Punctuation and Locking[]
A question to clarify transcript punctuation:
They're not scripts; they're transcripts. The difference is explored on the page, but not made clear... if the transcript is neither the original script nor "verbatim from the episode," then should the punctuation lead toward grammatically correct or stylistically accurate? That is, if an actor speaks in such a manner as to necessitate a run-on sentence or a comma splice (or anything else that's "wrong"), should this be rendered as spoken or as was most likely written? I was leaning stylistically, to capture subtleties of the performance better, but it can look a bit unprofessional at times, and it's been edited out by others.
And as a note, the only unlocked transcript right now is Stable Boy. I'll help you all with The Stranger and The Return over the next week if I can only access the source to edit them. Same goes for other episodes.
I've been leaning toward grammatically correct, closer to what I'm seeing in subtitles. However, either style works, and they're pretty much equal. That being said, I plan on going back over the transcripts once the DVD is in my hand, to match the subtitling on the DVD, as DVD subtitles are usually decently close to the filming script.
Just let me know when you'd like another page unlocked, and I will do so :D I appreciate your assistance, you've done a good job! Utter solitude 15:31, May 27, 2012 (UTC)
Just a guess, but you probably wouldn't need her to unlock the page if you were a registered user and not just "a wikia contributor" Tink-tink 16:27, May 27, 2012 (UTC)
It appears that even Wikia registration won't grant me access to any more transcripts. Accordingly, I'd like to request that another be made available, that I may help with the editing (preferably Pilot, Frederick, or one of the last four to be aired, just so that I don't have to mess with shady internet episodes again!). And with no pun in mind, feel free to lock the doors to Stable behind me now that I've left...
--Chameleon Arch, ~04:00 UTC May 28 2012
Incomplete Transcripts[]
I've noticed that everything after Miller's Daughter (with the exception of And Straight on till Morning) is incomplete. That's everything after 2x16 and on into season 3.
I myself don't have the episodes on DVD (or TIVO) so I can't fix them myself. I hope someone else can though.
Aphantasm (talk) 12:51, April 28, 2014 (UTC)
Updated with new information[]
Found sites that can be used to get the majority of the writing for the transcripts. will take some doing though,
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/episode_scripts.php?tv-show=once-upon-a-time
http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewforum.php?f=143
--FossilLord 06:23, October 14, 2014 (UTC)