Talk:WAND (TV)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Heyo! I'll review this tomorrow (that is, 2 August UTC). ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Well that was a lie. On hold. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 03:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check

Earwig says good to go.

File(s)

The infobox image has a valid public domain rationale and the second is CC BY-SA 3.0 (both are on Commons).

Prose

• Why did the FFC have a four-year freeze?
  • Added a link to a section of Federal Communications Commission. Short answer: lots of interest in TV, not many TV channels.
• Wikilink Decatur as first mention in the body.
• The first nor second paragraph ever mentions when the call sign WTVP was assigned, or that it was the first call sign.
• The sentence beginning "(a 1-kilowatt transmitter …" is missing a full stop at the end.
• Am dumb, what is "Fabrication of the station's transmitting antenna" referring to exactly?
  • It's a big metal equipment part that has to be custom-made and then shipped, in this case probably by rail in pieces.
• "programming from all the major networks was shown" – do you reckon they should be listed?
• "The station didn't" – did not. (I had to go to the ER after reading this which is why I could not finish the review for two days)
• "as a VHF station" – VHF?
• This may be personal taste, but the first paragraph of § Metromedia ownership reads a bit 'robotic' to me. How about "In January 1960, Prairie Television announced the sale of the station to Metropolitan Broadcasting of New York City, which then renamed itself Metromedia in 1961."?
• I would wikilink Urbana.
• "In March 1965, it sold WTVH" – recommend "In March 1965, Metromedia" as it was just used four times to refer to Metromedia in the previous sentence.
• "acquire a UHF station in San Francisco" – name the station as well, otherwise it is a little bit of an easter egg for readers.
• "facility near Argenta." – wikilink.
• I reckon "It was originally intended to double channel 17's coverage area" could be combined with the following sentence; something like "It was originally intended to double channel 17's coverage area, but after the new …" or "Originally intended to double channel 17's coverage area, after the new …" etc.
• "In 2004, NBC" – wikilink.
• The efn note should be stands not stand.
  • Ah yes, the subjunctive. Tweaked another way.

@LunaEatsTuna: Everything should be done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:39, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Nice work! I am happy with the changes. Pass. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:39, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Refs

Passes spotcheck on refs 8, 19, 28, 49 and 50.

Others

• Short desc goes at the very top.
• Recommend template:use American English (optional).

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