Talk:Naagin (2015 TV series)/Archive 2

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Content Reversion: 9/7/17 UTC

Hi, M.Billoo2000! Thank you for your edits to this page!

I have reverted the prose style changes from your previous edit, as there did not seem to be any problem with doing so and I preferred the previous prose layout. I have not reverted the rest of the changes, instead altering the concerned bits of the article to avoid the problems that you mentioned in the edit summary of this edit. The concerns that it seems that you brought up in the edit summary in question are as follows:

1. The prose linked to a page that will likely be merged into this page, rendering the link useless if and when the merge occurs.
2. In a single sentence, one reference was repeated twice.

I have tried to fix the problems stated above by doing the following:

1. I removed the link to the page that will likely be merged in here, since (as you pointed out) the link may become useless.
2. To avoid having an unnecessarily large number of references while maintaining the level of clarity that I wished to attain by using three references in one sentence (two of which were the same reference), I have instead created a citation bundle, which should retain the clarity that I wanted while reducing the number of references in the sentence from three to one.

I hope that this will fix both your problems and mine. If any problems remain, please let me know, and I will see what I can do to fix them.

Thanks again for your edits to this page!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 02:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Hi! You're welcome, and thank you for your contributions too! One of the main problems in the page is the date format. The page has been tagged with Template:Use dmy dates, but it doesn't fulfill it completely. Also, the |language= parameter in Template:Cite web is invisible in view if coded to en or en-US. Can you please check up this too? And, can you fix this symbol too, "It’s" --> "It's"? Thanks! M. Billoo 03:10, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

@M.Billoo2000: Thanks for letting me know!

To respond to the problems that you brought up:

• I only saw one occurrence of a non-DMY date in the article, which I changed to be a DMY date. That should probably fix your problem with the non-DMY dates (unless I missed a non-DMY date or misunderstood your question).
• Template:Cite web mentions that the language parameter is invisible if set to "English" or "en". I'm not sure if this answers your question about "en" and "en-US" making the language parameter invisible, but this is all of the information that I could find relating to this.
• I couldn't find any occurrences of the "’" symbol, so if what you were asking was for me to change curly quotes (’) to straight quotes ('), I don't think that there's anything that needs to be done in that regard. If what you were asking me to do was to add Template:' where necessary, I don't see anywhere where that needs to be done, either.

If I've misinterpreted your questions, please let me know, and I will see what I can do to fix your actual questions. Also, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks again for the information!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:21, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Hi! Thanks for your work!

• You said, "Template:Cite web mentions that the language parameter is invisible if set to "English" or "en"… "en" and "en-US" making the language parameter invisible…"
  • I know that, and that's why I said that adding invisible thing is (as I think) unnecessary so better to remove.
• You said, "change curly quotes (’) to straight quotes (')…"
  • That is what I said too. But Template:' is used where already more than one apostrophe have been used, i.e. to '''bold''' or to ''italic'' (like you have seen above too). The reason is only that the curly one uses 2-3 bytes on inserting while straight one uses 1 byte as normal.

For Template:Use dmy dates, it means to use every date in the page in that (dmy) format. Thanks again! M. Billoo 10:19, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@M.Billoo2000: Thanks for the information!

I completely agree with you here on all points. (I should mention that I add references through the Cite button at the top of the page, which probably automatically adds the "language" parameter, but I don't mind if you remove the "language" parameters.)

Thanks again for the information!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 01:51, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Naagin (Colors)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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As with the majority of television articles, only when there is sufficient content to warrant the creation of a standalone article for an individual season, should we create such an article. None of the Naagin articles have ever contained episode lists, ratings data, critical response, casting info, production details, etc. A subject is not notable simply because it exists, and the creation of these anemic season articles (like Naagin (Colors)) just looks like we're trying to artificially inflate the importance of each season. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:22, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

• Support merge – currently, there's not enough at Naagin (Colors) to justify a separate article. However, if it ever gets to that point, I'd strongly urge that it be titled at Naagin (season 3) (or Naagin (series 3) if we use UK-English)) as per WP:NCTV. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:57, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
• Support merge — About half of the content at Naagin (Colors) seems to be redundant with this article, and the other half is small enough that I think that it could be safely merged into this article. I fully support merging these two articles. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:38, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

