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== US Cable News: My first Created Article ==

The US Cable News channels include [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], and [[Fox News]]. Specialty channels include [[CNN Headline News]], [[CNN International]], and [[C-SPAN]]. The business news channels include [[CNBC]], [[Bloomberg News]], and [[Fox Business]].

==History of Cable News==

In 1979, the [[National Cable Satellite Corporation]] created a network called [[C-SPAN]] that was dedicated for presenting non-stop coverage of the government.

Then in 1980, [[Ted Turner]] founded the [[Cable News Network]] which was the first [[24 hour news]] channel. In 1982, [[Time Warner]] created a spin-off called [[CNN Headline News]] which every thirty minutes it shows the top stories of the day. Then Turner created [[CNN International]] in 1985.

In 1989, [[CNBC]], the first business news network, was launched by NBC Universal.

In July 1996, [[NBC Universal]] and [[Microsoft]] both equally shared a new 24 hour news channel called [[MSNBC]], derived from "MSN" and "NBC".

Then in October 1996, media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]] of [[News Corp]] created [[Fox News Channel]].

Today MSNBC, CNN and Fox News compete as the big three news networks.


==The Big 3 News Channels==


=== CNN ===

The first [[Gulf War]] in 1991 gave [[CNN]] a higher reputation and catapulted the network past American networks for the first time in its history, largely due to an unprecedented historical scoop: CNN was the only news outlet with the ability to communicate from inside Iraq during the initial hours of the American bombing campaign, with live reports from the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad by reporters [[Bernard Shaw]], [[John Holliman]], and [[Peter Arnett]]. Throughout the 1990s, CNN became very influencial and later coined the [[CNN Effect]].

Today, CNN's leading personalities are [[Wolf Blitzer]], [[Lou Dobbs]], [[Campbell Brown]], [[Larry King]], and [[Anderson Cooper]].

During the 1990s, CNN was criticized by Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and among other conservatives of liberal bias and have referred to CNN as the "Clinton News Network."<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/press/2003/press20030221.asp</ref> [[Crossfire (TV series)]] was created in 1982. It was dedicated to proving the [[liberal]] and [[conservative]] side of the news. But in 2005, the show took harsh criticism from [[Jon Stewart]], leading to the cancellation of one of the few [[bipartisan]] news television series. Also during 2005, [[conservative]] CNN contributer [[Robert Novak]] cursed and walked off the set because of his frustrations over CNN's opposing [[commentary]]. He later signed with [[Fox News]] that year. Today, CNN is considered [[neutral]] compared to [[Fox News]] and [[MSNBC]], but critics argue they are still leaning [[liberal]]. Also see [[CNN Controversies]].

=== Fox News ===

Since the start of the network's start, it has been harshly criticized for [[conservative bias]]. The founder, News Corp. [[CEO]] [[Rupert Murdoch]], is a self-described [[libertarian]]. Murdoch hired Republican strategist [[Roger Ailes]] to be CEO of Fox News in 1996. From launch, [[Bill O'Reilly]] hosted his own show [[The O'Reilly Factor]] which has been very controversial, but today is the highest rated news show in television. After the [[documentary film]] [[Outfoxed]] which showed many conservative bias in their broadcasting, Fox News used the logo [[Fair and Balanced]] to try and convince viewers Fox News presents both sides, such as one of their other [[primetime]] shows [[Hannity & Colmes]]. Many [[liberals]] such as [[Al Franken]], [[Howard Dean]], and even [[Barack Obama]]. In the [[2008 Presidential Primary debates]], all the democratic debates on Fox News were cancelled. See also [[Fox News Controversies]].

Recently, Fox News has gone into a new direction. It started with [[Brit Hume]] announcing retirement. Then, liberal radio host [[Alan Colmes]] decided to leave the primetime show [[Hannity & Colmes]], leaving conservative radio host [[Sean Hannity]] to lead the show by himself. Also, another conservative radio host [[Glenn Beck]] was hired by Fox News to host his own show starting in January of 2009. This is leading to Fox News to lean more [[conservative]].

