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I'm concerned with these synopses' provenance; they are, in a stunning display of irony, too good. If someone wants to take credit for them, and say they're original (they're uneven: some of them are clearly original, some read like they came out of TV Guide), fine. Otherwise, I guess I'll buckle down and rewrite them.
--Baylink 00:51, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Good call, plugging the long ones into google quickly shows they're copied. --W(t) 01:34, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)

I just made some spelling/grammar corrections to this article before seeing the comments. If you'd like to split the job of rewriting the summaries, I'd be happy to help. I'll check back here.--64.203.152.181 14:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spoiler material - How should it be treated (if at all posted). This is speficially referring to Season 2's final episode, which was had a twist that the current summery doesn't quite sum up.--AlphaTwo 14:50, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Here's what I think: short summaries on this page make it like a list format similar to List of Lost episodes or List of South Park episodes. Then place the other episodes in either own articles or on a season page whichever the consensus prefers. Minor spoilers are fine in my opinion but especially with last night's you don't want to be too revealing...that's for the other page. Also, I'm looking for pictures however FOX only starts with 206 which is just half of a season. Sfufan2005 20:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Is anybody doing anything with this? Season 2's finale reads as a plot summary, while the other episodes read as a brief description, similar to what you may find in TV Guide or under an "Info" sort've thing from your cable provider. Tim 05:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

"I'm concerned with these synopses' provenance; they are, in a stunning display of irony, too good." - I disagree. They are all separate articles and therefore deserve any and all information related to the episode, as long as the information is factual, NPOV, and formulaic. SousaFan88 07:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Spoilers again. I thought the synopses were pretty good. Actually, I thought they were dry, tv-guide type descriptions of the set up. So I was quite happy to check the name of episode five. Only to find myself spoiled for it. Maybe it's a minor part of the final solution (I hope so), but it was still a shock. I don't think that any part of the 'solution' shoul be in the summaries. Sex Kills is a much better example. RoseWill220.253.28.60 07:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Why is there a TWOP recap link to every episode summary? My objection to TWOP is that they don't allow any feedback or commentary on their recaps (apart from "great recap") and more often than not they aren't really recaps of the episodes but an extended gripe or lovefest by the author. There's really no attempt to recount what happened in any particular episode. I've looked for a rationale of why TWOP is being promoted so heavily here but I couldn't find one. As a wikipedia user I would much prefer to see, at most, one link indicating that more episode information can be found at that site. Since there is already a link on the main page maybe no additional link is needed at all. Actinium 18:53, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I wouldn't object to linking to other site's recaps for the eps, too, if there were workable direct links to such recaps (as long as things didn't get out of hand). I *do* think we ought to cut our *own* episode pages, though, and unlink the titles in the table. Votes?

Seriously, is there some sort of kickback that someone is getting for including so many TWOP links? Part of the way the reviewers or recappers is paid is based on traffic, traffic which Wikipedia is strangely just handing to them. They are making money because someone has turned Wikipedia traffic into TWOP traffic. It seems wrong and it affects adversely Wikipedia's credibility. Why not just use one link at the bottom of the page?

What happened to the tv.com links? I think tv.com is far far better than the TWoP links. --antilived ^{trash vandal results} 11:06, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

If anyone has time, I think it would be nice to add what music is featured in each episode... that is one of the most searched-for pieces of info regarding this show, and is very encyclopedic. I'll try to start adding some soon 69.142.21.24 09:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

That is a VERY good idea, I'm going to start going through episodes 1-8 to try to figure out what songs are used. Jules su 1:45, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Cool idea, since there is almost commerical music in every episode. Sfufan2005 20:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'm having trouble figureing out which music is commercial and which isn't. I assumed that all the background soft stuff was done for the show, as I haven't recognized any of it. Jules su 13:10, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Yeah, that's definitely all score. The composer should be in the credits. But the music people recognize (i.e. One is the Loneliest Number in Occam's Razor) is what should be featured in the episode guide. Sfufan2005 22:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey great idea, if you go to IMDB you can find the soundtrack listing for each episode, but this requires going to each episode's page and clicking 'soundtrack'. Also you can check out the official Fox website. Patriarch 08:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

The summaries on IMDB are very similar to the ones on Wikipedia. Can anyone verify which came first? Jules su 19:27, 12 March 2006 (PST)

Why do the episode labels skip from 2-16 to 2-18? (overall 38 to 40) Where is episode 2-17, #39? Mistake?

