Talk:Not Going Out

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[edit] Re: Past Tense

The general consensus is that all shows whether they have ended or not should not be past tense. The phrase 'Not Going Out was' or even 'Dad's Army was' could be interpreted to suggest that these shows no longer exist and that's not true as they exist in archives and, in most cases, are available on DVD or broadcast several times a week in many countries. The idea of changing 'was' to 'is' in all relevant articles has also been discussed in the talk page of Friends thus the articles introduction reads 'Friends is'. People seem to be in general agreement that describing any TV show in the past tense in an encyclopaedic article, is erroneous. There is no Wikipedia rule either way however, so we need to do one or the other for all shows and not both. For the record I prefer 'is'. ~~ Peteb16 15:01,

You say "the general consensus" is for present tense, I disagree and most articles seem to be past tense. Regardless, I suggest there be some proper discussion somewhere and then come up with a rule. --Berks105 18:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)