Talk:Oprah's Book Club

message: Someone needs to figure out how to add Middlesex to the list. I can't seem to figure out how to do it in accordance with the way the last person who revised the list did it. I've tried, but it simply doesn't show up. Weird. flexpedition
:Please read Help:Table.  I've reinstated the list in table form.  Also, you need to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~) for future reference. :)  María (críticame) 15:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've update it as you suggested. The dates the books were selected for the book club could still use some verification.  I used a combination of the dates listed on Amazon.com (see External links) and the dates in the OBC Archives), but they are not consistent.  I don't watch Oprah regularly or follow the book club (The James Frey thing brought me here). Maybe someone who does will have a better sense of this.  -Crunch 13:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
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message: Given the above and the now-pending graduation of Draft:Oprah's Book Club (TV series) to articlehood, I plan to do the following:
# Move this page to Oprah's Book Club (talk show segment). Oprah's Book Club will automatically redirect to that new page.
# Draft a new Draft:Oprah's Book Club page listing and differentiating the three iterations of OBC. Kind of a DAB page, but meatier. I think it could be a good home for history and information on the OBC franchise overall (much of that moved in from this article). See, for example, Star Trek, which certainly has plenty information of its own, but also serves to link to the numerous standalone articles on the various Star Trek TV series, books, and other spinoffs.
# Once (and only once) that draft graduates to articlehood would it replace the Oprah's Book Club namespace.
I think this provides the most clarity on the three distinct iterations of the Club while doing the least to disrupt existing links to Oprah's Book Club, as they would continue redirect to this article (on the original talk show segment) in the short term, until the general-purpose article is ready. This gives any links which should link to the original talk show segment and not the general OBC franchise time to update.
Any oppositions to the above? Jacob Ford (talk) 04:49, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Overkill to have four articles. "I think it could be a good home for history and information on the OBC franchise overal". I agree. Put it all in the same article where it can be viewed coherently rather than confusing readers with a web of articles and dabs, which will eventually end up being combined by editors in the future anyway. -- GreenC 05:41, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. OBC2.0 has long had its own article but I could see it folding back into this one (a project I'm happy to take on if you feel it's the best move). The Apple TV+ iteration, on the other hand, seems just as deserving of its own article as any other television series. Is there precedence for having a well-established television series as a section within a larger article? If so, please show me a good example so I can see best practices for linking and inclusion in TV-specific categories and templates. If not, we'll allow the new TV series to remain its own article but I can start working toward reframing this article as a description of the present-tense franchise rather than just the past-tense talk show segment. Let me know what you advise, and I'll get to work! Jacob Ford (talk) 09:13, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move + DAB Proposal