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Filming location

Originally, and for several years, the village of Arncliffe in Littondale was the location used for filming Emmerdale Farm. The local pub, known as The Falcon, became The Woolpack during filming. I'm amending the article to reflect this. Perhaps someone could determine when the location moved from Arncliffe to Esholt. I recall it happening in the series, which explained away the change of appearance to The Woolpack by having it move to new premises - I think. Arcturus 20:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

The Cardigans

I've also taken out the 'Emmerdale was also the title of the debut album by The Cardigans' rubbish from the end of the article, where it is totally misplaced, and put it at the top.

I have revetred your edit, as I believe that the soap is fae more than the album. At the end is quite appropriate given this fact, and given that anything else looks like using this page to promote the band, which we do not want to do, SqueakBox 03:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Emmerdale in Canada

The CBC shows 3 episodes a week. The episode lag is now 4 years and will only continue to grow :( Pendragon39 14:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

TV magazine in Noreen's house

Can anyone confirm what the name of the programme was that replaced Emmerdale in the 7pm ITV1 slot in the TV magazine that Val found in Noreen's house? Best I could make out it was "Castle Bridge" but if anyone could confirm or dispute this I would be grateful. TomPhil 23:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Locations

Article descibes location taping in Arncliffe and later in Esholt, followed by a switch to a purpose-built set. Were these changes addressed in the storyline, and if so, how? Presumably the place crash in 1993 destroyed much of the town and the storyline was at least partly designed to explain a change in the appearance of the town when it switched locations (presumbly to the purpose built set?) However the article says nothing about this. Asa01 11:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Avril Kent AFD

An Emmerdale character, Avril Kent, has been nominated for deletion. Kappa 18:08, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Trivia

I removed the trivia section, moving one item to the Filming Locations section and moving the others here, as I don't believe they are notable:

  • All of the main characters in Bottom were avid fans of Emmerdale. When Emmerdale Farm changed its name to Emmerdale, the characters mused that this might be because it shortened the time needed for the audience to read its name, providing the writers with more screen time to fill with story arcs.
  • In the episode broadcast on 24 July 2006, Val Lambert visits Noreen Bell's house for the first time since Noreen was killed in the blast. She picks up a television magazine turned to the day of the disaster. While most of the schedule is as would normally be expected on a Thursday night, the 7pm slot on ITV shows a programme called Castle Bridge rather than Emmerdale. The magazine also schedules The Bill at 8pm, where it would normally be broadcast, however, for this week only, it was actually replaced with PokerFace.

Straussian (talk) 08:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Splitting off lists

I noticed that this article was dominated by long lists of things such as exactly how many episodes had been broadcast each year, ever disaster, major storyline, etc., etc. I think that this really spoilt the quality of the article, so to make things a lot neater I have split these all off onto separate articles. This means that we can keep the content that people have obviously gone to a lot of effort over while keeping the main article short(ish) and to the point. This may also give people the scope to extend further on the lists etc. without compromising the quality and preciseness of the main article. I hope that people feel that the changes I have made are an improvement. TomPhil 00:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sandra Thomas

Don't watch Emmerdale, so can't verify/speedy, the article, but Sandra Thomas has been created. Could someone confirm/deny and take appropriate action (sourcing etc) for this article Philipwhiuk (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

The Opening Paragraph

Could someone please clarify the opening sentence? It makes it appear that Emmerdale, Coronation Street, and Eastenders are the same program? JeffConn (talk) 13:10, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

It was vandalism which has now been reverted. Jenuk1985 | Talk 13:11, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Broadcast delay

In some outside scenes this evening (14 Jan) the season was clearly autumn with appropriate foliage colours etc. and no sign of the snow which I imagine blankets the area at the moment. Is any information available indicating how long after filming an episode is broadcast? If so, perhaps this should be added under Scheduling. treesmill (talk) 19:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Awards

The tables in the awards section are taking up room in the article and I was wondering if anyone else thinks it would be better if they were moved to a seperate article, say List of awards and nominations received by Emmerdale? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 17:03, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

As an aside - it may be best to combine then into a single table as the varying widths of the different tables is very distracting. Keith D (talk) 19:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Instead of a single table, as there are different awards, the table widths should just be tweaked so they all look the same. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 20:12, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Beckindale's county

Is Beckindale supposed to be in West Yorkshire. It has always been filmed in West Yorkshire first in Esholt and now in Harewood (with indoor scenes now done at The Leeds Studios). These areas however are not remotely like the setting which is supposed to rural and away from any large city. Esholt is on the outskirts of Bradford and Harewood is just North of Leeds. In reality there is not such remote communities in West Yorkshire, even similar looking areas around Denholme and such are only just outside of Bradford.

