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Hi, Blueboy, just writing to clarify a few things and clear up any lingering bad feeling. Did you interpret my comments as a personal attack? I am sincerely confused by what happened between me and the mediator, as I didn't intend a personal attack at all, and I seem to have been treated like a troll. For what it's worth, my sole intent was to bring the Wiki policy on original research to light on the discussion, and I was quite upfront that they were only tentative comments based on a first reading of the material. I found it quite ironic that it would be interpreted as a personal attack, since I am myself an ex-charismatic and naturally suspicious of charismatic groups like Every Nation. Cheers. ] 15:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Blueboy, just writing to clarify a few things and clear up any lingering bad feeling. Did you interpret my comments as a personal attack? I am sincerely confused by what happened between me and the mediator, as I didn't intend a personal attack at all, and I seem to have been treated like a troll. For what it's worth, my sole intent was to bring the Wiki policy on original research to light on the discussion, and I was quite upfront that they were only tentative comments based on a first reading of the material. I found it quite ironic that it would be interpreted as a personal attack, since I am myself an ex-charismatic and naturally suspicious of charismatic groups like Every Nation. Cheers. ] 15:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
== WTNH-TV ==
Just because, as you claim, "most newspapers--or at least my hometown one, the Charlotte Observer--refer to TV channels by number rather than spelling them out", that does not mean that the practice is correct STYLISTICALLY. Most style guides will tell you that '''single-digit numbers should be written in WORD FORM, not numerically.''' Of course, newspapers do what they want because of space limitations. And, last time I checked, Misplaced Pages is **not** a newspaper.
BTW, WTNH '''''has''''' ID'd themselves as '''WTNH-TV''' in the past. That's what the call letters were officially changed to back in 1971. And, if you read my writing carefully, you would see that I mentioned that "the radio stations were spun off subsequently to new owners" following the sale to Capital Cities. Your edit there is redundant. You need to stop changing shit just because it reads better for YOU. ] 07:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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Could you please explain your deletion from Ernie Eves? I don't see anything wrong with the statement that you deleted. I think that that statement accurately reflects speculation in the media at the time. I look forward to your response. Kevintoronto 15:13, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
5th Congressional District
Hey Blue, I was just wondering if you could provide a source for your edits to the 5th Congressional District of Tennessee. For some reason the list of Reps doesn't match up with the one here. Also, I'm a bit confused about the renumbering thing. Are you saying that at one point Nashville fell into the 6th District instead of the 5th? I don't think it makes sense to say that the 5th District was once the 6th District. But maybe there's something I'm not understanding here. Kaldari 29 June 2005 17:35 (UTC)
Hey Kaldari, I found them by tracing it back on the Political Graveyard. According to this page, Nashville was in the 6th District until the 1930 redistricting, when it became the 5th District. It became the 6th District again in the 1940s redistricting, and then back to the 5th since the 1950s redistricting. It's hard to trace, I know ... am going to do my own set of congressional district pages soon showing how congressmen's district numbers changed with redistricting. See for yourself:
Blueboy96
Ah, I think I see what you mean. However, I don't think it's helpful to say that the 5th District "became" the 6th District. Rather it should be stated that from a certain date to a certain date the 5th District included the regions foo, bar, and etc, but from another date to another date it included the regions bar, etc, and goo. I.e. the district moves, but its number remains the same. Otherwise it becomes far too confusing and is not consistent with the title of the article. You would be correct if the article were about "Nashville's Congressional District", but in keeping with precedents established for other states, the Misplaced Pages articles are organized by district number rather than location. Kaldari 29 June 2005 21:03 (UTC)
I'm quite upset that you have chosen to continue perpetuating the idea that the 5th congressional district of Tennessee is synonymous with Nashville's congressional district. This is factually incorrect, unverifiable, and misleading. I have put in a lot of hard work on the 5th congressional district's article. This includes painstakingly verifying all of the congressional terms (and correcting a couple of errors from the political graveyard site), and looking up the congressional boundaries in the Tennessee blue books from 1940-2000. I don't know where you get your information from, but unless you are willing to cite your sources I would appreciate it if you would quit wasting my time by forcing me to go back and continually correct your misinformation. If you continue adding misleading, unreferenced information to this article I will be force to file an RfC against you. Kaldari03:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I have added some information that you might find useful about how congressional redistricting works in Tennessee to the District 5 talk page. I apologize for my harsh tone in the previous post. I should not be so quick to loose patience with other editors. Kaldari03:48, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Which district has not been carried by Republicans since Reconstruction?