In late 2016 in the discussion above Talk:Naagin (TV series)#Proposed merge with Naagin (season 2), I detailed the usual path that TV articles take, from creation of the main article to daughter articles like episode lists and individual season articles. Over the last year or so there's been a push to expand the tentacles of various Indian TV articles. This is one of them. I don't really get why it's happening, but I sort of feel that people think that having multiple articles about the same subject somehow makes it more legitimate or weighty. Or perhaps less likely to be deleted? I don't know, but this main article doesn't yet warrant daughter articles in my experienced opinion. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

• Support merge – I accept the merge of the two articles. I understood the reasons for separating the season articles. So, now you can merge the articles with no objection by my side. Pranay Star (talk) 07:51, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
• Support merge M. Billoo 17:28, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Citation-related questions: 9/24/17 UTC

Hi, Cyphoidbomb! Thanks for merging Naagin (Colors) into this page!

I noticed a couple of problems with citations after the merge and wasn't sure how to resolve them. Here is the sentence with the potential problems in it:

Naagin will return for a third season in November 2017,^{[citation needed]} with Mouni Roy once again in the lead^{[citation needed]} with Mouni Roy once again in the lead along with Karanvir Bohra, Adaa Khan, Arjun Bijlani and Poonam Narula Goel.

Here are the possible problems that I noticed:

1. I had thought that the citation after "with Mouni Roy once again in the lead" would provide enough information for the entire part of the sentence before it. I'm not sure if the reason behind the "citation needed" tag's existence is that the reference is in the wrong place, that it doesn't give enough information, or some other reason. If you can help me figure out what's going wrong so that we can fix it, that would be greatly appreciated!
2. The reference after "along with Karanvir Bohra, Adaa Khan, Arjun Bijlani" appears to just be speculation as to whether Arjun Bijlani will appear in Season 3 or not. It does not seem to include any confirmation as to whether he will appear in season 3, or whether Karanvir Bohra and/or Adaa Khan will appear in Season 3 (which the citation seems to also cover). May I delete the citation?

If you have any answers to my questions, please let me know.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 05:05, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: I put the CN request after the November 2017 claim, because it wasn't clear to me whether or not that detail was sourced. I didn't check the references, though. If it's sourced in the reference block appearing after "with Mouni Roy once again in the lead", feel free to cut it. It was a long sentence with a lot of claims being made, so sometimes I prefer to source individual claims. I don't particularly care in this instance. The Arjun Bijlani reference doesn't say that he's going to be in S3, only that he's thinking about it. Pointless. I'd cut the claim and the reference. Thanks and regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:49, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb:  Done in these edits. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 01:09, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 10/2/17 UTC

Hi, Kamiya Khurana! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted one of your edits. This was done because the cast list is already in the Cast section, so also having it in the infobox could potentially cause the infobox and the Cast section might become out of sync. This would cause different information to appear in the infobox and the Cast section, confusing any readers of the article until the discrepancies were fixed. Simply having a link to the Cast section in the infobox solves this problem, as it guarantees that the cast list shown the infobox is the same as the cast list in the Cast section.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:07, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Pointless links to non-existent season articles

@Noormohammed satya: I have reverted the bulk of your recent changes. There was no reason for you to generate links in the article to non-existent season articles, as these links are circular and point back to this main article. The standalone season articles are not likely to be created, and if they are, they are almost certain to be merged back into this article, per previous discussions on the matter, because there has historically been insufficient content to warrant the existence of standalone articles for this series. In June 2017 I explained very clearly on your talk page what the normal process was for creating individual season articles, which you never responded to. If you are planning to circumvent established community preference to create flimsy season articles, be prepared to receive significant pushback on that. There were other issues as well: Please don't use ampersands (&) in prose. We use "and", not shortcuts. You also misused italics both in the formatting of your links, as well as in the section headings. We use italics for titles of major works like an album, a book, a film, a television show (Naagin season one not Naagin season one). Please familiarise yourself with MOS:ITALICS. Thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:42, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2017

113.210.235.93 (talk) 09:04, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:08, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Season overviews or episode list?

