Talk:List of soap opera media outlets

Latest comment: 9 years ago by TAnthony in topic Site title format

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles#Major works says "Website titles may or may not be italicized depending on the type of site and what kind of content it features. Online magazines, newspapers, and news sites with original content should generally be italicized." I'm of the opinion that sites like Daytime Confidential and Soapcentral are indeed "news sites with original content", and that their names should be italicized like other major works. There has been a lengthy discussion about website name formatting in citations at Help talk:Citation Style 1 that has informed me a bit more on the topic. I understand that within soap opera-related articles, formatting has been inconsistent but mostly seems to favor not italicizing these sites. I don't know that this has ever really been discussed, but rather has propagated itself by imitation as we improve articles.— TAnthonyTalk 15:34, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

For me, it seems that sites like Daytime Confidential and Soapcentral not be italicized, as unlike Soap Opera Digest or even Soaps in Depth, they aren't exclusively news-produced. There are a lot of inconsistencies within soap opera-related articles, more so beyond stylization of title of works, etc. livelikemusic my talk page! 16:28, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Haha yes, this is the least of our problems with soap articles ;) But I'm interested in how you think Soapcentral is different that Soap Opera Digest (except that SOD has a print version)? The fact, for example, that SC has more recap material is no surprise because the web has all the space in the world, which a magazine obviously doesn't. And the SOD site has never really been interchangeable with the print edition (or gone beyond it in content) as most mainstream magazine sites now are.— TAnthonyTalk 16:59, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Well, for the longest of times (at one point), Soapcentral.com was believed to be unreliable, though that has been rectified. I just fail to hold Soapcentral.com and Daytime Confidential on the same content-level as SOD or SID, etc. Perhaps it is because they both have print editions that are purchasable. livelikemusic my talk page! 17:05, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Yes both were originally basically fansites, but on their current merits you can't deem them inferior because they are web only, there are many reputable news sites which have risen as paper publishing has declined. As a matter of fact I would suggest that these sites are more valuable/vital if only because they can report things more quickly and comprehensively than SOD and SID can. — TAnthonyTalk 18:11, 23 September 2015 (UTC)Reply