Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Glee task force

Welcome!

Welcome to the Glee task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Television. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Glee and the organization of information and articles on this topic. We currently have 361 articles under the scope of this project, which generally includes articles where Glee is a relevant focus to the subject. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

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1. Frickative (talk · contribs)
2. Yvesnimmo (talk · contribs) eveything, really, but mostly the musical pages (albums, extended plays, song lists), especially the discography
3. Ctjf83 (talk · contribs)
4. Bovineboy2008 (talk · contribs)
5. CycloneGU (talk · contribs)
6. Bejinhan (talk · contribs)
7. ShatteredSpiral (talk · contribs) Anything and everything, but with a focus on factchecking and character articles.
8. JDDJS (talk · contribs) Mostly the character page
9. 97198 (talk · contribs)
10. Willthacheerleader18 (talk · contribs) Mostly Character pages
11. RNAlonto (talk · contribs) Sometimes on pictures and characters
12. Rcej (talk · contribs) GA reviewer of episode and character articles
13. Kanavb (talk · contribs)
14. Gleeknation (talk · contribs)
15. Cartoon Boy (talk · contribs)
16. Candyo32 (talk · contribs) - Sometimes on the episodes, character pages and the pages for their respective actors & actresses.
17. HorrorFan121 (talk · contribs) - Character pages.
18. Xsonxfanx (talk · contribs) everything really but mostly character pages and episodes.
19. Exteric (talk · contribs)
20. Jake fuersturm (talk · contribs) Plots and character pages, and also general proofreading for grammar and spelling.
21. BlueMoonset (talk · contribs)
22. DAP388 (talk · contribs) Mostly on episodes
23. Elizakiwi (talk · contribs) Anything and everything
24. Beggarsbanquet (talk · contribs)
25. AbsoluteGleek92 (talk · contribs)
26. epo9 (talk · contribs) Anything and everything, but mostly characters and actors.
27. RyannnMaccc (talk · contribs) Absolutely anything that needs to be fixed, deleted, or organized.
28. RaymondSutanto (talk · contribs) Minor improving, expanding "glee" on id.wiki
29. TRLIJC19 (talk · contribs) Character pages
30. Mozartchic01 (talk · contribs) currently working in collaboration with Curt Mega, Dominic Barnes, and Jon Hall to create wiki pages for them. My goal is to have decent pages for all the Warblers.
31. Dexpp (talk · contribs)
32. AJona1992 (talk · contribs), active editing/expanding about Glee on Simple Wikipedia :D
33. Zacitty (talk · contribs)
34. Jasonbres (talk · contribs) Everything but the kitchen sink.
35. Abody97 (talk · contribs) Absolutely everything. Specifically music.
36. ForeverOblivion (talk · contribs)
37. Ozkithar Salas (talk · contribs)
38. Robin (talk · contribs) Season four articles mostly.
39. HĐ (talk · contribs) Mainly related-songs
40. LonelyLaura (talk · contribs) Eurasian characters, namely Blaine and Criss, and Jessica Sanchez related articles.
41. Eurofan2005 (talk · contribs)
42. ChamithN (talk · contribs) Cleanups and other fixes, reverting vandalism.
43. SanAnMan (talk · contribs) Season 6 articles
44. Mightbeleslie (talk · contribs) Cleanups & updates

Goals

Open tasks for the Glee task force. Edit or discuss these tasks.

• To improve to featured standard: Glee (season 2), List of songs in Glee (season 2), Kurt Hummel
• To improve to GA standard: Glee: The Music, Volume 2, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers, Glee Live! In Concert!, Characters of Glee, "Saturday Night Glee-ver", "Dance with Somebody", "Choke", "Prom-asaurus", Artie Abrams, Santana Lopez, Puck (Glee), Will Schuester, Sue Sylvester
• To be peer reviewed: Kurt Hummel
• To update: Glee (TV series), most GA character articles (with season four and five plot, reception and music)
• To improve to B class: Tina Cohen-Chang, Sam Evans, Mercedes Jones, Rory Flanagan
• To improve to C class: most season 4 episode articles
• To destub: Kevin McHale, Amber Riley

• Currently being worked on: nothing specified

• Policy Discussions (on Discussion page):
• Wanted pictures/graphics: Melissa Benoist, Brad Ellis, Grant Gustin, Vanessa Lengies, Damian McGinty, Cameron Mitchell, Mike O'Malley, Lindsay Pearce, Lauren Potter, LaMarcus Tinker

If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list.

