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This page describes the recommandedrecommended layout for list of episodes pages.

==Article title==

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Mention details about the series, airing, production, DVD releases and related works in the intro section.

After the intro section place a

:'''<nowiki>{{spoiler}}</nowiki>''' tag. This warning is optional but required when including plot summaries.

{{spoiler}}

Add '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Lists of''' ''genre'' '''television series episodes<nowiki>|</nowiki>'''''Show name'''''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>''' to the bottom of the article.

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==Linking==

In general, episode titles should NOT be linked unless an article has already been created or a significant proportion of the episodes (>30%) already have articles, so it is likely that pages will eventually be created for the rest. However, if a Wikipedian wishes to encourage users to write articles for a few significant episodes, these episodes may be linked to demonstrate there is a desire for articles to be written for them.

Multipart episodes should have only one article. Thus, if two episodes have the same title, with the exception of (Part I) and (Part II) as a suffix, both links should point to the same episode.

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See {{tl|Episode list}} and [[Template talk:Episode list]] for information on how to build such a table with a template for easy data entry and formatting.

When a list of episodes includes details such as original arair dates and summaries they should then be formatted in a [[Help:table|table]].

Different tables should be used for each season of the television show. Each season should have a heading with the title, "Season X: (YEAR)" (for UK television: "Series X: (YEAR)"). The table itself should contain at least three columns. The headers of these columns should be "Title", "Original air-date", "Production code" and/or "#" (episode number). Episode numbers are subject to debate try to find out what the accepted standard for this particular series is e.g.. South Park only makes sense when listed in broadcast order rather than production order as one episode references itself as the 100th episode and another references a previous episode, these references are only true when the series is ordered by broadcast dates.

Depending on the depth of information one wishes to included in the episode list page, more columns may be added. These can include a "Screenshot" column with a small (400 x 300 pixels) screenshot from the episode (Set to display at 100 to 150 pixel width). There can be an additional column for data that applies to that episode (e.g.. Stardates).

More columns than this could create clutter, and the "Fictional Date" and "Screenshot" columns are optional for this reason. However, other possible columns for inclusion where appropriate (e.g. a show that only ran a few seasons or whose viewership was a very important) include a column for Nielsen ratings and a column for viewership figures (in millions).

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* [[List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes]]

* [[List of Star Trek: DS9 episodes]]

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