Template talk:WikiProject Television/Archive 1

Archive 1

Fix Template

Can someone fix this template? It's putting articles in Category:-Class television articles, which shouldn't even exist. I looked at the code and I'm absolutely stumped. -N 10:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Auto assessed articles appearing in two places

Auto-assessed articles are appearing in both Category:Automatically assessed television articles and in Category:Automatically assessed Television articles. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

This should now be fixed. AnmaFinotera (talk) 16:44, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

"??? class"

I don't have the time right now, but I was going to try editing this template to fix a problem. The issue is, with all article talk pages, even if you've added an assessment for the TV WP banner, it lists the class on the left side of the tag as "???" when it should have a colored background "B", "Start", etc. I believe this happens with TV articles of all classes; even FAs, like Lost (TV series) list ??? as the assessment on the left side of the tag. The importance works, but not the class. This needs to be fixed, and I'll try to do it soon, although the code is a little baffling... JamieS93 13:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm...I thought maybe my recent edits to add the FL Class broke it, but I undid and still not wasn't working. Blech. The template class seems to be working at least. The code is so confusing, and looking at others hasn't helped. Maybe someone at Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates can help? AnmaFinotera (talk) 15:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I asked in there and discovered it isn't our banner at all, but {{WPMILHIST/Class}}, which we seem to be using for some unknown reason. I've created our own class file that uses the old code, before WPMILHIST changed theirs, updated the template, and all is good again. AnmaFinotera (talk) 16:25, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it is NOT working--an article in alpha on a Japanese TV series, a·ki·re·ta–DEKA (see User:B.C.Schmerker/Article Prototype8), is correctly categorized, but the Template Class repeater is malfunctioning, as of this post (stating NA for a non-article when it should read Stub for a Stub-class article). Please fix Template class and priority repeaters. B. C. Schmerker (talk) 08:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Updates due to Task Force

How do we request updates to this template, specifically for the addition of a Task Force? Tamr007 (talk) 22:59, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

First, discuss the task force in the project talk to build consensus for it to exist and what it should focus on. If approved by the project, once the task force is set up, post a note and the template will be updated. I see you already created one, and I can tell you now that it will not be approved and such an action was inappropriate. We rarely do task forces for a single series, and The Shield is not one that would be granted such an exception. I've userfied the page you attempted to create, as you had no consensus to create it. You can find it at User:Tamr007/Shield-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 23:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I was just passing by the page and I read your comment. I just wanted to ask what made the Avatar task force special to where is could exist (seeing you said you rarely do task forces on specific series). I mean, I do not specifically support series-specific task forces, but I am just asking. — Parent5446 ^{(t n e l)} 02:35, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

It was originally created back in 2006 before the guidelines were tightened up more so it was grandfathered in (much like many of the other series task forces that don't have a large franchise around it). Avatar probably doesn't need one, and probably wouldn't pass for one today, though it does have a more extended franchise and larger set of articles. We tend not to delete any projects or task forces unless they are hoax or a violation of policies. :-P -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 02:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for clearing that up. — Parent5446 ^{(t n e l)} 14:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Reviewing Department

OK, there has to be at least ten links to a reviewing department. Could anybody explain what this might be referring to, considering the current link is dead? — Parent5446 ^{(t n e l)} 14:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Where are you seeing those links? -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I removed some of them (since they were in descriptions of parameters that did not exist), but I believe there is still one in the description of the Peer review parameter. I am not sure whether such a department existed before or something like that... — Parent5446 ^{(t n e l)} 17:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah...I was wondering if they were supposed to be links to the assessment page or something. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 19:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Recommendation on Complete Redesign

I noticed that this Template does not function properly in terms of flagging Class, Priority, &c. as of 07:26, 12 July 2008 (UTC). The earlier Images should work nicely for a complete redesign based on Template:WPBannerMeta, a Template I used for a proposal to another WikiProject. The options of Full Assessment, Hotlisting articles needing attention, infoboxes, images, and so forth I will leave at the discretion of WPTelevision. B. C. Schmerker (talk) 07:26, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

The O.C. taskforce

{{editprotected}} Would it be possible for an admin to add parameters similar to the existing ones, so one can show an article is associated with The O.C. taskforce and its relative importance in that taskforce. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 23:29, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

I have now created the relevant categories and added an {{editprotected}} tag as I believe this is an uncontroversial proposal. Whilst the exact way the syntax works is beyond me, I believe it should just be possible to copy the another section, for example WikiProject Television/Law & Order task force, and replace "Law & Order" with "The O.C." where appropriate. Could the image be as above please, it is Image:Manhattan Beach Rosecrans IMG 1179 061211 165112.jpg at 40x40px. Many thanks Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done. You'll want to check the syntax, but everything should be in order. The parameter, as I indicated in the documentation, is "the-o.c." Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 19:06, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Something weird

Something in a recent edit to this template has messed up the appearance when nested within {{WikiProjectBannerShell}}. The rating gets pushed to a second line from the Project name; take a look at Talk:One Life to Live to see what I mean. — TAnthony^Talk 03:08, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I changed the template to add the O.C. task force; it's possible that I messed something up, but I'm reasonably certain I didn't. Have you noticed this before today? I'll check the template to see if I did something wrong. UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 13:53, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely occurred within the last couple of days ... I'm guessing it may be Television&diff=230381938&oldid=224909586 this edit from yesterday, right before yours. — TAnthony^Talk 16:27, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

It's still happening. No need to rush it, but it'd be best to figure out the solution. --haha169 (talk) 21:03, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Can someone just try reverting Television&diff=230381938&oldid=224909586 this edit? — TAnthony^Talk 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Hmm...yes, that might help. Use {{editprotected}}. --haha169 (talk) 17:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} I believe Television&diff=230381938&oldid=224909586 this recent edit has disturbed the template's appearance when nested within {{WikiProjectBannerShell}}, as at Talk:One Life to Live. Can someone try reverting it? — TAnthony^Talk 19:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I doubt it (although I'm always prepared to be proved wrong :D). For reference, the reason for that edit is that when the "warning banner is in wrong namespace" message is actually displayed, it causes the {| marker that opens the table to no longer be at the beginning of a line, invalidating the entire table code and causing a massive amount of wikicode to display on the page. I'll have a play around and look for the real source. Happy‑melon 19:51, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

It's Television&diff=next&oldid=230457451 this edit, although I'm not currently sure why. Happy‑melon 20:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

 Fixed by Television&diff=231080838&oldid=230458400 removing a linebreak. Happy‑melon 20:08, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix; I didn't know which edit had done it, but I didn't think the problem had started as early as the 7th. Thanks again! — TAnthony^Talk 23:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

C-Class

{{Editprotected}} Just a note that when setting the class to C-Class whilst the text changes to "rated as C-Class on the quality scale" the image doesn't change from

???	→	C

Can someone please fix this please as the class is used by the WikiProject Assessment department. I can't as it is edit-protected. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 19:22, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

That is, please replace the contents of {{Television/Class}} with {{WikiProject Television/Class/sandbox}}'s. This also simplifies the code a bit (And while you're at it, could {{Television/Class}} be moved to {{WikiProject Television/Class}}?) Thanks. —Ms2ger (talk) 09:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:28, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) —Ms2ger (talk) 09:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Convert?

Would there be any objection to converting this banner to use the WPBannerMeta? I would make sure that everything still works properly. Martin 12:59, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Well I did it. There are still a few categories that need creating, but everything seems to be working. Any questions/problems/suggestions please let me know. Martin 23:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Prison Break Task Force

Hi there. I think I've managed to add the new Prison Break Task Force properly. I've made a copy of the current one with the new task force, and it is located here. Can someone verify that I didn't just break the template and then add it to the main page? Thanks :) NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I think this will not work. Only five task forces are accepted by default. You could add it as TF3 to the taskforce hook though (after the Test Cards). Martin 12:56, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

This look good then? NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 22:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Should be fine I think! Martin 14:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

B Checklist

I think it would be a really good improvement to the template if a B-Class checklist were added, similar to what is found in some other templates like {{Film}} and {{WikiProject Anime and manga}}. The would allow for a quick, visual view of why an article is C or B class, and the template can be set to keep articles from being rated B if it doesn't have the checklist completed with everything checked (quickly reducing the number of false Bs). Thoughts? -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 03:48, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

This seems like a good idea. It should help editors making assessments or just looking for ways to improve an article. I'd like to help more with assessments, as I've already done a couple hundred stub and start class articles, but I still feel too ignorant to assess the higher classes. That said, the checklist would be quite useful. On a related note, perhaps the grading scheme could be personalized for this project in the same way the above mentioned projects have done. Particularly in having the example articles actually representing this project. Sarilox (talk) 23:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

TalkWarning

{{editprotected}}

Please add {{TVSeriesTalk}} as an option to this template.

