User talk:Forbesy 777/Archive 2

Foxtel Movies logo
Hey mate, I'll get around to adding that logo tomorrow. Sorry if you think I'm stepping on your toes a bit by uploading new logos, I was just trying to get a high-quality/transparent image for each one! The work you do is great also. Cheers. Gibbsyspin 03:50, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, what you've put there is great Gibbsyspin 08:18, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Broadcast sections
Hello, I noticed you changed the broadcast section of the Lost Girl article from prose to table form. According to the guidelines at the Wikipedia TV project the prose version is the preferred form. You can read about it specifically here. Thanks. SQGibbon (talk) 12:05, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * On Wikipedia we're always thrilled when people edit articles in good faith. After a while you'll start to notice that there are all sorts of policies and guidelines that cover many, many aspects of editing Wikipedia. So many, in fact, that I doubt anyone could ever know them all. With that, the guidelines I linked to are pretty clear and easy, we should only list English-language broadcasts and do it in prose (not table) form.  The section at The Listener does not conform to the guidelines and the table should be removed.


 * There are always lots and lots of articles that are not in line with Wikipedia policies and guidelines. One can make a Wikipedia "career" of just addressing one style issue in one project. My main "job" on Wikipedia is to revert vandalism but I do keep an eye out for a few other things like these "Broadcast" sections in TV show articles and fix them whenever I come across them and have the energy to do so.  If your interest is in TV articles then one really thankless but important thing you could do is to learn the style guide for TV shows really well and go around fixing those articles.  It's not always that fun and it is a bit tedious but it does make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia.


 * Also, as an aside, one of the reasons to avoid tables like that is they tend to grow very large and overwhelm articles. It really does not help a reader gain a general understanding of a TV show to know that a TV show airs on X network in Lichtenstein. Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia here to help people understand various subjects better, it is not a TV guide or collection of trivia. SQGibbon (talk) 15:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

English language broadcasts
What I interpret the guide being most concerned with is the language of the broadcast itself. So yes, English is an officially accepted language in India but are episodes broadcast in English or Hindi? If Hindi then it shouldn't be listed. But sometimes it's impossible to know this for sure. You can look at the network broadcasting the show and many times this will give you the answer (some networks specialize in English-language broadcasts in countries where another language is more commonly spoken). Personally I err on the side of being conservative. We know that the UK and Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all broadcast in English and frankly those are the most important countries with respect to the English Wikipedia. You can leave everything else out after that. If you want to dig deeper and find conclusive evidence (like a network that only broadcasts in English or a reliable source indicates that a particular show is being broadcast in English) then you can include it but unless that information is readily available it's probably not worth digging that deeply into it. And again, given that Wikipedia is not a TV guide, including the fact that Tonga happens to broadcast Lost Girl at 3 in the morning in English from a small station near an American naval base is really not all that useful for the reader to gain a general understanding of the show. SQGibbon (talk) 11:56, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow! Terrific job! Well-sourced, informative, interesting, and actually gives the reader useful information about the show. It was a lot of work but it's definitely improved the article. SQGibbon (talk) 13:08, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
And thanks for my barnstar! SQGibbon (talk) 15:25, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

House Of Cards Broadcast Section
At the moment the Broadcast section reads like a Foxtel Product placement, indeed that is what it is. I have inserted an alternative availability through Apple. Also, the statement concerning GO on-demand is incorrect. I have it and unless you subscribe to 'showcase' it is not available. This is needs to be fixed as it is simply misleading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adel314 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Forbesy777, okay that is fair enough, and thanks for the considered response.  I will supply you a reference.  The reason I added the alternative availability, is that it was the only way that someone in Australia (as far as I could determine) could access the series,  was through Apple and iTunes.  I am in no way favouring one over the other (as I have both and would have gone with Foxtel had I been able to use the demand feature - which is odd, as I can use On demand for movies, but not TV shows!!!).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.103.128.47 (talk) 13:11, 19 June 2013 (UTC)


 * The best reference that I can find is these two: https://itunes.apple.com/au/tv-season/house-of-cards-season-1/id632786761 and http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2683/house_of_cards_and_effective_product_placement — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.103.128.47 (talk) 15:15, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 13
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited 13th Street (Australia), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Commander (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:02, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Blue Bloods Broadcast Section
Sectioning into continental regions helps for quick referencing especially when there are a lot of European broadcasters added. For Blue Bloods we can forgo the sectioning until the list grows. As for the flags, I just picked up the idea from other articles that used them in their tables. As for prose over tables, I'm glad you agree prose is better, however it was rejected on the White Collar (TV series) article by User:Drmargi. But then I didn't use WP:TVINTL as a reference.Helmboy (talk) 03:29, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Leave me out of this. Helmboy has a tired bone to pick, and whatever edit her's referring to is probably ancient history.  --Drmargi (talk) 03:33, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Wrong IP
Hey, you might want to check out, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:101.172.85.77#Shared_IP. Sorry for your touble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.172.85.77 (talk) 08:38, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 31
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited The Real Housewives of Melbourne, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Reunion (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:51, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Disney XD Australia
I have to apologize for my edit; it seems like it was part of the crossfire that's developed in foreign children's channels articles where there has been an issue with a complicated sock ring which has been intent on redirecting all of them to the main American network articles without any consideration to local issues and quirks with each network. The same IP had removed content yesterday on an article without discussion, so I was rolling back their edits per policy that blocked editors should have their future edits reverted. That's all I meant to do, not get in the way of your changes, and I'm sorry if it came off the wrong way.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 01:19, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand)
I changed the layout along with explaining my edits. Users (especially IPs) are gonna alter the layout without discussing. It will lead to edit wars, and the article will be protected again. Please patrol this page and every edit made to it. Thanks. 66.87.82.205 (talk) 11:16, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

MTV Hits Australia/New Zealand
Hey there, Just got your message.

I was about to add the channel history onto the page which currently redirects to MTV Hits New Zealand. "MTV Hits Australia", this way both channels are separate identities as they were different channels with a different history background. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nzpalmyboy (talk • contribs) 03:46, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

ESPN Australia
Hi Forbsey 777. Noticed you updated this page. The whole page is pretty out of date. Would you be able to update it fully? I can help with info/copy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pbour14 (talk • contribs) 07:48, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:111 Greats Logo.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:111 Greats Logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 14:57, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:111 TV Channel Logo.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:111 TV Channel Logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:16, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

TV Tonight referencing
Hey there, I noticed you (much like myself) frequency reference TV Tonight as a source on Australian television related articles. You might like to know (if you're not already aware) that there exists a TV Tonight reference template you can use for citing sources instead of using and having to write in first=David, last=Knox, etc. all the time.

You can use and the first, last and publisher parameters are automatically filled in as David, Knox and TV Tonight respectively. It can be a time saver! Hope that helps. Whats new? (talk) 07:07, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks + invite
Hmlarson (talk) 06:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

ratings page
I am delighted that the article I'm a Celebrity - Get me out of here - ratings has been proposed for deletion. I never did like having the listing of the ratings on Wikipedia, and did not contribute to the information about them - I merely created a special page for the ratings to get the information off the main article because it was taking up room and was, I thought, unnecessary - so thank you for the proposal of deletion for the article. It's great news. All the best. Figaro (talk) 11:27, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you Forbesy 777. All the best. Figaro (talk) 08:53, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:14, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Nine Entertainment Co.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Nine Entertainment Co.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:41, 25 November 2015 (UTC)