It's setting is no doubt within the former West Riding but is unlikely to be in the mostly urban (with patches of semi-rural areas) county of West Yorkshire. I have always assumed it is on the fringes of the dales, possibly near Skipton.

The nearby town of Hotten is generally filmed in Otley and around North Leeds. The town hoever I think is supposed to be a little more remote than Otley.

I don't think the exact location has been made explicit, but I could be wrong. Mtaylor848 (talk) 15:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

The impression I got from watching the show in 1970s and 80s was that it was meant to be set in North Yorkshire actually in the Yorkshire Dales. The exteriors of the village of Beckindale were originally shot in Arncliffe in North Yorkshire prior to relocation to Esholt, Bradford in 1976. But where the scenes are actually filmed are really irrelevant since it is fictional fantasy - The village, Hotton and Skipdale etc don't exist. If Grange Hill can magically move from London to Liverpool anything is possible LOL. (81.158.81.73 (talk) 16:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC))

I have found no reference here to the possible etymology of the name "Emmerdale", which seems to me to derive from the French "emmerder" (= to bother or to cover with faeces [I avoid taboo words]), while "dale" is "valley", so the whole term means "troublesome vale" or maybe "valley covered with dung". ajw ¬¬¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.115.148 (talk) 22:19, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Opening

I haven't got a clue why someone's put 'The programme is now shown in Canada on the CBC, on weekdays at 3:00 pm Eastern-Time' under Disasters in Emmerdale. Beside that, according to the CBC Broadcast Schedule, Emmerdale is aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Kioku 23:32, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

In the beginning, did Emmerdale Farm air nationally? I was always under the impression that it only aired in Yorkshire for the first decade or more. Mike H 23:55, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)

Isn't the village called Beckindale? I think it's a common misconception that the village is called Emmerdale[[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 13:12, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Don't quote me on this but I was under the impression that Beckindale was the village where Emmerdale is shot and that Emmerdale is the name of the village. One clue to the latter is that in the opening credits there is a shot of a sign saying "Welcome to Emmerdale: Please drive carefully through our village." user:sotakeit 12:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Emmerdale is no longer shot in a real village. The "village" is a custom built set by Yorkshire Television in the grounds of Harewood House (the home of Lord Harewood - the Queen's cousin), Leeds. The village was called Beckindale from the outset until the plane crash. It was decided among the fictional villagers that they should rename the village after such a big disaster and they chose to name it after Jack Sugden's farm and thus Emmerdale was born as a village.

Which was absolute bollocks of course. After a major disaster the LAST thing you would do would be to re-name the village. But with the disaster the series had lost touch with reality anyway. (86.129.36.223 (talk) 21:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC))

Tricia Dingle

Who's the smart alec who deleted the page about Tricia Dingle? It was on Wikipedia with quite a fair bit of information on it before and now it's gone. So could the person who deleted it or at least someone else please bring it back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boushenheiser (talk • contribs) 20:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Is there any need for the attitude? The article was deleted because no one contested it. The page obviously had the wrong kind of information.Rain the 1 20:12, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Disasters

Ok i have just removed a silly comment and I have realised that there are other storylines listed as disasters that are more accidents than disasters. Maybe somone would also like to highlight which other ones should be removed or put under a sub cat as memorable accidents? Bankhallbretherton (talk) 21:53, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I've renamed it as 'disasters and dramatic stunts' just to clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boushenheiser (talk • contribs) 20:15, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Why worry about the title of it, the whole lot is unsourced. Here is a source for anyone interested - [1]Rain the 1 02:42, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

6000+ episodes ???

Just a question. This series is known in Sweden as "Hem till gården" ("Home to the farm") and it has been shown at several channels over the years. But 6000+ episodes sounds very much even after close to 40 years. One episode per week during 40 years equals 40 x 52 = 2080. And I assume the series are not broadcasted all 52 weeks... Just a question 83.249.42.164 (talk) 18:58, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

The program is broadcast 52 weeks per year and several episodes per week, the number varies but has been up to 6 days a week. I guess they count slots on same day as separate episodes so you can get 2 episodes on a day as there was today. Keith D (talk) 20:57, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Locations & Occupiers

I've removed again the section about locations and occupiers. This is uncited and over-detailed fancruft that doesn't belong in an encyclopaedia article. It's also most likely original research. Please do not add it again without addressing these concerns here. Thanks. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:12, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Anybody still here?

