Talk:Lists of television channels

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Al Jazeera needs to go in here somewhere. But it doesn't fit in well to the nation-based lists. How about a list of worldwide TV channels for Al-Jazeera, CNN (which is also not on the lists), MTV, etc.? -- Hotlorp

What's the difference between this page and Television station? It appears they might be candidates for merging, no? -- Wfeidt

[edit] Massive problems

OMG. Seems the current state of the various "television channels" / "television stations" pages is pretty dismal. Someone needs to create a WikiProject to whip these pages into shape. Needed work includes the following.

• Standardize page titles:
  • "Station" or "channel" (or both, depending)? (called <whatever> below)
  • Pick one naming convention (adjective and noun refer to place names):
    • "List of African television <whatever>s"
    • "List of Africa television <whatever>s"
    • "List of television <whatever>s in Africa" (I recommend this one)
  • Name pages that only point to other list pages, "Lists of..." (i.e., plural, not singular).
  • Move pages and #REDIRECT, as appropriate.
• Use bulleted lists when possible; use pipe syntax for tables.
• Decide what kind of "see also" links should be on each type of page (country, state, city...) and standardize that.
• Place appropriate Category designations on each page. (In fact, categories should be used as much as possible to reduce the need for direct linking in "See also" sections.)

I really have no desire to take a leading role in this project myself; I just got sucked into trying to improve some of the pages and then discovered the true dimensions of the problem. I'm getting out now, while I still can...

- dcljr 02:34, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

BTW, to see some indication of the problems I'm talking about, poke around the various "list" pages at Category:Lists of television channels. - dcljr 02:48, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Add to the list: What is a "television channel"? Is it a frequency? A contract (if so with whom)? Where do "channel number"s (as in the US) fit in?

[edit] upn21change to fox21

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;
   I AM VERY UPSET TO FIND OUT THIS FIRDAY NITE ON UPN21 WHICH IS NOW FOX21 THAT FIRDAY NITE SMACKDOWN DID NOT COME ON  ..MEN IN BLACK WAS ON THE SCHEDULE TO COME ON,BUT FOOTBALL CAME ON..I HAVE COMCAST DIGITAL CABLE..SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS AM I NOT GOING TO SEE FIRDAY NITE SMACKDOWN ON WHICH IS NOW FOX21 ON FIRDAY NITES OR IS IT ON A CHANNEL THAT I CAN GET OR WHAT? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN...
             THANK YOU
                 THERESA JENKINS (DTITANT@AOL.COM)   
 PS I AM A WRESTLING FAN AND I DO WATCH THE OTHER SHOWS; WWE RAW ON MONDAYS NITE ON USA NETWORK AND ECW ON THE SCIF NETWORK AND TNA ON SPIKE AND WOULDNT BE THE SAME IF I DIDNT SEE FIRDAYNITE SMACKDOWN..
                THANKS AGAIN, THERESA JENKINS

[edit] i am not sure the page follows wikipedia standards

there is a piece at the bottom of the page about a kashmiri chnnel,,,about azad kashmir(pakistani side of kasmir) which looks like more of a propaganda or advertisement than genuine info...

can anybody plz look into it and take care of it..