Template talk:Series overview

Section links on transclusion

Code like <includeonly>List of Barney Miller episodes</includeonly> in is needed for every link parameter to make section links work at both List of Barney Miller episodes#Series overview and the transclusion at Barney Miller#Episodes. I suggest an optional alternative where you can just once say |list=List of Barney Miller episodes, and then List of Barney Miller episodes is automatically prepended to each section link if you are not on that page. To avoid prepending it twice on pages trying to use both methods at the same time, maybe the feature should check it isn't already there. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:20, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Fix Lint error "night-mode-unaware-background-color"?

Checked by Special:LintErrors, articles using "Template:Series overview" would have Lint error "night-mode-unaware-background-color", how to fix this? Or is that Lint function overreacting? - George6VI (talk) 06:05, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

@Jonesey95 would know to answer that. Gonnym (talk) 09:53, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

George6VI, when reporting a potential problem, always link to an affected page. I just checked Ally McBeal, Beavis and Butt-Head, and Blackadder, and none of them report a "night-mode-unaware-background-color" caused by this template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:13, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Jonesey95:This is a problem I saw in the Chinese wiki, an example can be seen in my sandbox. The code I put there, is a section translated from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. While the English article has no lint error, the Chinese one has, and I have no idea how to fix the problem. I do ask for help there, but I also post here, to see if the template counterpart in that wiki is missing something. - George6VI (talk) 15:11, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

The Chinese version of the module has not been updated to provide a color for each cell. Please see this diff, especially the section labeled "Line 464", where the English module (on the left) has a color declared and the Chinese module (on the right) does not. It is possible that copying that one "color" line from the English module to zh:Module:Series overview will fix the problem. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:29, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Issue with start parameter

@Alex 21 Seems like this edit to the module has broken uses of this template where special is used with 'startnS' such as Sherlock and Gavin & Stacey. Can Category:Articles using Template:Series overview with deprecated start-parameter format be changed to include these please? Indagate (talk) 13:23, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and fixed those two instances, but agree that category should be adjusted to capture any others out there like it. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:42, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

I can certainly look into having articles like this be added to the category, for easier tracking. However, these articles (and any like it) should have been using |released#S= long ago, they were using deprecated parameters rather than the template or any edits to it being broken. -- Alex_21 _TALK 20:20, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

If I understood the question correctly, the tracking category wasn't finding instances of |start#S= to begin with, only |start#=. Hence when you removed the depreciated code, these popped up as issues. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:25, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

I've found that I can search for identical cases like this via regex, so I'm going to go ahead and replace all cases via AWB, and then look into readjusting the category to look for cases of |start#S= without |end#S= (specials only, because |start#= is valid without |end#=, especially for weekly seasons without a finale date yet.) -- Alex_21 _TALK 22:34, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done 400+ articles fixed. Category is still located at Category:Articles using Template:Series overview with deprecated start-parameter format, but with a different/similar purpose (category documentation updated). -- Alex _talk 04:13, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Alex! Indagate (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

"First released" vs "Start"

The wording "First released" and "Last released" seems a bit misleading for the first and last episodes of a season; sometimes an entire series is released then released again, in which case it would be more appropriate. So the headings could be better replaced. "First episode" and "Last episode" seem the best wording; "Series start" and "Series end" are also OK. As they are covered by "Originally released" over both columns, the shorter "Start" and "End" would be sufficient and perhaps best. While this would change the way existing uses are displayed, it doesn't change the meaning or introduce ambiguity. Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 10:49, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

sometimes an entire series is released then released again, in which case it would be more appropriate. What do you mean by this? - Favre1fan93 (talk) 14:58, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm assuming re-runs. This is why it is headered by "Originally released", as all dates are only of the original release, going from the first original release through to the last original release. -- Alex _talk 21:20, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Opposed to changing. We only care about original release, not re-runs or whatever else happens. So the wording it correct. Gonnym (talk) 16:47, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

My point is not about reruns, it's just the word used, a grammatical point. The date on which the last episode is broadcast isn't well described as the "date of last release" of the series, it's the date of broadcast of the last episode, and the end of the series.However, it seems nobody agrees. Pol098 (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2026 (UTC)