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On 6 January 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from History (American TV network) to History Channel. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 07:48, 28 March 2021 (UTC) reply

History Channel's full name restored

As I've mentioned, press releases since 2020 began referring to History by its full name.^[1] Recent promos, including the videos and banner ads on the network's own YouTube channel, have also done the same. Conversely, I was not able to find any citations for the Canadian version (and my edits addressing that were removed for no logical reason). Thecleanerand ( talk) 21:34, 22 February 2022 (UTC) reply

That PR clearly separates "HISTORY" as a brand and 'channel' with the ® symbol; this feels like change for the sake of finding something to change for no reason, and both "History" and "History Channel" remain in equal use. Also we don't care about press releases; whatever's on the air is what we call it by, because viewers don't watch a logline, they watch a television program. Nate • ( chatter) 03:18, 23 February 2022 (UTC) reply

Doubly so as I just noticed the PR is talking about a special produced by Ozy Media, which is controversial in itself as it was brokered programming that wasn't even produced by History itself and whose airtime was paid for by Ozy, so it's PR we can't even use for any purpose. Nate • ( chatter) 01:36, 24 February 2022 (UTC) reply

References

^ The HISTORY® channel to air 2-hour special "The Campaigns that Made History" - Tuesday, 10/27 at 9pm ET; A+E Networks; October 6, 2020

Wrongful deletion

Disney+ has been showing History channel T.V. show for at least 6 months. As such stop removing it from streaming services Article editor100 ( talk) 02:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC) reply

You need to provide a reliable source. I am not able to find any such source, in fact the History Channel website does not list Disney+. ... discospinster _talk 16:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Requested move 6 January 2024

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. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil ( talk) 05:32, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

History (American TV network) → History Channel – Per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:NAMECHANGES, and WP:NATURAL. Over a decade after the History Channel changed its name to just History, sources (and the general public) continue to widely use its former name, including: NYT, WaPo, LA Times, Vulture, Forbes, AP, The Guardian, WSJ, THR, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, CNN, The Daily Telegraph, TheWrap, Business Insider, The Independent, Variety, Deadline, TVLine, Time, NBC News, CBS News, etc. These are all articles from 2023. InfiniteNexus ( talk) 22:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Support as common name BhamBoi ( talk) 23:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Support move to the obvious common name. O.N.R. ^(talk) 16:47, 7 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Oppose. That's not what this TV network is called, and hasn't been for over 15 years. I can understand the prevalence of "History Channel" in articles given the awkwardness of using simply "History" in running text, and "History" in Google searches understandably brings us to all sorts of different results. The current primary redirect is working as it should, and the status quo is fine. 162 etc. ( talk) 17:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC) reply
That is a classic WP:OFFICIALNAME argument. InfiniteNexus ( talk) 21:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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Support. Very common name. – LDM2003 ^{talk to me!} 11:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Support per nom. SilverLocust 💬 18:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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[1] The HISTORY® channel to air 2-hour special "The Campaigns that Made History" - Tuesday, 10/27 at 9pm ET; A+E Networks; October 6, 2020

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