There's still one detail I'm not entirely clear on, but perhaps you would be able to solve: In several articles it is mentioned that a certain district has not been carried by Republicans since Reconstruction, but I haven't figured out yet if this refers to Nashville's congressional district or the 5th congressional district, or both (since they have not always been the same thing). Any chance you know the answer to this one? If you could provide a good source, that would be especially helpful. Kaldari 3 July 2005 20:06 (UTC)
Nashville itself hasn't been represented by a Republican since Reconstruction--a good source is the Political GraveyardBlueboy96
I'm starting to think my initial idea is gonna work best--there are several instances where congressmen's district numbers changed even though their district boundaries didn't. For instance, John Conyers' Detroit-based district was the 1st District from 1965 until 1993, when it was renumbered the 14th District. And Bart Gordon's 6th District was numbered the 4th for many years until it became the 6th for Al Gore's last term there (before Gordon took over). Blueboy96
I think your idea is unfeasible and problematic. Thanks to Wesberry v. Sanders all district boundaries are redrawn every 10 years. Districts may remain largely the same but they never remain exactly the same. Furthermore, saying that a particular district acted as a different district for a period of time is confusing and unhelpful. For example, the 2nd district of Texas IS the 2nd district of Texas, regardless of whether it covered a different area than it has historically during the period from 1967-2005. If you want to talk about Beaumont's congressional district than make that its own article. Would it be possible for you to change your Texas/Tennessee articles to conform with the standards that have been developed for other congressional districts - as in the 1st congressional district refers to the 1st congressional district and not a particular fixed area? Your histories of the districts are beautiful and I'd rather not have to get rid of most of them just because of a technicality. Bjoel5785 21 May 2006 23:10 (UTC)
Never mind, I've eliminated all the inconsistencies that I could find. Bjoel5785 22 May 2006 2:13 (UTC)
The Ascent information was completely inaccurate--I follow sports regularly, and there is no record of any connection between Ascent and YankeeNets. Blueboy96
Incomplete edit
Hi. I see you expanded the KPBX article recently. It's a nice start (it's less of a stub now), but I see you left an incomplete sentence at the end of the third paragraph. No one wants to see that sort of thing, so would you please either finish it or delete it? (Also, while you're at it, there's a missing space in the second paragraph. I'd correct it myself, but you might as well do it in one edit.) Thanks. Ddawson00:28, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
You wrote, "it has also been rumoured that United Future leader Peter Dunne could be persuaded to join a coalition with Labour, the Progressives and the Greens if he were given a high Cabinet post." This would be a remarkable reversal by Dunne which would damage his credibility so I'm very surprised. Do you have a reference for these rumours? Thanks. Nurg01:34, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Check out the New Zealand Herald's graphic on possible government makeups--I saw it there. Blueboy96
It later emerged that Peters had decided all along to join forces with his former National colleagues and had used his negotiations with Labour simply to win more concessions from Bolger.
New Zealand First entered into a period several weeks of negotiations with both major parties. Before the election, most people (including many New Zealand First voters) had expected Peters to enter into coalition with Labour. In fact, he appeared to promise not to align with National. It came as something of a surprise when he chose to join a coalition with National. The most common explanation for this decision involved National's willingness to accept New Zealand First's demands (and/or Labour's refusal to do so). However, Michael Laws (a former MP who served as a New Zealand First campaign manager) claims that Peters had secretly decided to go with National significantly before this time, and that he merely used negotiations with Labour to encourage more incentives from National.
Hi there...just wondering what your reference was for the statement that WWTV, WPBN and WGTU serve the Sudbury, Ontario area. WWTV is the CBS affiliate available on cable in Sudbury, but none of the stations are available OTA and Persona otherwise carries the American network affiliates out of Detroit via Cancom. (You can confirm here if necessary.)
