Talk:Seven News

LATE NEWS BULLETINS: Is there actually a late news bulletin from 11:30? Samantha Armytage seems to present her last update at 10:30 and says "that's all from 7News for this evening. Goodnight." It doesn't sound like there are late news bulletins. The 10:30 update includes more news and also includes the national weather forecast.

I removed the Seven logo from the Seven News page. My reasoning behind this is that it's the Seven Network logo, not the Seven News logo. The opener screen cap provided seems to cover the logo sufficiently without having the Seven Network logo added too. DynaBlast 09:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I deleted the summer newsreaders. Summer is over, and we're back to regular newsreader's roles. By the time summer comes around again the list will probably need to be changed anyway. It's just dead weight at the moment. DynaBlast 06:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

You do realise that encyclopedia's do include historical information as well as what's happening right now... Austvguy
 * I do realise that, but I don't think who read the news in the summer of *insert year here* is noteworthy, just as a soap opera article for example doesn't list every character who's ever been on the series. If anything we should be trying to build up the actual content of the Seven News article rather than trying to make a long list of people's names. DynaBlast 08:01, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

This Should be at 7News
I think this article should be at 7News rather than Seven News. 7 droped the 'Seven News' for '7News' when they moved to Martin Place, and they use it on all promotional material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.33.90 (talk • contribs)


 * I agree, "7News" is used alot more than what it used to be and therefore the article should be moved. TKLM 09:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I oppose. While Seven do use "7NEWS" on-air, they still use "Seven News" quite a lot off air. The Seven News website seems to alternate between to two (ie http://au.news.yahoo.com/news/about-7-news.html uses "Seven News" 14 times, "7News" 10 times). The Seven Network's corporate website (http://www.sevencorporate.com.au) exclusively uses the term "Seven News" in every report. "Seven News" is also the name used by TV guides. When it comes to print (/internet) media, it seems "Seven News" is the more popular title. Tntnnbltn 19:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * And we don't generally use funny spellings even if the companies do; they could change ad agencies tomorrow. Septentrionalis 16:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

The move request did not gather consensus. It has been removed from WP:RM. Joelito (talk) 14:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Edits by 58.178.252.58
I reverted a number of edits by User:58.178.252.58 (See diff: ). Reasons were as follows: Weekend Sunrise is already mentioned under Sunrise, and probably doesn't need it own section. We don't really need to say the hosts do the weather -- if none is specified, people will assume the main anchor does it. The pictures added (Samantha Armytage presenting Seven Late News Updates, and Chris Bath presenting Seven News Sydney were incorrect -- they are both presenting other bulletins in the pictures being used. Also I doubt we need two pictures to represent those bulletins (remember we have to abide by fair use policies. No more than needed to illustrate the bulletin in question). The second section header should not be changed to brown, as it is not a colour used in Seven News and is inconsistent with the first header. And finally, the second header should continue to read "Local Bulletins" rather than "6pm State-Wide Bulletins" as the local bulletins aren't shown at 6pm in all areas (Prime Television, for example, airs state-wide bulletins at 6:30pm in some regions). --Tntnnbltn 14:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Screencaps should be removed
Per wiki guidelines -> "The problem is the images in question are not freely licensed, and Wikipedia policy does not allow nonfree images of living people, since it would be possible for freely licensed images of them to be made. They are considered "replaceable fair use" and are regularly deleted. Wikipedia does not use images by permission (since that permission does not extend to other, non-Wikipedia users), and policy is quite clear that images of living people must be freely licensed in almost all cases. A TV capture is not a free image." Strawbs77 03:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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Tables/sections
It was agreed on the WIN Television talk page that these headings were unneccessary and ugly - I'd like to question why they're included here? They don't add to that article and they prevent the proper structure from appearing in the table of contents and they are inconsistent with almost any other article on Wikipedia. There's also a number of web accessibility issues that arise from using tables for layout. timgraham 03:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Just further on that - the tables and lists were removed because they made the article harder to read - I'm pretty sure Wikipedia is more than just a list of news presenters, so please bear that in mind when you begin to duplicate information as appears to have happened. timgraham 14:18, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Can the list of fill-in presenters also be intergrated into the paragraphs? As at current they are intrusive and waster alot of space. Also, the Seven Local News section would be far better as a paragraph, rather than similar duplicate lists. Stickeylabel 23:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have now fixed the Seven Local News section, by intergrating the similar duplicate lists into the main paragraph. I have also added a recent widescreen screenshot, and I have renamed the section Regional Queensland. Stickeylabel 01:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

