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DYK nomination of WQFX (AM)

Hello! Your submission of WQFX (AM) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Coolperson177 (t|c) 15:53, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of WMPR

Hello! Your submission of WMPR at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ktin (talk) 19:42, 29 December 2021 (UTC) Ktin (talk) 19:42, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

DYK for The Knoxville Journal

On 31 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Knoxville Journal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the last edition of The Knoxville Journal was printed 30 years ago today after a 106-year run? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Knoxville Journal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Knoxville Journal), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022

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DYK for KOBF

On 1 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KOBF, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Mexico television station KIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KOBF. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KOBF), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WVLT-TV

On 6 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WVLT-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that WTVK in Knoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move from UHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WVLT-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WVLT-TV), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KRZB-TV

On 9 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KRZB-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a federal marshal seized a car and a truck because there was no other way to satisfy a debt owed by Arkansas television station KRZB-TV? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KRZB-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KRZB-TV), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WQFX (AM)

On 10 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WQFX (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the owner of Mississippi radio stations WGUF and WGUF-FM purposefully fell behind on his royalty payments because he did not like copyright fees? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WQFX (AM). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WQFX (AM)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Template:Infobox broadcasting network convert

Hey Sammi, is Template:Infobox broadcasting network convert still needed? Gonnym (talk) 09:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Gonnym: I've been doing conversions of that as I have time to try and deprecate {{Infobox broadcasting network}}. (Some pages called that AND {{Infobox television channel}}, so...) Problem is a lot of uses are a weird mishmash that don't fit one of our templates, especially BBC/ITV regions and broadcasting companies/organizations (not individual channels) like Sveriges Television. I've been unsure what to do with them. (Speaking of the television channel infobox, an RfC on it just hit 30 days and I'm going to need to plot next steps...) Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:49, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Arnold Oehlrich

Sammi Brie, I wasn't sure whether you aware that issues you raised in your review have been addressed. Can you please return to see whether the nomination is ready to be passed, or needs more work? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:44, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks @BlueMoonset. I never got pinged, so... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:20, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Sammi Brie, thanks for returning to take care of it. They don't always ping you, unfortunately. I did have to subst your dyktick template; the bot looks for the resulting icon rather than the template, so icons should always be preceded by the "subst:" when used at DYK. (I just copy/paste the ones above the DYK editing window when placing an icon on a nomination, which have the subst already there, so I don't forget to include it.) BlueMoonset (talk) 05:41, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Oops, brain freeze. I should know this by now after about 450 reviews... 😅 Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:18, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KBIM (AM)

On 13 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KBIM (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Roswell, New Mexico, radio station KBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KBIM (AM). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KBIM (AM)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Red links in interlanguage links

Hello! I'm correcting the articles according to your orientations from yesterday, and I have a question. Is it okay for the red links to the English Wikipedia to appear in the interlanguage links, or am I doing something wrong? Thank you for your attention in advance. Vini6305 (talk) 12:22, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@Vini6305, yes! The point of formatting the interlanguage link is that people know there's an article in another language Wikipedia about the topic but that we don't have it yet. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:36, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Misplaced CSD?

Just noticed you tagged User:JimmySand9/SandboxWJXTABC as a blatant hoax CSD. While its qualities as an article may be up for debate, its for sure not a hoax. We have a article on the station in mainspace already at WJXT and the stations FCC permits can be found at [1]. --50.234.188.27 (talk) 14:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Not one that claimed an alternate affiliation for the station (WJXT has never been affiliated with ABC)... I remember people that used to have "alternate history" versions of TV stations. I believe that was one of them. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:35, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough, only took a cursory look as I was keeping an eye on the CSD category. I'll defer to your experience :) -50.234.188.27 (talk) 11:49, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WMGA (AM)

On 14 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WMGA (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Georgia radio station WMGA was so "atrocious" that its announcers would invite listeners to donate their records? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WMGA (AM). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WMGA (AM)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KTSC (TV)

