Talk:List of Community episodes/Archive 1

Program guide?

 * Wikipedia is not  a program guide, and the very brief descriptions of the episodes in this list violate that, because they are so brief they do resemble those in a program guide. They have to say what actually happened in the episode, not just hint at it. I think most of the better such lists in Wikipedia  have episode sections about  the length of two good paragraphs, not 2 short sentences.    DGG ( talk ) 16:42, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey what if we used the best of both worlds and kept the pages dedicated to each episode up, that way people can find out the full details that way? But on the episode list we can keep concise summaries of the episode. This way people can skim through, like if they are looking for an episode, but remain spoiler free by choice. And then we can use Wikipedia to inform people instead of just showing it off as the only thing we know how to control. Madhatter9max (talk) 07:04, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Alright, has been blanking the episode descriptions for awhile now. I've looked at a few of them, and while some of them might be from outside sources, a bunch of them aren't. Consider the one from the second episode: "Students in Spanish class team up to give presentations showing off their new vocabulary. Jeff is teamed up with Pierce despite his efforts to work with Britta. Shirley and Annie hold a silent protest to draw attention to the plight of journalists in Guatemala." A quick search for that shows that this is the only page with that description. Another thing is that I'm not convinced whoever's adding these is just copying them verbatim from the TV guide or whatever, and actually to assume that they are is a violation of WP:OR, I should think. It's true that some of the descriptions can be found in other places, but whether they were added to Wiki from other sources, or if those other sources are taking them from here, is really unclear.

Now having said that, I more or less agree with DGG above that we should look into rewriting them - and that should be done sooner rather than later. But to throw them all out without any further discussion about it is disruptive, I think. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:26, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The episode guides appear word-for-word in so many places on the net that I have to conclude that Wikipedia's version was lifted from one of them, rather than the other way round. The fact that they read like TV episode summaries is the kicker.  Even the probability of copyvio means they should not stay in the article; they need to be rewritten.  They are copies of episode summaries at imdb, sidereel.com (i.e. ), also check here and here and here and most importantly, this one, whose URL suggests it is the press release blurb for the episode.Black Kite (t) (c) 17:39, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's pretty ironclad proof. I wasn't thinking clearly above, so I've struck my comments accordingly. I left a note on the user's talk page about it. Maybe I'll rewrite them if I find myself with some spare time.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:48, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I would be happy to help out with the rewrites if some guidelines could be provided, as I have never attempted something like this before.  DaJungKi talk2me 10:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Too long?
I wrote some episode summaries for the final episodes of the season. They are a bit more in-depth than the ones from the earlier part of the season. Are they too detailed? Or should I keep a similar approach when adding other episode summaries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.81.141 (talk) 15:23, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd argue they are massively too long, which lends itself to original research issues. A very good model is List of Friends episodes, which has very short summaries yet doesn't go the program-guide route of being mere teasers. Telling everything that happens is only appropriate when an episode needs a full article.Lawikitejana (talk) 19:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

New Summaries
I've added summaries for a few more episodes, I'm hoping to get to them all in at some point. First attempt at this, so any editing help is appreciated. Alex (talk) 21:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Honestly, some of them are coming close to close paraphrasing of the official ones. For example, you wrote "Britta cheats on a test for Spanish class, and Jeff defends her at her hearing with Señor Chang, Professor Duncan, and the Dean. Annie recruits Pierce to write the new school song." On sidereel.com it says "Senor Chang (Ken Jeong) is on the hunt for a cheater and threatens to fail the entire class if the culprit doesn't come forward. When someone confesses, Jeff (Joel McHale) comes to their defense. Meanwhile, Annie (Alison Brie) recruits Pierce (Chevy Chase) to write the new school song." The second sentence is exactly the same. Kinda.. not cool. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:09, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That's actually the only one I didn't write - I just updated the first sentence so it was less teaser-ish. I'll rewrite the second sentence. And Thanks! Alex (talk) 22:11, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I still think they're too close. These summaries need to be longer overall. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:51, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