Yeah, that was a mistake on my behalf. Fixed it so everything should be fine now. Sfufan2005 21:51, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

For the laymen, the dialog in the show just flew by without even knowing what all the medical terminologies really mean or how they are spelled. It would be useful to create a list of medical terms used in the show and cross reference them to this list of episodes. The wiki-links of these terms can help viewers read further about those terminologies, and add some educational value to the show. A less attractive alternative is to add those terms in this list along with each entry, but they may turn into spoilers for those who have not seen the episode yet. For example, mentioning tick paralysis would spoil this week's episode. IMO, it is better to have a separate list because some procedures and terms were used frequently in many episodes. Perhaps the list can be divided into symptoms, tests, treatment etc. Kowloonese 19:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, that sort of unnessesary. I mean, it's not like adding music, which many people would want to know. Most of the medical terms are either explained in the show, or are shown (i.e. lumbar puncture) It's entirely too much work and just doesn't seem to fit in.jules_su 10:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Considering the fact that a good amount of the medical terminology used on the show is innaccurate or complete BS (particularly in the earlier shows) it seems really unnecessary. It's better just to go with the show's logic, and try to pick things up by context.

I think the pages for the episodes themselves can list the medical terminology in the plot summaries, where spoilers are going to be assumed. There are some episodes with pages already, but I can go through and add the rest in a couple of weeks time. RoseWIll220.253.28.60 08:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

is it supposed to look like that, with the broken horizontal chart? Can someone who is better with chart formatting than me clean this up a bit? 69.142.21.24 07:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I suggest keeping the chart however adding photos and making it look similar to other lists like List of Prison Break episodes or List of Grey's Anatomy episodes. Also, the summaries on this page should be about 1-2 lines with lengthier episode summaries on either season pages or individual episode pages. I just wanted to suggest this to other editors to gain feedback. Any suggestions? Sfufan2005 00:46, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject List of Television Episodes might be able to help :) The project is still getting back up to speed, but you can find some very good advice via Template:Episode list and Template talk:Episode list. Hope that helps. -- Ned Scott 06:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Did a quick fix on the DVD cover Chart. It should look a little bit more like the charts on other pages. A few other questions for those better at this kind of thing than I. Shouldn't the episode chart be seperated into Seasons 1 and 2? Also, what is the Second number under the Episodes part for?

Some of the titles of episodes contain refrences that I think ought to be linked to. For example, "Occam's Razor" and "Socratic Method" should be linked to the respective articles somwhere. Having the titles themselves be links seems out of place, so I'll be bold and add links as "see also—Link" Ce1984 21:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

For some reason, all the music was removed from the first season, for seemingly no reason. I'm assuming it's vandalism, and I'm putting it back.

All the music is already liste on the individula episode pages--Dr. Zaius 13:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

So what? People who are looking for music are not going to search each and every episode page for it. I have not seen any discussion or input from anyone.--Jules su 17:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with having the music on individual pages. This has been discussed in the past on several episode pages prior. Keeping a short synopsis on this page makes it more neater and organized as opposed to lists with long summaries and trivia bits. A full summary, music and trivia sections should be on the individual pages. If the person is looking for music, I'm pretty sure they will make an effort to find it on these respective pages. This is not meant to be an inconvenience or a personal attack, its just intended for neatness purposes. Sfufan2005 01:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Alright, sounds reasonable.--Jules su 23:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

