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I have noticed that each TV episode article simply opens with a one or two line summary of the plot. I do not feel this format properly introduces an episode, so I propose all episode intros be reformatted. This is my suggested format. Before I begin implementing this, I just wanted to get a general consensus. Let's take "These Are the Voyages..." for intance:

These Are the Voyages... is a 2005 Season 4 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. Written by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga and directed by Allan Kroeker, the episode originally aired on May 13, 2005. It is the series finale.

In a holodeck simulation aboard the Enterprise-D, Commander Riker gains an insight into life aboard the Enterprise (NX-01), shortly before the starship was decommissioned.

Adamwankenobi 19:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Two minor issues to raise immediately:

• Pretty much all of that information is in the sidebar about 4 inches to the right.
• Current MoS for episodes decrees that no links shall exist in the episode summary.

Furthermore, I'm not convinced that all of that information is really all that necessary to introduce someone to an episode. Simply use the "TV Guide" style summary as a one-liner introduction, and all is good, no? -- Sulfur 20:05, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I rather like it the way it is. In its current form in-universe info is seperated from the production info. The leading paragraph is there for a brief description of the episode/novel/whatever. Mixing it with information when a episode was produced is, in my opinion, not the way to go IMHO. -- Q 20:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Sulfur and Q, the way it is keeps everything organized - and I believe the information was purposefully put in the sidebar to keep it out of the body of the article. And there's the whole POV thing, which also makes sense. - AJ Halliwell 20:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)