Template talk:Episode table

Part color coding

@Alex 21: Hey Alex, when using the /part, the |c= parameter for color needs the "#" before the hex if using hex, unlike the regular table where |background= can take the hex color with or without the "#". Can you adjust the part coding to match the regular table to either option can work? - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:21, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

@Favre1fan93 File:Yes check.svg Done Template:Smiley -- Alex_21 _TALK 00:54, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Converting to Episode table

Template:Pin messageUser:ClueBot III/DoNotArchiveUntil Starting a discussion here about working through {{Convert to Episode table}}, and the lists detailed at User:Alex 21/sandbox/No episode table and Category:Articles lacking Episode table templates. -- Alex_21 _TALK 05:56, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Ajheindel @X201 @Favre1fan93 from my talk page. -- Alex_21 _TALK 05:57, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Came across this one in the category, Family Guy season 23, looks like it was tagged with the template even though it already uses episode table (albeit in a way I have never seen). Maybe we should convert it or maybe you need to add a condition to your bot, just wanted to bring it to your attention @User:Alex 21. Ajheindel (talk) 18:54, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Nothing seems off about that article to me. Also, just clarifying, Alex himself doesn't have a bot. His list is just run through AWB checks I think. User:RustyBot is the one who has the task to go and tag articles with the convert template. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 19:15, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah I see, I just assumed Alex was the one running it, didn't bother to actually check. Yeah I agree that the article appears to be fine, just wanted to check since I hadn't seen it implemented with the invoke command like that. Ajheindel (talk) 19:21, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I actually did ask about the addition of the template to articles that already appear to use the correct templates; you can see the short discussion here. -- Alex_21 _TALK 20:10, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I understood the purpose of the bot, but I always felt using your list Alex (though unwieldy) was the best approach going forward for standardization, and then we figure out unique cases where there are neither the table or list templates and should be. The comments from Rusty seem to justify my thinking. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 22:42, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Alex's page is hidden away to all but you 3 editors. That is obviously not the best approach to anything. Unless of course you are planning on clearing 3.7k pages in any reasonable short time. A banner on the other hand makes this issue public to every single editor reading the page. That has a proven (with numerous other maintenance tags) to get things done faster. Gonnym (talk) 12:29, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

I supported the category creation and adding the banner, it just seems the bot has not produced the desired result. I chip away at Alex's list when I can, and when I do, I sometimes don't see the banner/category on some of those pages, which I thought was the whole point of the bot. Not blaming you/anyone here, just stating an observation. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:36, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

The banner is also being added to articles that have functioning episode tables and lists. The list I created ten years ago and have maintained since (and have posted to WT:TV multiple times) is easily accessible via AWB (even if someone doesn't have AWB flags), by using the list comparer and finding all articles that don't use the episode table but do use the episode list. I'm thankful for the bot adding the required tags, but there are always better ways as well. -- Alex_21 _TALK 23:16, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

There are instances, though, where users may add the banner for an article not even using the templates and should. So that's a function your AWB check can't do Alex. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 14:47, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Manual addition of the template, sure. All articles that were tagged with the bot were done through my episode list, which was made via AWB. That doesn't change that the banner is still being added to articles that have functioning episode tables and lists. -- Alex_21 _TALK 22:05, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Was looking at The Anthropocene Reviewed article, which was tagged recently. In the podcast, everything revolves around the host reviewing two topics, and in the table they give (quite neatly I think) the two ratings for each episode. Based on the documentation, I didn't see a way to merge the table header across two columns of the episode list (like using in wikitables colspan="2"). Is this possible? I think creating two "Ratings" header columns would make it look worse, and the article is already at good article status. Ajheindel (talk) 02:56, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

This to me feels like an instance where a plain wikitable would be best. The intent of this template is for television episodes, and isn't really meant to be co-opted by other mediums for their use. A change to wikitable for this article would probably be beneficial. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:48, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Add "AltTitle" parameters

@Alex 21: Can |alttitleT=/|AltTitleT= and |alttitleR=/|AltTitleR= be added so the column can add additional information to these titles in the lists? These parameters wouldn't work without the use of |title= and it wouldn't need |alttitle=/|AltTitle= because the width would be set by |title=. Here is an example of what I think it should look like:

Cases where this could be used could be:

Thanks. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 13:43, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

I could certainly look into this. -- Alex _talk 00:29, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

@Favre1fan93 File:Yes check.svg Done Documentation and testcases updated at Template:Episode table#Episode with multiple titles and Template:Episode table/testcases#AltTitle headers; I then implemented them at Daredevil: Born Again season 2#Podcast. -- Alex _talk 01:52, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

@Alex 21: Fabulous! And you totally read between the lines of why I wanted this to use with Born Again. Template:Smiley - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:51, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Parameter airdateT

For anyone visiting after my recent cleanup, please note that we should not be using |airdateT=Original airdate, and instead stick with the default heading. "Original release date" covers all forms of episodic release; broadcast, airing, streaming, web – there is no need to customize it further. -- Alex _talk 00:26, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Just noting, it's in the back of my mind once we go through the category/your list of articles that need to switch over to this template, we should make tracker categories for all the "T" parameters to see where ones are being erroneously. I know when I come across some recently changed articles, some will use for example |overallT=No. which obviously isn't necessary and defeats some of the use of the table. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:53, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Did I miss a memo?

What's behind the sudden trend for people changing the layout of episode table code from being in a single line like:

{{Episode table |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes=

And changing it to one parameter per line, like:

{{Episode table
|overall=
|season=
|title=
|director=
|writer=
|airdate=
|episodes=

Did I miss a discussion or a memo? - X201 (talk) 14:09, 30 April 2026 (UTC)