Talk:List of streaming media services
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[edit]Why has services i.e HBO Max and Discovery merged all of a Sudden they are different service 92.236.253.249 (talk) 11:31, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Streaming video on demand
[edit]We should only count service with subscribers counts otherwise this could get really big really fast 92.236.253.249 (talk) 11:35, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
DATEVAR
[edit]Hi User:Timeshifter. There is no rule which says I must break up my edits, and I prefer to do as much as I can in a single edit to avoid watchlist spam. See MOS:DATEUNIFY: When a citation style does not expect differing date formats, it is permissible to normalize publication dates to the article body text date format, and/or access/archive dates to either, with date consistency being preferred.
Therefore, using all mdy dates is preferred. Do you have any other objections to my edit? Per WP:PRESERVE, you should try to fix any issues you see with my edit rather than reverting them entirely. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 03:58, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- yyyy-mm-dd is mentioned as acceptable in multiple places in MOS:DATEUNIFY. And try using common sense more often. As I said in my edit summary yyyy-mm-dd is converted to the readers preferred end format. See "date format" section here: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering.
- If you prefer not to break up your edits, then that's fine if you like shooting yourself in the foot. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- It is acceptable, but consistency with the main article is preferred. In any event, mdy is converted to
readers'the article's preferred format, too. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:25, 23 March 2024 (UTC) - And again, there is no policy basis requiring me to break up my edits, but there is a policy basis for you to avoid wholesale reverting my edits (WP:PRESERVE). HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:26, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- MDY (when spelled out as you were doing) is not changed to a reader's preference in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. I just tested it.
- I just realized that the preference does not effect the date format in this article
s. It does effect the date format in the watchlist. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:51, 23 March 2024 (UTC)- (edit conflict) I miswrote. My apologies. There are two issues at play here:
- The use of dates in the {{cite xxx}} templates. These are automatically converted to mdy format because this article is marked as {{use mdy dates}}, regardless of that preference. See (for example) United Kingdom#References, which displays in dmy dates even with the preference set to mdy.
- In plain text, which per MOS:DATE is not an acceptable format (see the table where it says
No equivalent for general use
) Most readers do not use that preference, because it requires creating an account. Most readers see the annoying yyyy-mm-dd format, which is worse than seeing the "wrong" format.
- HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 04:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- It is good to know that {{use mdy dates}} overrides user preferences. I was wondering what was going on.
- I logged out. yyyy-mm-dd is converted to spelled-out Month-Day-Year in the "retrieved" dates in List of streaming media services.
- When logged out: In United Kingdom spelled-out Month-Day-Year is converted to spelled-out Day-Month-Year in the "retrieved" dates.
- That MOS:DATE section you linked to is for article dates, not citation template dates.
- I reverted back to your edit of the article. Since user preferences are not being violated. Due to {{use mdy dates}} for the whole article. --Timeshifter (talk) 05:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I miswrote. My apologies. There are two issues at play here:
- It is acceptable, but consistency with the main article is preferred. In any event, mdy is converted to