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This is to guide the structure and normalize the standard of articles dealing with the Television medium and television series or other forms of episodic programs, such as web series.
Project-specific guidelines
- Wikipedia:Notability (television) (essay)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television
Related guidelines include:
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
- Wikipedia:Notability (media) (essay)
- Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (broadcasting) for advice on articles about television networks, channels, etc.
Descendant WikiProjects and task forces
Related WikiProjects
- WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
- WikiProject Albums
- WikiProject Animation
- WikiProject Anime and manga
- WikiProject BBC
- WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television
- WikiProject Film
- WikiProject Literature
- WikiProject Radio
- WikiProject Screenwriters
- WikiProject Westerns
Participants
User WikiProject Television
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A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Television participants.
Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to TV related articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes one can further identify oneself with the project by listing one's name as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project and can help other editors see what types of articles that user is interested in editing.
To add yourself to the project listing add the following to your user page:
[[Category:WikiProject Television participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]
Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{User WikiProject Television}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.
This project deals with a lot of television related articles, but they are not all the same. Therefore we have created separate pages with information for each type of television related article.
Guidelines
First of all, be sure to read these guidelines, policies and discussions if you want to write good articles on fiction.
- Avoid Trivia sections
- Writing better articles: Check your fiction
- Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (#1, Plot summaries)
- Possible proliferation of in-universe-related content is discussed in the essay Wikipedia:Fancruft and its talk page.
Characters and fictional elements
Featured articles
See these featured articles for examples of well written articles on characters and elements from fiction:
Naming a character
There is no guideline or policy about naming an article about a fictional character. See the essay Wikipedia:Naming character articles.
People working in television
Actors, producers, writers etc. are all real people. Turn to WikiProject Biography for help on writing such articles. Here are some quick guidelines and tips for you however.
- Notability of people
- Biographies of living persons
- Manual of Style (biographies)
- Wikiproject Screenwriters - project dedicated to screenwriters.
Categories
As a rule do not create categories for "People by series", because they can potentially work on numerous series or movies etc. You should categorize by profession. See the higher level Category:Television actors, Category:Television directors, Category:Television producers, Category:Television writers, Category:Television presenters in the top level Category:Television people.
Images
Fair Use images on pages of real people that are still alive are not allowed, because these images are replaceable. You also cannot use an image from a television program, etc., because you are not illustrating the character but the actor.
Featured articles
More television templates
Tasks
Maintenance categories
Infobox television
- Category:Pages using infobox television with alias parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with flag icon (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with image-related values without an image (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with incorrectly formatted values (721)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with non-matching title (65)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with nonstandard dates (1)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with unknown parameters (temp) (9,746)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with unnecessary manual displaytitle (1)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with unnecessary name parameter (0)
Infobox television season
- Category:Pages using infobox television season with invalid colour combination (0) – articles that use WP:COLOR-violating colour combinations (per this discussion)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with flag icon (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television season with unknown parameters (0) – articles using unsupported infobox parameters
- Category:Pages using infobox television season with the season_name parameter (262)
Infobox television episode
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with unlinked values (1,067)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with incorrectly formatted values (291)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with non-matching title (2)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with nonstandard dates (235)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with unnecessary title parameter (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with unnecessary manual displaytitle (1)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with image-related values without an image (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television with flag icon (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television episode with the based on parameter (147)
- Category:Television episode articles with short description with no series name (2)
- Category:Television episode articles with short description with no season number (597)
- Category:Television episode articles with short description with no episode number (13)
Other infoboxes
- Category:Doctor Who articles lacking infobox image (63)
- Category:Pages using infobox Doctor Who episode with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox television crossover episode with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox Paris by Night with unknown parameters (0)
Aired episodes
- Category:Template:Aired episodes using equal showpage and title parameters (0)
- Category:Template:Aired episodes using both showpage and title parameters (0)
Episode table
Episode lists
- Category:Episode lists with unformatted air dates (1)
- Category:Episode lists with incorrectly formatted alternate air dates (0)
- Category:Episode lists with faulty line colors (43)
- Category:Episode lists with non-compliant line colors (22)
- Category:Episode list using the default LineColor (5,254)
- Category:Episode lists with row deviations (92)
- Category:Episode lists with invalid top colors (20)
- Category:Episode lists with TBA values (6)
- Category:Episode lists with a non-matching set of numbered parameters (44)
- Category:Episode lists with unformatted story or teleplay credits (282)
Series overview
Sections needed
- Category:Television articles that need a character section (185)
- Category:Television articles without infoboxes (297)
- Category:Television articles that need a production section (693)
- Category:Television articles that need a response section (919)
- Category:Television articles that need a synopsis (254)
- Category:Television articles that need an episode list (340)
Naming style
- Category:Television articles with incorrect naming style (884)
- Category:Television channel articles with incorrect naming style (25)
IMDb
- Category:Pages using IMDb title instead of IMDb episode (14)
- Category:Pages using IMDb title instead of IMDb episodes (45)
- Category:Pages using IMDb episode with unknown parameters (97)
- Category:Pages using IMDb episodes with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:IMDb ID different from Wikidata (4,199)
- Category:IMDb ID not in Wikidata (14,187)
Citation templates
- Category:Cite Box Office Mojo templates with errors (0)
- Category:Cite Metacritic template with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Cite Metacritic templates with errors (0)
- Category:Cite Rotten Tomatoes templates with errors (0)
- Category:Cite Rotten Tomatoes templates with unknown parameters (1)
Misc
- Category:Incomplete television lists (160)
- Category:Television articles needing attention (99)
- Category:Television articles needing expert attention (3)
- Category:Television articles needing references (366)
- Category:Television articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction (49)
- Category:Television articles using incorrect infobox (96)
- Category:Televison awards that need updating (2)
- Category:Wikipedia requested television images (2,276)
Important alerts
New articles
InceptionBot has been set up to identify new articles that are potentially within the scope of this project, based on the rules defined at User:AlexNewArtBot/Television. It is likely that some are false positives, in which case the log at User:AlexNewArtBot/TelevisionLog should be examined for more information.
