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:@[[User:Ajheindel|Ajheindel]] Thanks for your question. {{smiley}} That episode article is so long it’s actually causing my browser to freeze while I’m editing it! Unfortunately, though, there’s no true script to adjust it automatically, but I’m a regular user of [[regex]], which allows me to pattern match in my regular coding/text editor and convert them to whatever I need (in this case, episode tables). — [[User:Alex 21|Alex_21]] [[User talk:Alex 21|TALK]] 01:14, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

::Okay, that is what I figured. With how different everyone does the wikitable lists, it would be pretty difficult to scrip-t something. Most of the lists are not that extreme, I will try some of the smaller ones and see if I can regex something. Thanks! [[User:Ajheindel|Ajheindel]] ([[User talk:Ajheindel|talk]]) 01:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hey Alex, hope you’re doing well.

I’ve been working on a new template called Television Series Rating, backed by a Lua module of the same name. It visualizes per-episode ratings across seasons and automatically calculates season averages. I’ve tried to design it to be skin-friendly, accessible, and not fight light/dark mode or existing page styles.

I’ve put together a demo in my sandbox so you can see how it looks in practice

Before taking it any further, I’d really appreciate your feedback.

Do you think this template (and its module) could make sense on TV show pages, or would it be better suited for lists or user space? Also curious if you see any policy or style concerns with this kind of visual presentation.

No rush at all. Just wanted your honest take before going down the wrong path. Thanks! Overandoutnerd (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi Overandoutnerd, I hope you don’t mind me jumping in here with some thoughts. This graph appears to be based on user ratings, such as those from IMDb, which we do not use on Wikipedia per WP:USERG. In fact, it seems to be very much copied from some images I have seen floating around on social media which would raise concerns for me that we are copying someone else’s visual designs, I’m not sure if there is an actual policy for that but it seems like it could cause trouble for the Wiki. Terms like “perfection”, “garbage”, etc. are also not appropriate for Wikipedia. We are able to use verified critics ratings, such as those on Rotten Tomatoes, and Alex has made a great template that we can use to display those. It looks like the Stranger Things articles are already using them. – adamstom97 (talk) 19:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Overandoutnerd Hey, thanks for coming to me. I’ve also seen this style of per-episode ratings across social media. Unfortunately, as Adam said, it’s also based on audience ratings, which we don’t use per USERG and MOS:TVAUDIENCE (I do note your documentation of “The template does not verify the source of ratings; editors are responsible for ensuring ratings comply with Wikipedia’s sourcing policies.”) The template also uses WP:PEACOCK descriptors, and determines these arbitrarily. For critical responses, we already have {{Television Rotten Tomatoes scores}}. Unfortunately, I’d recommend that this template not be used.

I’m also very interested in your module coding in the Lua language, as this is your first foray into modules, and yet you’ve developed an entire 250-line script. — Alex_21_TALK 21:53, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alex, does MOS:COLHEAD apply to Template:Episode table/part for Template:Episode table? And if not, why? I really need an answer on this because someone keeps using this as justification for removing parts on episode tables, so many thanks if you could! GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 23:32, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @GalaxyFighter55: Yes it does. You can see the why here and further relevant discussion here. TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: So how does one even apply this in a now-conflicting template? Is there any definitive resolution for this or do we keep WP:STATUSQUO for now? GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 00:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) In a related discussion here, Alex 21 pointed out two accepted options. I used the second on the Re:Zero page as I felt it would be less controversial Olliefant (she/her) 02:05, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I did some digging in your two links, and I’m guessing this is the consensus fix for the issue? Is this what we apply going forward? —GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 01:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: and Alex 21, the discussion has continued here User talk:Olliefant#MOS:COLHEAD with no consensus, would either of you be willing to weigh in? I’m advocating for something similar to Doctor Who series 5 while GalaxyFighter55 is advocating for what currently exists at Re:Zero season 3 Olliefant (she/her) 03:29, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I based this off of how it was done on List of Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) episodes. They retained parts information while still adhering to the MOS. It’s clunky, but it makes more sense if we are being honest. I don’t see a reason to make the part ends or starts vague as it already cleared the technical hurdle at hand. —GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 06:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late reply. It seems the involved editors have linked you towards the issue (which I recognize exists, but damn it’s annoying). Has a solution been figured out? — Alex_21_TALK 21:54, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It appears so, for the most part. —GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 06:00, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Alex, I hope you are well. This is the first article I have written myself from scratch (on enwiki). And since I see that you often edit articles from this franchise, I would appreciate your opinion on whether you think it is ready to be submitted. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Franar8 (talk) 01:44, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

When The Good Doctor was airing, notable guests were being added. That section got removed as it was just listing actors and actresses with just one appearance. Ultimately, it’s WP:FANCRUFT. So it’s not disruptive when it’s fancruft or content that is only important to a small portion of readers or fans. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn’t do it!} 03:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. C.C. Hey, thanks for your message. Mass removing content based on another article is WP:OCON. I’ve started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Removal of Guest sections – fancruft?, as there has never been a suggestion or consensus that guest cast is fancruft, especially when it’s mass removing all guest cast rather than just one-episode cast; inclusion of such conforms with WP:TV and MOS:TV, particular MOS:TVCAST. — Alex_21_TALK 04:11, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

While using the Table colours script yesterday there was a wild colour change where it changed #EE1516 to #F1FF16 in this edit. Looks like a bug that needs splatting. – X201 (talk) 08:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@X201 Wow, that’s a wild change. Even testing it out on Snook causes the same issue – changing the saturation or value either way causes it to go wildly yellow. It doesn’t happen with #EE1517, though, so it looks like it’s an issue with this particular hex across any contrast adjusting script. I’ll have to keep my eye on it and figure out why. — Alex_21_TALK 01:12, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have been working through fixing the {{Convert to Episode table}} issues listed at [1], and I have done quite a few (on the order 500). When it is an episode list, it is quite easy, but I am coming across more and more that are wiki tables, which are much more effort to convert. I was wondering if you knew of any ways to convert those? Without the help of some automated tool, I don’t see how it would be feasible to convert most of those articles (for example the page List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes). I will continue with the episode lists for now, but just thought I would see if you knew anything to help those pages. Ajheindel (talk) 00:22, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ajheindel Thanks for your question.

That episode article is so long it’s actually causing my browser to freeze while I’m editing it! Unfortunately, though, there’s no true script to adjust it automatically, but I’m a regular user of regex, which allows me to pattern match in my regular coding/text editor and convert them to whatever I need (in this case, episode tables). — Alex_21_TALK 01:14, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that is what I figured. With how different everyone does the wikitable lists, it would be pretty difficult to scrip-t something. Most of the lists are not that extreme, I will try some of the smaller ones and see if I can regex something. Thanks! Ajheindel (talk) 01:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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