Talk:South Park

message: MTV Entertainment Studios is being removed from the infobox of the article. In the description of the edits, it was said that there was no need for it to stay there and can go. The thing is I have a fear that this can be a little misleading. MTVES may not be the main producers, but they are a label that is displayed in the series and specials credits since. Is it unnecessary to have them on the infobox?  RamsesTimeGame (talk) 18:49, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Being shown in the credits does not warrant inserting them in the infobox alongside the main production company of the show; see Template:Infobox television#Parameters. QuestFour (talk) 10:56, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You see the thing is, MTV Entertainment Studios pretty much IS the main production company behind the show right now. Comedy Central has been folded under MTV Entertainment Group for while and anything under it is produced through MTV's studio. It not only appears in the credits, but MTV Entertainment Studios is mentioned in near all official South Park press releases. I have to side with Ramses here. Averyfunkydude23 (talk) 20:06, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Per Template:Infobox television#Parameters, the "production company or companies that funded/organized series production” should be listed; MTV Entertainment Studio counts as a company that funds/organizes series production, as they formed a deal with Parker and Stone to continue the series. I side with Ramses and Avery here. STB (talk) 01:57, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @QuestFour what's ur explanation of this issue? STB (talk) 07:05, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @QuestFour MTV Entertainment Studios produces every Comedy Central show without involvement from CBS, further proof that they should be included in the production company list is in the sources that I sent before. STB (talk) 08:53, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: MTVES is not stated or referenced as the main production company in the sources that have been provided or any as of yet and  concluding that constitutes WP:OR, until sources cite it as such its mention in the production section is sufficient. QuestFour (talk) 16:32, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @QuestFour If this is the case then you ought to remove the studio’s mentions from every Comedy Central show without involvement from CBS Media Ventures, the studio has been producing them since 2021. Also season 24 was produced at MTV when South Park Studios was closed down due to COVID-19. STB (talk) 00:12, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

text: @QuestFour by that logic that means Celluloid Studios, which helped out with production should be deleted from the list; also MTV is the funder of the show nowadays, according to https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/south-park-trek-parker-matt-stone-paramount-plus-movies-1235035295/; Comedy Partners are just executives of the network. STB (talk) 14:26, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:OTHERCONTENT; as per the above the mention of them in the body is enough for now. QuestFour (talk) 21:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @QuestFour You ought to refer to the article for MTV Entertainment Studios, they currently produce every film and TV series under the MTV Entertainment Group brand; this applies to every Comedy Central show produced since its 2021 rebrand. If you think this does not apply to South Park, it would not apply to most other Comedy Central shows either. STB (talk) 07:09, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production Companies 

message: The show's logo is the South Park text on the sign, it's been used on every season release. QuestFour (talk) 17:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest you open up a discussion here before making such a dramatic change as the article's logo which has stood for some time now. IMO it looks like you're just trying to justify replacing the logo because you created the png file of the just the text version. - SanAnMan (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Editor has also removed content without valid reason and has a long history of edit warring. Should we report him if he does such a radical change again? STB (talk) 01:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hardly. The current image in the infobox, though similar in art style, is unofficial fanart. The original artwork by Comedy Central can be seen here. In terms of a logo, the show has not really had a consistent one, given that besides the town sign there's also logos like  and ; though both were not used until the movie and later, and their current use is mostly limited to promotion and merchandising. The font on the sign is the closest to a logo the show has had, it is used alone on the season releases, and is consistent in format with most TV logos used in this site as they primarily consist of text of the show's title in an SVG file. QuestFour (talk) 04:24, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  And yet that "unofficial fanart" has been used for a long time without contention. Now I can understand that maybe the picture with the four kids is a little too much, and I'm willing to suggest a compromise and change the infobox image to [File: South_park_sign.svg] (the picture with the same text on the well-known wooden sign), which has been in use in multiple other SP articles, but the image you created with just the words looks absolutely horrible to be blunt. - SanAnMan (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's just the text sans the sign, how exactly is it "horrible"? Is having it plastered on the cover of the season 20 release horrible? Also, I didn't make it, but found it along with the  looking up South Park logos. I think the sign is too much; if the text was never used outside the sign then yes, obviously there wouldn't be an argument about not using it, but it is. Your reasoning against it seems entirely arbitrary. QuestFour (talk) 22:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Besides it being unofficial, the infobox image fails criteria 1 of WP:NFCCP, so I'm replacing it with the logo for now. The sign or no sign disagreement can be further discussed here. QuestFour (talk) 21:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @QuestFour please don't add and remove stuff just because u like it while other editors object to this, u're doing it in a very uncivilised way; @SanAnMan you oughtta do something about this, this user has been abusively removing content and provoking multiple edit wars. STB (talk) 12:17, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Excuse me? The image clearly fails WP:NFCCP#1. If this is because of the text version then so be it, the sign it is. QuestFour (talk) 12:27, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

text: The sign is a much-more recognized logo for the show. If the logo needs to be replaced, then so be it, but the sign is definitely a better choice than just the text. As discussed earlier, there really doesn't seem to be an "official" logo for the show, so this compromose is the best I can think of. - SanAnMan (talk) 16:12, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the show doesn't have a clear logo, restoring the title card until further decision is made seems to be the best option per Template:Infobox television, as it was the file used in the infobox prior to the previous image, already is used in the article and has a non-free media rationale, and is much more representative of the show. I'll go ahead and replace it for the time being. QuestFour (talk) 02:06, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo 

message: Syndicated runs of South Park feature the Debmar Studios logo and the Mercury entertainment logos separate (both known as Debmar-Mercury today) in place of the Braniff Television logo. The syndication credits also feature the 20th Television logo. I think it's best to add them to the distribution part of the page.
Here is proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVhA-Fr3aU DarkModeEditor (talk) 04:24, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The distribution part of infobox doesnt exist anymore; this fact was stated at the Distribution section and it was updated that CBS has reclaimed syndication rights at that same section. 1.64.131.140 (talk) 12:18, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

text: @DarkModeEditor How Debmar-Mercury and FOX would appear in South Park ALTHOUGH THE SHOW IS OWNED BY VIACOM LeronJomes (talk) 00:00, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: because of distribution and stuff. 20th television had distribution DarkModeEditor (talk) 19:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production Companies/Distributiors 

message: I believe that the portrayal of Stan Marsh in this article about South Park is wrong. Stan Marsh is not portrayed as an "average 4th grade student". After seeing the later videos, you would realize that he actually has a very unique character. In the 8th episode of the 15th season in South Park (Ass Burgers), Stan Marsh develops a different world view seeing everything as literal "shit" and is later diagnosed with Aspergers, his parents get divorced. Even if his life returns to normal at the end of this episode, this definitely does not count Stan as "an average 4th grader". The tenth episode of the eleventh season marks the beginning of the Imaginationland Series, in which Stan Marsh has an important role, as he helps in opening the door to Imaginationland and defeat the terrorists by singing a song (This is not what happens in the life of an "average 4th grade student"). There are many more incidences in South Park which make do not make Stan an "average 4th grade student". I hereby propose that this statement should be removed and changed as it spreads misinformation about the character of Stan.Helper who is a human (talk) 16:51, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: - The description of Stan as quoted comes directly from South Park's website and is cited and sourced. If you don't like it, I suggest you contact them and get them to change it. - SanAnMan (talk) 17:38, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Dude the citated source was literally retrieved in 2010 from Internet Archive. Currently its 2010 and in 13 years character sketches will obviously go through changes. The source that is citated is very outdated and thus unreliable. Helper who is a human (talk) 09:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrayal of Stan Marsh  

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