Hey, I edit a lot of Corrie and EE articles and I've noticed just how badly kept the Emmerdale articles here, is anybody still here who is editing or not? Alex250P (talk) 16:22, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm considering going through this article and removing a lot of the original research and general fan-cruft it contains. e.g. the year by year analysis of the end credits. It's been tagged long enough. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Now done this. I also removed the section of "memorable exits". It was almost entirely unsourced listcruft that didn't make clear any criteria for what made an exit "memorable". This inevitably meant it was simply a list of exits that one or other editor felt, in their personal opinion, was "memorable". Wikipedia doesn't reflect the opinions of its individual editors, it reflects that which is verifiable from reliable sources. Otherwise anyone would be justified in adding the exit of any character that ever appeared on the series, and we would have a pointless and massive list. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 14:17, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Now considering "Disasters" section. This again all appears to be entirely unsourced original research, and it has a pretty flexible take on what constitutes a "disaster". It's really just a list of the kind of dramatic events that are a staple of soap opera plots. Nothing to determine what decides that one plot line merits a mention over another. Also been tagged as OR for over 6 months. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 14:26, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

This article needs a major cleanup. I think the Fair City article could be used as a basis. Tails3333 (talk) 19:40, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

episode count?

In the infobox "No. of episodes" line has the text 7016ocalurl:Template:Emmerdale episodes|action=edit}} +]]</ as of 4 November 2014))
Could somebody fix this? I don't know how. 82.141.117.187 (talk) 09:30, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

I have fixed this for you, the template was not updated correctly. Keith D (talk) 12:43, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism etc

Hello. I'm sorry about the fairly large revert I just did but vandalistic/joke PoV stuff has been coming and going under a cloud of (perhaps deliberate) obfuscation from other edits and their reversions. In particular - please have a look at some diffs - the bit about the "European Court" and the "title taking too long to read" has been in and out like a yoyo and has been replaced by good-faith editors combatting vandalism. This programme is not at all my topic but I'd suggest that maybe the article needs protecting for a while, and that knowledgeable editors should look carefully at its current version and see what's wrong, right or missing. (I'm also sorry about my horrendous spelling in the edit summary! More haste, less speed ...) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:05, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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Episode Date in Info box

The Television Infobox guidelines can be read here. There it explains that the num_episodes field is for;

The number of episodes released. This parameter should only be incremented when new episodes air or when a reliable source can confirm that an episode has finished production. An inline citation is required if the total number of episodes produced is greater than the number aired, such as in the case of a show being cancelled.

There is no mention of a "latest update date" being included here, and having one included is non-standard. One of the great strengths of infobox is consistency, in use as well as appearance. So using a field in a way that other articles do not detracts from that. It also makes it difficult for any bots that may try to read the information.

There is a reasonable suggestion that the television infobox should contain the date of the latest episode numbered, helping ensure that the num_episodes field is not updated twice for the same episode, and allowing readers to judge how up-to-date it may be. But this would be an issue to take up on the Talk page for the template itself. Not here, merely one article of a great many that use this infobox. It is also probably that adding this date would be in a separate field specifically for it, not an addition to the existing field.

So repeatedly adding a date to this field, despite specific requests that it is not done, with explanations why, is disruptive and not the way to improve either the article or the infobox. Thanks. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 22:47, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

I have again reverted this change to the infobox. The editor doing this tends to change their IP address, so perhaps repeated requests on their talk page to stop/discuss/follow the guideline is proving ineffective. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 11:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Just a comment on this, I think it is not clear as to the meaning of the number as without knowing the guidelines there is no way of knowing this from viewing the article. I think that the template probably needs enhancing with some link, visible notes or otherwise to explain what the numbers apply to. Keith D (talk) 13:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
Agree completely. As it is, the lack of a date is not a great hindrance to editors, as it can be seen in the hidden note. But the template does lack something here, and the way to get it changed is on its talk page. I've suggested that to the editor concerned, but they believe that repeatedly ignoring other editors and the guideline is the best way to get something done. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 16:40, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2017

Please change categories - "1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/2010s British television series" to "1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/2010s British drama television series" Thanks. Carnelian10 (talk) 16:42, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Done EvergreenFir (talk) 02:25, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Source [8]

I would argue that this source is dubious, because you cannot read the article it relates to unless you sign up to the website it appears on. So who can verify it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:D411:8800:518B:6621:9BC5:13C5 (talk) 11:36, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