It was my impression that the policy regarding future episode synopsis are that they are added only after the episode airs. It's supposed to help maintain the integrity of the page. Am I mistaken? --MZMcBride 03:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

No, you are correct. Also, the synopses on this page should be shorter which are expected to be expanded in the individual articles. Sfufan2005 03:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

In order to allow no speculation, crystal-balling, or future plot reveals that most people have no way of knowing, I've made the plot synopsis for future episodes hidden and added a line about when they should be added (once the episode airs). Thanks. --MZMcBride 02:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable enough, however it seems like someone removed all the hidden plot summaries. Chad Hennings 04:41, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Everyone of the episode pages needs work. There are no cites, extended plots, and information that is best left out all together. Whoever is monitoring this page and those pages should read this Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes. This is the policy created to establish guidelines for episode pages. If you do not have well referenced material try developing Seasonal pages until you do. Bignole 12:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Episode #3.15 is stated as being aired on October 31st, why is it skipping a month? Error? —Preceding unsigned comment added by AS Artimour (talk • contribs)

Baseball. Won't be back on until after the World Series.--MZMcBride 01:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

This entire list and it's episode articles it links too, needs to be reformatted. Most the episodes are not notable enough to require there own articles, all except the Pilot (House) article which I've reformatted and have nominated it for FA. Beyond that, the episode articles are filled with bloated Plot Overviews and filled with lists of useless trivia. They should all be merged into this article and rewritten with comprehensive synopsis as most of the other information can either be merged or deleted. Might I add, that "Referback" is not even a word, yet it appears in almost every House episode article. The Filmaker 17:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

• What happened to all the episodes? Were they deleted? I think this could've been worked out without having to be deleted. That's just my opinion. Sfufan2005 20:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

It appears that they were deleted on October 30 due to copyvio issues. --MZMcBride 22:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

You've gotta be kidding. MacintoshApple

Copyright violation for quotes, for stealing summaries, or just for describing the plots? Because I'm willing to write up my own summaries of the plots and find the references and everything, but not if it's going to be deleted again. RoseWill220.253.28.60 08:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I think there's a bit of confusion with the upcoming Christmas episode of House. The original title was Christian however I have found 2 very reliable sources TV.com, IMDB episode entry and TheFutonCritic which releases press notices from FOX, the network and if they say it's Merry Little Christmas, it's Christmas. I would appreciate if the revert warring would stop since I've found only one site that backs up "Merry Little Christian" which is a fan site which should never be taken as an official source since fan sites are most likely to be filled with speculation and fancruft and not official information. Feel free to leave comments. Sfufan2005 21:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, when I cited my two sources (TV.com and some other one) a couple days ago, they both read Merry Little Christian. I moved the page accordingly. I hate it when sources change their information :(. (By the way, was there an edit war going on? I only changed the title and moved the page once.) PullToOpen - talk 22:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I (and probably some other users) am trying to make this into a featured list at some point. There are many things we will have to do with this article, and I would like to lay them out here. Note that this is just a personal opinion and doesn't reflect any specific policies.

1. CITE. We've done a pretty good job on this, but anything that isn't common knowlege and hasn't happened yet needs to be cited. This includes speculated directors for an episode, air dates, and probably episode names themselves.
2. BE CONSISTANT. A person pointed out at this article's peer review that the episode summaries need to be consistant. They either need to be an elaborate summary or a simple blurb, but it can't be both.
3. IMPROVE THE LEAD. The lead paragraph of this article is lacking, and it needs to be fixed. Please expand it according to WP:LEAD.
4. FAIR USE. Most of the images used on this page are fair use, but are not marked as such. A detailed fair use rationale should be on the image's page. Write the fair use thing according to WP:FU and WP:FUC.