Hi! This edit—which I reverted as part of this edit, for reasons stated in the latter edit's edit summary—reminded me of a question that I think has come up in the past, namely: Should the plot be written as a series of short overviews, one per season, or as an episode list showing a short summary for each episode?

If anyone has any opinions on this, please let me know!

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:00, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 12/13/17 UTC

Hi, 109.152.178.121! Thank you for adding this useful source to the article!

I just reverted two of your edits (in this edit). This was done for the following reasons:

• This edit (Edit 1) reverted some of my changes, where I removed apparently outdated information and replaced it with more up-to-date information. However, Edit 1 did not explain why the reversion was done, so I reverted that edit.
• This edit (Edit 2) reverted a large number of changes—a list of which can be seen in this edit's edit summary—with the explanation "Arjun is not in the show anymore". I reverted that edit for two reasons:

1. Although Edit 2's explanation was supported by the text that you re-added to the article in Edit 2, that text was not supported by a reliable source. Thus, the statement that Arjun is not in the show anymore will count as original research until and unless you add a reliable source supporting that statement.
2. The edit reverted a large number of other changes, though, as before, it did not explain why those reversions were done.

I hope that this will help clarify why I reverted your edit.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks again for the addition of that useful source!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:51, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 12/18/17 UTC

Hi, 47.29.65.76 and Lorati! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted 4 edits, 2 by each of you, in this edit. These edits were reverted by the following reasons:

• 47.29.65.76's edits (this and this) were reverted for two reasons:
  • This edit changed cited information to uncited information.
  • This edit modified the wiki-markup of a citation to appear to agree with the changes made in this edit without actually changing the citation to a reliable one that agreed with it.
• Lorati's edits (this and this) were reverted for the following reason: The edits were in between 47.29.65.76's edits and the current revision. While I would have manually reverted 47.29.65.76's edits instead of reverting them and Lorati's edits, 47.29.65.76's edits were of a nature where attempting to manually revert them would have run a high risk of further disrupting the source code of the citation changed by 47.29.65.76's edits. Lorati's edits were fairly useful, though, so I will re-instate them (albeit with a few small changes, since some sources that I just found indicate that I should change some of the information in Lorati's edits).

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:03, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

@Lorati: I re-instated some of the information from your edits (in this edit). However, as I mentioned before, I had to make some changes due to information from sources that I found. This included having to remove Jyoti's characters name and Naagin affiliation. Regardless, the part of the information that you added that I was able to use was very helpful (both by itself and in that it got me to find another source for the article), so thank you for your edits! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:47, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 12/30/17 UTC

Hi, 2405:204:e50e:3ae0:7617:b354:ca76:df79! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted two of your edits to this page. This was done for the following reasons:

• This edit added a month to the date that Season 3 of Naagin will start airing. However, the source stating that there will be a Season 3 does not state a month, so stating that Season 3 will start airing in a certain month adds uncited information to the article.
• This edit added a name for Surbhi Jyoti's character in Season 3 of Naagin. The name can be inferred by combining facts from multiple sources that I have found; however, combining facts in multiple sources to reach a conclusion not stated by any one of them would be a violation of WP:SYNTH. This is why, as stated in the article, her character's name is not stated in any individual reliable sources that I can find. This means that, unless you can 1) find a reliable source that, by itself, supports the addition of the character's name and can 2) add that source to the article, stating the character's name in the article, again, adds uncited information to the article.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:04, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Cleanup tag still relevant?: 7/9/17 UTC

Hi, Adotchar! Thanks for all of your great work on Wikipedia!

I noticed that you added a cleanup-reorganize banner to this article in November 2016. Do you think that the article still needs cleaning up, such that the tag should still be there, or should the tag be removed?

Thanks again for your great work!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:29, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

@Adotchar: I have now removed the banner, as I do not think that the article still needs cleaning up to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines (which was what the banner said needed to be done). If you think that the article still suffers from the problems that the banner suggests, I will re-add the banner. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:26, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Neeya

Hi, Thilakshan! Thank you for editing this page!

