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Surely a screen cap of the card would be fair use, eh? Otherwise the 6 billion non-Brits of the world will have only a general idea of what it looks like (the text conjured up an image completely different from what the Beeb article shows). Also, no telling how long the exernal Beeb article will remain available... Stan 03:51, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I agree entirely. I'll find an image and add it soon. However I believe this test card is used in several countries. Simon

Is this really a more common test image than the black-and-white Native American image that was ubiquitous in American broadcasting? RickK 05:11, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I am not familiar with that Test Card, I am British, so I very much doubt it's been used over here. However, Test Card F has definitely been used in the USA, check out the comments at the bottom of the BBC article - some were from people in the US. Therefore I think that on a global basis, it is the most commonly used test card. SimonMayer 05:56, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

FWIW, you can see the Native American test pattern at http://www.rmbwoc.com/vidpage/indian.gif RickK 20:12, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Why not create a page for the American card and maybe use a general Test Card page to link them together? SimonMayer 23:52, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I would if I knew what to call it. RickK 06:59, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Native American test card? or less PC but more in keeping with the picture Red Indian test card? Failing that, what does "RMBWOC" stand for? Phil 10:05, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
I have no idea. RickK 03:37, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Having tried to look around one of the worst-designed sites I've inflicted on my eyeballs in a while, neither have I :-( Phil 08:32, Jan 13, 2004 (UTC)
Apparently 'RMBWOC' stands for 'Rick and Myriam's Big World of Chaos' 81.148.114.128 16:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Alignment of picture

I keep seeing statements like "The 'X' on the noughts-and-crosses board is an indicator for aligning the centre of the screen". How does this work when this X is clearly not in the center of the picture? Phil 10:05, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)

Well I can't find any version of Test Card F with a centralised 'X', however the slightly updated Test Card J does.
SimonMayer 18:24, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Carole Hersee?

Is the Carole Hersee link necessary? The page Carole Hersee is just a redirect to Test Card F. Oddtoddnm 03:42, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

I removed it. - DavidWBrooks 11:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Band (wagon tango)

Nostalgic John Peel fans might just remember a band of this name:[1] Totnesmartin 23:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 40th Anniversary

I have noticed that on July 2nd (This Monday) will be Test Card F's 40th Birthday. Does anyone know if the BBC or other organizations are doing anything to mark this?

Riatsila 08:27, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This could become GA/FA

I'm just saying. This article certainly has the potential.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 21:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article Status

Right, now the big Merge between Bubbles the Clown and Test Card F are done, I am going to work hard to get it up to GA status.

Riatsila 18:50, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Pity that some of the Bubbles refs have been lost in the merge ......

Zir 23:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Think that I've now located all lost refs - tho' they ought to be revised to "cite" sometime.

Zir 21:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm also interested in getting this to GA status. I think it could be done quite easily, although some of the citations may not be set to reliable sources, that's the only problem. I may attempt a rewrite.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I've tinkered with & added to this recently - hope that it's moving in the right direction...Zir 12:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation from Test Card F: Television, Mythinformation and Social Control

Long time reader, first time editor--I was trying to find information on the book [2] [[Test Card F: Television, Mythinformation and Social Control]] and there is no mention of it here. It'd be nice to at least have a disambiguation and a stub.

The book might not be notable. This article is undergoing a possible rewrite anyway. I've heard of the book...--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 17:28, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Test card F music

Ceefax music isn't the same music as what we heard in trade test transmissions as that music dates back to 1997/8 to date and the Test card F music from the 60s - 80's era is long gone, though forgive me if this is incorrect —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooky-cy (talk • contribs) 17:40, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is the first image?

It would be nice to have a caption for the first image of the card, explaining where it was obtained. Is it a picture taken off a TV set, maybe? Right now it has no caption at all, and because the other picture (the "original photographic slide" photo) is virtually identical, it's potentially confusing to readers - for example, me. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 17:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)