I suggest "|warning=yes" It works kinda like {{blp}}

70.29.210.174 (talk) 09:54, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Why? It should not be added automatically, nor do I see any reason to add it to the project banner. If someone feels it needs that warning over the usual talk header, it is not that hard to add. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:57, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Where in my request would it add it "automatically" ? It would require a parameter actuated to activate it. Why do we have picture request templates that show up when the "|needs-photo=yes" parameter is engaged? Why shouldn't that be added separately? {{blp}} doesn't occur on every WPBIO tagged article, only those that engage the "|living=yes" parameter, so it isn't "automatic" either. 70.29.212.226 (talk) 04:22, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Disagree with this request. I see no need at all to make this part of the television template as an option. It isn't needed for the bulk of articles, where as biographies has a large usage on living, and photo is a common request. This is far to rarely needed to bother with. Also, removing the template again because just saying "please add" is really useless as you can't just shove it in. Someone has to create the code first. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 04:33, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Too many task forces for just one Template?

According to a Caution Box on the WikiProject Television page, Television related Projects are encouraged to become task forces. Are every single one of the Television Descendant WikiProject task forces going to be added to this template ? 74.178.248.189 (talk) 04:49, 3 July 2009 (UTC) edit typo74.178.248.189 (talk) 04:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit Req

{{editprotected}} Could template be changed to use {{pagetype|{{{class|}}}}} & new QUALITY_SCALE settings as per the edits in the sandbox. Thanks -- WOSlinker (talk) 23:34, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} I've updated the taskforce setting in the sandbox so that the Amazing Race task force, Desperate Housewives task force, Law & Order task force and Test Cards task force use the standard quality scale rather than the extended one since those categories do not exist for those task forces, so could the sandbox version be copied over. Thanks. -- WOSlinker (talk) 13:36, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Book-class support

{{editprotected}} Several books are tagged by this project's banner. Simply replace |QUALITY_SCALE=standard with |QUALITY_SCALE=subpage and magic will happen. I've already set-up the relevant categories, so no need to worry about that. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Have you discussed this with the WikiProject? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

No, but there's no need to. This has been implemented on more than 150 projects now, sometimes it was discussed and no one ever raised a hint of objection (the discussion can be active for months without getting any replies), sometimes it wasn't discussed (and no one ever reverted it, or was puzzled by the addition of the book-class). The page is protected to prevent vandalism, not prevent expansions. If the project objects (although one would wonder why they'd object), they can get it reverted. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 19:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I believe the project should be consulted, or at least given a chance to respond. Their quality classification system is of their choosing. There is no problem is this class is not used anyway, by default books will be NA-class which is entirely appropriate. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:24, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

And I believe this is pointless bureaucracy which serves no purpose whatsoever other than waste time on futilities. Edit-protection is not license to stifle boldness. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Have you at least informed the project on their talk page? If so and nobody has voiced an objection in 24-36 hours, I'm not averse to making the edit (despite my aversion to the template namespace!). I disagree on your other points, but that's a discussion for another venue. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:26, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done in accordance with WP:BRD. It's been on discussion at least here for several days with no response. If someone objects, feel free to revert. There was also a tiny bug that I fixed in the process, anyway. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Minor change to conform

The bolded wikilink to WikiProject Television should not be italicized, so it can conform with every other WikiProject template for talk pages. serioushat 05:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:06, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

template:TVSeriesTalk

I recently found this template and although my first impulse was to submit it to TFD for it to be merged with {{WikiProject Television}} I thought I would post something here first and all for the good folks of this project to comment first. Does anyone think that there is a need to have this seperate banner? --Kumioko (talk) 05:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

