Voting on Shows

Now it would've been nice to prevent voting on episodes weeks in advance.
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2275059/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-1x08-episode-8 
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2304470/house-of-the-dragon-1x10-the-black-queen 
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2328682/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-1x09-whose-show-is-this 

We didn't touch episode votes (for now) because the situation there is a lot more complicated. For example, you've got unaired (on the original network) episodes such as in https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/180/firefly/episodes that would never be able to get votes if we blocked voting until after the episode aired.

@david wrote:
We didn't touch episode votes (for now) because the situation there is a lot more complicated. For example, you've got unaired (on the original network) episodes such as in https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/180/firefly/episodes that would never be able to get votes if we blocked voting until after the episode aired.

A simple check for the presence of airdate could solve that. Or the show status, usually unaired episodes means the show was axed prematurely. From what I saw while being here, hate voting is much more common than episodes without airdate. Pick any random high-profile or controversial TV show, and with high probability, you're gonna see votes for the weeks ahead.

@obdue wrote:
A simple check for the presence of airdate could solve that. Or the show status, usually unaired episodes means the show was axed prematurely. From what I saw while being here, hate voting is much more common than episodes without airdate. Pick any random high-profile or controversial TV show, and with high probability, you're gonna see votes for the weeks ahead.

We'll think about it, although that would really only be a partial fix, given that we also allow future episodes where no airdate has been announced yet. Like f.e. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52469/fantasy-island/episodes.

(See https://www.tvmaze.com/faq/15/episodes#inclusion-policy: HBO announces that the Game of Thrones season 6 premiere will be called "Everybody Dies", but there is no date yet. In this case, the episode can be added with an empty airdate.)

@david wrote:
We'll think about it, although that would really only be a partial fix, given that we also allow future episodes where no airdate has been announced yet. Like f.e. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52469/fantasy-island/episodes.

You could allow it only for the ended shows for example. From the top of my head, I can't remember any show which had unaired episodes, yet available elsewhere, while it was still running. Even if such shows exist, I doubt there are more than a few. Anyway, it's just an idea.