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The result of the debate was Support amendment. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 01:39, February 16, 2014 (UTC)

Apparently, there is a loophole in the OOU Layout Guide that allows for TV series and seasons to retain the {{App}} template, despite being essentially the same as a novel or comic series. So, #10 on the Published narrative works LG should be altered to:

Appearances uses {{App}} and is only necessary for articles on individual works, such as a single novel, comic, or episode. It should not be used for articles on collections of multiple works, such as a book trilogy, television series or season, comic book story arc or series. (An exception to this is for a series that has not yet been released, where its episodes or issues do not yet have articles. In that case, the information on the series' appearances may be contained within the series' article until such time that it can be moved to the appropriate episode or issue.) For novels with a Dramatis Personae, the Dramatis Personae is listed at the beginning of this section's "Characters" sub-section.

This would result in the removal of the {{App}} template from our articles on television series and seasons, just as we do for comics and books.

  • Note: the text in the parantheses in the middle of the proposal is an addendum regarding exceptions such as Star Wars Rebels.

Voting

Support

  1. Cade GalacticRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit Calrayn 21:58, January 28, 2014 (UTC)
  2. Per our IRC discussion JangFett (Talk) 21:59, January 28, 2014 (UTC)
  3. Makes sense. Supreme Emperor (talk) 22:02, January 28, 2014 (UTC)
  4. Common sense. —MJ— Training Room 22:58, January 28, 2014 (UTC)
  5. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 11:43, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  6. 501st dogma(talk) 12:09, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  7. 1358 (Talk) 12:13, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  8. Exiled Jedi Oldrepublic crest (Greetings) 17:46, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  9. —Cal JediInfinite Empire (Personal Comm Channel) 17:49, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  10. <-Omicron(Leave a message at the BEEP!) 17:54, January 29, 2014 (UTC)
  11. Tis reasonable. Winterz (talk) 04:39, January 30, 2014 (UTC)
  12. If only to be consistent. Corellian PremierJedi symbolThe Force will be with you always 17:20, January 31, 2014 (UTC)
  13. Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:50, February 2, 2014 (UTC)
  14. Trip391 (talk) 15:24, February 2, 2014 (UTC)
  15. MasterFredCommerce Guild(Whatever) 15:40, February 2, 2014 (UTC)
  16. ~SavageBOB sig 15:37, February 3, 2014 (UTC)
  17. Nearly five years too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </noob> CC7567 (talk) 17:26, February 8, 2014 (UTC)
    • I support the policy with the recent amendment for articles on unreleased media. CC7567 (talk) 18:10, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
  18. grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 17:49, February 14, 2014 (UTC)

Oppose

Now that I think about it more, I support implementing this for everything but Rebels, which isn't going to be released for at least another half a year. The information that we have so far on appearances in Rebels (provided it's properly confirmed) should ideally go in some OOU article on the site—and right now, the only place for it is the Rebels TV series article itself, so I would not support outright removing the Appearances section from that article until after the series actually premieres. Perhaps a retroactive clause should be added to avoid applying this to Rebels until other Rebels-related articles can house the Appearances, but until then, I don't support the proposal as it stands. CC7567 (talk) 17:54, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
  • I totally get what you're saying, so I've added an exception to the policy. What do you think? Cade GalacticRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit Calrayn 17:59, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
    • That's fine with me, but you'll need to get some form of approval from all the users above who previously voted yes prior to this amendment. CC7567 (talk) 18:01, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
      • Of course; I just wanted to make sure it met your approval first. Cade GalacticRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit Calrayn 18:02, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
        • I made some minor wording adjustments to your addition, but I'd support it. CC7567 (talk) 18:04, February 12, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

In the proposal, after "comic book story arc or series", you have a comma immediately followed by a period. Should something be between them or should the comma be removed? —MJ— Holocomm 22:48, January 28, 2014 (UTC)