Wikipedia:WikiProject EastEnders
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to EastEnders. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list.
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[edit] Scope
The objective of this WikiProject is mainly that of organisation and improvisation in relation to articles regarding EastEnders. What this means is that there should be a clear standard set for both the editing and creation of articles regarding its structure and layout, articles should also be placed in the correct categories. Quality should also be a priority, it does not matter how many articles are created on different subjects, what matters is the substance and content of that article. Taking the main EastEnders article as an example, it has taken time and effort by those that have edited it over the past few months, it is up to a fairly good encyclopaedic standard but there are still problems. Yet there is a sense that some articles are created from a fanatical point of view. This is something that is mostly one sided rather than adding any useful information that can be referred to in the long term for research purposes.
[edit] Participants
If you're interested then add yourself to the list below. You may also add yourself to Category:WikiProject EastEnders participants by placing the template {{User EastEnders}} on your userpage.
- Active members
- Inactive members
- EastEnders the great (founder)
- AnemoneProjectors
- The JPS
- Quentin Smith
- Wootking
- MrSecret
- Notfred
- Badbilltucker
- Sparhelda
- Coolhawks88
- Thelb4
- Elonka
- Toropop
- Chandlerjoeyross
- Dan the Man1983
- MichiganCharms
- ThaGazBoi
- Former members
- Sweetie Petie
- Meateater
[edit] Parent projects
The parents for this project are:
[edit] Structure
All encyclopedias follow a consistent style, thus when editing or creating an EastEnders-related article, attention should be paid to this as well as the content itself. Articles should follow Wikipedia's manual of style, specifically that on writing about fiction. Articles should describe fiction and fictional elements from the perspective of the real world, not from the perspective of the fiction itself. Subjects should also be notable.
When referring to EastEnders you should be sure not to use "Eastenders", as the second 'E' should be capitalised.
Also, when referring to EastEnders in an article it should be formatted in italic, as with all programmes (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles))
[edit] Character pages
When creating a character page, you should remember to write as though you are writing for an encyclopaedia, and not from the opinion of a fan. This is a current problem that we have, Wikipedians assume as if the reader knows other characters and watches the show, an example includes:
Joe Macer is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Ray Brooks.
Pauline and Big Mo both danced with Joe at a salsa night.
As a reader who does not watch this show, I am immediately made aware that he danced with Pauline and Big Mo at a salsa night. But who is Pauline?! Big Mo? Is that some type of farmyard animal?
It should read "Pauline Fowler and Mo Harris", as this allows the reader to follow up from the reading, by providing the surname it is much more enyclopedic than what sounds like a friend of yours telling you about the character.
Also there needs to be a standard of importance, having the most relevant and important information towards the top of the page, such as first arrival, history etc... rather than jumping into a characters later storyline.
[edit] Lead section
The lead section should begin something like this:
John Smith is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a long-running serial drama about working class in the East End of London.
Present tense should still be used, even if the character has died or in any other way left the show, as the episodes they appeared in do not cease to exist.
If the character has changed their name, pages should begin:
Jane Smith (née Jones, previously Williams) is a fictional character...
Following the lead section, a number of sections should be used. Examples of sections are "Character creation", "Character development", "Storylines", "Reception". Sub-sections may be used. Any plot details should be kept as brief as possible, and should be sourced, using the {{cite episode}} template if no other sources are available.
[edit] Infobox
An infobox should appear at the top of the page, placed before the lead section. There are two possible infoboxes. For more information, see Template:Infobox EastEnders character and Template:Infobox EastEnders character 2.
[edit] Family
If any members of a character are known, they should all be listed in a separate section after the character's storylines. The order of the family should be as follows:
Father Mother Brother(s) Sister(s) Half brother(s) Half sister(s) Husband/Wife Son(s) Daughter(s) Grandfather(s) Grandmother(s) Great grandfather(s) Great grandmother(s) Grandson(s) Granddaughter(s) Great grandson(s) Great granddaughter(s) Nephew(s) Niece(s) Great nephew(s) Great niece(s) Uncle(s) Aunt(s) Great uncle(s) Great aunt(s) Cousin(s) First cousin(s) once removed Second cousin(s) etc.
For an example, see Ian Beale#Family. Stepfamily and in-laws should not be included, but half siblings (etc.) should. In the case of adoptions, only adoptive parents and adopted childred should be included. If a character is divorced, their ex-spouse should no longer be listed. Godparents should also not be included.
[edit] External links
If the character has a page on the official EastEnders website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders), then this should be linked to in an external links section using the template {{EEcharlink}} such as: {{EEcharlink|ian_b}} or {{EEcharlink|grant_m|Grant Mitchell}}
Any other relevant links should be included but must follow the guidelines set out at Wikipedia:External links.
[edit] Book pages
Pages about EastEnders books should contain a plot summary with a spoiler warning, a list of characters who appear in the book, with links to appropriate articles, and the {{EEBooks}} infobox.
{{EEBooks
| image =
| book_name =
| series_number =
| author =
| publisher =
| isbn =
| chapters =
| release_year =
| timeline =
| dedication =
| before =
| after =
}}
- image
- This should be an image of the book cover, with the correct fair use rationale.
- book_name
- This should be the full title of the book, i.e. EastEnders Book One: Home Fires Burning.
- series_number
- The number in the series.
- author
- Who wrote the book?
- Publisher
- Who published the book?
- isbn
- The ISBN for the book, i.e. ISBN 1-85018-045-8.
- chapters
- The number of chapters in the book.
- release_year
- The year the book was released, or the full date if known.
- timeline
- The years in which the events of the book takes place.
- dedication
- If the book has a dedication, put it here.
- before
- The name of the preceding book (linked if appropriate).