The Mike Amor low ratings issue
The article says Mike Amor was removed due to "unimpressive ratings". Is there any proof of those statements?
 * If the statement is not cited as per WP:Cite, please remove it accordingly or tag it for verification. Stickeylabel 07:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The Morning Show
just want it to be know that i have removed the morning show reference/section. why did anyone think that this belonged in the seven news section? would KAK get mentioned on the Nine News page? NO! if any one disagrees please post why here...
 * I agree, The Morning Show does not belong in this article, thanks for the correction :). Stickeylabel 07:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree & disagree with the both of you, because although The Morning Show is produced by 7's Entertainment section, it still has news updates from Seven News & on Ten's Early news, sometimes they say "Don't forget 9am with David & Kim, etc" & that has news updates, so I think The Morning Show should be on the Seven News page, KAK wasn't mentioned on the Nine News page, because it has no news updates at all. Jeffmister 08:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Then you may as well stick in all the various 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm shows because they all have news updates in them. If TT doesn't warrant a mention here then I don't think TMS does. timgraham 10:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Timgraham, I mean The Morning Show & 9am has news-updates in the show, not during ad-breaks & the prime-time shows only has ad's in the commericals, not during the show. Jeffmister 22:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Fillin presenters
For the love of god, please stop adding them - they add nothing to the article and just clutter up the page. If there's a particular presenter that fills in on a regular basis then so be it - Rebbeca Maddern and the 4.30 News is one instance - but Kylie Gillies, for example, was listed as a fill-in for the 4.30 News when today was the first time she'd done so since The Morning Show started.timgraham 11:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Why? I can't see it at all cluttering the page. And Kylie has indeed presented the 4:30 news a few times now - a screenshot of her not long ago on her page. User:Alltrainzfan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alltrainzfan (talk • contribs) 06:51, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * She's co-host for The Morning Show, not someone who does it regularly. I'm not against mentioned them at all, it's more the fact that when they are put in it's inevitably a list tacked on to the end, or a paragraph (which it should be). It sticks out, and doesn't read too well. timgraham 06:55, 1 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fillin presenters include Summer times too! Please don't clog up the page with all that info! Thanks. Alltrainzfan (talk) 10:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay for once and for all, let's solve this fillin issue.

Timgraham and I agreed (in the end) that we'll keep it at one main fillin presenter per page. User:Timmyvermi also follows that and subsequently added in Rebecca Maddern which is correct. That's been established long ago, so let's stop putting in Sharyn Ghidella, Jessica Rowe and Chris Reason who are not the main presenters, nor main fillin presenters. Since I watch the 4.30 News every afternoon, and for the last 2 years, I'd know who is main. I know there is currently a "musical-chars" type lineup for filling in. Only if Chris Reason starts presenting more often, or Chris Bath, or Jessica Rowe, as a fillin, then we can change it. Right now, Maddern has been the main fillin since she quit the bulletin, and that's the way it is until it changes later on. Not now though.Alltrainzfan (talk) 01:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I am with Alltrainzfan and Tim Graham with this issue. There is no need for an endless list of news presenters who are filling in. There's only a need for one. Adding in more clutters up the page, and they are more rare than not. For the time being, we should stick to the old rule of one major fill in presenter per section.TrainingRule (talk) 02:42, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

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Seven 4.30 News
I'm confused - I thought Rebecca Maddern presents from the Sydney Studios on Friday too, and no national bulletin is presented from the Melbourne one?Alltrainzfan 06:29, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That is correct Austvguy 05:22, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


 * So all national bulletins are from Sydney. Must change that. Alltrainzfan 06:13, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

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Extra tables
Like the reason for no fill-ins on the page except for Late News, let's please not make the page even longer and more cluttered by adding in tables of jobs and tenures. It's already been mentioned clearly in a paragraph of each section, and doesn't need to be repeated in different format which will only add to the length and clutter of the page. Alltrainzfan 04:44, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * EDIT: Whoops, there's something on tables above anyway. But this can serve as a quick message for those who want it quick.

Fill-ins
I'm sorry allrailfan but at you said that the main fill-in could be put into the article if there is only one! All I wrote was three sentences (How on earth could they make the page too cluttered) and each of those sentences were added in to the paragraph! I am sick and tired of people deleting things that don't even need to be deleted. And if anyone wants to know all I wrote was "Rebecca Maddern oftern travels to Sydney to fill-in for the service". That's all so get over it Mr. Rail!

P.S. I am adding the sentences back in so don't even bother deleting them because I will just keep adding them!!!!!! Timmyvermi (talk) 06:52, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

For the love of god as previously mentioned, it's one fillin presenter per bulletin. The most frequent one. There's like 6 in the 4.30 News...it's rare for many to fillin at one time. Leave it at Maddern. Alltrainzfan (talk) 05:18, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Extra Information
I have added extra information to the page. Please do not delete it. That means you Allrailfan.Timmyvermi (talk) 06:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Well I'm deleting the 'extra information' on the early news - "It is highly speculated that Seven News only began airing the bulletin and had not even chosen an anchor for the bulletin, because they didn't find out until the last minutes that Nine News was re-launching it's Early Morning News that week. Seven News denined this of course" - Highly speculated? by whom? And where's the source saying Seven denied it?? The TV Tonight article doesn't mention these claims. Brad F 89 (talk) 02:40, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

You know what, I sort of agree. But I didn't get that info from TV Tonight. Timmyvermi (talk) 06:27, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

An employee of Seven News was caught looking at racy images on his computer, on the air.
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Employee caught viewing racy images on the air
Shortly before 2-2-2010, someone behind a Seven News reporter in the newsroom was caught looking at racy photos of a Victoria's Secret model, while on the air.

Please watch the video in this link.

This incident looks worthy of being posted onto this article, does it not? --Let Us Update Special:Ancientpages. 04:58, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * No need for the spamming! This event is in no way is this not relevant or significant and is also a one event. Please do not discuss the pram incident which has nothing to do with this nor is it the same. Bidgee (talk) 08:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Removing uncited content
I have removed large tracts of uncited information from the article. Some of the text has the possibility of containing WP:BLP problems because it references things like people having cancer as a reason they left a job. Please feel free to put back information when it has citations. :) --LauraHale (talk) 09:34, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

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