Talk:History Channel#Proposed merger
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Wrongful deletion
Disney+ has been showing History channel T.V. show for at least 6 months. As such stop removing it from streaming services Article editor100 (talk) 02:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
:You need to provide a reliable source. I am not able to find any such source, in fact the [https://support.history.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500004654261-I-don-t-have-a-TV-package-Can-I-subscribe-directly-to-HISTORY- History Channel website] does not list Disney+. ... discospinster talk 16:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 6 January 2024
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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 05:32, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
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:History (American TV network) → {{no redirect|History Channel}} – Per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:NAMECHANGES, and WP:NATURAL. Over a decade after the History Channel changed its name to just History, sources (and the general public) continue to widely use its former name, including: [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/nyregion/connecticut-amateur-blacksmithing.html NYT], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/11/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-harvard-experiment/ WaPo], [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-11-22/kennedy-jfk-assassination-60th-anniversary-documentaries LA Times], [https://www.vulture.com/article/alone-tv-show-history-channel.html Vulture], [https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/12/07/history-channels-curse-of-oak-island-draws-millions-of-viewers-beating-almost-everything-else-on-cable/?sh=1d2813cf4d9d Forbes], [https://apnews.com/article/unsolved-sex-worker-killings-atlantic-city-gilgo-29e921cae83240ea8d97f53e21d254a2 AP], [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/feb/01/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-meeting-politics-live-updates The Guardian], [https://www.wsj.com/articles/alone-review-wilderness-survival-on-the-history-channel-56dbfa36 WSJ], [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kevin-costner-janet-jackson-bradley-cooper-shows-ae-networks-1235342891/ THR], [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/oppenheimer-is-ultimately-a-history-channel-movie-with-fancy-editing The New Yorker], [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-12-27/maplab-exploring-the-anomalies-of-google-maps?embedded-checkout=true Bloomberg], [https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/us/asian-american-gun-ownership-reaj/index.html CNN], [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/squid-game-tvs-dangerous-gameshows/ The Daily Telegraph], [https://www.thewrap.com/ae-networks-history-kevin-costner-morgan-freeman-bradley-cooper/ TheWrap], [https://www.businessinsider.com/the-story-of-the-mms-characters-2016-3 Business Insider], [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/friday-the-13-superstition-meaning-happy-b2261739.html The Independent], [https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/history-channel-kevin-costner-bradley-cooper-morgan-freeman-1235546825/ Variety], [https://deadline.com/2023/03/kevin-costner-bradley-cooper-dan-akroyd-history-channel-documentaries-1235282129/ Deadline], [https://tvline.com/news/american-pickers-adds-jersey-jon-series-regular-history-channel-1235104620/ TVLine], [https://time.com/6260881/sohla-el-waylly-cookbook-start-here/ Time], [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/dia-de-los-muertos-what-it-means-honors-dead-mexico-tradition-rcna122749 NBC News], [https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/iup-graduate-the-curse-of-oak-island-the-history-channel/ CBS News], etc. These are all articles from 2023. InfiniteNexus (talk) 22:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Support as common name BhamBoi (talk) 23:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Support move to the obvious common name. O.N.R. (talk) 16:47, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. That's not what this TV network is called, and hasn't been for over 15 years. I can understand the prevalence of "History Channel" in articles given the awkwardness of using simply "History" in running text, and "History" in Google searches understandably brings us to all sorts of different results. The current primary redirect is working as it should, and the status quo is fine. 162 etc. (talk) 17:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- :That is a classic WP:OFFICIALNAME argument. InfiniteNexus (talk) 21:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
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- Support. Very common name. –LDM2003 talk to me! 11:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom. SilverLocust 💬 18:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
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Two Program sections
I found that there were two sections that listed the programs that the History Channel airs. As this is redundant, I intend to remove the second program section, as the first one includes a link to a list of History Channel programs. Zach Morton 2 (talk) 16:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Background Noise.....
All too often the background noise drowns out the primary audio--WHY ??? Where is the brains behind doing that ?
It seems to me that this is the same with other programs I've watched--- WHY ??
Bill Wilson 2603:6010:6E00:5204:D542:CAFF:CF14:4D0F (talk) 23:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
:I definitely agree with you there sound mixer should be fired great programming can’t hear it for the stupid music 72.35.127.209 (talk) 02:10, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Proposed merger
:The following is a closed discussion of a proposed merger. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments and any possible objection should be made in a new section on this talk page under this section. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Merger done and complete. Intrisit (talk) 21:24, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
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I propose merging H2 (American TV channel) into History Channel. As the article itself points out, H2 basically served as an extension of the History Channel, especially during its later years. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 17:05, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
:That does seem like a great solution Lukas34346 (talk) 07:12, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
:makes sense; what's the holdup? <<chramo94>> (talk) 04:07, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
Support Merge seems okay to me. AimanAbir18plus (talk) 19:47, 26 January 2025 (UTC)