Thank you, and good luck. I certainly hope I'm not the only person working on this. PullToOpen^Talk 20:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I have tagged Cursed (House episode), Sports Medicine (House episode), Poison (House episode) and Mob Rules (House episode) for speedy deletion. They are unquestionably blatant copies of the corresponding versions at TVIV, a television wiki. TVIV uses a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License, which is incompatible with Wikipedia's own GNU Free Documentation License. I had nothing to do with the earlier round of deletions mentioned above, but I suspect they were deleted for the same reason. Do not recreate the articles by copying the content from TVIV, they will only be deleted again. –  Anþony  talk  12:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The people who make these pages don't read talk pages. This message won't help. *sigh* I thought we were behind this. PTO 15:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I have listed Airdates of House (TV series) for AfD. The nomination can be found here. Thanks. -- Wikipedical 20:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I recently took out a citation referring to Leonard Dick as the episode writer, since the episode's credits confirm it. There is no need for a citation after the fact since none of the other past episodes have citations. I believe citations should only be used for future episodes. Since the episode has passed it is no longer needed and should be taking out. Sfufan2005 00:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Took out pointer to David Foster, because it links to the wrong David Foster. jojomehndi 00:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't it seem better if the summaries (not the column named Final Diagnosis) didn't have the diagnosis in it. It makes the summaries longer and it's unneeded when we have a category for the diagnosis anyway.
Blindman shady 18:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Somebody from an AfD for List of House episodes merged it, and I didn't like it very much so I made the Final Diagnosis section. It's probably a good idea to remove for now. I have the master copy in my userspace if anybody needs it at User:PullToOpen/Sandbox. PTO 23:22, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

This episode has been said to air next[1], contrary to the episode template on every House episode page. How do you you change it so One Day, One Room comes after Words and Deeds and not after Needle in a Haystack?
Blindman shady 17:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I checked IMDB and TV.com, both of which listed the episodes in the order shown. I also couldn't find any reference to the upcoming episode names on FOX's website. The list can be edited here, if you can verify that your info correct. Thanks. --MZMcBride 20:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Right here: "NEWS: New episodes return on Tuesday January 30th with "One Day One Room." Dave Matthews guest stars as a music savant in an episode airing in March." Look for it, it's very easily noticeable and Fox is more depenable than TV.com or IMDB.

Blindman shady 04:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, so, 2 things are done. A while ago, I made an effort to shorten the summaries to one-liners and one sentences except where it is needed. Should we cross that off our list or do we still need to work on it?
Blindman shady 18:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, excellent! I'm suprised that I didn't notice...anyway, I'll go ahead and cross it off the list. Only a few more things to go! PTO 02:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Removed all IMDB references and will continue to look for references to replace them.
Blindman shady 03:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I think we need to remove the "Final Diagnosis" column as it spoils the episodes for those who haven't seen them but only want info on titles and airdates. The final diagnosis is the climactic point of the episode when the puzzle is finally solved. I mean can you imagine a list of whodunits with the column "Murderer." Sandtiger 18:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Back in December, when this list was going through its FLC, people pointed out that the list would be better with the diagnoses placed somewhere on the page. Thus, the "Final Diagnosis" column was born. Wikipedia is not censored, so if you don't want to have the story spoiled for you, you shouldn't be reading this. PTO 19:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored has nothing to do with this. Did you even click your own link to see what it said at the other end? Spoilers are clearly not offensive or outwith cultural or religious norms. And no-one is asking for their wholesale removal.

Kowtowing to people unrelated to the edition and target audience of an article, merely in an attempt to become Featured, is not really much of a justification. Doubly so, because this page was rejected for other reasons, and they've still not been addressed.

