Template talk:Cite episode

Potential replacement for this template

I've noticed that every page that uses this template doesn't fit with the parameters set by the template itself - among other things, they all include a transcript link not supported by the actual template. More pressingly, it will only display properly if the story and date parameters are filled out - the former of which seemingly only applies to the comics (already covered by Template:Cite comic book). I tried to fix it, but my testing ran into walls because the template has a huge number of parameters, not all of which seem strictly necessary (especially the various comic-only parameters, like inker and colorist).

With all this in mind, I decided to try my hand at making a simpler template (modeled on the aforementioned comic book template) that fits with the existing use cases on my personal sandbox. I was reluctant to replace it entirely, considering it would be a massive change, so I wanted to bring it up here and get some feedback before I made any changes. --SummerShores (talk) 23:09, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply! I think I just repeated the source code over from the templates not thinking to replace the unused parameters. A lot of our older templates have that issue so I never got around to fixing them (if you've noticed any others, please do let me know). I'm okay with switching over to a more refined template like the one in your sandbox but I think it's missing a few potential fields.

• Writer and Director fields, to be consistent with our other citation templates.
• "Part" field, mostly for generation 1 episodes like "The End of Flutter Valley", which aired in 10 parts.
• Airdate

Again, thank you for this! I've been needing to fix up our episode articles and things around them for the longest time but kept putting it off for other tasks.--Amelia (talk) 17:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback! I edited the sandbox template to add the parameters you suggested. I wasn't sure how to apply the director field to FiM episodes (I used the supervising director for the example - Jim Miller, in that case). Please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns about it! --SummerShores (talk) 08:27, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Did some testing here. Aside from it not supporting range dates (for multi-part G1 episodes) which is an easy enough workaround I have no real complaints when using it for different types of episode. As for directors, I usually go with the people credited in the opening credits as just director. In the case of She Talks to Angel, Denny Lu and Mike Myhre.--Amelia (talk) 15:27, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Somehow I missed the opening credits for that episode - I went ahead and altered my example accordingly. I also thought about the date range issue you brought up - I initially thought just citing the day the specific part being cited aired would work (and altered my sandbox a bit to test that out, using the example given on yours), but I see how it'd be an issue if you want to cite the serial as a whole. --SummerShores (talk) 04:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Well I have nothing else to add here. I'm fine with making this the new citation template. Will go along way in character/episode clean up project I've been on-and-off working on. --Amelia (talk) 12:45, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and swap it in. Thank you so much! --SummerShores (talk) 08:25, 14 October 2023 (UTC)