It is perfectly valid to use sources that may not be readily available or that require payment to access. See WP:SOURCEACCESS. Keith D (talk) 19:29, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2017

improve on the audience section 2A00:23C5:BF81:A100:80E6:DB96:607C:F62A (talk) 18:40, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:52, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

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Opening title section

I rather suspect the whole section about opening titles and so forth is based on a personal observation and is therefore WP:OR. For example, are those new titles really called "A JAZZY BREEZE"? "The title music has been completely jazzed up but still has the homely feeling in it." - hmm, is this from a review somewhere or just a personal opinion? Bob talk 16:48, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Hanna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hannahkell (talk • contribs) 13:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Sean — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hannahkell (talk • contribs) 13:05, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

This section appears to have been deleted. But we should still know who wrote the theme tune. Valetude (talk) 10:43, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

1986–1992: More dramatic storylines and title change

Two articles are used in this paragraph to justify the claim that ratings were falling in this period. But neither article actually evidences this at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:D411:8800:F116:9951:9262:3508 (talk) 12:21, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

I just read through the sources and you're right. Removed that sentence. – DarkGlow (talk) 13:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2019

Please double check your dates!

You clearly state throughout when what year production started.

If the show was first aired in 1978, it could hardly be celebrating it's 40th anniversary in 2012!

Production started in 1972, first aired in an early afternoon slot the same year.

It's blindingly simple errors that make Wikipedia a laughing stock. 86.168.101.155 (talk) 07:58, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Which section is this information in? I'll amend it for you. – DarkGlow (talk) 08:09, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
@86.168.101.155: I don't see where the article states the show first aired in 1978. IP, please specify which part of the article you are referring to. Bennv3771 (talk) 08:46, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 Not done: The article does not state that the show first aired in 1978. NiciVampireHeart 21:32, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2020

There is a change I'd like to make about the themes mentioned in Emmerdale.

It is mentioned that it talks about depression, asexuality, homosexuality, and other, but acid attack is not mentioned. Is it possible to mention it? 151.82.191.84 (talk) 05:04, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

If you're referring to the "Storylines" section, the issues listed are social issues, while acid attacks aren't really a social issue. I haven't watched the show, so I don't know, but is the acid attack stemming from a different issue, eg domestic violence or schizophrenia? ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 10:12, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Emmerdale "Second most popular British soap opera"

This is clearly not true.

If you visit the BARB (British Audience Research Board) site - you will see that constantly week by week, month by month and year by year that Emmerdale remains the third most popular soap opera on British television. Coronation Street and EastEnders are still both rated higher on average, just because they go head to head does not make one or the other more popular as there are a number of things that could affect it.

Here is the link for British Audience Research Board, which backs up my theory.

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial

I have reinstated what I imagine to be the original paragraph about it being the 3rd most popular. Anon is right, SqueakBox 19:27, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
EastEnders has been consistently less popular, and I changed it to reflect that Emmerdale's move to #2 was recent and very well temporary. Mike H 01:24, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

In BARB's latest figures EE got 10.50, 9.96 and 9.00 in it's top 3; Emmerdal got 9.24, 8.89 and 7.81, nowhere near the popularity, so I have reverted the Custom's latest edits that imply Emmerdal is more popular. We mjust use BARB stats as everyone else does, SqueakBox 01:50, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Why this keeps being changed to say that Emmerdale is the second highest ranking soap opera is beyond me...it is still behind EastEnders on a general basis, please can you stop changing this until it becomes actual fact? Once again you need to be directed to BARB - http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial

Video Specials

Emmerdale has over the years spawned the occasional 'video special' a familiar extra for a number of British soaps. Presumably these have not been all that successful as it has been some time since they have made one for Emmerdale.

Some of these have featured the adventures of the Dingle family. They have relatives scattered all around the world. When they go for a European holiday, they and some familiar faces go to Venice. Here they encounter Reg Holdsworth as well as the Dinglesi's who run a restaurant.

Further afield, they go to Australia in the video 'The Dingles Down Under'. Butch, Zak, Mandy and Marlon join other Emmerdale characters - notably their local band 'The Woolpackers'. This was part of the series 25th Anniversary celebrations and includes a 'making of', out-takes and some classic clips.

These productions were released on VHS PAL video in the UK but have not been released on DVD as yet.

Plane Crash 'meant to evoke memories of the Lockerbie Disaster'

This is opinion and clearly total rubbish. Unsourced as it is, it should be removed.

