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Scrubs (TV series) was a Media and drama good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
September 15, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
November 9, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Character Listing

Ted is mentioned for the first time in the end of the Episodes section with no explanation of who he is (full name, role etc). As a minor but recurring character he should probably be mentioned somewhere before he is referred to, and his relationship with JD etc explained. Dichohecho (talk) 12:21, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Found his wiki link and moved it to the first reference. Dichohecho (talk) 12:29, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is no mention under the Cast and characters section of Christina Miller who played Jordan Sullivan; Dr. Cox's wife. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:4260:35D0:E5E9:BA34:FD00:9F1E (talk) 13:58, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's because she was never a main character, but a recurring guest star; that section only lists the main characters. Jordan is mentioned in the Episodes section of the main article and her character listing is located here List of Scrubs characters#Jordan Sullivan. Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:11, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Including in the article a fact that does not have published article support

Re: Scrubs TV Series

What I wrote creates an important issue. The requirement of Wikipedia justifies removal would be "no original research or opinion" I wrote "Scrubs is was one of the rare comedic series of the era that did not have a laugh track. One episode had one to show the contrast" Having watched the entire series, including the one mentioned, this is factual. A quick survey showed nothing in print that stated what I did. Unlike my claiming that I had a talk with a creature from another galaxy, this entire series was viewed by millions. If another viewer who could refute that there was this single laugh track exception, or it was for another reason than emphasizing the contrast, that person should be able to remove my statement.

This is a rare exception of Wikipedia allowing a statement of fact that has no printed support, but it is informative in describing a genre and an era. The key to my objection is that it narrows the legitimate scope of Wikipedia, The phrase "One user notes" should be an acceptable variation in the rules, so that a different single viewer, in this case who has seen every episode, could remove such comments as mine.

In effect I'm suggesting that a given statement that is interesting but not newsworthy should be allowed to stand, but conditionally, such as the words, One viewer notes, or (OVN) perhaps at the end of the statement. Perhaps this should only be available to certain users, like a long period of making edits (15 yrs for me

Arodb (talk) 15:40, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't the one who reverted you, but I can explain why. What you added was original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Yes, Scrubs is a single-camera comedy, which is a statement that generally does not need a citation. But, you claim that it is a "rare comedic series of the era without a laugh track". The words I italicized are what moves this statement into OR territory. Do you have a source to back this up? There is several other single-camera comedies from the 2000s and even the 1990s by looking at these categories: Category:1990s American single-camera sitcoms and Category:2000s American single-camera sitcoms. Drovethrughosts (talk) 15:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Find the Saltine" listed at Redirects for discussion

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