Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Married... with Children episodes

List of Married... with Children episodes

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 15 days, 1 support, 1 oppose. There were also several concerns marked as a comment. Fail. Crzycheetah 23:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have spent a lot of time transforming this list disorganized list full of redlinks into a proper episode list. I have reviewed all other featured episode lists and feel that this one complies with the standards set out by those lists (including the acceptability of redlinks for directors/writers and the lack of episode summaries for series with many episodes). Having said that, I am very willing to implement any suggestions, as I hope I have proven by my work on the article so far. This diff shows the transformation of the article, all of which save for two small edits were mine. Also, I submitted the list for peer review, with minimal results. Cheers, CP 17:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It looks like "bundyology" is a fansite, and generally using fansites as a primary source is discouraged. As well, IMDB usually isn't useable as a source in featured content. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Response: I suppose it may be considered a fan site, but it's been up on the internet since 1997 and it's the largest collection of Bundy production information on the internet, which means that some information may be impossible to find anywhere else. Having said that, I will try to replace as many of the references as possible with non-Bundyology ones in the next day or so and will update on my progress. I have removed the IMDb reference and used TV Guide to cite that fact instead, so that should no longer be an issue. Also, the episode names, directors, writers and airdates are not taken from Bundyology (unless otherwise noted), but from the cites in the "external links" section. Should I move these ones up to "references" to make this clear? Cheers, CP 18:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they should be moved. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 18:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Progress update... well there is none. It's difficult to find any of this stuff on non-fansites and, as predicted, most of it isn't available aside from Bundyology or IMDb. I can't even find a reference to her failed pregnancy on a non-fan site (not surprisingly, her own site doesn't discuss this, and even on Katey Sagal, it's an unsourced fact. Then again, maybe I'm misinterpreting what a fan site is... Cheers, CP 02:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the problem, I edit a lot of Simpsons articles, and it really is a pain that I can't use some of the best fansites, like The Simpsons Archive, which qualifies for its own Wikipedia page. I still have some problems with the sourcing. TV.com and epguides.com usually aren't considered good enough for featured quality pages, so that eaves thye TV guide ref, and it seems to only have titles and brief outlines (unless I'm missing something). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 16:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment — While not every FL list of episodes is yet to use the {{episode list}} template, it would be good to get it in use here. Beyond that, it looks well-done. Cliff smith 20:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose The episodes themselves are in superstub class, but apparently it doesn't matter anymore.

The issue of whether all the items on the list need their own articles has been discussed already on this page. I do agree that with four exceptions, most of the episodes should probably be deleted. Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1. Where are the individual descriptions of episodes? Is it out of fashion, too? Are we trying to decrease the quality of our LoEs now?

Series with large amounts of episodes (see List of The Simpsons episodes and List of Shin Lupin III episodes) don't have individual episode summaries in order to avoid the page from becoming excessively large (at least I think that's the reason). Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and for that reason the examples you mentioned contain individual articles of each season where the descriptions are present. I don't see any "Season" articles here.--Crzy cheetah 22:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I am willing to add episode summaries to every single episode (or do a page for each season) BUT I'm not going to waste my time doing it if Scorpion0422 is right and the sources will prevent this article from rising to FLC anyways. So consider the objection being actively addressed, unless something else will fail it anyways. Cheers, CP 22:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1. The coloring of each season is in an awful condition right now. Black font on dark colors looks like...hmm, I just can't see it.

I suppose I could change it, but the chosen colors are representative of the colours of the DVD box banners (where there's a DVD) or light grey (symbolic for Al's depression? I have no idea what I was thinking). If there are suggestions, however, I am willing to implement them. Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest to use lighter colors and use different colors for each season.--Crzy cheetah 22:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Is there any particular colours I should use or should I just pick them at my discretion? Cheers, CP 22:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1. Get rid of all red links for the writers and directors. They're just not notable enough to have an article anyway.

I left the redlinks in for the sake of consistency in linking the first instances of everyone's name (see List of RahXephon media), but if other reviewers agree, I'd be glad to remove them. Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1. "~~The Complete Seventh Season" or "Season 8"? Pick one version and go with it.~~

Done Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, I suggest to withdraw this nomination because I highly doubt you can add the descriptions during the next ten days. --Crzy cheetah 21:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I still support this article, but I do understand yours and especially Scorpion0422's concerns. There's only one day left, I might as well let it run its course. Cheers, CP 22:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]