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Contents 1 Lead 2 Bare URLs 3 124 Emmy nominations 4 Guest stars 5 Cast 6 Semiprotection review 7 Region 1 Season 12 release date 8 Cast in infobox?

[edit] Lead

Do we really need the entire original cast in the lead? I don't think so and am going to be bold and remove it. SGGH ^ping! 19:47, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bare URLs

Can the Bare URLs box at the top page be removed? I have removed all of those on the page. Hcurtis (talk) 16:46, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 124 Emmy nominations

123 Emmy nominations is not correct! Including season 15, ER got 124 Emmy nominations. Please update the article! Please look here: http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2009/61stemmys_nomsfacts.pdf --Stegosaurus Rex (talk) 19:03, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Guest stars

• Can we all do something about the guest stars section? Neither it nor the various separate articles in the subsections are sourced. It's all listcruft, if you ask me. THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL 05:40, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Cast

mirroring the entire cast article in this one is rediculous... it should be summarized, not reprinted... TheHYPO (talk) 07:39, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Semiprotection review

• 01:04, 29 February 2008 Jmlk17 protected ER (TV series) ‎ (Far too many issues when unprotected. [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

That was 18 months ago, after the article had some attacks from IP-hopping POV pushers. I'd like to review that and see if semiprotection is still considered necessary. As well as welcoming opinions from regular editors, I have contacted Jmlk17, the protecting admin. --TS 15:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Region 1 Season 12 release date

{{editsemiprotected}}

Season 12 of ER will be released in region 1 (US) on January 12, 2010. ^[1]

Temporarilyme21 (talk) 02:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Temporarilyme21

Y Done I used the ref from 'dignews', and hope that will be acceptable; I was unable to find the actual press-release that that article quotes, so if anyone objects, feel free to remove it until we can get a better source. I will email their PR person and try to get a better source too. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  05:54, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

More done - I emailed Warner, and they sent me a copy of the press release; by searching on it, I was able to add a convenience link to an online copy too.  Chzz  ►  05:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Cast in infobox?

I think there should be a full list of the cast in the infobox. Pretty much every other TV show page on here does it. Chrisstone101 (talk) 22:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that the main cast changed over time, so in my opinion, there is too many cast members to list in the infobox. Perhaps the longest-lasting characters could be added? It's just an idea.--The Taerkasten (talk) 15:42, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

MOS says all, so it's all or nothing. I agree they should all be there. I'd also argue that the top five should be the five male and female leads: Edwards, Marguilies, Wyle, Tierney and Visnjic, followed by the rest in order of appearance, but that's probably an invitation to edits, so order of cast entry is probably best.

I agree there is quite a long list of starring cast members, 26 I think? But the pages for other TV shows (I'm thinking the Lost page or The Sopranos) list all starring cast members from over their lifetime and they have about 25/26 people listed. The Wire has nearly 40! Personally I think it's quite important to have the cast there for all to see. If it does happen I think it should be in order of seniority i.e. the order they became part of the starring cast. So Edwards, Clooney, Stringfield, Wyle, La Salle, then Margulies, then Reuben, then Innes etc etc etc. Chrisstone101 (talk) 12:24, 16 November 2009 (UTC)