Talk:The Best of The Amanda Show

Redirection of this article
List of The Amanda Show episodes was redirected to The Amanda Show as the result of an AfD in April 2008 because it was a copyright violation. In September 2008, The Amanda Show (season one) was created, followed in April 2009 by The Amanda Show (season two), The Amanda Show (season three) in May 2009 and The Best of The Amanda Show in July 2009. This has resulted in a somewhat peculiar situation. Normally, episodes would first be added to List of The Amanda Show episodes and when the article became too big (this hasn't happened yet) the seasons would then be split out to their own articles. As per Template:Episode list, episode information from the season articles would be transcluded to List of The Amanda Show episodes but this has not happened. Even though List of The Amanda Show episodes was redirected, the "list_episodes" field in The Amanda Show's info box links to List of The Amanda Show episodes. When somebody clicked on that link it would return them to the beginning of the article, resulting in confusion for readers. I corrected that, making it instead link to The Amanda Show, which contained a table that provides the only links to the individual season articles. This was not the ideal situation, which is that List of The Amanda Show episodes should exist as an article and contain a complete list of episodes, either by transclusion or hard coded into the page. Which method is used ultimately depends on the size of the article. Perusal of the individual season articles showed that they contained only a basic introduction, infobox, basic cast information and episode tables. There was no additional information that justified separate articles for each season. Merging the information in the season articles back to List of The Amanda Show episodes resulted in a total article size of 43.6kB, or around 26kB of readable prose, using a very loose interpretation of the definition. WP:SIZERULE recommends that consideration be given to splitting articles once an article reaches 40-60kB of readable prose. At only 26kB, the amount of readable prose in the restored version of List of The Amanda Show episodes is well below WP:SIZERULE's upper limit of the "Length alone does not justify division" category. Splitting is typically reserved for shows with several seasons, making the "List of" article overly long, and that just isn't the case here, so only the main list article is required. During the merge and re-creation I corrected a significant number of errors and inconsistencies that existed in the separate articles. Many of the errors were concealed by the fact that there were four articles instead of one. With List of The Amanda Show episodes restored, there is no longer any need for the individual season articles. Consequently, they've all been redirected to the appropriate section of List of The Amanda Show episodes. --AussieLegend (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)