Talk:List of Top Gear episodes

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Contents 1 proposal 2 Propose to split up the Seasons by page. 3 Massive Info Dump into Season 7 and Suggestion 4 Guests 5 Suggestion 6 Template Storage 7 Bugatti Veyron Top Speed 8 Alabama Gas Station Riot 9 Future episodes 10 Spellings 11 Tense

[edit] proposal

Could i propose adding sceen shots or something of every episode in order to lighten the text ridden page? user:tmr5555

I'm ok with that. List_of_south_park_episodes is a featured list and it has a screenshot for each episode, so I guess it is ok from a legal standpoint. Just a word of warning, recently there has been a push to make sure that a fair use rationale is provided, otherwise the images may be deleted without warning. An example of a good fair use rationale is at Image:201 stadium with gas.gif where it says:

This image is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (Discordance) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

* it is a low resolution still of a film;

* it does not limit the copyright owners rights to sell the film in any way;

* the image is provided at the official website (southparkstudios) as a free download;

* it illustrates the film in question and aids commentary on the plot outline in particular terrance and philip's scheme to save canada.

South Park is Copyright Comedy Central

So as long as the copyright info is good, I don't see a problem. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 20:58, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I set up this page last week and I would have included a screenshot column but I don't have any to upload, so the column would have looked a bit bare. The templates tried out on the Talk:Top Gear page when talking about this had screenshot columns so it's easy enough to add.

The above unsigned comment was added by me Jimbow25

[edit] Propose to split up the Seasons by page.

I propose that the article be a gateway to pages with each individual season. I point towards Mythbusters for an example:

• MythBusters (season 1)
• MythBusters (season 2)
• MythBusters (season 3)
• List of MythBusters special episodes

That way, we don't have a long article with an unmanageable way of editing. --293.xx.xxx.xx 08:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree with one page per season in the long-term, but I started an overall page first to encourage the material to get written, bearing in mind it was originally one section on the main TG page. Once the majority of the episodes have decent write-ups it will be too long but at the moment a list of episodes for say season 2 will have nothing on it but a list of airdates, I didn't want to start 8 or more pages at once. Maybe we can expand the article a bit, and make sure we have a fairly settled stadnard format for how we set out an episodes, before we split it? Jimbow25 12:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good by me. --293.xx.xxx.xx 18:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Please don't do it. It's harder that way to search for a particular episode.

Yes, searching for a particular episode gets as easy as hitting ctrl-f and writing a reviewed car's name in that episode, when the list is only one page.88.233.12.85 06:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Massive Info Dump into Season 7 and Suggestion

Right, I did a massive info dump into Season 7, and also added a short noteable blurb from the news segment in most of them. So edit as you will, i'm not picky. I suggest that Season 7 have it's own seperate page as well. --293.xx.xxx.xx 03:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guests

I know that the guests link have been wiki linked...but couldn't we also add a brief (One-two word) occupation bit...for example for Ian Wright, I suggest we make it "Retired Footballer Ian Wright"...or something like that? --Skully Collins 13:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm gonna remain somewhat neutral on this. I can see in cases like Sir Michael Gambon or British Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman but elsewhere? Any other opinions?--293.xx.xxx.xx 22:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't mind this idea. I often have no idea who the person is and have to consult Wikipedia to find out who more information :) Aldango 08:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

I think this article needs major cleanup. There is less content on the series' closer to the top of the page, and having said this, I notice that some of the more closer series' may also need a bit of touch up. --Pkwebmaster 16:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

You haven't explained why you think it needs a cleanup/touchup. If you're referring to the lack of content at the beginning of the article, it isn't possible to clean up something that isn't there. Of course you can suggest someone adds the information, but that's sort of stating the obvious. ~~ Peteb16 16:46, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Either way, It still needs a lotta work... --Pkwebmaster 15:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Kinda hard when the early episodes are scant. I have enough troubles trying to get stuff from finalgear.com for Season 6. --293.xx.xxx.xx 09:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

... Season 3 appears very inaccurate - unless they dropped the Hilux of a building three times which I don't seem to remember them doing.

I've finally managed to get the bulk of the episodes from the torrent download so I'll have a look into this is the coming weeks. The Topgear page on the BBC has enough information to make sure the file has been named correctly

[edit] Template Storage

This is a "clean" template that can be readily copied into the article when needed.

#	Episode	Airdate	Guests
XX	Series X Episode X	[[XX January]] [[XXXX]]	[[Celebrity Name]]
Review: Text of the relevant sections goes in here. Usually the first segment shown on the episode. This may also qualify as the Main Segment below. News: Noteable news blurbs goes here. Challenge: Any challenges the shows hosts are made to do go here. Star in a reasonably priced car: The episodes weekly celebrity guest goes here, with there laptimes. Main review: Usually the one car segment that has a lengthy review. can be put up on top if needed.