On 15 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KTSC (TV), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Colorado public television station KTSC operates from two studios named for the same benefactor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KTSC (TV). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KTSC (TV)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

On revision my edit

I honestly do not agree with your revision my edit on KCPQ which is the 2nd time this has happened (the other was resolve after telling the editor it was required to be italicized per MOS due to it being a title of a tv program). I was already trying to make sure the template is consistent with other stations, including with other TV Stations. If you mean by "self-evident", why would you even consider trying to see how consistency with how templates of TV Station info boxes should be? If you have 2 names of brandings, it must be labeled. 20chances (talk) 00:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Sammi Brie is a very experienced editor in this subject area, I'd generally be inclined to trust her judgement here. The two brandings are listed in the template already, I'm not sure I see the need to add the distinguishing text (but I'm not an expert in this topic area). Are there examples of other GAs or FAs in this topic area that have this different form of template that you prefer? Also, the first revert wasn't even by Sammi Brie, so you should take that up with the reverting editor. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:28, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

@Trainsandotherthings: That was Mvcg, which was resolved. As for my criticism with Sammi's revert edit, it has to do with trying to staying consistent with other pages. Like WPIX-TV, or WNYW, and others when it comes to the infobox format. I'm still awaiting a response. 20chances (talk) 05:49, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm more than happy to reply to this, @20chances.

When I write GAs in this field—I have been involved in every GA on a US TV station, of which there are now 14—I am attempting to also write the state of the art in the topic area. The television stations topic area has historically been a backwater for the correct application of project-wide policies and guidelines. For instance, bolding to indicate call sign meanings is proscribed by MOS:ACRO in our Manual of Style, but it took a ridiculous RfC in 2019 to confirm that. We used to have radio and TV station articles with "(defunct)" in them; I worked to end this and move more than 100 pages after being told that this was not concise disambiguation per the Manual of Style.

MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE is also in the Manual of Style. It is a section that encourages concision in infoboxes:

When considering any aspect of infobox design, keep in mind the purpose of an infobox: to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article (an article should remain complete with its summary infobox ignored, with exceptions noted below). The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. Of necessity, some infoboxes contain more than just a few fields; however, wherever possible, present information in short form, and exclude any unnecessary content. Avoid links to sections within the article; the table of contents provides that function.

For an English-language television station, it should be self-evident to our readers that "Fox 13 Seattle" is the overarching brand and "Fox 13 News" is the name applied to the newscasts on the station. (That said, some stations brand even their non-news programming under a name like "12 News"; guess what, there's only one listing at KPNX.)

We have had a historical tendency in our topic area to load articles with more cruft than they probably should have. The GAs I write are a special class of page in this field: they are not only intended as examples of our highest-quality work but also as models for the stylistic application of elements in similar pages. My interaction with the GA review process has helped lead to some of these changes, as has my general adherence to a goal of cleaner infoboxes. If anything, the other TV station pages (e.g. WNYW) should be using this style.

I hope this explains what I'm doing and why. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:25, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm still trying to get the gist of it. And also, I hate to explain about this @Sammi Brie but what the hell is a "GA"? I know I sound like I'm a 5 year old but I honestly don't get everything about it. God, I honestly hate that feeling when someone reverts my edits, even if its in Good Faith. 20chances (talk) 15:25, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate that feeling. A GA is a Good Article, an article that goes through a review process and meets a specific set of Good Article criteria. KCPQ is one of these, having been listed last year. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:34, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply (had IRL Stuff; and unless you @ me, wikipedia won't notify me for new replies). At least that's good you get to emphasize what I'm feeling. (I apologize if I sometimes come across as rude or whatever, I sometimes don't know what to say and I can be a hothead at times with reverted edits unless its an mistake I noticed myself) I know I'm trying to maintain consistency with the infoboxes, especially when working on an article. Even of course, making sometimes that's identifiable. 20chances (talk) 04:05, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Of course, @20chances. Consistency is a good thing, but consistency around bad things has been a historical hallmark of TVS at times, and some of that is concentrated in the infobox. You can be sure when looking at the GAs that they reflect what these boxes should look like. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:10, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

I understand, I don't want to do anything that can lead to something that's bad, you know. Even the ones that I have around my home is what I also imagined what I thought it could be laid out with others. I never want to put something that could be inconsistent with others. All I wanna do is to, of course, try to do the right thing.20chances (talk) 04:20, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

GA for KRI Nanggala

Hello! Thank you for the second review for KRI Nanggala. I would like to begin to make the changes, but at present I am quarantined and may not be able to access my laptop. I should be out in around a week.