Off the top of my head, I can think of at least one more use case for this list, and that's finding out when the next episode airs. Which is great if it's not aired yet, but if it has, smack beside the air date is a great big spoiler for it. 80.168.174.98 11:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Upon further reflection, the real problem is not that the final diagnosis is reported, but that it is positioned between the episode number and air date. These columns are kept together in other episode lists, such as the ones for Buffy, MEGAS or Seinfeld. I suggest moving it either to the far right, or even removing it and folding the content into the synopsis ('X was finally diagnosed with Hypochondria'). Such a change would increase stylistic consistency, as well addressing the spoiler complaint. 80.168.174.98 11:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. By moving it all the way to the right, it would be possible to just resise one's browser, to block out the final diagnosis. GavinTing 09:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I like the idea of incorporating it into the synopsis for consistency with other TV epsidoe lists. Beard0 21:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Well... it's really possible to resize the browser to hide the final diagnosis column, but it would be quite unconvenient to do so all the time. But I think I could still cope with this, when I know I have to do it. But I sometimes miss an episode, and I check the airdate only to realize it's been already aired, and... it's too late to resize ;) Would it be possible to make this column invisible by default, and to make it visible with only a click? I would really appreciate it, if you agree with the concept ;) Adam Mihalyi (talk) 01:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it should be removed and placed into the episode synopsis section. I just came to check an air date and episode number and had the most recent episode spoiled for me. :( If it was in the synopsis section I would not have had the episode spoiled. It is too prominent in its own column, besides that fact that it IS synopsis material. User:Anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.236.23.173 (talk) 22:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I think a nice little spoiler tag would be perfect. Like a tag where the final diagnosis be in a tag Spoiler and you simply click it and the final diagnosis opens up. I really hate looking for episode and having to resize my browser. Does anybody really LIKE having the spoiler of episodes right next to the synopsis? I mean it should be in the article of the episode itself. It seems really unfair that the person who randomly peruses the LIST Of episodes, not the solution of the episodes.

Adding to my post (earlier), resizing it doesn't really help as it "fixes" itself to compensate. I mean the point that it's a list of episodes, not a solution...it should really be in the individual episodes. This seems regressive if anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.163.207 (talk) 09:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Ahhhhhhhh! Get rid of the spoilers! The column headers are not locked, so I had to scroll all the way to the top before I realized that I just ruined three episodes I have not watched yet. The spoilers should be moved out of this page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.200.18.251 (talk) 08:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

In the first paragraphy, it states "Now, House airs in 28 countries. For the full list of countries that House is aired in, click here." The "here" link doesnt seem to lead anywhere. GavinTing 14:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I will fix the first "paragraphy" then. :)
Blindman shady 18:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Crap, I see what you mean. They must have deleted the list, it is here:
Blindman shady 18:29, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

So, should it be added to the article? GavinTing 00:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Ask PullToOpen, he runs this article.
Blindman shady 03:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

• In Argentina, House (Dr. House) is aired on Universal Channel (subtitled) and on Canal 13 (Argentina) (dubbed).
• In Australia, House is broadcast on Network Ten. Network Ten aired reruns of House for several weeks. Because of the early time, it was classified PG, instead of its usual M rating. In December 2006, House Season One will be airing on Foxtel and Austar Channel TV1. House Season three is set to premiere in Australia on the 7th of February 2007.
• In New Zealand, the first two seasons of House have been aired on TV3. The third season starts airing weekly on Tuesday, 30th January 2007.
• In Brazil, House is broadcast in cable channel Universal Channel.
• In Belgium, House is aired on two channels. For Dutch-speakers, it is aired as "House, M.D." on VTM, with Dutch subtitles. For the French-speaking Belgians, a dubbed "Dr. House" airs on RTL-TVI.
• In Bulgaria, House aired on February 2, 2007.
• In Chile, House is aired on TVN and on Universal Channel
• In the Czech Republic, House is broadcast on commercial television Nova.
• In Finland, House is aired on MTV3.
• In Germany, House (Dr. House) is aired on commercial channel RTL. The second season is currently being aired.
• In Greece, House (Ιατρικές Υποθέσεις)is broadcast on commercial channel STAR.
• In Hungary, House (Doktor House) is broadcast on TV2.
• In Hong Kong, House is broadcast on TVB Pearl and AXN.
• In Iceland, House is broadcast on Skjáreinn
• In India, House is broadcast on AXN
• In Ireland, House is broadcast on Channel 6
• In Israel, House is broadcast on HOT3.
• In Italy, House (Dr. House) is broadcast on SKY Italia and Italia 1. The third season started airing weekly on Friday, 19th January 2007 on Italia 1.
• In Japan, House is aired on Fox TV on cable television. Season 1 finished at the end of 2006.
• In Mexico, House (Dr. House) is aired on Canal 5, with dubbing.
• In the Middle East, House is broadcast on private channel TV Land on the Showtime network.
• In North America, House currently airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. (Eastern/Pacific) on Fox, and is simulcast on Global in Canada. The second season premiered on September 13 2005 and ended on May 23 2006. During the summer of 2006, Fox showed reruns of the show in its current timeslot. The show was then renewed for a third season and premiered on September 5 2006, moving up to the 8 p.m. slot for its four episodes in September.
• In the Philippines, "House, M.D." is aired on AXN via cable television and runs every Thursdays at 11PM with replays on Fridays (3AM and 12NN) and Saturdays (2PM and 7PM).

