Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio/UK Radio
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The UK Radio task force is a group of WikiProject Radio and WikiProject Radio Station members who are dedicated to ensure that all UK radio articles on Wikipedia are accurate and of high quality. The scope of this task force includes all UK radio, radio industry and radio station articles. All guidance from the parent WikiProjects also apply to this task force.
- To indicate that an article falls within the scope of this task force, please add
|uk=yesto the {{WikiProject Radio }} talk page template. For example,{{WikiProject Radio|uk=yes}}[1]
Tasks you can do
[edit ]Be bold and feel free to participate in any of the following tasks:
To Do
[edit ]icon To-do list for WikiProject Radio/UK Radio: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022年03月24日
- Article requests : History of radio in the United Kingdom
- Copyedit : The Scott Mills Show
- Expand : All primary articles for this task force.
- Verify : BBC 7
- Other : Make sure all UK radio and radio industry talk page templates have the {{WikiProject Radio|uk=yes}} tag added, and make sure all the UK radio station talk page templates have the {{WikiProject Radio Stations}} tag added.
Update the programmes in List of In Our Time programmes.
Requested articles
[edit ]If you are requesting a new article, please provide a reliable third party link, which includes information on the subject you are making a request for. If this is not possible, please provide a short description of the article you are requesting.
- History of radio in the United Kingdom- see User:Tghe-retford/Sandbox 2 for references and potential template of how the sections can look.
- There are now more than 20 UK radio timelines on Wikipedia, including timelines for individual radio stations, for BBC Local Radio and a Timeline of independent radio in the United Kingdom.
- AM broadcasting in the United Kingdom, or could be merged with FM broadcasting in the UK into something like Analogue radio broadcasting in the United Kingdom, to complement the recently created Digital radio in the United Kingdom.
- See also: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts/Broadcasting (television and radio)
Recently created articles
[edit ]Please feel free to expand and improve recently created articles:
Participants
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- tgheretford (talk)
- AxG ҈ ►talk
- ISD - Mainly comedy articles and The Archers .
- KevS
- Marbles
- Timothyda
- Barry Carlyon - Student Radio
- Jomunro (talk) 22:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC) reply
- TwentiethApril1986 (talk · contribs) - Mostly interested in BBC Radio programmes.
- Kevincoy (talk)
- GrouseyGrouse - UK ILR Stations
- jenkinslane
- Tdwrigh T
- Philedmondsuk (talk)
- Mongoosander
- Jamazia
- Rillington
Userbox
[edit ]Feel free to add this userbox to your user page. Just copy the following code to your userpage:
{{User:Tghe-retford/Userboxes/User UK Radio task force}}
Article formatting and guidance
[edit ]As well as the manual of style guidelines which apply to all articles on Wikipedia, specific guidelines also apply to some articles for this task force. For all UK radio station articles, formatting and guidance from article creation for stations without call signs , article content and categories from WikiProject Radio Stations will apply.
Featured/Good Articles
[edit ]Articles on UK radio-related subjects, within the scope of this Task force:
Candidates
[edit ]The following articles which are within the scope of this task force and have been recognised as good articles:
- BBC
- Dad's Army -- a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War.
- Digital radio in the United Kingdom
- The Museum of Curiosity -- a British panel game on BBC Radio 4, acting as a spinoff to the TV series QI .
- Nebulous -- post apocalyptic science fiction comedy on BBC Radio 4.
- Planet B -- Sci-fi drama which is BBC Radio 7's longest original drama commission.
- Mark Steel's in Town -- Stand-up comedy show on BBC Radio 4.
- Bigipedia -- BBC Radio 4 sketch show set on a website parodying Wikipedia.
GA candidates
[edit ]Task force primary articles
[edit ]The following articles are the primary articles for this task force. Assessments as per the WikiProject Radio assessment department:
| Article | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Radio in the United Kingdom | Stub |
| CB radio in the United Kingdom | Start |
| Digital radio in the United Kingdom | GA |
| FM broadcasting in the UK | Stub |
| BBC Radio | B |
| British Broadcasting Company | Start |
| BBC Local Radio | Start |
| Independent Local Radio | Unassessed |
| List of radio stations in the United Kingdom | List |
| List of UK radio programmes | List |
Categories
[edit ]Templates
[edit ]Announcement
[edit ]All talk pages, should still use the relevant parent WikiProject template, either {{WikiProject Radio }} for UK general radio and industry articles, or {{WikiProject Radio Stations }} for UK radio stations.
Infobox
[edit ]| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
{{Infobox presenter}}
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Infobox for radio presenter articles. |
{{Infobox radio show}}
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Infobox for radio show articles. |
{{Infobox radio station}}
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Infobox for radio station articles. |
Stubs
[edit ]Please add all templates to the bottom of the page:
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
{{BBC-radio-stub}}
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For all BBC radio stub articles. |
{{UK-radio-bio-stub}}
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For all British radio biography stub articles. |
{{UK-radio-show-stub}}
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For all UK radio show stub articles. |
{{UK-radio-station-stub}}
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For all UK radio station stub articles. |
- Other templates can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio#Templates.
WikiProjects and Task Forces
[edit ]Parent WikiProjects
[edit ]Related WikiProjects and Task Forces
[edit ]- Wikipedia:WikiProject BBC
- Wikipedia:WikiProject BBC/BBC Radio task force
- Wikipedia:WikiProject British TV/Channels
Resources
[edit ]UK radio (general)
[edit ]- Radio information and articles.
- Radio history articles.
- Includes UK radio articles.
News
[edit ]- Radio Today
- Broadcast Newspaper - Radio section
- Media Guardian - Radio section
- Radio Now
- Digital Spy - Radio section
UK radio industry
[edit ]Technical
[edit ]- Transmitter pictures and information.
- UK radio frequencies and articles, including history of UK radio.
- DAB frequency information, includes UK ensembles.
UK radio stations
[edit ]- UK Radio station database and information.
- History of BBC Radio One.
- South East England Independent Local Radio stations
Links to other online resources
[edit ]Footnotes
[edit ]- ^ Please note, adding this tag to the radio project template will automatically redirect users to this page.