Is it possible to hold the article for a bit longer?

Thank you! SunDawntalk 01:45, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I would be happy to do this. Hoping you feel better soon. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello! I just went out of quarantine and should be able to make the changes soon. Thank you for your patience! SunDawntalk 09:17, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WMPR

On 17 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WMPR, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the street from which Mississippi radio station WMPR broadcasts was renamed in honor of the station's longtime owner and general manager, former politician Charles Evers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WMPR. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WMPR), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Re: KSWO-TV

Thanks for trimming the article; it was getting too long for my liking. Now can you trim sister station KAUZ-TV and some other Oklahoma TV articles? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:30, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

It'll probably happen as I have time. You might be interested in learning that more Tvtonightokc specials have been cut down significantly: KDAF is 40 percent smaller as a GA than it was before improvement, and KFOR-TV was pretty much redone as a "this is how it's done". The referencing is pretty good (the news section needs more but that wasn't my focus this time), but there is just cruft galore. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:35, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

You think you oughta talk to @Tvtonightokc: about this? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:48, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

I actually have, @Mvcg66b3r: User talk:Tvtonightokc/Archives/2021/July. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:01, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KHAT (Nebraska)

On 20 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KHAT (Nebraska), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after it broadcast for the last time, KHAT became Rock Steady and was part of a Triathlon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KHAT (Nebraska). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KHAT (Nebraska)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Lifetime Medical Television

On 24 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lifetime Medical Television, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lifetime Medical Television, "the network for physicians only", charged the highest advertising rates on cable? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lifetime Medical Television. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lifetime Medical Television), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KNWT

On 26 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KNWT, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after a dispute emerged over the terms of its lease, the owner of its broadcast tower forced Wyoming radio station KNWT off the air by disconnecting its power? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KNWT. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KNWT), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 01:26, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WTNT-FM

On 27 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WTNT-FM, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that one radio station owner's decision to bring a "country cousin" to Tallahassee, Florida, turned out to be a miscalculation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WTNT-FM. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WTNT-FM), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KBIL (Texas)

On 30 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KBIL (Texas), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after going off the air due to financial issues, the control room of Texas radio station KBIL was set ablaze by an arsonist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KBIL (Texas). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KBIL (Texas)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Ideas for Spanish articles related to Arizona

Hi, Sammi! I see that you have good knowledge of Spanish.

If you are interested and have time, I have some ideas of Arizona-related subjects that would be very useful in Spanish:

• Valleywise Health (the public hospital system for Maricopa County, AZ)
• Murphy Elementary School District (an elementary school district with many Spanish speaking students)

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 04:48, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Javascript Wiki Browser

I see you've been using WP:JWB to remove O&O and PSIP labels from infoboxes. Could you use it to change [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP Short Name]] to Short name in subchannel tables? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 05:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm getting there. This is my first day using it—you might notice I did that with Philippines pages already (which shouldn't come near PSIP as a rule of law, as they are an ISDB-T country). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:04, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Aubin Grove railway station

By the way, you seem to have forgotten to add Aubin Grove railway station to Wikipedia:Good articles/Engineering and technology, so I have done it for you. :-) Steelkamp (talk) 09:31, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks... It occurs to me I haven't added a single GA I've reviewed to its appropriate page... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:49, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KDCD

