Talk:List of Firefly episodes

message: i think all the episodes should be called "Title (Firefly episode)"... -Xornok 20:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They actually shouldn't be, as that clashes with naming conventions. Yes, most other TV episodes are getting that treatment; however they're incorrect, but in a good portion of these cases, there's too much support for the unnecessary disambiguation methods and too many titles to correct so there's no room to get in and fix it. South Park and Doctor Who have it right, and the latter has TV related articles much more up to par.--Bacteria 17:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  FYI, we're currently discussing exactly this issue at Wikipedia_talk:Naming conventions (television).  Wording on a new poll is being finalized now, and all interested editors are invited to participate. --Elonka 00:47, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  naming 

message: OK, the episode summaries aren't supposed to be full out summaries of the episode. They are just supposed to reveal the base info of the ep without revealing the ending, in one, maybe two sentences. See List of South Park episodes for examples of what the summaries should look like. JQF 15:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Spoilers are appropriate in an encyclopedia.  The manual of style/guideline at Wikipedia:Spoiler warning says what is not acceptable is to "Deleting relevant, neutral and verifiable information about a narrative work from Wikipedia "because it's a spoiler" instead of properly applying spoiler templates."  List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes is being rewritten right now because someone wanted to make it a featured list and its main problem is it doesn't have spoilers, see here. - Peregrinefisher 18:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the issue I have with the summaries was that they reveled the end of the episode, which I don't think readers want. Yes, some spoilers are needed in order to properly summarize, but revealing the end goes to far in my opinion. If you look at the article I pointed out, List of South Park episodes, which is a featured article, you'll see that they don't reveal the ending. JQF 18:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the featured lists reveal the ending, some don't, see List of Stargate SG-1 episodes.  I think the purpose of an encyclopedia should be to pack the maximum information into each paragraph.  I also think Wikipedia is moving in this direction.  I guess I won't force it on this Firefly list if it's not ready.  It just seems I should be able to look at the list and quickly see "River is smuggled on board" or "the lone survivor turns into a reaver" without having to read the whole episode page. - Peregrinefisher 20:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Sorry, the "plot summaries" are silly.  They are not plot summaries.  They read like something from a TV magazine, not an encyclopedia.  Tell us what goes on in the episode, briefly, without sounding like you're writing advertising copy, please.--24.85.90.31 (talk) 10:03, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episode summaries 

message: Should the Broadcast information be moved about the Episode list? It seems to me to be a better place for it, but I'm sure it would work. JQF 18:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcast over Episodes 

message: There is discussion at WP:AN/I#Fancruft_issue_again, and an AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kept Man that is attempting to create a precedent disallowing individual episodes. - Peregrine Fisher 18:09, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attempt to create precedent disallowing individual episodes 

message: The main article includes a broadcast history section and a table does seem to be the best way to show the messed up broadcast order compared to the intended production order. Should this section be removed from here since it is redundant and not worth the work of cleanup? -- Horkana (talk) 22:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup of Broadcast section 

message: It's becoming more common practice to not have list of episodes pages for television shows with just one season, unless the article is quite expansive, containing more information than is already on the main article. All that would need be merged is the episode list, likely to the broadcast history section, replacing the smaller table already in place. Thoughts? Drovethrughosts (talk) 21:33, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and it sourced better. However Firefly is a featured article and we need sources for the director and writer. Edgepedia (talk) 04:59, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You could use the DVD for reference. It's already being used in the main article to reference the air dates. Drovethrughosts (talk) 12:27, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

text: Been over a week, and no objections, think we can go ahead with the merge? We can use the already in place references for the air dates in the main article for the writers and directors as well. And lastly, I think I may have found a reliable source for the unaired episode air dates, although they're slightly different than what's here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/cult/2003/06/18/5161.shtml. Drovethrughosts (talk) 13:46, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Support. Add writer, director to "Broadcast history", very similar. TBrandley 04:09, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to main article