Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Carry On series on screen and stage/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 10:01, 2 August 2013 (UTC).

Carry On series on screen and stage

 * Nominator(s):  Cassianto Talk    and SchroCat (talk) 21:37, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Carry On series (1958–78) was a long-running, low-budget British sequence of comedy films produced between 1958 and 1992. The series relied largely on innuendo and double entendre, and consisted of 31 films, one television series including three Christmas specials, and three West End and provincial stage plays. Next to the James Bond films, the Carry Ons comprise the largest number of films of any British series and are the second-longest continually-running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). I have spent the last few weeks compiling this list ably assisted by my glamorous assistant SchroCat, and we believe that it now meets all the relevant criteria for it to be considered a featured list. --  Cassianto Talk   21:30, 18 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment This may be beyond the scope of this nomination, but is it possible to have the individual films/tv shows referenced in this list wiki-linked to this page? I checked the first two films and neither linked to this list. If it will become featured, it surely will benefit from the traffic from the individual pages. Mattximus (talk) 00:28, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Edit On further inspection, it appears none of the pages link to this list, it's essentially an orphaned article, this needs to be fixed before being promoted. Mattximus (talk) 00:35, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean listing this article in a "See also" section in each film article? --   Cassianto Talk   07:56, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I know what you mean. I'll get onto it now. --   Cassianto Talk   08:40, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Just about beat you to it Cass! Now done. - SchroCat (talk) 08:43, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Query - the article states that there were "numerous West End and provincial stage plays", yet only three are listed.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:28, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Changed. --  Cassianto Talk   08:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

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Comments from Crisco 1492

 * one television series of thirteen episodes (including three Christmas specials), - Further below you say the specials were made first, even before the series was ordered.
 * Order fixed. --  Cassianto Talk   19:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


 * You duplicate "Production (for Nurse) lasted a month, starting in November and finishing shortly before Christmas 1958. The film was released in March 1959."
 * Oh dear! I didn't see that thanks. --   Cassianto Talk   17:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Regardless had the highest amount of unused material omitted from the final script. - final script or cut?
 * Reworked. --  Cassianto Talk   09:35, 20 July 2013 (UTC)


 * an original story by Dick Hills and Sid Green called Call Me a Cab. - novel or short story? If the latter, use quotes
 * It was a script taken from stage play which was adopted as a basis for the story, rewritten by Tolly Rothwell. Cabby was not intended to be part of the series, but things changed mid-production. I think that deserves Itals? --   Cassianto Talk   19:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Was the stage play entitled Call Me a Cab? You've been using quotes for scripts. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:07, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Working on this... --  Cassianto Talk   09:29, 20 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Dr. No, - year? Actually, a lot of these works of fiction could use years
 * Done. What are the other ones you see? --   Cassianto Talk   08:18, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Basically any published work of literature or film which has been adapted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:26, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I have caught all of the films. The scripts are a little different as I cannot find any years for them online (none reliable anyway).  I will consult the books once I am back from the gym. --   Cassianto Talk   09:29, 20 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Carry On Camping was perhaps one of the best known films of the series. -according to whom?
 * Bit of accidental POV there, sorry. --  Cassianto Talk   17:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


 * "Anne of a Thousand Lays" - So no issues with this at the censors? ...
 * The title was never used, and was a working title only. (although it was used as a jokey, alternative title at the beginning of the film: the censors were not happy with this, but allowed it for this use only) --  Cassianto Talk   17:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It appears to have had some impact. Unless, of course, this is a coincidence]. Not for our article here, however. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I think this would have been a coincidence. This EL seems to be completely unrelated to the Carry Ons and is 28 years apart.  Unless of course I'm missing something. Unfortunately, I cannot link this to the use of the alternative title used in Henry as nothing suggests that. --   Cassianto Talk  ' 08:57, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * As I said, "Not for our article here, however." (Hence the small font too, just thought it interesting) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:13, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was interesting. It makes me wonder on how many other things were borrowed/stolen from the Carry On's :-) --   Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   09:29, 20 July 2013 (UTC)


 * What's with linking the film title twice in its respective row?
 * Deleted link to the film in each of the "Notes" section.


 * That's Entertainment! - Italics? No?
 * Done. --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   17:40, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Otherwise quite interesting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:03, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * And the others? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:10, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Doing...RL caused me to pause. Also, I need the books which weren't to hand yesterday --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   07:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, alright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:58, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Support on prose. Solid work, guys (sorry took me so long, I thought you were still on the Call Me a Cab, but it seems you've gotten that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:50, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No, it was me who dragged their heels on this one Crisco. You will now find the itals restored for the scripts and the Call Me a Cab farce now corrected. Thank you for the review and the much appreciated support. --   Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   18:56, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, even later to the party, having been to one of those bits of Britain where they have yet to discover mobile signals! Many thanks for your thoughts here: much appreciated! - SchroCat (talk) 21:32, 21 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support: Great job on meeting every single criteria for FL, espicially on the prose! SoapFan12 16:07, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your support. --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   11:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your thoughts Lemonade: much appreciated - SchroCat (talk) 12:08, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support – A fine list. Lemonade51 (talk) 16:24, 26 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. I gave the page a light copy-editing earlier this month, but have not contributed anything of substance. I know an unreasonable amount about this gloriously dreadful series, and I think the nominators have boiled the constituent films down very skilfully here. As an overview of the series I don't see how this could be bettered. – Tim riley (talk) 00:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you Tim! --  Cassianto <sup style="font-family:Papyrus;">Talk   11:02, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Ditto! All the best - SchroCat (talk) 12:08, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support although I suggest you change the following: "Production lasted from March to May 1958, and was released in August of that year" - production was not released in August, so you need to add something like "the film" before "was released". In a similar vein, "Rothwell wrote a script called "Carry On Courting" but was re-titled by Rogers to Carry On Loving" needs changing - Rothwell was not re-titled so you need to add in "it" or similar..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Chris: your two suggestions both now implemented. Thanks for your comments and time. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 12:08, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


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