Talk:List of iCarly episodes/Archive 4

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When was Season 6 filmed?

iCarly Season 1 was filmed from January 2007-September 2007. iCarly Season 2 was filmed from April 2008-December 2008. iCarly Season 3 was filmed from January 2009-August 2009. iCarly Season 4 was filmed from May 2010-September 2010. iCarly Season 5 was filmed from May 2, 2011-July 22, 2011. When was iCarly Season 6 filmed? Can somebody please put when it was filmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.238.19 (talk) 22:44, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

The season began on January 25, 2012 and is still filming as of this moment. - Jabrona - 00:16, 9 April 2012

iApril fools

the audience of this episode is 3.408... this is the link of the page: http://sonofthebronx.blogspot.ca/2012/03/saturday-march-24-2012-cable-finals.html 190.38.116.74 (talk) 17:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Anonymous blogs are not reliable sources. --AussieLegend (talk) 20:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Request for Comment - Splitting seasons

Main page: Talk:List of iCarly episodes/Archive 3 § Sixth season

How should season information be split at List of iCarly episodes and associated season articles. There is some belief that episodes with 2xx production codes should be split into seasons 2 & 3 based on a blog post by the creator, an interview with an actor and a press release announcing a DVD release,[1][2][3] but there seems to be no formal announcement from the network regarding when season 2 ended and when season 3 began. An April 2011 press release from the network announced that season 5 will begin airing in 2012.[4] However, the episode list already contains a season 5 listing with 4xx production codes and a season 4 listing with 3xx production codes. Reliable sources, such as TV Guide and the Futon Critic support the April 2011 press release by having the episodes aired to date split into four seasons.[5][6] This appears to be a contentious issue based on discussion above and at user talk pages, including mine.[7] --AussieLegend (talk) 10:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Discussion relating to the RfC

Obviously I support a merge, per the above discussion. All reliable sources say we are in the fourth season and list all 2xx episodes as season 2, so we should too. Kevinbrogers (talk) 10:13, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Not surprised to hear from you again Kevin. After all the discussion we went through here and the iCarly Wiki you're sudden change of mind isn't going to happen anytime soon. Apparently I have provided reliable sources supporting there was a split within the second season production that resulted into broadcast seasons. I have also prove how a broadcast cycle and a production cycle are different. How things are labeled can be apparent when referring to both cycles. So sites listing episodes by the production cycle due to their coding numbers is understandable, as well as Nick referring to a renewal of a fifth season in 2012 due to the fact that it will contain the 5xx coding as a result of the second season production split resulting into two broadcast seasons. So, it technically does make it a fifth season, but by it's production cycle in this case which is apparent to how the DVD releases of the seasons are. - Jabrona 10:26, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I support a merge as well. Jabrona, where is your source that production cycles and broadcast cycles are different? When you say "Technically" you are providing Original Research. You just can't seem to accept the fact that 3 editors who've had experience editing Wikipeida articles know what we're talking about. We have sources that say a fifth season was ordered and that season 2 was aired as one season over 2 years. Sure the blog is by the creator but blog's aren't reliable sources. - Alec2011 (talk) 21:19, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Split - I support a split. Per Jabrona. -98.116.76.122 (talk) 21:52, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Would you care to elaborate? --AussieLegend (talk) 03:57, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Split. A DVD release and an interview statement by a MAIN CAST MEMBER, not to mention a very reliable blog posting from the CREATOR seem good enough for me.

All those sites like TvGuide go by the production cycle. The rest of the page goes by the broadcast cycle. For example, you don't put iGo to Japan first in season 2 because it was produced first? No. You put it fourth because it aired fourth.-pscf3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pscf3 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

What DVD release? I've already shown that the "i<3 iCarly" release doesn't explicitly say there was a split. It's also been shown that the blog shouldn't be used either. Also, no one said we should go by production order. This discussion is only to modify the season assignments so that the 45 episodes run as one continuous season. Kevinbrogers (talk) 04:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• The purpose of this section is primarily for discussion by other editors responding to the RfC, not to continue the same back and forth from the previous discussion. This discourages other editors from responding to the RfC. To aid those editors I've moved the content that isn't strictly related to the RfC so non-involved editors may have a chance to comment without their contributions being overwhelmed. --AussieLegend (talk) 05:15, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree with AussieLegend; I don't think this is going anywhere, and we should await further comments by other editors. I'll just summarize the arguments as best I can so that other editors don't have to scroll through the jungle of arguments above; hopefully I'll do this without bias. Of all the sources that have been listed so far, some support a split second season, while others support a merged season. Jabrona has provided five pieces of evidence for a split: a blog post from the show's creator, a press release concerning a DVD collection of various episodes, and three interviews ([8], [9], and [10]) with Nathan Kress, an actor on the show. I argue that we shouldn't take the blog post into account because Dan Schneider (the creator) doesn't seem very sure of himself throughout the post. I don't think the press release is very useful either, because it only says that it includes episodes from the second and third seasons, but doesn't state which episodes are included in each season. I also provided a more recent press release from the same source, which I will provide below. Jabrona argues that the interviews with Kress are useful because he doesn't correct the interviewer(s) when they mention in passing the third season, but I argue that this constitutes original research (just because he didn't correct them doesn't mean it's correct). The six main bits of evidence I provided to support a single 45-episode season includes the episode listings at Zap2it, TV Guide, and The Futon Critic, in addition to Nickelodeon press releases concerning the season 5 order (to air later this year). Further evidence I've provided includes what is called the Complete Third Season DVD (this is what I was referring to earlier as the more recent source). My final bit of evidence is the season 2 collection of DVDs, which was broken up into three volumes and includes all 45 episodes across the set. I think we should pay more attention to the third-party sources and the most recent Nickelodeon sources, but then, I may be a bit biased on what should be given more weight. If more weight is given to the most recent statements and independent sources, I believe the seasons (2 and 3 as they are currently listed) should be merged. Kevinbrogers (talk) 05:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Since Kevin gave his two cents out I'm going to do the same with my defense in a summary. When it comes to Dan's blog, I argued that he was confused on the fact that he didn't know when the broadcast Season 2 was going to end, and when the third one was going to begin since he doesn't give out an air date. Otherwise he wouldn't have ended the blog all confident that the third airing season was happening soon. Plus, Nathan did an interview a month earlier with the Star Scoop confirming there was a split within the second season production. He wouldn't have said that unless he's been informed or if Dan didn't know himself, so Dan had to already been aware of the issue himself. The video interviews of Nathan where he's not correcting those interviewers that referred the seasons by their broadcast labels should mean something because why would he not correct them if a split within the second season production never took place? What about what he said during his Star Scoop interview? When it comes to the Nick press article on [11] from May 2011, it states that it includes episodes from Season 2 and Season 3. Well, all the episodes it lists on the DVD set are those with the 2xx coding that together makes up the apparent broadcast Seasons 2 and 3 so a broadcast split had to take place for them to say that. We also have a third season opening Dan made for the remaining Season 2 production episodes that separate the airing seasons on behalf of how the Network wanted to air it was as he points out in his blog. Just because the press later talked about the release of "The Complete 3rd Season" DVD should not discard my press reference of the broadcast split. Three months before in February 2011, they were already talking about the airing third season DVD release titled "Season 2: Volume 3" [12]. So it's clear the production cycle is being used in this case and apparent that the broadcast Season 4 DVD release of would be titled "The Complete 3rd Season" due to it's production numbers having the 3xx coding, and in April 2011 already talking about the renewal of the show's fifth season in 2012; referring to it's production that will have the 5xx coding. So in this case, this is why I believe the episode list should remain separate. Sure, some of the evidence I provided my not live up to Wikipedia's standards, but that doesn't mean the proof isn't still there to say this isn't the case. - Jabrona 08:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Merge - After weighing all of the evidence above, I still support a merge. I ignore anything that would be constituted as WP:OR. Blogs fall under WP:BLOGS, so I will be ignoring any and all blogs no matter what the source. After looking at the DVDs that Nickelodeon produced, it's obvious to me that Season 2 is 3 volumes long and encompasses what we are currently calling "Season 3". Since this is directly from the source that pays the people of the blogs above, I take that into consideration as well. It also makes no sense to me why Nickelodeon would continue to use the wrong production codes for its seasons. Nickelodeon has the final say for what constitutes a season, and if they have a 3 volume set that all say "Season 2", then its my opinion that we currently have on the listing is incorrect and should be Merged -Fumitol|talk|cont 13:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  • I took a leaf from AussieLegends book, and moved the discussion that was here up to the bottom of the more discussion area.-Fumitol|talk|cont
• After considering the evidence, I vote to Merge. If the final decision is to merge, let me know if I can help out. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 09:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
• Merge — As Fumitol said, it would be contradictory of Nickelodeon to use the production codes 2xx (the first number generally used to indicate the season number, no?) for the second and third seasons and then consequently put the following seasons off track. I stumbled onto this discussion after an edit to the article One Direction claimed that the group was appearing on iCarly's sixth season despite the reference saying they are to appear on the upcoming fifth season. I went to the List of iCarly episodes article to see if the change was warranted, and became thoroughly confused. I now understand the difference between the "appeared" seasons as they air and the "production" seasons (released as DVDs), but to a reader of the article it would be extremely confusing until they realized the difference. I believe it would be more logical for Wikipedia to use what is reported in the media, so saying that the group will appear in the fifth season and not the sixth season would indicate that the media assumes the listing of the second and third seasons are one season. I recognize that the titles of the production DVDs are up to Nickelodeon, but coming across this reminded me of Eureka's season breakdown. Their usage of "3.5" and "4.5" in production DVDs recognize the pattern of the seasons airing but both parts (e.g. "3.0" and "3.5") are considered one airing season ("3"), which relates to the possibility of merging the second and third iCarly seasons—containing "volumes" as opposed to "3.0" and "3.5"—into one season. If people from Nickelodeon wanted them to be considered separate seasons, they should have changed the production codes to reflect that. — Jonadin^(talk) @ 01:19, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