I noticed that, in your edit to this page, you added something saying that the Naagin TV series is dubbed into Tamil as Neeya. Since you didn't provide any sources, I tried searching Google for sources. I couldn't find any, but I did find that there is a Wikipedia article on a Tamil soap opera called Neeya: the article Neeya (TV series). Was this Neeya TV show what you were referring to? (Depending on whether or not these TV shows are the same show or two different shows, I will discuss what to do next accordingly.)

Thank you again for your edit!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 05:16, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi :)

This is 2 different show, Neeya (TV series) is a Singapore Tamil Soap opera, Neeya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZwYRCDHc4A is Dubbed version of Nagini.--Thilakshan (talk) 09:08, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

@Thilakshan: Thanks for the response!

Now all we need to do is find some sources to support the inclusion of the Tamil dub as Neeya. I found two, but they're somewhat iffy; this one because it's a Facebook post, and this one because it could also be talking about the Tamil dub that airs on Gemini TV. Cyphoidbomb, what do you think of these sources? (I'm still having a hard time figuring out what sources are reliable.)

Thanks again for the response, Thilakshan!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:56, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Noah, this is one of those things where I might just take someone's word that the dub exists under this name and move on with my life. It's a fairly uncontroversial piece of information that it seems unlikely to be falsified or disputed. If I couldn't quickly find a reference, I'd probably just move on. Or in some cases I might just cut it. I mean, do we list all of the different titles SpongeBob was released in across the globe? Nope. Kinda depends on if the article's been heavily vandalized in the recent past or not. If not, then I might let it survive uncontested. If so, then I'd cut it. So I say, take your pick! Happy New Year, and thanks for all your hard work and strong communication. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:59, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi again Noah, I found this site, which appears to be the Shakthi TV website. If you look on Saturday and Sunday's listings, you'll find Neeya. I also found this video from a presumed Shakthi TV outlet, which shows the intro of Neeya. Pretty sure Mouni Roy and Arjun Bijlani are featured throughout. The video ends with Tamil script, and while I don't speak or read Tamil, it looks to me like a stylised version of the Tamil script நீயா, just sort of smashed together a bit. There's also a Neeya title card at [1] in the large slideshow top of screen. So in terms of whether or not it passes the stink test, I think we're in the clear. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:39, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks for the sources, and for the corresponding information! I'll add some form of citation—using one or more of your sources—to the entry on Neeya. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:55, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

 Done in this edit. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:21, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Noah, as a general note, typically we shouldn't use videos from unverified YouTube accounts as references, as we could be pointing to a potential copyright violation. When doing our due diligence to determine whether a piece of information is feasible or not, sometimes we have to look at a myriad of sources, good and bad. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:53, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Good point. Should I use a simple note pointing to this discussion, instead of actually using the sources in the article? Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Noah I don't have a good answer for this. We don't typically link to talk page discussions as references. This might be one of those situations where something is verifiable, but not easily referenced. There might be a page at the Shakthi website where they link to the YouTube video. You might consider poking around there. If they point to the YouTube video, then I'd be less inclined to worry about copyvios. Alternatively, we could just ignore referencing for the time being. It's a fairly innocuous piece of information and I think we've spent a significant amount of time verifying it. Regards and Happy New Year, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:47, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks for the New Year's wishes!

I poked around on the Shakthi TV website (as best I could, having absolutely no comprehension of how to read Tamil script) and couldn't find anything linking to the YouTube video. Would just using the other two sources—removing the discussion link and YouTube video—be adequate sourcing for the Neeya entry?

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

I would encourage you to use your best judgment. Also, this is maybe a more intuitive program listing for Shakthi TV, as it lists Neeya in an easier-to-find format than the previous link I submitted. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, and for the reference!

I think I'll use the two non-video references plus your reference, combined into a Refn tag with appropriate text added. I'll add a diff once I've done that.

Thanks again for the help!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 20:25, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I actually wound up replacing all of the citations for Neeya with the Shakthi TV site reference, as I realized that that contained everything that all of the sources had: a name, a language, an air time, and proof that two seasons exist. You can see my diff here. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 20:33, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 1/12/17 UTC

Hi, Emotional Wiki! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted your creation of a full article from a redirect at Naagin 3 (in this edit). This was done for the following reason: About four months ago, an article about the third season of Naagin was created. Cyphoidbomb started a discussion proposing that the third season article be merged into this article, a proposition that ultimately went through with full support from all involved. (The full discussion can be seen here.) For this reason, I think that, if you want to split out Naagin's third season into its own article, you should first start a discussion suggesting that this be done, including good reasons why it would be a good idea to do this now even though it was not a good idea four months ago. (If you really do want to post a discussion suggesting an article split, I can help you figure out how to put it up, if you need any help doing it.)

