Talk:CSI franchise

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This article is part of WikiProject CSI franchise, an attempt to improve content and create better coordination between articles related to the CSI franchise of TV shows, comics, novels and video games. You can help in improvement by editing CSI franchise or related pages.

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[edit] Direction

The idea for this came up on the CSI talk page with inspiration from Law & Order franchise which can provide a bit of a template to the general direction we are aiming at. (Emperor 23:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC))

Go for it. It's nice to see someone else working on the CSI-related articles.— Sandtiger 12:28, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merges

I say no to either. I think we should try and outline the issue and use Template:Main to link through to the relevant entry. (Emperor 23:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC))

I say no to each of the proposed merges. This article should give an overview of the franchise. --Oscarthecat 19:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Novels

Good work getting it started. When it is looking more solid I'd suggest splitting the bulk of the content off to: CSI (novels) where it can be expanded further. (Emperor 12:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Templates

How about rationalising the templates? Template:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Template:CSI Miami and Template:CSI New York

Strikes me what might work is a main one (Template:CSI main) with links to the common elements like series main entries and related broad entries (like this one, the CSI Effect, etc.) Then trim the other 3 down to just with characters, episodes, etc. That way you can mix and match them - possibly having all 4 here, the main one and the relevant one for the relevant series and possibly just the main one for the CSI Effect, etc. I can easily mock up the main one to demonstrate what I mean. (Emperor 01:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC))

Now being discussed on th project talk page. (Emperor 15:24, 12 May 2007 (UTC))

[edit] CSI: London/possible expansion

It was confirmed in late 2006 that there is no intention to expand on the spinoffs, see CSI Vegas talk page. Referenced to CSI:London removed. Editus Reloaded 19:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NCIS?

I think that it was on the halloween episode that they busted into a party and someone commented on their hats saying "You spelled 'CSI' wrong" (the hats say 'NCIS'). Should something like that be added to the 'NCIS' section?

Tricky - a lot of the pop culture references are trivial off the cuff remarks and difficult to source. I'd be happier with more substantial mentions of CSI. If you can reference it then add it in but I suspect trivia clean-up may try and remove it when they are done deleting entries so don't bust your hump looking for the information ;) (Emperor 23:19, 9 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] In Popular Culture

shouldn't the "In popular culture" section of the CSI franchise article be in this article main article ? i have seen many TV show's articles with this section in the main article (see Friends ).Yamanbaiia 15:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Friends is not part of a franchise (there is only one Friends show...thank God), but CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is so this article covers general information about the three franchise shows. See also Law & Order franchise. Editus Reloaded 18:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • what i meant is why not put a "in popular culture" section in each CSI article instead of just one in the CSI franchise article , for example South Park and MADtv have made many references to CSI las vegas, however it seems a bit out of place to put that in the CSI franchise article since it has nothing to do with "the franchise" but only to CSI las vegas. Yamanbaiia 22:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I disagree; much of the character of the shows (the "CSI shot", increased public awareness of forensics etc) which makes it such fertile ground for cultural references or occasionally parody (cf. Weebl and Bob sketch "CSI: Pieami" - Google it and see!) extends across all the shows. Besides, if we split the pop culture into shows, there would be only one line for CSI:M - not much of a section, more of a footnote. Editus Reloaded 17:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I'd forgotten about Lenny Henry's parody: "You killed a LIFT ENGINEER...you're going down for a very long time." :-D Editus Reloaded 17:27, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes more often that not the pop cultural references are about the franchise CSI:X. Splitting it would either lead to very short sections (that would probably get deleted if there is just one or two) or replication of material as it could be deemed relevant to the different bits of the franchise. (Emperor 17:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC))
Yes, ok, this section goes here. got it. I agree now.Yamanbaiia 19:56, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Obviously if it gets bigger and there are enough items for each series you can split them off. The big thing is to avoid trivial mentions and make sure things are referenced. (Emperor 21:17, 27 September 2007 (UTC))
i don't think it will get much bigger, i mean i added those pictures and some text, and that made it grow a bit, but i think we won't have to worry about size for at least 5 more yearsYamanbaiia 21:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)