Wikipedia:WikiProject Dad's Army/Episode Structure

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Things you can do (edit)
  1. To convince the Wikipedia Admins to approve the {{DadsArmy-tv-stub}}. Done
  2. Advertise the project to encourage at least 10 more people to join. Done
  3. Create a page for each and every Dad's Army TV episode and add a plot for it.
  4. Main Dad's Army page is now listed as a good article. Done
  5. Complete the big push see talk archive 1. Done
  6. Splitting the Dad's Army page up, for example put the characters, film and stage show on a seperate page. Done
  7. Place {{dadsarmy}} on every related article, and {{Dadsarmyproject}} on every related Dad's Army talk page. Done
  8. Improve the It Sticks Out Half a Mile page. Done
  9. Create a page for the Stage Show.
  10. Improve the biography of David Croft. Done
  11. Improve Walmington-on-Sea article.
  12. Advertise the project as much as possible.
  13. Add an overview for each It Sticks Out Half a Mile episode.
  14. Artical on LC Jones. mentions that we never see Raymond "the boy". Doesnt he appear on the Episode "two and a Half Feathers". I think it's where Jones is in his shop and he receives the two and a half feathers. He then Asks Raymond to mind the shop, as he "has to do something he should have done a long time ago."

Contents

[edit] TV episode

000 - Example TV episode
Script Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Director David Croft
Producer David Croft
Recorded 01/01/2000
Original transmission 01/01/2000 12:00am
Series 0
Length 30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures 0 million
Preceded by n/a
Followed by Example TV Episode 2

The above infobox should be filled in with all the information that is required, this may include doing a small amount of research for some the fields. Viewing figures is currently the field that most people have trouble finding out.

In this area there should be a brief description of the episode, stating which series the episode came from, which episode it is, e.t.c. For example:

Example TV episode is the first episode of the 0 series of the British comedy series Dad's Army that was originally transmitted on the 1 January 2000.

[edit] Synopsis

Here there should be basic overview of the episode. It should give a brief description of what happens in the episode. Like the blurb you get on the back of a book or on the of a DVD case. It should be no more than two sentences long.

[edit] Plot

Here there should be a more detailed description of the episode. This tells the reader what happens in the episode in a lot of detail, but does not include minor happenings in the episode.

[edit] Notes

In the notes section there should be facts about the episode, which, if required, should be referenced. It could also included trivia. For example:

  1. This episode was meant to be broadcast on the 31 December 1999.
  2. The original name for this episode was was Example TV episode 1. [1]

[edit] Cast

Cast Characters
Example actor Example character

[edit] Radio episode

000 - Example Radio Episode
Script Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Producer John Dyas
Recorded 01/01/2000
Original transmission 01/01/2000 12.00am
Series 0
Length 30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures 0 million
Preceded by n/a
Followed by Episode Radio Example 2

The above infobox should be filled in with ll the information that is required, this may include doing a small amount of research for some the fields. Viewing figures is currently the field that most people have trouble finding out.

In this area there should be a brief description of the episode, stating which series the episode came from, which episode it is, e.t.c. For example:

Example Radio episode is the first episode of the 0 series of the British radio comedy series Dad's Army that was originally transmitted on the 1 January 2000.

Version 1 There are two versions of how the radio episode section might look the first is like the above the TV episode, it includes a synopsis and plot. This only applies to radio episodes whose plot is very different to that of the TV plot.

[edit] Synopsis

Here there should be basic overview of the episode. It should give a brief description of what happens in the episode. Like the blurb you get on the back of a book or on the of a DVD case. It should be no more than two sentences long.

[edit] Plot

Here there should be a more detailed description of the episode. This tells the reader what happens in the episode in a lot of detail, but does not include minor happenings in the episode.

Version 2 This version is just one section that describes the main differences between very similar plots.

[edit] Differences better the TV and Radio episodes

A list of differences should be listed here.

  1. The first scene includes an outside part in the TV episode.

Versions end

[edit] Notes

In the notes section there should be facts about the episode, which, if required, should be referenced. It could also included trivia. For example:

  1. This radio episode had a different name to the TV episode because the writers thought it was better. [2]

[edit] Cast

Cast Characters
Example actor Example character

[edit] References

  1. ^ A website. A book. etc.
  2. ^ A website. A book. etc.
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