I wrote the first three summaries (though the Pilot summary was rewritten, for the better). What I did was look at the NBC recaps and just kept the important parts and of course tried to put it into my own words. There's no sense in trying to rewrite the "teaser" summaries, as they don't actually say much about the plot. I suggest looking at the NBC recaps to refresh your memory on the episodes. Drovethrughosts (talk) 16:02, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips, folks. I was following the advice above about modeling after the List of Friends episodes, but seeing now that there are other "List of XYZ episodes" which are classified as good articles, so I'll try and expand what I've done.

As to the recaps, I have all the episodes, so I'll just watch it again and take notes this time. Alex (talk) 22:39, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Episode numbers
Why are there two? Propaniac (talk) 23:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * One is for the season number, and the other is for the overall series number. It looks redundant for the first season, but since there will be a second season, the extra column has been added. Drovethrughosts (talk) 23:28, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Surprisingly, that does make sense (and I see now that there is an explanation above the table). I'm not entirely convinced that the "overall" number is especially useful information, but I don't object to it. However, I have two questions: A. Since there will presumably be separate tables for each season, why not omit the "overall" column from the table for season 1? B. Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to just give each column a title that reflects the content of that column (such as "Season Episode #" and "Overall Episode #"), rather than including a note above the table to the same effect? (Similarly, it seems silly for the template parameters to be named "EpisodeNumber" and "EpisodeNumber2" instead of something that would actually indicate the content of each parameter, but presumably that's an issue with the template and not this page.) Propaniac (talk) 16:34, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Episode summaries
I've created Season 1 as a separate page and transcluded the episodes back to this page. The summaries can be amended at the season page, this also means that they can afford to be longer as this page will not end up with 47 full summaries. I would suggest that in September the season 2 page is created and episodes transcluded here under. Darrenhusted (talk) 16:44, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * This all seems to be quite convoluted with so many pages of overlapping content, viz.:
 * Community (TV series), with a link to:
 * List of Community episodes, which transcludes and  (which list the episodes without descriptions) and links to:
 * Community (season 1) and
 * Community (season 2), which both list the episodes with full descriptions.
 * I came here looking for synopses of each article to help me work out the order and titles of several episodes that I was watching, so I searched for "List of Community episodes" and landed here. There were no summaries, so I naturally assumed that Wikipedia didn't have any descriptions for each episode, and instead I made educated guesses from the titles.  It was only after a few minutes and looking more closely that I realised that there were separate pages with descriptions.
 * IMHO, there is no need for so many pages, at least not yet. This article is dedicated to the episodes and nothing else.  There are less than 50 episodes slated, and we only have 29 so far.  I do not think that this is too unwieldy yet.  Maybe as more seasons are added, but not yet.  From my experience, I would suggest that it would be more helpful to the reader to have either:
 * all of the episodes (with episode descriptions) listed in one article (this one); or
 * separate articles for each season, but not have this separate list (use this page to disambig between seasons). This would stop others from falling into the trap that I did of assuming that the tables in this article contained all of the information that Wikipedia had on each episode.
 * It also seems that the articles for Community (TV series) and Community (season 1) double-up on a lot of content, so they might possibly be merged at the same time.
 * Thoughts? —sroc (talk) 13:51, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

yellow?
Why is season 2 now yellow???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caringtype1 (talk • contribs) 17:25, 23 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It's customary to change the season colors to match the DVD packaging (Community season 2 seen here), as many pages also display the DVD art, and it provides a color consistency for the page.  KnownAlias  X   17:38, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

TBA
why is the episode and season # TBA? is everyone waiting for the moment when they creators start focusing their energy in creatively creating inconsistencies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.88.53.32 (talk) 23:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about "Basic Lupine Urology", it's because all we know is that it's an upcoming episode. We don't know if it will be the first one when the show returns.  Kevinbrogers (talk) 23:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Update
I'm not quite sure how to edit the actual page and put in new information I found regarding the number of viewers for S:03 E:11, and I don't want to screw anything up.