Although I'll leave it in, I'm not entirely sure WWTV's cable carriage in Sudbury is really significant enough to be mentioned in the article (while it's by far the largest city that can actually view the station, it's still a fairly minor media market), but Sudbury absolutely doesn't have any connection to the other two stations. Bearcat22:57, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Please do not change the ABC/CBS affiliations again, as you have incorrectly placed them twice. The ABC affiliation left in 1953 to go to WSIX-TV 8, which is now WKRN 2, and is still the ABC affiliate. They dumped CBS in 1954, when WLAC-TV 5, now WTVF 5, signed on...and it is still the CBS affiliate. Also, there is NO SUCH THING as a "-AM" extension when referring to an AM radio station. AM is the default. Please do not keep adding the -AM to WSM. Your edits are incorrect. --Zpb5216:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Actually, according to WKRN's history page, it was the CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliationfor a year after its sign-on as WSIX in 1953 before WLAC signed on in 1954. It's been a full ABC affiliate since then. See for yourself.Blueboy96
Fair enough, but WSM-TV then also lost the ABC affiliation at the same time as the CBS affiliation, not a year later. --Zpb5216:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm ... seems odd. I always thought that in markets that had only two stations, they shared ABC programming until a third station could get on the air. Blueboy9616:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
KTVX
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In your edits to this article, you swapped the races of his mother and father. Did we have this wrong, or was your change a slip of the keys? Could you provide a reference, please.-gadfium17:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Just a slip of the keys--happens when you edit early in the morning. Blueboy96
Could you please provide a reference for this statement: "Some believe that Caouette actually won, only to be vetoed by the party's Alberta wing." That's an interesting theory, and I'd like to follow up on it. TGround Zero | t22:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
The RNT article only says "The Social Credit Party was divided after 1962, as a majority of the caucus came from Quebec and favoured Caouette as leader. The number of members of the Social Credit caucus coming from English Canada was declining. Thompson refused to cede the leadership of the party to Caouette. This caused the party to split: most of the Quebec Members of Parliament(MPs) followed Caouette into his new Ralliement créditiste party in 1963." It doesn't say that Caouette on the leadership vote since, I think, the leader was elected by party members and not by the parlimanetary caucus. The Social Credit articlle says: "The party's Quebec wing, led by Réal Caouette, nevertheless had a major breakthrough in that province in the 1962 election, returning 26 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the province. Social Credit won only four seats from English Canada. Although Thompson made Caouette the party's deputy leader, the linguistic imbalance caused severe tensions in the Social Credit caucus. On September 9, 1963, the party split into English Canadian wing and a separate Quebec party led by Caouette - the Ralliement des créditistes." Neither article suggests that there was a fixed vote. Ground Zero | t14:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Please stop clearing pages in the Alan Eagleson page. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.
5aret05:47, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
Blueboy96, I don't know anything about the nature of your edits on this page other than that it is not blatant vandalism. I believe 5aret got confused because of the layout of the history page, but either way you might want to explain it calmly on his talk page...just reminding you that biting the newcomers always does more harm than good :-). I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about, though, so I trust you can be fully capable in helping this new user understand the difference between vandalism and good-faith edits. JHMM13 (T | C) 05:55, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for enhancing the Sick's article! I did a bunch of work on it the other night, but ran out of time before I could add the details about the Pilots' tenure there. It did need to be there, so I am glad you did it! :) Thanks again! -- ManekiNeko | Talk23:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
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Is this another instance of congressional staffers trying to monkey with their bosses' pages? Noticed an awful lot of IP addys among the edits--don't have time to check them to see if they come from the House. Blueboy9619:50, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Userbox Controversy
Sir, I regret you inform you that userboxes will most likely be nonexistent in a number of days, to weeks, or even months when considering the voluminous amount of the aforementioned. Rob McKay has informed me, and his user page details the erasing of userboxes by extreme admins, and it seems they are winning. This is also evidence of the rapid deleting of templates and userboxes. Please take a look at the Deletion log to see. Individual admins are also doing their share of damage to userboxes. Kelly Martin deletes many (and a lot of the templates she deletes are often reviewed, and reinserted into the namespace), as well as Mushroom. Please inform others, show your support for userboxes, and take individual codes from any userboxes you may have and replace your template userboxes with them, so as to prevent any other admins from attempting to delete them. There may in fact be a cabal. Thanks. Эйрон Кинни17:28, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
No, it does not link to a diambig page, BUT we should avoid redirects anyway. I mean, you should have at least done this: ((Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta)). However, why should you assume that Atlanta should be referred to without its state anyway? I mean, I think it is a bit arrogant to assume that everyone knows where Atlanta is. It is an encylopedia and should therefore be objective and should not make assumptions about one's base knowledge. --Arch2606:43, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, as long as I'm here, I'll resply to Arch26. It is Associated Press style, which is used in nearly all mainstream media, to use big city names without state names attached. That style rule applies to cities like Boston, Houston, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. On the other hand, if one wants to say Springfield, it is best to identify the state.
