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 "|tf=UK Radio" to either the {{WikiProject Radio}} or {{RadioStationsProject}} talk page template. For example, {{WikiProject Radio|tf=UK Radio}} or {{RadioStationsProject|tf=UK Radio}}^[1]

[edit] Tasks you can do

Be bold and feel free to participate in any of the following tasks:

[edit] To Do

To-do list for WikiProject Radio/UK Radio:

edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:

Requests: History of radio in the United Kingdom
Expand: All primary articles for this task force.
Other: Make sure all UK radio and radio industry talk page templates have the {{WikiProject Radio|tf=UK Radio}} tag added, and make sure all the UK radio station talk page templates have the {{RadioStationsProject|tf=UK Radio}} tag added.

[edit] Requested articles

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.
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#Radio

[edit] Recently created articles

Please feel free to expand and improve recently created articles:

Digital radio in the United Kingdom

[edit] 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)

[edit] Userbox

Feel free to add this userbox to your user page. Just copy the following code to your userpage:

This user is a participant of the UK Radio task force.

{{User:Tghe-retford/Userboxes/User UK Radio task force}}

[edit] Article formatting and guidance

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.

[edit] Featured/Good Articles

[edit] Featured articles

Articles on UK radio-related subjects, within the scope of this Task force:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Good articles

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

[edit] Task force primary articles

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	Unassessed
Digital radio in the United Kingdom	GA
FM broadcasting in the UK	Stub
BBC Radio	B
British Broadcasting Company	Unassessed
BBC Local Radio	Start
Independent Local Radio	Unassessed
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom	List
List of UK radio programmes	List

[edit] Categories

[edit] Templates

[edit] Announcement

All talk pages, should still use the relevant parent WikiProject template, either {{WikiProject Radio}} for UK general radio and industry articles, or {{RadioStationsProject}} for UK radio stations.

Syntax	Description
{{Future UK radio station}}	Any article which contains verifiable information about a future UK radio station. Place before the start of the article's text.

[edit] Infobox

Syntax	Description
{{Infobox Radio show}}	Infobox for radio show articles.
{{Infobox Radio presenter}}	Infobox for radio presenter articles.
{{Infobox Radio station}}	Infobox for radio station articles.

[edit] Stubs

Please add all templates to the bottom of the page:

Syntax	Description
{{BBC-radio-stub}}	For all BBC radio stub articles.
{{UK-radio-bio-stub}}	For all British radio biography stub articles.
{{UK-radio-show-stub}}	For all UK radio show stub articles.
{{UK-radio-station-stub}}	For all UK radio station stub articles.