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[edit] Reorganising various analogue television pages

I've recently written how television works, intending it as a guide to what the various bits of electronics inside a television set do, and how they fit together. It has been suggested this should have been added to Technology of television instead. While we're at it, though, I think Analog television covers much of the same ground as Technology of television, and there's also overlap with Broadcast television systems and History of television. Many subjects are covered multiple times.

What do you think?

• Is How Television Works redundant and can be deleted entirely?
• Should we merge everything into one monster article?
• Should we have smaller articles (e.g. display technology, analog switch-off, deployment by country) and a top-level index page?
• Should we have parallel articles duplicating some content but with different focus?

IanHarvey (talk) 10:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't Merge - How television works is an indepth article that'll lose it's quality if merged. —IncidentFlux (talk) 09:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I propose a reorganisation as described below. IanHarvey (talk) 12:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with your proposal. Good suggestions. Thomprod (talk) 13:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Changes

User:IanHarvey suggests the following:

• Analog television
  • Analog television technology doesn't really distinguish CRTs (the display technology) from analog transmission technology, and should be moved to Technology of television, for instance.
  • Digital switchover section is good, and should become the main page for this information
  • should have more links to Broadcast television systems and How television works
• Technology of television
  • The end of analog television broadcasting should be merged/linked back to Analog television
  • 'Transmission band' should be merged/linked to Broadcast television systems
• Digital television
  • Analog switch-off should be merged back to Analog television and linked.
  • link to Broadcast television systems
• How television works
  • Leave as-is for now - keep it focused on describing the insides of a TV set.

Update 10/3/2008 - I've moved as many digital switchover articles as I could find to Digital switchover, with some more waffly stuff to Digital_switchover_in_the_United_Kingdom. It could do with some more work, but it's bedtime... IanHarvey (talk) 23:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

The page name should be changed if the article is kept. Analog television technology would be a likely name. -- Alan Liefting- (talk) - 06:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)