Article alerts
Please watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Article alerts, for important alerts related to articles of this Wikiproject. "Article alerts" will be updated daily, and will also be transcluded here.
Did you know
- 09 Apr 2023 – In the Best of Families (miniseries) (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Onegreatjoke (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2023 – WTOB-TV (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sammi Brie (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – Scott Pilgrim The Anime (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kingsif (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2023 – That's 60s (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ritchie333 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2023 – Drag Isn't Dangerous (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by JuanGLP (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2023 – List of The Last of Us (TV series) characters (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Mar 2023 – The 1619 Project (TV series) (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cielquiparle (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2023 – Quarterback (TV series) (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 09 Apr 2023 – Te voy a enseñar a querer (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Donaldd23 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 08 Apr 2023 – Anupallavi (TV series) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 08 Apr 2023 – DXMK-TV (talk · · hist) was AfDed by MrsSnoozyTurtle (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 08 Apr 2023 – Neem Phuler Modhu (talk · · hist) was AfDed by MrsSnoozyTurtle (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 08 Apr 2023 – Balijhor (talk · · hist) was AfDed by MrsSnoozyTurtle (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 08 Apr 2023 – Combat (Torchwood) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Donaldd23 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 08 Apr 2023 – Wheels (TV series) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Donaldd23 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 07 Apr 2023 – SallyAnn Mosey (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sammi Brie (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 07 Apr 2023 – Real Life with Sharon Caddy (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 07 Apr 2023 – Massage Therapy (House) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by 1keyhole (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 09 Apr 2023 – Bajo el alma (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Panam y circo (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Ice (British TV series) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Beach Girls (Indian TV series) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Madun (TV series) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Italian Idol (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Ballbreakers (game show) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Animal Rescue (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Al wajiha (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Liz (t · c): concern
- 08 Apr 2023 – Andata e ritorno (TV series) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Donaldd23 (t · c): concern
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Categories for discussion
- 07 Apr 2023 – Category:Television series about pandas (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Ali17082001 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Category:Classic Reruns TV affiliates (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2023 – Category:Static Shock characters (talk · · hist) was CfDed by StarTrekker (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2023 – Category:TrueReal affiliates (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Mar 2023 – Category:Survivor (franchise) winners (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 31 Mar 2023 – Template:Anne Hathaway (talk · · hist) TfDed by Woodensuperman (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 09 Apr 2023 – P&F (talk · · hist) →Phineas and Ferb was RfDed by StarTrekker (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2023 – Boomerang Austrailia (talk · · hist) →Boomerang (Australian channel) was RfDed by TechGeek105 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2023 – Disney Junior Dance Party! (talk · · hist) →Disney Junior was RfDed by QuicoleJR (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Singa Penne (talk · · hist) →Zee Tamil was RfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Niguda Ratri (talk · · hist) →Zee Kannada was RfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Pattedari Pratibha (talk · · hist) →Zee Kannada was RfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Thanthu Vitten Ennai ( Tamil TV Series) (talk · · hist) →Zee Tamil was RfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Raat Ka Khel Saara (talk · · hist) →And TV was RfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2023 – Fox Noggin Channel (talk · · hist) →Nick Jr. Channel was RfDed by BrickMaster02 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – Nine Regional (disambiguation) (talk · · hist) →Channel 9#See also was RfDed by TechGeek105 (t · c); see discussion
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Files for discussion
- 08 Apr 2023 – File:WNET logo 2011.svg (talk · · hist) was FfDed by Wcquidditch (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Mar 2023 – File:TNT9.png (talk · · hist) FfDed by Bassie f (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 05 Mar 2023 – CBS Building (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
- undated – List of awards and nominations received by Euphoria (talk · · hist) FA nominated was closed; see discussion
- undated – List of awards and nominations received by Succession (talk · · hist) FA nominated was closed; see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 08 Feb 2023 – List of Music Bank Chart winners (2017) (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by EN-Jungwon (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 02 Apr 2023 – WZDX (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WWCW (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WPSG (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WNYO-TV (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WLAX (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WFXR (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WDCA (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – WBFS-TV (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – KTXH (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
- 02 Apr 2023 – KLRT-TV (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start
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Featured article reviews
