Talk:Gallipoli (miniseries)

NZ dates
MOS:TV doesn't mention anything about not listing the first international broadcast date if it pre-dates the original airing in the country of origin in the actual episode table.

The only thing it even says regarding international dates is that the country of origin dates should be used in the basic overview table. MOS:TV

- Wattlebird (talk) 10:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * MOS:TV also doesn't mention anything about listing the first international broadcast dates before the dates of the origin country. Given that Gallipoli is a miniseries, and will only have the one season of seven episodes, the Episode Table serves as the overview table for number of episodes and airing dates. Hence, your latter statement stands true: "the country of origin dates should be used in the basic overview table". AlexTheWhovian (talk) 10:16, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * It's also not an explict guideline either. The NZ dates are notable as they are the first dates the episode did air anywhere in the world. Now if it, for example, aired in the UK after NZ but before the AU date, that date would be excluded because there is nothing special about that UK date as it wasn't the global first, or the origin country first.
 * Those outlines are specifically for a series overview table. Since this is a miniseries and there is no overview table, as far as this article is concerned, that entire section of MOS:TV doesn't exist - it doesn't specify that an episode table can serve as an overview table for miniseries or be treated as such and follow the guidelines for a different table. - 10:24, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * The entirety of MOS:TV exists for all television series articles whether a series overview table exists or not. It may also not be an explicit guideline, but is a guideline nonetheless that should be followed, hence its very existence. I agree with your point on the UK dates, but why clutter up the table with these New Zealand dates when a note exists below the table stating the exact same thing? AlexTheWhovian (talk) 10:33, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Unlike Forever where every episode aired one day prior in Canada, the gap between NZ and AU is not the same for each episode, so a single note cannot exist that conveys the information while retaining that clean look. Episodes 5 and 6 have a five day gap, and episode 7 has a eleven day gap.
 * If the gap was the same for every episode, then yes a note would suffice. But because one note cannot cover it simply, listing the actual dates produces a cleaner result. - 10:47, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I certainly believe that it can. "In New Zealand, the fifth episode was broadcast on 4 March 2015, and the final two on 11 March 2015." This could even be placed in the Broadcast section, where it more than likely belongs. Or in a new "Notes" section, with the note added to the Australian dates as one might find in the header of the episode table for Forever. Although, in this case, no permanent source (given that TV guides do not keep their guides for every day available to the public) has been given for these dates, Australian or New Zealand. If it is a cleaner result you desire, the ultimate result is when all rows in the Episode Table are one line high, giving consistency for the entire table. AlexTheWhovian (talk) 11:00, 26 February 2015 (UTC)