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John Lewis
Hi, This pertains to your most recent edit of the John Lewis page.
I do not understand this sentence and am hoping you can and will shed light.
At the moment, it states:
"His first run for elective office was in a 1977 special election for the 5th District, which resulted when Andrew Young was appointed as ambassador to the United Nations."
If Bond held that seat and left for the UN, then this sentence can not be true: "Lewis became the first African-
American to represent Georgia in either house of Congress since Reconstruction."
Hello BlueBoy96,
It is not clear why you reverted the John Lewis page to writing that is not easy to understand. The editing I did to the page yesterday removed the confusing language and passive voice, established chronology and used active voice. Please do not ignore this message or the message on the John Lewis Talk Page. The revision also removed the error that previously stated John Lewis was the first Afircan-American to represent Georgia. Please explain why you hve reverted this page to language that is difficult to understand. And Please explain why you deleted John Lewis's name from his autobiography. It violates Wiki ethos to revert a page without discussing it on the Talk page, in the editing summary, or reply to messages left on your Talk page.
Thank you.
skywriter17:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
WVPX
In your February 20, 2006 edit of the article on television station WVPX, you wrote that WAKR "often the other stations in the by margins of more than two to one." That sounds kind of high to me. Do you have any authority for this statement? --Hillrhpc21:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
WJCT
Hello. We were very surprised to see your edits to the WJCT entry, as they reinstate incorrect information without comment or citation.
The most significant is your reinstatement of language inappropriately promoting Gainesville’s station in the WJCT entry. Even though this language is part of the original entry, it has never been accurate. Further, your deduction that WJCT “recently” added new programming sources is incorrect. WJCT-TV has always broadcast programs from sources outside PBS, a fact which we can document with newspaper articles, programs guides and other print materials dating back to 1958.
We’re following the Misplaced Pages dispute resolution procedures, and getting in touch with you directly. What’s going on?
Please do not combine the three rows in the Duke Cunningham article succession box into one row. The fact that the three districts are essentially the same area (but not exactly the same area) is irrelevant. For bookkeeping purposes, those are different districts. --Asbl16:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
"This is bad form"? I looked at your last edit and it was full of run-on sentences and other stylistic errors. Not to mention a lot of information that was added on by you, in an effort to "make it easier to read" was stuff that really didn't belong. Some of the RKO General stuff you added can be found within the RKO General entry, so it shouldn't be included in WWOR-TV.
BTW, as I learned quite some time ago, being a New York station doesn't immediately ensure "flagship" status for a television network, especially if the station and the network aren't co-owned. So, on that basis alone, WWOR was a flagship station of UPN when Chris-Craft owned half of the network (1995-2000). For the last six years the real flagship station of UPN has been WPSG in Philadelphia, and WWOR has been an affiliate. The same will be said of WPIX when it joins CW in the fall.
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WXYZ
The recent rewrite of the WXYZ entry has been a researched and collaborative effort with current and former WXYZ employees and authored by a former WXYZer to give the station the credible entry it deserves. Certain elements including the station’s legal identity, Channel 7 of Detroit Inc, were included for searching criteria on the web. Your recent rewrites have given a certain misinterpretation to the events that have already been detailed by those who lived through them at the station. So it was disheartening to say the least that before this could be submitted for appreciation that a North Carolina user is editing a history that’s already been recorded in two recent books. There’s also been no explanation other than “clean-up” as to why elements and key figures in the basic history of the station have been deleted or re-worded. The timing is odd to say the least that its now drawn this attention. The references and text links were meant to focus on a heavily historied entity from the last 57 plus years. Listing coverage area was meant to present the coverage under certain grades of signal strength. The ABC divestiture and the hand over to Scripps have also been reinterpreted by too many users and the actual events as they relate to WXYZ have been assembled. The rewrite has also led to creating at least four other articles culled from pieces of personal, recorded and Misplaced Pages information using Wxyzdan. The article’s final wording was to be edited today until it kept getting injured (in poor form).
