Talk:Point Pleasant (TV series)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:TONE, WP:INUNIVERSE and Broadcast info
This is a relatively old Wiki article (dating to Jan. 2005), so it's not surprising that it doesn't confirm to current Wikipedia standards. But it is problematic on several fronts:

Statements like The show's executive producer was Marti Noxon, who worked closely with Joss Whedon for several seasons on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For this reason, Point Pleasant initially drew in many of that show's fans, but Point Pleasant had a distinct "soapy" flavor, more in the vein of shows like Melrose Place or The O.C. than Buffy. The resulting drop in viewership eventually led to the show's cancellation... absolutely need to be sourced to something – failing that, it comes off as either WP:OR or WP:COMMENTARY. The following, However, advocates of the show point to its gothic tone, its tempered, surprisingly subtle use of special effects, and the potential of the overall plotline as solid reasons the show should have stayed on the air... is even worse, and reeks of outright WP:COMMENTARY, or worse as a WP:NPOV violation... It's likely I will eventually remove the latter, and will severely trim the former if there's no sourcing to back it up.

A lot of the rest of the article, esp. the 'Synopsis' section is probably an WP:INUNIVERSE violation, and should be similarly trimmed.

Finally, the broadcast info in the lede should be (mostly) transferred to a 'Broadcast [and release]' section. Preferably, it should also be sourced to something, though I suspect that will be difficult for this specific info.

Anyway, this article needs a lot of editing/improvement to get up to current Wikipedia standards. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:57, 15 January 2023 (UTC)