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| Thank you all for agreeing to mediate this issue at hand, which is namely to find consensus on how the episodes of ] should be written about. From what I can tell, the two opposing viewpoints are basically whether each episode should have its own article, or be grouped with other articles from the same season. Currently, I've seen it done both ways on Misplaced Pages. However, I saw a proposal before (I cannot seem to find it now, and I've been looking for about 30 minutes), which I find to be very relevant to this discussion. Basically, it proposed that TV articles should expand as such: At first, only have an article about the show. However, if the "Episodes" section becomes too long, then expand into seasons. However, if the seasons article becomes too long, then expand into individual episode articles. I've seen lists done two ways, with ] and ], but the former is more prevalant across Misplaced Pages, as far as I can tell. Thoughts? Concerns? -<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">^</span>]<span style="font-size:10px"><sup></span>]]</sup><sub></span>]]</sub></span> /<em style="font-size:10px;">11:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)</em> | Thank you all for agreeing to mediate this issue at hand, which is namely to find consensus on how the episodes of ] should be written about. From what I can tell, the two opposing viewpoints are basically whether each episode should have its own article, or be grouped with other articles from the same season. Currently, I've seen it done both ways on Misplaced Pages. However, I saw a proposal before (I cannot seem to find it now, and I've been looking for about 30 minutes), which I find to be very relevant to this discussion. Basically, it proposed that TV articles should expand as such: At first, only have an article about the show. However, if the "Episodes" section becomes too long, then expand into seasons. However, if the seasons article becomes too long, then expand into individual episode articles. I've seen lists done two ways, with ] and ], but the former is more prevalant across Misplaced Pages, as far as I can tell. Thoughts? Concerns? -<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">^</span>]<span style="font-size:10px"><sup></span>]]</sup><sub></span>]]</sub></span> /<em style="font-size:10px;">11:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)</em> | ||
| :Just to start out, one of the arguments being size, I point out that the ] is 159 kilobytes long; but ] says 32 KB is ''strongly recommended'' as the maximum. I also find it somewhat difficult to scroll down that page and look for specific info, which is a "readability issue" and one of the reasons to consider dividing up a page according to ]. Since one of the few exceptions on that guideline page is that there might not be a natural point to cut up large lists, I say that dividing up into individual ep summaries is pretty natural, highly organized, and very useful. ] 01:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | :Just to start out, one of the arguments being size, I point out that the ] is 159 kilobytes long; but ] says 32 KB is ''strongly recommended'' as the maximum. I also find it somewhat difficult to scroll down that page and look for specific info, which is a "readability issue" and one of the reasons to consider dividing up a page according to ]. Since one of the few exceptions on that guideline page is that there might not be a natural point to cut up large lists, I say that dividing up into individual ep summaries is pretty natural, highly organized, and very useful. ] 01:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | ||
| :: I agree with ArgentiumOutlaw. When there is a great deal of information on one page, then it makes sense to break the long page up into shorter pages. In the case of ''Lost'', where the mystery behind the show makes it difficult to create short summaries (since we're never sure which details in a particular episode are most relevant), having all episodes on one page is excessive. I believe that polls have been conducted on this issue, and the majority consensus was that there should be separate episode pages, but the main stakeholders refused to accept consensus, saying that only those who regularly edited the articles should really have deciding votes. --] 23:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
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Thank you all for agreeing to mediate this issue at hand, which is namely to find consensus on how the episodes of Lost should be written about. From what I can tell, the two opposing viewpoints are basically whether each episode should have its own article, or be grouped with other articles from the same season. Currently, I've seen it done both ways on Misplaced Pages. However, I saw a proposal before (I cannot seem to find it now, and I've been looking for about 30 minutes), which I find to be very relevant to this discussion. Basically, it proposed that TV articles should expand as such: At first, only have an article about the show. However, if the "Episodes" section becomes too long, then expand into seasons. However, if the seasons article becomes too long, then expand into individual episode articles. I've seen lists done two ways, with List of SHOW Episodes and List of SHOW Episodes (Season X), but the former is more prevalant across Misplaced Pages, as far as I can tell. Thoughts? Concerns? -^demon /11:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- Just to start out, one of the arguments being size, I point out that the Season 2 episode summaries is 159 kilobytes long; but Misplaced Pages:Article_size says 32 KB is strongly recommended as the maximum. I also find it somewhat difficult to scroll down that page and look for specific info, which is a "readability issue" and one of the reasons to consider dividing up a page according to Misplaced Pages:Article_size. Since one of the few exceptions on that guideline page is that there might not be a natural point to cut up large lists, I say that dividing up into individual ep summaries is pretty natural, highly organized, and very useful. ArgentiumOutlaw 01:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with ArgentiumOutlaw. When there is a great deal of information on one page, then it makes sense to break the long page up into shorter pages. In the case of Lost, where the mystery behind the show makes it difficult to create short summaries (since we're never sure which details in a particular episode are most relevant), having all episodes on one page is excessive. I believe that polls have been conducted on this issue, and the majority consensus was that there should be separate episode pages, but the main stakeholders refused to accept consensus, saying that only those who regularly edited the articles should really have deciding votes. --Elonka 23:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)