It seems to serve a different purpose to this template as it is a talk message box rather than a WikiProject banner. This banner does not contain the wording that RVSeriesTalk conveys; also there are probably many pages which contain both templates. Therefore merging is probably not going to work. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:11, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

We could create a topic or task force link under WikiProject Banner televion that included this. --12:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Arrested Develpoment

Can someone add parameters for the Arrested Development task force to the template? This would replace the {{AD Taskforce}} banner. Cmcnicoll (talk) 22:52, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Please complete the parameters with the settings you require and I can add them to the template for you. Instructions can be found at Template:WPBannerMeta. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:22, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, I added the parameters that I think are correct. Cmcnicoll (talk) 22:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

|tf 10                 = {{{ad|}}}
 |TF_10_LINK           = Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Arrested Development task force
 |TF_10_NAME           = the Arrested Development task force
 |TF_10_NESTED         = Arrested Development
 |TF_10_IMAGE          = File:Arrested Development.svg
 |TF_10_QUALITY        = yes
 |tf 10 importance     = {{{ad-importance|}}}
 |TF_10_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Arrested Development articles
 |TF_10_MAIN_CAT       = Arrested Development task force articles

The first one is missing - this is the name of the parameter which will trigger this task force in the template. Could be {{{ad}}} or {{{arrested development}}} or such. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:28, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I think "ad" should work. Cmcnicoll (talk) 23:48, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

 Added. However I don't think non-free images can be used in templates so I have disabled it for now. You have a lot of categories to create now, if you want to use the quality and importance ratings. If you look at Template:WikiProject Television/class and Template:WikiProject Television/sandbox you will see which ones. (Click the "create" links and follow the instructions.) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Adding Episode task force to Template:WikiProject Television?

I would like to add the WikiProject Television's episode coverage task force to the WikiProject Television talk page template. My hope is that this will allow the episode task force to have an assessment of the quality of articles in its scope, and thus lead us to improve those articles. Does anyone object to this being done? — Hunter Kahn 06:01, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Please complete the parameters with the settings you require and I can add them to the template for you. Instructions can be found at Template:WPBannerMeta. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:22, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

So, something like this? I've never done this before, so I'm not sure if this is all that needs to be done or not... — Hunter Kahn 22:59, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

 |tf 1                  = {{{episode-coverage|}}}
  |TF_1_LINK            = Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Episode coverage
  |TF_1_NAME            = the episode coverage task force
  |TF_1_NESTED          = Episode coverage
  |TF_1_IMAGE           = Tv-episode-list-project.png
  |TF_1_QUALITY         = yes
  |tf 1 importance      = {{{episode-coverage-importance|}}}

That will do for starters. I've added the first five lines as I wasn't sure if you wanted separate assessment and importance ratings? If so, will need the TF_1_ASSESSMENT_CAT parameter as well. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:05, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

• Looking at the source text for the template and what is in there for others, it appears that something like "Television episode articles" would work for TF_1_ASSESSMENT_CAT. But do I have to do something else to generate an assessment table for the task force when that is done? — Hunter Kahn 23:10, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. I've added the quality and importance ratings. If you look at Template:WikiProject Television/class and Template:WikiProject Television/sandbox you will see a lot of categories which need creating. (Click the "create" links and follow the instructions.) Then everything should work correctly. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Country projects onto template?

Shouldn't country projects be listed on the template, as {{film}} lists country projects for films?

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian television
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian TV shows
• Wikipedia:WikiProject British TV shows
• Wikipedia:WikiProject British TV channels
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Television
• Wikipedia:WikiProject American television

184.144.169.126 (talk) 09:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Adult Swim task force

{{edit protected}} Please add the Adult Swim task force on the banner from the sandbox, so we can get rid of {{WikiProject Cartoon Network}} banner, since I have converted into task force of WP:TV since WikiProject Cartoon Network went inactive back in 2010. JJ98 (Talk) 02:14, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Has this been discussed anywhere? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:29, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

No, there were no discussion. I have converted to a task force from WikiProject Cartoon Network to WP:TV myself after it went inactive. There is a parameter to be added, this is what it looks like:

The parameter should be added to bottom from the Arrested Development task force. The code is {{{adultswim}}} and {{{adultswim-importance}}}, which should be correct. JJ98 (Talk) 10:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, don't need to be added for right now. JJ98 (Talk) 19:03, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Requesting change, add Dexter, Reality television, Broadcast engineering and technology and Veronica Mars task forces

Several changes were made though the banner, including Dexter, Reality television, Broadcast engineering and technology, and Veronica Mars task forces which I've added. In addition, I've also added |MAIN_CAT=WikiProject Television articles to populate any articles and pages that are tagged by WP:TV. It is request if could someone please make changes that I've made from the sandbox myself. No need to discuss at the WikiProject. Thanks. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 20:32, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

 Done (with a small addition) -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:39, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Another requested change

Some changes where made, including the Prison Break task force which I've added though the banner in the sandbox, which was previously a WikiProject and converted into a task force of WP:TV back in 2008, due to the that shows should no longer have their own WikiProjects. In addition, I've fixed some of the coding for the Broadcast engineering and technology task force and changed from WikiProject Avatar: The Last Airbender articles and The Amazing Race work group articles to Avatar: The Last Airbender task force articles and The Amazing Race task force articles, and replaced the image for Veronica Mars task force. It is request if could please make changes that I've made from the sandbox myself. Thanks. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 06:05, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

 Done -- WOSlinker (talk) 17:02, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Requesting change, add new parameters

A new change has been made throughout the banner, including new parameters like needs-refs, needs-image and needs-synopsis, and also the MAIN_TEXT has been removed and added MAIN_ARTICLE in the banner. It is request if could someone please make new changes that I've made from the sandbox myself. No need to discuss at WikiProject Television. Thank for your time. Regards, JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 10:45, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Done --Redrose64 (talk) 21:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Requesting change, sort task forces alphabetically

Please change and sort all task forces alphabetically in the banner. In addition, a MAIN_ARTICLE has been removed and added MAIN_TEXT and To-do-list hook that I've made from the sandbox myself. No need to discuss at WikiProject Television. Thanks. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 08:30, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Why do you assert there no need to discuss this with the WikiProject? Changing the text and adding a to-do list seem to be major changes which warrant discussion. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:03, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I am withdrawing requesting change. Thank you. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 21:07, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Friends

Please add a section for Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Friends in this template.For the image please use File:The_Friends_Stage_cropped.jpg and for portal use portal:friends--nijil (talk) 10:02, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Added in sandbox. Can you check to see if ok. -- WOSlinker (talk) 12:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Nifty. Add it soon if you may. --George Ho (talk) 05:04, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Heroes

Although the discussion to convert an existing project to task force is still ongoing, I would like you to merge Template:WikiProject Heroes into here. Regarding discussion, the talk page is going slow, and, if that template is merged here, I would close the RFC as consensus to move unopposed. --George Ho (talk) 06:31, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Added in sandbox. Can you check to see if ok. -- WOSlinker (talk) 12:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Superb. Shall you edit it now? --George Ho (talk) 04:58, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Done. Killiondude (talk) 06:01, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

|tf 7 importance = {{{friends-importance|}}} |TF_7_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Heroes articles |TF_7_MAIN_CAT = Heroes task force articles Shouldn't tf7importance be {{{heroes-importance|}}}? --George Ho (talk) 06:25, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. -- WOSlinker (talk) 06:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

WT:STARGATE

Now the consensus is established that the Stargate Project be converted to the child task force of WP:TV as a parent project. --George Ho (talk) 02:20, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Please add your required code to the template's sandbox. I have got you started. See the documentation at Template:WPBannerMeta for more details. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 05:40, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Also, I have made request to move Category:WikiProject Stargate in WP:requested moves/Technical requests. --George Ho (talk) 06:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

 deployed. Have also commented on your move request. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 06:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

I have made changes in the sandbox. The consensus at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 5#Stargate franchise categories voted Category:Wikipedia Stargate task force articles. --George Ho (talk) 13:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Updated. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:11, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

WP:SEINFELD

I have converted this Project into a task force. Insertion may be needed. --George Ho (talk) 15:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Sandbox -> discuss -> editprotected, you know the drill, thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:05, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Seinfeld added. --George Ho (talk) 20:25, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

 deployed — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:28, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Categories have been changed into Category:Wikipedia Seinfeld task force and Category:Wikipedia Seinfeld task force articles per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 June 13#Category:WikiProject Seinfeld. See sandbox. --George Ho (talk) 18:34, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

 updated, sorry for the delay — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 July 2012

To add the Awake task force. Thanks!

