Forum:Cover Pages Page

I've ran across a problem,. Seaterror has told me that Cover pages count as page numbers, which I agreed with, but their have been other conflicting views in the chat as well. If we decide to count them as page number, it could effect 400+ episode articles. If you go into the Skypiea Arc episodes you can see that most do count the cover page as its own page, while arcs like Marineford, or Thriller Bark do not count the cover page, and just name the chapter. What do you guys think we should do about it?

Galaxy9000 (talk) 04:56, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

They count. They're counted in the volumes, they're counted in the jump magazines, they count in the chapters. 05:00, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5999/sesamestreetthecount.jpg SeaTerror (talk)

A very nice contribution you have made Seaterror. Thank you for the input.

Galaxy9000 (talk) 05:23, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, they count. But I checked all of the chapter articles for the Marineford Arc, cross-referenced them with the volumes, and they all had the correct number (including the title page). What are some examples of articles that don't include the cover page? Zodiaque (talk) 05:50, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

No. I was saying that Marineford counted the cover page, when it really should not. None of those episodes had the cover page featured in them, so it should not be counted. I'm talking about the episodes by the way. Not the chapters.

Galaxy9000 (talk) 06:07, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I misunderstood. In that case, my opinion is that they should probably be included when determining which chapter pages are in an episode, unless the entire chapter is in the episode. So if parts of chapters were in the episode you would say "11-19" and "2-10", and if the whole chapter was in it then it would just be the chapter number (no need to specifically exclude the title page in such a case). Zodiaque (talk) 06:31, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the cover page count as page numbers! Cool pic ST :P 07:03, July 29, 2012 (UTC)Zori

Agree with Zodiaque.

The problem has to do with the type of cover page. If it's a normal Straw Hat and animal cover, then people are less likely to count it. But if it's a miniseries cover, then more people would count it since it has to do with a, if not the story. 04:40, July 30, 2012 (UTC)