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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:22, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
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CBUVT
- ... that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left a studio building in Victoria, British Columbia (pictured) unfinished in 1978, only to move in 34 years later? Source: [1] [2]
- ALT1:... that Canadian federal budget cuts scrapped plans for a CBC Television station in Victoria, British Columbia (building pictured), even though it was just months away from completion? Source: [3] [4]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Black Cap Mountain
- Comment: Believe it or not, this is my first DYK in Canada... Victoria Day, perhaps? Thank you to the friend who took and uploaded this photo for me!
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 04:38, 4 May 2020 (UTC).
- Lua error: expandTemplate: template "y" does not exist.
- Template:Ping I've edited the main hook because I looked back at the article and it is indeed 34 years. It is 1978 to 2012 (I thought the article said they'd move in in 2013). The 1978 date is when the federal budget cuts put all work on hold. I don't like the idea of piping the hook link, personally.
- As to the CBUVT question... Typically, {{Infobox broadcast}} is present in a TV station article and it has a spot for "call letters meaning". However, I had thought it not the most relevant for a television station that never signed on the air (though I've added it). The CBUVT call letters are definitely a derivation of CBUT (the "parent" CBC station in Vancouver) with an inserted V for Victoria; this letter insertion was sometimes used by other CBC repeaters and by the CBC's French-language TV stations outside of Quebec (CBUFT, for instance, with F for French). I've decided to add something on that into the infobox. Raymie (t • c) 21:09, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Raymie thanks for the answer. The infobox is helpful for people like me who have no idea about Canadian TV acronyms. On the piping, sure it was just a suggestion. I didn't strike out the UVic comment yet but if you prefer it how it is, also not a problem.
- On the number of years, if we take 1978 as the start per this link then that can be added as a source, instead of 'White elephant sale for CBC studio here'. For the end date, 'CBC Radio operations moving to CHEK station' does cover this and it says moving back was planned for fall 2012, so that's indeed 34 years. Mujinga (talk) 09:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
- Template:Ping Ah, what you're looking for in the white elephant story is "empty for almost two years". That's the 1978 justification from that source. Also I fixed the UVic acronym issue. Raymie (t • c) 18:40, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
- cool thanks for pointing that out, i missed it. i do think the other link is clearer on the 1978 date but i agree that white elephant does cover it so that removes my concerns and the co-ordinators have the other link if they need it, this then is good to go, cheers Mujinga (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
