Talk:Today (1982 TV program)

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DateProcessResult
November 8, 2007Peer reviewReviewed
November 28, 2007Featured article candidateNot promoted
Current status: Former featured article candidate

Article name[edit]

Just to clarify, I have moved this to the correct name as per naming conventions at WP:NC-TV. -- Chuq (talk) 02:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Title screen image[edit]

I have commented out the screencap of the Today title screen because there was not a detailed fair use rationale on its image page for its specific usage in this article. - Mark 02:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Link for Richard Wilkins[edit]

Umm...does someone want to fix the link for Richard Wilkins on the Today Show Page? When I checked it, it linked to a fictional character in the Buffy TV series... Aps 05:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed (Richard Wilkins (TV presenter)) - Mike Beckham 06:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C-3PO a presenter[edit]

What the heck? Ebglider91 (talk) 06:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply[edit]

Yeh there has been some people vandalising this article, ie replacing Karl's name with C-3PO. Please stop, to whoever is responsible! --Tjkirk (talk) 07:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:First Today Show - History.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Bury[edit]

I'm looking for information on the wonderful weatherman Brian Bury on wikipedia. Nothing here. I hope somebody has some info. I'm from the generation where Mr. Bury was a big part of Television News. He must be modest and has not entered anything into wikipedia. Ern Malleyscrub (talk) 01:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editing[edit]

I have just fixed up this article as someone vandalized it without using proper spelling and not using capital letters. So please respect the efforts that some people go to fix up this articles due to people playing around with it. Robbo128 22:06, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Capitalisation[edit]

Robbo128, regarding capitalisation - specifically these edits:

WP:MOSCAPS is fairly clear about capitalisation - in general we do not capitalise anything other than the first word. In some cases, you may be correct in capitalising the name of a specific segment (eg "Girls on the Grill" sounds like a specific segment name), but generic roles (eg "finance editor") should no be overly capitalised. However currently they are all under the general heading "roles". Can I suggest that you change the table to use separate columns for:

  • specific "segment names" (eg "Girls on the Grill") - these could reasonably be capitalised (eg per MOS:CT)
  • generic roles such as "co-host", "entertainment editor" - these should not be capitalised (except the first letter)

Mitch Ames (talk) 12:22, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References would help also, to support the name and capitalisation of the segments. Likewise a newline to separate segment titles for clarity. Example. Mitch Ames (talk) 03:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that Afterwriting and Robbo128 have been disagreeing about capitalisation [1][2][3]. I suggest that we discuss the matter here rather than edit-warring. As I mentioned above, splitting the "role" columns into "segment name" and "host role" might help resolve this problem. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:09, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. If I understand them correctly I think your suggestions are an improvement. However, judging by his talk page, It doesn't seem that Robbo is interested in following Wikipedias's style policies on this matter. Afterwriting (talk) 15:41, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This [4][5] is getting very tedious ... Mitch Ames (talk) 13:31, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Presenters table layout[edit]

Could someone please split the "Role" column in each table in the Presenters section into several more specific roles, eg "role" (what the person does, eg co-host, presenter, entertainment editor), "segment" (eg sport, weather, Girls on the Grill), "state" (NSW, Victoria etc). At the moment it's a dog's breakfast. References would also be nice. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the hope that someone will provide references so I can separate out the segment/roles myself, I've requested references for the Presenters section. Mitch Ames (talk) 08:15, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Or maybe just leave a link to a suitable reference here, so I can fix it myself. I've searched the program's website and can't find anything. Mitch Ames (talk) 13:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Weekend Today Logo.png Nominated for Deletion[edit]

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2014[edit]

124.176.119.229 (talk) 07:19, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: as you have not requested a change.
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News & sport[edit]

Regarding these edits: [6][7][8][9][10], I continue to asset that MOS:CAPS clearly says that it should be "News & sport", not "News & Sport", because "Sport" is not a proper noun here so ought not be capitalised. 103.131.221.233 please explain why you think it is a proper noun and/or should be capitalised. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of any response I have again changed to sentence case, per MOS:CAPS. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:54, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@ryan2521 2406:E003:113D:6901:2133:AFD6:770E:A245 (talk) 07:46, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 7 March 2024[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Killarnee (talk) 23:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


– The 1960 TV series appears to be incorrectly named per WP:NCTV as it appears to lack continuing story elements. That would make the 1982 TV program more clearly ambiguous with it, and suggest fully disambiguating both. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.