=== MSNBC ===

In the start of the network in 1996, the leading hosts were from [[NBC Universal]] such as [[Jodi Applegate]], [[John Gibson]], [[Tim Russert]], and [[Brian Williams]]. But the network's goal of attracting a younger, tech-savvy audience failed and in 1997, MSNBC laid off 20% of its staff because of low ratings.

In recent years, the network has increasingly become more [[liberal]] based on its [[primetime lineup]]. [[Chris Matthews]] and [[Keith Olbermann]] have harshly criticised [President Bush]] over the years. All three of the [[conservative]] commentaters on MSNBC: [[Pat Buchanan]], [[Joe Scarborough]], and [[Tucker Carlson]] are all [[paleoconservatives]] and Bush critics themselves. In September 2008, liberal radio host [[Rachel Maddow]] was given her own show adding to the MSNBC primetime lineup.

=== Ratings ===

Until the start of 2002, CNN was number one is ratings<ref>http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.com/2004/narrative_cabletv_audience.asp?cat=3&media=5</ref>. Fox News has been number one by far in audience since<ref>http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.com/2008/narrative_cabletv_audience.php?cat=2&media=7</ref>. However, in terms of number of unique viewers CNN is number one. On [[election night]] of the [[2008 Presidential Election]], CNN was number one among cable news with an average of twelve million viewers compared with Fox News' nine million<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/election-night-2008-ratin_n_141633.html</ref>. MSNBC in recent years has had significant growth.<ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/msnbc_grows_up_with_younger_crowd_65945.asp?c=rss</ref>


== Specialty Networks ==


=== CNN Spinoffs ===

In 1982, [[Time Warner]] created a spin-off called [[CNN Headline News]] which every thirty minutes it shows the top stories of the day. Then Turner created [[CNN International]] in 1985. [[CNNSI]] shut down in 2002, and [[CNNfn]] shut down after nine years on the air in December 2004.


=== Financial News ===

In 1989, [[CNBC]] was launched by [[NBC Universal]], followed by [[Bloomberg TV]]in 1994. In October 2007, [[Murdoch]] launched his own fincial network called [[Fox Business Network]] saying CNBC is too "negative towards business" and promised to make Fox Business more "business friendly". CNBC has always been the most popular among all business channels. They even had higher ratings then [[CNN]] during market hours in 2000.<ref>http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/35/cnbc.html</ref>

=== Non-Profit News ===

[[Free Speech TV]] was founded in 1995 as a free [[satellite television]] station. [[Link TV]] is a non-commercial satellite television network that provides "diverse perspectives on world and national issues."

{{Television news in the United States}}

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Please look at the article I created on my user space regarding this Polish family of immemorial nobility, Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan, which in the 18th century immemorial nobility represented only 5% of the noble population as a whole. Are there notability concerns with it? I referenced and sourced the material I found on the family for verification purposes. The are three known notable members of the family, and the article was written so each member's family and social background would not need to be redundantly explained in each article, as a link would be provided to this article.

