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UK Sports broadcasting timelines
I have just created a second UK sports-specific timeline - Timeline of cricket on UK television. What other sports do you think might merit their own UK television timeline? Rillington (talk) 14:04, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- Excellent, I might grab some of the events for the years articles. I suppose the one that springs to mind is rugby because the Six Nations is only a couple of days away. I don't know if we'd have one covering the whole subject, or whether we'd need separate timelines for rugby league and rugby union. This is Paul (talk) 19:09, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
- I was also thinking about rugby union and we'd definitely need separate timelines for rugby league and rugby union. Rillington (talk) 14:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Rugby Union timeline now created. This is the third in a series of individual sports timelines that I shall be cresting in the weeks ahead as I plan to cover all of the major UK sports in this series of timelines. Rillington (talk)
- Great stuff, I'll see if I can add refs to some of these. I think I've found a start date for Rugby Special of 1 January 1966 but I'll do a bit more research just to check before adding it. This is Paul (talk) 11:40, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- Rugby Union timeline now created. This is the third in a series of individual sports timelines that I shall be cresting in the weeks ahead as I plan to cover all of the major UK sports in this series of timelines. Rillington (talk)
- I was also thinking about rugby union and we'd definitely need separate timelines for rugby league and rugby union. Rillington (talk) 14:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
I've now created the first four sports broadcasting timelines and am following the order of the Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom article. However I'm struggling to find info on motor racing prior to the first edition of Grand Prix in 1978. Do you think it is ok to create a page which isn't fully complete? Rillington (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- I think it would be ok. This is Paul (talk) 00:01, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
2021 in British radio station debuts
I see you have subdivided the station debuts section into a section for terrestrial and online stations. I think this is an excellent idea. Should we do this for previous years?
And also do you think that the television list of year articles channel debuts/streaming services section should also be split with separate sections for linear channels and for streaming services? My view would be to split them. Rillington (talk) 15:36, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- I agree, especially as there an increasing number of streamed programmes now so it makes sense to do it.
- I've now done this for the years in television articles. Rillington (talk) 13:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not sure how many online radio stations are mentioned in previous year articles, but we could separate them. I've particularly noticed a large number of online stations popping up this year, mainly because of events like the expansion of the Greatest Hits Radio network so I thought rather than have them all together it might make the section a bit easier to manage as it grows. This is Paul (talk) 23:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Jazz FM Timeline
This is an excellent addition to our broadcasting timelines series. Thank you for letting me know you have created it and please let me know as to any other timelines that you create. Do you have any in mind, and one possibility might be LBC? Rillington (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think we've covered most of them now, but LBC is definitely one to create. This is Paul (talk) 00:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- And possibly Talksport as well. Rillington (talk) 14:19, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- I forgot about Talksport, but I'd say yes. This is Paul (talk) 23:24, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- And possibly Talksport as well. Rillington (talk) 14:19, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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Teletext Timelines
I have created two UK teletext timelines - Timeline of teletext in the UK and Timeline of in vision teletext broadcasts in the UK.
I have one further timeline in mind relating to sports broadcasting but it will take some time to complete.
Are you considering creating any more UK broadcasting timelines? Rillington (talk) 15:54, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Excellent, I hadn't thought of doing one for teletext. LBC is probably one I should do as you mentioned before. Hopefully I'll get round to it soon. I'm still largely the sole editor on the UK COVID-19 timelines so the research for that tends to take up a lot of time at the moment. There's also Free Radio, but I don't know if it's notable enough for a timeline, and BBC Radio 6 Music. Possibly also BBC Asian Network. This is Paul (talk) 01:18, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, and I look forward to reading your LBC timeline, which I presume would include LBC News?
- BBC Asian Network has a history prior to the launch of the full time national station in 2002 so it's one to consider. 6 Music would almost exclusively be presenter changes and as you say there probably isn't enough notable information to create a timeline for Free Radio. Rillington (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Just a thought on the teletext timeline, I wonder if it's worth mentioning TVARK's retro version of teletext, SPARK, that was launched last year, I think. This is Paul (talk) 01:24, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Personally, I wouldn't add it, in the same way that I wouldn't add Teefax. Rillington (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Seems fair enough, as they're not television-based teletext services and fall more into the nostalgia category. I haven't encountered Teefax before so might check it out. This is Paul (talk) 00:43, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Personally, I wouldn't add it, in the same way that I wouldn't add Teefax. Rillington (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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COVID-19 vaccine
Just a heads up, I had my first COVID vaccine this morning. No side effects so far, but thought I'd mention it here just in case it hits me later on. Cheers, This is Paul (talk) 16:42, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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Expand citations to-do list
Refill is currently broken, so this list of articles to which I've added citations is here for my attention when it's fixed. The list was created on 30 March 2021, but there is currently no timestamp on this thread so as not to allow the bot to archive it.
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2021)
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021)
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2021)
- Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2021)
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- 2021 in British television
- 2021 in British radio
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UPDATE: Having been down since 21 March the bot is now functional again, so everything has been run through it. This is Paul (talk) 23:56, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Timeline of teletext in the UK
One of my timelines - teletext in the UK - has been put into Draft mode. Not sure why as it contains plenty of independent references. Any help here would be appreciated. Rillington (talk) 16:54, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
- It's got plenty of sources so should be ok I would have thought. Have you asked whoever moved it to explain why they did it? This is Paul (talk) 17:23, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
- Not as yet but I did add one additional reference and have submitted it for another review. I really do not see what is wrong with the article. Rillington (talk)
Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 19:48, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'd forgotten this was today, so thanks for the good wishes. Hard to believe I've been here for thirteen years. This is Paul (talk) 23:47, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
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