On 5 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KDCD, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a would-be buyer of San Angelo, Texas, radio station KBIL-FM had no knowledge of the transaction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KDCD. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KDCD), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

uhftelevision.com cybersquatting

User:66.102.87.40 said in an edit summary at Channel 37: "Wikipedia needs urgently to pull all external links to Clarke Ingram's "uhftelevision.com" in every affected page and replace them with the archive.org versions only, as the site is now cybersquatted as hardcore porn. Do. Not. Link. There." Do you think uhftelevision.com should be added to Wikipedia's blacklist? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 05:29, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

They should be replaced with archive links. I know in a thread on RadioDiscussions that the site's contents will soon be hosted by World Radio History. This should be reported to Wikipedia:Link rot. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Roberto González Echevarría

Thanks for your hard work over at Roberto González Echevarría. I wanted to drop you a note to ask if you might strike and replace a few items in the RfC proposal? There are no sexual assault allegations that I am aware of, nor criminal trial or other proceedings. There was a lawsuit against Yale (apparently now dismissed), which alleged the subject here engaged in sexual harassment, and then retaliated when a junior colleague complained. I'm not aware of any lawsuits against the subject directly.

I am concerned that the current wording at the RfC might be causing some confusion. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 18:54, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I revised "sexual assault" to "sexual harassment" in the statement but failed to do so in the Background section, @Russ Woodroofe. I've done this. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:10, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry to trouble you, but the most recent !vote looked like it might have been misled. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, and we've learned some new details while the RfC has gone on. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The DYK Barnstar
		For your (DYK and non DYK) work on broadcasting-releated articles. Althrough the topic might be esoteric, I still think these articles are intresting. Your hooks and articles are always informative and exemplify Wikipedia's purpose to create a high quality encylopedia. Keep up the good work. Rlink2 (talk) 02:37, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Satellite Television & Associated Resources

On 9 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Satellite Television & Associated Resources, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that just four years after starting up, the president of Satellite Television & Associated Resources commented that his entire industry had "gone down the drain"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Satellite Television & Associated Resources. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Satellite Television & Associated Resources), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WSWG (AM)

On 10 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WSWG (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 1971 format change and firing of three Black disc jockeys contributed to the Mississippi radio station WSWG losing its broadcast license? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WSWG (AM). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WSWG (AM)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:04, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Catalena Productions

On 12 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catalena Productions, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Catalena Productions had a Monty Hall problem when the host, unpaid, forced the company into bankruptcy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catalena Productions. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Catalena Productions), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WKXG

On 13 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WKXG, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in its final years, Mississippi radio station WKXG allegedly attempted to maintain its broadcast license by "taking turns" with another station in their transmitter facility? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WKXG. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WKXG), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox broadcasting network convert

Template:Infobox broadcasting network convert has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nigej (talk) 19:00, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Television clutter

Thank you so much, for your help with the clutter reduction on {{Infobox television channel}}. It were your edits which lead me to start the RfC in the first place. I have noticed another template which similarly falls into the WP:NOTDIRECTORY criteria that of {{English anime licensee}}. This is television listing clutter, we do not do this for other television/animated shows for e.g. (see also MOS:TVINTL) and it is also quite frequent to unsourced claims and outright hoaxes.

I see value for manga translations/English publishers (as we list for books {{Infobox book}}) but that is already covered at {{Infobox animanga/Print}}.

Your thoughts on this are appreciated. Gotitbro (talk) 15:48, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Hijab row

Hi Sammie, you have said "I'd also like to see the references use citation templates", But as far as I can see the reference are already using the proper template. Your comment is not clear to me, can you please clarify, if there is an example of the problem, that would be even better. Thanks. Venkat TL (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

• @Venkat TL: Some refs just use formatted wikitext instead of {{Cite news}}, e.g. "Karnataka hijab row: No problem for 3 decades; girls instigated, says edu minister" and "Hijab row: Karnataka govt sets up expert committee". I cleaned up a good number, but there are still five left. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

  Ok. Understood. It seems there is someone among the contributors who is unaware of this problem. I will copy this thread to the talk page of the article so that the guy who is adding it takes notice. Thanks. Venkat TL (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