Thank you for your time and any feedback. -- Exxess (talk) 22:18, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would that page have anything to do with this lengthy AFD? And you seem to have posted your request above after posting a request here on the Drawing Board page for the same article in question. This sort of behavior is very indicative of forum shopping (as the user's response to you on the Drawing Board said). I also agree with the response given there in that you should submit this at Deletion Review, not on this page. Killiondude (talk) 06:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Re-posting request) Please take a look at the article I created on my user space, regarding a historian, journalist - Charles Lockwood who's now known to be a Corporate Sustainability Strategist. I've tried to round up some references like newspaper articles, or other publications he's quoted on and links for notability purposes. I'm not really sure though if I'm headed in the right direction, or it would be approved for posting. Help please. I would truly appreciate your feedback. Thank you so much. Jxc5 (talk) 13:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a lot of information on that page! Nice. I think it needs to be organized a little more clearly though. A method I always use (on Wikipedia) is to find another topically close article to use as a model for whatever I'm writing about. I don't know any other "sustainability strategist" but I was looking at Ann Coulter's page (a political writer/columnist) to compare yours with. You might want to take a look at how the information on that page is ordered, and try to apply that to the article you're writing. You could pick any biography author biography about an author (is what I meant) to compare to--I just glanced at Coulter's real quick. I can give you a few pointers though...
  • You might want to try and shorten the titles (and subtitles) of sections. When section titles are long, it makes the table of contents look jumbled (the first thing I noticed when I came to the page).
  • More background information about his early life and personal life would add a lot to the article. The article presents a lot more information about his professional career than anything else as of right now.
  • I don't think you need a subsection for each work he's written. It'd be better to format the prose in a flowing manner.
  • Things need to flow a little more in the article. Writing things out in prose versus listing things.
  • The "Research Projects and Articles" section is a bit lengthy... I know that Ann Coulter's page gives a "Bibliography" section, but this one on Lockwood's page seems a bit lengthy. It could be alright, but I'm just a little unsure if it should be included.
  • Good job on providing many inline references. I'm not really sure what the "Secondary References" section is for. Did you use information from those sources in the article? If so, you should probably cite them. If its not information you used, you might want to remove those.
Overall good job. I think it needs a little more work until you move it into the mainspace as an article, but it won't take long at this point. You might want to check out "Your First Article" and "Writing Better Articles" to aid you. Killiondude (talk) 02:51, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Killiondude, thank you so much for your feedbacks. Very helpful! =) I've also sent a reply to your talkpage, requesting for some assistance with one problem I'm currently facing. =( Your extra help would truly be appreciated.Jxc5 (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a company to a city list and poroviding their contact info

I am trying to find a way to add a company to the city of Houston Texas, I thought I did it but when I finsihed it was deleted. Please direct me to how I can add the company to a city list and add their description.

Many Thanks....Oldcommguy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldcommguy (talkcontribs) 16:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll respond on your talk page. This feedback page is a forum to request and give feedback on articles. Killiondude (talk) 20:32, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's a common misconception that because it's free-of-charge to edit on Wikipedia, that a business can add links to itself wherever it likes. Actually, Wikipedia is owned by a group that forbids external links to businesses in many cases. From your editing history, adding links to www.xangati.com and www.lovemytool.com to many articles, you are doing precisely what Wikipedia disallows. I understand this may be a disappointment, but Wikipedia is not a promotional platform. I notice most of your edits have been reverted. What you should not do at this point is continue to add those external links. Instead, consider other ways you might contribute to the encyclopedia. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 09:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Over the last month I have heavily edited this article. As this is the first article I have been a major contributor towards I would appreciate any advice on how to improve it. Thanks. HelioSmith (talk) 18:58, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you added is interesting and well-written. My concern that you might be using Wikipedia to further a political agenda, however, was strengthened by your heavy use of www.suffolkwildlife.com as a reference. This leaves the material open to getting an WP:NPOV tag, or perhaps even being deleted entirely by someone who disagrees. Since being neutral is one of Wikipedia's three core content polities, it would be better to recast some of your language slightly so that it is clear that the text is expressing a particular (perhaps very common) point-of-view.
This sentence is a example of *beginning* to depart from Wiki guidelines: "In 1961 the Suffolk Wildlife Trust gained control of the site but limited resources meant the large scale work required couldn't be carried out." If I was a detractor of the Trust, I'd question what "limited resources" meant, and especially what "large scale work required" meant. Required to accomplish what goal? Is there any upper limit for how much money the Trust would be willing to spend? Do all the locals agree about the goals?
Again, just a tad more caution would be appropriate. Overall, yours seems like a very worthwhile contribution. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 09:26, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I created this page a while ago and have been expanding it and editing from time to time. It'd like to improve it and at least get it past "Start Class" but would like outside input. Further, someone put a NPOV tag on it, but would not explain their reasoning behind it on the talk page. Any input would be appreciated. AUburnTiger (talk) 00:55, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice article! An anon IP put that tag there almost a year ago (from the history log). I think it is safe to remove it since they didn't post any reason why on the talk page. The article is probably very close to C-Class per WP:ASSESS. I have a few pointers for the article that will definitely get it there, and probably closer to B-Class.
  • The lead needs to be expanded as well as referenced. If you have references for that information later on in the article (which it should, because the lead is supposed to just summarize the article), it'd be easy to fix this. See WP:LEAD if you haven't already.
  • A good rule of thumb is to have at least one reference for each paragraph. I noticed that in the history section, there is only one reference in the whole section (and its closer to the end of the section). If all that info comes from that one source, just reference each paragraph to it. Also, more referencing throughout the article is probably needed. If all the info comes from the references already given, it should probably reflect that then.
  • The article needs a little more wikilinking in general. I might help out a little with this if I get more time.
  • Under the table in the "Summer Olympic Games Beijing 2008" section there is a reference, but it is all by itself. I'm guessing this is for the table? I don't really know a lot about working with wikitables, but I know that reference looks a little funny all by itself. List of National Historic Landmarks in California has the reference at the top of a column that just has numbers there, check that out and maybe a few other "List" pages to see how they include references in tables. Also, in that same table, for Mark Gangloff there is a ")" under the "Silver(s)" column. Just a typo :-)
  • In the table titled "Auburn Tiger Team NCAA National Championships", the color might be a little too dark (it may be difficult to read for some viewers).
Don't be daunted by the list I just made. No article is ever completely perfect (see the last bullet in WP:PERFECT). All in all, there's a lot of valuable information in the page. Nice job on it. Killiondude (talk) 18:38, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I did a lot of your suggestions. AUburnTiger (talk) 20:33, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how do i get this published so my family can search for it and find it?

