) 20:00, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TBBT template

IMO, the two "Related articles" entries are trivia and should be removed. I'd also delete the "Recurring concepts", since they're not really concepts, and both articles are also tagged as possibly not meeting the notability guideline. AussieLegend has reverted my deletion of the related entries. Let the voting commence. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:46, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As you should be aware, decisions are not made based on votes, and KConWiki has already started a discussion about this at Template talk:The Big Bang Theory#Inclusion of Bazinga (genus) and Euglossa bazinga. --AussieLegend (✉) 02:49, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rock paper scissors lizard Spock article for deletion

Please see this discussion. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:08, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Impending Vandalism, recommend temporary semi protection

There has been a vandalism attack on this page as indicated by the quote a "slammin hot waitress and aspiring actress who is hot as balls." This vandalism originates from 4chan. Recommend immediate temp semi protection.