First off, Nick has nothing to do with how an episode is coded. How the episodes themselves in which ever production season or filming order they are in already determines that. Not even Dan or the crew could change the coding if they wanted to. You're not understanding the meaning of an episode coding. As I explained to Fumitol, a number coding of episodes is determined by their production season cycle. All those Season 2 and 3 episodes were part of the second season production. So they would all have the 2xx number coding. Now normally these episodes would have aired as one season, but they didn't. The ones that aired as "Season 3" could not be changed anyway if they could, especially when one of the episodes is 223 and the others are all 227-245. The episodes that later aired as Season 4 all had the 3xx coding because they were part of the third season production cycle. This was the third production cycle the show has done. The first was from January 2007 to September 2007, the second was from April 2008 to August 2009, and the third was at that point from May 2010 to September 2010. You see how this works? So how these seasons air don't determine their number coding. The production cycle number determines that. Besides, the best thing that was done to indicate there were two separate broadcast seasons out of that Season 2 production cycle was the new opening credits Dan made for the remaining Season 2 episodes. As he stated here in a blog entry from the very day "iLost My Mind" aired on, but posted hours before the episode actually aired: [13], in the "New Opening Credits" column, each time there's a new season, there's a new opening credits. That's what we got out of half those Season 2 production episodes and both Dan and Nathan stated that the network was calling it the third season. You can find the links with their working above. Miranda even made this tweet saying how it was Season 6 in regards to how it will air on TV despite the production coding being 5xx because the show would be entering it's FIFTH production cycle.[14] - Jabrona - 20:49, 2 February 2012

Split - There is lots of evidence (I'll create a list soon.) that Jabrona points out that proves that Season 2 and 3 are split that should not be discarded. Where it is called Season 5 is because they're refering to the production cycle. They wouldn't air this way as it would conflict the other seasons in terms of season code and season number. - EpicFork —Preceding undated comment added 23:41, 21 February 2012 (UTC).

Merge - The Season 2 DVD contains episodes from September 27, 2008 - June 26, 2010, and the Season 3 DVD contains episodes from July 30, 2010 - June 11, 2011. We should go by how the DVD labels them. Jon23812 (talk) 02:30, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

The codes and the DVD labels are just accounting for their production cycle, not airing cycle, and we follow how a TV show broadcast on TV. I mean, we don't list an episode by it's production order, we do so by it's air date. If a split happened with a single filming cycle where half the episodes aired as that season number and the rest as the next then that's how the list must look in acknowledgment. I believe I provided have more than enough evidence to defend the fact that the iCarly Season 2 filming cycle was split to air as two different seasons so we must acknowledge that, otherwise what was the point in the network doing so in the first place if we're just going to follow it's production cycle? They mine as well not have done that at all. Dan and Nathan confirmed it in blogs/interviews, a Nick press article referenced it, Miranda recently referenced it along with a music company. Dan even made a new opening to the remaining 2xx coded episodes from the Season 2 cycle that were airing as Season 3 episodes to indicate it on behalf of the network's decision to do so as he been informed. - Jabrona - 04:26 - 24 February 2012

I hate that I have to do this, but I'd like to move for this discussion to be closed as a merge. I believe we should apply WP:UNANIMOUS, WP:STONEWALL, and WP:ICANTHEARYOU. It's become clear to me from many edits ([15], [16], [17]) that Jabrona is only continuing to drag this out in attempts to have more people come to his/her assistance, as he/she is only continuously repeating the same things. Since it appears that he/she is the only person that has provided any evidence against a merge and has been told repeatedly why the sources provided are unacceptable (all fail by some reason, such as WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, or WP:RELIABLE), it appears that consensus supports a merge of seasons 2 and 3. Again, I hate that it had to come to this, but I don't see a point in dragging this out any longer. Kevinbrogers (talk) 23:27, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Kevin, you just don't want this to be the case. You may not like what I have provided and may try to deny it, but others luckily would see my point here in the matter. I had to keep repeating myself to get you, Aussie, and Alec to understand why this had to be the case. Like I said, a couple of them who voted for a merge did so on behalf of the production coded needing to be change and we all know why that couldn't be done. There was barely much outside involvement going on anyway since it was mostly us four going at it. I think we need to place the RFC tag back up and just let more people come in and comment since we didn't get much of that lately. - Jabrona - 04:30 - 25 February 2012