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:59, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Noah Emotional Wiki was indeffed by RickinBaltimore as a result of block evasion. That account (as well as the Kasamma account you mentioned in the section just above this one) were deemed to be the same person evading a previous block. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shiwam Kumar Sriwastaw if you're interested. If any more accounts restore that article in the next few weeks, feel free to revert without repercussion or without feeling compelled to open a discussion. The user is "de facto banned" per WP:REVERTBAN, which means you may revert without fear of edit-warring. Take care, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:44, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks for the information, and for the advice! I will try to remember to follow your advice if a user restores the Naagin 3 article within the next few weeks. Thanks again! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:55, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 1/1/18 UTC

Hi, Kasamma! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted two of your edits to this page. The circumstances of the reversion are somewhat complex, due to what you did: mainly, that you changed cited information to formerly uncited information, then changed the relevant citation to cite the relevant information that you changed. This would be perfectly acceptable, and even welcomed, except—this is the complex bit—the source that you cited displays a blank page upon being clicked, which does not and cannot cite the information on the page; this means that the information was still uncited after you made your edits, which is not acceptable. For this reason, I have reverted your edits.

If you're having trouble figuring out how to cite sources correctly, I can try to explain how to do it correctly. Alternatively, if you give me the URL to the source that you want to cite, I can create the citation for you.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 05:02, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

The edits were made by socks getting around their blocks and global locks. -★- PlyrStar93. _{→Message me. ←} 18:50, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

@PlyrStar93: Thanks for letting me know! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:03, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Naagin 3

Naagin Season 3 will return on 10 February 2018 wait now — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.111.129.34 (talk) 13:13, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Content Reversion: 1/16/17 UTC

Hi, BengalTigers! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I just reverted one of your edits to this page. This was done because the edit in question incremented the number of seasons in the infobox from 2 to 3. However, Template:Infobox television (the infobox type used in this article) says that the season number should not be incremented until either a new season has started or a reliable source confirms that it has started production, neither of which seem to be the case for Season 3 of Naagin. Therefore, I have reverted the edit in question.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 14:57, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Protection request: 2/4/17 UTC

Hi, Cyphoidbomb! I wanted to ask if you or some other admin could semi-protect this article until March 3.

The reason why I'd like for the article to be protected is that, since the two-week-long semi-protection of this article went down about a week ago, the article has suffered from seven waves of disruptive editing (on average, one wave per day), and no other useful edits (not counting disruptive editing reversion) have occurred.

The reason why I would like for the article to only be protected until March 3 is that the third season of this show will start on March 3, making IP and unconfirmed editing of this article less problematic (since speculation about Season 3 is one of the most common reasons for disruptive editing) and more useful (since it will be important to keep the article up-to-date with the TV show, so allowing IP and unconfirmed editors to edit this page at that point will likely be helpful).

Please let me know what you think of this idea.

Thank you!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 16:55, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin:  Done Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:14, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 17:16, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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Karanvir Bohra in Season 3?

Hi, 113.169.184.91! Thank you for editing Wikipedia!

I noticed that you removed information on Karanvir Bohra being in Season 3 of Naagin, with the explanation that Bohra had commented on an Instagram post of Ekta Kapoor's that Bohra was not going to be in Season 3. However, a quick check of sources (including Kapoor's Instagram) does not show such a post. In fact, most sources that I can find say the opposite: that Bohra really will be in Naagin Season 3. For example, this article, which was published on Jan 10, firmly states that Bohra will be in Season 3. Of course, recasts can always happen, but the fact remains that all of the recent sources that I can find say that Bohra either will probably be or will definitely be in Naagin 3. Since this is the case, and since I can't find any material to contradict that, I would appreciate if you would find the source in question and post a link to it here so that we can use it in the article. If you can't find the link, Bohra's entry in the cast list should probably having the information about him being in Naagin 3 re-added until and unless concrete sources stating that he won't be in Naagin 3 can be obtained.