  This isn't something that blocks the DYK nomination, Venkat TL, but it's a best practice I wanted to point out given the length of the page. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:15, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

  Understood. Some of the issues you pointed have been resolved. I will take a look at the refs and ping you on the DYK page for a relook. Thanks for the reply. Venkat TL (talk) 17:19, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Question about Category:Articles using infobox television channel

Hey Sammi, why is Category:Articles using infobox television channel is needed when you can check the transclusions from the template itself ([2])? Gonnym (talk) 10:01, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

@Gonnym It was being used for project tagging (along with similar templates on the radio and TV station infoboxes); see User_talk:The_Earwig#Project_tagging. I also was using it for WP:JWB a bit, but if JWB can generate an edit list from a list of pages transcluding a template, I won't need it. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:22, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

I haven't used JWB, but if it works like AWB then yes, it has an option for that. Gonnym (talk) 18:23, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

@Gonnym, I'd be fine with it going then along with Category:Articles using infobox radio station and Category:Articles using infobox television station. I just gave JWB a try and found what I needed. The project tagging, by the way, was quite successful, adding 5,000 articles to the television stations task force. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:25, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WLVI

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article WLVI you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rlink2 -- Rlink2 (talk) 01:40, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Nathan Safir

On 18 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nathan Safir, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nathan Safir, general manager of Texas radio station KCOR for 44 years, was credited with being a pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasting in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nathan Safir. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nathan Safir), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WSTA

On 22 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WSTA, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at WSTA, the first radio station in the U.S. Virgin Islands, goats and chickens sometimes wandered in during broadcasts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WSTA. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WSTA), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WNAO-TV

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article WNAO-TV you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 05:40, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

User:Tvtonightokc

He's at it again: expanding TV station articles, this time in Arkansas. I had to clean up after him by removing the duplicate wikilinks. I could use some help on trimming the fat. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 05:34, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WLVI

The article WLVI you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:WLVI for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rlink2 -- Rlink2 (talk) 05:01, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of KMEX-DT

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DYK for KSBQ

On 1 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KSBQ, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Santa Maria, California, radio station KSBQ is named for the style of barbecue that originated in that city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KSBQ. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KSBQ), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WWJ-TV

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DYK for WITV (Florida)

On 2 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WITV (Florida), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when Florida television station WITV ceased broadcasting in May 1958, its owner was reported to be on a yacht at sea and thus unavailable for comment? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WITV (Florida). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WITV (Florida)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Need help

Hiya, are you still working on American buildings? I need help for an article about a Hawaiian real estate developer. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Give me some information and I may be able to assist, @Jeromi Mikhael. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm planning to create an article about David Gee Cheng, a real estate developer in Hawaii. According to this (which is just a copy of this book), David was naturalized as a US Citizen in 1972 and held several positions in Hawaiian housing and construction organizations. What's more interesting is that before he came to America in 1966, he was naturalized as an Indonesian citizen in 1961 and later became minister for city planning and construction five years later. There's not much information about him from the Indonesian side, but I believe since he spent most of his life in US I think most of the information lies on US newspaper. I hope you can help me to search more information about him in the US newspapers. Thank you. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:00, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

@Jeromi Mikhael, there is no SIGCOV in Hawaii, and I looked. The closest I came was [3]. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:36, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help! I really thought there was more information out there, and it really wasn't. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:06, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WGBS-TV

On 3 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WGBS-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an executive of Florida station WFTL-TV declared that he had "faith in its future", only to sell it within months and for the station to close within three years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WGBS-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WGBS-TV), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Please try to slow down submitting DYK hooks.

