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Dynasty (serial) episode

Hi, I respond to the following massage of yours:

"Hi, thanks for your contributions but I've I've reverted your changes to List of Dynasty episodes. Do you have a source for the dates you added? The existing original air dates are backed up by the packaging of the DVD releases.— TAnthonyTalk 02:02, 4 July 2014 (UTC)"

There are sources of changes I made on a list of Dynasty episodes: Changes in season 3: sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081856/episodes?season=3 AND http://lbcolby.blogspot.cz/2011/04/dynasty-abc-episode-guide-season-3-1982.html

Changes in season 2: source: http://lbcolby.blogspot.cz/2011/04/dynasty-abc-episode-guide-season-2-1981.html.

Unfortunately, official US DVD releases contain mistakes (not only in texts, bus also with pictures - photos from season 5 or 7 are on DVD season 1). The most frequent mistakes are with date of opening episodes of season 2 and 3. Btw, premiere airing of episodes of season 4 are right on Wikipedia - but they are different than on official USA DVD release! LukeFuller1985 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LukeFuller1985 (talkcontribs) 14:29, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, assuming you are correct about the DVDs, we still have a problem, because IMDb and blogs are not reliable sources either, as they are user-updated with no real fact-checking. The Dynasty episode list predates the DVDs anyway so I'm wondering where the info came from in the first place, it was pretty much all there when I started editing here in 2006. I haven't monitored it consistently so I don't quite know how accurate it all is. Ideas?— TAnthonyTalk 14:38, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help with editing

So I have been working on A Song of Ice and Fire character pages for a bit, trying to do something about the bloated character list. My first article submission was for Eddard Stark. I submitted it for review to be published, but I would like some help trimming the article. The Ned Stark article I created is currently located in my sandbox. I really do need some help cutting the article down to size, and there are still some sections I haven't even created yet. Could you lend a quick hand? Eric the fever (talk) 22:34, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! Yeah I could easily help you tighten up the text but the biggest problem you have is that it's all plot. Some character articles get left unnoticed like that on Wikipedia but GoT is high profile now and it will probably get tagged and then redirected relatively quickly. There have been various individual character articles in the past that didn't last. I'd say the article should be at least 50% "other material" like analysis, that is backed up by citations. You've probably noticed what I've done lately with Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow, I started my own character overhauls with them because there's a lot of material out there on them (they're popular). I've been collecting other research as I go and as you can imagine, I'm finding a lot more on Daenerys, Arya, Cersei and Jaime, etc. Though there should be some notable Ned stuff around. I imagine he's mentioned in a lot of articles about Season 1 of the TV series (though you also want to find whatever novel-specific stuff you can).
Like this: "A Game of Thrones: Analysis of Eddard "Ned" Stark". SparkNotes. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
Anyway, I don't have a lot of time right now to research but if you can find some stuff on Ned I can help you incorporate it. Actually some of the articles I've cited in Tyrion and Jon may have good quotes. — TAnthonyTalk 23:01, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So I followed your advice, I dramatically pared back the plot details (though that could still use a bit of trimming) and started incorporating more analysis and background into the character's creation. This is what I have so far. It is still about 75% plot related stuff, but I think it is moving in the right direction. Eric the fever (talk) 01:17, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is a great improvement, I think you have the idea! Every character article will be a little different based on notability, appearances and available external material but I think you've got a great start going.— TAnthonyTalk 01:24, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Game of Thrones chapter information and GA articles

I took your suggestion and went looking for GA-rated articles that addressed chapter information in television adaptations. I prepared a proposal based on my findings. Your input would be welcome. There have been false springs before, but your suggestion might be about to resolve a content dispute that's been going on for four months. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:41, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Eddard Stark

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty Little Liars

Umm.....yea..LOL. It violates WP:FLAG, and it violates WP:MOSTV#Broadcast, which specifically says not to just list every place that a show appears. As that goes into WP:INDISCRIMINATE as well.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 04:10, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How important is it to change Cindy Elavsky's publisher to Times-Herald Newspapers? I've never taken the time to find out just what that is, but I checked and made sure she is still distributed by King Features, which is what I have been using. I don't bother with Downriver Sunday Times because that just happens to be a newspaper where I can find everything easily online. I don't know that it serves a purpose to show just the one paper out of many that probably have the column. Elavsky's own website is too complicated to use to find a specific column, not to mention that might be questioned as a reliable source. Doing it your way consistently could involve changing hundreds of references.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did that automatically while doing general cleanup, technically King Features is fine but the actual citation added was from Downriver Sunday Times/Times-Herald so I updated it. There would be no need to start changing references everywhere, but the as far as I can tell the purpose is show where you got the information, not necessarily everywhere it's available. But I have no objection to King Features being noted obviously. — TAnthonyTalk 15:38, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions •

Outlander (TV series) "Broadcasts" section

Hi, thanks for informing me about the broadcast format. I read WP:TVINTL and changed my table to written prose form. I didn't know Wikipedia changed the "International Broadcast" tables, especially since I still see those tables on some television show's pages. I hope this change is correct. If not, then it can be deleted. Please let me know. Sue Kastle (talk) 20:51, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Valancourt Books

Hi TAnthony,

I have a complete list of all titles and ISBN numbers Valancourt Books has published. I am referencing their website to see what genre/time period they should be catalogued under. I am doing the Horror/Gay/Literary tomorrow. I held off because many of their titles are duplicated across each category (literary horror written by a gay author fits into three categories). I wasn't sure the best way to approach that but I think I'll just duplicate what is on their website and have a title listed more than once if necessary.

