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I've noticed that there are nine featured articles on seasons of television, yet they are just lumped together with other miscellaneous media articles at the top of the Media section. There is also a recent drive to de-mote television season featured lists as they are considered articles, and there are likely going to be quite a few season articles being renominated as featured articles. Is there a case for a sub-section on Television seasons? Crystal Drawers (talk) 16:28, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations § New script to help do source spot checks. Anne drew (talk · contribs) 21:23, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:19, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gog the Mild; I'm just noticing that American presidents appear to be divided in the list of FA articles here to be either in the History biographies, or, alternatively in the Politics and government biographies; shouldn't they all be in under the same heading rather than putting half of them in one place and half of them in the other place. For example, James Madison is in History biographies, whereas George Washington is in the Politics and government biographies. It seems that one section or the other should be used, though not both of them. Any thoughts? ErnestKrause (talk) 15:32, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IMO they should usually be in politics, but I can imagine a case where a person is so notable outside of their term(s) as president that it is more appropriate to put them in history. (Oddly, Washington springs to mind here.) Feel free to boldly move all of them to political bios. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:56, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've also added Jefferson Davis and Samuel Adams to the ones moved there. It looks better now. ErnestKrause (talk) 16:10, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to discuss about this but @SchroCat here claims that the comma in this sentence is redundant. He says that it's redundant because it's in British English but even if, to me, the comma is still needed there for grammar purpose. Can someone determine if a comma is needed there or no, because SchroCat is refusing to revert back. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:05, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You need to take on board that there are different rules for commas in different varieties of English, as well as within varieties of English. I'm sorry that this seems to be something you're struggling to take on board. - SchroCat (talk) 20:08, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yet you haven't presented that "rule". You're just stating that it's redundant and saying that I'm struggling. Come up with a better reasoning. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:14, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm British (living in the US); I haven't looked for a rule to cite, but I can assure you that not having a comma there is perfectly acceptable in British English. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:17, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll step down and apologise once that "rule" has been cited. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:23, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you'll be disappointed -- the "rules" for commas are notoriously anarchic. There's an excellent chapter called "That'll Do, Comma" in Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves that discusses the history and usage of the comma. A quote: "Aren't there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe? Well, yes; but you will be entertained to discover there is a significant complication in the case of the comma." Reading what follows makes it hard to argue for absolute rules in marginal cases. There are certainly occasions where everyone agrees a comma must (or must not) be used, but there's a grey area, and the comma being discussed here is in it. More quotes from Truss: "No wonder feelings run high about the comma. When it comes to improving the clarity of a sentence, you can nearly always argue that one should go in; you can nearly always argue that one should come out." She quotes Ernest Gowers: "The use of commas cannot be learned by rule", which perhaps would settle things if you agreed with Gowers, but she does go on to give some rules. In this case, though, I think you're going to have to rely on the opinion of native British English speakers who as far as you can tell are not illiterate to tell you what is normal in our version of English. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:43, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Mike Christie for explaining it to me. I'm just sorry for causing this conflict and trouble. I've lived in countries which were former British colonies so I do have advanced experience with British English. But because of the amount of time living in the United States, I think it's changing. Once again, I'm sorry for causing this trouble over a measly comma. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:49, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I do recommend reading Truss's book if you can get hold of it; aside from anything else, it's hilarious. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:50, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll definitely try to get a hold of it for sure. Thank you for recommending it. Sorry everyone for my actions. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:56, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivebeenhacked: Orthographical idiosyncratic inflexions such as I don't want to discuss about this and but even if, to me, the comma is still needed there for grammar purpose do not instil confidence in your ability to discern between varieties of English and/or comma-commonality dissonance therein. I hope this helps. Happy editing. —Fortuna, imperatrix 21:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fortuna imperatrix mundi: Yes, it helps. If you don't trust in my comma usage, that's fine. Thank you for being honest with me. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 21:34, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will be watching this from now I am an editor in philosophy moral philosophy and philosophy of law. Xcalibur19 (talk) 12:42, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]