Talk:Boy Meets Boy (TV series)

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Discussing trivia

Resolved. Material merged into episode text. Benjiboi 14:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, let's discuss. Otto4711 03:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

First, please stop reverting. As was already noted by another editor, trivia sections are heavily discouraged on Wikipedia. They usually have no encyclopedic value. Any information in a trivia type section that is actually important and of value to the article should be included in the article itself. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Additionally, as and particular inappropriate when they are unsourced statements about WP:Living people. As per your continual attempts to revert, IMDB is NOT considered a WP:reliable source. Please read the WP:Living guidelines discussing the source requirements for any statements made about a living person and find better, more neutral sources. AnmaFinotera 03:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

The middle trivia item would actually be appropriate, in a section on the contestants, which the article is missing. Why not add one and then you could include that fact in the description of that contestant, with a more neutral source, which would improve the article far better than the trivia section ever could. The third item could be added to the end of the summary for episode 6, if properly sourced. AnmaFinotera 03:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• All material is sourced because I added sources and if you weren't so busy playing revert cop and actually checked out the sources then you'd see that. Trivia sections are "discouraged," but are not prohibited and the fact that this show led to one of its participants being discharged from the military under federal law is certainly encyclopedic. Otto4711 03:56, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, that one bit actually is good, but needs to come from an more neutral, reliable source and should be incorporated into a section discussing all of the participants, not just a trivia section, as I just said. AnmaFinotera 04:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• Per WP:TRIVIA: "If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all." While it is debateable that the presentation of this information is "poorly presented" it is clearly "otherwise suitable." Rather than deleting it, since you have ideas on how to integrate it into the article, integrate it into the article. Otto4711 04:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• I've offered suggestions for how to improve the article. My suggestions are not just my personal opinion, but suggestions intended to bring the quality of the article up and to bring it in-line with the MOS, particular the Television MOS as it is within the Television project by virtue of being a television show. As a member of the Television Project, I try to improve any television articles I work on. The sections were legitimately removed as unsourced trivia about living people. You started an edit war BEFORE you attempted to source them.

• Before my discourse with you, had you simply come to the talk page as asked and actually opened a discussion with the sources and "here's why I think it should stay", instead of just saying "let's discuss" then continuing to edit war, I would have just suggested ways to improve the article and probably done so myself. Instead, you seem to feel ownership of the article, quickly reverting any edit you don't like as revealed by your actions here and a look at the article's history. If you decide you'd like to actually improve the article so that it is a good quality TV article that also adheres to the living person, great, I'm still willing to help. If not, that's fine too. AnmaFinotera 04:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• Yeah, you know, generally speaking, "willing to help" doesn't mean "delete sourced information with false accusations of vandalism." If you're really interested in improving this article, then you'll revert your edit in which you removed sourced material and you'll recant your accusation of vandalism. Ideally you would also recant your false accusation of "edit warring" but I'll settle for the restoration of the properly sourced material. Otto4711 05:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Material restored

Resolved. Material merged into episode text. Benjiboi 14:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I have restored the properly sourced material. If you're not happy about it, then take it to mediation. Please refrain from your baseless accusations of edit warring and vandalism. Otto4711 (talk) 03:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I have corrected your restoration. IMDB is not considered a proper source, so its been removed. I also fixed the last item, as the source you give does NOT state the prize was given as vouchers, only that they hadn't taken the trip (and even then, it isn't a valid source since it was written before the trip was supposed to be taken). The rest I'll leave to another editor. AnmaFinotera (talk) 03:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

• I have corrected your "correction." Show me the guideline that says IMDB can't be used to source an actor's credit. Otto4711 (talk) 04:18, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Formatting

This article has an info box to one side, and it also presents the episodes in table format. The second table is pushed down the screen by the first, leading to a large amount of blank screen. Can anything be done about this?

TRiG (talk) 13:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Not really. Although, you could remove all the producers and editors from the infobox. It's all archived at the official website anyway. But seriously, you could fill that space by adding a section discussing the contestants. Then you could add a production section. And finally you could add a section dealing with the critical reception of the series. That would all fill the space quite nicely. :) Sarilox (talk) 08:40, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

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