Talk:Field Trip (The X-Files)

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 * Update; please see WikiProject The X-Files A-Class review/Field Trip/archive1. Thank you. TBrandley 03:16, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

rename Field Trip (TV episode)
wikipedia often labels media with an descriptor to avoid confusion with the common name, ex air force one and Air Force One (film), or DEFCON and Defcon (album) and DEFCON (video game). I suggest we rename this article to Field Trip (TV episode), as most people searching "field trip" are not looking for a tv show, ref: wp:commonname. Darkstar1st (talk) 10:01, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Most people capitalising the T in Trip certainly aren't looking for the basic noun; but even for those that make such a mistake, there's already a hat note to point them in the right direction. Moving something that doesn't actually require disambiguation is adding additional complication and editing work where it isn't warranted. WP:PTOPIC (which I believe you mean, rather than WP:COMMONNAME) would only apply when two or items share exactly the same name (such as, for example, the film Fight Club versus the book Fight Club (novel)—one gets precedence because they both share identical casing, but if one was Fight Club and the other fight club, there'd be no such need). GRAPPLE   X  10:15, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * do you have a source for your claim about capital T? a google search using such directs the user to the outing article here. Darkstar1st (talk) 10:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Google doesn't treat casing differently in the same way we do. Ask yourself the common sense question though—why capitalise it if you're not intending to capitalise it? If you're searching for something that isn't a proper noun, why not just use lower case? There's a reason that the distinction exists in the software, and that's for convenience. It's much simpler to avoid unnecessary disambiguation; and in any case, both field trip and Field Trip are suitable hat noted for any users who make the mistake of coming across the wrong one. GRAPPLE   X  10:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * do you have a source for your claim about google casing? this term is already crowded with Fieldtrip, Field Trip (song), The Field Trip (tv show, mobile ap AND film) and field trip, as well as several other tv episodes by the same name Field Trip (How I Met Your Mother). if any term ever needed a disambig and or rename, Field Trip does. Darkstar1st (talk) 11:09, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * If you feel it needs to be disambiguated versus Field Trip (How I Met Your Mother) (Field Trip (song) is a redirect so that's no use), that's a different matter, which could be discussed if you want to start a move request. However, it does not need to be disambuated against articles with different titles, such as field trip, Fieldtrip or The Field Trip, all of which would require a hat note or disambig page (would should be titled field trip if anything). And as for a source about google, just check it yourself—search for a term in all lower case, then search for the same term in title case (here's all lower case, here is title case. Exact same results). GRAPPLE   X  11:23, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

discussion to request move
since another more recent and popular tv episode shares the same name, i suggest we rename this article Field Trip (X-Files). Darkstar1st (talk) 11:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Real Fungus inspiration?
[] or is there another humungus fungus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.33.18.10 (talk) 13:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Debatable plot commentary

 * As Mulder arrives in the fields, he inadvertently drives over a patch of mushrooms which releases a cloud of hallucinogenic spores. Mulder—unbeknownst to the viewer—begins to hallucinate.

I think that's a bit of editorializing and debatable. There are several subtle elements that make it clear to the viewer that is paying close attention that Mulder is hallucinating, starting with the quick shot of the car running over the mushroom. Viriditas (talk) 11:14, 3 September 2015 (UTC)