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The Space-Time Telegraph Volume III, Issue III — December 2025 Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who File:The Twelfth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver transparent background.png Help! We've been robbed... of a new Doctor Who Christmas special this year :( 2025... I Let You Go *vworp vworp, vworp vworp* The Space-Time Telepgraph is back again with our final issue of the year. With 13-episodes of Who-related content broadcast in 2025, it marked the biggest year in the Whoniverse since 2017! Take a quick read below for all the Wikipedia-related (and non-Wikipedia-related) Doctor Who news that you missed, and everything you have to look forward to. Happy New Year! 🥳🎉 Would you like a jelly baby Good or Featured article? It's been several months since the last newsletter, and a number of new GAs have been added to the quality content list. 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Alex 21. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Daleks!".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:58, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

		The Template Barnstar
		For your work in getting {{Television Rotten Tomatoes scores}} up and running again! You have my thanks. (And a belated thanks for {{Television ratings graph}} as well.) – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 03:30, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

The next step, if I may make a suggestion, could be to introduce custom widths, as the graph can look a little cramped for seasons with few episodes—but I'll leave it to the expert(s)! – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 03:30, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Always happy for an excuse to get back into coding.

Could definitely work on custom dimensions to make smaller (or bigger) graphs. A wider graph could certainly help The Walking Dead season 11#Reception (and similarly, a smaller graph could certainly help The Walking Dead season 1#Reception). -- Alex_21 _TALK 03:46, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Take a look at the updated examples, and let me know what you think. -- Alex_21 _TALK 04:24, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Looks great! Good call on the separate |width= and |height= parameters too; more customisation here is definitely a positive, in my opinion. I've applied this change over yonder, and I think it's a vast improvement. Thanks! – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 04:32, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

I second this barnstar, this has been a pain for so long, thanks for getting it up and running Alex! - adamstom97 (talk) 08:55, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex, I'm writing because I wanted to discuss adding a section on controversies related to the Conformity Gate and the recent information about Jennifer Marshall, who played Max's mother, who didn't appear in the season due to her illness, which may have helped her. This way, the Conformity Gate information would also fit into a more appropriate section, in my opinion, since the movement arose from a bad ending for fans and others. Let me know when you can so that tomorrow, when I add the information about the Jennifer, I can create this new section and include both pieces of information, either by adding her to the casting section or by adding the new information to the casting section. Marco camino 10 (talk) 13:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex,

I’m looking for a second opinion on an ongoing wording dispute on the Eleven article from Stranger Things.

Another editor has repeatedly removed the phrase “main protagonist,” arguing that “a character is either the protagonist or not,” but without citing any Wikipedia policy or sources that prohibit the term. I opened a discussion on the article talk page outlining why “main protagonist” is commonly used on Wikipedia for ensemble works and why removing it arguably reduces clarity in this case, but they haven’t responded there and continue reverting.

I also noticed the same editor has made identical changes on several unrelated character articles (e.g., Walter White, Katniss Everdeen, Jake Sully), which makes it seem like a broader stylistic preference rather than an article-specific, consensus-based change.

Since you’re heavily involved in Stranger Things–related pages, I was hoping you could weigh in on whether this wording is appropriate here, or suggest the best way to resolve the dispute constructively.

Thanks for your time, and appreciate any guidance. Overandoutnerd (talk) 03:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

@Overandoutnerd Hey, thanks for the query. You've certainly attempted communication well, but they're certainly edit-warring over the content, so I've warned them for 3RR. I'd also recommend taking at look at SPA here.

I have no overt position over the term, but I would agree that if secondary sources desribe her as the main protagonist, then she should be listed as such – this matches with your comments of the series not being a singular-protagonist media. However, I'd also note that per WP:PROTAGONIST, [s]ubjective interpretation using labels such as protagonist, antagonist, villain, or main character, should be avoided. This means that we should be avoiding the use of the word protagonist. I'd recommend leaving it as such, and if need be, report the account to ANI or AN3. -- Alex_21 _TALK 05:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex,

I removed these episodes from the season 37 list, as there is no source saying that these episodes will air then. (In fact, I could share a source that shows that they will likely be Disney+ exclusives, and therefore won't air on Fox on this date.) For some reason, you reverted my change, putting these episodes back, with a note that not only official sources are valid. Okay... what's your source?

And make sure you're not mixing up production numbers and broadcast numbers - this is what I was getting at with my comment about SYNTH. There's no question that Extreme Makeover:Homer Edition includes the 800th episode by production order, and that the first episode that will air on 2/15/26 is being promoted as the 800th episode. But there is no source I'm aware of that states that these "800th episodes" are one and the same. Jibberuski (talk) 02:37, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hmnqhtme4mv4rxkys3sxpls5/post/3m5rkf2s3as2c

This is also SYNTH, but Michael Price has only one remaining 36ABF episode left, and this is the first half of Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition. My point being, unless you have a source I'm not aware of, you're jumping the gun putting these episodes on the season 37 list. They will most likely debut on Disney+ in Spring or Summer 2026, but this is not confirmed. Jibberuski (talk) 02:59, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@Jibberuski Thanks for your message.

It is sourced that there will be 15 Fox episodes, and 2 Disney episodes. I understand the issue you have of there being different 800th episodes – that is what the discussion on the article's talk page regards, and the current WP:CONSENSUS is that the February episode refers to the 800th production episode, which is very reliably sourced (and also reliably sourced to be airing on Fox on February 15, not Disney). If you disagree with this consensus, you are welcome to resume the discussion there, as that is the appropriate location. I would also recommend that if you have an issue with what you consider to be original research, you don't argue back with your own original research, and think that it has a greater standing. Thanks. -- Alex_21 _TALK 23:43, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

I know I'm going a bit off topic, but there are 2 Disney+ episodes per season starting with 37ABF and continuing to 40ABF. For 36ABF, there are supposed to be four, same as 35ABF. How they get scheduled remains to be seen.

