Forum:International air dates and spoilers

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Discussion

As of today, Arthur Wiki:Policy has nothing about what to do with "spoilers" and international air dates. What should we do about this? Any suggestions are welcome. 5000 Explosions and a Supernova (talk) 23:32, May 26, 2015 (UTC)

As far as non-English air dates go, we shouldn't cover anything on Korean, etc.. This wiki is universal, but this is an English wikia first and foremost. "The Last Day" is a major turning point, and of course users will want to start changing every character that gets affected by it, therefore spoiling, confusing, and conflicting with what we only know in USA and Canada air dates. To some this is obviously not going to be an issue; it's officially aired (even if it's online), so what's the problem? Well, the problem is, is that other countries are obviously going by their own episode order. If a non-US and non-Canada doesn't know what's aired in those countries (the two countries that gave the show its life), then they're obviously going to make it their own choice what they're going to be spoiling for themselves. And it's exactly the other way around. If a new episode airs in the UK or Australia and something happens where a development occurs (big or small), then that's what's happening in the country you're living in. I don't think it's right to start spreading something that isn't really fair to the North American viewer because it hasn't aired yet.

Arthur is an American-Canadian television series, so everything should be based on those air dates. Everything should only come on this wiki after those air dates have occured. If a character has a full name given or some detail about them is revealed (or even dies), it should only be after that episode has aired in North America; it keeps everything straight and focused and not mixed with what's aired elsewhere, because like I said it just confuses things because of the people that want to cover the whatever released episode that hasn't even been aired yet in North America. It's bad enough America isn't going in order, we don't need to follow a country other than America and Canada that's going in random order.

Even if new episodes are released on DVD first, then that's that company's choice. We can cover the DVD and say which episodes have been put on DVD first, but it shouldn't influence what happens on this wiki in regards to characters and locations, etc. (I don't think that really matters now, but it's something I still stand by).

I said a lot, and I sound very firm with what I want. But not only is this only my one viewpoint, I'm also thinking of one straight road this wiki should follow. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 13:53, May 27, 2015 (UTC)

I was treating seasons 18 and 19 as the same, so I guess my comment about new episodes on DVD still stands. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 16:58, May 27, 2015 (UTC)

I agree with the above.

Policy draft

To make sure we cover everything, here is a list.
It can be revised.

Note: In this chart, "international" refers to anywhere outside of Canada and the United States.

A new episode has been released on...	Create a page for the episode?	Add a plot, summary, and character list?	Upload the title card?	Upload other images?	Create articles for new characters, places, etc.?	Add new information about old characters, places, etc.?
DVD	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
International DVD	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
Non-English DVD	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
TV	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
International TV	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
Non-English TV	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
Episode is leaked online	N	N	N	N	N	N

Revisions

Looks good. Does adding new information include crew info (writers, directors, etc.) or should that go in a new row. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible (talk) 18:39, May 27, 2015 (UTC)