William Sorenson. Bill Sorenson.

linkedin, geocities, myspace, facebook.

The Great Seattle Snow Storm of 2008 is no match for the Minnesota Snow Storm of 1980/81. All you need is cable chains and you can get anywhere.

The Great Seattle Snow Storm of 2004 doesn't compare the the Minnesota Snow Storm of 1980/81....(-)57 degrees below zero.

Two Red-Winged Blackbirds We, Nestling In A Nearby Tree, Oh How Happy We Will Be, Chee, Chee, Chee. (From a Plaque in Magnesun Park at Sandpoint, in Seattle)

Love; Listen...to each other, Overlook...the faults, Value...each other, Encourage...each other.

Love is when you know what will hurt someone, but instead of doing that you do what will please them.

Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your deeds, for your deeds become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.

As good as I can, as long as I can, to the best of my abilities.

http://www.geocities.com/wtsorenson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wtsyes (talkcontribs) 04:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, and as such we keep only encyclopedic information. There are many wikis elsewhere that hold many different kinds of things. You should try searching for those if you'd like to "publish" something like what you've written above, because Wikipedia is not a web host. Killiondude (talk) 17:46, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I post an article

I have written an article and cannot find a set of instructions that implicitly state how to submit an article. Here is the article text:

I'm going to move all that to Joe Graham. He should meet notability requirements. Killiondude (talk) 06:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]


If you can provide any assistance as to the specific URLs I need to use or the process involved, I'd greatly appreciate it. A search of Wikipedia provides lots of hints but no concrete results.

Thank You

US Cable News: My first Created Article

The US Cable News channels include CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. Specialty channels include CNN Headline News, CNN International, and C-SPAN. The business news channels include CNBC, Bloomberg News, and Fox Business.

History of Cable News

In 1979, the National Cable Satellite Corporation created a network called C-SPAN that was dedicated for presenting non-stop coverage of the government.

Then in 1980, Ted Turner founded the Cable News Network which was the first 24 hour news channel. In 1982, Time Warner created a spin-off called CNN Headline News which every thirty minutes it shows the top stories of the day. Then Turner created CNN International in 1985.

In 1989, CNBC, the first business news network, was launched by NBC Universal.

In July 1996, NBC Universal and Microsoft both equally shared a new 24 hour news channel called MSNBC, derived from "MSN" and "NBC".

Then in October 1996, media mogul Rupert Murdoch of News Corp created Fox News Channel.

Today MSNBC, CNN and Fox News compete as the big three news networks.


