Talk:Dead Ringers (series)

Quotes
There are too many quotes in this article. Wikipedia is not a place to collect quotes. Wikiquote is. - LeonWhite 23:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree. Also I don't think the Youtube links at the bottom are very encyclopaedic. -- Mark (Talk 21:23, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've created a Wikiquote link for the article. ISD 16:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Excessive YouTube links
The numerous YouTube links in the performers section need to be removed - this isn't a directory for YouTube clips, and most, if not all, will be in violation of BBC copyright. 172.207.72.127 20:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

English Essay
Jon Culshaw had said they were working on a seventh series and a christmas special, however a christmas special won't be aired this year but there is a repeat of last years christmas special on new years eve at 10:30. But does this mean there'll still be a seventh series? One reason for no christmas special could be the fact that Jan Ravans appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and it could have been hard to organise a filming at such a short time.

The question in the middle makes it seem like an english essay for a schoolkid who has run out of things to say and wants to pad it out a bit. The part after is also pure speculation with no evidence reported or cited in the article. 172.206.122.27 22:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Greg Dyke / Michael Grade
I believe the article confuses Dyke with Grade in the matter of Doctor Who cancellation. 81.201.134.213 10:02, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Dead Ringers.jpg
Image:Dead Ringers.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 00:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Why isn't the show around anymore?
I find this a lot on Wikipedia articles for BBC programme's, they talk a lot about the show which is great but never seem to give a reason for the show being cancelled.--EchetusXe (talk) 19:51, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If you can find a reason for the show being cancelled (if, indeed, it has been), then by all means add it. Until then, you're as clued up as the rest of us. Talk Islander 20:28, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Change of state
Never marked an edit before on the talk page but i was told its good form to do so, so here it is:

I just changed:

, the parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" is the 40th most viewed video on YouTube.

to:

, the parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" was the 40th most viewed video on YouTube.

I assume this is ok, and correct, as it is no longer 2007.

New characters.
Listing the new characters-Jim Carter, Neil Nunes, Olivia Colman, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, etc Slightnostalgia (talk) 18:24, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Someone need to fix the problems on this Talk page too. Slightnostalgia (talk) 12:15, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Dead Ringers (comedy). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070302183839/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/broadband/mediawrapper/consoles/deadringers/bb_rm_console.shtml?pack5 to http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediawrapper/consoles/deadringers/bb_rm_console.shtml?pack5
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20050324171548/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/comedy/deadringers/clips/clip3.shtml to http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/deadringers/clips/clip3.shtml

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers. —cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 20:01, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 one external links on Dead Ringers (comedy). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090421073510/http://www.comedycentral.co.uk:80/daily-fix/news/58676-ringers-is-dead to http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/daily-fix/news/58676-ringers-is-dead
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060725115903/http://digitaltoast.co.uk/mad/aud/dead_ringers/Dead%20Ringers%20-%20Brian%20Perkins.mp3 to http://digitaltoast.co.uk/mad/aud/dead_ringers/Dead%20Ringers%20-%20Brian%20Perkins.mp3

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 03:25, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 11 July 2021

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Moved to Dead Ringers (series). There is a clear consensus for a move, and "series" appears to be the most supported target. BD2412 T 01:48, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Dead Ringers (comedy) → Dead Ringers (radio and TV programme) – "Comedy" is not a standard disambiguator for media. If this radio and TV programme should be classified as a series, then the correct disambiguator is Dead Ringers (radio and TV series). Or should "TV" be listed first? –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 15:16, 11 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Support a change. The issue with combining "similar" programs into one article is that there is no focus to the article and it's all over the place. I've tried understanding from the reading of the article if the programs are the same on radio on TV, same hosts, but the article just fails to explain anything. As such, we are stuck with this mess and the above proposal seems fitting. It's much better than "comedy" which helps little to identify this and which is not supported by TV, radio or film naming conventions. Gonnym (talk) 10:09, 12 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Support Dead Ringers (series). We don't usually use dual disambiguation. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:48, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Support alternate proposal Dead Ringers (series). I do not think there is anything seriously wrong with the current title, the disambiguator (comedy) may not be used elsewhere but there's always a first time and it seems perfectly recognisable and otherwise adequate here. But there seems a strong desire to use a disambiguator already used for other articles, so let us just do so and move on. Andrewa (talk) 16:15, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.