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== Editing Desperately Necessary ==
== ''The X Files'' vs. ''The X-Files'' ==


This page is filled with grammatical problems and poor sentence constructions. For example, this sentence...
Incredibly, if you look at the images used in the articles for the TV series and both movies (, , ), a hyphen has never been a part of the title of the franchise. Despite this, the use of the hyphen by nearly all media and discussion of the franchise might give it a ] arguement, despite the fact that it is actually inaccurate. Or does it? What do we do when the truth butts heads with the common name convention? -- ] (]) 03:41, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
* I agree with you, I have long wondered where this hyphen came from. It's possible that "The X-Files" was used on press releases and other material sent out by the creators, and that they have made a stylistic choice not to include it in the logos used on the series, films and other spinoffs like the novels, comic book and The Secrets of The X Files. I personally prefer to not use the hyphen but this is an opinion that's very much in the minority. ] (]) 10:56, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
** The hyphen doesn't make sense. The 'X' isn't a prefix of 'Files'. These files are filed under 'X'. If the show was called ''The Enigma Files'', or something, there'd be no hyphen confusion. The title of the article should be changed. ] (]) 21:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


"Tired of the comedies he had been working on for Walt Disney Pictures, a report that 3.7 million Americans may have been abducted by aliens, the Watergate scandal and the 1970s horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, triggered the idea for The X-Files. He wrote the pilot episode in 1992."
in the end credits of the first x files movie, it is in fact hyphenated <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:50, 29 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
* This comment is correct - . See also from a little earlier in the film. I'm of the opinion that while I personally am not a fan of the hyphen in the title, it's almost universally recognised as being part of it even by those who made it. Like it or not, the hyphen on the article title should remain. ] (]) 08:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


"the hyphen on the article title should remain"? No, it should not. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:49, 25 January 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> ...has a bizarrely misplaced modifier, causing the sentence to grammatical say that the alien report, the Watergate scandal and Kolchak were all tired of Disney comedies, not Chris Carter. As a result, that sentence makes NO sense whatsoever. It would be good if a competent, coherent writer with a strong grasp of grammar were to give his whole page a thorough editing. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


:See a problem Fix a problem. Sí? ] (]) 08:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
:'''Away with the hyphen''', says I. This coming from a diehard for absolute accuracy when it comes to titles, to the point where I consider misspelt song names 'the whole truth and nothing but the truth', and thus not bound by WP's conventions. The main series states ''"The X Files"'', right? Then that's what it should be. ] (]) 13:26, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


::I've addressed the problem, though by no means comprehensively. ] (]) 00:20, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Without capitalization, ], ], and ] all redirect correctly. ] does not, although ] does. That said, i agree with Wetdogmeat that the hyphen doesn't make sense, but like Speednik said, if the makers include the hyphen, so should we. (As for the lack of a hyphen in the logo, you don't want to change the name to ], do you? ;-) no more than ] should be ] or ] should have a backwards R.) --] (]) 23:55, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


==]==
== Graphic design ==
] / ] should redirect here -- ] (]) 18:18, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
As there seems to be some dispute on the font family used for credits and captions in the series I felt it would ne helpful to specify it as being ITC American Typewriter. My additioned was rolled back without a reason. Please don't roll this change back as it is a important contribution.
:Those are not likely search terms. ---<b style="font-family: Georgia;">]</b><i style="font-family: Courier New;"><sub>]</sub></i> 21:19, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
] (]) 17:52, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
:The problem was that you did't specify a source. Original Research (OR) is not allowed on Misplaced Pages.--<font face="Arial Black">] ]</font> 18:16, 12 August 2014 (UTC)


== Nomination of ] for deletion ==
== TV spin-offs that time forgot ==
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/tv/tv-spin-offs-that-time-forgot/ss-BBd9EdD?ocid=mailsignout says 'The X-Files'... '90s sci-fi phenomenon spawned two spin-offs: the successful paranormal drama "Millennium," and another less-successful series, which lasted only 13 episodes.


Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page.<!-- Template:afd-notice --> <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">]<sup>]</sup></span> 06:57, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
Compare/Contrast:
:http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Millennium_(TV_series)#Is_Millenium_really_a_spin-off_of_the_X-Files.3F
:http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:The_X-Files#Is_Millenium_really_a_spin-off_of_The_X-Files.3F
:http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:The_X-Files#Millennium_as_spin-off
:http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:The_X-Files#How_Can_X-Files_and_Millennium_Be_in_the_Same_Universe.3F


== The Event Series Query. ==
i have seen none of ] ] ].