The Big 3 News Channels

CNN

The first Gulf War in 1991 gave CNN a higher reputation and catapulted the network past American networks for the first time in its history, largely due to an unprecedented historical scoop: CNN was the only news outlet with the ability to communicate from inside Iraq during the initial hours of the American bombing campaign, with live reports from the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad by reporters Bernard Shaw, John Holliman, and Peter Arnett. Throughout the 1990s, CNN became very influencial and later coined the CNN Effect.

Today, CNN's leading personalities are Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown, Larry King, and Anderson Cooper.

During the 1990s, CNN was criticized by Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and among other conservatives of liberal bias and have referred to CNN as the "Clinton News Network."[1] Crossfire (TV series) was created in 1982. It was dedicated to proving the liberal and conservative side of the news. But in 2005, the show took harsh criticism from Jon Stewart, leading to the cancellation of one of the few bipartisan news television series. Also during 2005, conservative CNN contributer Robert Novak cursed and walked off the set because of his frustrations over CNN's opposing commentary. He later signed with Fox News that year. Today, CNN is considered neutral compared to Fox News and MSNBC, but critics argue they are still leaning liberal. Also see CNN Controversies.

Fox News

Since the start of the network's start, it has been harshly criticized for conservative bias. The founder, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, is a self-described libertarian. Murdoch hired Republican strategist Roger Ailes to be CEO of Fox News in 1996. From launch, Bill O'Reilly hosted his own show The O'Reilly Factor which has been very controversial, but today is the highest rated news show in television. After the documentary film Outfoxed which showed many conservative bias in their broadcasting, Fox News used the logo Fair and Balanced to try and convince viewers Fox News presents both sides, such as one of their other primetime shows Hannity & Colmes. Many liberals such as Al Franken, Howard Dean, and even Barack Obama. In the 2008 Presidential Primary debates, all the democratic debates on Fox News were cancelled. See also Fox News Controversies.

Recently, Fox News has gone into a new direction. It started with Brit Hume announcing retirement. Then, liberal radio host Alan Colmes decided to leave the primetime show Hannity & Colmes, leaving conservative radio host Sean Hannity to lead the show by himself. Also, another conservative radio host Glenn Beck was hired by Fox News to host his own show starting in January of 2009. This is leading to Fox News to lean more conservative.

MSNBC

In the start of the network in 1996, the leading hosts were from NBC Universal such as Jodi Applegate, John Gibson, Tim Russert, and Brian Williams. But the network's goal of attracting a younger, tech-savvy audience failed and in 1997, MSNBC laid off 20% of its staff because of low ratings.

In recent years, the network has increasingly become more liberal based on its primetime lineup. Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann have harshly criticised [President Bush]] over the years. All three of the conservative commentaters on MSNBC: Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough, and Tucker Carlson are all paleoconservatives and Bush critics themselves. In September 2008, liberal radio host Rachel Maddow was given her own show adding to the MSNBC primetime lineup.

Ratings

Until the start of 2002, CNN was number one is ratings[2]. Fox News has been number one by far in audience since[3]. However, in terms of number of unique viewers CNN is number one. On election night of the 2008 Presidential Election, CNN was number one among cable news with an average of twelve million viewers compared with Fox News' nine million[4]. MSNBC in recent years has had significant growth.[5]


Specialty Networks

CNN Spinoffs

In 1982, Time Warner created a spin-off called CNN Headline News which every thirty minutes it shows the top stories of the day. Then Turner created CNN International in 1985. CNNSI shut down in 2002, and CNNfn shut down after nine years on the air in December 2004.


Financial News

In 1989, CNBC was launched by NBC Universal, followed by Bloomberg TVin 1994. In October 2007, Murdoch launched his own fincial network called Fox Business Network saying CNBC is too "negative towards business" and promised to make Fox Business more "business friendly". CNBC has always been the most popular among all business channels. They even had higher ratings then CNN during market hours in 2000.[6]

Non-Profit News

Free Speech TV was founded in 1995 as a free satellite television station. Link TV is a non-commercial satellite television network that provides "diverse perspectives on world and national issues."