Board Thread:Suggestions & Comments/@comment-24652145-20141016220506/@comment-24652145-20141019103418

I was thinking that instead of having a couple of lines in the overview description of the TV Show which would detail the spin-offs, crossovers, or related films or whatever; that we could just have it listed in the Info Box instead. It would greatly simplify things and we could just delete those lines entirely.

The Franchise Page doesn't always give a direct connection so to speak. One example would be The Batman (2004) series which is part of the DC Comics Franchise and the Batman Franchise. If we had that "Related Media" section on the infobox, we could put it that Batman vs. Dracula (2005) under that section as this movie was based upon that series. Otherwise, they're both under those Franchises and otherwise don't appear to have any specific connection.

Incidentally, I wouldn't think that we need to put any sort of link to the DC Comics Franchise or the Batman Franchise in the Related Media part of the Infobox of either The Batman (2004) or Batman vs. Dracula (2005) in those instance; those are just too general and large.

In addition, I always assumed that those Franchise pages involved multiple titles; like 3 or more. Otherwise, it would clutter things up. Sort of like the A-Team Franchise which really consists of only one TV series and one Film and seems like a real waste to me. Instead, they could just have one link under Related Media in an Infobox on each separate page that could connect them.

Not to mention that other than the occassional cameo appearance in one or two episodes, some series don't really mix. For example; the Golden Girls (1985) had a bunch of spin-off series; Empty Nest (1988) and Nurses (1991) and a sequel series the Golden Palace (1992). I think that only the Golden Girls and Golden Palace might fall under the same franchise. Empty Nest and Nurses wouldn't.

Ditto for other crossover series like Las Vegas (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001) where characters made a cameo appearance for a few episodes but otherwise don't have any real connection, just that they appear in the same universe and had a tie-in storyline.

Yes, we could explain that connection; but it seems simpler to just have a slot in the Infobox where we could fit that in without having a paragraph in the Overview and if a reader was interested, they could go and maybe hunt around the episode lists (once we ever get around to filling them out).

It's true that arranging things this way may result in some unnecessary duplication particularly for certain pages if we put something simple like the DCUA or the Marvel Cinematic Universe links just like in the category links at the bottom. But it also might make it easier for our readers if we do have multiple links that they don't have to look around for them.

That's what I was thinking at least.