Forum:Pre-Airing episode articles

I feel that we should have a rule for episode articles. I feel that they should not be made until the episode airs. This is mainly due to the fact that the titles are subject to change. See Talk:Death of the Doctor for more arguments about this subject. 18:52, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree, to a point. I mean, the SJA isn't going to air until September(?) and there's literally no information that's worth keeping those pages around. When they get closer to a month or so before they air, I wouldn't mind the pages being made, as long as there is information on them, the titles are confirmed, and the spoiler tag etc is put on them. Otherwise, they shouldn't be created. The Thirteenth Doctor 19:15, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * I generally make it a rule to semi-protect all articles related to the current series. But should these pages be fully create protected, that is full protected so only admins can create the page? Until maybe a month before the broadcast date so we keep all the info on the SJA series page. Or is it more useful to have the pages created and just have them semi-protected allowing all signed in users to make edits. --Tangerineduel 10:14, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * I feel there's nothing wrong with having the episode articles before they air, so long as the title has come from a reasonable (BBC) source. There's lots of useful, verifiable info that can be gathered before airtime from proper sources, whether it be verified casting info, certain plot details, or even the stuff in the "next time" trailer a week before.  Even having the empty page stating "___ is an episode in series ___ of ___" followed by a bunch of to be added is preferable to nothing, because we know the information will be added as it becomes available.
 * Additionally, outside the BBC's broadcast radius the official airtime happens before local airtime anyway; the functional result of keeping it out only applies to the BBC's part of the world.
 * Even if the titles do change before broadcast, moving the page and updating the links to it is really not as much of an inconvenience as all that; a user could do it in minutes, a bot in seconds. Keeping the pages semi-protected would seem to be the best limitation to place. Rob T Firefly 00:51, June 27, 2010 (UTC)