I have added a comment to the season 37 talk page. It doesn't look like the existing discussion was about specifically which episodes will air on 2/16/26, rather, it appears to be about which episodes count as 800th. Jibberuski (talk) 00:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries. Let's keep the discussion there. -- Alex_21 _TALK 00:36, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex,

Hope you’re doing well. I wanted to reach out regarding an article I recently created, Mileven, which is currently pending review. When you have a moment, I’d really appreciate it if you could take a look at the page and share any feedback you might have.

If there are areas that need improvement, additional sources, or changes to better align with Wikipedia’s guidelines, I’m more than happy to work on them. I’m still refining things and would value an experienced editor’s perspective.

No pressure at all if you’re busy or if reviewing new pages isn’t something you’re able to do. Even brief suggestions or pointing out potential issues would be very helpful. Thanks for your time, and I appreciate all the work you do around here Overandoutnerd (talk) 04:55, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey Alex, hope you’re doing well.

I’ve been working on a new template called Television Series Rating, backed by a Lua module of the same name. It visualizes per-episode ratings across seasons and automatically calculates season averages. I’ve tried to design it to be skin-friendly, accessible, and not fight light/dark mode or existing page styles.

I’ve put together a demo in my sandbox so you can see how it looks in practice

Before taking it any further, I’d really appreciate your feedback.

Do you think this template (and its module) could make sense on TV show pages, or would it be better suited for lists or user space? Also curious if you see any policy or style concerns with this kind of visual presentation.

No rush at all. Just wanted your honest take before going down the wrong path. Thanks! Overandoutnerd (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi Overandoutnerd, I hope you don't mind me jumping in here with some thoughts. This graph appears to be based on user ratings, such as those from IMDb, which we do not use on Wikipedia per WP:USERG. In fact, it seems to be very much copied from some images I have seen floating around on social media which would raise concerns for me that we are copying someone else's visual designs, I'm not sure if there is an actual policy for that but it seems like it could cause trouble for the Wiki. Terms like "perfection", "garbage", etc. are also not appropriate for Wikipedia. We are able to use verified critics ratings, such as those on Rotten Tomatoes, and Alex has made a great template that we can use to display those. It looks like the Stranger Things articles are already using them. - adamstom97 (talk) 19:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@Overandoutnerd Hey, thanks for coming to me. I've also seen this style of per-episode ratings across social media. Unfortunately, as Adam said, it's also based on audience ratings, which we don't use per USERG and MOS:TVAUDIENCE (I do note your documentation of "The template does not verify the source of ratings; editors are responsible for ensuring ratings comply with Wikipedia’s sourcing policies.") The template also uses WP:PEACOCK descriptors, and determines these arbitrarily. For critical responses, we already have {{Television Rotten Tomatoes scores}}. Unfortunately, I'd recommend that this template not be used.

I'm also very interested in your module coding in the Lua language, as this is your first foray into modules, and yet you've developed an entire 250-line script. -- Alex_21 _TALK 21:53, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey Alex, does MOS:COLHEAD apply to Template:Episode table/part for Template:Episode table? And if not, why? I really need an answer on this because someone keeps using this as justification for removing parts on episode tables, so many thanks if you could! GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 23:32, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @GalaxyFighter55: Yes it does. You can see the why here and further relevant discussion here. TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

@TheDoctorWho: So how does one even apply this in a now-conflicting template? Is there any definitive resolution for this or do we keep WP:STATUSQUO for now? GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 00:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) In a related discussion here, Alex 21 pointed out two accepted options. I used the second on the Re:Zero page as I felt it would be less controversial Olliefant (she/her) 02:05, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

I did some digging in your two links, and I'm guessing this is the consensus fix for the issue? Is this what we apply going forward? --GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 01:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

@TheDoctorWho: and Alex 21, the discussion has continued here User talk:Olliefant#MOS:COLHEAD with no consensus, would either of you be willing to weigh in? I'm advocating for something similar to Doctor Who series 5 while GalaxyFighter55 is advocating for what currently exists at Re:Zero season 3 Olliefant (she/her) 03:29, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

I based this off of how it was done on List of Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) episodes. They retained parts information while still adhering to the MOS. It's clunky, but it makes more sense if we are being honest. I don't see a reason to make the part ends or starts vague as it already cleared the technical hurdle at hand. --GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 06:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. It seems the involved editors have linked you towards the issue (which I recognize exists, but damn it's annoying). Has a solution been figured out? -- Alex_21 _TALK 21:54, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

It appears so, for the most part. --GalaxyFighter55 (talk) 06:00, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Alex, I hope you are well. This is the first article I have written myself from scratch (on enwiki). And since I see that you often edit articles from this franchise, I would appreciate your opinion on whether you think it is ready to be submitted. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Franar8 (talk) 01:44, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

When The Good Doctor was airing, notable guests were being added. That section got removed as it was just listing actors and actresses with just one appearance. Ultimately, it's WP:FANCRUFT. So it's not disruptive when it's fancruft or content that is only important to a small portion of readers or fans. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 03:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Mr. C.C. Hey, thanks for your message. Mass removing content based on another article is WP:OCON. I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Removal of Guest sections - fancruft?, as there has never been a suggestion or consensus that guest cast is fancruft, especially when it's mass removing all guest cast rather than just one-episode cast; inclusion of such conforms with WP:TV and MOS:TV, particular MOS:TVCAST. -- Alex_21 _TALK 04:11, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

While using the Table colours script yesterday there was a wild colour change where it changed #EE1516 to #F1FF16 in this edit. Looks like a bug that needs splatting. - X201 (talk) 08:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

