Talk:WZDX/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 00:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Will review. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

On hold! Over to you. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 16:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check

Earwig says good to go.

File(s)

All files are relevant, copyright-free and of acceptable quality; File:WZDX Fox 54 logo.png has a valid PD rationale and File:WZDX interview at College Football Playoff National Championship media day, Jan 2018.jpg is CC0 1.0 and was uploaded to Commons by the image's author.

Prose

• For the first paragraph, how about altering it to "In 1975 for the purpose of building an independent station, Thomas Barr and James Cleary …" since the assigned channels line is fairly long?
  • Reworked
• Does the source say why WAAY-TV and WYUR-TV opposed the proposal?
  • No
• Can Monte Sano be wikilinked to somewhere?
  • Yes, done
• Is winner really the correct terminology to use? Forgive my pedantry lol.
  • Changed
• "By that fall, the target was spring 1984" recommend > "By that fall, the target had been moved to spring 1984." (or similar)
  • Done
• "Tower site location issues" – The meaning of this is unclear to me.
• "When the Fox network" – wikilink Fox.
• The first sentence of the fifth paragraph is too long and reads uncomfortably. How about "When the Fox network began late-night service on October 9, 1986, WZDX initially abstained from affiliating with the network unlike many other strong independent TV stations across the country. This was despite the network wanting the station "badly"; program director David Godbout felt that his weekend shows were already attracting ratings and that he would have to charge too much for advertising in Fox programming for it to work economically."
• "by a consortium of Citicorp and Milton Grant in August 1989" – wikilink Milton Grant here instead of Grant Communications later.
• I would wikilink digital signal.
• Wikilink duopoly.
• This may be personal taste but I really dislike "The duopoly did not last long" as a stand-alone sentence. If you really wanted, you could perhaps alter the previous sentence to "creating a short-lived [or synonym] duopoly with …" instead.
• I would wikilink prime time in § News operation for unfamiliar readers.

Refs

Passes spotcheck on refs 7, 12, 18, 28, 34 and 38:

• Just a curious question about ref 21, what does "Action Jan 4" mean?
  • Action Jan. 4 - the FCC announced said action on January 4.
• For ref 48, where does it say that Nexstar announced said changes on 4 December?
  • Nice catch — that was in about the only part I left alone.

Others

• Recommend Template:Use American English (optional)
  • Done

@LunaEatsTuna: Done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:47, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Perfect! All of my concerns have been addressed; pass. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 23:04, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.