Talk:Lewis (TV series)

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[edit] Title of the Show

I know that IMDb has the show listed as Lewis, but my PBS program guide and the Mystery!/Masterpiece Theater website entitled the show Inspector Lewis and the credits that began the show also used this full title. A cursory check of ITV's website didn't turn up any definitive information. I am just noting this in case any other Wikipedian's think that it might be a good idea to change the name of this page.MarnetteD | Talk 22:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

With the upcoming release of the DVD of the show being entitled Inspector Lewis (see BBC America catalog among others), I have moved the page to this new name today. This is the first time I have ventured to do this and I followed the wikipage for a move as much as my understanding would allow. However if I have made any errors my apologies and please let me know what I did wrong so that I can learn from this. I did go into the pages that link to this page section and fixed all of the links that went to the old page with the excepstion of this one 'User:SGCommand/About me' due to the fact that we are not supposed to alter userpages. MarnetteD | Talk 19:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

MMmm, I'm not sure about this change. The publicised title was Lewis, [1] [2] and it has more Google hits. I wonder if the title was changed for the American audience. The JPS^{talk to me} 22:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

No, to the best of my knowledge, the title was not changed for US television (was the 'Inspector Morse' series only called 'Morse' in the UK). If any British wikipedians have this show on DVD they will be able to confirm or refute this. The title of a show can often change between first press releases and first airing (see the name changes that have occurred in the new series featuring the Sarah Jane Smith chracter from Doctor Who. I, also, don't think that google should rule as an error there is repeated so many times (see how many websites claim that Trey Parker went to school in both Evergreen and Fairplay, which he did not) it seems to become a fact for many, but, that does not make it a fact. The opening title credits, the DVD release, the Masterpiece Theatre website and the follow-up series will all be calling the show 'Inspector Lewis'. I am not trying to be rude (and apologize if I have been), but, I feel strongly that the opening credtis should decide what any TV show or film should be called here at wikipedia. I also appreciate the way that wikipedia works, if you feel the need to take this to arbitration I will be happy to comply with all that is required (though I haven't been through it before so I may need some direction) and let a consensus be reached. Now, if it turns out that the UK DVD (or are the TV Times listings) only say 'Lewis' then this should be changed back (just like The Race for the Double Helix should actually be changed to Life Story as that was what it was called in its original UK airings). I just hope that anyone who does this will be as thorough in fixing all of the redirects as I was when I moved this the first time. Cheers and happy editing to all. MarnetteD | Talk 23:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Inspector Morse was called Inspector Morse in the UK, although it is often colloquially referred to as Morse. At this stage, I think it's quite excessive to start talking about arbitration. I think that it does look like the title was changed for the US marketplace [3] [4]. I shall indeed be happy to change the redirects. The JPS^{talk to me} 19:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

It is a shame that you did not provide any evidence that this was the title in the opening credits of the UK airing of the show (and this should really ber the final decider) before you made this move. You also did not try any of the other avenues to reach a consensus. Of the four links that you provided none of them show the UK DVD cover (which I know is frustrating because I had already done a search trying to find it). I don't mean to be rude (and I apologize if any of this sounds that way) this could be the correct title, but, if the Jan 2007 UK DVD release or when the show starts airing in the UK this spring if the opening titles read 'Inspector Lewis' I hope that you will be willing to change all of this back. MarnetteD | Talk 19:44, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Well even more apologies now. The first time I clicked on the Play.com link the DVD cover didn't come up but I just went to it again and it did and the title read Lewis so 10,000 apologies. I would be interested if, when it comes out, if there is a screen capture of the opening credits and I will also be interested to see how they title it this spring. I should also say thaks for being thorough on the redirects, MarnetteD | Talk 19:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No worries ;) The JPS^{talk to me} 19:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)