@X201 Wow, that's a wild change. Even testing it out on Snook causes the same issue – changing the saturation or value either way causes it to go wildly yellow. It doesn't happen with #EE1517, though, so it looks like it's an issue with this particular hex across any contrast adjusting script. I'll have to keep my eye on it and figure out why. -- Alex_21 _TALK 01:12, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I have been working through fixing the {{Convert to Episode table}} issues listed at , and I have done quite a few (on the order 500). When it is an episode list, it is quite easy, but I am coming across more and more that are wiki tables, which are much more effort to convert. I was wondering if you knew of any ways to convert those? Without the help of some automated tool, I don't see how it would be feasible to convert most of those articles (for example the page List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes). I will continue with the episode lists for now, but just thought I would see if you knew anything to help those pages. Ajheindel (talk) 00:22, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Ajheindel Thanks for your question. That episode article is so long it's actually causing my browser to freeze while I'm editing it! Unfortunately, though, there's no true script to adjust it automatically, but I'm a regular user of regex, which allows me to pattern match in my regular coding/text editor and convert them to whatever I need (in this case, episode tables). -- Alex_21 _TALK 01:14, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay, that is what I figured. With how different everyone does the wikitable lists, it would be pretty difficult to script something. Most of the lists are not that extreme, I will try some of the smaller ones and see if I can regex something. Thanks! Ajheindel (talk) 01:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Alex 21 I went ahead and reverted your conversion of the Doraemon article for now, as it caused the page to exceed the post-expand include size limit. If you want to proceed with switching to the episode table templates you're going to have to split the page. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:29, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Ajheindel: I'm actually here for the thread above, but I saw this discussion and thought I'd chip in. I've been converting tables to episode table since April 2024 and while I've amassed a load of scripts to automate certain tasks I'm constantly having to write more to tackle, as you mentioned, yet another unique table code format. As Alex said, there's no one script that would fix Doraemon, but I'm happy to tackle it if you like, because while I don't have a script for it, I do know the methodology required and which order to tackle it in. If you want me to leave it so that you can use it to get your Regex skills flowing, I'm fine with that too. As an aside, we could really do with a centralised talk page to discuss this table replacement task, because I've spotted a couple of big problems that exist in certain articles that will require a team effort to crack. Sorry for hijacking your talk page Alex. - X201 (talk) 08:24, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

No problem, like I mentioned above, I wasn't actually planning to tackle List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes, so feel free to use your magic on that. Since these articles needing episode list conversion are mixed in with the already converted to episode list articles, I started a list that I will add pages as I find them so it is easier for the people with expertise to find them (here at User:Ajheindel/Convert to episode list). Not sure if someone has done that already, but feel free to use if you find it useful.

As for a centralized talk page, I think that would be a good idea. I am not sure the best place for that to exist, but just let me know where and I will add to my watchlist. There is a talk page at the category , or the talk page at User:Ajheindel/Convert to episode list would be fine with me too. Ajheindel (talk) 15:04, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Ajheindel and X201: Alex has created User:Alex 21/sandbox/No episode table which is the list I've been using (over the category) to adjust table formatting when I decide to tackle some. That list only looks for articles using {{Episode list}} without {{Episode table}} so for example, List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes isn't there. I would also appreciate a central discussion to hear what others are thinking about things. My ultimate thought once tables are converted in user's various list places and the cat, is to then create tracking categories in {{Episode table}} for all the "T" parameters, because in conversion there are likely instances that can forego the text adjustment and use the default text (I've found this particularly of note on anime article; text parameters are used when they don't really need to be). All that to say, I think Template talk:Episode table is the best location, with notices at Template talk:Episode list and WT:TV of that discussion. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:45, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Thinking about it Template talk:Episode table seems the sensible place to be the central talking point. Everyone is already monitoring it and it will get archived should anyone else in the future wish to see what happened during the clean up. Everyone OK with that?- X201 (talk) 08:57, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Forgot to ping @Ajheindel and Favre1fan93: - X201 (talk) 08:59, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Makes sense, I have added it to my watched list. Ajheindel (talk) 22:32, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm following along with all of this and am also happy to participate in a centralized discussion. -- Alex_21 _TALK 23:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Hiya, FYI you've been mentioned (and your Talk page linked) at ANI here. Blue Sonnet (talk) 08:52, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hey Alex,

I noticed you put a "too long" notice on the Rookie episode article. I do understand this and want to help fix this. I think the best way to do so is by creating separate season articles for each episode of the Rookie and moving each episode table over to their respective articles. Let me know what you think. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

@NarutoSan6000 Thanks for your post here. Separate season articles won't fix the plot issue; per MOS:TVPLOT, plot summaries of no more than 200 words per episode should ideally be presented. 42 episodes have summaries that are over 200 words; indeed, episode 122 stands at 386 words, almost double the limit. All of the episodes I have added in a comment next to the plot tag are all excessive. -- Alex_21 _TALK 20:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay so how do we fix this problem? Some of the episodes are fine but some need to be shortened? If so I can help shorten them by removing excess words. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 22:17, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Update: I have shortened episode 122 to 198 words. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 22:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

@NarutoSan6000 Great job! When you edit the article, I added a hidden list next to the {{Plot|episode|date=January 2026}} tag, with every excessive episode and its word count. Hope that helps. -- Alex_21 _TALK 22:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Yep. I'm doing it slowly, one ep at a time. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 22:29, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

UPDATE: I've managed to shrink the excessive episode summaries for the ones in S1, S2, S3, S4, and the first episode of S5. I'll do the rest later. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 23:21, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Further update: the rest of S5 and S6 is done. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 01:30, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

S7 is done. Just S8 to go. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 04:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Alex 21 Is it okay if I remove the "too long" notice after I am done with shrinking? I'm not done yet btw. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 05:15, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

I finished. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 05:40, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Alex, I'm writing to ask if this source would be suitable for adding information to the series Dexter: Resurrection. I know it's an account dedicated to Dexter information, but it's not very it is not biased, especially not in this article. The article simply compiles information from a podcast that I think is important for the development of the series. Furthermore, during the entire time it was posted, neither you nor other users apparently had any problems, only the person who removed it, who told me that according to MOS:RS it wasn't allowed, but I've read it and I don't see where it's prohibited. Thanks in advance for any help. Marco camino 10 (talk) 10:43, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

@Marco camino 10 I've never seen the source in use, so it's not a fact that I did or did not have problems with it. Looking at the About page, the website solidifies itself as a fan community website of information, and does not have any journalistic or editorial qualifications behind it, which means it does not conform with Wikipedia's requirements as a reliable secondary source. -- Alex _talk 01:12, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Alex, I'm just here to tell you that the change in reference was because, since we already included the information in the "Release" section, I thought it corresponded to the change of location.

