Talk:Premiere (The O.C.)

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Episode name?[edit]

Isn't this episode called 'Pilot'? Not 'Premiere'!? --Ryan2807 17:26 12 August 2006 (UTC)

The O.C. webite calls it "Premiere" and thats the most offial source i know of so it should be called "Premiere" Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 17:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not to split hairs but aren't all The O.C. episode titles have THE before it.... so it would be The Pilot or The Premiere? I think the DVD lists it as The Pilot or The O.C.Moonraker0022 (talk) 05:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this what Wikipedia has come to?[edit]

In depth analysis of crummy TV shows? Who writes this stuff - Network TV marketeers? 24.74.143.190 (talk) 02:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)sbrundle[reply]

Almost any article that has passed through a featured article candidacy is fair game for the main page. I can assure you that the primary contributor was not a POV-pushing editor. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:18, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hilarious. Hopefully today's FA will be back with more computer games shortly to appeal to Wikipedia's core customer base 86.164.173.243 (talk) 03:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Wikipedia's TFAs are not picked on what might appeal to certain users. The Featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs), tries to make sure that FAs picked over a given period of time vary in subject. It just happens to be that due to systemic bias that we have a large number of video game and media-related FAs. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:18, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is such a joke. No real encyclopedia would waste the ink printing an article about "The O.C.", much less have articles on every episode and then feature one of them. If I really wanted to know all about Ryan's brother crashing a car then I'd watch the actually episode. I just hope this whole fad ends soon, it's ruining the Internet. --64.180.245.119 (talk) 05:41, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As an internet-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia has no ink to waste. As such, editors are free to write about many more topics than traditional encyclopedias. GeeJo (t)(c) • 07:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Full disclosure: I'm only on this page because I wanted to see if there was an argument about this being FA. I thank the Wikilord that you whiners came through for me. If you're standard of what WP should limit itself to ("...no real encyclopedia...") is that the spread of knowledge should be confined based on the amount of a finite resource ("...would waste the ink..."), then I'm going to conclude you don't have the most thought-out points of view. "I'd love to tell my wife the house is on fire, but no real hero would waste the cell phone minutes." See? I can take this shit way too seriously too! 98.239.166.251 (talk) 09:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I confess that I am only on this page to read these arguments too. Because of my disabilities (primarily mental but also physical) and age I am only allowed access to the internet for a very brief period each day. What I look at is closely supervised and recorded by my carer (today: Alison). It is therefore important to me that the Wikipedia home page / FA covers topics that are of interest to me. Please can those selecting Today's FA take into account my needs by featuring more articles about computer games (particularly play station compatible), Family Guy and The Simpsons. Articles about historical events and characters apparently make me "behave inappropriately" (ie I once hit the guy I share a room with whilst reading about the use of barbed wire during the American Civil War), as does anything scientific, or music or culture related. Thank you for your consideration. 86.164.173.243 (talk) 08:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, we do not put articles of a certain subject on (or keep articles off) the front page because a certain person wants them to be there. TFAs are determined by the Featured article director, User:Raul654. Some are selected via a points system, which you can see at WP:TFAR. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:03, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I like about Wikipedia: it has articles on subjects that most other encyclopedias would bother/dare to cover. Where else would you find a comprehensive treatment of Gropecunt Lane or Toilets in Japan? Dabomb87 (talk) 13:29, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. I actually take pride in improving articles that nobody gives a damn about because they're more special. Look at how many of these mainstream and important topics are start class. Spiderone (talk) 16:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • We cannot force editors to write about things they aren't interested in - some people just happened to be interested in TV shows. This doesn't mean we don't create good articles about science, or the law, for example. If you've got a problem with the large number of brilliant articles on TV shows outweighing the number of articles on more important things, the best advice I can give is to step in and help out. Ironholds (talk) 15:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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