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Your draft article, Draft:Daleks!

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)
A {{barnstar}} for you
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| 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)
- Looks great! Good call on the separate
- Take a look at the updated examples, and let me know what you think.
- 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)
Controversy section
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)
Ongoing wording dispute on Eleven article
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)
Simpsons episode(s) Extreme Makeover:Homer Edition
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)
Request for feedback on new article
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)
Feedback on Television Series Rating template
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)
Quick question
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: 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)
- @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)
- 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)
- 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)
Draft:The Hedge Knight (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms)
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)
Guests on TV series
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)
Wild episode colour change.
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)
Converting wiki tables to episode list
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)
- (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)
ANI
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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The Rookie
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)
- @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)
- S7 is done. Just S8 to go. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 04:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Further update: the rest of S5 and S6 is done. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 01:30, 23 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)
- Yep. I'm doing it slowly, one ep at a time. NarutoSan6000 (talk) 22:29, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- @NarutoSan6000 Great job!
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