Category:Series

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[edit] Adding A Series

Before adding a new series please search carefully to make sure it does not exist.
1. If a series has a simple name like "Heroes" or "Jericho" the search will return it simply
2. If a series has a more complex name with odd punctuation like hyphens, colons or ampersands (&) try searching with just part of the name to ensure that there is not already an entry
When adding a series do not abbreviate the series name even if the abbreviation has become common for example Law & Order: Special Victims Unit shouldn't be shortened to Law & Order: SVU.
Please do not add sporting events. We do not index sporting events at this time.
Once you have determined that the series doesn't exist adding a new series couldn't be simpler, just click the add a series link in the navation for the site.

Once a series has been created you have three options

Edit the series to have detailed information see below
Add Seasons
Add series banners
- General Banner Guidlines
- Series Banner Specific Information

[edit] Editing A Series

The First Rule of Series Editing is Don't Change The Name Of A Series
If you truly believe that a name is wrong.

Confirm that you are not looking at a show with a similar name. Because we catalogue series from all over the world shows with similar or identical names can and do occur.
Create a post in the forum asking if others agree with your conclusion. If there is a consensus that the name is incorrect then request an admin change it.

Series editing is a rather straightforward affair as most of the field names are self explanatory although there are a few that need further explanation.

Series Name & Overview
Both of these fields have the additional option of specifying their contents in languages other than English. Simply change the dropdown menu beneath either option to the language of your choice and you will be able to enter data in that language which can then be retrieved by the plugin of your choice.

TV.com ID

This field is provided so that programmers may match a series with content they already have if they know the tv.com ID. It is not used by the site itself for anything.
This is not the id from TheTVDB database but rather the series ID from the TV.com website (found in the URL for example for the series The Unit the URL is http://www.tv.com/the-unit/show/33480/summary.html therefore the TV.com ID is 33480)
Do not just invent an ID for this field if the show doesn't exist on TV.com don't fill this field in as it will just confuse the scraper and possibly import completely incorrect data if the invented ID matches an actual TV.com ID.

Status

Continuing - Series currently still in production this is generally the status that should be set during the initial run of a season
Ended - For a series which has finished it's run and is not producing any new episodes.
Please don't ask for other status types. We used to have an "on hiatus" and "other" status, but found people weren't filling them in or changing them back to continuing so they've been removed.

Genre

If there are multiple items for either field e.g. if a show is both and Action/Adventure type program as well as a Drama then the field needs to begin with a pipe ( | ) character plus have one between each item and then end with another so the example show would be entered as |Action/Adventure|Drama|. You don't need to worry about this when filling in the information though, as you just need to click the "choose" link beside the Genre field and then check off the genres you want and the list will be created automaticly.

Actors

Please see the actor page at http://thetvdb.com/wiki/index.php/Actors

Network

This field should represent the TV network that aired the series first in it's original language.
If a show changes networks during it's original episode run then the last network to air new, original episodes should be listed (Stargate SG-1 for example started on Showtime and then moved to the Sci Fi Channel so it is appropriately listed as SciFi)
The Network should not represent a channel which has exclusive re-broadcast rights.
If a show was syndicated right from the beginning then the network field should represent the studio/network that produced the series.

Runtime