Does anyone have any conflicting opinions on Series 10 being more accurately referred to as "The Event Series" in an edit as described in physical media release, as Series 10 was released as a comic-book series and was canon at the time; although both The Event Series and Series 11 ret-con or contradict some aspects of the comics, (such as the status of The Lone Gunmen). ] (]) 08:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
--] (]) 23:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


== I need help == == Tommy Westphall ==


I need help with expanding ] and also please help add the link to the article in the The X-Files template. Thanks.--] (]) 23:37, 29 January 2015 (UTC) In the episode ] the story is told through the eyes of each agent and their stories dont agree proving that what we are seeing is not necessarily the truth. Perhaps all of the episodes are being told through the eyes of Mulder or Scully and are not necessarily the truth. See ]. ] (]) 00:02, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
:I feel any of that content would be better served in the main article, season articles, or episode articles (if they're not already there). A standalone article of this subject seems a bit odd to me, as I've never seen an article like that. ] (]) 23:02, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

*That is not true. There are articles such as ], ] (which is what actually inspired me to write this), we have many stand alone articles on notable topics, plus there are entire books and websites covering this topic. I have The X-Files book of the unexplained with me right now that I borrowed from the library. There are plenty of books covering the subject. At the same time I find stand-alone topics like ] questionable. This is true for many wiki-articles that I've seen while notable stand-alone topics are proposed for merging. So to re-state my argument, it definitely deserves a page especially given that it has plenty of sources and on ideas for the franchise. Now what else can we do to expand and improve it?--] (]) 01:44, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
::I find nothing too objectionable with your article, although a good chunk of it is covered in the episode and season article (not to say it can't exist on its own). With that being said, I am curious as to why you find ] questionable.--<font face="Arial Black">] ]</font> 04:34, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

== Omission in article - Opening sequence. ==

I am not experienced with Misplaced Pages, and as such I do not want to edit the article directly, but there is an omission in the article.

In s5, ep14 "The red and the black", the tagline at the end of the opening credits is "Resist or Serve" in place of the usual "The truth is out there" this is not mentioned on the section within "Opening sequence". Anyone with the box-set can verify this, and for reference, it is on disc 4 of series 5, and aired, I think, sometime around March of '98. If somebody experienced with editing would care to verify this, and amend the article accordingly, it would be appreciated. I do have a screen capture, but am not sure how to upload it, nor if it allowed because of copyright issues.

Thank you. <small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 15:37, 20 June 2015 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Can we remove the bit in the header where it mentions Mulder & Scully's relationship? ==

It's a major spoiler presented without warning to people who may be reading about the show for the first time. Seems unwise. I'm going to remove it, if anyone has any good reasons why it should stay please say so.

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Editing Desperately Necessary

This page is filled with grammatical problems and poor sentence constructions. For example, this sentence...

"Tired of the comedies he had been working on for Walt Disney Pictures, a report that 3.7 million Americans may have been abducted by aliens, the Watergate scandal and the 1970s horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, triggered the idea for The X-Files. He wrote the pilot episode in 1992."

...has a bizarrely misplaced modifier, causing the sentence to grammatical say that the alien report, the Watergate scandal and Kolchak were all tired of Disney comedies, not Chris Carter. As a result, that sentence makes NO sense whatsoever. It would be good if a competent, coherent writer with a strong grasp of grammar were to give his whole page a thorough editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.74.7 (talk) 12:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

See a problem Fix a problem. Sí? Turin07 (talk) 08:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
I've addressed the problem, though by no means comprehensively. rowley (talk) 00:20, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

THE Ⓧ-FILES

The Ⓧ-Files / Ⓧ-Files should redirect here -- 65.94.42.168 (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Those are not likely search terms. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 21:19, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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The Event Series Query.

Does anyone have any conflicting opinions on Series 10 being more accurately referred to as "The Event Series" in an edit as described in physical media release, as Series 10 was released as a comic-book series and was canon at the time; although both The Event Series and Series 11 ret-con or contradict some aspects of the comics, (such as the status of The Lone Gunmen). MrScottBull (talk) 08:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Tommy Westphall

In the episode Bad Blood (The X-Files) the story is told through the eyes of each agent and their stories dont agree proving that what we are seeing is not necessarily the truth. Perhaps all of the episodes are being told through the eyes of Mulder or Scully and are not necessarily the truth. See Tommy Westphall. Just granpa (talk) 00:02, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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