Talk:Channel 5 (British TV channel)/Archive 2

Schedule
Although it isn't illegal (to my knowledge) to publish schedules from Five, it goes against WP:NOT - Wikipedia is not a TV Guide and WP:NOR. Schedules are also subject to regular changes. I would suggest we delete the schedule and leave it to TV Guides to cover Five's schedule. --tgheretford (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed. It's a shame because someone obviously went to a lot of effort, and it looked good. Unfortunately, it is against WP:NOT. The JPS talk to me  13:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

"Films, Fucking and Football"
I removed the following unsourced material:


 * "channel was known in the press for the three F's quote from Dawn Airey: "Films, Fucking and Football" . The"

if a source can be found, by all means add it back. User:Pedant 18:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * eg: Daily Record (30/03/07), Guardian blog (30/03/07)  Mail on Sunday (08/09/06)  BBC (13/10/06)  Jheald 14:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Five to broadcast The Nine
There's some mention at The Nine (TV series) of 5 broadcasting the cancelled TV show, The Nine, I think this is notable if true. User:Pedant 18:54, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
The 'cleanup' tag has been added again... nice if there was a post to say what's up!  BRIANTIST  (talk) 13:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Adam Faith
Although I love the Adam Faith rumour- namely that his last words were "God, Channel 5 really is shit, isn't it? What a complete waste of space", unless someone can find either verification that he said it or at least verification that shows it to be a widely held rumour, can people stop adding it to the article?--Victim Of Fate 19:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There is actually a reference to that quote in the Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,954581,00.html. The only problem is that people don't provide references when they make additions to Wikipedia. The Adam Faith article says that it is a urban myth, but I can't see that anywhere in the Guardian article. --tgheretford (talk) 19:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm... in that case, it might actually be worth adding to the article, as long as it's made clear that it has been reported, rather than that it is a matter of fact.--Victim Of Fate 12:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Launch night
I've removed the POV text from the "Launch" section of the article, which contained text such as "This was followed by the rather unmemorable first episode of the now defunct daily soap opera Family Affairs". I've replaced it with a list of the first few programmes, but by all means feel free to replace this if it is deemed not necessary.

HillValleyTelegraph 13:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Some poorly formatted POV continues to be added. The JPS talk to me  14:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Edited it to 24hr time formatted properly. 24hr time doesn't have a :, . or any other punctuation between the hour and minute. I have to say, I prefer it as 12hr am/pm, but someone edited it away from that earlier. mattbuck 18:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with the 24 hour format, but Manual of Style (dates and numbers) suggests that times do have a colon in between the hour and minute. --tgheretford (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

America's Finest/Drama at 10
I don't think either of these programming blocks are currently referred to on-air. Drama at 10 used to be, but since then House and Grey's Anatomy have both moved. In addition, the brand "America's Finest" is not currently associated with CSI on Five. I've reverted these changes, but correct me if I'm wrong.--Victim Of Fate 13:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Toonami Children's Block
With regards the "Five has purchased a Toonami_(UK) branded block from Turner to start later in the year." Is there any actual concrete evidence for this? Is not the url given url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/dtt/813.htm just the licence Toonami have to broadcast on Top Up TV (as Channel 5 own the space as it was gifted to them)? ashfish 13:02, 11 May 2007

Fair use rationale for Image:Five Logo 1999-2000.jpg
Image:Five Logo 1999-2000.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Fair use rationale for Image:Fivenewslogo.jpg
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Merge: five's image to this article
I am proposing merging the text from the five's image to this article, along with references being added to the text. The article size of this article does not warrant anything specifically about the channel being given its own article in my opinion, so I am suggesting a merge of the text under a title of Five promotion and branding. --tgheretford (talk) 19:42, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Support. The JPS talk to me  19:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Because I have a large amount to add to the page, I think it should remain rather than be merged.

Edito*Magica again, lets just decide later after more informaion has been incorperated. If it seems too short, then i think we should erge, however if it seems there's a large amount of information; i believe a new page is relevant. Thanks, reply if you wish. Edito*Magica 19:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Due the large and growing length of the five's image page, I believe it should not be merged. For the time being I will remove the tags that the page has been hit with, however if you have any other issues reguarding the page, feel free to comment on my talk page, I shall get back to you. Thanks. Edito*Magica 21:03, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

My rewrites of this article
The article is detailed, perhaps too detailed, but often reads like a publicity handout and may well be more expansive than articles for the other terrestial channels. Something to sort out another day. The endless use of five as a noun has been removed, with synonyms substituted, and "aired" largely removed. Some variation of style has also been introduced. Philip Cross 16:03, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Shandon!--86.29.248.124 (talk) 20:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Channel5 Logo.jpg
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 * Fixed. Standard logo rationale added. Jheald (talk) 12:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Coverage
Is there any statistics on how much of the UK population has five now? I couldn't see it in the article, although I could be blind. At my house we could get Channel 5, right up until the day it launched. We had the previews on the station's frequency but then as soon as it launched we lost all signal and have never been able to get a watchable signal since. --Beeurd (talk) 23:56, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Demand Five Player
Is this worthy of an inclusion into the Article ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.215.64 (talk) 07:32, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Demand Five already has its own article. It may be worth adding a little information about Demand Five in this article with a link to the article for more information (see main). --tgheretford (talk) 08:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Every other terrestrial channel in the uk has a mention of its online service within it's main article, so I'll add a mention and link, as it's been 5 months since it was last discussed here. -NeF (talk) 17:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

US Sport on five
The following was removed:

"As part of a cost-cutting measure Five has now ceased its MLB coverage, and will not broadcast the 2009 MLB season. The exact nature of the cancellation is unclear, with Five not saying anything substantial - total ditching or just the studio coverage, leaving bought-in American feeds - but fans are not holding out much hope."

"All late night US sports coverage will know be ended with the NHL,NBA and NFL finishing at the end of there respective seasons. Major league baseball will not start up again."

As yet there has been no statement from five on this. Gavinturner (talk) 20:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Clean-up
I've taken it upon myself to clean up large sections of this article. I don't think I've removed anything that isn't either POV or incredibly trivial minutiae, but feel free to discuss any issues with these edits here.--Victim Of Fate (talk) 00:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Five HD
Theres no mention of five's forthcoming HD channel and the HD trial channel 86.157.208.238 (talk) 14:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Radio Luxembourg heritage? Lack of RTL ident on logos, interstitials
Five's owners, RTL, often brand their channels with the RTL initials, or at least acknowledge their RTL ownership on-air. Five does not. Does anyone know of any sources which might shed any light on why not? Are they deliberately trying to disassociate themselves from the "old fogey" image of Radio Luxembourg? Andrew Oakley (talk) 09:58, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably a lot simpler reason: because (almost) no-one in the UK knows what the heck RTL is, except for a few people remember watching soft porn on the German RTL. They'd have to sit explaining that RTL means Radio Television Luxembourg, and the newspapers would go on about "that terrible forrin channel". Also the name is more logically "Channel 5" (coming after "Channel 4") than "RTL (whatever)", and "Five" is just one syllable. 91.85.177.45 (talk) 20:25, 14 September 2010 (UTC)