Stop saying "We don't want it to be the case." You DO NOT know what we think, and you CANNOT read minds. You're assuming we don't, stop saying things are aren't true. You're obviously the only one who really cares, that's why no one is commenting who else commented besides you and those meatpuppets? We're not denying anything, we're not pushing things aside. You're the ones who's so ignorant that thinks we don't want it to be the case. You keep saying things that aren't true and have broken so many Wikipedia rules and back lashing Wikipedia members. have you seen anyone of us doing that? No. - Alec2011 (talk) 05:46, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

You know what, believe what you want about me. But you for one are needs to get a few things clear. I wasn't rude mostly throughout this, so don't use my arguments as an excuse to ridicule me or use that to talk crap about everyone who came in here on behalf of my defense. Don't you even go there. A couple of them I do know from other websites knew about the situation here that was presented by another user and we were discussing it there too. Like me they came here and wanted their say on the matter. They did have a right to do that. I didn't force them to come in here and agree with me, they already did because they too knew this was the case. Of course they weren't going to put up a heavy argument like I was. I was concern with presenting all the evidence needed I knew was out there that some one else in defense of the split probably couldn't gather up anyway, resulting in there likely not being much of a debate in all of this. Anyhow you then have the nerve to say I broken so many rules? Yeah, okay. I wasn't even aware I broken more than one but the COUPLE of times I was told to remain civil like a month ago. Don't get yourself carried away here regarding me. - Jabrona - 05:05 - 25 February 2012

Merge -I was asked to share my opinion here, I agree that Season 2 should be merged together or season 4 and 5 into one season let me explain. The issue started back in 2009 from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_iCarly_episodes/Archive_1 Posts 30, 32, 39, 44, 48, 50, 42 and a few others. This ip 64.53.133.102 was telling us that season 2 was split and for some odd reason we decided to go with it on wiki, TV.com, and Wikipedia. Fans wondering if the season was split and a few other things led to Dans blog. Which then we called it season 3 from there on. With different sites saying two different things we should go by what’s best for Wikipedia. Even though Dan’s blog has been used in the past, this time it has not been proven to really much of help this time. [18] Dan has stated in this blog, he is not even sure himself, by him stating this, he really does not know what’s going on earthier. All of the references Jabrona has provided are earthier out of date or WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, and not WP:RELIABLE. Also the iCarly facebook has just recently changed its season 4 to 5 when the show went back into production this January. [19] (in information tab). The twitter for the show, also said they are in production for season 5. [20] (Facebook is connected to the shows twitter.) Noah Munch even said, production seasons and airing seasons are different.. Sometimes during a production season/cycle we will film a lot of episodes so it makes an airing season longer. we are going into a 5th season. [21] . (Must log in to see this) A few weeks ago Dan posted a video on his youtube channel saying, In the user Comment section, he put this (for what ever reason it was removed. Hey guys! Dan Schneider (@DanWarp) here. This video of me scaring Miranda and Jennette was shot TODAY (February 13, 2012) in iCarly season 5. We were RE-CREATING the scene from a season 1 episode called iHatch Chicks. In this new video, Carly and Sam look younger because we did their hair and clothing to make them look like they did 4 or 5 years ago, when we shot the original iHatch Chicks episode. Thumbs up! :) [22] I have to agree from all of the links included by Alec2011, Kevinbrogers, AussieLegend as well as the other user that season 2 were indeed split and their claims to each of the links. I have seen no sources (Current) that say the difference between the production cycles and broadcast cycles are different. So there is No season 6 at only, there is only 5 seasons for the show altogether. Also I received an email from Nickelodeon at the time they were still airing their 4th Season . This email is from Adriana Lemus(a contact from the Nickelodeon Press releases) Nickelodeon is currently airing episodes from season four of iCarly. A theme song does not really mean a new season, I have seen many shows have updated theme songs during the season. I did find this interesting though, [23]. They did state a new season. Unless season 2 was split but season 4 and 5 were one big season. What ever works though is fine as long as we get season 2 Back into one season or season 4 and 5 together into one season. There should not be 6 Seasons at all.Also, it looks like Jabrona realy does not care about the rules here and just wants it his way. He has said that he wants it to be season 6 here. It really matters on Wikipedia's rules and what's best for the site. I have seen he say that he will keep going at this untill it stays as season 6. I say lets just count this for a mege all together. I is what everyone wants anyway. 141.110.189.29 (talk) 19:35, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering when you were going to speak here. Guys, this is the Ruffman/Checker Fred person I've been telling you about. He's upset over a little discussion we had over on the iCarly wiki regarding Season 4 and 5 and threatened to turn against me regarding this issue. But let me tell you something, you are not going to get away with your little scheme here so I'm going to expose you for what you are. I'm sorry for having to make this rant but you've just been pushing me lately and I've had it. Based on your actions on the iCarly wiki you have shown that no one can take you seriously. You can't get your mind set on anything such as the Season 2 and 3 issue you supported with all the evidence I provided over on the iCarly wiki when you started up a whole debate over there, defended it, and then you started denying it on purpose. You're also denying the fact that Seasons 4 and 5 are one airing season when they're not. They're two airing seasons and I showed you evidence to support that but you don't care. You contradict yourself, you can't make up your mind about anything, and now you're even ranting on about things that don't have anything to do with what is being said here (in this new video, Carly and Sam look younger because we did their hair and clothing to make them look like they did 4 or 5 years ago, when we shot the original iHatch Chicks episode. Thumbs up!) Seriously? You've been copying everything that was being said here by Kevin and Alec on other web sources (that you've done here) and stalking them, later telling me what they've been saying. I don't believe you gotten any email from a Nick press writer because I sure haven't in almost two months and I wrote to two of them but you somehow got yours within minutes of writing? The iCarly facebook page never changed anything regarding the season so you're lying about that too. You're just trying to get back at me because you didn't want me correcting you on the problems you tried to cause on the iCarly wiki. And it's also a shame how you of all people want to talk about rules when you got banned so many times here on Wikipedia, and I quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Simulation12. Yeah, you've been one unfaithful user trying to crawl back here. Just for the record, here's all the evidence indicating that there was a split for your informality, just saying:

• Nathan's interview: [24] (August 2009)
• Dan's blog: [25] (September 2009; yeah he wasn't confused on anything. He was unsure when "Season 3" was going to air, not if the season production of 45 episodes were being split. I'm not surprised you're saying the same thing Kevin is saying because you're good at copying what other people say)
• Here's something from the official iCarly Facebook page that was written back on September 12, 2009 before "iThink They Kissed" aired, indicating the episode was the season premiere [26] (September 2009 - I showed you this)
• Another Dan's blog where he indicates that "iThink They Kissed" was the airing S3 premiere: [27] (October 2009)
• This is something I recently came across. This is one Nathan video where he talks about the difference between the two cycles: [28]. :*Here he tells the interviewer that they were taking a hiatus from shooting new episodes (after spending time filming episodes from April 2008 to August 2009), but within a few months time were going to do their third season of filming, which was going to be their fourth season in airing. He says all of this around the 2:00 minute mark. (October 2009)
• Another Nathan video interview where the interviewer call the upcoming Season 4 (2010-11) as such and Nathan doesn't correct him if there wasn't a split: [29] (April 2010)
• Another Nathan video interview where the interviewers call Season 5 (2011-12 ) as such and Nathan doesn't correct them if they were wrong: [30] (May 2011)
• A Nick press release listing all 2xx coded episodes from the iLove Carly Collection being from Season 2 and Season 3: [31] (May 2011)
• A third Dan blog where he states that each time there's a new season there's a new opening credits. Since he stated in the first blog that the network was calling the remaining Season 2 production episodes the show's "third season" he made a new opening for those episodes: [32] (August 2011)
• Miranda Cosgrove calling it Season 6 on two occasions on Twitter and Formsprings.com: [33] and [34] (January 2012)
• A tweet from Spin and Bin Music on One Direction guest-appearing on iCarly Season 6: [35] (January 2012)
• And most importantly sites from big cooperations that list the shows' seasons on behalf of the broadcast airing cycle like Amazon [36], iTunes [37], CastTV.com [38], and LocateTV [39]. As I stated above in the discussion section where I referenced this as well, if a split did not happen, then we wouldn't have had Dan or Nathan say anything about it or a Nick press article or Miranda referencing it, and these big cooperation sites surely would not be having the show's season listed like this on behalf of the airing cycle.

So yeah, there is enough evidence here to prove otherwise but you know that. So this upcoming season is definitely airing as Season 6 though in production terms it's Season 5. I'm not even going to bother discussing the whole Season 4 and 5 situation with you. Those seasons are not one airing season. Production was split so the intent season order of 26-episodes would be too. Dan even stated that himself and Nick even promoted the 4xx coded episodes as a new season (as I told you on the iCarly wiki so many times). - Jabrona - 20:58 - 6 March 2012

Checker Fred voted? The same Checker Fred who is a sockpuppet of Simulation12 who abused Wikipedia with months of sockpuppetry that resulted in an indefinite block, and later a full ban? (See the sockpuppetry investigation that resulted in an indefinite block, the archive of his talk page, the discussion that led to him being banned, and Wikipedia:List of banned users.) Banned users cannot edit Wikipedia. The IP address above should be blocked by an admin, and this individual's vote should not count for the purposes of this discussion. In fact, because this conversation has been stale for about a month, I second the previous proposal to close this discussion and split the two seasons before any more banned users muddle up this talk page. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 22:31, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

I agree, but did you mean to write merge rather than split? The only proposal to close that I recall (my proposal) was to merge. Kevinbrogers (talk) 22:37, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake. I meant "merge," thank you for correcting me. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 22:42, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Until such time as we can confirm the IP is Checker Fred, we're obliged to accept his opinion. It doesn't really matter though, we have 9 editors supporting a merge and 5 supporting a split. Two of those supporting the split have not provided rationales (we don't count "just votes") while all others have provided detailed rationales for their votes. Based on the incredibly long discussion above, it seems that consensus is to merge the seasons. --AussieLegend (talk) 22:53, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

I assure you the person is Checker Fred. I talked to him over on the iCarly wiki and he's over on the iCarly forum at TV.com. He said he was going to come over here. I can link you to some of the stuff he said on those sites if you'd like. Plus if you even look at the IP Address talk page: [40] then you'll see how much trouble this guy caused like you'll see on many of the others I have linked and is even under speculation of being some one uniquely familiar.

To be honest, I think it's best if we just leave things the way they are. There's enough evidence indicating a split and we shouldn't deny that. I'm sorry this discussion had to go on for so long but I was only trying to make way for a good defense and I'm glad to have came across all of this evidence only to then get tossed aside. I don't know why Kevin is against it so bad but I'm through with talking to him. I think Fumitol and Jonadin gave a rather weak defense on behalf of the production codes of the 20 Season 3 episodes being changed. They couldn't be changed because they're part of the same filming cycle the Season 2 episodes were produced in. Plus as for Jon23812, he's is a member of the iCarly wiki and is friends with Checker Fred. He's turned out to be just as bad as him over there. Checker used him to try to get his account unblocked as you can see here on MuZemike's page in a section labeled "Someone Wrongfully Blocked" here: [41] - Jabrona - 23:03 - 6 March 2012

I know you think it's best if we just leave things the way they are, you've been pushing that all along, but consensus is in favour of a merge. You may not like that, but you have to accept it and move on. --AussieLegend (talk) 15:28, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I think it's best to leave things the way they are not only to avoid a sudden confusion of something that shouldn't even be an issue now, but all of the evidence I provided that supported this was the case. There was a split because if there wasn't, nothing on behalf of my evidence wouldn't exist and the seasons wouldn't be listed the way they are now on other websites, even the big cooperation ones like Amazon, iTunes, CastTV, etc. You and Kevin may not like that, but trying to ignore even at this point is just ridiculous. Like I said above, four of the people who voted for a merge I wouldn't really take into consideration. Fumitol seemed to understand the whole production code thing when I explained it to him, and I explained it to Jonadin and even wrote to him on his page to read my response, but he never responded back. Checker Fred can't seem to make up his mind on anything as he's towards something and then turns against it particularly this issue as he was only getting back at me for debating his idea of merging Seasons 4 and 5 together on the iCarly wiki (because of the overall episodes originally being produced for one season as ordered despite there being clear evidence by Dan and Nick indicating the 4xx coded episodes as a separate season with Nick even releasing the 3xx coded ones as a "Complete" season set which should have been obvious that the later batch of episodes was a different season but apparently Fred didn't seem to want to get that), and Jon23812 is his friend. Again, the DVD season labels don't erase the fact a split happened because they're labeled differently, especially when there's evidence saying that a split happened. They just represent the show's real cycle. - Jabrona - 22:22 - 9 March 2012

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Merge seasons 2 and 3; merge 4 and 5. It seems that the definition of a "season" is becoming less clear as time progresses, as opposed to in the past when season = year. We may have to go solely by production code in the future to avoid this mess. My only concern is that the season 2 page would be extremely long.
– Confession0791 ^talk 15:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

We cannot merge Seasons 4 & 5 as they are completely separate seasons (As Nick has stated they are), Seasons 3 & 4 were suppose to be one season as Nick ordered 26 episodes but when production picked back up for the latter half of 13 episodes it was given new production codes. - Alec2011 (talk) 18:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Here's the breakdown:

• Season 1 prod codes are 1xx.
• Season 2 prod codes are 2xx.
• Season 3 prod codes are 2xx.
• Season 4 prod codes are 3xx.
• Season 5 prod codes are 4xx.

