Forum: The Situation Room > Episode pages
I have a suggestion. On every episode page, at the bottom there is the Template:browser which indicates the previous episode and the next episode. On character pages, there is the Template:Appearances (e.g. Template:Appearances1). I think a similar template to Template:Appearances should appear on the episode pages as well. So, rather than being limited to just the previous episode and next episode, the links to all the episodes in that particular season would appear. I think it would be more convenient. Comp25 15:45, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- Can you demonstrate your idea in the Sandbox? I'd like to see what this would entail. – Blue Rook 05:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)talkcontribs
Okay, I posted it in the sandbox. Comp25 21:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- I see what you meant. This would make the next/previous episode bar that is on each of the episode pages obsolete. If we used your idea, we'd need to link all the episodes except the one that is currently being viewed. I'd say we keep it like it is. Any other thoughts? – Blue Rook 00:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)talkcontribs
- No, if you made a template with links to all the episodes, the one it was on would just be bolded. Go look at Lostpedia's episode pages. I'd be in favor of this change, it's inconvenient to have to go to the season page and then scroll down some to get to another episode. --Pyramidhead 09:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Lostpedia actually does what I was describing: it links to all of the episodes except the one that is being viewed. I'm hesitant with this because the next idea might be to include this template in actor pages. It was made for characters, and I'd need some assurance it won't wind up on actor pages. Also, if this goes through, we may need to create another template altogether, one that functions oppositely of the current one. Absolutely no sane editor would want the bottom of an episode page being cluttered with a wikitext block of twenty-three "episode=yes" at the bottom. – Blue Rook 17:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)talkcontribs
Yeah, personally I prefer it as it is now. SignorSimon 06:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- I understand what Pyramidhead is saying. Wikipedia uses a billion of these little template. We have a couple, like {{CTU}}, {{United States}} and {{Wiki 24}}. It works in exactly the same way, but just looks like the Appearances template. No switches are needed, as every episode page merely links the template. Here's what I quickly whipped up for Day 1:
- It can be fancied up, I'm sure, but this is the general idea. All that needs to be typed is {{Day1}} at the bottom of each episode page and it'll automatically bold the current article's episode. I think it's a great idea and can't understand why we didn't do it years ago. --Proudhug 04:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)