The number of viewers for said episode is 4.894 million.

Cite: Gorman, Bill (March 16, 2012). "http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/03/16/tv-ratings-thursday-missing-premieres-below-charlies-angels-community-jumps-on-return-awake-steadies/124734/". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 16, 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.227.243.98 (talk) 16:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, these are the number of viewers, but they are only the overnight ratings. We (must) wait for the final ratings, which are announced later today, to add them. -- Serienfan2010 (talk) 16:07, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

New Airdate
Not sure about protocol here but is a cast member's twitter considered a reliable source these days? Syko Conor (talk) 18:25, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Future season airdates
This page should reflect that there will be 6 seasons of this show and that the season première dates have not been announced yet.(are TBA) until someone explicitly says otherwise. 92.3.161.119 (talk) 19:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


 * ...AND A MOVIE! 209.172.25.62 (talk) 05:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

When is “mid-season”?
The section on Season 5 says it will “debut midseason”. Can this please be clarified to specify what range of months and years is “midseason”? I looked at the source article but it refers to the “fall season”, and since I live on the opposite side of the globe, anything to do with seasons or USA TV (“NBC fall season”) is meaningless in terms of dates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.176.41 (talk) 10:29, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * North American Autumn is from September to November. (Remember that since you're in Australia [according to your IP address], Autumn and Spring are in each other's places and Summer and Winter are in each other's places.)
 * The United States' broadcast network schedule is like this: 1) "Fall" is mid-September through early December (there are variations).  2) "Winter break" (as I like to call it) is from mid-December through early January.  3) "Midseason" is from mid-January through early May.  (Midseason replacement shows [that replace cancelled or on-hiatus shows] can start as late as May.)  4) "Summer" is from mid-May through early September.
 * In regards to the article saying when fall is, change probably won't happen because this article deals entirely with the United States. (Ref:  the part of WP:SEASON about yearly cycles).  –– Ɔ Ȿ ♭  ௵  ☎ ℡ ☎  00:51, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Re-release
Community is going to be released in region 2 again on October 14, 2014. Should we add this information. This is how the Cougar Town page handled the re-releases:

However, they didn't put it on their series overview table in the list of episodes, and Community doesn't have a dedicated home media releases table so should we add the region 2 re-release somewhere or leave it out?

