Talk:Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Political Communication

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation–supported course assignment, between 6 January 2025 and 17 March 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): BenSil30 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Francisca75.

— Assignment last updated by Deparkozee (talk) 20:13, 12 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

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Incorrect citation

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Citation 18 has a YouTube timestamp, but it seems irrelevant to the article ~2026-12988-4 (talk) 07:30, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 11 October 2026

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It has been proposed in this section that Last Week Tonight with John Oliver be renamed and moved to Last Week TonightLast Week Tonight. A bot will list this discussion on the requested moves current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver → Last Week TonightLast Week Tonight – Per WP:COMMONNAME. PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:52, 11 October 2026 (UTC)Reply