So we'd be merging seasons 2 and 3, not 3 and 4. You're right, 4 and 5 are different production cycles, I got confused. – Confession0791 ^talk 01:45, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I got what you were saying though. - Alec2011 (talk) 02:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Split – The fact that Dan and the main cast (Jennette, Miranda and Nathan) label the seasons different (for example season 5 or season 6 for 5xx) proves that there have to be two cycles (aka seasons), a production one and a broadcast one; this is no original research. You cannot say that they are "only" cast members, because they would have been corrected by the network if they were giving wrong information. I think Jabrona has posted enough evidence that 2xx was broadcasted in two seasons. --Morten Haan (talk) 19:37, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Pretty much everything you've said is speculative an original research. --AussieLegend (talk) 01:13, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm supporting to keep the seasons split since there is some good evidence backing it up. Plus a change now would just make thing more confusing when it doesn't really need to be made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.210.96.130 (talk) 13:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Other than the speculative original research that has been discussed in great detail above, what evidence are you speaking of? Also, "it's always been this way" is a very poor argument, especially if the information displayed is determined to be incorrect. Kevinbrogers (talk) 19:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

the evidence I'm referring to are the statements by Dan and Nathan supporting it, how good web sources such as Amazon and iTunes have the seasons listed the way they are. A new opening was made for the second half of the 2xx to help indicate was a new airing season. I don't think Dan would want to confuse people if it wasnt meant to be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.210.96.130 (talk) 13:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

All of this has been addressed above. Dan Schneider is extremely confused in that blog post, a 15-year-old kid (or whatever his age was at the time) does not supersede an entire network, and Amazon and iTunes list volumes, not seasons. If you had truly looked at "good web sources" you would have seen that every single one of the reliable listings (including Futon Critic, Zap2it, and a few others) list a single, 45-episode second season. A new opening is hardly evidence of a new season, especially when your rationale is "I don't think [he] would want to confuse people." Read WP:OR. Kevinbrogers (talk) 16:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Kevin, are you really going to stick with that whole "Dan was confused in that blog post" thing again? He clearly wasn't as it was only about concerns when the third airing season would air on TV, not confusion over if the 45 episodes shot in the show's second filming cycle were being split. You would realize that if you read it properly. And I quote: Recently, my Twitter and DanWarp gmail have been filled with iCarly questions about when the 2nd season ends, and when the 3rd one begins. Believe it or not, I kinda don't even know myself. Well, I do and I don't. I'll explain... So yeah, nothing about him being confused regarding the split but rather when one season would end and when the other one would begin. As we all know, Nick schedules things at the last minute so Dan wasn't informed yet on when Season 3 was premiering. And of course his blog had to make sense otherwise Nathan wouldn't have been so confident. As a cast member of the show, he should know what's going on regarding the seasons and both he and Dan are speaking on behalf of the network's decision. So it's not like he or Dan is making this up or are deciding to do their own thing here. They did have two season worth of episodes so it makes sense why the network would want to split them up as two airing seasons. If you actually payed attention to the Amazon labels, you'll notice the "Season" title when you click on an episode like you could see here for example: [42]. Sure they and iTunes have them in volumes but there in their season form since that's how they're separated. A volume doesn't technically mean parts of a season. The first four seasons of Futurama were released on DVD under the volume labels, not seasons: [43], [44], [45], [46]. Plus, the show's official Facebook page even labeled "iThink They Kissed" as the season premiere: [47] and currently has the show's status being in it's sixth season: [48]. This wouldn't the case if it wasn't correct. As for you "good sources" they're only good to you because they list a single season for the 2xx episodes, the list you're very fond of. Understanding the circumstances with this show's seasons, it doesn't surprise me sources have the episode list labeled differently. And for regards of a new opening indicating a new season, I wouldn't say "hardly" as if they don't because most of the time they do. In iCarly's case, Dan states that he only makes them when there is a new season as he stated here: [49]. As I've stated in the past, I don't see why he would make an entirely new opening for a batch of episodes if they weren't meant to be a new airing season unless it was. A new opening is the best way to indicate that so why throw people off if it wasn't meant to be the case? - Jabrona - 19:55, 20 March 2012

If anyone cares to see my comments on the above post, you can just scroll up the page. I've given them about 300 times already over the past two months. In the meantime, anyone who agrees with Jabrona should read WP:OR. Maybe if anyone cared to read it, this could all be over with. Kevinbrogers (talk) 21:25, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I really think we should keep Facebook and YouTube out of this, as they are not reliable sources. – Confession0791 ^talk 22:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I never really understood that if we have the cast and or crew involved saying something on behalf of an important issue (especially if it's on video) or something official associated with the show such as it's Facebook or Twitter page. If there's good evidence backing this issue up then I'm not ignoring it. I just find it rather odd how Kevin here can just come to the assumption that "this isn't the case" just because of some sources that label the seasons differently and then try to get around all the evidence out there countering his claim just to have reasons to ignore it. - Jabrona - 23:50, 20 March 2012

Split I'll restate, as I hadn't voted:

Listen, for season 2 of iCarly, 45 episodes were ordered, however the network just decided to split the order into two seasons, thats why, airing wise, there are 5 seasons. Production wise, 4. Even evidence from crew and cast members are apparent:

Nathan's interviews: http://www.thestarscoop.com/interviews/nathan-kress-exclusive-interview/ and http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/nathan-kress-talks-about-the-succes-of-icarly_200909283074.html

Plus places such as Amazon, iTunes, etc has the show's seasons listed the way it and Miranda who referring the new season as Season 6. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.210.230 (talk) 01:41, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

i clicked on this article by accident a few days ago, but decided to read through it to see what this was all about seeing how long it was. i didn't read through the rather overlong argument above but what's been presented in this bottom section. in regards of the show's seasons I'm supporting a split. i've read dan's blog before and i for one didn't find anything he was confused about. i don't believe nathan would indicate such a thing in his interviews unless it's true and since he is a cast member of the show he would have received what was said to him from dan and the production crew. there was also a new opening for the second half of what is listed as the third season and dan only makes those when there's a new season. 45 episodes is a lot so i can see why the network would split it up. it was certainly a lot more than what they expected from Dan. - 72.231.220.142 (talk) - 23:04, 14 April 2012

I believe that iCarly seasons 2 and 3 were two different seasons. There was the 45 episode split to divide the season season into two separate seasons. So, based on that conclusion, it would be the sixth season that they are filming right now. Miranda Cosgrove even posted on her Twitter account that it was the sixth season. That is my belief and vote. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.157.192.56 (talk) 01:45, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Move to close

Don't really care which way this goes, but think it's time to wrap this up. I'm not sure if we need an administrator to close it, though. – Confession0791 ^talk 04:55, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

I agree. I don't think an administrator is needed, but I think some third party should be asked to review this. I don't think any of us are really unbiased here. Kevinbrogers (talk) 05:03, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

I agree. We just need someone who has not seen the series (or this page for that matter) to review and make the final decision. - Alec (talk) 16:51, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Ironically, I've never seen even a single scene from the program. --AussieLegend (talk) 18:02, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

We just need someone who doesn't care for the iCarly episode list, knows the Wikipedia rules and hasn't edited this talk page yet. --Morten Haan (talk) 19:28, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

It's been a week since the last comment. Who do we find to review this? - Alec (talk) 19:37, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Is taking the discussion here a good route? Seems like it's exactly what we're looking for. Kevinbrogers (talk) 04:14, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I guess I should have read the guidelines more carefully. Seems like arbitration is more appropriate, but is it too extreme? Kevinbrogers (talk) 04:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

A little but what other choice do we have? This kind of was an extreme discussion, it was on this page and it also took place on numerous talk pages as well. It's probably the best option for an extreme discussion that lasted over 5 months. - Alec (talk) 05:27, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