So please, for the future until the article is appreciated focus on your other endeavors.Wxyzdan 04:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)WxyzdanWxyzdan04:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
RE: Continued Plagiarism
Look. I’m now trying to get the originator of this article to help edit it. Thanks for your overzealousness in contributing. But you are merely taking someone else’s work and changing them into your own phrasing and using extraneous details from other Misplaced Pages articles. That’s bold considering the time spent on phone calls, e-mails, over coffee and then actually culling through different books and mourged articles to assemble information for a credible reference for this station. You’ve taken our work and writing and transformed it into your own. It’s now (or was) actually harder to read with cluttered details, passive and phony tense phrasing and now incorrect details, dates and conceptions. You’ve tripled the number of sentences starting with “However” in one paragraph. Why is this article getting this attention (or vandalism) that it didn’t have before.
A few photgos and editors didn’t know they weren’t working in the news department because it was only “six-man.” 40 years ago. That historical embellishment adds a misconception for a reference article. Bonds, who recently was hospitalized, started in ’64. He was at ‘Keener in 1963. The references and links are in there for readers to go to those articles. Adding extraneous stations from other Misplaced Pages information is cluttering the article. Now this is at least the third time that your ‘edits’ have lead to incorrect details-facts. As in WXYZ radio was not 1370. You also completely deleted the entire WXYZ radio article before it could be edited. That station maybe even more legendary then the TV station for all the successful nation programs it launched. We’d figure a true buff would have relished the inside details rather then… steal the work. Do you see Wxyzdan editing the English in your articles???
All this is going to an administrator.
Wxyzdan 16:41, 25 March 2006 (UTC)WxyzdanWxyzdan16:41, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
WSWB/WOLF- TV
Hey where do you get your info on these stations? As a broadcasting buff I'd like to learn more about their history. Heartbreak1980Heartbreak 05:28, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Democratic congresspeople
Hey Blueboy96. I've run across your edits to Harold Ford, Jr. and a few other congresspeople and wanted to drop a note reminding you that Misplaced Pages is not a crystal ball. Even when a district has voted for Democrats every election throughout its history, stating that the district will vote for the Democrat in the next election (when the candidates haven't even been named) doesn't adhere to Misplaced Pages policy. I'm all for describing a district as "heavily democratic" or the like, but predicting the outcome of an election goes too far. FYI, I'm a Democrat supporter like you, but my political persuasion (usually) takes a backseat NPOV and similar policies when editing here. Anyway, I didn't want you to think I was a Republican operative trying to shoot you down ;). - Jersyko·talk17:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
You're right, there are districts where it appears safe that Democrats will continue to be elected. However, what if the Democrats nominate a candidate who is revealed to be a convicted pedophile the day before the election and a Republican wins? The entire South used to be an extremely safe area for Democrats . . . but that started to change 30-40 years ago and now essentially the opposite is true. My point is that no election's outcome is pre-determined, especially when the candidates haven't even been picked. Again, I think it's appropriate to say that a district has leaned Democratic for years, but predicting that it will remain so in an uncoming election violates Misplaced Pages policy. I encourage you to continue noting that certain districts lean one way or another, but without the predictive language. Happy editing. - Jersyko·talk19:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Bro Ive passed the studio many times on Hwy 315 in plains twp. Ill have to check it out.
Re:Translators
They usually air a card during the day with a list. But you dont get them down there. You may have to send an E-Mail via their websites. www.wyou.com , www.wbre.com , www.wnep.com , www.nepatoday.com best can think of.
Re: Translators
WYOU and WBRE do have bad sites as well as that NEPA Today site but I'm a fan of WNEP's site though. They are a very extensive site. Although, they should list the translators.