In Brazil it's also being aired by the open an open broadcast, "Record". I have no idea if this broadcast has an article or not, though Diana Prallon 04:47, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

• In Switzerland, House (Dr. House) is aired on SF zwei (in German and in French).
• In Austria, House (Dr. House) is aired on ORF1.

--Salvania (talk) 18:34, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Is the summary for this correct? As I remember, Sebastian collapsed whilst requesting more medicine for the african kids. The summary seems abit wrong, as it kinda shows that he fell sick in africa and somehow was sent to House. This could be mistaken to mean that he was sent to an african hospital and subsequently sent to princeton-plainsboro. Maybe the summary could be changed to show that he collapsed whilst requesting for said medication? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GavinTing (talk • contribs) 02:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

They are copied articles from TV.com. Could someone revert them as I don't feel liek doing it.
Blindman shady 03:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

If there are sources for production details, specifically the author of episodes, should they be entered before the episode airs? It's not spoiler/speculation if the author comes out saying they wrote a certain episode. CrashCart9 04:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC) (Oops, somehow I got logged out.)

I see no problem including this info, and so believe that it should be included. Beard0 21:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, just make sure you cite your sources. Cheers. --MZMcBride 00:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It seems like it's becoming a pattern with House episode pages for someone to begin the page by pasting a summary from another website. Wikipedia does not allow the posting of copyrighted content. To anyone who wants to start articles about episodes:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Television/Episodes - lists the guidelines for writing about TV episodes
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Television#Writing_.26_Editing_Television_related_Articles - guide for writing TV related articles.
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) - how to write about fiction.

Sandtiger 11:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

There is discussion at WP:AN/I#Fancruft_issue_again, and an AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kept Man that is attempting to create a precedent disallowing individual episodes. - Peregrine Fisher 18:05, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Peregrine Fisher and User:Matthew are attempting to vote stack this AfD by telling other users that this AfD will affect unrelated episode articles. This AfD is only about this set of articles, and stands on it's own. AfD is not a vote. Editors coming here to support a different show's set of episode articles should take the time to comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kept Man situation individually.

-- Ned Scott 18:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

What's up with the picture for "Fetal Position", can someone fix that?
Blindman shady 01:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

There, it and all the other images have been fixed. Also, it now complies with our fair use policy, -M^ask? 22:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure there were some pictures here for each episode. What happened to them? Can anyone get them back or were they copyrighted or something?ACAbrahams 20:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC)Alix

Read the above section.
Blindman shady 04:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I really don't think this needs to be here. It's an in joke in the series that the final diagnosis is never lupus, but it is often suggested at some point in the course of an episode. However, Wikipedia isn't really the place for this kind of humour, if there are no valid objections I'm going to delete this.