If you ask me, I think some one who watches the show is best to determine this situation because at least they'll get a good sense of it. But if not, then hopefully the evidence is reviewed carefully here, especially those that support a split happening. But the overlong massive discussion above has been archived now. Does that still need to be reviewed or does everything in the voting section is enough to go by now since it pretty much has all the links featured in the discussion? - Jabrona - 06:03, 25 May 2012

On behalf of the evidence I've presented, I came across this from a reliable website I have referenced before and felt the need to present it. It talks on behalf of the iCarly finale but states how it will end after six seasons just as it has the show's episodes listed as: www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00050670.html. This Yahoo article regarding an interview from Noah Munch on the show's final season also states that the show has six seasons: [50] - Jabrona - 15:24, 13 June 2012

iBattle Chip Prod. Code

The Production Code for iBattle Chip is #506. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=164557487005583&id=254062007957147 Series 100 = iBattle Chip (Episode No. 100). --SwaggerJagger (talk) 06:08, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately we can't go by what that Wiki source says even if it is true. We need a reliable source to clarify it. So in the meantime, we have to wait until one comes up before we put down anything. - Jabrona - 23:28, 27 May 2012

New Episodes?

Reference: http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3SLE50RJVN0GO/ref=cm_pdp_rev_more?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview#RBQ8PCZUKJA5D

I'm not sure if this is a reliable resource though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoshiMonsters1 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Anyone can add reviews to Amazon. We don't know who Carlito is and where he/she gets his/her info. Pretty much the definition of an unreliable source and totally unusable in Wikipedia. Geraldo Perez (talk) 03:37, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Well, I think it might be true. The review is from April 24 and we recently had minor information of "iRescue Carly". In May 2, BooG!e confirmed "iLove Jimmy Falloon" after that review. The Prod. Code is #510-511 And "iHave 100 Fans" may be the early production name because it's the 100th episode. Now it's "iBattle Chip". Sorry for my english... --SwaggerJagger (talk) 04:22, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

It's still not a valid source. I could throw out 20 titles of random episodes and maybe one of them would be correct. That doesn't mean all the others are as well. "I think it might be true" is not a good reason for including information on Wikipedia. Kevinbrogers (talk) 04:36, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Pointless templates

The Rambling Man insists on having {{Cleanup-link rot}} in this article despite there being no bare urls in the article.[51][52] He claims that this is a way of alerting editors to the existence of bare urls in the season article, but this is a silly use of the template as there are no bare urls in any of the season articles, as I've fixed all the season articles. I simply don't see the point in including this template. Perhaps, just in case, we should add a heap of other irrelevant templates to the article? No, of course we wouldn't. So why have this one? --AussieLegend (talk) 09:33, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

No, these types of articles have notes all over them about the use of transclusions. There's no harm at all in adding a maintenance tag to an article which does indeed have bare URLs, even if those bare URLs are transcluded from elsewhere. It will encourage editors to go find the link rot candidates and correct them, just as the notes do which help editors understand where the episodes are transcluded from. Why would you not not want to actively seek to improve the Wikipedia? Why would you say it was an "irrelevant template" when it's clear that bare URLs are being used (albeit transcluded) in this article? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Aha, I note you've fixed them now. Well done, and thanks for responding to the maintenance tag. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:59, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

season 7?

this is probably one of the most stupid decision anyone made on this page i mean really just because nick said that i shock america was a new season does mean it was a new season. first of all we should go back to making it one season and second nick didn't say the season premiere it said on the final season and since season six began people already knew it was the final season so no need to split especially with a small amount of episodes to split. sorry if i offended but this is just ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.5.102.62 (talk) 13:58, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Nickelodeon defines what a broadcast season is and what shows go in a broadcast season as they are the network that broadcasts the show. If they promote a show as the start of a new season, it is the start of a new broadcast season. How else could a broadcast season be defined other than by the network that broadcasts the show? Geraldo Perez (talk) 15:35, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

By either the production code or the DVD obviously. Why else do you think the "season 3" episodes are on the Season Two DVD, and the "season 4" episodes are on the Season Three DVD. If those episodes were really apart of those so-called seasons, they would be on the same seasons DVD, but they aren't. Which means that this page is wrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.132.137 (talk) 16:51, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

What does the DVD packaging have to do with the broadcast schedules? The DVDs are a different release and not related to what Nickelodeon does. The production codes reflect production orders. Nickelodeon is not committed to match their season to production orders. They don't have to air all episode produced, they can air episodes out of production order and can pick and choose what episodes go in what season however they choose to define a season. The article primarily reflects what Nickelodeon broadcasts and promotes with additional info about DVD sets. What goes into a DVD set is a separate decision from what is aired. If the articles were primarily about the DVD sets with the broadcast info as the extra info, then the articles would be organized around the DVD sets and not what is aired. Geraldo Perez (talk) 18:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Is Nickelodeon advertising them as "season 6 premiere" or "season 7 premiere", or are they just saying "new season"? When there is a break between airing episodes within a season, networks sometimes advertise the new episode as a "season premiere" to gain hype, even though it's still part of the current season. DVD releases can be important in such a case, as sources related to it are reliable third-party sources that demonstrate the placement of episodes within a season. The only reliable source I can find that mentions season is this, which implies the series only has five season (six if you include the specials this fall). Ωphois 23:24, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Amazon categorizes the episodes as it is presented on this list, so this list does seem to be correct if what is premiering later this year is a new season. Ωphois 23:26, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

It's rather a confusing issue regarding this show. There was a lot of evidence indicating the split of Season 2, but some sites still went by the production cycle while most went by the broadcast cycle. When it came out that the show was ending, some articles indicated that the show was ending after five seasons like the one you have linked, while others such as these: [53] and [54] indicates six seasons. - Jabrona - 14:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

They are just saying "new season". The reference used http://www.icarly.com/iVideo/video_27173-ishock-america/chan_2/cat_89#vid27173 says "iShock America! The iCarly Season Premiere is only weeks away!" This is a pretty explicit statement and doesn't leave any doubt as to the fact that "iShock America" is the start of a new season. If it is the start of a new season, how can it be part of the current season? An official statement from the network, including promos, is a primary reliable source. Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:17, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

As I stated in this conversation above, networks sometime claim that a new set of episodes is a different season to gain attention, even if it is actually not a new season. Just like how some of the iCarly episodes are advertised as "specials" when they are actually just regular episodes that have been hyped up. The statement you provided is not explicit, since it does not say "seventh season", but other reliable sources confirm that it is the seventh season. Ωphois 02:16, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Seeing how little of an episode count that leaves for Season 6 with just six episodes, I had a feeling Nick was trying to push those in with the Season 5 count. So rather than seven broadcast seasons we still have six but with Seasons 5 and the first half as Season 6 as a whole. This was just a thought that doesn't need to be taken into consideration, but it's just so funny to me how small Season 6 now looks. I wish Nick didn't market the last few episodes as a new season since there was only like eight left anyway so it wasn't that much worth to even branch off as it's own season anyway. Plus the show was even ending in two more months. But of course, with the four month hiatus since the last episode, I suspected Nick to have done what they did. - Jabrona - 14:35, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I agree with the last comment i wanted to answer the second comment with that but i couldn't put the right words together though. we should do that put the 6 episodes of season six with season 5 and put back six seasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.5.102.62 (talk) 20:21, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Look, here is a reliable source who knows how the seasons really are. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/icarly/episodes-season-1/289614. Jon23812 (talk) 21:59, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

