Talk:WLNY-TV

Edit warring 6/23

Be advised that user BlueboyLINY has engaged in chronic editing of this page without cause. He has previously been banned by moderators for a week because of this behavior.--Vipersage (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Vacating Channel 55

This station vacated channel 55 because they were paid to vacate it early not because they were forced to. There is nothing that prevented them from staying on channel 55 analog broadcasting. They were PAID to leave early. 4.142.78.5 18:16, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Eric

Questionable content added

I don't mind the feud with Cablevision being pointed out, but shouldn't it be worded better?

Yes...good point. This person has added this type of junk all over this article thats misspelled, has poor grammar and just makes no sense. I just wanted to make a point...probably not the best way to do it... Eklapper 20:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

this station has been scrolling a message that it is "temporarily off air" for the last 3 or 4 days. can't find anything online explaining why. anyone have any info? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.240.111 (talk) 02:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Jenks24 (talk) 11:25, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

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WLNY-TV → WLNY – Are there any other stations known as WLNY? I don't think so. Relisted Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{WrestleMania XXVIII} _{The Undertaker 20–0} 01:57, 15 July 2012 (UTC) 68.44.51.49 (talk) 12:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose; per naming conventions, article titles for U.S. broadcast stations should reflect the official call letters as assigned by the FCC. WLNY-TV, with the suffix, is the official call sign, even though it has not always had the suffix and the only other stations to have used the base call sign "WLNY" during its tenure on this station have been two of its own (now-former) repeaters. That makes WLNY a beneficial redirect (and indeed no other stations are currently known as WLNY), but since the call sign is WLNY-TV, the naming conventions suggest that WLNY-TV is the article title. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:24, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose per the case made by WCQuidditch. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

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Crystal Balling

Whoever keeps putting upcoming shows in 2015 is considered Crystal Balling. Also, there is a five show limit per article on a television station article. ACMEWikiNet (talk) 02:48, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

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Affiliations

BlueboyLI edit summary: "restored digital channels template; removed diginets from affiliate box, these are not traditional networks; the station no longer broadcasts a mobile tv signal"

• no "digital channels template" - I can only guess that you are referring to the wiki link from the infobox to the digital channels, which I understand to be not recommended on WP.
• "removed diginets from affiliate box, these are not traditional networks" - so neither is an independent station a "traditional network" and affiliation also applies to individual syndicated shows, but those are not the main affiliation of a channel. While a programming service or diginet are major/channel wide as My Network TV, which is a programming service (as has Fox and may still be) which might commonly still be considered a network. Diginet also implies network.
• "the station no longer broadcasts a mobile tv signal" - using the fact that the station longer broadcast mobile TV signal to remove information that they no longer do so. You should not wipe out historical information like that. Yes, it isn't in the best place, but we don't have the time frame information.
• Lastly, the change of when the third subchannel started. Given that RabbitEars.info doesn't give the launch date, the most correct is the state "By" the date I check it as it could have been March, April or May (or even further back), thus "late May" is not correct. Spshu (talk) 16:56, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

As always, my edits are done in good faith, with the goal of imrpoving an article. These lists of subchannels & affiliations tend to be redundant and clutter the infobox. That is the reason I've linked to the digital channels box in the same way translators are wiki-linked on a radio station's page. If you could, please point me to the WP:MOS that made you "... understand to be not recommended on WP", I'm always looking for input on becoming a better editor, as we all should learn from each other. I removed the mobile listing as the reference now points to a porn site, and the archived site has nothing to do with the original website where the information was posted. BlueboyLI (talk) 01:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

User:Vipersage

I would like some help with this issue as I don't want to incur another block. @Vipersage: keeps reverting my edits on this and other articles, despite my attempts to get them to discuss on the talk page. For instance they added: "Later that year, the duopoly abandoned the Melville facility altogether." The year meaning 2014, is false. As I posted on Vipersage's talk page, "The facilities were operational until 2018 when the FCC Main Studio Rule was repealed, allowing WLNY's operations to fully consolidate with WCBS-TV." In that same post I explained why they did not provide a reliable source: "To ensure accuracy, please rely on reliable sources. Websites like huntingtonnow.com contain user-generated content and should not be considered a reliable source. Specifically, huntingtonnow.com simply reproduces press releases without fact-checking. Regarding the claim made in one of their press releases: "The 3,000 square footage space had not been used for six years", it is incorrect. As of Vipersages most recent edit, the erroneous information is back. I suspect Vipersage might be a WP:SOCK, but as of now I have no proof. - BlueboyLINY (talk) 04:27, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

As evident on this talk page, this user has made no attempt to engage in a dialogue on this or any of his other unnecessary and/or inaccurate edits. Huntington Now is a reputable news site serving the community in which this facility is located. It doesn't contain anymore user-generated content than letters to the editor, all of which are clearly marked as such and have been a common practice in reputable news outlets for hundreds of years.

If this user continues to attempt edit wars with destructive and unnecessary edits, I will continue to escalate this issue to the appropriate moderators. Vipersage (talk) 22:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)