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Template talk:FMQ
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New parameter for TVQ
I turned the URL text into a parameter. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 05:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Moving away from CDBS
Years ago, the FCC ceased to update the CDBS with information on television facilities, on which the CDBS TV Query draws. This means that for many stations, CDBS info is woefully out of date, particularly given the transactions and repacks that have occurred in the last few years. (WWJE-DT was still WBIN-TV, with a different owner, channel number and call sign, at last CDBS TVQ update!)
It has come time to pick an option for an alternative data source for this template after more than 15 years. (The AM and FM queries are still being fed updated info.) There are two, in my opinion:
- LMS (via {{FCC-LMS-Facility}}):
- The successor to CDBS.
- Remains an "official" link.
- Requires replacement of all transclusions of TVQ with transclusions whose input parameter is a facility ID, not a call sign. There are currently 2,650 transclusions.
- Note: as part of the {{Infobox broadcast}} revamp, infoboxes that formerly linked to CDBS—about 1,350 of them—now have an LMS link. I had proposed this separately and did not receive any replies.
- REC Networks (FCCdata.org, via revision of this template):
- Not an official link, but we already have similar templates like {{RecnetCanada}} that call REC for other countries.
- Does not require replacing input parameters.
I am personally neutral, but one of these two options does need to be implemented. Right now, we have TV Query linking to outdated data (getting more outdated by the day), and that can't continue much longer. I'd like to figure out the better way forward for this template. Raymie (t • c) 06:04, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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LooneyTraceYT comment • treats 16:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)