Wikisimpsons:Wiki discussion/Archive 1
Wiki discussion is the place where major discussions and decisions can be made. Larger discussions will have their own pages but smaller discussions will go here.
Contents
Changes to Naming Policy
The end of projects
Foreign versions
Notability
I feel that the notability policy could do with some tweaks. The current one is at Wikisimpsons:Notability. Any and all criticism will be welcomed. Although, I do stand by the guest star character point there. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 17:53, 20 February 2012 (EST)
Categories
Categories with only one article in are pointless and unwanted. Some categories may gather more articles over time but a lot won't. The exception to this we have at the moment is that guest stars all have a country category, even if they are the only one in that category. Should this stay the same or should it change? ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 17:53, 20 February 2012 (EST) Some categories are being updated without the Category name, and no "edit" button. See Quotes page for episode The Kid is All Right. No way to add the memorable quotes from this episode. Help!
Unused Templates
We still have a lot of unused templates. Some can be used, some may not be used. If you see any useful templates there, can you please try and use them. I have deleted most of the old, outdated and unneeded templates from there leaving only a few good ones. Thanks, The Solar Dragon (Talk - Contribs.) 04:26, 1 March 2012 (EST)
- I don't about the other, but b should always be substituted, so it shouldn't be used. |
| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:05, 3 March 2012 (EST)
- {{blocked}} is substed, cite web/doc is unnecessary, comicstories templates were recently created, so nobody's changed or added them, move may be used later on, on this day templates depends on the month (>_>), WSL and WW may be used later on, and "You Won whatever" templates are substed. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:10, 3 March 2012 (EST)
- {{blocked}} is substed, cite web/doc is unnecessary, comicstories templates were recently created, so nobody's changed or added them, move may be used later on, on this day templates depends on the month (>_>), WSL and WW may be used later on, and "You Won whatever" templates are substed. |
Wait until the episode airs
Okay, I have seen several character pages created in advance. These are generally for characters who are to appear in a later episode of the season. I think that they should not be created until after the episode airs. Firstly, because they could be considered speculation. The information about the guest star may not be the same for the character for instance. Secondly, it could be false. Look at deadmau5 for instance. We had an article on him and would have assumed he was playing himself. It would have been another bit of false information. Thirdly, the article would be a stub until the episode airs. In some cases, this may be up to a year later. I don't like making stubs unless you absolutely have to.
Just to clarify, guest star articles and episode articles are fine. Appearance articles should however wait until after the episode airs unless characters have been revealed through promo images and episode descriptions. But characters who are to appear in future episodes, as well as locations, media etc. I feel should not have articles until after the episode airs. Many other wikis follow a similar method to this and I feel that it is right. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 18:56, 17 March 2012 (EDT)
Foreign language pages
I'll get straight to the point, I don't think we should have articles like Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/German. This is an English wiki for the English show and we shouldn't have separate articles for each country's version of each episode. An article about each country's show is fine, but not each episode. I also don't believe we should have lists like this: List of Die Simpsons episodes. At most, we should have a box at the end of an article listing each country's names for the episode and what they translate to etc. Tell me what you think. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 18:27, 20 April 2012 (EDT)
- I'd agree with the first point, as that information can easily be put on other pages. As for the list, I think the size of some, like the German one, would be too long at the end of the normal page.--Cook879 18:33, 20 April 2012 (EDT)
- We don't really need the list of episodes. We can also add a foreign airdate box to episodes as well showing airdates meaning the list pages can go. Solar Dragon (Talk • Contribs.) 02:21, 2 May 2012 (EDT)
SMTP problem
Hi folks! I'm new in this site. However I was editor of Wikipedia a few years ago. I think I can help you with my experience. :-) I registered today and I found a problem. (Sorry if I report it at wrong place.) The verification mail wants to come from a badly configured MTA at 69.72.232.202. The HELO command contains invalid hostname cheetah.cheetah and sender of the mail is also incorrect: <wwwrun@cheetah.cheetah>. I don't think a normal MTA honors such an attempt. Who could fix this? -- 2F13 (talk) 15:13, August 17, 2014 (EDT)
http vs https
I think external links should use secure (https) protocol if possible. E.g. Template:w should point to https://en.wikipedia.org instead of the current http. Another example: when I was anonymous editor I found a copy of Template:Welcomeanon on my talk page that urged me to register but silently redirected me to an unsecure http channel. If you agree I search the templates for possible http→https changes. -- (Gabor)2F13 (talk) 07:09, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
- Agree./AleWi (talk) 07:15, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
- What's the difference? Might as well change them for now but I can't notice any change using either. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 07:33, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
- Changing {{w}} would probably need Solar/Jake to change it. It uses [[wikipedia:]], not a standard external link. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 07:35, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
- I've changed the {{welcomeanon}} template to the https link instead. I've also changed Wikipedia's link to https via Special:Interwiki. The welcomeanon template was overlooked when we added https to the site. If there are any others we have overlooked, feel free to change them or bring them up here if you can't. The Solar Dragon 07:47, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
- Changing {{w}} would probably need Solar/Jake to change it. It uses [[wikipedia:]], not a standard external link. |
- What's the difference? Might as well change them for now but I can't notice any change using either. |
Six other templates are modified. A few further more site are accessible by https but they have certificate problems therefore I left http untouched. I don't want to confuse the readers. :-) --2F13 (talk) 13:55, August 23, 2014 (EDT)
