Template talk:Infobox Simpsons episode

This template was considered for deletion on 2009 July 19. The result of the discussion was "keep".

This template was considered for deletion on 2009 August 12. The result of the discussion was "keep".

This template was considered for deletion on 2014 June 22. The result of the discussion was "no consensus".

This template was considered for deletion on 2019 March 22. The result of the discussion was "convert to wrapper of {{Infobox television episode}}".

This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Animation: American This template is within the scope of WikiProject Animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion.AnimationWikipedia:WikiProject AnimationTemplate:WikiProject AnimationAnimation articles This template is supported by the American animation work group. Television: Episode coverage This template is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. For how to use this banner template, see its documentation.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision articles This template is supported by the Episode coverage task force. The Simpsons This template is within the scope of WikiProject The Simpsons, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles relating to The Simpsons on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.The SimpsonsWikipedia:WikiProject The SimpsonsTemplate:WikiProject The SimpsonsThe Simpsons articles Tasks you can do: edit history watch purge edit Collaboration: Featured topic Drive Copyedit: Merge: Cleanup: Ralph Wiggum, Milhouse Van Houten Shorten plot synopsis: Free-use images: Jon Vitti, Pamela Hayden, Greg Daniels, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Jim Reardon, Alf Clausen Reference: Bongo Comics Group, The Heartbroke Kid, World of Springfield Expand: The Simpsons Theme, Bongo Comics, Mark Kirkland, Jim Reardon, The Simpsons: Tapped Out Stubs: Neil Affleck, Bob Anderson (director), Wes Archer, J. Stewart Burns More...

Archives

Archive 1

I have added tracking of unknown parameters to this infobox template. It is a feature of hundreds of infoboxes, and it can help find problems like |couch gag= (invalid, so the gag text won't display). Please see Category:Pages using infobox Simpsons episode with unknown parameters.

I have noticed that |focus= is used in many articles' infoboxes, but it is not a documented parameter. It should either be added to the template or removed from those infoboxes. It does not currently display. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:01, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you really want to do work on this template, it should be made to use Template:Infobox television episode as Template:Infobox Futurama episode does. That way it can be both better maintained, and gain the benefits of code improvements being done to the base template. --Gonnym (talk) 07:47, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Futurama template uses a very strange hack to insert table rows with HTML in order to use custom parameters. I'm not going to maintain that kind of code. I'll leave it for someone else. – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:20, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SHORTDESC for more information.

<includeonly>{{Television episode short description|episode_n={{{episode|}}}|season_num={{{season|}}}|series_name=The Simpsons|multi_episodes={{{multi_episodes|}}}|not_dab={{{not_dab|}}}}}</includeonly>

I'll need help sorting two things out:

• There's a single two-parter in the series, spread between two seasons. We can either mess with the code for this one exception or just override the default description.
• Each template will need to add the episode number within the season, not just in the show as a whole.

-BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 21:11, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I think for the episode you mentioned, overriding might be the better option, if it is indeed a unique single-use case. However, this infobox should probably have its day in TfD to see what the consensus is, as this is the only episode infobox that doesn't use {{Infobox television episode}}. --Gonnym (talk) 08:04, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 February 20#Template:Infobox Simpsons episode, for one. Overriding it would be the best option anyway. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 15:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Brainulator9: short descriptions are now automatically added to The Simpsons episodes. --Gonnym (talk) 11:29, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Gonnym: I saw that, thank you for letting me know! -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 12:14, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]