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" broadcast on Novyi Kanal from March 8, 2016 to January 8, 2019 at 9:00 to 21:00 timeslot.[2][3]"

Was this thing seriously on the air for twelve straight hours at a time? This whole article needs a complete rewrite into competent English. --Khajidha (talk) 13:39, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

There is misconception here. Telekritika stated: "Eight episodes (65 to 72) will run all day from 9:00 to 21:00." In other term it literally means it is shifted from 9:00 to 21:00 for a week before its cancellation. The word from and all days get confusion to readers. The Supermind (talk) 21:33, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Naming

The names of persons enlisted on this article are subtle. I'm not sure about their correct names but I'm rely on its Ukrainian version. The only vague thing is these names fallen between Russian and Ukrainian customs, which discretes themselves into multiple individuals. (I.e. even if the names are search on Google.) The Supermind (talk) 15:37, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 21 November 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved – as the OP indicates, there is a dearth of secondary English-language reliable sources to allow us to determine one way or another which formulation to use on that basis. On the other hand, the primary sources we do have use "Kyiv"—either in Cyrillic or Latin—and using "Kyiv" would be consistent with the article on the city. Sceptre (talk) 09:10, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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Kiev Day and Night → Kyiv Day and Night – I propose to use spelling "Kyiv" as the name of the city in the title, which is being used by reliable sources and is supported by the current consensus. The previous move was reverted with the reasoning that "The English sources write the TV show as "Kiev" Day and Night". However, none of the provided sources seem to classify as "english sources" to me:

• [1] is not available anymore, however on the main page the website is titled "NewsBeezer; Be Upto Date With Latest News". I doubt that a website with a grammatical error in the title qualifies as a reliable source.
• [2] is a video by Alexandr Shevchenko, who doesn't appear to be a native English speaker.
• [3] is literally a machine translation of an article in Russian.

Trying a web search to find a reliable source in English wasn't fruitful for me: aside from a bunch of the fan pages (supporting both Kyiv[4][5][6] and Kiev[7][8][9] spelling), all results were related to literally days and nights in Kyiv, not to the show.

The show's page on the broadcaster's website isn't available in English, however its URL uses the "Kyiv" spelling (https://kyivdennoch.novy.tv/).

Overall, there seem to be no reliable English sources, in particular, no reliable English sources supporting the independent usage of "Kiev Day and Night" in English (as opposed to a translation). Therefore, this article should follow the general rules on Kyiv/Kiev naming. Exlevan (talk) 00:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)— Relisting. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 16:59, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

As an aside, I'm confused that the sources' spelling was even used as an argument against the consensus about naming. For example, in the Eurovision articles, the name "Kiev" was used despite the official sources using "Kyiv" everywhere since 2005. Now I see editors advocating for the old spelling because the sources say so. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could point me to the rules when exactly the consensus takes precedence over the sources, because it's not clear to me right now. (That doesn't apply to this move request, though, since there don't seem to be any notable sources to speak of). — Exlevan (talk) 00:26, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. If this was a Russian television series that was filmed / videorecorded in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, then I would oppose the nomination since the Russian exonym for the Ukrainian capital is indeed "Kiev". However, since this series' entries in both English Wikipedia and Ukrainian Wikipedia (the only two Wikipedias to carry an article delineating this series) describe the series as Ukrainian, not Russian, then the English Wikipedia article's main title header should obviously use the Ukrainian form "Kyiv". —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:30, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  I appreciate the support vote, but I'm not sure I fully agree with the reasoning here. If there was a copycat show in Russian, taking place in Moscow, would you say that the correct title of the article is "Moskva Day and Night"? In the days when the consensus was to use Kiev, any reasoning involving Kiev-is-Russian/Kyiv-is-ukrainian would be dismissed as "this is the English Wikipedia" and "the English name is Kiev". I believe we should be consistent here as well, and use the English spelling regardless of the language of the series, per current consensus. — Exlevan (talk) 11:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

In the English-speaking world, the use of the Russian exonym "Kiev" for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv does indeed touch a sensitive spot for some and a sore spot for others since, until recently, "Kiev" was also the English exonym for the Ukrainian capital.

Thus, retention of the original title — "Kiev Day and Night" — with the Russian name of the Ukrainian capital left in its Russian form for broadcasts in the English-speaking world of such a hypothetical Russian TV series would most likely engender greater controversy than if, for instance, German TV franchised its "Berlin – Tag & Nacht" concept and presented, among others, a reality series about young Germans living in the Ukrainian capital and it was made available in the English-speaking world as "Kiew Day and Night".

Putting aside the historical baggage of the capital's two-year brutal occupation by Germany during World War II, use of the German name "Kiew" for the broadcast of such a hypothetical German reality series in the English-speaking world would not carry the same burden as "Kiev" since "Kiew" was not used as the city's English exonym.

Since the reality series in question is, in fact, a Ukrainian production, it is all of course a moot point and the series' name in the English-speaking world should indeed be Kyiv Day and Night.

As for the title of the hypothetical series, "Moskva Day and Night", its hypothetical broadcasts in the English-speaking world should be under the proper exonym, "Moscow Day and Night", since it would be a home-grown production in the same manner as the actual home-grown Kyiv Day and Night. On the other hand, if a Russian broadcaster were to finance such a reality series outside its borders, for instance in Paris, then the English title of such a Russian series should be "Parizh Day and Night" to match the Russian exonym for the French capital.

These are, needless to say, personal concepts regarding such use of exonyms in TV series titling and consensus may well coalesce around differing proposals or there may be no specific consensus and each such instance, if there are any others, would have to be decided on its own merits. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 17:44, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose, the arguments of the nominator (that the reliable sources are using Kiev despite the same sources normally using Kyiv for the city) is a perfect argument for keeping this name.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:58, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  I don't think that's a fair representation of my argument. What I claim is that there are no reliable sources using Kiev. — Exlevan (talk) 10:38, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  What is your opinion about the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2017 articles? Sources used Kyiv[1][2] there, yet in articles the Kiev spelling was used exclusively. Was that a mistake? — Exlevan (talk) 10:52, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose: As Exelevan aforementioned that the entire sources withstanding the article notability do not use Kiev. However these sources are for the article notability, nor the transliteration. Neewsbizzer and even Vaaju are evident to use "Kiev" in English speaking view point. The rest of articles are Ukrainian language, when translating with machine, it gives "Kyiv". This is only the work of translating machine role, nor saying they are suitable for use in the title translation. What is important this is English Wikipedia with sources of English native speaker, nor signifying translatable source in English Wikipedia. So I am not agree with signifying non-English Ukrainian sources as importance to English Wikipedia here. The Supermind (talk) 11:31, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  Please read the nomination carefully, I've already provided an explanation why the sources you provided don't qualify as "reliable sources in English". — Exlevan (talk) 11:45, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  @Exlevan: This one is an English source and newly inserted to article title to assure your suggestion "I doubt that a website with a grammatical error in the title qualifies as a reliable source" if you demand. Note that Kyiv consensus not compulsory in such TV shows if English source that supports Kiev available. The Supermind (talk) 15:42, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

  Secondly, notwithstanding its URL uses Kyiv, it denotes Ukrainian to English pronunciation for the series, not the correct title of series as Kiev Day and Night as English translation.

  The second paragraph in your new source opens with the following sentences: "In "Kiev Day and Night" was full reboot! In the new series, new heroes." I'll leave it up to the closer to decide whether this constitutes a proper English source. — Exlevan (talk) 16:54, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Support. There are no English sources to speak of, from which we could derive a common English title (as expected, since it is a topic of interest only to Ukrainian public). The whole article seems to be supported by Ukrainian- and Russian-language sources. Therefore, we should resort to the default transliteration, i.e. same as the city. Honestly, for subjects such as Ukrainian TV shows or Italian political parties, trying to derive a "common English name" is a futile exercise. No such user (talk) 12:29, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

• Comment: Kyiv is not an issue of such television show. I have added English language source that is commonly known for native English speakers, and viewing in English Wikipedia lense. The consensus says Kyiv is used to support in post-Soviet usage, only emphasized historical perspective, and it doesn't mention necessarily television-related shows and entertainment aspects. The Supermind (talk) 14:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

• Remark: Look guys, I were totally agreed name changing to Kyiv, if they use entirely a Ukrainian language in the first place. See the article infobox: the series starts with Russian language and look the opening theme title written in Russian language "Киев днем и ночью". So since the series began with "Киев", not "Київ" and once commercialized by the former name, we should follow naming originality. The Supermind (talk) 20:19, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

• Support per nom--RicardoNixon97 (talk) 08:41, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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