Forum:Missing Episodes Indicator

Just wondering if any one thought it would be a good idea to put text next to the titles of individual missing episodes. Obviously it would'nt look like this but for example:

Devil's Planet (Missing Episode)
Perhaps it could be a different colour? Skittles the hog 21:15, November 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Story Notes on the article page would be more of a place for that info. --Tangerineduel 14:05, November 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Not really, this makes it imediately obvious. Nobody wants to read the story notes.--Skittles the hog 19:11, November 29, 2009 (UTC)

Reviving discussion
I'd tend to agree with Skittles the hog on this one. Though I think he's given to hyperbole when he says "no one" reads the story notes, it should be immediately obvious that a particular episode is missing. Don't like the idea of incorporating it into the section title, but I do think a little template underneath the section head would be appropriate. This is very rough, but I'd definitely support a li'l something like:

Bell of Doom
The next morning, Anne is hiding back at Preslin's shop, waiting for Steven to arrive. When Steven arrives, he informs her of the Doctor's death, still believing that he was pretending to be the Abbot.Missing episode Telling her about the TARDIS key, the two begin to search for clothes in the shop, hoping that the Doctor had changed into the Abbot's garb at the shop, and left ...

Obviously that need to be tweaked a bit. Still, without actually making the template and using it "live" on a page, it's a little tricky trying to "guess" how to fix it. But at this stage, I think I can support the notion of doing something to highlight the fact that a particular episode is missing. I think, too, that if the whole serial is missing, a "companion" template should be used in the article's lead to denote a "missing serial".  Czech Out  ☎ | ✍  20:42, March 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * What is it with yellow? Is there not another alarming colour in the spectrum that isn't yellow? Why yellow? Can't it be a nice green hue, or a shaded grey?
 * If this were to go live I don't think it needs to be alarming, it can just be a note, something subtle, some things don't need bright templates alerting the reader to things. Or a link to the Missing episodes page. --Tangerineduel 09:49, March 29, 2010 (UTC)