Talk:CPAC (TV channel)

Current events

Hi, SFont. I had added the current events tag since I had added information relating to how the Senate of Canada is presently considering a motion to televise their proceedings. The motion is before the Senate and has not yet been voted on, so I thought that it would be appropriate to include the tag there; may I re-add the tag? Paradokuso 08:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Oops! If I edit without using minor, maybe someone will see this! lol Paradokuso 06:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Alright, I am going to re-add the current events tag to this article. There is a motion before the Canadian Senate as we speak to televise the proceedings of the Upper House (likely on CPAC) and, as such, I think that it would be appropriate to keep the tag on this page pending the appropriate decision in the House. Paradokuso 05:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Info box

The current info box is the correct one to use. This box is for a "tv channel" while the other is used for a "tv network", and CPAC is a tv channel, not a tv network. It's not a debate on what looks "nicer" or what doesn't, it's a debate on whether what is the right one to use or not. 72.142.251.81 18:48, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

CPAC is a network. GreenJoe 19:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

CPAC is not a network, it is a television cable channel. 72.142.251.81 20:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

According to our own article on television network, CPAC is a network. Please assume good faith. --GreenJoe 20:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Translator

Has CPAC ever used a male French-to-English translator? We need something mentioned in the article. GoodDay (talk) 19:29, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Disambiguation

As of August 23, 2010, I am in the process of creating a disambiguation page for the term "CPAC" and moving the content of this page to "Cable Public Affairs Channel". If you Google CPAC you will see that many of the results have nothing to do with the Canadian television station. The Wikipedia entry for the Conservative Political Action Conference currently has a higher Google placement when searching CPAC than the article that is actually entitled CPAC. Andrewman327 (talk) 15:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)andrewman327

Fixing links

I moved the page the proper way and I am in the process of updating links that refer to CPAC. Feel free to give me a hand. Andrewman327 (talk) 16:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)andrewman327

CPAC HD

Is this channel CPAC available in HD on Rogers or Videotron or Bell?

Why is an essential TV channel of government not available in HD in 2014?--96.20.54.51 (talk) 16:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 8 November 2019

CPAC (TV channel) → Cable Public Affairs Channel – Per, primarily, to WP:MOVE criterion #4 and #5 because this article is confusingly similar to the U.S. Conservative Political Action Conference and per Andrewman327's unopposed earlier recommendation recommending such a move due to "Cable Public Affairs Channel" being (a) broadly consistent with WP:COMMONNAME due to its (b) higher, more precise, and focused Google search results than "CPAC," whereby results are co-mingled with the U.S. political action committee. Secondarily, this naming convention is more natural than the current name, which seems to violate the "Miscellanea" section of WP:ACRONYM because it is causing significant ambiguity. (Friendly tag to @Bearcat: due to his involvement in the space.) Doug Mehus (talk) 18:28, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: It's not possible for CPAC (TV channel) to be confused with Conservative Political Action Conference (also "CPAC") when the former has additional disambiguation in the form of "(TV channel)". So I can't accept that part of the argument. Then it just boils down to whether "CPAC (TV channel)" or "Cable Public Affairs Channel" is the true WP:COMMONNAME, and I don't think enough evidence has been presented on that question one way or the other. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:10, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

  IJBall, I take your point about the parenthetical qualifier negating WP:MOVE criterion #4 and #5. As to WP:COMMONNAME, as you and I note, it's probably a coin flip which name is more commonly used. However, see my rationale below in reply to Mrschimpf (Nate). I think the more precise Google search results for the move make a compelling case. Doug Mehus T·C 02:42, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose Logo and commonplace usage doesn't use the full name; like C-SPAN it's rare to hear the full name, if ever, referred to on the network or any marketing means. One is a full-scale television network, the other is a political conference (with its full title here to spell out exactly what it is), and the confusion for both is around less than one week out of 52 in the year (and in Canada, these two twains never meet simply because it rarely, if ever, simulcasts American television programming, much less this political conference). The DAB takes care of everything nicely as-is and there's no need for any further disambiguation. Nate • (chatter) 10:05, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

  Mrschimpf, I always respect your opinions and agree with you about 95% of the time (or better). This is one time where we disagree. C-SPAN doesn't have a dab parenthetical qualifier added to its name, so the acronym makes sense. Adding (TV channel) kind of defeats the purpose of a concise name. So, it's not immediately clear to me why we wouldn't the fuller form of name. In Canada, it regularly uses its full name on-air and press coverage about it, to the extent it exists, does show fairly common usage for both names. "Cable Public Affairs Channel" returns more precise Google search results and Google's algorithms are smart enough to associate this Wikipedia article with either the fuller form of name or the acronym that one would search for. Doug Mehus T·C 19:00, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

• Move: Because of his suggestion, its better to move CPAC to Cable Public Affairs Channel. Cheers! CentralTime301 18:53, 12 November 2019 (UTC)