Talk:Welcome to Night Vale

Fandom

Is "the show's fans are on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, and some write fanfic and crossovers which often focus on the show's main romantic relationship" really worth a full section? The statement may be reliably sourced, but it seems misleading to represent this as something that's distinct to this particular series - every fictional series attracts this kind of fan response to some extent.

The fan-written transcripts might be worth documenting as exceptional, but "fans write fanfic" seems unremarkable by itself. Is there more to it than that? --McGeddon (talk) 09:11, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

I think think everything below "Co-producer Jeffrey Cranor attributed this spike in popularity to both Tumblr and fans of the television series Hannibal" should be removed as it doesn't warrant content, being a description of the pod cast's fandom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moleymatt (talk • contribs) 01:12, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Summaries

I think this article could do with less about the fandom, and more about the actual content of the podcast, which is currently transparently missing from the article. Would anyone be willing to write up a brief synposis/plot summary? Robofish (talk) 23:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

The problem with a plot synopsis is that each episode is rather individualized. And, yes, there are several things that get carried on throughout the podcast, but they are so disparate that you'd have to describe all of them. And including such things would have to have each individual episode discussed and that could get extremely long very quickly. I mean, there isn't really an overarching plot line (beyond, sorta, the relationship with Carlos). Silverseren^C 22:24, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

There are plot synopses offered by iTunes in the description field . For example, the synopsis provided for Subway is: "An entire subway system appears suddenly in Night Vale, and the City Council is excited by the possibilities. Plus, tips for organ donors, a look into financial news, and a popular new service in town." It gives a nice brief intro to the top story and hints at some of the individualized aspects. I agree that these might be helpful and are relevant. I'm a new user, but I'm interested in implementing this change if no one has any objections. --Morphovariant (talk) 22:49, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I just rebuilt the Episode table using Template:Episode List. At the same time, I added 'Written By,' 'The Weather,' and 'Summary' columns. --Morphovariant (talk) 05:14, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

I think we should eventually add a section to briefly summarize the major plot arcs such as Dana's disappearance, the mayoral campaign and the StrexCorp storyline, but I think it would be best to hold off on that for a while, since recent episodes have been weaving various plot threads together, and it looks like they're building up to a climax. -- Gordon Ecker, WikiSloth (talk) 02:47, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Can someone more talented than me add some lists (characters, places, etc.)? The episode list was great(!!), but it would be nice to have more A History of Night Vale rather than history of the show -- River, (talk) 09:58, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Starring: Cecil Palmer

Presumably this was changed after Cecil the character's last name was revealed, but I think editors need a reminder either of the fact that Palmer is the character's last name and Baldwin is the actor, or of what "Starring" means. It should either go back to saying "Starring: Cecil Baldwin" or say instead "Starring: Cecil Baldwin as Cecil Palmer". Whichever is the most intuitive choice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.180.137.177 (talk) 02:32, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

I've tweaked the opening paragraph to clearly distinguish between Cecil Gershwin Palmer the fictional in-universe host of the show and Cecil Baldwin the real-world actor who plays him. -- Gordon Ecker, WikiSloth (talk) 10:37, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Episode count and multi-part episodes

Should we be counting the Night Vale and Desert Bluffs versions of The Sandstorm as two episodes or a single episode divided into two parts? -- Gordon Ecker, WikiSloth (talk) 07:02, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

What about Part A and Part B of Old Oak Doors? They were originally recorded and performed as a single ~90 minute live show, then split up into two parts due to its length. IMO the simplest option would be to go by the official episode numbers. -- Gordon Ecker, WikiSloth (talk) 08:10, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Suggested Split

I would advocate creating a separate page for 'List of Welcome to Night Vale Episodes', seeing as the episode table is taking up something like 90% of the space.--ERAGON (talk) 13:05, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I agree. --Steeley (talk) 16:19, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

I support this Etron81 (talk) 21:20, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Done, although the new list could use a bit of work. List of Welcome to Night Vale Episodes. --ERAGON (talk) 10:15, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Addressing the New Theme Song

I haven't been able to find any sources as to what the new mix is called. Some are saying it's a new mix of the original theme, but I can't find any definitive citations. Either way we should make a note on the page that the currently listed theme only applies to the first 3 seasons.

ThePenultimateOne (talk) 16:03, 15 September 2015 (UTC)