Talk:List of The Flash episodes

Earth Two or Earth-2

In "The Darkness and the Light", the onscreen text says "Earth Two". However, official episode synopsis and social media for the show use Earth-2. Just wanted to get other's opinions. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 04:22, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Personally, I'd stick with Earth-2. They mean the same thing, but the term Earth-2 is being more commonly used. Alex|The|Whovian 04:51, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

They sort of mean the same thing. In the comics at least, DC has been using the "Earth-2" styling to indicate the New 52 version, and from what I've gathered, "Earth Two" is a general styling for the Crisis era version of the earth. I'm fine with Earth-2 (partially because that is also the distinction Stein used in the second episode), but wanted other's thoughts to make sure everyone was on the same page. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 05:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

We normally go with what we see on-screen, and give that more credibility that what we see in press releases or comic books (are these actually directly related to the TV series?) Use of "two" is also supported by MOS:NUMERAL. That said, I don't really care as long as we are consistent. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:25, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

I say we stick with the option supported by three sources as opposed to one; Earth-2. LLArrow (talk) 02:37, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

What are the three sources? I only see two above. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:33, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Episode synopsis, Twitter, and Dr. Stein. LLArrow (talk) 18:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

The episode synopsis is from a press release issued prior to airing of the episode. The aired episode is considered to be a later source. Aired episodes are generally considered to be better sources - indeed we remove the press releases from the RTitle field because they are no longer needed once the episode airs. Social media posts are generally not considered to be reliable sources for spelling. Again, the aired episode is considered to be a later source and spelling, facts, cast etc mentioned in the episode are considered to be authoritative. As for Dr Stein, I can't remember where he used "Earth-2" but it looks like the only "real" sources we have are both in the aired episode. --AussieLegend (✉) 23:06, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

So, it's not real if you don't remember the scene. Gotcha, mate. Brilliant.71.236.204.7 (talk) 20:42, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Jeez, for a guy who only cares about "consistency", you sure are tenacious. LLArrow (talk) 00:28, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

The press release for "The Darkness and the Light" uses "Earth-2", though the episode shows it as "Earth Two". Dr. Stein wrote "E-2" and "E-1" on the white board in the second episode, giving his explanation of the multiverse. The next episode, Enter Zoom also uses "Earth-2" in the press release. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 05:09, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

@LLArrow: The reason I'm so "tenacious" is that I've seen it all before. We usually go by the actual episodes and you can guarantee that some time in the future, regardless of what is decided here, somebody will change "Earth-2" to "Earth Two" or vice versa. --AussieLegend (✉) 05:51, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

That is all well and good AussieLegend, but my point stands; you obviously "care". LLArrow (talk) 06:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Caring about content and caring about the consistency are two different things. I myself really don't care either (slight preference to Earth-2) but I do care about being consistent across the articles for this show and that was what I hoped to conclude with this discussion: find out which version we will use consistently. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 06:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

'Earth-2' is the most consistently used version by the production and the characters, while 'Earth Two' seems to be a stylised form for use in onscreen graphics. I would therefore support using 'Earth-2' in our articles. - adamstom97 (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

We look at the finished product, not the product being produced. If the final product uses "Earth Two" that's what we use. If the final product uses "Earth-2", we use that. As far as I remember, only one character writes "Earth-2" so we have a bit of a quandary. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:57, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Using Earth-2 in the title of an episode, seems to answer the question for us (even though we have/had been sticking with this format). - Favre1fan93 (talk) 04:02, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:The Flash (season 4)#The Flash Season 4 colour

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:The Flash (season 4)#The Flash Season 4 colour. -- Alex^TW 03:01, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2018

Season 5, the title of episodes one and two have been released, the first being called 'Nora' and the second being called 'Blocked'. BritishArmyStuff (talk) 21:09, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --AussieLegend (✉) 21:15, 6 August 2018 (UTC)