Title

The key to the title is French, isn't it? Esedowns (talk) 21:10, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Nicola wheeler/Nicola King updates

Nicola Wheeler/ Nicola king is the second longest serving female cast member. She joined in 2001 but quit in Jan 2006. However she returned 18 months later and despite taking maternity leave in 2015 she has remained in the role since. She has currently been in the role for 20 years. This needs to be updated and added to the longest serving cast members of Emmerdale page please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Percy2345 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Laurel update

Laurel update needed she has been in the show 20 years now. Please can this be added to longest serving section. Percy2345 (talk) 02:27, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

The last place on the table is 21 years, so once she gets to that, I'll add her. – Meena • 09:08, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect she should be added as she has now been in Emmerdale 20 years Percy2345 (talk) 01:27, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Not acceptable to wait until she has been in it for 21 years just because the last number is 21. There is no point in having a longest serving cast member list if a cast member doesnt match the last in the list. Chaz has almost reached 20 years so do we have to wait for 21 years again? Percy2345 (talk) 01:31, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Also 20 years is a huge milestone especially in a soap. Just because the last character in the list is 21 years is irrelevant.laurel has been in Emmerdale for 20 years which is a massive milestone. Percy2345 (talk) 03:34, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

20 years in a soap is not recognized apparently?? Percy2345 (talk) 00:36, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Departing cast members/longest serving cast members

Cast members who have been in the show twenty years should be added but apparently this cannot be done because 21 years is last on the list. Also cast members who are departing cannot be edited until they have actually left. I would have thought it was easier to edit now rather than later. But stupid rules means that Chaz (Lucy Pargeter) cannot be added to the longest serving cast member list. No point having a longest serving list then really. Don't get me started on Diane (Elizabeth) she left but returned for the 50th anniversary episodes however on the list it says 1999- 2023 but on the page for Elizabeth and departing cast members it says 2022. So which is it. 2022 or 2023? Need i go on. Percy2345 (talk) 20:41, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2022

Can somebody remove the unsourced material from the Families section in the Setting and Characters category? If the text is to stay, can somebody else add some sources to back up the information as per Wikipedia rules? 87.114.2.209 (talk) 15:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi again, 87. Hope you are well. I will have a look for you in a while. :) Blanchey (talk) 19:00, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
@Meena, JuneGloom07, Soaper1234, and Raintheone: pinging a few soap editors. What are your thoughts on this? I read through the section the user above was referring to and there were only 2 sources I believe. Should all the other information be removed (and can be added back if someone wants to back it up with sources)? Also, hope you are all well. Blanchey (talk) 20:50, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
I'm fine thank you. I think there are three unsourced material notices in that section. The ones that say citation needed.87.114.2.209 (talk) 20:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
It certainly would be more favourable to find a source instead of removing it, as that is the whole point in Wikipedia! However, I don’t know where to look nor have much time either. If you felt up to it, you could always have a look and drop the links on here? The other thing, recently, a lot of emmerdale articles have had a major cleanup of lots of content known as fancruft, which in other words is information which only concerns a very small number of people, not something most readers would need to know, and that information is better for Emmerdale Wiki on Fandom. I’d argue that a lot of this may be fancruft (particularly the newer information) so that is another reason it could be removed… Blanchey (talk) 21:19, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
I'll have a go at sourcing the info. It might be a bit in-universe, but I wouldn't call it fancruft. Personally, I'd remove that Longest-appearing actors table. Not only is it unsourced, but List of longest-serving soap opera actors exists, and the info can be conveyed through prose. - JuneGloom07 Talk 00:10, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, JuneGloom07. I will try to have a look and see if there is anything useful that can be added too. Blanchey (talk) 06:18, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
I think two of the unsourced points have been removed now from the section. There is one left however, near the bottom of the paragraph.87.114.2.209 (talk) 08:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 Partly done: Since last message here was about 12 days ago I've gone ahead and boldy removed the last sentence without citation that ole' 87 mentioned. Zero complaints restoring with citation or if there is consensus to bring it back with the tag. As any further adjustments relating to this request are under discussion, gonna close this out. Cheers, everyone! —Sirdog (talk) 07:23, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Name of Farm

Adding to what I said before, I believe the title is inspired by the French "On s'emmerde par la'. Esedowns (talk) 16:41, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2023

Episode Count needs to be updated to 9640. (9641 tonight). FQ20FanVimtojuice (talk) 15:00, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done – Meena • 15:04, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
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