Announcements

Files for discussion

• 17 Dec 2023 – File:Grilled cheesus sandwich.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Grilled Cheesus) was FfDed by Whpq (t · c); see discussion

Achievements

Featured/Good content

Featured lists
Glee (season 1)	September 3, 2010
List of songs in Glee (season 1)	July 23, 2013

Good articles
"Pilot"	October 22, 2009
"Preggers"	January 18, 2010
"Showmance"	February 11, 2010
"Acafellas"	February 12, 2010
"Vitamin D"	March 11, 2010
"Throwdown"	March 17, 2010
"The Rhodes Not Taken"	March 20, 2010
"Mash-Up"	March 22, 2010
"Wheels"	March 23, 2010
"Ballad"	March 24, 2010
"Hairography"	March 27, 2010
"Mattress"	March 30, 2010
"Sectionals"	April 1, 2010
"Hell-O"	April 22, 2010
"The Power of Madonna"	April 22, 2010
"Home"	May 5, 2010
"Bad Reputation"	May 16, 2010
"Laryngitis"	May 16, 2010
"Dream On"	May 26, 2010
"Theatricality"	June 4, 2010
"Funk"	June 11, 2010
"Journey to Regionals"	June 20, 2010
Glee	June 29, 2010
"Britney/Brittany"	October 9, 2010
"Audition"	October 11, 2010
"Grilled Cheesus"	November 13, 2010
"The Substitute"	December 20, 2010
Glee: The Music, Volume 1	January 1, 2011
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna	January 8, 2011
Rachel Berry	February 22, 2011
"The Rocky Horror Glee Show"	March 11, 2011
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals	March 13, 2011
Kurt Hummel	March 14, 2011
"Silly Love Songs"	March 20, 2011
"The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"	March 20, 2011
"Original Song"	March 28, 2011
Quinn Fabray	April 2, 2011
Emma Pillsbury	April 12, 2011
Blaine Anderson	April 29, 2011
"Born This Way"	May 4, 2011
"A Night of Neglect"	May 14, 2011
Lauren Zizes	May 25, 2011
Terri Schuester	June 23, 2011
"Get It Right"	July 7, 2011
"Loser Like Me"	July 9, 2011
Brittany Pierce	July 10, 2011
"Comeback"	August 5, 2011
"Furt"	August 15, 2011
Finn Hudson	August 19, 2011
"Duets"	August 25, 2011
"Special Education"	August 27, 2011
"Prom Queen"	September 6, 2011
Burt Hummel	September 14, 2011
"Never Been Kissed"	September 17, 2011
"New York"	September 23, 2011
"Rumours"	October 5, 2011
"The Purple Piano Project"	October 12, 2011
Dave Karofsky	October 14, 2011
"I Am Unicorn"	October 15, 2011
"Asian F"	October 21, 2011
"Funeral"	October 25, 2011
"A Very Glee Christmas"	October 28, 2011
"The First Time"	December 1, 2011
"Hold On to Sixteen"	December 19, 2011
"Mash Off"	December 31, 2011
"Extraordinary Merry Christmas"	December 31, 2011
"I Kissed a Girl"	January 1, 2012
"Pot o' Gold"	January 13, 2012
Shannon Beiste	January 25, 2012
"Yes/No"	January 30, 2012
"Blame It on the Alcohol"	February 6, 2012
"Michael"	February 16, 2012
"Heart"	February 27, 2012
"The Spanish Teacher"	March 12, 2012
"On My Way"	March 15, 2012
"Big Brother"	May 21, 2012
"Nationals"	May 31, 2012
"Props"	June 10, 2012
"Sexy"	August 19, 2012
"Goodbye"	August 20, 2012
Shelby Corcoran	June 6, 2013
Holly Holliday	July 12, 2013

Articles selected for "Did You Know?"