Thank you again for editing Wikipedia!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:10, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Naagin 3 release date

Hey I saw a certain insta post where some fan had actually had a conversation with Rohit Chaudhary and he said that the show will start from June after the IPL. Moreover of it had to release in March the promotion with date would have been released. Anisha 0987 (talk) 12:22, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

@Anisha 0987: Thanks for mentioning this, and for the information!

If you can find the Instagram post in question, you can add it to the article as a reference by clicking where you want the reference to be, clicking the Cite button, pasting the link into the URL box, and clicking Publish. (Alternatively, you can post the link to it here, and I can turn it into a reference and add it to the article.) Once the Instagram post is in the article as a reference, the Naagin 3 release date can be changed to to June 2018, since there will be a clear reference stating that that is, as of the moment, the most accurate release date available.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks again for the information, and for trying to communicate with other users about this!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 12:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Merge with Naagin (Season 3)?

Hi everyone! I just noticed that, about four days ago, a Naagin (Season 3) article was created. Given the results the last time that someone made a Naagin 3 article, I would figure that Naagin (Season 3) should be merged into this article. However, since I tend to go by WP:GNG when assessing whether an article should be kept or deleted, and Naagin's third season technically passes WP:GNG (since, on the Naagin article alone, there are at least eight reliable sources that talk about Naagin's third season), I am unsure of whether the two should be merged or not. Any thoughts? Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 14:30, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes. It is just an article created for misinterpretation. Even my article was once merged as I supposed it. If Naagin Season 3 article is created, then Naagin Season 2 article should be created. According to Wikipedia guidelines, I support your statement of merging it with this. I have seen the page and it's misleading. How can the date 19 June 2018 be written without any citations? It is only for the choice of the user who made the article. How can the title card be added without any telecast? That's also a fault. So merging would be good. Pranay Star (talk) 15:00, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Merge - For TV season articles, the quantity of content should determine whether or not the season article exists. Consider the content at 24 (season 2). There's a series summary, cast list with episode count, full episode list tracking titles, directors, writers, air dates, production codes, content on production and reception and awards. If the entirety of Naagin S3's content is a cast list, that's just not sufficient. The way we usually create TV fork articles is detailed above in Talk:Naagin (TV series)#Proposed merge with Naagin (season 2). Naagin will never have a detailed episode list tracking all the information found in the 24 article. Nobody will ever track ratings for S2, critical response, etc. There will never be proper Season 1 or Season 2 articles created, so it's bizarre to have a standalone S3 article. It's just a poorly-thought-out content fork that does little, but create content spread for no good reason. Further, the article was created by a brand new user who presumably has zero familiarity with WikiProject Television preferences. The user's first edit was to remove a PROD from a flimsy article, and his second edit welcomed a user with four edits. My feeling is that this article was created to promote the series and that we're going to see some coordinated editing. @AussieLegend: Do you have any thoughts on the merge proposal? Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

I have lots of thoughts, many of which you've already stated. --AussieLegend (✉) 16:45, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Merge - Cyphoidbomb has convinced me that this is a good idea. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 15:39, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Merge - The article needs to be moved anyway (it should be at Naagin (season 3) if it is to exist) and it's using the wrong infobox. The lead needs to be fixed to reflect that it's a season, not a series, invalid references need to be removed and other errors need to be fixed. I agree with pretty much everything Cyphoidbomb has said so I think a merge is preferable. --AussieLegend (✉) 16:45, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

I've now fixed the numerous errors in the article and I'm more convinced a merge is necessary. --AussieLegend (✉) 17:25, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

As everyone should have noticed by now, the article in question has been deleted so there is nothing to merge. --AussieLegend (✉) 18:26, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: Thanks for letting us know! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 21:28, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Should we create episode tables here?

