Thanks for your detailed recommendation about the merge. Most people just say "merge!" without offering any details about what content should be moved over, or where it should go in the target article. As the editor who handles most of the AfD merges, comments like yours make the task so much easier. Cheers! Joyous! | Talk 19:34, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for your kind comments. I felt it was hard to justify an article about a channel which was briefly talked about and to merge it into the Comcast article with the relevant information felt like the ideal solution. Rillington (talk) 10:38, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello, Rillington. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "West Wolds Radio".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. LizRead!Talk! 16:12, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Rillington, You seem to have created many of these timelines so I wanted to say hello and ask what you think about the changes I made yesterday. I've tabulated the decades in the snooker timeline because I think this generally makes the presentation easier to read and maintain. I'm not keen on the idea of putting "No events." for years that have nothing notable to say about them. In my opinion, that implies that there were no events for that particular sport on UK TV that year. It would be nice to get these articles consistent, but I'm not going to steam ahead without talking to you about it first. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 10:06, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for reaching out to me regarding the format changes you are suggesting regarding my timelines.
I agree that we need to aim for consistency and this is why I adopted the format that followed the format adopted by other UK broadcasting-related series which had been established before I began to create new television and radio-related timelines.
I saw from the page history that it took you several hours to reformat this timeline and in order to get that consistency you would have to reformat many hundreds of timelines, and some of them literally have hundreds of items already listed.
I take your point about 'no events' but again this is following the established format and as time goes by, the number of 'no events' tends to diminish.
User:This is Paul has been very helpful regarding updating and creating timelines for UK broadcasting and I feel that getting his opinion would be useful. Rillington (talk) 12:22, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, I can understand what you're saying of course, but there's a danger of falling into the WP:OTHERSTUFF trap here. I don't see any reason to avoid making improvements just because it interferes with consistency (in the short to medium term) – surely the best approach is to make the improvements consistent. The main question has to be whether the proposed change is an improvement in the first place! I took my lead from the Timeline of Welsh history article which I created a few years ago, and the style/layout for that was taken from the other similar history timelines, e.g. Timeline of Scottish history. I was under the impression that the tabulation route was well-established for timelines, but this might be a subjective preference rather than a project style. For the record, I would be happy to put myself forward for making progressive layout changes, at least for the suite of sports timelines. I would also be interested in taking part in a wider consensus discussion, if necessary. Rodney Baggins (talk) 12:54, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for your further thoughts.
I think consistency is the ultimate aim here and you will see the two formats being used in the year-by-year timelines with the format you suggested on the snooker timeline being used for the years in television series, and the format I used for my sporting and other timelines being adopted on the years in radio series.
I have asked Paul for his input and I am also happy to participate in a wider discussion although, as I say, it will take many hours to alter even one timeline. I wouldn't be up for changing the format of hundreds of established timelines but I appreciate that you are happy to take on that role if the consensus is to change them.
And congrats on your excellent Welsh history timeline. I will now add a few broadcasting-related events. Rillington (talk) 13:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Some references have now been added. :) Rillington (talk) 02:22, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't think there is a standard layout. For example, some of the older television articles aren't tabulated. That's largely because I created a lot of them, and think I based them on existing articles for 2005 and 1976, then didn't want to go through and change them all. I'd support a move to standardise them if you want to do that. On the "no events" entries, I've tended to follow what was already there, but do eventually find something to fill them. I recently expanded 2020 in Irish television and did that until I found enough events to fill the months. I don't know if there's a better solution to it though. This is Paul (talk) 15:55, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I agree with all of Paul's comments, and, as Paul says, as time goes by the number of 'no event' entries does diminish. Rillington (talk) 02:22, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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