Bill Bonds
The article on Bonds was expanded nicely. Nice job... Check him out on imdb.com for more and the Detroit Free Press archives for even more. Well written! You should e-mail his contact person for pics. There's also a lot to say on his public battles with former Detroit Mayor Colmen Young. But, WXYZ is still getting some other help. ~~Wxyzdan~~
1993
The 1993 election wasn't the "most lopsided" election result, nor was it the biggest defeat for a major party in Canada. The 1987 sweep of New Brunswick by Frank McKenna surpasses both.Habsfan|t02:28, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Verifiability policy
Hi Blueboy, I recently ran across an incorrect fact that you inserted into a couple of Misplaced Pages articles which unfortunately went uncorrected for an entire year. Seeing as how Misplaced Pages is often treated as an authoritative reference and even cited in newspaper articles and other sources that themselves become references, I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to abide by the Misplaced Pages policies concerning verifiability and original research. Just because you know something to be true does not meant that you can add it to a Misplaced Pages article. As the verifiability policy states: "The threshold for inclusion in Misplaced Pages is verifiability, not truth. This means that we only publish material that is verifiable with reference to reliable, published sources" and "editors should cite reliable sources so that their edits may be verified by readers and other editors." Please read over both of these policies to make sure that your edits are not in violation. Kaldari16:14, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The incorrect fact was the assertion that part of Brentwood lies in Davidson County. It looks like this was even corrected back in October, but then you reinserted it last month. It was also added to the Davidson County article, which has been corrected. Obviously, this is not a very significant error, but without citing your sources, it's likely that a more significant error will happen in the future. Since many of the articles you edit are political topics, this is especially important to consider. Compare for example, the Phil Bredesen artice with the Nashville Tornado of 1998 article. Nothing in the Phil Bredesen article is cited, so there's no way to know if any of it is true or not. In the Nashville Tornado of 1998 article, however, almost every single word is cited, so it's easy to verify and to find out how reliable its sources are. As the John Seigenthaler incident demonstrated, one bogus sentence can undermine the credibility of the entire encyclopedia. It's better to have no information at all than information that can't be verified. Kaldari18:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
After beng unable to find any part of Brentwood that extended into Davidson County on maps of Brentwood, I sent an email to the Brentwood city government. They replied that often people market their Davidson County properties as being in "Brentwood" to try to increase the sale value. Kaldari22:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Brentwood/Davidson County
No part of the city of Brentwood lies in Davidson County. However, this is a common misconception because there is a heavy commercial area on the Davidson County side of the dividing line. Most locals refer to that as "Brentwood", though it actually is not. My $0.02 --Zpb5201:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Re: WCBS-TV
I bust your chops for your sometimes sloppy and unverifiable edits, but I'll give you an reply to your query: I've forgotten who replaced Jim Jensen on WCBS-TV (you've got to add that -TV suffix when discussing channel two in New York). It may have been Brian Williams, now of NBC Nightly News, but I have to do some serious digging to find this one. Rollosmokes07:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Your recent edits border between helpful and sloppy. You keep forgetting that, when referring to WCBS Television, you've got to add the -TV suffix as many times as possible, because there is ALREADY a New York station using the WCBS calls -- on 880 AM. Also, please don't change "channel two" back to "WCBS" or "WCBS-TV", because the reader will know what "channel two" is referring to through reading the whole article. Rollosmokes06:16, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Well Thelma's response came in this morning. Lots and lots of content. There is a ton of new issues for you to reply to. jbolden151720:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
David L Rattigan on Every Nation mediation
Hi, Blueboy, just writing to clarify a few things and clear up any lingering bad feeling. Did you interpret my comments as a personal attack? I am sincerely confused by what happened between me and the mediator, as I didn't intend a personal attack at all, and I seem to have been treated like a troll. For what it's worth, my sole intent was to bring the Wiki policy on original research to light on the discussion, and I was quite upfront that they were only tentative comments based on a first reading of the material. I found it quite ironic that it would be interpreted as a personal attack, since I am myself an ex-charismatic and naturally suspicious of charismatic groups like Every Nation. Cheers. David L Rattigan15:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
WTNH-TV
Just because, as you claim, "most newspapers--or at least my hometown one, the Charlotte Observer--refer to TV channels by number rather than spelling them out", that does not mean that the practice is correct STYLISTICALLY. Most style guides will tell you that single-digit numbers should be written in WORD FORM, not numerically. Of course, newspapers do what they want because of space limitations. And, last time I checked, Misplaced Pages is **not** a newspaper.
BTW, WTNH has ID'd themselves as WTNH-TV in the past. That's what the call letters were officially changed to back in 1971. And, if you read my writing carefully, you would see that I mentioned that "the radio stations were spun off subsequently to new owners" following the sale to Capital Cities. Your edit there is redundant. You need to stop changing shit just because it reads better for YOU. Rollosmokes07:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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