In light of what Cyphoidbomb said in the above discussion, I have been reminded that having an episode table for this article would probably be a good idea. Nobody's ever had a serious discussion on adding episode tables before (to my knowledge), but now that it's come up, this is probably a good time to discuss this. So, Cyphoidbomb, Pranay Star, any opinions on the addition of an episode table for this article? (This especially goes for you, Pranay Star, since you'd probably be adding most of the content to said table.) Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 15:40, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for assigning me the duty of adding content to the episodic table. Would you (Noah Kastin) create it so that I would be able to write the episodic details. Pranay Star (talk) 16:02, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: Sure thing! I'd like to get Cyphoidbomb's opinion on this before I begin, though, because he's the one who suggested the whole episode-list idea in the first place, so he probably knows more about when it should be used and how to use it than I do. If he gives it the go-ahead, though, I will definitely try to implement that episode table when I get a chance to do so. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 20:19, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: My preference is to remain as neutral as possible on content issues. If you both want to put together an episode list, then godspeed. @AussieLegend: I've been a little bit out of the loop on TV-related stuff for a while, and I know some stuff has changed. Any chance I could impose upon you to point these guys to some sample articles or suitable templates to get started with? Obviously it depends on how much information can be found for the 130+ episodes the article is behind on. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:22, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

We have several templates to make the creation of episode lists easier. For the episode tables themselves, {{Episode table}} provides the headers while {{Episode list}} is used for the tables themselves. When a series has more than one season we use {{Series overview}} to create a series overview table. MOS:TV provides guidance on how to actually create the episode lists and provides links to examples as well. I would suggest creating the episode list article at Draft:List of Naagin episodes and moving it to article space once it is mature enough. --AussieLegend (✉) 03:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: Thanks for the information! I'll get started on the episodes list draft now. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 06:32, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: I just created a very basic draft (located right where you suggested, at Draft:List of Naagin episodes). Currently, the draft just has a lede, a series overview that doesn't have the right colors yet, and episodes tables for the two seasons that only exist as a very basic model for what the tables should eventually look like. Is this basically good so far, and is there anything that I should change drastically about it so far?

@Pranay Star: We'll need colors for each of the two seasons of Naagin, one to represent each season. Do you have any particular preferences as to what color is used for any given season? (I ask because, since you've watched the show, I thought that you might know some sort of symbolic color that would represent one or both seasons.) If you have a general color type in mind, I can pick out an exact hex color from there, but I'll need something to work with, so if you have any preferences, however general, those would be nice to know.

Thanks in advance, everyone, for any feedback!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 07:10, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Good work. I've made some minor changes to the series overview table so that it can be transcluded to the main article once it's moved to article space. I've also modified the episode tables to set column widths and enable better episode numbering. |EpisodeNumber= needs to be unique so that it can be externally linked to so when we have a series with more than one season we use |EpisodeNumber2= to keep individual season numbering correct. |LineColor= is used to provide a line between entries when |ShortSummary= is completed. I've also commented out some comments. Otherwise, the draft was fine. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:53, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: Thanks for the fixes! Now we just need for Pranay Star to add input on the colors (or, if Pranay Star won't or can't do it, for someone else to add input on the colors) so that I can fill in the episode tables with the full number of episodes per season. (I just want to know what the season colors will be before I fill in the episode tables so that I won't have to replace 62 or 75 instances of my default color with whatever other people want.) Thanks again for the fixes! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 10:08, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

The colours of the two seasons are different now so a simple find and replace can be used to easily replace them in each season. For now, they can be anything but usually we pick the dominant colour of the home media release cover. If none is available then an arbitrary colour choice is adequate. --AussieLegend (✉) 11:26, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: Unfortunately, I can't find home media covers for Naagin. I have found a fairly ubiquitous promotional picture for Naagin Season 2 (viewable here), but I can't find such a picture for Season 1, with the closest thing that I can find being this. Would these two pictures be adequate for their respective seasons?

Also, if we were using these pictures, what colors would would we use? I would figure the tan-gold color from this picture for Naagin 2 and the mint-green color from this picture for Naagin 1, but that's just my personal opinion (and, of course, this is only if we're using either of the pictures that I procured at all).

Thanks in advance for any input on the pictures and/or colors!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 13:01, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

We use the home media covers because they are normally used in the season article infoboxes. However, as we are just creating a list of episodes, that won't have any infoboxes or non-free image, it really doesn't matter what colours we use. The colours that you suggested are as good as any we could pick. --AussieLegend (✉) 15:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: OK, then I'll use those. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 21:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend and Pranay Star: All right, how do the colors at Draft:List of Naagin episodes look now?

