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What are "death children?" --QuarterlyProphet 18:40, 1 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is that really accurate? It was a comic on TV, which meant that it didn't really need any speaking.

It was designed as programming for deaf children. That's why they thought of using a comic on TV, which meant it didn't really need any speaking. It would have been weird if it had been a programmes that needed speaking, in silence. It was thought up as something that would work naturally as a programme for deaf children. Of course, we didn't realise that at the time. We just enjoyed it.

Minnie the Mini Magician

Minnie was a witch (or magician) in training, as such she wore a red 'L' on her clothes.

What did the L stand for? --Metropolitan90 06:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Learner. She wore a learner plate - the type that would be stuck to a car with a learner driver in the UK. --TheIslander 00:03, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fans

Why isn't there a section on the page about the ZZZap! fans. All the other TV show and film pages have one.

ZZZAP doesn't have a big enough fanbase to warrant one. Like, not even close...

Editing the article

This article was nominated to be deleted, and we all said that it should be cleaned. Unfortunatly, I'm new to Wik, so I don't realy know what the quality standards are, and there are loads of articles to read about cleaning them up. I think we should start cleaning this article like we said we would, before it does get deleted, and nobody wants that to happen.

Please help!

Sponge6778 17:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

me and and a few friends did this article i think it could be cleaned up not deleted

i agree. i started this article i dont want it to go.

Somebody has put a sign about copyright on the ZZZap! page. Nobody has explained why.

I'm going to fix the Trivia section Mariokart68 15:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sections

Is the timeline section necessary? All the information in it appears to be duplicated elsewhere.

I would suggest that the list of opening title sketches, the list of music used, and the episode list at List_of_ZZZAP!_Episodes probably should not be in Wikipedia. Wikipedia isn't meant to contain every fact ever, even if the information is correct - see WP:NOT#INDISCRIMINATE. However, it definitely *should* be available somewhere. I am trying to find if there is a children's TV or TV specific wiki that would welcome this amount of detail. I have not found anything so far. If nothing can be found, it might be best to set up a normal webpage and put this information on there. Walandablap 17:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agree, in fact I think I will start a website and copy and paste this information on there.

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I have now removed all of the sections I described above, and rewritten some of the remaining sections to make them more concise. The removed material is still available in the page history, if anyone wishes to use it. Walandablap 18:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

spinning question mark

the article says the spinning question mark was never used, but in fact it was. you can see so here: [1] about 7 minutes 10 secs 82.37.53.242 15:10, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Zzzap.jpg

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BetacommandBot 11:14, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant information

A large amount of irrelevant information has crept into this article again. If anyone really wants these bits staying on the page, they should add references so that the facts can be checked. A lot of the information on this page is very interesting, but more suited to a fan site than wikipedia.

If citations from a reliable source for the information on this page can be found, there is no reason it should not stay on Wikipedia. Otherwise, it should be put on a fan site elsewhere.

If no objections are made on this page, and no-one else does it first, I'll make a set of changes in two weeks time.

I'm proposing removing the following information from this page:

Detailed description of the title sequence - from "Initially these abstract objects..." to "...giant comic was computer-animated.". The information about this may well be correct, but there are no sources to prove it. Additionally, there are more unnecessary details of the giant comic sequence, in Cuthbert Lilly - "With regards to the introduction..." to "...into the sketch".

Order of mini-programmes - from "The mini-programmes would..." to "...first or last in the sequence." This information would be better put on a website specifically about Zzzap! than on wikipedia, as it is only interesting to hardcore Zzzap! fans.

Discussion of fonts/typography: "All 4 comics's Logo/Fonts..." to "...a little smaller".

Additionally, some reorganization of the page would help make it clearer:

Numbers of episodes each character appeared in could be moved to the relevant section for each character.

I'm also making some small changes immediately - in particular, I'm removing some statements about which characters were liked by the audience, which I'm pretty sure are unverifiable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Walandablap (talk • contribs) 22:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd certainly agree with you on a lot of that, as you can see from what I've just removed. Some of what you write is a little odd, such as:

"Detailed description of the title sequence ... there are no sources to prove it." - well, yes there is, the titles themselves. Still, the section could probably be cut down a little.

"Order of mini-programmes - from "The mini-programmes would..." to "...first or last in the sequence." This information would be better put on a website specifically about Zzzap! than on wikipedia, as it is only interesting to hardcore Zzzap! fans." - disagree. I certainly wouldn't call myself a hardcore Zzzap! fan, yet I find that section quite interesting.

Other than that, I'd probably agree with you. _TheIslander 23:53, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that, I think you've got some good points there, and the article is probably fine now you've made those changes. Walandablap 18:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aimed at people with hearing impairment

In this article it says how this programme is aimed at the hearing impared, but is there any source to back this up? I think the fact this programme has no speech isn't enough to back this up - it can still be aimed at everyone. ScoutingforGirls 20:26, 18 June 2008 (GMT)

I've added this with a reference. The show was indeed designed for deaf children, which explains a lot. Interesting is the fact that the audience for the handymen do deaf clapping (holding hands up and twisting wrists back and forth) though they do also clap normally sometimes.Wikiditm (talk) 12:58, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last Wikipedia article in the print edition

See Print Wikipedia. Someone Not Awful (talk) 15:46, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anita Reynolds

This is a misdirected link. There is no Wikipedia page for the Actor Anita Reynolds whom to the best of my knowledge resides in Cardiff these days and has 25 years film, tv and theatre experience. Instead this link sends everyone to the page for the character of Anita Reynolds from Coronation Street. TorRowan (talk) 11:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]