Thanks,

Glen arvon (talk) 19:25, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh OK, that's great. The one other thing is the order; order by Valancourt date is fine but I think it has less value without the actual years, that's something that should be considered for the future. And actually, converting it to a table so that readers can sort by title, author, original or reprint dates would help navigation and make it more useful.— TAnthonyTalk 19:46, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Richard III

Hello, I noticed that you are the most recent editor for the page on Richard III. I thought you might be able to correct/clarify a reference I noticed. It refers to Richard being made Knight of the Bath. When I followed the link, it refers to an order that was not established until 300 years later. 12:41, 8 October 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.172.168 (talk)

Hi, the 2nd sentence of Order of the Bath establishes that it is based on a medieval practice in which gentlemen were named Knights of the Bath, and there is an entire section of the article on it. I included a Google Books link to Anstis' book in the article where he describes this ritual.— TAnthonyTalk 14:49, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Book cover caption changes

Why the change from "Cover of the 1st edition" to "1st edition cover"? Did I miss the memo, or what? Choor monster (talk) 23:14, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've actually been updating the image parameter formats, but when I've come across captions like that I've sometimes trimmed them, why have the wordier "of the" when it can be simplified.— TAnthonyTalk 23:17, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Then I'm reverting. As it is, you're also incorrectly munged up the image parameter. See Template:infobox book, the format has been updated. Choor monster (talk) 23:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Um, the template documentation clearly says to use the bare filename, and not doing so puts the article into a hidden category for correction.— TAnthonyTalk 23:33, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In the two instances I noticed, A Political Fable and A Smuggler's Bible (my apologies, I should have been upfront), you changed File:XXX.jpg to a [[File:XXX.jpg|180px]]. In addition, size is now a new parameter. Looking through your history, you've been doing the right thing it seems on everything else (and not modifying the caption as you did these two either). Choor monster (talk) 23:37, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ooops, I can't read diffs. You fixed the file part (and I self-reverted that part and put the image size in separately). Choor monster (talk) 23:39, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ah OK. But I also removed the image size on purpose, it's no longer really necessary in most cases because the template will default based on individual user prefs. The only time you really need to use the size parameter in this info box template now is if the source image is too large or an odd size and you want to force a particular size.— TAnthonyTalk 23:54, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'll take those out then. The template docs ought to be updated. (I am now fixing a bunch of infoboxes that I created using the old template.) Thanks. Choor monster (talk) 00:01, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Game of Thrones

Thank you for your input on the Game of Thrones article. I'm not as familiar with that series of articles and you and others and I understand the rationale behind the changes and the move now. I also see that you work in the Entertainment industry. I was at Hanna Barbera and Warner Bros. for several years. Its good to see another person with inside industry knowledge editing on WP. Best regards, --SCalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 17:30, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for the contribution, I hope it didn't seem like we were jumping all over you. The GoT franchise is so popular and sprawling that the articles get out of hand fast, and as you know, several sections of Game of Thrones have been split out into their own articles to accommodate the material. Thanks again!— TAnthonyTalk 17:40, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, since I patrol the Special:PendingChanges page, I know all too well just ridiculous things can get. Speaking of, looks like the main GoT article is due for some trimming or another split. 100K makes it a prime target. I'm happy to participate in a Talk page discussion and make some recommendations if you want a fresh set of eyes on the article. --SCalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 17:55, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, what area of tv production are you involved in? Big studio, smaller production company, writing, Post? --SCalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 18:05, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tyrion Lannister

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tyrion Lannister you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 22:21, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tyrion Lannister

The article Tyrion Lannister you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tyrion Lannister for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 16:41, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Tyrion Lannister

The article Tyrion Lannister you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tyrion Lannister for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 20:21, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The GA star
For your efforts in bringing Tyrion Lannister to GA status! — Ssven2 speak 2 me 07:56, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of WordFire Press for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article WordFire Press is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WordFire Press until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. DGG ( talk ) 04:47, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tyrion Lannister

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Underlinked tags

Hi. Per this discussion, please don't add {{Underlinked}} tags to Gene Wiki articles such as C6orf89. The article that you have tagged only have one line of text with two wiki links. The problem with these article is not that they are underlinked. Rather than need to be expanded. Thanks. Boghog (talk) 05:50, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Boghog:, I don't know what that AWB revision actually changed but the software doesn't seem to be identifying/ignoring the articles you're concerned about. I don't normally tag for underlinking though so not to worry. — TAnthonyTalk 06:01, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply. Gene Wiki articles were placed on a special AWB ignore list, but this list no longer seems to be working. I will file another request with the AWB script maintainers. Cheers. Boghog (talk) 06:09, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]