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Daily pageviews of this article A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: David Simon - The Wire in HD Maxim Interrogates the Makers and Stars of The Wire On 12 January 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to The Wire (TV series). The result of the discussion was not moved.

This has been discussed before, but the cast list in the infobox is ridiculously long. I suggest that it be removed altogether and a note be added to see the cast section. As far as I can see, there is no fair way of judging who deserves to be in the infobox and who should be eliminated. The only option I see is to remove the list altogether. Any thoughts on this? ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 15:21, 14 October 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm personally against any type of removal of cast members from the infobox. To me, it does more harm than good. The bulleted list being used doesn't use line breaks, so the list doesn't appear as long or use of tons of space. I think it's fine, but that's just me. Drovethrughosts (talk) 15:44, 4 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't see why not use the same format that's in place at Game of Thrones, where it links to a character list article. Sock (tock talk) 21:37, 24 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It should be removed. There's no point in the infobox being so cluttered. It looks like an amateur wrote it. Besides, readers will be more informed if they know which actor is in which season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.247.252.237 (talk) 03:21, 14 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It is too long and it is impossible to carry out any fair removals. Yes, I like the horizontal/bulleted list as a format but favour total removal from the Info' box.  Cheers! Gareth Griffith‑Jones (The Welsh Buzzard) 08:43, 14 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wanted to know the name of the actor who played Omar Little.

(1) I clicked on The Wire, then clicked on Main_cast, couldn't find what I wanted easily so clicked over to

(2) List of The Wire characters

If I were designing the "List of the Wire characters" page, I'd start with a ... [wait for it] ... List! But maybe that's just me. Still couldn't find what I wanted so clicked from there to

(3) Street-level_characters_of_The_Wire

then clicked to Omar's_crew; then to yet another page

(4) Omar Little and associates

By this time the click-click-click was getting amusing :-) But still no Omar. From there I clicked to

(5) Omar Little

Even there, the actor's name wasn't in the opening paragraph, where it should be IMO.

Yes, I see that there were ways to find cleverer, less obvious, places to click to short-circuit this chain somewhat. I see this sort of anal retentive re-directions a lot at Wikipedia lately. If all y'all don't see the problem, I'm afraid I can't edify y'all Jamesdowallen (talk) 11:13, 7 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reviewing for WP:URFA/2020. Addressing these comments can help this article remain a featured article.

• There are several sentences with no references (excluding those citing the series itself).
• MOS:SMALLTEXT should not be used in infoboxes.
• Images need alt text per MOS:ACCIM; table needs a caption + row/column scopes per MOS:DTAB.
• The episodes section does not conform to MOS:TVPLOT.
• There is no ratings/viewership section.
• The reception section appears disorganized.
• There are some extremely short paragraphs (1–2 sentences).
• It seems odd that the cast and characters section follows the style/themes sections.
• there shouldn't need to be references in the lead of a television show article (apart from a quote, which could be paraphrased instead).
• there are some questionable sources (Hobo Trashcan, IMDb, Cosmodrome Magazine, Identity Theory, student newspapers, etc.).
• Aside from the journals, there is a lack of sources from databases now available for free at The Wikipedia Library, which may enhance the article.
• Citations need checks for proper italics; working links. Heartfox (talk) 01:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding to WP:FARGIVEN. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:11, 1 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is there a reason why Rotten Tomatoes is left out of § Critical response? s01 85% 34r, s02 95% 21r, s03 100% 21r, s04 100% 24r, s05 93% 44r --77.162.8.57 (talk) 10:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Michael B. Jordan needs to be added 2600:1700:2FC0:54D0:7C3C:B6B4:B16D:29AB (talk) 04:13, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Paragraph 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire#Main_cast

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Wire_characters Kire1975 (talk) 06:16, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]