I also find it rather unfair to highlight my error in your edition summary as if it were a colossal or terrible mistake. I, too, sometimes have to change, or even almost completely improve, edits, and I don't include them in my summary questioning their actions as if I had done it maliciously like it has been done now with me, when it's clear I always try to help and improve the article, and this error barely affected the page. I think you could have let me know on the talk page without embarrassing me. But well, I suppose you didn't mean any harm. Marco camino 10 (talk) 22:46, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

@Marco camino 10 The reference was moved into the episode table three minutes before you moved it back, with the reason that "this way the citation will be included in the main page of the series as well". I have a feeling that this wasn't read, and it caused reference errors in the main series article. Apologies if you didn't like me restoring it and/or commenting on it, but you need to be aware of other's edits as well, especially when the edit was fixed only three minutes earlier with reasoning. No foul done, the issue is fixed either way. -- Alex _talk 22:52, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not complaining that you reverted my edit; I understand it wasn't right and you had to do it. I'm just saying that embarrassing me like that isn't fair. As I said before, simply looking at my edit history on MCU articles shows that I always try to help, improve, and complete the articles, even if, as in this case, a mistake has occurred. I'm just saying that you could have handled questioning me differently, but as I also said before, I don't believe for a second that you have dine it with malicious intents.

And I'm sorry if I've given you the wrong message; I'm not suggesting you do those things lightly. I think you're an excellent editor from whom I try to learn, and I have great respect for you. Marco camino 10 (talk) 23:53, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

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Can you please stop making unjustified edits/reverts to the article? All my edits were factual and properly sourced from The Hollywood Reporter, which is a reliable source and you are reverting them with no explanation. Thank you. ~2026-17793-88 (talk) 13:12, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

What edits do you believe I reverted? The entry of a lack of viewership? If there is no viewership to report on, then there is no viewership to include. Anything else? -- Alex _talk 20:24, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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I noticed there isn't an Invincible S3 article even though there are articles for S1, 2, and 4. How do I create one? NarutoSan6000 (talk) 19:38, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

@NarutoSan6000 There is a draft article at Draft:Invincible season 3 that can be improved upon then moved to the mainspace once it's a valid article. -- Alex _talk 22:48, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex 21, I've noticed that you're the most experienced editor of the One Piece article, so to speak, so I'm writing to ask about the possibility of creating separate articles for each season. It would be similar to how it's done with Marvel or DC series, where the information from the main article is transferred to the corresponding season articles and simplifying the main article to include the most universal and essential information about the series as a whole. This would also help lighten the load of the main article, which is already quite long and there are planned minimum 6-8 season in total. Let me know what you think. Marco camino 10 (talk) 12:39, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello again, I've already created the drafts for each season: Draft:One Piece (TV series) season 1, Draft:One Piece (TV series) season 2, and Draft:One Piece (TV series) season 3, and in this sandbox you can see how the simplified version of the main article will look when the drafts are published: User:Marco camino 10/sandbox/2. Let me know if you think it's okay to proceed or if anything in the sandbox needs improvement. Marco camino 10 (talk) 17:31, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

@Marco camino 10 They look good! I've moved the titles to disambiguate them from the original anime season articles. It's entirely your choice when you decide to move them to the mainspace, but when you do, I'd recommend setting up an RM at One Piece season 1 to move it to One Piece (1999 TV series) season 1, then all of the following anime seasons will follow suit per WP:TVSEASON. -- Alex _talk 00:13, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex, so when I publish the drafts, I need to add the "(1999 TV series)" label to the 22 seasons of the anime. I'm asking so I can do it before publishing the drafts and the new simplified article. Marco camino 10 (talk) 12:33, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You will need to start a discussion about moving the anime season articles, that is what RM refers to: WP:RM. - adamstom97 (talk) 16:02, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh okay, I'll start a discussion. But at least for now I can publish the drafts and the simplification of the main article? Marco camino 10 (talk) 16:09, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

I would also have a discussion about that at Talk:One Piece (2023 TV series) to confirm that other editors are happy for the season content to be split based on your drafts. If others are happy for the split, then you can move the drafts to the mainspace, change the series article to your simplified version, and start the move discussion for the anime seasons. - adamstom97 (talk) 16:27, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex,

I use your User:Alex 21/script-plotlength.js pretty regularly, so many thanks! I think it's truncating its plot counts if there are {{hr}} in the summaries, like on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

For instance, it's currently reporting 70 words for the summary of the first episode, where the word count is actually 288. However, the first section's word count, before the first {{hr}}, is 70.

