Talk:Star Trek: The Original Series

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The articles name should be „star trek“ and nothing else. That is the actual name of the series like its mentioned in the title screen. The addition „the original series“ should not be there because it is not part of the actual title mentioned in the opening. The title screen should be the only source for this, because it IS the title screen. Wikipedia should list the names of things truthfuly and not some nickname from fans or stuff like that. A mention of the addition can be done in the article text somewhere as some kind of info, but not in the article title itself.

Furthermore the article for the franchise „star trek“ should have the addition „(franchise)“ to distinguish itself from the more older series called „star trek“. 2003:C8:6F25:EE00:BF19:5A5:EBC2:68F9 (talk) 20:43, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. Paramount has taken on "The Original Series" as part of the official title (it is no longer a "nickname from fans." Official releases of home media, as well as other licensed products contain the subtitle "The Original Series." Rcarter555 (talk) 20:56, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When you actually watch an episode, what does the title say at the beginning? 2600:4040:5D38:1600:3CD0:A422:6098:B251 (talk) 14:04, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While Paramount haven't quite reached George Lucas "Star Wars -> Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" levels of retconning the title, the official website, along with a majority of reliable sources all refer to the series as Star Trek: The Original Series. Accordingly our article follows this per WP:COMMONNAME. Sideswipe9th (talk) 19:43, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that it should simply be Star Trek. Paramount paid to have the entire series upgraded, yet did not change the onscreen title to include "The Original Series." This is very similar to what Paramount did with Raiders of the Lost Ark, which almost nobody calls "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" despite that title being on the covers of all new discs. Yet they did not also change the onscreen title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎2603:8000:7800:9f15:bc76:f540:f3af:ac09 (talk) 20:50, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paramount did what it did because idiot fans can't keep their Star Treks straight. Vincent Ree (talk) 15:00, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merchandising

Under this heading in the article, there's nothing about "Games" or "Gaming" and there are quite a few out there. I think there should be some kind of acknowledgement of this 'genre.' 2600:8800:395:B000:B528:C7D4:72A8:DBD8 (talk) 20:43, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paramount Plus has censored every episode

https://x.com/WilliamShatner/status/1909959257753358797

It’s called Presentism and it was used wreak havoc on history several years ago when statues were torn down, books were banned and things renamed to prove how progressive the world had become. Just listen to my opening monologue on Star Trek TOS on Paramount+. They intentionally garbled it on every episode because I say “where no man has gone before” That’s Presentism at its finest hour.

R5Y93mdf (talk) 03:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Clarification: the above text is R5Y93mdf reporting something William Shatner said on X, not something R5Y93mdf says himself) --Cambalachero (talk) 03:54, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a poor sound transfer... it's not "Presentism" or censorship or whatever else. Spanneraol (talk) 03:51, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Being the main actor who says this, it should be relevant to be mentioned, here or in the Where no man has gone before article --Cambalachero (talk) 04:00, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Still doesn't make it notable unless you can find any actual evidence that anything of the sort was intentionally done otherwise it's just him trying to make a political statement which isn't relevant here. Spanneraol (talk) 04:05, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We don't need evidence that something is "right" in order to quote it, only that the man making the quote is relevant for his opinion to be quoted. And the lead actor of a TV series, having an opinion of a change made to that series in re-runs, that is relevant (it's almost a textbook definition of being relevant), regardless of the opinion being "political" or whatnot. Cambalachero (talk) 13:09, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have any evidence that such a change was even made.. and not everything a former actor of a show has to say about the show is relevant. I don't see any reliable sources reporting on this. Spanneraol (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have Paramount+ and just looked at the opening titles for episodes from all 3 seasons. Absolutely nothing is garbled. An encyclopedia sole function is to present the facts and the facts don't support anything that Shatner is claiming. The whole thing should be ignored. SonOfThornhill (talk) 14:02, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]