- after
- The name of the following book (linked if appropriate).
[edit] Article importance
The following is a general guidance on how to rate EastEnders articles based on their importance. In some cases, articles may be rated differently, depending on various factors.
| Importance level | What warrants this level | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Top | The main EastEnders article or any of its sub-articles | History of EastEnders |
| High | The 24 original characters Characters who have appeared for over 10 years Important storylines Significant locations |
Andy O'Brien (EastEnders) Phil Mitchell Sharongate Scarlet (EastEnders) |
| Mid | Current characters (unless rated as high-importance as above) Characters who appeared for under 10 years Significant baby and child characters |
Shirley Carter Lenny Wallace Janet Mitchell |
| Low | Current babies and children (unless significant) Characters who appeared for under a year and are not of great significance |
Bobby Beale SJ Fletcher |
[edit] Goals
- Ensure that all EastEnders-related articles can be easily found, through correctly placing them in the correct categories and making sure any other articles that refer to them link to them.
- Organise and improve EastEnders-related articles that are in need of attention.
- Character pages and other notable information should be kept up to date with the current events in the show.
- Where possible (e.g characters) a standard style should be set throughout the articles, to provide a consistent and professional encyclopaedia style.
- Ensure that quality of articles is held above that of quantity of articles.
- Ensure that EastEnders related images are provided with the correct copyright information and that they are correctly placed under the relevant EastEnders category.
- Ensure that EastEnders-related images and articles do not infringe copyright.
- Ensure that images used within an EastEnders page are relevant to the text and provide the reader with a break up from long lines of text.
[edit] Collaboration of the month
Collaboration of the month for February 2008 is Stacey Branning.
[edit] Projects
- See also: Wikipedia: WikiProject EastEnders/To do
- See also: Wikipedia: WikiProject EastEnders/Project log
- Family pages:
- Butcher family
- Miller family
- Mitchell family
- Moon family
- Slater family
- Watts family
- Wicks family
- Characters who need pages: Donna Andrews, Milton Hibbert, Jabbar Ahmed
- Cleanup Who Shot Phil? and Storylines of EastEnders (2000s), making them more "out-of-universe", per the recent AFD debates.
- Cleanup Beale family with out-of-universe content.
[edit] Tasks
- Maintain Storylines of EastEnders (2000s)#2007 to the day.
- Expand: List of EastEnders television spin-offs, Audrey Trueman, Tony Hills and Danny Whiting.
- Write a section about the website and internet fandom on the main article.
- Add all first and last appearances and all book and spin-off appearances to infoboxes.
[edit] Completed tasks
- Expand List of buildings in EastEnders.
- Expand Christmas in EastEnders
- Expand Peggy Mitchell as it says very little about this major character.
- Update Honey Edwards.
- Expand Tony Hills.
- Add to The Beale/Fowler Family, all information 1985-1996 is complete, but 1996-2006 needs to be on there!
- Update Max Branning
- Add some images (see talk page) to the main EastEnders article.
- Clean up Ian Beale and put in chronological order, adding his storylines, from the beginning, including The Banned storyline, his boxing and his bankruptcy etc.
- Write a better lead paragraph for the main EastEnders article.
- Put all EastEnders-related images into Category:EastEnders images.
- Make sure all family sections have "half brother" or "half sister" without the hyphen (see Sibling#Half sibling).
- EastEnders in popular culture.
- Listify the categories Category:EastEnders directors, Category:EastEnders producers and Category:EastEnders writers into List of EastEnders crew members.
- Expand and sort List of EastEnders crew members.
- Clean up Phil Mitchell (see Talk:Phil Mitchell#Article).
- Add Wendy Richard's criticisms to EastEnders and Pauline Fowler, see if there's anything worthwhile to be salvaged from James Alexandrou and Wendy Richard's interviews with Digital Spy.
[edit] Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
- List of past EastEnders characters by year of exit: User:Trampikey
- List of characters from EastEnders: User:Trampikey
- List of buildings in EastEnders: User:Trampikey
[edit] Categories
Please ensure that in the creation of an EastEnders-related article it is placed in the most relevant category listed below.
- Category:EastEnders
- Category:EastEnders characters
- Category:EastEnders images
- Category:EastEnders families
- Category:EastEnders locations
- Category:EastEnders lists
- Category:EastEnders spin-offs
- Category:EastEnders storylines
- Category:EastEnders stubs
[edit] Articles
| EastEnders articles |
Importance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | High | Mid | Low | None | Total | ||
| Quality | |||||||
 FA |
1 | 1 | |||||
 GA |
1 | 1 | |||||
| B | 1 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 39 | ||
| Start | 3 | 35 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 210 | |
| Stub | 3 | 62 | 41 | 9 | 115 | ||
| List | 2 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Assessed | 7 | 85 | 225 | 71 | 12 | 400 | |
| Unassessed | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 86 | 225 | 71 | 14 | 403 | |
[edit] Featured content
[edit] Good articles
[edit] Wikipedia articles on EastEnders
[edit] Semi-protected articles
[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to EastEnders
Please feel free to list your new EastEnders-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.
[edit] Community discussions
[edit] Deletion debates
[edit] Archived featured article candidates
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pauline Fowler
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pauline Fowler/archive1
[edit] Archived peer reviews
- Wikipedia:Peer review/Pauline Fowler/archive2
- Wikipedia:Peer review/Pauline Fowler/archive1
- Wikipedia:Peer review/EastEnders/archive1
[edit] Resources
Some good resources for EastEnders related articles:
- The official BBC EastEnders site
- Walford Web, with a very efficient 'Who's Who' section
- EastEnders archive, with character information 1985-91, and episode guides 1985-
- Digital Spy, a good resource for soap news