Any chance you could tweak the script to provide more accurate counts if folks are using horizontal rules to separate plot elements? I think this commonly happens in summaries of sci-fi/fantasy shows where there are plots taking place in different timelines or parallel universes, etc. —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:27, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Wanted to pop in here really quick with some other use cases of {{hr}} within a summary field that a change like this could potentially affect:

• I do believe that a version of this could be useful for episode listings that use NumParts=, because {{hr}} is typically used to separate the different parts. There seems to be a general (but unspoken) consensus, that each part is still allowed an independent plot summary of 200 words. In this situation however, a combined total of the two summaries would not be needed, but an individual count of each part. For example, if you run this script on the last two episodes of 1923 it returns the word count as 167. This does not include the second part of 202 words, but seeing that the total count here is 369 here would not be useful.
• At the same time, there are several places where {{hr}} is used to separate notes about the episode, and should not be counted as part of the plot. The most widespread use of this is {{Television crossover note}} (Abbott Elementary season 4#ep58, Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series) season 10#ep230, Station 19 season 7#ep104), and, while not as common, I've also seen it used for casting notes (List of S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series) episodes#ep46) or dedications (Cobra Kai season 4#ep31).

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@Joeyconnick @TheDoctorWho Thank you for all of your suggestions. I can certainly look into adjusting this. What I would do is for episodes separated with a {{hr}}, include a word count for each section, as well as a total count across all sections. This would result in four counts for Monarch season 1 episode 1 (1973 section, 2014 section, 1959 section, total word count), or three counts for 1923 season 2 episode 8 (episode 7, episode 8, total word count).

Yes, this would mean word count for non-plot notes as well. What I could do to alleviate this is exclude the word count for sections if they begin with the format ''Label'':, like the notes shown at SWAT and Cobra Kai (I would need to add such a label into the crossover template). I'll get onto this at some point soon, I like the idea. -- Alex _talk 00:42, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

I've started making the adjustments, but it's not yet finished (in case any errors are appearing). -- Alex _talk 09:31, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@Joeyconnick @TheDoctorWho Updates are  Done. Let me know if these work for you with the articles linked. -- Alex _talk 23:59, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't really like episode notes (to me, these should probably all be handled by something like {{efn}}) so definitely wasn't concerned that they would be included but I like that this gives all the info per "section" and lets editors figure out if a particular section's count is part of the plot summary or not. Def looks great on the Monarch page! —Joeyconnick (talk) 05:01, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Huh... when I run the script on a page with {{plot}} tags, I'm getting something weird on the first instance:

and then subsequent calls to {{plot}} don't show up. —Joeyconnick (talk) 05:21, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, interesting, I see what you mean. I'll start looking into it. -- Alex _talk 05:24, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

It worked generally for the articles I linked above. Not a major concern for me, but when I did run this on the Cobra Kai article (regarding the episode with the dedication), it converted the reference at the end of the note to regular text rather than a tooltip. Not sure if this is intentional. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:36, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@Joeyconnick @TheDoctorWho Both of the above concerns should now be fixed. (The first one, {{Plot}} has a <style>...</style> tag that I needed to remove before counting words. The second one, I added the word-counts to the summaries after the removal of any and all formatting, rather than to the original formatted summaries.) -- Alex _talk 01:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Alex... this is great! —Joeyconnick (talk) 03:26, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex, after the discussion in the One Piece article, I only publish the drafts from the first and second seasons or also the one from the third? I also say this to completely simplify the article or to leave the information from the third part intact for now. Marco camino 10 (talk) 14:51, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

@Marco camino 10 Entirely up to you, just know that the Season 3 article existing in the mainspace is supported by MOS:TV. -- Alex _talk 22:50, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Perfect, I'll publish them one of these days and paste the simplified version into the article, thanks. Marco camino 10 (talk) 06:54, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey Alex,

I understand why you reverted my edit on the new Stranger Things show article. How long should I wait before putting a no plot template if no one adds episode summaries? Perhaps a few weeks would do? NarutoSan6000 (talk) 04:11, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@NarutoSan6000 Looks like they've already started to be added. -- Alex _talk 21:24, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Ok nice. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 21:41, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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i noticed you said why is there a blank column with no defined cells beneath it?. my answer is that it was there in the original table. User "Oreocooke" (speak of the sun and it shines) 00:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@Oreocooke Thank you. When converting to a template, we should also be fixing any formatting and accessibility issues present, instead of keeping them. The issue is rectified now, though. -- Alex _talk 00:28, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

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You script seems to be broken thanks to the endless incredible work by Wikimedia Foundation. I suppose there’s no way to fix it, is there? Yacàwotçã (talk) 02:54, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

For reference, when I try to get the resized version of this file, I receive the following message: "Use thumbnail sizes listed on https://w.wiki/GHai". Yacàwotçã (talk) 02:56, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@Yacàwotçã Wow, that sucks. The script used to work solely based on replacing the size in the URL (e.g. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Some_Time_in_New_York_City.png/250px-Some_Time_in_New_York_City.png → https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Some_Time_in_New_York_City.png/600px-Some_Time_in_New_York_City.png used to work). I'll have to rework it to instead choose the next "allowable" size. Thank you for alerting me to this! I'll post an update once I've got some time to focus on it. -- Alex _talk 04:04, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@Yacàwotçã Issue fixed. The script now pulls from the largest available thumbnail size that is under the 0.1MP requirement. -- Alex _talk 23:17, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex 21, I just wanted to check if Draft:Invincible season 3 is ready for publication. Most of the sections are filled apart from the user viewership data. The review section could also be expanded. Let me know what you think? Andykatib (talk) 06:14, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Afrowriter for their thoughts; they were the main creator behind the S2 and S4 articles. -- Alex _talk 21:25, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Alex 21 and @Andykatib I'm going to take a final look at the article, cross-check the references, and share my feedback afterward. Afro 📢Talk! 21:37, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Afrowriter:. Hope the article gets published. Andykatib (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

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I moved this series to unproduced and abandoned projects, because after announcing 3 years ago in 2023 they were not move forward with this show. Nothing new in three years. Show never entered production. Lado85 (talk) 07:37, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

@Lado85 I would consider that to be WP:OR. Do we have a source that it's not moving forward? -- Alex _talk 07:37, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

And do we have source that it does? Lado85 (talk) 07:39, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

