Talk:Love & Hip Hop: New York

How to properly credit the cast

This franchise has such a large ensemble cast but not very detailed credits. In order to follow the wiki rules, cast members are put in three categories:

• 1. cast members who appear in opening credits and in confessionals (clearly 'main')
• 2. cast members who aren't in opening credits but appear in multiple episodes/storylines and in the confessionals ('supporting')
• 3. cast members who aren't in opening credits OR confessionals but appear in multiple episodes/storylines or in minor/cameo roles. ('guest')

Cast members in category 2 don't really fit the traditional 'recurring' label as they sometimes have more screen time than some of the main cast members, hence the 'supporting' title.

Main

Supporting

Guest

Pinchofhope (talk) 02:59, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

This is not how it is done. Use WIKICODE, just like every table of this type. You are using template variables which are NEVER to be used in articles. You are using "style", which is unecessary. Haven't a clue why you are using noinclude. Do it right. Bgwhite (talk) 07:15, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

UPDATE: OK IN ORDER TO FIT WITH WIKI RULES, cast must be credited in three categories only, Main, Supporting (eg featured in confessionals/multiple storylines) and Guest, with guests credited in episode details only. 05:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Simplifying the cast timeline

Many of the Wiki television pages are moving away from having separate "current" and "former" sections in the cast line for a more straightforward, overall approach (in fact I've seen the current/former format actively discouraged in talk pages). I wasn't sure at first but it fits better with the rules and visually it makes the timeline much clearer:

Starring	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chrissy Lampkin	Main
Emily Bustamante	Main
Olivia Longott	Main		Supporting
Somaya Reece	Main
Kimbella Vanderhee		Main	Guest		Guest		Main
Yandy Smith-Harris		Main
Erica Mena		Supporting	Main
Jen the Pen			Main
Raqi Thunder			Main
Winter Ramos		Guest	Main
Rashidah Ali			Main	Guest	Supporting
Tahiry Jose			Main
Tara Wallace				Main
Erica Jean				Main
Amina Buddafly				Main
K. Michelle				Main	Guest
Cyn Santana				Supporting	Main
Chrissy Monroe					Main
Cardi B						Main
Moe Money & Sexxy Lexxy						Main
Mariahlynn						Main
Remy Ma						Main

Note:

Thoughts? I would still leave the bios separated as current or former, I would just change the cast table. Let me know and I'll begin changing the pages to suit this format. Pinchofhope (talk) 11:03, 21 October 2016 (UTC)