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March 2012
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 * OK, I didn't know that Facebook links weren't allowed. Phinbart (talk) 07:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

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Ghosts, BARB
You're correct, it is on there. I worked out what happened. I'd got the "Pre-transmission..." option enabled and an episode of The Girl Before from iPlayer snuck into the charts, nudging Ghosts off the bottom. Sorry about the undo. - X201 (talk) 08:54, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine, I was a little confused when I was adding it as well. If they'd added the episode to iPlayer prior to broadcast (which AFAIK, they didn't, or even if they did maybe on the day pre-transmission probably would've been so low that it would've barely made a dent in the overall figure), then we'd have had to have gone off the table that appears when you select Pre-transmission. --Phinbart (talk) 13:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Red Rose (TV series)
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Writing Tip
Hello,

I just wanted to let you know that when you have been overusing/misusing quotes. For instance, you wrote, "By 'nightfall', 120 people were reported to have been arrested, according to Parisian police."

"Nightfall" does not need to be written in quotes because it is too mundane to be challenged and not unique enough to require attribution.

You should also always attribute quotes to the person or thing saying them. For example, "In the Place de la Concorde, 7,000 demonstrated in a 'spontaneous and unplanned rally';"

Who is saying this? The police? The press? The protesters?

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CS1 error on The Newsreader
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Two columns for start and finish times
It wasn’t actually me who added two columns for start and finish times in the tables at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Debates, but I actually think it was easier to read, and in particular to quickly see/compare the start times of each debate, than having both start and finish times in a single column separated by a dash.

Would you mind if I reverted the tables back to two columns, or do you feel very strongly that it should be a single column? Kennethmac2000 (talk) 18:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Personally, I felt having two columns was superfluous, and by merging the content into one it meant that the contents of the rest of the table weren't squished. Ask on the talk page if you're unsure. Phinbart (talk) 18:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * If I view the table on my iPhone, even in landscape mode, I can only see the first few columns without horizontal scrolling. This is already a dense table, and I think that’s fine. I don’t want to go to the effort of having a multi-day debate on the Talk page - the two columns have been there for most of the period since the debates started and no-one else seemed to mind. I’m asking if you mind my reverting it back to understand whether you feel so strongly about it that you will engage in an edit war, or if you’re not that bothered. Kennethmac2000 (talk) 19:10, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not that bothered, to be honest. It's the removal of the Sky ratings despite a reliable source I'm more annoyed about(!) Phinbart (talk) 20:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, reverted back to two columns. What’s happening with the Sky News rating? It’s currently an empty box! Kennethmac2000 (talk) 21:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I added the 0.9m rating, sourced from someone on Twitter who can be trusted in providing reliable ratings information. That was then replaced with a 2.5m figure reported by someone at Sky News; that was the total programme reach, rather than the programme average which should be written instead. I edited it so I could include both, then someone decided because both sources were Twitter they were unreliable. There's a trade magazine called Broadcast whose website I usually get ratings info from, and I anticipate the number we want will be made available on there sometime soon! Phinbart (talk) 21:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC)