Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Episode coverage task force
- Please read the debate on writing articles on individual television episodes.
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to individual television episodes. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.
Parent Wikiprojects
The parent of this WikiProject is the Television WikiProject.
Similar WikiProject
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To join the project please include your username on the participants list. To include this userbox on your user page, paste {{User TV Single Ep}} on your user page.
Participants
TV shows currently using these guidelines
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode list)
- Angel (episode list)
- Stargate SG-1 (episode list)
- Stargate Atlantis (episode list)
- Firefly (episode list)
- Frasier (episode list)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode list)
- The Drew Carey Show (episode list)
- Max Headroom (episode list)
- Friends (episode list)
- Scrubs (episode list)
- Grey's Anatomy (episode list)
- 7th Heaven (episode list)
TV shows using similar guidelines
Other series for which there exist numerous articles about invididual episodes use similar formatting, but don't use the standardized templates. These are the most notable ones.
- Star Trek and its many spinoffs
- Alias
- List of The Twilight Zone episodes
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who
- Babylon 5
Structure of an episode article
Naming
If there is no disambiguation, the name of the article should be the episode title written with the corresponding capital letters.
Examples (from Lost):
When disambiguation is needed, the name will also include a parenthesis clarification with the title of the series.
Examples:
This helps to identify cultural references in episode titles.
Infobox
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Some episode articles use {{Infobox Television episode}}, as depicted to the right. Other episode articles have similar infoboxes that have specialized features for those specific shows. Similar infoboxes include, but are not limited to:
- {{B5 episode}} Babylon 5
- {{ST episode}} Star Trek
- {{Doctorwhobox}} Doctor Who
- {{Infobox Angel Television episode}} Angel
- {{Infobox Television The Apprentice}} The Apprentice
- {{Infobox Arrested Development episode}} Arrested Development
- {{Infobox Ben 10 episode}} Ben 10
- {{Infobox Futurama episode}} Futurama
- {{Infobox Simpsons episode}} The Simpsons
- {{Infobox South Park episode}} South Park
- {{Infobox Roswell episode}} Roswell
- {{Infobox Weeds episode}} Weeds
- {{Infobox The West Wing episode}} The West Wing
- {{Infobox Dad's Army}} Dad's Army
- {{Infobox Red Dwarf episode}} Red Dwarf
- {{MonkEp}} Monk
- {{Rome episode}} Rome
- {{M*A*S*H episode}} M*A*S*H
- {{Friends1}} Season 1 of Friends; the number corresponds to the season
Format
This is a standardized format for episode articles. Beyond what is seen here, proper categories should also be added. External links are also good if relevant or helpful.
{{Infobox Television episode
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| Series =
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| Season =
| Episode =
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| Guests =
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'''"(Episode title)"''' is the (episode #) episode of the television series ''(series name)''.
== Plot ==
{{spoiler}}
Explain the plot in this section. Plot synposes will obviously vary in depth.
{{spoiler-end}}
== Significance ==
Explain the significance the episode has in relation to the series.
Omit if none exists.
== Production details ==
Explain any relevant production details, such as different names or alternate cast.
Omit if none exist.
== Trivia ==
Any trivia relevant to the series goes here.
References to an old episode or an error on the part of the writers/animators work.