Talk:Telemiracle

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Extra info

I am not sure where to look to find an explanation of why a lengthy, well-written article about an annual event that has an entry in a print encyclopedia called "The Encylopedia of Saskatchewan" and which has been recognized by the Guinness World of Records as the most successful telethon per capita for any region on earth would be redirected to a brief write-up that is part of the entry for the larger national organization (Kin_Canada])? So I have reverted back to the original Telemiracle article for the time being.

Headtale 23:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. It was a comprehensive, well-written, and referenced article. User:^demon took it upon himself to speedy delete all Kin Canada related articles, which I contend was way out of process as they were clearly not CSD candidates. Fortunately, the Wikipedia process took over and it was discussed at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Harold_A._Rogers. Another user felt that the articles could be contained within Kin Canada, hence the redirect. As I was still angered by the event, I decided to not edit these articles for a time so I could see them in a more NPOV but, as I said, I concur with your decision to revert to a full article here. DoubleBlue (Talk) 02:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Debut Year

If 2008 is the 32nd year for Telemiracle and the article says it started in 1977, than wouldn't 2008 be the 31st year. So than 1975 would have been the year Telemiracle first started. Or so it would seem. Mr. C.C. (talk) 05:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your thinking 2008 - 1977 = 31, this would be true it 1977 was the zeroth year but it was the first year so add one to get 32, also if it helps if it started in 2007 this would be the second year already, not the first, hope this helps some Redekopmark (talk) 06:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't 2008 be the 31st year than? Mr. C.C. (talk) 06:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No

year	number
1977	1
1978	2
1979	3
1980	4
1981	5
1982	6
1983	7
1984	8
1985	9
1986	10
1987	11
1988	12
1989	13
1990	14
1991	15
1992	16
1993	17
1994	18
1995	19
1996	20
1997	21
1998	22
1999	23
2000	24
2001	25
2002	26
2003	27
2004	28
2005	29
2006	30
2007	31
2008	32

This should help you Redekopmark (talk) 00:46, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Links

There are two links that are dead links. The one for the first total and the one from NewsTalk 980. The NewsTalk 980 link isn't dead perse, but it leads the homepage of NewsTalk 980. Mr. C.C. (talk) 06:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

B class

Raised article to B class as it seems to have:

It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.|B-Class-1=Y
It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. |B-Class-2=Y
It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.|B-Class-3=Y
It is free from major grammatical errors.|B-Class-4=Y
It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. |B-Class-5=Y
It is written from a neutral point of view. |B-Class-6=Y

SriMesh | talk 21:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Annual Totals

Are we just putting the end totals that are on TV? Or are we putting the end totals with all received donations? Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 23:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems as though all donations are accounted for just not received. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 01:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Last of a dying breed?

With the Labor Day fund-raiser for muscular dystrophy no longer a telethon and other telethons having gone by the wayside, would it be fair to characterize Telemiracle as one of the last long-form telethons still in production? There are still TV fund-raisers, and they're often labelled as telethons, but other than Telemiracle I do not know of any other 20-hour productions still extant. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 19:03, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]