Template:TV ratings/doc

Usage

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
RogerEbert.com	[1]
The Hollywood Reporter	9/10[2]

Only add a rating if you cite it with a reference.

Multiple seasons

Refer to Template:TV reviews seasons box.

Instructions

The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form, since a review can not be accurately boiled down to a simple rating out of five stars or other numeric score. If an article is lacking a reception section in prose, but the information is presented in table format, the |noprose=yes parameter can be used to tag the article as needing a reception section in prose.

This template is generally the first element after the heading for the section on Reception, Critical reception, Reviews, or something similar. The template should not be used in place of a reception section.

The reviews should be listed alphabetically in the Reviews field. The information in the reviewer field should be the name of the source. Don't forget to wikilink to the relevant article.

The information in the score field should be the rating given in the review (e.g. 4/5). The rating should use the same format as in the review, to accurately portray the score of the review. For star ratings you should use the star rating template; for example, entering {{Rating|4.5|5}}, will render: .

For reviews at Rotten Tomatoes it is convenient to use "RT=" in the template.

For reviews at Metacritic it is convenient to use "MC=" in the template.

Please note that the minus sign character (−) is not the same thing as a hyphen (-).

After the rating should be the citation of the source of the review. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources do not add reviews without a citation. This means a properly formatted footnote, in most cases providing the author, date, and source, along with an external link if available. Do not use an embedded link with no information (e.g. link) as this promotes link rot and is inconsistent with Wikipedia's policy on embedded links. If you must use an embedded link, be sure to manually provide a full citation in the article's References section per Wikipedia:Citing sources.

Usage

{{TV ratings
| title =
| subtitle =
<!-- Aggregate scores -->
| MC = 
| RT =
| aggregate1 = 
| aggregate1score = 
| aggregate2 = 
| aggregate2score = 
| aggregate3 = 
| aggregate3score = 
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Reviewers -->
| rev1 =
| rev1score =
| rev2 =
| rev2score =
| rev3 =
| rev3score =
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Article needs reviews expanded into prose -->
| noprose = <!--yes-->
}}

Parameters

Required fields:

rev#

The name of the reviewer. Too many is not advised, except in appropriate circumstances. For instance, a particularly popular or long-running series, which has several prominent reviews over decades' time.

rev#score

The rating given by the reviewer.

All of the following fields are optional:

title

Can be used to provide a custom title for the table, otherwise, it will default to "Professional ratings".

subtitle

Used to add additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if want a longer title, as long titles via the "title" parameter will not center correctly.

width

Sets the width of the table; default is 24.2em.

MC

Metacritic score.

aggregate#

Name of a review aggregator.

aggregate#score

The rating given by the review aggregator.

noprose

Should only be used for articles that do not have a Reception section summarizing the reviews. If set to yes, will categorize articles into Category:Articles with TV ratings that need to be turned into prose.

RT

Rotten Tomatoes score.

Example

For example, entering

{{TV ratings
| MC = 75/100<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/hillary/season-1|title=Hillary Season 1|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| RT = 73%<ref name="RT">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hillary/s01|title=Hillary: Season 1|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[RogerEbert.com]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Roger Ebert">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hillary|title=Hillary|publisher=RogerEbert.com|last=Tallerico|first=Brian|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Star Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="StarT">{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/documentary-hillary-sets-out-to-prove-the-polarizing-political-figure-is-likable-enough/568278822/|title=Documentary 'Hillary' sets out to prove the polarizing political figure is likable enough|newspaper=Star Tribune|last=Justin|first=Neal|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

will render

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Rotten Tomatoes	73%
Review scores
Source	Rating
RogerEbert.com
Star Tribune

and generate the following footnotes with the sources:

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:TV ratings in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for TV ratings

This template creates a table with reviews for television. Only add a rating if you cite it with a reference. The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First reviewer	rev1	The name of the first reviewer.	String	required
First reviewer's rating	rev1score	The rating given by the first reviewer.	String	required
Second reviewer	rev2	The name of the second reviewer. More reviewers can be added with parameters in the format rev[#] (the next one would be rev3). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.	String	optional
Second reviewer's rating	rev2score	The rating given by the second reviewer. More ratings can be added with parameters in the format rev[#]score (the next one would be rev3score). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.	String	optional
Table title	title	A custom title for the table, replacing "professional ratings".	String	optional
Table subtitle	subtitle	Additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if you want a longer title, as long titles in the "title" parameter will not work right.	String	optional
Table width	width	The width of the table.	String	optional
Metacritic score	MC	The Metacritic score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.	String	optional
Article lacks prose section	noprose	Set this to "yes" to flag articles that have an TV ratings table without a prose reviews section.	String	optional
Rotten Tomatoes score	RT	The Rotten Tomatoes score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.	String	optional
First review aggregator	aggregate1	The name of the first review aggregator.	String	optional
First review aggregator's rating	aggregate1score	The rating given by the first review aggregator.	String	optional
Second review aggregator	aggregate2	The name of the second review aggregator.	String	optional
Second review aggregator's rating	aggregate2score	The rating given by the second review aggregator.	String	optional

See also

• Template:Album ratings
• Template:Film and game ratings
• Template:Video game reviews