TBrandley 15:37, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Have the appropriate changes been added to the Sandbox? --j⚛e decker^talk 23:39, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

I have added to the sandbox. It is gonna to take a while to create some assessment cats. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 07:39, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! TBrandley 00:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Let me know if there are any issues with the code. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 07:42, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Dad's Army and The Office task forces

Please add Dad's Army and The Office task forces per discussion at the project page. Thanks. JJ98 (Talk / Contribs) 11:30, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

 Done -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:23, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Add a couple portals

I added a couple portals to associated task forces for this template in the sandbox. Please implement. Kumioko (talk) 23:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Done --Redrose64 (talk) 16:35, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 October 2012

Please remove the Glee portal form the episode coverage task force which Kumioko (talk · contribs) mistakenly added, and add the portal for the Glee task force. Thanks.

JJ98 (Talk) 22:56, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Done --Redrose64 (talk) 23:29, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Oops sorry about that. Kumioko (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Friends

Update Friends logo to File:Friends logo.svg. — Mr White 19:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Done — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 21:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Amazing Race

Update the image of The Amazing Race task force to File: The Amazing Race.svg --Kartoffel ⁰⁷ 12:07, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done -- WOSlinker (talk) 21:13, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Feature brainstorm for Module:WikiProjectBanner

I'm in the early stages of developing a Lua-based replacement for {{WPBannerMeta}}, and I would appreciate peoples ideas for features. If there is anything that you have wanted to do with your WikiProject template, but haven't been able to due to limitations in the meta-template, I would be very interested to hear it. The discussion is over at Template talk:WPBannerMeta. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

ER task force / Aparelho de hemodinamica.jpg

Hi, File:Aparelho de hemodinamica.jpg was deleted from commons 17 June 2015. Not sure what should replace it, but looking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/ER task force could maybe use the Userbox image File:Stethoscope-2.png. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 12:20, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

 Done -- John of Reading (talk) 12:40, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

TV movie parameter

Shouldn't a parameter be added to indicate that an article is about a television movie/film (and possibly miniseries) instead of a standard TV series? This seems like a no-brainer to me... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:27, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Adding Lost task force

I added Lost in the sandbox. I think about changing Template:WikiProject Lost when the addition happens. I already converted the Lost WikiProject into WP:WikiProject Television/Lost task force. --George Ho (talk) 10:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

 Done. @George Ho: There were some other experiments in there. It's best to clean-slate a sandbox and use the current live template code before adding requested features. Anyway, I reverted someone else's change that was deleting an image, and merged others' draft changes that were adding "see the docs for how the template works" instructions, in two different places (and removed the misleading claim in that material that template docs are "guidelines"). Your Lost code was used as-is. I've re-set the sandbox page to the code of the live template after integrating these updates.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  19:47, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Copyedit request: 1/3/18 UTC

Hi! I noticed two problems with the prose in this template, and I would greatly appreciate if someone who 1) has template editor privileges and 2) is familiar with the source code of this template (I fail both criteria) could fix those problems. Below, I will list what problems I have noticed, so that hopefully someone can help fix them.

Upon placing this template in an article, the following text appears at the top of the template:

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborate effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.

The changes that I would like to make (with the removals bolded and the additions underlined) are listed below:

• Copyedit 1: "a collaborate effort" should be changed to "a collaborative effort".
• Copyedit 2: "If would like to participate" should be changed to "If you would like to participate".

Thus, the final output text would look like this:

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.

As stated above, if someone could implement those changes, I would greatly appreciate that!

