Talk:List of Under the Dome episodes

episodes with pages

For the episodes listed with pages of their own should the synopsis' of each episode be removed from this pageTacfuJecan (talk) 04:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

I reiterate In the event of episodes with their own pages (examples follow List of Lost episodes, List of The Walking Dead episodes and List of Game of Thrones episodes) synopsis on episode list pages are unnecessary and clutter up the page. Synopsis on episode list pages are fine when episodes do not have individual pages.TacfuJecan (talk) 02:30, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

No need to repeat yourself. You can add to your previous post if necessary. By the way, the plural of synopsis is synopses. --Musdan77 (talk) 05:21, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The difference between this page and those pages is that the episode lists are transcluded to individual season pages. Go to Lost (season 1), The Walking Dead (season 2) and Game of Thrones (season 3) and you'll find that the episode summaries are still in tact and accessible in the episode tables. The summaries aren't made irrelevant by the creation of individual episode articles and Under the Dome doesn't have an article for its first season like the examples listed above. The table summaries don't need to be removed, the episode article summaries need to be expanded. You invalidate your own argument by listing examples of episode tables that have retained the summaries even though they both have season and episode pages. -- SchrutedIt08 (talk) 08:55, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

That's true about the season pages. However, I think that if the episode has its own page, the summary/synopsis on the list page shouldn't be more than a few lines/sentences. If people want more detail, let them go to the episode page. --Musdan77 (talk) 17:49, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Both SchrutedIt08 and Musdan77 are correct. Summary lengths here should max out at 300 words at the most, even with separate episode articles. People can read the summaries here, and then, if they choose, read the expanded articles. A good rule of thumb is to look ahead and envision how large this page would be if there were no separate articles at all. — Wyliepedia 18:14, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

I am somewhat bemused that an editor is taking a heavy handed approach and is attempting to wipe every summary on the episodes page because some have episode pages. What about the 10 episodes on the Season 2 area that don't? Certainly there are a lot of pages on Wikipedia that have summaries and episode pages, this is a standard. There appears to be no consensus here for this page. I am for keeping the summaries, but I'm against someone acting like he has the authority to decide without discussing. 86.15.195.205 (talk) 03:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

I quite agree with you. Even if an episode has it's own episode page, it still required a summary on the main episodes page - for example, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 2). An episode article will appear to have no summary if it has it's own season pages, and the episode tables are transcluded/pulled from their respective season pages, where the summary exist - for example, List of Vikings episodes. If the user continues to remove the episode summaries, they will be reported for a breach of 3RR and vandalism. AlexTheWhovian (talk) 03:22, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Should the summaries really be so long and spoilery?

CBS releases a short, compact and non-spoilery summary for each episode, so that viewers can easily find out if they have watched that episode before without reading spoilers. On this Wiki page, you can read everything that happens, spoilers too. Would it be an idea to copy the summaries from CBS press releases to this article, and on the individual season pages, list these more advances, spoilery summaries there? Just a thought. Hope someone understands what I mean :) TechRage (talk) 16:55, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

You cannot copy and paste summaries from other sites. Even if you provide a reference, it's a copyright violation and has to be removed. Summaries for episodes can only be added in your own words. As for the length, average summaries should be between 100-300 words (although a little more for complicated plots is acceptable) so some of these do need to be trimmed down a bit. Also, Wikipedia does not censor spoilers. Read WP:COPYVIO, Template:Episode list and WP:SPOILER. -- SchrutedIt08 (talk) 21:27, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

How about an expand option for all of the summaries? It hides spoilers and makes the page shorter. 86.86.215.140 (talk) 13:31, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

This does not exist. Wikipedia doesn't take note of spoilers (WP:SPOILER) - it's an encyclopedia. AlexTheWhovian (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

The long summaries for all 26 episodes have now all been shortened to under 200 words; the guideline I used was six lines of text (at least, rendered so in my browser). Long summaries in the future ought to be undone until someone provides a shorter one. Alex|The|Whovian 11:52, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Removing might seem a bit harsh on the editor, if anything if you've seen the episode and the summary can be trimmed quickly it should remain. If someone has done a summary that is a bit incoherent and is longer than 12 lines on the page, a complete(But shorter) rewrite highlighting the important parts of the episode should be done. The thing is I think we need to encourage people to do summaries in general. Using that cleanup tag on a long summary for Season 3 should be considered too. 86.15.195.205 (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

I disagree. There should be no need to add a tag ad trim every single week. It would be a hell of a lot easier if the editor in question adding the summary simply added it within the confines of the limit of 200 words. Besides, it's taken us six month since the end of Season 2 to clean up the summaries - it looks nice as it is, let's not mess it up further with long summaries. Alex|The|Whovian 02:08, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Apologies I was speaking about future summaries, such as with Season 3 onwards. I think we both know that this show will go on beyond Season 3, as Extant was renewed with far worse numbers and this show would have to drop quite a lot in the ratings to be ended. But to be clear I do support what you're saying. 86.15.195.205 (talk) 23:06, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

s2e10 / #210 / ep23 "The Fall"

script episode name: "The Fall"
production number : #210-023
episode 23 , season 2 episode 10
directed by : Eriq La Salle
written by : Alexandra McNally & Mark Linehan Bruner
source
--82.131.119.21 (talk) 01:22, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Season pages

I think we need season pages for this series, it may also help with cleaning up the main article by moving relevant information per season over. Of course I don't think there's any rush for this, but when the show gets a 4th season renewal, some kind soul making the effort during the hiatus to create them would be doing a great service. 86.15.195.205 (talk) 19:42, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Not necessarily, Castle (TV series) is doing fine with seven seasons and no season pages. If you want to take part in this job, you're more than welcome to. However, you'll need more than just the episode tables - production information, casting information, ratings, etc. are required. Alex|The|Whovian 01:45, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Final season?

On Channel5 in the UK, the continuity announcer made mention of the "opening episode of Under The Dome's third and final season". Does anybody know if this is true or just an error in the continuity annoucement? I've found little online to either confirm or deny it so far, but I know that my Google Fu is weak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.198.158.158 (talk) 00:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Probably an error. It only gets added to the article once there's online sources to back it up. Alex|The|Whovian 01:21, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

O yes certainly, I wasn't suggesting adding unsubstantiated rumours to the article, I know that would be wrong. I was just wondering if anybody else might have seen or heard anything as well? KoopaCooper (talk) 13:24, 13 August 2015 (UTC)