Talk:CJIL-TV

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[edit] Common Name

Shouldn't this article be at The Miracle Channel, as common names are favored over names almost nobody has heard of? -- Steven Fisher 15:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any policy where common names are preferred over official names. If you take a look at virtually any Canadian television station article, you will see they have the same format. That being said, The Miracle Channel forwards to this article. --Kmsiever 15:39, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking of the "policy in a nutshell": Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature. Btw, thanks for your response. If I'm wrong on this, i still want to know that. :) -- Steven Fisher 18:22, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Heck, I could be wrong on this. In all honesty though, using your quote above, I wonder what the majority of English speakers would refer to this station as considering the station's low coverage area. --Kmsiever 19:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, the coverage area is actually pretty huge, it just isn't very dense outside of the Lethbridge area. I'm watching it from just outside Vancouver, BC, for instance. How many satellites carry it? They never refer to themselves at CJIL on the satelitte broadcast, which is why I think this article may be at the wrong place. But still, at least there's a redirect. I added a link to here from the dab page as well. I think that settles this for now. -- Steven Fisher 23:49, 15 September 2006 (UTC)