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| A consensus was reached to accept the guidelines below. --] 05:02, 16 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Misplaced Pages contains a large number of articles on television episodes. There is some disagreement as to whether every episode of every show "deserves" an article, which leads to a large number of AFDs for such articles. The following suggestions aim to promote the creation of high-quality articles about television shows and their episodes, which should help to reduce acrimonious AfD debates. | |||
| ==Creating articles on television episodes== | |||
| More important than having many articles on TV episodes is having good articles on those TV episodes. Therefore, it may not be a good idea to create small articles on every episode of a television show. However, it may still make sense to add information about a television episode to Misplaced Pages. The following process is a suggested method of doing so: | |||
| *First, create an article on the television show. | |||
| *Once there's enough independently verifiable information to do so, create articles on each season, or some other logical division, of the show. | |||
| *Once there's enough independently verifiable information included about individual episodes, spin the information from episodes out into their own articles. | |||
| ==Content== | |||
| *Content about television episodes must conform to Misplaced Pages content policies, including but not limited to ] and ]. | |||
| *]. Avoid excessive trivia and quotations. | |||
| *Extensive quotation from episodes is a violation of copyright and unlikely to be ]. | |||
| *Here are some ideas for what information to include about a television episode, where possible: | |||
| **The plot summary of the episode | |||
| **The episode's relevance in ongoing story arcs, if any | |||
| **How the episode was received by critics | |||
| **The episode's impact on popular culture | |||
| **Information on production and broadcasting of the episode | |||
| *Elements which are best avoided in any episode article: | |||
| **A scene-by-scene synopsis. An overall plot summary is much better; the article should not attempt to be a replacement for watching the show itself, it should be about the show | |||
| **Particularly for comedies, no attempt should be made to recreate the humor of the show. This rarely works, and is contrary to the purpose of an encyclopedia. | |||
| ==Dealing with problem articles== | |||
| *Generally, articles on episodes of television should not be listed for AfD (unless they are completely unverifiable, original research, etc.). | |||
| *If the articles are very short, consider merging them into another article (e.g. an article about the show itself, an article that is a list of episodes of the show, or an article that summarizes the plot for one season of the show). | |||
| *If the same person appears to have created a large number of problematic articles, please refer them to this page. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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