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My edit yesterday to simplify the template's navigation was reverted by

There is no need to display Season 5's episodes in the Season 3 article. With this logic, no season is linked twice, as the link is unlinked on the respective article that the template is used, and the only seasons linked are the alternate seasons. Likewise, it makes sense to display all of the episodes on the List of Episodes article. Updating the second of those templates with the same logic would be quite beneficial; the other two are not episode templates, they encompass the entire series.

By the way, pings don't work when you add them after your initial post. -- /Alex/₂₁ 02:06, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"There is no need to display Season 5's episodes in the Season 3 article." That's an opinion, though I can absolutely understand a reader wanting to switch from a Season 2 Desmond episode of Lost to a Season 5 episode, via

Wikipedical (talk) 22:41, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Why the decision to make it 600+ episodes? Where does that come from? That's just another opinion, just as you stated that my opinion is only an opinion. Template:Doctor Who episodes only has 287 stories, but the template would be terrible unwieldy to display in full on every season and episode article. The format was updated almost two years ago, and as far as I can tell, there has been no disagreement from the number of editors that have edited the template, or the hundreds that have seen and used it. Sure, navigation template should be as simple as possible, but they should also be as intuitive as possible. -- /Alex/₂₁ 01:23, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree with Wikipedical's reasoning here, it's much more logical. I'm fairly certain the "600+ episodes" thing is a reference to The Simpsons episode count, and is not meant to be a suggestion of a literal guideline. I've always found it completely cumbersome when certain episode templates are coded this way and you can only see the links listed for that season. It's actually how I found this discussion and was wondering why it was done being this way; which is why I suggest bringing this to

MOS:TV to gain a wider consensus, because I don't think many people will see this. Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:55, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply

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  Wikipedical here. The navbox isn't so large that we need to restrict it on a season by season basis. Leaving the navbox open allows free navigation between episodes. --woodensuperman 16:33, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply
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