Whoops, made this comment last night, just realised I didn't sign. --Darksun 08:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Do you feel even the slightest guilt that you've reduced the quality of the article by at least 20%? - The Norse 03:24, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Seriously, that column was by far the best part of the article. I came in here just to find out what happened to it. :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.9.47.62 (talk) 20:09, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

I usually check this page to get the latest episodes' names and it has happened to me in more than one occasion to read the final diagnose before actually watching the episode. I reckon that either a) a little text should be added at the top of the page warning people that the page contains spoilers or b) the final diagnoses should be removed/masked or made less visible somehow. aenariel 21:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

"Final diagnoses" is pretty clear, I think. We don't need to add yet another warning after that. --Tony Sidaway 22:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

At the same time, the point is that it does spoil part of the episode for those that watch it for medical information (not that I know anyone who does, but still...) simply because although it's a clear warning, it's too clear: it's essentially unavoidable.Talon 19:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Talonkarrde (talk • contribs)

Why the hell would someone watch this show for "medical information" when it's fiction, and the diagnoses are usually unrealistic, and occasionally fabricated out of whole cloth, couched in jargon that most viewers will take at face value? Honestly, "Eperythrozoon infection" ? Which has never been documented in humans outside China, and which presents as anemia in 90% of animal infections? The symptoms on the show were apparently researched by the Department of Making Shit Up. --75.58.54.17 17:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it a spoiler to have the final diagnoses next to all the episodes? I want to be able to view the list of episodes without being told the ending... --124.254.77.148 15:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I 100% agree. I was shocked that they were putting blatant spoilers right next to the episode summary. It would be like me announcing "***** kills *****" right in plain view for a Harry Potter article (I don't list the names because, well, they ARE spoilers, but if you've read the books you'll know what I mean). Or mentioning who the murderer for a mystery novel right at the start of an article on it. It's true that MOST of the diagnoses will seem like gibberish to anyone who isn't familiar with medical terms, but some of them are sorta clear (such as episode 3-13 and part of 4-1), and just because it'll only spoil it for MDs doesn't mean it still isn't spoiling. Does wikipedia have spoiler tags? (that is, the text is unseen unless you highlight it) Because those would be able to fix it easily. If not, I'd suggest just removing the column. Read the summary article or watch the episode itself if you want to know what the diagnosis was. Lord Seth 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

According to WP:SPOIL, it's OK for the article to have such spoilers. Wiki does have spoiler tags, though, and you are free to add those according to the instructions on the spoiler policy page, if you feel it would be prudent to do so. -72.26.66.206 08:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Whether it's "OK" by WP guidelines is not the point that has been raised. I think it's pretty obvious that a large number of people come to this page who don't want spoiler information, and given that this article has no place on Wikipedia in the first place, it might be a good idea to cater to the limited audience the article already has. Personally, I'm in favor of deleting it entirely, and salting the Earth so that nothing will ever grow here again. Wikipedia is not a trivia mine, and sitcom episode guides are trivia. --75.58.54.17 17:18, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not... an electronic program guide. --75.58.54.17 17:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree completely, I already removed a lot of spoilers from the summaries themselves, but the final diagnosis column should be moved to another page or just deleted. Mrglass123 (talk) 01:56, 16 December 2007 (UTC)Mrglass123

Technically, it would be more like having a List_of_Harry_Potter_books, with a final column labeled 'Major character deaths', or 'This year's Minion of Voldemort turns out to be:'. 80.168.175.166 (talk) 20:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Is episode 10 of season 4 going to be aired sometime? Could someone include some information on it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.229.232 (talk) 12:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I have searched for maybe 15 minutes, and havent found the slightest information about when next episode is aired... :( Paxinum (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Just added some info on 410, "It's A Wonderful Lie"Jonathan McLeod (talk) 18:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know what artist and/or song House played on the speakers that made quite a ruckus to induce seizure on the punk-rocker? JoeMP (talk) 05:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

The begining of the article says "House gained high ratings and critical praise in the United States when it was placed in the time slot following American Idol during the spring of its first season, now, it airs in 28 countries."

it nevers says what time slot or what time slot it intinally had, the refrence to the time slot should either be corrected or deleted.

Ffgandalf (talk) 23:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)