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Person

Who is the person who, like Gil, bounces between various jobs, but seem to own noiseland arcade, as evidenced in one episode where he was showcasing Donkey Kong (but nobody turned up)...? Simply south 22:44, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I belive he's called "Wiseguy" in most sources, and is referred to as "Raphael" by Sideshow Bob in one episode. --OZOO (What?) 08:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

New guideline on fiction: Delete Simpsons-related articles?

I would like to call the attention of members of this project to the recently revised guideline at WP:FICT, which now states that all sub-articles on fictional subjects must independently meet a new (stricter) notability ruling than what was in place prior to the new guideline. If enforced, the new guideline would likely result in the deletion and/or merging of hundreds of articles on fictional subjects, such as fictional characters, television episodes, fictional locations, etc. There is active discussion / disagreement related to this issue at Misplaced Pages talk:Notability (fiction), and in the interests of ensuring the topic is fully discussed by interested editors, I would invite members of this project to participate in that discussion (whether you agree with the new guideline or not). Fairsing 22:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Well we merged all of the poor quality character and location pages, and as we have proved, we can get any episode that has been released on a season boxset DVD up to GA level in about an hour or so. And with articles like Homer Simpson and Troy McClure we have proved we can write our exisiting characer articles in an out of universe way. Gran 22:33, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

These new guidelines have me worried. Our 40+ GAs meet them and can't be touched (yet), but the other 360+ Simpsons episodes are fair game and I would not be surprised if many of them were targeted for deletion/merging soon enough. As for the characters, under the guidelines, Groundskeeper Willie is safe, but the page for Marge could conceivably be deleted because it has little real world context. All I know is that I don't like them and we should do what we can to get every page we can up to code. One of the few good things is that Simpsons articles will likely not be high on the target list due to out many GAs, but give it time and they will come. -- Scorpion 22:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Although I think that some may get merged, such as Kent Brockman, I am going to make sure that at least the articles about the Simpson family themselves don't get merged or deleted, since they are the main characters in the show. Karrmann 00:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, with the episodes, as long as we keep the first 9 seasons, I won't mind. The fact is all episodes after then, even if they are on DVD, will be pretty hard to get to GA, for the main reason that they suck. There wil be hardly any reception info, andthe BBC and Richmond sources won't cover them. But we'll see what happens. Gran 06:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Dropping in

Hello, I am new to this project, and I just wanted to briefly introduce myself. Well, I have been editing for around two years, and have been a die hard Simpsons fan for a few years now. I first became a fan of the series after deciding to watch season 15 from Treehouse of Horror XIV to the final episode of the season, Fraudcast news. I became hooked, and found myself watching it religiously, as well as buying the DVD sets when I can. Anyways, although I have found myself editing The Simpsons related articles on the side recently, I mostly contribute to automotive related articles. You can see an example of my work on the article Ford Taurus, which I consider to be my magnum opus. Anyways, I joined this wikiproject as I plan on focusing more attention to Simpsons related articles than before. My main plan as of now is to redo the Marge Simpson article, to make it more like Homer Simpson (which I did a minor restructuring on) as well as Troy McClure. I will go through Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson, to also make sure that they look at their respective characters through a real world perspective instead of just inside the series, mainly so that the people at WP:FICT will have no reason to pitch a bitch and merge them. Anyways, that is all for now, I just thought I would drop in and introduce myself. Karrmann 01:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't think you have to worry that much about the five main family members. It's the borderline ones that are in jeopardy - Brockman, Dr. Nick, Lenny, Carl, Snake, Smithers, Martin Prince, Fat Tony, Sideshow Bob, etc. - because although there is lots of information about them in the DVDs, there is little real world stuff in their pages. However, it would be great to see all five family members hit GA status, so welcome aboard and good luck. If you need any help, feel free to ask. -- Scorpion 01:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we have to worry as long as we can prove that real world information is available. Zagalejo 20:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)

I might as well admit that I don't really have the time for anything other than minor editing on Misplaced Pages anymore. So, with that said I won't be finishing "Some Enchanted Evening" as promised. I have the work I have already done at User:Maitch/draft3. I hope that someone can make some use of it and hopefully bring it to FA standards some day. --Maitch 16:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Rape in Strong arms of the ma

In Strong_Arms_of_the_Ma it says that marge "more or less rapes homer". But that is all. How can that possibly be? It doesn't say anything about what happened or its aftermath or how people have responded to it. I don't have access to the episode, so could someone else please add some details about this. Imagine if any other character had been raped. The page would be at least half full of commentary about and related to the rape, but in this episode it gets a one sentence long reference. Not even a discription of what happened, just a side reference. What is going on here? The bellman 05:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I removed it. It was just some random comment by an anonymous user. I didn't pay too much attention to that episode myself, so I can't honestly say whether that is an accurate description or not, but I'm guessing that it's bogus. Zagalejo 05:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

No, I think that she rapes him as well, as I have seen the episode multiple times. She gets on top and pins down Homer and forces him into having sex against his will. I would say its rape. Karrmann 10:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Really? Well, if it was, it sure didn't cause much commotion in the mainstream press. Zagalejo 06:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Kamp Krusty GAC

Just a head's up, but Kamp Krusty has been nominated for GA. I tried to edit the project page, but have no idea how. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 23:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Each section has side has a little edit button near the top that you can click and edit. Thanks for letting us know. -- Scorpion 00:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

OK. Didn't see the edit hidden at the bottom. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 00:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)