@Lado85 You are the one making the change, therefore the onus of proof to back up your changes is on you. -- Alex _talk 07:40, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

But by rules we can change the end date from "present" to to the date the last episode aired if such a program has not aired a new episode in 12 months. Who can't it work here? Lado85 (talk) 08:15, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Huh? How does that relate to this situation at all? An airing series vs. an in development series? Provide a source that the series is not in development anymore. -- Alex _talk 09:19, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

I believe your last change may have broken the script; it keeps suggesting incredibly small sizes for image resolution now, rather than ones within 100k pixels. Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:24, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

@Kung Fu Man Hey, thanks for your post, I see what the issue is. I see you were editing File:Overwatch-Shion.png, and that the ultimate size ended up being 213 × 468. Short story: Wikipedia removed certain parts of their functionality that allowed this script to work so well, so my edits actually saved the script rather than having it auto-fail.

Long story: My script doesn't resize the image as such, it simply pulls from the available pre-resized thumbnails on Wikipedia's servers, and finds the closest one under 100k pixels. Wikipedia's thumbnail services used to allow for the creation of any width of thumbnail (meaning File:Overwatch-Shion could have been sized down to 213 within Wikipedia's servers originally), which meant my script could pull a thumbnail of the perfect size. Unfortunately, per mw:Common thumbnail sizes, resized thumbnails are now only offered in limited sizes (which I had to implement once auto-resizing started failing), as they no longer allow thumbnails of any size, and the closest width to yours is 120 or 250. As 250 would have been too wide, the script dropped down to the next available thumbnail width, which was 120 (I see you tried uploading this one). -- Alex _talk 21:24, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Ah okay. I'd been using it prior to figure out the proper non-free size to reduce an image to, as wikipedia's own image scaler bot tends to alter colors when it rescales.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 22:03, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

@Kung Fu Man Yeah, same, it was an incredibly useful tool until Wikimedia decided to change their services (I understand, because being able to generate an infinite number of thumbnails would take up an infinite about of server memory, but still...). If you want a tool to figure out the biggest non-free size you can use, there's this calculator that could help. -- Alex _talk 23:25, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

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The redirect List of Shameless episodes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 July 13 § List of Shameless episodes until a consensus is reached. Gjs238 (talk) 01:53, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

The redirect List of Dynasty episodes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 July 13 § List of Dynasty episodes until a consensus is reached. Gjs238 (talk) 01:55, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

The date is at the bottom of the article. Just look closer. TVBuff90 (talk) 02:35, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@TVBuff90 Where? The final entry in the article is Percy Jackson fans can find out more about season 3 when the series hosts its very own panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 23, at 10 a.m. PT in Hall H. The word November does not appear at all. -- Alex _talk 03:15, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

My mistake. Guess I got a little ahead of myself. TVBuff90 (talk) 03:18, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

No worries. I also reverted the latest edit by the TA, as it's a new article via Yahoo, but it cites the same Entertainment Weekly website that doesn't have the date. -- Alex _talk 03:27, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi there! I was wondering if you could do a GA review for A Song of Ice and Fire (franchise)? Thank you! m.tyrell (talk) 15:30, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

@Mat 1997 Hey, thanks for the question. I'm relatively well-involved with that particular article, so I think it best to leave it to an uninvolved editor so you get a set of clean eyes on it. Good luck with the review though! -- Alex _talk 00:42, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

It is again not working, saying "Use thumbnail sizes listed on https://w.wiki/GHai" when I click "Resize file". Kailash29792 (talk) 07:53, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

@Kailash29792 Could you please link me an example on where this is happening? -- Alex _talk 22:51, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

File:Angikaaram film poster.jpeg is an example. Kailash29792 (talk) 03:40, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

@Kailash29792 There seems to be an issue with that file. When I click the "Original file" or "1,270 × 1,588 pixels" link, I see the original brown/gray poster, rather than the new orange-toned one. Maybe once the cache has cleared, it may work again? I'll keep an eye on it, though. -- Alex _talk 07:32, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

As I have already said, the Tales of Dunk and Egg is an ongoing novella series. The long wait for the next installment does not mean it's not true. George R.R. Martin himself have repeatedly said this over his blogs. Here are several articles from 3 weeks ago that confirms George is already working on the 4th installment: , , . m.tyrell (talk) 04:01, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

@Mat 1997 I'm sure he has plans and workings-on indeed. I never said it wasn't true, please do not put words into my mouth. However, the books do not exist yet, and we do not list "–present" in perpetuity. Once the book actually exists, it can continue to be updated. -- Alex _talk 04:03, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

So does this same logic apply to Winds of Winter or The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss? Both authors have said that the sequels will come and yet the books still don't exist after 15 years. m.tyrell (talk) 04:06, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I'd agree the same logic applies. -- Alex _talk 04:08, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

I want to ask this question in the talk page (it has been asked by someone, nobody replied) but since it's barely being edited by other authors and you have enough credentials, I wanna ask your opinion about re-naming/moving the page to "Game of Thrones (franchise)". All the spin-off tv shows and the stage play plus the upcoming film always have the word "Game of Thrones" in its name, posters, and marketing. Even most of the tabletop games, video games, etc has it. Online articles mostly use the term "game of thrones franchise". What do you think? m.tyrell (talk) 18:21, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Upon further review, I think it's safe to say that it falls upon WP:MOVEREASON one and two. Renaming the page to "Game of Thrones (franchise)" will also follow WP:CRITERIA of recognizability, naturalness, and consistency. m.tyrell (talk) 16:18, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@Mat 1997 Sorry for the late reply! I would highly recommend you file this through a WP:RM and link your sources through there, rather than making it a bold move, so you can get a clear community consensus. (I'll admit, I moved the article from Works based on A Song of Ice and FireWorks based on A Song of Ice and Fire as a bold move in December, but I made sure that it still incorporated the A Song of Ice and Fire title; a move away from that would need support.) -- Alex _talk 21:23, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Alright, thank you! m.tyrell (talk) 02:36, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Mat 1997 Congratulations to a successful move! Looks like you're doing great things with the article. -- Alex _talk 08:02, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! And for your contributions and suggestions too! :D m.tyrell (talk) 08:06, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Have you adopted a new fix for the script? Veritas Sapientiae (talk) 09:48, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