That's one of the very few sites that follow the production cycle. You're right, that's how they really are. However, there are reliable sources and confirmation from the cast and Dan himself regarding the broadcast cycle in which the network set them differently. I disagree with the network's decision for them to do what they did with Season 6, but even the show's iCarly.com website has a video of "iShock America" listed as the start of a new season as Geraldo has linked above: [55]. - Jabrona - 23:12, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

If we are going by nick then there still should be still have 6 seasons because iApril Fools was never promoted as new season so we still should have six season and the six episodes are apart of season 5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.5.102.62 (talk) 01:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

True, but they don't usually promote new seasons anyway most of the time like Disney does with their shows. Season 5 is so far the only other season I know they proclaimed as a new season, (I'm not sure about the others) even though they did that when it came close to the air date of "iDate Sam & Freddie" rather than "iLost My Mind". But "iLost My Mind" was still pushed in with the other Season 5 episodes. Overall we had indication of a new season by either any changes in an episode regarding the production number, opening intro, or how Nick promoted them. We would have three options here really - keeping it as it is now, throw in the six listed episodes of S6 into the S5 count, or just keep all 15 episodes of S6 listed as a whole though an exception probably wouldn't come to pass if it would affect what was done with "Season 3" despite a split off then making more sense with 45 episodes as oppose to now. So in regards to the broadcast cycle staying in place where a new opening intro (that Dan is likely to make with this new set of episodes) and Nick's promotion play a role here regardless of the production cycle, I guess it's best to keep the show listed as having seven airing seasons. I just went over to the show's official Facebook page, and they're even calling "iShock America" as the start of a new season: [56]. They also had the status of show listed as having six seasons when the last six were airing and other sites even had these listed as S6 episodes due to the production cycle's role here, so I guess there's no need for a merge into the S5 count after all. - Jabrona - 06:48, 2 October 2012

(UTC)

When Nickelodeon does promos they call everything a new season. For examle, in the Summer they called Big time Rush a new season and just last week they called it a new season. When it was announced that that they would film a fourth season in 2013. Also nick called how to rock a new season when they decied to not renew the show for a second season. I would go by what the Websites like tvguide or itunes say and not Nickelodeon. For whatever reason Nick is doing really poor in Advertizing and new episodes, they want to call it a new season.Same goes for specials, For example, iSpace out Nick called that episode a special and its just a regular episode. as well as other episodes. I have a feeling it kind of all got started on Wikipedia. Which now lead to them to go by what Nick is saying by a new season is throwing everyone off. When they should be trusting TVguide or other sources that a reasonable. Maybe this would be a good issue to bring up to the Admins or someone. If I have time I will send something. Users started to beleive what an ip said on Wikipedia and usaers just went with it. Also part of me thinks some of the reason might have to do with ICarlyFan2009, I know hes Banned but he started to go in a totaly different direct with his wiki. He also calls Sam and Cat and Gibby an new season of iCarly. If the extremne iCarly fans and Dan did not right that blog maybe Wikipedia would be the say it should be.Most networks do promote long breaks as new season but there really not. Cake Boss and other Cable shows have done this. Even the victorious page on Wikipedia is a mess now. Some of the users there habe not even watched iCarly or Victorious. I would have to say its 60% Wikipedia, 10% Nick, 5% Dan and the Cast, and maybe 25% iCarlyFan 2009.The show's facebook did not even update the season. Also iCarly.com is run by nickelodeon, so they are going to do how they promote it. I just have a feeling that when the editors decieded to split season 2, the seasons got out of hand. Some people who don't work in television don't get what a new season real means or the promoting a show. Like I said if Dan did not write that blog things would probably be different. Season 2 would be 45 episodes long and 5 seasons. I think everyone tends to believe what Wikipedia says, and the wiki's followed as well as a few other sites. Soon you tube users and other people started changing the seasons. Then there's iCarlyfan2009 but that's another story. Also when Amazon, iTunes, blogs' and twitter is not normally as WP:RS. Also like one user told me, After the series is over a good discussion could be made as to whether or not we want the article to reflect more the DVDs sets, iTunes, Amazon outlets as they will become primary or stay with how originally broadcast. Just hope this gets solved one day, or maybe when I become president of Nickelodeon, lol.WP Editor 2012 (talk) 13:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

If you didn't mind, I fixed your comment so that it didn't look so jumbled around. I can safely tell you that Wikipedia did not start anything. There were sources indicating "iThink They Kissed" as a new season before Wikipedia decided to follow it. There was another Dan blog indicating such: [57], and the cast even confirmed it: [58], [59], [60] (watch around the 2:00 mark), Nick press article referring "Season 3" as such: [61], the official Facebook promotion of "iThink They Kissed": [62], Miranda calling Season 6 as such on three occasions, but I can't get access to the Formsprings link or find her Facebook status, but here's her tweet: [63], and the articles on behalf of the show ending and referring to there being six seasons you can find above with these two added: www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00050670.html, and [64]. Mind you, we have the cast, crew, and even Nick themselves indicating a broadcast cycle. In this case now however, it's not just the Nick promotions saying "iShock America" is the start of a new season, it's also the show's website and official Facebook page. The status of the Facebook page may change. But still, I think it was rather silly for Nick to split off a merely set of 15 episodes and I felt the hiatus may have something to do with that. - Jabrona - 14:12, 2 October 2012

Honestly I do think Wikipedia has somewhat did start this. Not all of it though. Also Cast members do make mistakes so they could of easily made a mistake. Also I do agree the episodes should listed in their broadcast order, and the episodes are placed in their season, which are also in the DVDs.Honestly, I don't think there ever was a split just nick trying to get viewers to watch. If I do run Nickelodeon one day I will change this.WP Editor 2012 (talk) 16:57, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't think the cast would make a mistake like that unless the network didn't make such a decision, but they did and one of their press articles even support it. They definitely didn't order 45 episodes for a show that was practically new and when they give their shows a normal amount of episodes like 13-26. But the network made the call there and we just had to go with it. They did it for marketing reasons, not ratings. Now this business with Season 6 was just uncalled for now because there were only 15 episodes. Instead of the four month hiatus, Nick should have aired like four of them by now straight through the summer with just a few to air at this point. - Jabrona - 18:20, 2 October 2012

Horrible Color

The color of the seven season of icarly is perfect for a drama series, but not for a comedy series. Please put other color more adjusted to this series.186.26.213.65 (talk) 01:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Updated the color to better suit the show. Are you okay with the color change? - Alec (talk) 00:07, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, this color is better. Thank you.181.17.28.197 (talk) 04:50, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Season 7 or Season 6b

A user identified by the username ElBarco2011 changed Season 7 to Season 6b for no good reason. Nickelodeon made it clear as crystal that iShock America started the FINAL season of iCarly, thus making it Season 7, not Season 6b. I know that both seasons have the same production line, but this still can't be done because that would mean Season 3 would be Season 2b, and Season 4 would be Season 3, etc. This user even went so far as to blank out the Season 7 page and create a Season 6b page and make these changes on the List of iCarly Episodes page. This must not continue. Please leave comments below. - JaciFan - 0:146, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

