Template talk:Episode list

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Dark mode adjustments

With the rollout of the official dark mode across Wikipedia, I've started looking to see how our templates are rendering on my mobile device. I'm noticing some unnecessary coloring between transcluded/non-summary rows and rows with summaries. Take List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes (dark mode force) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7 (dark mode force) for example. All of the transcluded tables at the episodes list look to render the cells correctly for night mode (or as one would expect), but as can be seen on the season 7 article, all the cells except the first are using a light grey background, which I think I'm attributing to the "Row Color" function in the Lua code. Wanted to flag so someone more versed in Lua than me can hopefully address this. Also begs the question if "Row Color" and the alternating greys is even worth having anymore. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy ping to Alex 21 if you might have a chance to see what's up here. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Difference between {{Episode list}} & {{Episode list/sublist}}?

The documentation page Template:Episode list/doc, which seems to be shared between templates {{Episode list}} & {{Episode list/sublist}}, does not state anywhere what is the real difference between both templates. Also, all examples shown there use {{Episode list/sublist}} but not {{Episode list}}. So, what is the real difference between both templates? ‐⁠‑🌀⁠SilSinn^AL982100⁠💬 19:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated the documentation to make this clearer; see Template:Episode list#Transclusion of the list on another page. -- Alex_21_TALK 07:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Episode list using the default LineColor and Category:Episode lists with row deviations

Is there any actual maintenance needed with Category:Episode list using the default LineColor and Category:Episode lists with row deviations or were those just tracking categories? If those are only tracking categories, are they still needed? Gonnym (talk) 11:09, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My guess on the first was possibly to see where a color is defined for the header but then isn't used for the line color? Uncertain what the second would have been used for. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:12, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 12 August 2024

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Description of suggested change: I would like to update this template's module with the current revision of the sandbox (diff). I have updated the template to use the correct shade of grey when the dark mode for the Vector 2022 skin is active.

This revision passes all of the template's testcases. PitConclave (talk) 18:19, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Nice work. The testcases page looks great. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95 @PitConclave This is what I see for multi-row episodes when logged out (easily viewable through incognito mode), given the latest updates. This was an issue that I fixed yesterday, which has now been reverted. Please implement supports for restore this. Thank you. -- Alex_21_TALK 21:20, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I messed that up. I think it is fixed now. Please check for me, though. PitConclave, for future reference, whenever you make a change to a /sandbox page, make sure that you copy the live template or module to the sandbox first. That way, any changes to the sandbox will be only the changes that you want to make. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:36, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, Jonesey95; I'm new to editing templates. Thank you for the information. PitConclave (talk) 21:37, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How many and which air-dates

@REVUpminster: Have the intervening 8 years provided a solution or clarity on how to tackle the problem in this (How many air-dates) discussion?

I'm cleaning up episode tables and I've hit a quandary over The Mysterious Cities of Gold which has no fewer than four dates in it. Japanese date is the first, so no problem there and the BBC date isn't a notable one when it comes to the template instructions, so that can go. Which leaves the French and US dates that both have a valid claim to AltDate; French co-production and US is first English broadcast date. To complicate matters further, the French version is the one that was edited and changed the characterization that the English language versions used for dubbing purposes, so that's important.

The other option is that only the original air date matters and the rest should be removed, which seems a bit too brutal in this case.

All opinions on which way to tackle this gratefully received.? - X201 (talk) 08:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Japan date as |OriginalAirDate=, and the French and first English (which you've said is the US) as |AltDate=. Or possibly Japan and French as original and only the English as Alt. Either way, those three can stay. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:29, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]