@Veritas Sapientiae Yeah, back in May . -- Alex _talk 21:11, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex, just a quick one. About this revert of yours, is your rationale based on a written, explicit guideline or what you observe to be normal practice (I'm pretty certain your observations about practice on TV articles are better than mine)? I'm asking more because when I was looking at MOS:TV, unless I'm missing something, there seemed to be a deficit of guidance on using episode tables, and it only really says how long plot summaries should be. Thanks. --TedEdwards 14:02, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

@TedEdwards As we are both regular editors of the Television WikiProject, we would both know that it's a standard practice to not include rows based on the sole inclusion of a date, as Wikipedia is not a TV guide, and the inclusion of such would result in series having 10-20+ rows of empty TBA's bar a list of dates. -- Alex _talk 21:23, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex, I'd like to ask you about the correct way to refer to a term in the Harry Potter series. It's about the use of "season" instead of "series". As mentioned in a note at the beginning of the article, British terminology should be used for the series, and an infobox parameter also uses "series", but throughout the article, "season" is used. I'm asking because I'm wondering if it would be correct to change all instances of "seasons" to "series" since British English is the one that should be used. And if so, I assume that Draft:Harry Potter season 1 and Draft:Harry Potter season 2 would also need to be retitled as "series". Thanks in advance Marco camino 10 (talk) 11:39, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The article is using British English and dates, but "series" is not just the British version of "season", it is the term more commonly used for British TV but season is also used sometimes. Plus, HBO is American and I believe they have been using the term "season". You can check various reliable sources covering the second season renewal and the recent casting announcements to confirm what terminology is being used. If there are conflicting sources then I would raise the issue at Talk:Harry Potter (TV series) to gain consensus with other editors. - adamstom97 (talk) 12:08, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thank you very much for your response Adam Marco camino 10 (talk) 14:43, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I second all that Adam said. It's an American/British series, so there's always going to be some form of clash over the nomenclature. -- Alex _talk 21:07, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

As source says - "For the next four [seasons], we’re doing 17 a year,” Selman explained. “Fifteen that will premiere in America on Fox, and then two exclusives on Disney+." But you left only one special in season 37. "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition" and "Simpsley must be both there. Yes EM is two-episode length episode with two prod. codes, but it's one exclusive. Lado85 (talk) 14:50, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

https://collider.com/the-simpsons-season-37-disney-exclusive-yellow-mirror-anthology/ - this source says all three episodes are part of S37 - "The Simpsons features an unusual special in its 37th season. "Yellow Mirror" marks the third and final special of Season 37, released exclusively on Disney+." Lado85 (talk) 18:26, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

@Lado85 "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition" is two episodes. Regardless, I know and I have seen how editors related to The Simpsons get about their articles, so I have no intention of following this up any further. -- Alex _talk 22:42, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, your recent edits to American Horror Stories season 3 episode table have caused some issues. You recently deleted an anchor ⚓️ that was placed next to the episode “Backrooms”. I had previously placed the anchor there so the redirect Backrooms (American Horror Stories) would take readers directly to the episode. Without the anchor it just redirects to the top of the article, which would not be very useful to our readers. I restored the anchor. Please be careful when editing episode tables in the future to insure that no more anchors are accidentally deleted.

Best Purple Vortex (talk) 20:35, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

@Purple Vortex Hello, I have once more removed the redundant anchor at American Horror Stories, and changed the anchor at Backrooms (American Horror Stories)Backrooms (American Horror Stories) to the episodic number anchor that is built into {{Episode list}}. You can read more about this in the documentation at Template:Episode list#Parameters; the EpisodeNumber row explains how the automatic anchor works. (Further, the usage of Backrooms {{Anchor |Backrooms}} is redundant when {{Visible anchor|Backrooms}} is available.) -- Alex _talk 22:22, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Alex 21, since I know you're well-versed in template and coding on Wikipedia, I am looking for some assistance if you're able to help. Recently, Scrubs (TV series) was split into Scrubs (2001 TV series) and Scrubs (2026 TV series) and I'm running into some conflicts. I'd like the series overview table at List of Scrubs episodes to include both the original and revival seasons, with a header separating the two series like the example here but without Series A etc. stuff, just the top header separating the original and revival series. Is that possible? Also is there a way to transclude the two separate season tables for the revival to the list of episodes page as well? I tried, but it transcludes both tables under the same heading. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. :) Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:44, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

@Drovethrughosts What an interesting situation! Both situations have been implemented, and can be seen at the episodes article. For the first, similar to List of Criminal Minds episodes or List of Star Trek television series, the series overview has a "part" parameter, which uses {{Series overview/part}} (a redirect from an episode table template, but it serves the same purpose). For the second, we can use WP:LST, which is a more technical way of transcluding different parts of same article. I must admit the situation piqued my interest, I've never seen two related series (such as the 2001/2026 series) then be transcluded to the same episodes article, especially when the latter doesn't have any season articles yet (the transclusion can be changed back to the onlyinclude tags once Scrubs (2026 TV series) season 1, etc. exists). Does the 2026 article now realistically need its smaller overview? -- Alex _talk 21:13, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I found a workaround originally, but what you did was definitely an improvement! I was trying to think of an example of TV series which had "parts" in its series overview but couldn't think of any. And yes, I think the 2026 series could have its series overview table above the episode lists. Drovethrughosts (talk) 22:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Given our recent interaction on Eggpot's talk page, I thought you may be interested in this now-archived AN/I thread I made about that very topic (which is why I was keeping an eye on their edits around drafts myself). ~2026-41404-95 (talk) 18:46, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-41404-95 Much appreciated! -- Alex _talk 23:36, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