• Did you know... that music licensing for Rihanna's song, "Take a Bow", was offered at a discounted price for the Glee television episode "Showmance"? — on the Main Page on September 17, 2009.
• Did you know... that American entertainer Eve was asked to guest-star in the Glee episode "Hairography" after Whitney Houston declined to appear? — on the Main Page on December 3, 2009.
• Did you know... that actress Jessalyn Gilsig hoped viewers would warm to her Glee character Terri Schuester after the episode "Mattress", having previously experienced a fan backlash? — on the Main Page on December 9, 2009.
• Did you know... that screenwriter Ian Brennan wrote the first draft of the musical comedy-drama Glee with the aid of Screenwriting for Dummies? — on the Main Page on January 29, 2010.
• Did you know... that the American television show Glee was written with the aid of Screenwriting for Dummies? — on the Main Page on April 1, 2010.
• Did you know... that Broadway performer Idina Menzel's casting in the Glee episode "Hello" followed a fan campaign based on her resemblance to series star Lea Michele? — on the Main Page on April 3, 2010.
• Did you know... that Madonna licensed her entire music catalogue to the television series Glee, resulting in the tribute episode "The Power of Madonna"? — on the Main Page on April 3, 2010.
• Did you know... that Lady Gaga loaned her costume designer to the American television series Glee for the episode "Theatricality"? — on the Main Page on May 16, 2010.
• Did you know... that the Five talent show Don't Stop Believing was created based on the popularity of American musicals Glee and High School Musical? — on the Main Page on June 28, 2010.
• Did you know... that Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy predicts that the upcoming episode "Grilled Cheesus" will be the "most controversial episode of the series to date"? — on the Main Page on September 29, 2010.
• Did you know... that actor and musician Chord Overstreet was named after the musical term of the same name? — on the Main Page on October 3, 2010.
• Did you know... that Jayma Mays will perform her audition song, "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me", for the Rocky Horror tribute episode of Glee and its accompanying extended play? — on the Main Page on October 26, 2010.
• Did you know... that an upcoming soundtrack album will feature actress Gwyneth Paltrow performing a censored version of Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You!" for an episode of Glee? — on the Main Page on November 14, 2010.
• Did you know... that Carol Burnett will play a Nazi hunter on an upcoming episode of Glee? — on the Main Page on November 19, 2010.
• Did you know... that Romy Rosemont, known for her portrayal of Carole Hudson in Glee, was due to appear alongside her husband, Stephen Root, in Red State, but had to withdraw due to scheduling difficulties? — on the Main Page on February 15, 2011.
• Did you know... that the Glee episode "Comeback" was originally rumored to be a Justin Bieber tribute, but his music only served as "a small plot point"? — on the Main Page on February 23, 2011.
• Did you know... that Glee's newest album includes two original songs that appear in the Glee episode "Original Song"? — on the Main Page on March 19, 2011.
• Did you know... that Lady Gaga approved the use of her song "Born This Way" for the Glee episode of the same name before the single premiered? — on the Main Page on March 24, 2011.
• Did you know... that the Glee cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird", included on an upcoming album, marked the first time the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100? — on the Main Page on April 1, 2011.
• Did you know... that, when trying to gain the rights to use a Björk song for an upcoming episode, the creators of Glee initially could not reach her as she apparently did not have a telephone number? — on the Main Page on April 19, 2011.
• Did you know... that Lindsay Pearce had to be sneaked in to film the Glee third season premiere because The Glee Project finale awarding her the role had not yet aired? — on the Main Page on September 26, 2011.
• Did you know... that on his first day filming "Pot of Gold", Glee newcomer and The Glee Project winner Damian McGinty was shoved into a locker 25 times? — on the Main Page on October 16, 2011.
• Did you know... that Max Adler had no idea his one-episode jock character Dave Karofsky on Glee would become the "nuanced" role of a closeted gay ex-bully and bearded prom king? — on the Main Page on October 21, 2011.
• Did you know... that the Glee episode "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" shares its title with an original song performed in the episode? — on the Main Page on December 4, 2011.
• Did you know... that the role of football coach Shannon Beiste was created for actress and 15-time world arm wrestling champion Dot-Marie Jones after she ran into Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk while shopping? — on the Main Page on December 11, 2011.
• Did you know... that the Glee episode "Hold On to Sixteen" featured covers of songs by Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and The Jackson 5? — on the Main Page on December 13, 2011.
• Did you know... that what Matthew Morrison calls "the most spectacular [marriage] proposal I've ever seen" is scheduled to occur on Glee in January 2012? — on the Main Page on December 22, 2011.
• Did you know... that "Michael", the Glee tribute episode to Michael Jackson, took more than a month to film and features performances of ten of his songs? — on the Main Page on January 21, 2012.
• Did you know... that on the Glee episode "The Spanish Teacher", Ricky Martin sings "Sexy and I Know It" and Elvis Presley is covered in Spanish? — on the Main Page on January 26, 2012.
