Talk:C-SPAN Bus program

Started article

I started this article today, which I know is stubbish. There are some areas I would like to expand about this, most of which I am not (yet) too knowledgeable about, including:

Physical specs of the vehicles (i.e., what make, model, year, engine type, etc.)
Itineraries? (Is there a list somewhere?)
Key staff members
Key events at which the buses were used
Acceptable photographs (exterior and interior) for the original two buses
What happened to the two original buses?

Also - There is a lot more content that could go into this article. Anyone who has anything to add, please feel free to do so.

KConWiki (talk) 21:31, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Links

A few links I want to park here, maybe to use later:

KConWiki (talk) 23:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/02/22/met_254127.shtml

Notability concerns

I see that a Notability tag has been placed on this article. Was this just because of the primary vs. secondary sources, or is it an actual question of notability? The buses and now the other vehicles have been an integral part of the activity of the main political cable network in the U.S. for almost 20 years. I will work on finding some non-primary sources to add to references, but I want to make sure that this is not arbitrarily deleted. Thanks. KConWiki (talk) 11:33, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If all the sources are the C-Span website then notability is not established as primary sources can be written by anyone. The best thing to do is find some news coverage of the program and use that to source things in the article. Barts1a / Talk to me / Help me improve 23:28, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK - I have adjusted all the references (and a little bit of the text) so that there is only one C-SPAN ref and seven non-C-SPAN references. If that looks good, would you mind removing the tag? (I would rather not do it myself, to avoid giving the impression that I am trying to bury the concern raised.) Thanks. KConWiki (talk) 01:27, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good! Thanks for promptly addressing the concern and not reacting aggressively like most people do when the {{Notability}} tag goes onto one of their articles. Barts1a / Talk to me / Help me improve 01:59, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Local Content Vehicles update

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A few weeks ago, C-SPAN announced that they have added more vehicles to their Local Content Vehicles fleet. I've located several sources covering this and have prepared a short addition to be added to the end of the Local Content Vehicles section. Here is what I suggest:

Suggestion

In 2013, C-SPAN expanded their LCV fleet from three vehicles to six, allowing the network to double the number of cities it visits each month.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Betsy Rothstein (12 March 2013). "C-SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles". FishbowlDC. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
^ "C-SPAN Launches Second Fleet Of Vehicles For Bringing Local American Literary Stories, History To National Audience" (PDF) (Press release). C-SPAN. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

Markup

In 2013, C-SPAN expanded their LCV fleet from three vehicles to six, allowing the network to double the number of cities it visits each month.<ref name="BetsyRothstein">{{cite news |title=C-SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles |author=Betsy Rothstein |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/c-span-second-fleet-local-content-vehicles_b98692 |newspaper=FishbowlDC |date=12 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="C-SPAN2013">{{cite press release |title=C-SPAN Launches Second Fleet Of Vehicles For Bringing Local American Literary Stories, History To National Audience |url=http://www.c-span.org/uploadedFiles/Content/About/Press/Press_Releases/C_SPAN_LCV_Second_Fleet_Launch_WEB_VERSION.pdf |publisher=C-SPAN |date=12 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref>

I work as a consultant for C-SPAN and have prepared this on their behalf. I would like to avoid any direct edits to this article and hope another editor can review this request and add it to the article it it looks appropriate. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 17:48, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

[BetsyRothstein-1] Betsy Rothstein (12 March 2013). "C-SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles". FishbowlDC. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

[C-SPAN2013-2] "C-SPAN Launches Second Fleet Of Vehicles For Bringing Local American Literary Stories, History To National Audience" (PDF) (Press release). C-SPAN. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

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