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:20, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin:  Done - FlightTime (open channel) 16:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

@FlightTime: Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:28, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Adding Holby task force

Hi, I've recently been trying to tie up all loose ends in Project Holby's move from WikiProject to a task force of WikiProject Television. I have added Holby to the template sandbox and would like it to be added to the actual template as part of this transistion. As soon as this is done, I plan on redirecting the template Template:WikiProject Television/Holby task force to here once this is complete too. Thank you, Soaper1234 - talk 13:12, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Soaper1234, The sandbox you edited was an outdated mirror of the live template. Either you want to re-add some grammatical errors & other changes, or you didn't check the sandbox's output before requesting the change. Have a look at the "sandbox diff" link above. Cabayi (talk) 14:18, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

@Cabayi: The "sandbox diff" states that I made edits that I haven't and I'm not quite sure why. This is my edit and what I am wanting to implement onto the current WikiProject Television template. Soaper1234 - talk 14:37, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Soaper1234 - No, the sandbox diff shows that the sandbox and the live template differ by more than just your change, not that you made all the changes. As I said before, "The sandbox you edited was an outdated mirror of the live template." That said, I was trying to show you the need to check the sandbox is an up-to-date mirror of the live template before you start work on it.

Your link to "my edit" just points to the most recent change, which is currently mine not yours, and will no doubt soon point to someone else's. Use Special:Diff/ with the change number to point to diffs in a reliable way - see Help:Diff.

Rather than drag this out I've re-mirrored the sandbox, and re-applied your changes. Please check it's what you want. Preferably with a testcase or two. Cabayi (talk) 16:29, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for all your help Cabayi. That is exactly what I wanted to be done. I've tested it out in a testcase and I'm pleased with it. Like I stated, this is my first time trying to do this form of edit so I am glad you could help me out. One last thing from me, how do I get the sandbox template to mirror the live template now? Soaper1234 - talk 20:17, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:36, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Proposal to remove attention parameter

I'm proposing the removal of the |attention= parameter from this template. When set, the article gets placed in Category:Television articles needing attention but here it ends. There is absolutely nothing here that says what exactly does this article need and the scope of the category is just too general. In addition we have Category:Television articles needing expert attention which is also too too general in scope in my opinion, but at least the template it works from Template:Expert needed has a |reason= field. Instead we have better specific categories already in place:

• Category:Television articles that need a character section
• Category:Television articles that need a production section
• Category:Television articles that need a response section
• Category:Television articles that need a synopsis
• Category:Television articles that need an episode list
• Category:Television articles without infoboxes
• Category:Television articles needing references

If none of this fit, and we really need something (though, at this point it seems that "Attention" just means "Help me make this article better" which is really not a place of a tag), then Template:Expert needed should be enough. --Gonnym (talk) 13:20, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 23 April 2019

Please remove |TF_8_PORTAL = Glee - Portal:Glee was deleted. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 06:55, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

• Done. --Gonnym (talk) 08:19, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Still more needed?

Gonnym, you just wiped out a bunch of changes I made, which I'll give you I probably shouldn't have done since I forgot you already sandboxed it, but I notice that you've not included support for the channels and shows task forces. Are there plans to fold these in as well, or did I just miss something obvious? Primefac (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

The British channels and shows are now just all part of the British television task force per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Turning all inactive TV-show Wikiprojects into WP:WPTV taskforces (Part 2). --Gonnym (talk) 19:34, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Okay, so those template uses will just be folded into the |british-television= taskforce? Primefac (talk) 19:51, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Exactly. I've already redirected the talk pages of those ex task forces to the British television one. --Gonnym (talk) 20:09, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Cool. Assuming PetScan is running again I'll start the replacement process shortly. If there are any other task force templates that aren't currently listed at TFDH let me know and I'll add them to the run. Primefac (talk) 20:22, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I just added to TfD a Top Model one that I found I missed. --Gonnym (talk) 20:50, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

@Primefac: just a note that your bot is having trouble when the page has the template {{tvimage}}. It removes it and creates a duplicate banner. See this. Just one of the many reasons I dislike redirects :) --Gonnym (talk) 20:55, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, an unfortunate oversight in my regex coding. Should be fixed now. Primefac (talk) 21:15, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

@Primefac: A few more issues with Television needs episode list, Television needs production section, Television needs response section, Television needs character section and Television needs synopsis. --Gonnym (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

gaaaaaaaah... fix one issue and another takes its place... Will fix. Primefac (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