• Did you know... that while the fifty-seventh episode of Glee features newly cast actors to introduce Rachel's two fathers, the actors cast to play them in 2009 were cut from the second episode? — on the Main Page on February 4, 2012
• Did you know... that the writer of the Glee episode "On My Way" wrote "The First Time" first? — on the Main Page on February 17, 2012
• Did you know... that Matt Bomer suggested that Glee feature Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" in an episode, only to be cast a week later to sing it himself in the episode "Big Brother"? — on the Main Page on April 10, 2012
• Did you know... that "Saturday Night Glee-ver" is Glee's tribute to the Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever? — on the Main Page on April 25, 2012
• Did you know... that to film her role on the Glee episode "Choke", Whoopi Goldberg traveled by bus from New York to Los Angeles? — on the Main Page on May 4, 2012
• Did you know... that the Glee episode "Prom-asaurus" features a dinosaur-themed senior prom and the song "Dinosaur" by Kesha? — on the Main Page on May 7, 2012
• Did you know... that "Dance with Somebody", Glee's tribute episode to the late Whitney Houston, features an a cappella version of "How Will I Know"? — on the Main Page on May 8, 2012
• Did you know... that while filming the episode "Props", many Glee actors had to swap roles with another actor in the cast? — on the Main Page on May 9, 2012
• Did you know... that Lindsay Lohan is one of three celebrity judges appearing in the "Nationals" competition episode of Glee? — on the Main Page on May 11, 2012
• Did you know... that Gloria Estefan's guest-starring role as the mother of Santana Lopez in the season finale of Glee was originally planned for an early 2012 episode? — on the Main Page on May 17, 2012
• Did you know... that in the Glee fourth season premiere, "The New Rachel", Lea Michele and Dean Geyer sing a duet "running around in New York"? — on the Main Page on August 30, 2012
• Did you know... that the Glee episode "Britney 2.0" features Britney Spears mashed up with Justin Bieber? — on the Main Page on September 10, 2012
• Did you know... that "The Role You Were Born to Play" was part of Blake Jenner's prize for winning The Glee Project? — on the Main Page on November 14, 2012
• Did you know... that in the Glee episode "Naked", when Lea Michele's character Rachel was "Torn" over having to do a topless scene, Michele had to film the song twice so she could duet with herself? — on the Main Page on February 1, 2013
• Did you know... that Glee's 500th filmed musical number, "Shout", is set to be shown in its 81st episode? — on the Main Page on March 7, 2013
• Did you know... that "Shooting Star", the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Glee, has been characterized as "unsettling" and "harrowing" by pre-broadcast reviewers? — on the Main Page on April 14, 2013
• Did you know... that during its initial run of episodes, Glee fans lobbied for Idina Menzel to be cast as the biological mother of Lea Michele's character due to the strong resemblance between the two actresses? — on the Main Page on April 22, 2013
• Did you know... that in the Glee episode "Wonder-ful", Katey Sagal appears as the mother of Kevin McHale's character Artie Abrams, months after McHale had suggested her for the role at a Comic-Con panel? — on the Main Page on May 10, 2013
• Did you know... that Patty Duke and Meredith Baxter portray a longstanding lesbian couple on Glee's fourth season finale, roles that are set to recur in the fifth season? — on the Main Page on May 12, 2013
• Did you know... that the proceeds from the music in the upcoming Glee episode "The Quarterback" will initiate a fund in the name of the late actor Cory Monteith, whose character, Finn Hudson, dies in the episode? — on the Main Page on September 11, 2013
• Did you know... that Ryder Lynn, a character created for The Glee Project winner Blake Jenner in Glee's fourth season, is set to be a starring role for the show's upcoming fifth season? — on the Main Page on September 14, 2013
• Did you know... that although Lady Gaga tweeted that Adam Lambert was "perfect" to cover her song "Applause" in his Glee debut episode "A Katy or a Gaga" "cause he's glammer", what he sang was "Marry the Night"? — on the Main Page on November 16, 2013
• Did you know... that for Glee's 100th episode, the public voted to select which songs previously featured on the show would be performed in new cover versions? — on the Main Page on March 19, 2014
• Did you know... that with its "New New York" episode, the focus of Glee shifts to New York City for the remainder of the show's fifth season? — on the Main Page on March 31, 2014
• Did you know... that for Glee's "Back-up Plan", Shirley MacLaine sang a Janis Joplin song for the first time? — on the Main Page on May 14, 2014
• Did you know... that in the first episode he wrote for Glee, starring actor Chris Colfer cast himself as Peter Pan? — on the Main Page on May 15, 2014
• Did you know... that Glee's fifth season finale completed shooting 11 days before it was broadcast? — on the Main Page on May 18, 2014
• Did you know... that in its final episode, after six seasons and over 700 musical performances, the last song sung on the US television series Glee was "I Lived" by OneRepublic? — on the Main Page on April 3, 2015
• Did you know... that although "We Built This City" is sung in a competition during the Glee episode "We Built This Glee Club", it is not performed by the group that the show is named for? — on the Main Page on April 15, 2015
• Did you know... that the first part of Glee's two-part series finale, "2009", was initially announced as airing three weeks prior to the finale date? — on the Main Page on April 26, 2015