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Source for production codes
I recently found a source listing every episode's air date, as well as what appears to be the production codes. However, many of these codes do not align with what is listed. I'm not sure if the source is entirely accurate – it appears that the website might just be listing codes sequentially in later seasons – but it does raise the question of where the current production codes come from. Does anyone know what the source is for that currently? If not, I think we need to track that down. RunningTiger123 (talk) 04:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The Futon Critic covers most of the first season and some of the second and third seasons, though there is some inconsistencies. As someone who has been editing Community articles since the series premiered back in 2009, I can vouch for the production codes being correct; of course, I understand that doesn't matter. Back when I used Twitter (since deleted), I tweeted at Dan Harmon to confirm the season 2 production codes, and he obliged; though those tweets are now deleted. Beyond that, the codes are sourced from various places–behind-the-scenes interviews, audio commentaries, and mostly from when Community was available on NBC's press website. The photo galleries for episodes would always display the production number instead of the episode number in the photo caption. Since Community is no longer viewable on the NBC press website, I've found some other sources that reposted the photos that contain the episode's production numbers: "403 Paranormal Parentage", "411 Advanced Intro To Finality", and "505 Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" for some examples. Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:13, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I think I've found a source that may work – the U.S. Copyright Office has a searchable database that seems to list every episode with its production number. However, every episode is listed as a separate item. We could put a citation next to each episode, but if that's inconvenient, we could also try to find a better way to point to the production numbers for each season. Thoughts? RunningTiger123 (talk) 13:37, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * There's also the Writers Guild of America West directory, which recently updated their website to now include season and episode numbers, which are the production order not air date. Here's the links: and  (season 6 has its own separate page, probably because of the move to Yahoo). Drovethrughosts (talk) 13:58, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Those could also be helpful, though they don't have the same format as the existing codes (i.e. 2-1 instead of 201) and there seems to be a few discrepancies (season 1 starts at 1-1 instead of 1-0 and season 6 resets to 1-1, not 6-1). It's a tradeoff; the U.S. Copyright Office seems to match up with existing information (assuming that information is correct), while the WGA's information is more compact and would therefore require fewer sources but may be slightly off. RunningTiger123 (talk) 14:10, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Follow-up: I'm a bit more hesitant to use the WGA's website because their episode numbers seem to just be based on the order in which the episodes were submitted. For Community, this tends to produces the production code by chance since the codes were just 1 digit for the season and 2 digits for the episode number, but this isn't always the case. For example: The Office used four-digit codes; i.e. "The Dundies" is production number 2003 (as stated by the source provided in the article). The WGA, however, lists this as 2-3, which isn't quite the same. You could infer the code is 1 digit for the season and 3 digits for the episode number now, but since the WGA site doesn't say that, I'm hesitant to do that. On the other hand, the U.S. Copyright Office lists this as 02003, so it seems more accurate compared to existing sources. RunningTiger123 (talk) 14:22, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * My main point about the WGA is that is matches the production order, less about the "code". The thing is, "101", "202", etc. (in this instance) are not official production codes, they are just production numbers (season, episode number), because these numbers do not appear in the end credits of an episode. My point being, don't get hung up on 101 vs. 1-1 or any other format. Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I understand that the WGA's website lists the production order, but I don't think we shouldn't extrapolate the production codes based solely on the production order, as there are different formats for different shows. For example, the first episode produced in season 7 for various shows, such as The Office, The X-Files, and The Big Bang Theory, is always listed as 7-1, but the production codes for those episodes vary widely – 7001 for The Office, 7ABX01 for The X-Files, and 4X3501 for The Big Bang Theory. Judging from these examples, there is no way to know how the production code is formatted based solely off of the production order details, and since the article lists the production code, not the production order, I think it's questionable to base the information in that column of the list off a source that only provides the latter. In other words, assuming that the production code is, say, 201 based off the fact that the production order lists it as 2-1 is not reliable. RunningTiger123 (talk) 15:43, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The format of a production code is based on what the production company is. 7ABX01 is a Fox-produced series code, 4X3501 is a WB-produced code, and 7001 or 701 is just a simplified code used for series which don't have official production codes; meaning, there is not a code in the end credits vs. 7ABX01 and 4X3501 which are featured in the end credits of said episode. I'm not sure what point I'm trying make here... but I essentially just provided the WGA links to support that the production numbers are indeed correct. We can change the episode table template to read "Production no." as opposed to code, if that makes you feel more comfortable. It's up to you, as I'm content with the way the article is as it stands. Drovethrughosts (talk) 22:08, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * In that case, I think the best course of action would be to include both the WGA source and a link to the U.S. Copyright Office with details about how to find the episodes via a search (this isn't a great method, but it's the best I can think of without linking every individual episode in the table). Beyond that, I think I'll link the U.S. Copyright Office entries to each individual episode page so as to verify the information there. What do you think? RunningTiger123 (talk) 00:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Alternatively, we could link both the WGA source and the individual USCO entries to each episode's entries, similar to how the ratings are already cited, or we could put the WGA link in the top of the table and the USCO links down below. I personally don't like these options as much, but they could work. RunningTiger123 (talk) 00:11, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Road to the Emmys
Do the "Road to the Emmys (2010)" webisodes actually count as webisodes? Because truly they are nothing more than 30- and 45-second TV ad spots.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.128.199.211 (talk) 08:16, 28 October 2020 (UTC)