I still don't think Nick should have marketed the last batch of iCarly episodes as a new season. There was only 15 (or 13) episodes made to not even split off. Surprisingly it doesn't seem to have been taken literally after all as it was with the Season 2 split. Other websites are still counting the last batch of episodes as part of Season 6: www.aceshowbiz.com/tv/icarly/episode.html, [65], [66], [67], and the show's official Facebook page still has the show's status being listed in it's sixth season despite the promotion description of "iShock America" being the season premiere: [68]. I expected Dan to have changed the opening intro of these episodes due to Nick's marketing only to be rather surprised when I saw "iGet Banned" and the opening was the same as the other S6 episodes. Plus, a clip from the episode was already featured in the opening. Under these circumstances, I feel the need that we should probably make a revert to there being only six seasons rather than seven. - Jabrona - 23:50, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Interesting... Amazon had listed the new episodes as season 7 recently, but now have them listed as being part of season 6. I agree then that they should be considered as season 6 for this list. Ωphois 01:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

The referenced used to justify season 7 (http://www.icarly.com/iVideo/video_27173-ishock-america/chan_2/cat_89#vid27173 says "iShock America! The iCarly Season Premiere is only weeks away!" ) is no longer there. I've tried to find a replacement reference and failed to find one. Amazon has reverted to just 6 seasons from showing 7. Looks like Nickelodeon has changed their minds about this being a new season and they themselves want to consider it part of season 6 now. Nickelodeon is jerking us around. Unless we can find a live or archived reference that justifies calling the last chunk of episodes season 7 I don't think we can support having a separate season 7 article. Suggest WP:MERGE of season 7 article into the season 6 article if we can't find a reference. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, Nick has done a dozy with this one haven't they? I've done some hunting for a source to indicate S7 and haven't came across anything. Well, all we have to indicate a Season 7 is the Facebook source for now and as I state above, they still have the show's status being in it's sixth season. They changed it immediately from S5 before "iApril Fools" aired so it's funny they wouldn't do so now. Also, the opening intro still remains unchanged, something Dan would have done to help indicate a new season especially after this four month hiatus gap if we were really sticking with the new season thing. Whatever comes to light, I'll be happy to help anyway I can if I'm available to do so. - Jabrona - 23:44, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

The Season & Production Code are All Wrong....

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The Season & Production Code are All Wrong....
First of All, There no Season 6 & Season 7.
The series end with 5 Season only.

The Production Code are wrong & confusing.


The Real Airing Production Code are:
Season 1 (1xx Production Code)- 25 Episodes,
Season 2 (2xx Production Code)- 25 Episodes out of 45,
Season 3 (3xx Production Code)- 20 Episodes out of 45,
Season 4 (4xx Production Code)- 24 Episodes,
Season 5 (5xx Production Code)- 15 Episodes.
Season 6- None (There No Season 6)
Season 7- None (There No Season 7)


So please fix the Production Code from Season 3 to Season 5.
There never been season 6 & 7 at all because Nickelodeon never said anything
about a season 6 & 7...

PLEASE FIX IT....


Thank You,
Nick Stars (Nickelodeon Wiki) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.229.252.142 (talk) 16:53, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

This has been discussed a lot - see above and archives. Basically a season starts when Nickelodeon says a season starts usually with a promo that says "New Season". Season 7 is a bit controversial but the rest are pretty solid. Also see Amazon.com for another view of what seasons exist – there is at least 6 based on that listing. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:36, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Geraldo Perez this is iCarlyfan2009, he has been bashing with the production codes since August of last year. He has been saying that production codes are wrong all over the net. I would not listen to him or even start explaining things to him. His goal is to try to get the production codes his way. After they were confirmed by Dan, Copy right office and other agencies. For example he says that Meet the First Lady should be 410 when its 406. Same goes for season 3 onwards. After months of explaining it to him he seems not to get it still. WP Editor 2012 (talk) 17:52, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Nickelodeon says Season 5

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/20/icarly-bids-farewell-with-a-special-hour-long-series-finale-event-friday-nov-23/158634/

The press release says: Nickelodeon’s groundbreaking and beloved hit comedy, iCarly, which has entertained millions of kids and made random dancing and spaghetti tacos pop culture phenomenons, will end its five-season run with an unforgettable hour-long series finale event on Nickelodeon Friday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). Jon23812 (talk) 02:20, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

First off, it's not Nickelodeon saying that, it's a Zap2It article and they're known for going by the show's production cycle like TV Guide. However, numerous other sources including Dan and the cast themselves confirmed at least six airing seasons (as Geraldo pointed out above, the split regarding the episodes from "iShock America" remains controversial). Back in May when it was revealed that the show was going to end in November, there was numerous sources both saying the show would end after five or six seasons anyway. Here's recent sources that stated six seasons: [69], [70], [71], [72] - Jabrona - 20:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

TVBythenumbers, took it from a Nickelodeon press release. In case you don't know, a Nickelodeon press release is news that comes from Nickelodeon themselves. Jon23812 (talk) 04:30, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

A better link is http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeons-groundbreaking-hit-comedy-icarly-concludes-its-five-season-run-with-a-special-hour-long-series-finale-event-friday-nov-23-at-8-pm-etpt-179358441.html (and also http://photos.prnewswire.com/medias/switch.do?prefix=/appnb&page=/getStoryRemapDetails.do&prnid=20121114%252fNY13645&action=details). This is the exact press release issued by Nickelodeon and is an official Nickelodeon statement. Now that the series is done it looks like Nick wants to go back to the production cycles as definitive for the series seasons. This is in conflict with everything else Nick has done so far. It may be time to revisit how the series episode articles are organized.

Proposal: The easiest way to remain consistent with what Nick is now saying, and what they have stated previously is to rename the season articles "season 1", "season 2 part 1", "season 2 part 2", "season 3", "season 4", "season 5 part 1", and "season 5 part 2". Nothing else needs to be done. This is also consistent with how DVD sets have been named. See List of The Sopranos episodes and The Sopranos (season 6) for a similar situation. Geraldo Perez (talk) 05:52, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Nick has used the production cycle references in the past and have jumped back and forth between that and broadcast cycle. They did refer the final season as the "fifth" when they renewed the show back in April 2011, and afterwards we still had the cast, particularly Miranda call it Season 6. Nick using the production cycle reference now shouldn't really mean much since other sources are still saying six seasons. I think we should keep it as it is or possibly reduce it down to at least six airing seasons like many sites have the show's seasons listed as. The show's official facebook page still has it's status at six seasons surprisingly despite promoting "iShock America" as a new season: [73]. - Jabrona - 06:38, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I did a formal move request. So further comments should go there. Geraldo Perez (talk) 07:09, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I think that everything with the seasons is right EXCEPT for the Season 6-7 split. The only source we actually have for Season 7 is Nick's promo for "iShock America", and it was probably only advertised as the final season in order to gather in some final viewers. I think Season 6 should be episodes 501 - 515. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.148.168 (talk) 00:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)