DramaWiki talk:Chinese TV Show Article Formatting
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Combining multiple seasons
Is is possible for you Chinese editors to combine multiple seasons into a single article? Rather than having one article for each season? If a show were to air for, let's say 18 seasons, I don't want to see 18 different articles. It would make more logical sense to keep all the seasons together in one article. We do this for the Japanese articles. Thanks! Groink 19:10, 19 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- How should I start? Where to I send the old (season 2) articles once I combine it to the original (season 1) article? --WaterOB 09:08, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- In the Japanese articles, we section the article as "Season 1", "Season 2", etc. Then in the wikilink within the artist's article, we place [[Drama Name#Season 2|Drama Name 2]] for seasons 2 and up. Groink 11:49, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- Since the combination needs to be done manually (cannot be moved or redirected), what would happened to the old articles (eg: season 2, 3, 4, etc) after the combination? Do we just leave it blank or tag them with request for deletion? --uladelz 15:07, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- I added {{deletebecause|Article has been combined under [[Drama Name]]: Season 2, 3, 4, etc}} to the old articles.--WaterOB 16:04, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- Add #REDIRECT [[Drama Name#Season 2]] to the old articles, so that we don't need to tag them with request for deletion. --uladelz 13:27, 21 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- I added {{deletebecause|Article has been combined under [[Drama Name]]: Season 2, 3, 4, etc}} to the old articles.--WaterOB 16:04, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- Since the combination needs to be done manually (cannot be moved or redirected), what would happened to the old articles (eg: season 2, 3, 4, etc) after the combination? Do we just leave it blank or tag them with request for deletion? --uladelz 15:07, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- In the Japanese articles, we section the article as "Season 1", "Season 2", etc. Then in the wikilink within the artist's article, we place [[Drama Name#Season 2|Drama Name 2]] for seasons 2 and up. Groink 11:49, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
What should we do about unconfirmed season 2 articles, such as Corner with Love 2? --WaterOB 14:51, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- Actually, if the show hasn't been confirmed, there shouldn't even be an article created for it. The {{unconfirmed}} was created as a way to handle incorrectly created articles for shows like Goong 2 and such, seeing no one can delete articles. But in the case of unconfirmed drama articles that already exists, I would just leave it as-is. But make sure that:
- The article contains the {{unconfirmed}} tag.
- NO ARTIST should be linking to the unconfirmed drama article.
Groink 17:57, 20 Aug 2007 (CDT)
What about situations like Liao Zhai 2 and Liao Zhai Qi Nu Zi when the original production company for Liao Zhai split into two and went their separate ways? --WaterOB 08:29, 21 Aug 2007 (CDT)
- I suggest we don't have to combine them and just leave it as what they are now since they went to two different separate ways. Well, not all Japanese articles with different seasons have been combined into one article, so there must be a few exceptions in Chinese section too. --uladelz 09:29, 21 Aug 2007 (CDT)
I find combining different seasons into one article a very sufficient idea. I have noticed it in the Japanese articles. It helps the people who visit DramaWiki save a lot of time in looking up articles. Yamayo69 14:07, 21 Aug 2007