Article assessments

Glee task force assessment statistics Glee articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FL 2 2 GA 1 9 73 2 85 B 2 6 2 10 C 7 20 4 1 32 Start 3 68 14 1 86 Stub 8 3 11 List 2 11 1 2 16 Category 35 35 Disambig 1 1 File 10 10 Project 2 2 Redirect 66 66 Template 3 3 Assessed 3 34 175 26 117 4 359 Total 3 34 175 26 117 4 359 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 824 Ω = 3.68 worklist • log • category

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See also

Resources

• Free-use images relating to Glee.
• Episode citations, particularly useful for referencing plot details in character articles.

Useful reference websites

The following websites may be useful in referencing articles:

Official

• The official Fox Glee website
• Fox Flash Glee publicity website

Development

• Entertainment Weekly
• E! Online
• Hollywood Reporter
• TV Guide
• TVLine
• After Ellen
• After Elton

Reviewers

Regular Reviewers

• Rolling Stone — Erica Futterman
• IGN — Robert Canning
• Los Angeles Times — Amy Reiter
• Billboard — Rae Votta
• TVLine — Michael Slezak
• Wall Street Journal — Raymund Flandez
• Entertainment Weekly — Joseph Brannigan Lynch
• The A.V. Club — Todd VanDerWerff
• The Washington Post — Jen Chaney
• HuffPostTV — Crystal Bell
• Houston Chronicle — Bobby Hankinson
• MTV — Kevin P. Sullivan
• Hollywood Reporter — Lesley Goldberg
• E! Online — Jenna Mullins
• BuddyTV — John Kubicek

Irregular Reviewers

• Time magazine — James Poniewozik
• The Atlantic — Kevin Fallon et al.

Former Reviewers

• New York Post — Jarett Wieselman
• New York Times — Dave Itzkoff
• Daily News — Anthony Benigno (through 2010)
• Vanity Fair — Brett Berk (through 2011)
• CNN — Lisa Respers France (through 2011)
• CBS News — Jessica Derschowitz
• USA Today — Robert Bianco
• The Faster Times — Anthony Benigno (2011)

Ratings

• TV by the Numbers — United States
• Sydney Morning Herald or OzTAM — Australia
• BBM Canada — Canada
• BARB — United Kingdom

Music Charts

• Billboard — United States and Canada (Hot 100 and other lists)
• Chart Watch — Paul Grein (US Billboard summary)

Twitter Accounts

Verified Accounts

• Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) — over 1.5 million followers
• Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) — over one million followers
• Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) — over one million followers
• Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray)
• Mark Salling (Puck)
• Kevin McHale (Artie Abrams)
• Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson)
• Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike Chang)
• Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester)
• Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang)
• Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester)
• Chord Overstreet (Sam Evans)
• Damian McGinty (Rory Flanagan)
• Ashley Fink (Lauren Zizes)
• Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran)
• Grant Gustin (Sebastian Smythe)
• Vanessa Lengies (Sugar Motta)

• Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel)
• Allison "Ali" Adler — Co-Executive Producer, Writer

Unverified Accounts (but almost certainly good):

• Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones)
• Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez)
• Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins)
• Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beiste)
• Samuel Larsen (Joe Hart)
• LaMarcus Tinker (Shane Tinsley)
• Bill A. Jones (Rod Remington)
• Brad Falchuk — Executive Producer
• Dante Di Loreto — Executive Producer
• Adam Anders — Executive Music Producer
• Michael Hitchcock — Consulting Producer, Writer
• Eric Stoltz — Director
• Alex Anders — Adam's brother; music production

References

Other Wikimedia projects

External watchlist

• WikiProject Watchlist - Glee task force