Talk:List of streaming media services

Merge
Why has services i.e HBO Max and Discovery merged all of a Sudden they are different service 92.236.253.249 (talk) 11:31, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Streaming video on demand
We should only count service with subscribers counts otherwise this could get really big really fast 92.236.253.249 (talk) 11:35, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

DATEVAR
Hi User:Timeshifter. There is no rule which says I must break up my edits, and I prefer to do as much as I can in a single edit to avoid watchlist spam. See MOS:DATEUNIFY: When a citation style does not expect differing date formats, it is permissible to normalize publication dates to the article body text date format, and/or access/archive dates to either, with date consistency being preferred. Therefore, using all mdy dates is preferred. Do you have any other objections to my edit? Per WP:PRESERVE, you should try to fix any issues you see with my edit rather than reverting them entirely. House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 03:58, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * yyyy-mm-dd is mentioned as acceptable in multiple places in MOS:DATEUNIFY. And try using common sense more often. As I said in my edit summary yyyy-mm-dd is converted to the readers preferred end format. See "date format" section here: Special:Preferences.
 * If you prefer not to break up your edits, then that's fine if you like shooting yourself in the foot. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is acceptable, but consistency with the main article is preferred. In any event, mdy is converted to readers' the article's preferred format, too. House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 04:25, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And again, there is no policy basis requiring me to break up my edits, but there is a policy basis for you to avoid wholesale reverting my edits (WP:PRESERVE). House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 04:26, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * MDY (when spelled out as you were doing) is not changed to a reader's preference in Special:Preferences. I just tested it.
 * I just realized that the preference does not effect the date format in  this  article s . It does effect the date format in the watchlist. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:51, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I miswrote. My apologies. There are two issues at play here:
 * The use of dates in the templates. These are automatically converted to mdy format because this article is marked as use mdy dates, regardless of that preference. See (for example) United Kingdom, which displays in dmy dates even with the preference set to mdy.
 * In plain text, which per MOS:DATE is not an acceptable format (see the table where it says No equivalent for general use) Most readers do not use that preference, because it requires creating an account. Most readers see the annoying yyyy-mm-dd format, which is worse than seeing the "wrong" format.
 * House Blaster  (talk · he/him) 04:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is good to know that use mdy dates overrides user preferences. I was wondering what was going on.
 * I logged out. yyyy-mm-dd is converted to spelled-out Month-Day-Year in the "retrieved" dates in List of streaming media services.
 * When logged out: In United Kingdom spelled-out Month-Day-Year is converted to spelled-out Day-Month-Year in the "retrieved" dates.
 * That MOS:DATE section you linked to is for article dates, not citation template dates.
 * I reverted back to your edit of the article. Since user preferences are not being violated. Due to use mdy dates for the whole article. --Timeshifter (talk) 05:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC)