Talk:List of Fanboy & Chum Chum episodes

Episode Synopses Disappearing?

Twice in the the last 6 months, I've seen two sets of comprehensive FBCC episode synopses disappear with no explanation. Are episode synopses considered useless by the local moderators? Or is this the act of vandals? Sure, I've seen a LOT of confusing, incomprehensible summaries of dubious merit, but why is the baby being thrown out with the bathwater, as the expression goes? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 07:17, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Episode List Contents

Hi fellow editors. I'm opening this discussion to establish consensus for what sort of data is shown in the Episode List. I'm a fan of the following information being included:

Episode Title | Writer | Director | Production Code | Airdate

This info used to be in the episode list, but recent wandering editors have deleted this vital information without explanation. I would like to argue that having this info available is useful for at-a-glance reference, as IMDB doesn't always contain info on all of these episodes. I could go either way on the inclusion of episode loglines/synopses but I would beg that they're grammatically correct and brief. I really think the factory loglines should be used, if someone can get their hands on them. Further, I think the "Title Reference" field is rather useless, because either you get the joke or you don't. And it's unsavory to debate with other editors over whether "Book Report of the Dead" is a play on "Day of the Dead" or "Book of the Dead." I also think the inclusion of trivia, e.g., "First appearance of Boog" or "First time Kyle calls the boys idiots," should either be omitted, or should be added in some other trivia-related document. Your thoughts are appreciated! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:17, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

There is a Manual of Style (television) and Wikipedia:Television episodes for guidelines that does for listing episodes to ensure all editors to prevent any trivia and listcruft. JJ98 (Talk) 04:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Cool, thank you for the links. I noticed that in the three examples of "List of" pages, all three examples contain episode director and writer information, which the List of Fanboy and Chum Chum page already had. If a Wiki editor recently deleted that information without explanation, would I be okay to roll back those changes? Thanks for your thoughts. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 07:14, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. JJ98 (Talk) 07:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

• I have removed the trivia from the episode list to conform with the "List of" guidelines and Wikipedia's rules governing noteworthy information. Submissions like, "Kyle doesn't speak in this episode" is not a useful piece of data. There are many characters who don't speak in an episode, but that doesn't qualify as noteworthy information. Further, unless there is some compelling reason to keep it, I will be removing the "Title Reference" information from the page for the same reason. If you object, let's talk about it. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:04, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

• Heads-up! I'm fixin' to remove the Title Reference data from the episode list. I'm on the fence about whether it should stay. It isn't consistent with Wikipedia's "List of" guidelines, and I feel that either you get the joke or you don't. But I'll wait 24 hours in case any of our IP vandals want to contribute an opinion. Now's your chance! We needn't spark an edit war! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Episode Order

Episodes should be ordered by episode number and not by the arbitrary production code. Production codes are used internally by the networks to organize their workload, and are of negligible utility to viewers and consumers. Television episodes on Wikipedia tend to be arranged by episode numbers, not production numbers. Examples: List of Spongebob Squarepants episodes, List of Happy Days episodes, List of Adventure Time Episodes. To that end, I am once again reverting any changes that order episodes by production code. If you disagree, this is the place to discuss the changes, not by edit wars. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:26, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Fanboy and Chum Chum was canceled!!!

Hello, I think that this series, Fanboy and Chum Chum was canceled, due low ratings, excesive black humor, and however, Nickelodeon premiered the final 15 episodes of the season 2, that they were'nt premiered in USA, but they have been aired in other countries before USA, and the airing of the 15 remaining episodes in USA was during 3 weeks, since October 15, to November 2, 2012, but one episode has not premiered yet in USA, "Brain Freeze", but was first released on DVD, and aired in other countries, fot there reasons, the season 2 is the last season of the series, the series will not have another season, has been ended it's production in 2012!!!!, Bye-bye!!! --AngusWOOF (talk) 21:39, 30 June 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.250.75.206 (talk) 19:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Production Codes

I suggest using the production codes that are listed in the Copyright Records

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If you want to add A or B to them, as many of the half-episodes aired independently, add a note that those are unofficial designations. -AngusWOOF (talk) 21:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Projected Brain Freeze airing

With regard to the recent edits from 108.234.108.77, where they have added a sourced airing of Brain Freeze per some MSN broadcast list, I applaud them for finding a source, but I'm going to pitch that we hold off on adding the content to the article until it actually airs. Nick was notoriously unsupportive of this project when it was on the air. They would promote new episodes, then never air them, etc. I think that as a matter of cautious editing, it makes sense to wait until the episode airs before making comprehensive changes to the article. We are not a breaking news source, so waiting a mere 10 days or whatever to add the content shouldn't be an issue. What's more important to the project than "getting the scoop" is having accurate content. I won't fight the inclusion, because it is sourced, but I am hopeful that reasonable editing will prevail. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:15, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

"Finale"

I've reverted this good faith edit by Anthonyg328. Though I understand the rationale behind calling episode 206 the "series finale", this is problematic for a couple of reasons. 1) The episode was produced early in the season. It was released to DVD early and bears a episode code of 206 (which may or may not be accurate). 2) "Finale" implies a planned event, as opposed to "just some episode we showed last because we don't care". 3) It's a little odd to refer to something as a "finale" if it aired a year and eight months after the network apparently gave up on the series. This is highlighted when we notice that, according to the prose, Nick had pretty much stopped airing the series in December 2011, only to burn off the remaining episodes, minus Brain Freeze. 4) Some discussion about this subject can be found at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Television/Archive 3#Series Finale. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:27, 24 July 2014 (UTC)