Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Fringe episodes/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 archived by Crisco 1492 00:38, 4 July 2015.

List of Fringe episodes

 * Nominator(s):  Ruby  2010/  2013  20:15, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

This list includes all episodes of the science fiction series Fringe, which aired from 2008 to 2013 in the US. I've drawn from other television episodes lists for ideas on constructing it, so I hope it is near to meeting the FL criteria. Thanks in advance to any reviewers!  Ruby  2010/  2013  20:15, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Littlecarmen
 * Move all references to the end of the sentences.
 * Per WP:CITEFOOT, "The citation should be added close to the material it supports, offering text–source integrity". If a citation does not support the entire statement, I purposely did not add them to the end. It is meant to make verification easier.  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * "Fringe's pilot episode was picked up by Fox in May 2008,[10][11] and it premiered on September 9.[12][13]" Remove the "it".
 * Done!  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * "Critics hailed the series as a successor to Lost, with an even more expensive pilot;[14] the two series shared many similarities including Abrams' involvement, their characters exploring a series of unexplained events, their use of many of the same actors and writers, and the difficulty in categorizing each show within just one genre.[15]" There's a lot of info in this sentence and not all of it relates to one another, split it up. Is the cost of the pilot significant? If so, add the cost.
 * Tweaked the sentence.  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * "Entertainment Weekly conjectures that despite its ratings decline, Fringe survived for five seasons in part because of Fox executive Kevin Reilly's love of the series, and also due to the network's desire to make amends for the science fiction shows it had previously canceled.[26]" Mention who Kevin Reilly is and what his involvement with the series is.
 * I already mention that he was an executive of Fox. Other than that, he had no specific involvement with the series other than overseeing the network's various entertainment offerings (and deciding what remains and what is canceled). Out of curiosity, what else would you wish me to add here?  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Huh, I somehow missed that one word. It's fine, sorry. Littlecarmen (talk) 22:28, 13 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Why didn't you keep the date format from the article consistent in the references?
 * The citation date format is consistent with other Fringe articles (like The Same Old Story etc.). I didn't start this date style but have attempted to maintain it for consistency.  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Then it should be changed in those articles, too. The date format in the references should be consistent with that in the body of the article. Littlecarmen (talk) 22:28, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I am sympathetic to your concern. However, I feel consensus would be needed to change the format in over 100 articles. And such a change would take a massive quantity of time and effort, which I do not have. Unless this is something a script could do? (I've never used one myself).  Ruby  2010/  2013  15:14, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, you don't need to change them all now. That can be done over time once/if those articles are nominated for FL, FA or GA. I don't know of a script that could do that, I've also never used one, but maybe there is one. Littlecarmen (talk) 17:59, 14 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Only link magazines, publishers etc. the first time you use them.
 * I don't believe this is required and prefer to link every instance, as the citations list is rather long. Also, the bulk of those citations come from the transcluded season pages, so I cannot simply unlink most of them (since then the citations would not be linked at all in the season pages).  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? How does unlinking something here affect other articles? See WP:Overlinking: "Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, but if helpful for readers, a link may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, image captions, footnotes, hatnotes, and at the first occurrence after the lead." Littlecarmen (talk) 22:28, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * In this list of episodes, each season table is taken from the season article (through transclusion). For example, the first season section is tied to the Fringe (season 1) article. Does that make sense? Drovethrughosts or Matthew R Dunn can probably explain this better than me.  Ruby  2010/  2013  15:14, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I didn't notice that. Littlecarmen (talk) 17:59, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Other than that, the list looks great to me! Littlecarmen (talk) 20:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for commenting, Littlecarmen! I had almost forgotten that I nominated this :) Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.  Ruby  2010/  2013  19:40, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Sadly, this nomination has stalled. Feel free to renominate in 2 weeks. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:30, 4 July 2015 (UTC)


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