For what its worth, I see this banner supports those templates as fields. Not sure what the difference in them is, but if it makes your life easier maybe just merge them into the banner. --Gonnym (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Tempting, but that's a whole different task. Primefac (talk) 22:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

@Gonnym and Primefac:, please check through recent changes for breakage. For instance, in this edit, Television episode articles was altered to Episode coverage articles which has left categories such as Category:B-Class Television episode articles empty, and Category:B-Class Episode coverage articles populated but non-existent. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:42, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for that. CfD all the episode categories. --Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Why not move them? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:26, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Believe me, I wish I could. This tagging is very unproductive. --Gonnym (talk) 09:44, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

The CFD discussion shows why it should be discussed first. Better to point to a template talk page discussion about the categories names first rather than have a template talk discussion afterwards about how to mandate the template changes based on a CFD discussion about the capitalization of these project categories. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:12, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

If Gonnym doesn't get to it first (I'm traveling until tonight) I'll switch the template back to its old cats, at least until the renames can be sorted out. Primefac (talk) 21:15, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

"Television stations" assessment categories

...are being populated but are red. See e.g. Talk:KFTH-DT. --kingboyk (talk) 15:02, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Should be fixed, there was a caps discrepancy between old template and the update to this one. Primefac (talk) 18:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

There is a batch of CFD's in progress to rename the affected cats. Primefac (talk) 18:18, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

They have all been opposed. People instead have categories renaming suggestions with no plan on fixing the template to make it work. I suggest the template reviewers provide their input at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_21#Television_task_forces on resolve this at one point. In the future, if you change the template to break the categories, you should follow-up with renaming the categories. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:09, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

@Ricky81682, a better idea is to get approval at WP:CFD or WP:CFDS for renaming the categories before changing the template. That way we don't end up with Special:WantedCategories being filled with over a hundred categories.

the problem here is that the names used in the templates were changed before the request was made at [[WP:CFDS]}. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:04, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Break

BrownHairedGirl, I see what you were trying to do, and it would have worked except that I only added a handful of categories; there were about a dozen more that weren't added. Granted, it would solve the issue of the "renamed cats" like those listed above (e.g. Category:B-Class Television episode articles) but the newer ones will still be out of whack. Primefac (talk) 14:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC

Thanks, Primefac. I was trying to restore the status quo ante bellum by reverting to before Gonnym's changes, but only realised afterwards that I had misunderstood the situation, and that there was no previous version which resolved all the problems. Se we just gotta cope with Special:WantedCategories being all cluttered up until WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 February 29#Television_task_forces is finally closed.

Meanwhile, my much-used query at https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/30916 is almost useless, since it is filled with >40,000 TV assessment categories. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)

As an interim measure, we should be able to change some of them back to where they were, for example changing "Episode coverage articles" back to "Television episode articles". That would at least get us back to a half-status-quo? Primefac (talk) 15:07, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I've tweaked it so Episode coverage, game shows, and reality TV end up (for now) back at their old locations. Going to wait for those to pass through before I figure it which if any of the others need it. Primefac (talk) 18:44, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Do we have a timeline on getting rid of the many red-linked television categories still listed at Special:WantedCategories generated by the ongoing reorganization? This week? Mid-March? Early April? I'm not familiar enough with what still needs to be done to even try to touch it without guidance, but if there are simple taks, let me know and I'll chip in. To those who have been doing this work for the past few weeks, thank you. By the way, it looks like the CFD will drag on, I recommend modifying the templates to use the old category names for now then move them after the CFD is over. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:25, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

They are currently being worked on, but the servers take time to clear out the cache. For example, NA-importance Episode coverage articles (8,573 → 7,352 members) indicates that about 1k of the 8k pages in the cat have been cleared out. The only cats that aren't currently being cleared out are the ones that don't have that "countdown"; I was mostly waiting for the rest to clear out to see what more needs doing. Primefac (talk) 19:28, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

For the record, the CFD was closed with consensus to allow future moves of assessment categories (to match task force names) under WP:G6, with no tagging, listing or waiting. – Fayenatic London 08:26, 10 March 2020 (UTC)