The Space-Time Telegraph Volume IV, Issue II — September 2026 Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who File:The Twelfth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver transparent background.png Don't blink, don't even blink... Blink, and you'll miss the new edition of the newsletter Hello Whopedians (see what I did there?)! We're here again with the latest issue of the Space-Time Telegraph, where we have all the latest information on your favorite niche corner of Wikipedia, and wider happenings across the franchise. Dig in and enjoy! I like Quality Articles. Quality Articles are good. Since the publication of the last newsletter, several updates to quality content have occurred. Fifteenth Doctor has been promoted to GA status, and subsequently the Fifteenth Doctor Good Topic has been promoted, indicating that all major articles associated with the incarnation have been improved to GA status! Congratulations to all who have helped with this massive milestone. The former FAs Dalek and Douglas Adams have been improved to GA, and Doctor actors Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston have also been promoted. Two Classic serials, The Celestial Toymaker and The Ice Warriors, have been improved, as has spin-off series Tales of the TARDIS. Finally, shoutout to The Invasion (Doctor Who)'s promotion, nominated by new nominater XCBRO172, as well as Christopher H. Bidmead, which has been the second promoted article by Lbal. At present, we are currently at 28 total Good Articles promoted this year, and hopefully if we keep up the pace this will be our second most productive year on record (Beating 2012's 36, though still a fair bit behind the over 50 articles from 2025). That said, on top of those new promotions, there are numerous nominations currently in the queue, and several articles and Good Topic projects currently in the works, so make sure to keep improving and reviewing articles for the project! Every step counts to improving our coverage of this show. Congratulations to all who have improved content in the past few months! It's the End of the World Doctor Who as We Know It (and I (Do Not) Feel Fine) In June, the BBC officially announced that the previously publicized 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special, was no more. The news was accompanied by a plethora of other information, most notably that showrunner Russell T Davies and producer Bad Wolf would be departing the programme, thereby allowing the BBC to issue an Invitation to tender. Davies revealed that the special was merely a ruse to satisfy audiences as the future of it was unknown, stating that no script was ever written and no performers approached. This does however, conflict with reports from composer Murray Gold, who suggested that Davies had authored multiple versions of a script. Since this announcement, many rumors have arisen suggesting that several studios/networks are interested in taking the reigns of Who. Among these, are longtime producer of the show BBC Studios, HBO/HBO Max, Amazon/Prime Video, World Productions, and Electric Entertainment. Netflix, meanwhile, has taken its hat out of the ring, with an executive stating they believe Doctor Who's belongs with the Beeb. While these rumors will likely only continue to grow, the tender invitation has only recently been formally published, so it remains to be seen what, if any, future the series has. If Who does find a new production partner, no cast or crew is currently signed onto the series. The rumor mill is also running wild on who the next showrunner should be, with names such as Pete McTighe, Jack Thorne, Mark Gatiss, and many others, all being mentioned. Once the above is all resolved, sorted, and tucked away nicely, the biggest question of course, becomes what do you do with that cliffhanger... Intelligence Bulletin from the Subwave Network The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit will receive a limited theatrical release on 23 November to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper). The special omnibus format of the story includes previously unreleased material as well as an interview with an unspecified guest. Listings for the showing have so far appeared on some British, Canadian, and Irish cinema pages, but it is unknown where, if anywhere else, it will be shown. Big Finish Productions has recently announced two new series of full-cast audio dramas. River Song (Alex Kingston) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) will star in a quartet of adventures coming this January, while the Tenth Doctor and Rani Chandra (Anjli Mohindra) are set to record a trilogy of stories which will release in August 2027. Darvill has also teamed up with former co-star and on-screen wife Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) for "The Pondcast", an upcoming Doctor Who rewatch podcast from their time together on the show. Ex-Who boss Steven Moffat, has also been confirmed as a guest on their upcoming show. Funko revealed a new range of Doctor Who Pop figures featuring the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Doctors, as well as River Song and a Dalek due for release in October. Big Finish will also be publishing hardback replicas of the Radio Times tenth and twentieth Who anniversary specials, first released by BBC Magazines in 1973 and 1983, respectively. The BBC has revealed in their invitation to tender the series, that the next series of Doctor Who will tentatively air in 2028 or 2029. Their songs have ended... but their stories never end 🌹 Since the previous issue was published, a number of people related to the Whoniverse have sadly passed away and some who passed away before the previous issue only had their deaths announced recently: 2010 Q2 – Mohammad Shamsi, 80, actor (Carnival of Monsters) 2016 14 December – Jan Spoczynski, 68, designer (Snakedance) and design assistant (Revenge of the Cybermen) 2020 26 December – Charles Jeanes, 67, visual effects designer (Vengeance on Varos) and visual effects assistant (Full Circle, Warriors' Gate) Their songs have ended... but their stories never end 🌹 (continued) 2023 30 June – Gordon Wales, 93, actor (The Keys of Marinus) 20 August – Jennifer White Shah, 80, assistant (The Daleks' Master Plan) Q4 – Geoffrey Frederick, 90, actor (The Savages) 2025 27 March – Don Weinstein, 81, actor (Paradise Towers) 14 April – Heather Carney, 95, daughter of William Hartnell who helped her daughter write Hartnell's biography and contributed recollections featured in Vworp Vworp! 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:39, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I noticed you have a history of editing heavily on television shows, I opened a discussion here on whether "upcoming" should or shouldn't be worded in the lede. If you could please leave a comment it would be greatly appreciated. Pillowdelight (talk) 22:31, 25 September 2026 (UTC)