--293.xx.xxx.xx 09:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Maybe a template would be easier to manage. I started putting something together, but there are still a few too many bugs to make to use.

For instance, (I am not sure why it didn't grab the line breaks, so click edit to view a cleaner version)

{{User:PS2pcGAMER/Top Gear episode | overall episode num = 2 | series = 1 | episode = 2 | airdate = [[1 January]] [[2007]] | guests = Jimmy Carr | image = TopGearLogo.jpg | caption = the caption | review = Honda Civic, Toyota Carolla, and some other cars that they do some stuff with | review2 = | review3 = | news = Some car stuff | challenge = Another fun challenge | challenge2 = | star = Carr does a lap | main review = Some car }}

Yields...

#	Episode	Airdate	Guests
2	Series 1 Episode 2	1 January 2007	Jimmy Carr
Main review: Some car Review: Honda Civic, Toyota Carolla, and some other cars that they do some stuff with News: Some car stuff Challenge: Another fun challenge Star in a reasonably priced car: Carr does a lap

Obviously there is a large outstanding bug in what I have programmed, the extra line breaks when the field is not used. Feel free to play around with it at User:PS2pcGAMER/Top Gear episode if you think you can fix it or have any other changes.

Would a switch to using templates even be worthwhile? --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 05:16, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bugatti Veyron Top Speed

I watched season 9 episode 2 and saw that James May reached >407 km/h. 407 km = 252.898075241 mi so that would be 252 mph before rounding. If we round it is 253 mph, as is stated http://www.topgear.com/content/tgonbbc2/ (as of 07 Feb 2007) as having been reached. This is also the stated top speed of the Veyron, which was the task at hand. Anything over 407.164032 km/h will be at or over 253 mph without rounding. I am writing all this because I am finding inconsistencies between Wikipedia and the Top Gear site (Top Gear site says both in different places). Nitrous231 00:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• And in different episodes; S7E5, the one where they first introduced the Veyron, said 252. Kinitawowi 12:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you really care about 1 mph?

• If a police man catches you going 21mph in a 20mph school zone, you are speeding and must pay a fine. Yes, I do care about 1mph. 1 is the difference between single and married, on and off, and if i just leave one letter out of every word in this sentence, it makes it unreadable. Besides, would you rather be right or wrong? 1mph can mean the difference Nitrous231 02:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alabama Gas Station Riot

I had heard a suggestion that the town in Alabama where there was nearly a riot due to their challenge had voted to ban filming in future. Is this true and does anyone know what the town is called? Harry Hayfield 00:05, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future episodes

There are two sources for future episodes, namely http://www.topgear.com/content/tgonbbc2/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/nextepisode.shtml. For the next episode as of 21/02/07, I have referenced all information to both sources. Should we use one, the other, or both? Also, the way I've done it is a bit messy, but it will suffice for now, although I don't actually know how to clean it up. --Bolmedias 18:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, any references whose content are the same, like Ace<ref>Bob</ref>Charlie<ref>Bob</ref> can be named and repeated, like such: Ace<ref name="bob">Bob</ref>Charlie<ref name="bob" /> making multiple occurances of one reference, rather than several references the same. Take a look at how I've changed what you did. – DBD 18:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice one. You see, I'm not very good with this sort of thing, but I just wanted the entry to be up to scratch. Bolmedias 11:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spellings

This is a wiki page about a British tv show, I believe that we should try to keep all the spelling and terminology to British ways. Shotmenot 16:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

No, wrong. It's not a case of belief. It is a case of Wikipedia policy, that's how it works. ^† DBD 19:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

That's not how it works! Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English states that: "Articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country should generally conform to the usage and spelling of that country." Quite how you don't know this DBD, seeing as you're so keen to allude to 'Wikipedia policy', I don't know! The globetrotter 23:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

You've misinterpreted my comment. I was pointing out that regardless of shot's belief, that it is policy that British spelling is used. Bearing in mind that I agree with the policy and that I am a long-time and hard-working 'pedian, please re-read my comment in a revised light. Though I do slightly resent your comment, I can forgive because of this difference of tonereading... ^† DBD 00:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tense

The entire thing needs to be in present tense!

• I'm on the yearbook staff at my school and we use the present progressive - ex: Nitrous231 is editing the wiki. But we should look at the wikipedia policy and also at other articles. Nitrous231 22:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)