Forum:Cast/crew interviews

This is an idea I ran by the other administrators (Acer and Blue Rook). Partly inspired by the Lostpedia interviews, I was thinking about incorporating interviews to members of the 24 cast and crew into the Wiki. I think it would be a great idea that could increase the popularity, status, and exposition of the Wiki to the "outside world". Some details:


 * With the Internet and social media, interviews can be done by e-mail or Twitter. And if things work out, maybe we can even do Skype interviews in the future. I'm looking forward to making the interviews myself, but I suppose anyone who manages to get access to a particular actor/actress/crew member can also do so; or at least connect someone else to do so.
 * We could do a monthly or so voting on several people to interview and have links to that months' interview on the Main Page, similar to the FA.
 * We can include a link or banner (like this one) on the article of the interviewed cast or crew member that could lead to the interview.
 * If we end up with enough interviews, a portal like the one I posted above can be created to provide links to every interview.

Any other suggestion is welcome. Thief12 (talk) 00:58, August 9, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, that would be a great idea. --Station7 (talk) 22:22, August 9, 2014 (UTC)


 * That's very good. I do consider our community one of the best tv series wikis, and it will get better and become more official if we can get some cast/crew members on board. --William (talk) 14:44, August 10, 2014 (UTC)


 * I think Jon Cassar said that they got some of the confirmed kills listed in LAD from this wiki, despite some errors on that list. So yes, I think that's a good idea. I think we probably should start with the some of the main cast and crew members and take it from there. What do you think? BattleshipMan (talk) 18:08, August 10, 2014 (UTC)

UPDATE: I'm pleased to announce that we have our first interview subject, and I actually have the interview already. It is with none other than Giles Matthey. I'm sorry I didn't run it by the community, but it was something that sorta happened on Twitter. We exchanged a couple of tweets, he agreed for an e-mail Q&A, and then exchanged a couple of e-mails. I have a total of 13 questions that I will go and edit now in an interview format. I think that some sort of template should be prepared for the main page with a link to the interview. I already played in the sandbox with some banners which can be added to Matthey's article once we have the interview up. Thief12 (talk) 22:39, August 25, 2014 (UTC)