- 04 Mar 2023 – The Quatermass Experiment (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Desertarun (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jan 2023 – Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 07 Apr 2023 – Dumped (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Apr 2023 – Paul Reubens (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 17 Mar 2023 – Donald Trump (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Iamreallygoodatcheckers (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Mar 2023 – Deep Learning (South Park) (talk · · hist) has an RfC by GreenFrogsGoRibbit (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Mar 2023 – The Pirates of Dark Water (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Soetermans (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 30 Mar 2023 – Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe) (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 08 Apr 2023 – Bad Sisters (TV series) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Bad Sisters by 31.51.53.121 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2023 – Boomerang (Australian channel) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Boomerang (Australian TV channel) by TechGeek105 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – The Price Is Right (American game show) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to The Price Is Right by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – The Price Is Right (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to The Price Is Right (franchise) by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – Van der Valk (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Van der Valk (1972 TV series) by Softlavender (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2023 – Soundtrack 1 (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Soundtrack (web series) by St3095 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2023 – A2Z (Philippine TV channel) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to A2Z (TV channel) by SeanJ 2007 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2023 – Boing (French TV channel) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Cartoonito (French TV channel) by 112.200.2.91 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Mar 2023 – Comedy Central (British TV channel) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Comedy Central (British and Irish TV channel) by 100.7.44.80 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Mar 2023 – List of programmes broadcast by Comedy Central (British TV channel) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to List of programmes broadcast by Comedy Central (British and Irish TV channel) by 100.7.44.80 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 04 Apr 2023 – The Price Is Right (1957 Australian game show) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to The Price Is Right (Australian game show) by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2023 – Mark Jury (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to List of Hollyoaks characters (2005) by Vegantics (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Mar 2023 – Nickelodeon (Malaysian TV channel) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Nickelodeon (Asian TV channel) by ClaveScottPH (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2023 – History of LGBT characters in animation: 2010s (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Animated series with LGBT characters: 2010s by Historyday01 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2023 – History of LGBT characters in animation: 2000s (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Animated series with LGBT characters: 2000s by Historyday01 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2023 – History of LGBT characters in animation: 1990s (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Animated series with LGBT characters: 1990s by Historyday01 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2023 – Animated series with LGBT characters: 2010s (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to History of LGBT characters in animation: 2010s by Historyday01 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Feb 2023 – Indian Idol (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Indian Idol (Hindi TV series) by Rock Stone Gold Castle (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jan 2023 – Disney Junior (European, Middle Eastern, and African TV channel) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Disney Junior (European TV network) by ClaveScottPH (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jan 2023 – ESPNU College Basketball (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to List of ESPN College Basketball on ABC personalities by GenQuest (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 29 Mar 2023 – Netflix (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ruach Chayim (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Mar 2023 – Batang Quiapo (TV series) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Blakegripling ph (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2023 – Randy and Sharon Marsh (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Lithopsian (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Feb 2023 – Westworld (season 4) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by CastJared (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Feb 2023 – Girls (TV series) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by CastJared (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2023 – List of Super Bowl halftime shows (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by JMyrleFuller (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jan 2023 – List of Amphibia characters (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Wahspsneh (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Dec 2022 – Wanted sa Radyo (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by 112.200.12.134 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Nov 2022 – List of Entertainment One television programs (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fico Puricelli (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Oct 2022 – Bill Nye the Science Guy (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2601:1C1:8500:6110:550B:E438:A6B4:BD8 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 09 Apr 2023 – Draft:Holly Shervey (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AuckwardLove (t · c)
- 07 Apr 2023 – Draft:TV Mainfranken (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 07 Apr 2023 – Draft:William Hanson (author) (talk · · hist) (initially Draft:William Hanson (Etiquette Expert)) has been submitted for AfC by AdamBr06 (t · c)
- 07 Apr 2023 – Draft:Volker Piesczek (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Anthonydieboa (t · c)
- 06 Apr 2023 – Draft:Vikram Vedha: Modhalum Kaadhalum (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ravensfire (t · c)
- 05 Apr 2023 – Draft:Markian Tarasiuk (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 107.185.144.44 (t · c)
- 04 Apr 2023 – Draft:Nevada Week (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dutch Oven Hero (t · c)
- 03 Apr 2023 – Draft:Chandravilas (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ravensfire (t · c)
- 03 Apr 2023 – Draft:Head Gear Films (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lanacoisetinne (t · c)
- 03 Apr 2023 – Draft:SBVC Film, Television, and Media (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mannybsandoval20 (t · c)
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