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Reported Problem for Specials
posted by superboy97STAFFMOD on May 17, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Item: Specials
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Design_issue
Extra Details: I will move here some researchs started by private messages and done by @raze464 and me. This way we will be able to more easily refer to it.
These researchs were conducted after I have seen that a French user has blanked out many special episodes which previously had only French titles and description.
Reply by superboy97
on May 17, 2023 at 1:53 AM
Here are the first results found by @raze464.
According to the Travel Channel website, "Halloween Special - Transylvania" did air as a special episode of Season 8 on Oct. 31, 2013. The episode page calls it "Halloween Special - Transylvania" but if you go to the actual episode itself, it's just called "Transylvania," so it appears to actually have been a special episode.
Episode 27 (Netherworld) should probably be a separate entry. It appears to have been a one-off special unrelated to Ghost Adventures.
Episode 28 (Ireland's Celtic Demons) is not listed as a special on the episode page but the episode's description calls it a "special 2-hour event." I'm not sure if the term "special" refers to the episode itself or to the fact that it's two hours.
I was unable to find episode 29 (City of Ghosts) in any archived page but it's already listed as S11E11.
The only thing I'm able to find about episode 30 (Route 666) is that it's called a "two-hour Halloween event" in this episode description.
I can see episodes 31-34 and 35 and 36 on two 2017 archives of the Travel Channel VOD page but nothing has season/episode numbers so I don't know if they're special or regular episodes.
I can see episodes 37 and 38 on a 2018 archive but just like the 2017 archive, nothing has season/episode numbers so I don't know if they're special or regular episodes. I'm unable to find episodes 39 and 40 but they would likely have the same lack of season/episode numbers since either they're not loading or the website just doesn't use them.
I'm unable to find episode 41 (The Haunted Museum LIVE) but it's already listed as S17E01.
As you already mentioned, episodes 42 and 43 are already listed as S17E09 and S17E10, respectively.
Episodes 44-47 are a separate show. The Travel Channel VOD website has the first episode as listed as S01E01 in the "Stream for Free" section. It already has a separate entry on TMDB.
As you already mentioned, episode 48 already listed as S19E01.
Episode 49 (Horror at Joe Exotic Zoo) is a one-off special according to the VOD website.
Episode 50 (Cecil Hotel) is also a one-off special, but it was released exclusively on discovery+. discovery+ link
Episode 51 is a duplicate of episode 49.
I have no idea what episode 52 (Echo of Darkness) is. Google only gives three websites as results when searching for episode description; this Travel Channel page for the episode, the specials season on TMDB, and the episode page on Trakt.
Episode 53 (Goldfield Hotel) is another one-off special released exclusively on discovery+. discovery+ link
Episode 54 (Petrified In Pahrump) is already listed as S22E13.
Episode 55 (Devil's Den) is a one-off special that aired on Travel Channel.
Reply by superboy97
on May 17, 2023 at 2:21 AM
I have already removed the ones that are duplicates of existing regular episodes.
I don't renumbered the other episodes as I'm waiting for the end of the clean-up.
It has already its separate entry here. Unfortunately, it's a TV entry. So, a movie entry will have to be created and this one removed. I have created a report on its page to remember it.
EDIT : Done... The movie entry is here.
It has already its separate entry here. Unfortunately, it's a TV entry. So, a movie entry will have to be created and this one removed. I have created a report on its page to remember it.
EDIT : Done... The movie entry is here.
It has already its separate entry here.
It has already its separate entry here.
It has already its separate entry here. Unfortunately, it's a TV entry. So, a movie entry will have to be created and this one removed. I have created a report on its page to remember it.
EDIT : Done... The movie entry is here.
I'm going to restore the French data and add the English ones for these episodes and we will keep them here until we have more data available... DoneThese episodes have finally been removed as they are duplicates of S00E15 -> S00E18 and S00E19 -> S00E20.
Following the "previous episode" links on your page, it seems that this episode was the third episode in one of the revised order. Now, we need to find when this episode was really originally broadcasted.
By the way, I have sent a warning to that user. Perhaps he will answer with data about some of the episodes. Answer : He blanked them either because they were duplicates or because they weren't broadcasted in France.
S00E01 is the movie that was broadcasted on SciFi before the series... It is already listed here and need to be removed.
Based on the Wikipedia overview, S00E05 is "a re-edited, extended version of GAC's previous investigation on the small Italian island of Poveglia." The original episode is S03E02. Should we list it here or should we consider it as an alternate version of the original episode ?
As initially indicated above for episodes S00E30 by @raze464
As initially indicated above for episodes S00E31 to S00E36 by @raze464
I think we will keep them here until we have more data available...
I think that S08E12 and S08E13 should be removed as they are just a split version of this special broadcasted done 3 months later. These 2 episodes doesn't appear on the Wikipedia episodes list. What do you think ?
Reply by raze464
on May 17, 2023 at 4:26 PM
I think it can be considered an alternate version and be removed.
I agree, only the combined episode should stay.
Reply by superboy97
on May 18, 2023 at 12:24 AM
I have finally removed this episode as, based on its overview, it seems to be a combination of episodes S01E06 and S01E08.
The clean-up has been finished and the episodes have been renumbered.
To avoid such a mess again, I have locked the specials season. Users will have to create a report if a special episode need to be added.