By the way, just as an update on the plan here: Once I can get consensus on the colors, I'll implement the rest of the outline for the season tables, at which point it will your turn, Pranay Star, to implement the episode names and plots.

Anyway, right now, what's important is just to get a quick consensus on the colors, so if anyone has any opinions on the colors, please let me know!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 21:48, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I was busy since three days and from now I can work on it. I suggest you to use gold color for Naagin Season 1 and olive green for Season 2. The logos of the two seasons indicate the respective colors. I can add plot and title for episodes once it's done. Pranay Star (talk) 07:57, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: Thanks for the input! I actually like your color selection a lot better than the selection that I had picked out on my own, so thanks for suggesting it! Are the colors that I've added at Draft:List of Naagin episodes the colors that you were going for, or should I change something about them before we continue? Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 11:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Yes. The colors are good now and I would advise you to edit the table, filling with all episodes air dates (62,75). Pranay Star (talk) 11:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: On it. I'll let you know when I'm done. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 11:43, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: I've filled in all of the episode numbers and air dates for Season 1. I haven't filled in the ones for Season 2 because my hands started hurting too much to continue after I finished with Season 1, but the 62 episodes of Season 1 are all ready to be filled in, so you can work on those until I get the opportunity to fill in the Season 2 episode numbers and air dates. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 12:04, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: I've edited the air dates of Naagin Season 1 as it was 2016 instead of 2015. You have written 5 instead of 6. I would like to ask if the titles and short summaries are added by getting the info from Voot (where Naagin episodes are available officially) or added by own. If you give reply to this question then I would thank you for solving my doubt. Pranay Star (talk) 13:03, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: First of all, thanks for fixing my oversight on the 2016 Naagin episodes.

About the titles and short summaries: While obtaining the titles from Voot or some similar website would probably be a good idea, as such websites are probably good sources for the episode titles (just as I used YouTube to obtain the episode air dates), I would suggest writing up your own plot summaries for the episodes, as websites like Voot may potentially use copyrighted plot summaries, meaning that Voot's plot summaries may not be allowed for use on Wikipedia.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 05:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: Thanks for replying. I'll add own titles and summaries to the episodes. Pranay Star (talk) 08:03, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: OK, thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 08:07, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Noah Kastin: I've added first episode title and summary of Naagin Season 1. Once go through it and correct any errors. Could you tell me the maximum words to be used in summary of a episode? Pranay Star (talk) 08:27, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Episode summaries should be 100-200 words. There is a script that you can use to check the plot lengths after you have written the summaries. --AussieLegend (✉) 08:58, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: I've mostly copyedited the episode 1 summary, but I keep getting stuck on one thing: Who is in the Raheja family that is introduced in this episode, and why is it important that they are introduced here? If you could explain that, that would be very useful, as it would help me to clear up the first sentence of the episode summary and thus finish with the copyediting of that episode summary. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 22:29, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Pranay Star: By the way, I have now added the episode numbers and air dates for the episodes in Naagin 2, so whenever you want to add titles and plot summaries for those episodes, they're all ready for you! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:13, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Sanjeeda almost certainly not in Naagin 3: here's why

Hi everyone! I just wanted to mention: If any of you are wondering if any sources support Pranay Star's removal of Sanjeeda Shiekh as an actress in Naagin 3 (diff), these two sources (1, 2)—two out of the three most recent sources that mention Shiekh—say that she will not be in Naagin 3.

Note that, if the final paragraph of this source were reliable, I'd say that Shiekh could be counted as being in Naagin 3 (as the source was published yesterday, as opposed to the two that I mentioned earlier, which were published in early January), but I'm pretty sure that the last three paragraphs of this source are unreliable, as they are identical to the lede of this revision of the Naagin (TV series) page on Wikipedia, meaning that citing this source would be basically like citing Wikipedia, which is generally unacceptable.

Anyway, I hope that this information will be helpful!

Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 06:10, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Naagin (season-3)

Please note that Naagin (season-3) was created today. I've redirected it. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:11, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

@AussieLegend: Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 09:13, 25 April 2018 (UTC)