Template talk:Grey's Anatomy

message: What is the reason for removing characters from this template once they no longer are regulars on the show? Should the template not be "timeless" so that new viewers (such as me) can easily find prominent first-and-second-season characters such as Montgomery-Shephard or Burke?—Leif Arne Storset 01:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Glad to see people agree with me! :) —Leif Arne Storset 13:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled post

message: Ok, the template was awful. And everyboody knew that so a think that this is better than the previous one. Of course maybe its not even near to perfect, but that doesn't mean that you can earsed right away. Everything about this show is disaster. The main page is in mess, the template is not in order and the articles about the characters are small and in big disorder. So, I am planning to change as much as I can. So when one of you see this template for sure will earse it. So lets talk like mature people and see what's the best thing. 
First of all the color can be changed. The color is neutral and i put it because it was stupid without color. If you think that the color is wrong, than put the right.
Second, the big title on the template is exactly like the logo of the show. You are of course going to change it because is not good for you, but i saw the template about Desperate Housewives and its the same. With the logo of it own show. So because of that i don't see a reason why we should change that. 
Third, I think that the groups in the template are great and with them the template is very organised.
I beg you please do not undo it my last change on it. Just improve it and first duiscuss that with me here. Lets all who are intersted talk about it here. I am telling you that the change i made is not even near to fatal so don't panic like always and first see the changes and than do what you think you can do. --SmartM&M (talk) 17:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Navigation templates are supposed to be functional, not good looking. And sorry to say, but this one isn't even good looking. The title is huge and unwieldy and the groups are lopsided. There's no reason to split the cast into present and former, because that shows a bias towards current events. As an encyclopaedia, we're supposed to document the show as a whole, not chronicle the ever changing entrances and exits of new characters like a TV guide. WP:NAV says "There should be justification for a template to deviate from standard colors and styles" and there is no such justification here, beyond you personally thinking that the standard template is ugly - an issue you should instead raise on the main template's talkpage. Frickative 17:37, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, no problem! I respect your decision, but the thing I don't understand is why you don't like the TItle. Just see this - Template:Desperate Housewives! There Template is like the one i made! And nobody said anything to them. And sorry about saying this but because of you the articles about Grey's Anatomy are distaster. If somebody made just the slightest change you'll "fix it". I am very very good user but not on this wikipedia and from now I'll try to be active here too. So all I want is to help you. You are the only one who see these articles. I just want to make order about Grey's anatomy articles here like that about Desperate Housewives. All I want is respect from you and if deny me changes all the time I won't bother undo them. Good wishes! --SmartM&M (talk) 14:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the new look of the template! 

message: So I get that this is an encyclopedia but that doesn't mean you have to do it all strictly. Arranging the characters by alphabet is not helping anyone, I think. Arranging them by their appearance throughout the show is a much better help.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.244.91.2 (talk) 16:08, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think if we're going to do that, we need to list the order of the entire cast, past and current as opposed to segregating the past cast members at the end. The template shouldn't show any bias towards current vs past events, but the cast as a whole throughout its entire history-run. I would like to note that House currently holds FA status uses the order of how how they appear on the title credits. Ace(T•CON) 22:38, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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message: Since the template links to Private Practice and Station 19, I vote we combine the (unneeded due to it's small size) Private Practice template with the Grey's Anatomy template to get the following.
This way it makes the franchise feel less disconnected, while also eliminated a rather small, unneeded template and allowing easy navigation through the franchise in it's entirety. 2605:E000:180F:BC:6DA0:31C3:899E:CE97 (talk) 03:20, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Franchise as a whole?