Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Gene Roddenberry filmography/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 SchroCat 09:43, 5 May 2015.

Gene Roddenberry filmography

 * Nominator(s): Miyagawa (talk) 12:42, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

This article is a recent content split from Gene Roddenberry, which I've been working up over the past few weeks. As the article was approaching 100kb, it seemed the logical thing to do (no Vulcan pun intended!). I have not included the awards recieved by Roddenberry in this list, as I'm anticipating locating them in the main article (surprisingly he didn't recieve many). This is my first time creating a filmography, so I've based it off of previous FLs. The most unusual point about the layout is the inclusion of "executive consultant" in the movies table - but I figured it was better to include it there than have it added as a note for all six films. Miyagawa (talk) 12:42, 16 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Quick comment from Harrias talk 14:41, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Why "9 episodes" etc, but "Five seasons" etc in the Television table? Harrias talk 14:41, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The ones with the seasons were the ones where Roddenberry was series creator - while the ones with the episode numbers were the only episodes of that production he was involved with. Miyagawa (talk) 17:21, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't explain my point at all; why use figures for one set of numbers and words for the other? Harrias talk 18:54, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Gotcha - I've fixed it per the style guide, so words for numbers one through nine, and then actual numbers for 10+. Miyagawa (talk) 12:27, 17 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Support with that change, and those made below, I'm happy that this list meets the FL criteria. Good work. (Any chance you could take a look at Featured list candidates/PCA Player of the Year/archive1?) Harrias talk 09:57, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Tentative support—based on my user name, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I am a Star Trek fan. I did make some changes to correct and simplify the citations: using harvp for the shortened footnotes, correcting the capitalization of Mr. DeCandido's last name and un-curling the single quotes per the MOS. I also merged two sets of duplicate footnotes together There are some minor quibbles left to be fixed, like spelling out the number in "five seasons", but using the numeral in "9 episodes". Most style guides would only use a numeral for numbers 10 and higher, and they would spell out nine and lower, although some also move the line to encompass the teens. I'm sure that will be cleared up to satisfy Harrias in short order. I can see is that the heading above the table on the films is "Filmography" while the other heading is "Television". I would think that since both media make up part of the filmography, that the former one should be "Films" or "Motion pictures" to pair with "Television". Lastly, I don't know why you didn't just put the note about "Unification" into the Notes column of the TV table rather than using a footnote. All in all, it's good work and I think that it should be promoted in due course.  Imzadi 1979  →   21:03, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for those fixed - I've corrected the numbers as mentioned above. I've also changed the films and television sections to subsections under a general filmography section. As for the Unification bit, I just thought the text would be a bit long in the notes section and so thought it'd work better as a footnote. Plus it didn't directly to Roddenberry's work on the series but I thought was worth mentioning. Miyagawa (talk) 12:27, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Support Sorry for the delay. I added a bit of clarification about the LAPD second job thing. I'm sure your bio ref would cover that. Good job! Cowlibob (talk) 02:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'll double check it tonight to make sure it's the right page. Its in there somewhere, but I'm not 100% certain it's the same cite. I'll confirm here once I've checked it. Miyagawa (talk) 11:26, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that I've sorted out that citation now. Miyagawa (talk) 09:48, 4 May 2015 (UTC)


 * – SchroCat (talk) 09:41, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


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