User talk:ExLionTamer

Your edits on the 'rage' page
Hi, thanks for your additions to the rage (TV program) page. Assuming the information you added is correct, you seem to know a lot about the early years of the program. What did they air instead of the top 50 on Saturday mornings in 1987? I wasn't aware of the program until early 1988. I have part of a rage ad (aired during the top 50) for a Madonna special that Saturday night, from circa May 1989 (I could look up a more precise-date based on the videos from the top 50 either side of it I kept); was that the first artist special you refer to?Nqr9 (talk) 12:59, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Nqr9. Glad you liked the updates. When it started in 1987, there wasn't much structure to the show - it was pretty much just a string of videos, sometimes chunked together by artist or genre, but often without any rhyme or reason. That continued on into Saturday morning, so the morning part of the show was also just a string of videos, sometimes connected in some way, at other times completely random. May 1989 sounds exactly right for the Madonna special - I can remember it was part way through the year, but didn't have the exact date. So if you can figure out the date from the videos, you'd be pretty much spot on! Cheers, ELT.
 * I had a look on a catalogue of miscellaneous music stuff I have on DVD, and I've got the Madonna special dated as airing on rage on Saturday night 6th May 1989.Nqr9 (talk) 05:10, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded the rage ad for it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPoASwVjLgU .Nqr9 (talk) 05:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Nice work! Some interesting info about the titles and original name here... http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3481933.htm I'll ad a citation once I figure out how (still new to editing!)
 * It took me a while to start adding references to edits I made. To cite a website you can use this format (minus the spaces I've added so it doesn't format as a reference here): <(remove space)ref(remove space)>{{cite web|url=(paste the web address)|title={add the title of the page you're citing)|publisher=(find who published the site, if you can - if not, you can add the domain name, e.g. google.com)|accessdate=(the date you accessed it)<(remove this space)/ref>  When adding references to a page, it's best to keep a consistent format with the accessdate, if there is one, in the references cited.  Generally, I prefer to use the date format year-month-day, e.g. 2016-12-03.  If the page you're editing has no references, you'll need to add a references section when citing sources.  To do this, you can add ==(remove space)References(remove space)== and then beneath this type reflist in between two {'s either side of reflist.  Hope that helps.Nqr9 (talk) 10:46, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * PS you can add your username/signature to comments you leave on talk pages by typing 4 ~ symbols without spaces at the end of your comment.Nqr9 (talk) 10:47, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. After much trial and error, I think I've got it! ExLionTamer (talk) 00:53, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, do you have any recordings from the early years of rage, either on VHS or DVD?Nqr9 (talk) 03:51, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. However, I did come across this thread with a couple of playlists from the late 80's, which might give you a flavour of what it used to be like, i.e. a lot more random than it is now http://pub24.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2015862427&frmid=135&msgid=937217&cmd=show

There's also highlights of a few early top 50s on youtube, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OotZklX8BPI

I've added another reference to the rage article too, so feel free to tidy it up if needed ExLionTamer (talk) 09:31, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the links (I actually contributed to that thread, but hadn't seen it in a long time, and uploaded the top 50 'highlights' videos). I wish I had kept more recorded rage back then and not re-used tapes!Nqr9 (talk) 11:02, 4 December 2016 (UTC)