Talk:Shortwave listening

message: I would like to express a request to expand the receiver section of this article. Many pieces of information on portables are left out. For this section, please refer to the Korean-language of 'shortwave listening'. Thank you. Finefir2001 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 14:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ask for expansion of receiver section 

message: ===South Korea===
Since Korea has been divided into two states, shortwave listening in South Korea has never had a chance to activate itself. Shortwave or shortwave receivers were the symbol of North Korean spies or pro-North Korean activists, and there were some cases in which the South Korean government confiscated shortwave receivers. Until 1993, it used to be a criminal offence for people without a ham radio operator's licence to possess a shortwave radio or listen to shortwave broadcasts. At present time, shortwave listening is usually enjoyed by some people who have a strong interest in shortwave listening.
===Japan===
The 1973 oil crisis brought the root of 'ethusiastic' shortwave listening to Japan. Due to the oil crisis, many Japanese broadcasters had to cease midnight programmes, therefore, a lot of listeners there began to seek shortwave listening as an alternative activity. During the 1970s and the 1980s, a large number of Japanese people, especially teenage students, were excited about shortwave, and electronics companies like Sony were interested in introducing several shortwave receivers. Some shortwave listeners would gather QSL cards from various broadcasters all over the world. After the 1980s, ethusiasm for shortwave listening in Japan began to go down. These days, most Japanese listeners are composed of certain adults who are specially interested in shortwave listening. Some of them are nostalgic of that period.
:User:Finefir2001, thanks for the additions, but some references are needed for this material. Perhaps if you point us to the Korean sources, we can obtain an English translation from which to rewrite the material in a more encyclopedic style. Also needed is a better section title ("Shortwave listening in other countries"), as WP articles are intended to reflect a world view of the subject whenever possible. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "I have tagged citations to the South Korea section. However, I could not do it on the Japan section, because I have no idea of the relevant sources" Sounds like what you wrote is your opinion or personal analysis. WP articles can't include opinion of the editor. - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shortwave listening in other countries 

message: The 1973 oil crisis brought the root of 'ethusiastic' shortwave listening to Japan. Due to the oil crisis, many Japanese broadcasters had to cease midnight programmes, therefore, a lot of listeners there began to seek shortwave listening as an alternative activity. During the 1970s and the 1980s, a large number of Japanese people, especially teenage students, were excited about shortwave, and electronics companies like Sony were interested in introducing several shortwave receivers. Some shortwave listeners would gather QSL cards from various broadcasters all over the world. After the 1980s, ethusiasm for shortwave listening in Japan began to go down. These days, most Japanese listeners are composed of certain adults who are specially interested in shortwave listening. Some of them are nostalgic of that period.
:User:Finefir2001, thanks for the additions, but some references are needed for this material. Perhaps if you point us to the Korean sources, we can obtain an English translation from which to rewrite the material in a more encyclopedic style. Also needed is a better section title ("Shortwave listening in other countries"), as WP articles are intended to reflect a world view of the subject whenever possible. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "I have tagged citations to the South Korea section. However, I could not do it on the Japan section, because I have no idea of the relevant sources" Sounds like what you wrote is your opinion or personal analysis. WP articles can't include opinion of the editor. - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Japan

message: In addition to being referenced to a single source, the material added has multiple issues; among them, it gives undue weight to a minor aspect of US-centric shortwave listening history, it fails to make its topic clear, and it is written in the style of an essay or book review rather than an encyclopedia. I suggest removal and move to the editor's Userspace. If the book "World War II Radio Heroes: Letters of Compassion by Lisa Spahr" meets WP:N, it might better be used to create a separate article about the book. The topic of POW monitoring during WWII may deserve a paragraph at most in the history section of this article. If so, there are a number of sources available here that could be used in addition to Ms. Spahr's book. - LuckyLouie (talk) 01:11, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: World War II Radio Heroes

message: Hi, I have been asked to take a look at this article and provide some advice on how to proceed further with this article. Here are a few suggestions to work on after a first look at the article:
*The lead needs to comply with WP:LEAD in that it adequately summarises the article. I would suggest that three or four paragraphs would do here. It should be able to stand on its own and summarise the main points.
*It needs a lot more references to meet our verifiability standards. The article should use a standard referencing system, reference templates are good for this.
*I have given the structure of the article a bit of a workover to make it more logical and to help it to flow a bit better. 
*Some of the sections seem to be original research or a "how-to guide". The classroom section in particular are troublesome. They are disproportionately long in terms of the overall article and the relevance to the topic of the article. The classroom concept seems to be a relatively minor concept when compared to its other uses and the sections need to be reduced. The text also needs to be reworked so it is not a lift out of the JSTOR article and is in prose and not list format. 
*All of the bare links in the article need to be turned into references. 
All in all, it needs some work. A couple of suggestions on how to improve the prose and structure: look at existing high quality articles at featured articles and good articles. Look at technology articles for inspiration. Any questions can be left here or on my talkpage and I hope this helps. Woody (talk) 17:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some advice 

message: (This is "duplicated" here for when the review is no longer transcluded) 
Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article.   Nice article!  Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 11:15, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article

message: I would like to print out a list of shortwave stations broadcasting news etc in English. Here are 3 sites I found that appear to be currently updated. I might have added them to the article, but my search seems like original research, so I'm refraining: 
http://www.short-wave.info/index.php?feature=instructions 
Apparently a search tool for a massive database
https://www.shortwaveschedule.com/index.php
Apparently searches the same massive database; can set desired languages
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/index.html
Prime Time Shortwave is a listing of English shortwave broadcasts.
-- Oaklandguy (talk) 22:42, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current schedules, frequencies? Would like a few links 

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