While I appreciate your work, I honestly believe you are submitting hooks to WP:DYK a little too frequently. I understand you have an extreme enthusiasm for radio and TV stations, but when I see a fun fact about a K or W station almost every day (and sometimes for multiple days in a row), it quickly becomes boring and repetitive. Not to mention that not many people would find them interesting. So, I suggest that you slow down a little with your submissions. Thanks. 49.144.196.93 (talk) 01:39, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate the feedback and have heard similar before. While I can't avoid the fact that the articles in my field of expertise all start mostly with the same two letters, you might enjoy the fact that I do have articles that aren't stations pages. Earlier this year, Catalena Productions ran at DYK, and in the next month you'll probably see Television News Inc. and Celeste Sánchez Romero. There are some other stations pages in the pipeline already and also some at GAN that I intend to bring to DYK when they are promoted. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:00, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WNAO-TV

The article WNAO-TV you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:WNAO-TV for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 14:20, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

WUIV

I'm curious how you not only knew so much about how to find information, but how you happened to be there when it was needed.

I disagree with the amount of detail and the specific approach, but if no one objects, your version of what the newspaper article says may be better. I was taking advantage of the new way to get to Charlotte Observer archives to see several articles about Y-102.9, which when I lived in the area swapped formats with WUIV, or so I thought. I remember Broadcasting Yearbook saying WUIV was Top 40, but the newspaper article I remembered seeing apparently has different information from what I remember.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:10, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee, I spotted it because I recently set up a new page tracker for radio stations pages, User:AlexNewArtBot/RadioStationsSearchResult (there's also one for television stations, User:AlexNewArtBot/TelevisionStationsSearchResult). I realize now I never linked this from WPRS. Since I have over 250 US broadcast station DYKs, I'm really really attuned to where to find sourcing and can get to (and clip) the newspaper pages in a flash. If we had a Unifour newspaper, I might have been able to bring this to DYK, but it comes up just short in the available materials. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:47, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

There are several newspapers in the area, of course, but based on what I was able to find, nothing more about WUIV was available.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:03, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

The big missing link would be something like the Hickory Daily Record from the period... newspapers.com only has very old and very new issues. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:23, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Ironically, we did not subscribe to that one or, as I recall, even buy any copies while living there. I say that because I found out somewhere a lot of people subscribed to it. But we had always gotten the Charlotte Observer. Our last few years we did get the O-N-E.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:42, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for WTQX

On 5 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WTQX, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alabama radio station WTQX was picketed over the alleged systematic firing of its existing staff by new management? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WTQX. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WTQX), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of WNAO-TV

The article WNAO-TV you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:WNAO-TV for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 09:21, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Congrats

	:)
	100,000 edits woo! A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 22:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of KNXV-TV

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Your GA nomination of KPHO-TV

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Your GA nomination of KSAZ-TV

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Your GA nomination of KMEX-DT

The article KMEX-DT you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:KMEX-DT for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 14:01, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Query

Hello, Sammi Brie,

I came across a new editor, Jairus 123456789, who has created two articles about radio stations in the Philippines that were tagged as hoax articles. I thought there was a sockmaster who had an interest in this subject area and asked Tamzin and she suggest I ask you. Tell me if it rings any bells for you! Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:59, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

@Liz, this is presumably Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Antero\ambi with the similar name? Had to look them up, but it was not hard. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:46, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Good guess! Or good memory! I'm not sure they have edited enough to be sure but later on I'll revive the SPI case and ask them to check. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:18, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: Looks pretty solid, at a glance. Feel free to ping me if you file. Also, this just goes to show what a nightmare Phillipine TV/radio is, socking-wise, because they really did ring a bell, but I've also never encountered this case before, so it must have been a different Phillipine TV/radio sockmaster I was reminded of. But the username patterns make me pretty confident Sammi's got the right master. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 06:18, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I have to credit User:WayKurat with doing some of the toughest work in the project area. So many vandals, so much nonsense, and so little sense. Those pages are a mess of their own. Heck, right now we're having a deletion discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DWFB-DTV) where there's the apparently unanswerable question of "is this article even named properly?" because the broadcast regulator seems to be far from the greatest at publishing useful lists and documents. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:27, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, the Jairus socks keeps on recreating ABN Brodcasting Corporation, another imaginary TV network so that's a giveaway. I'm not aware that this vandal have created a lot of socks before using his real name. -WayKurat (talk) 07:36, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I've requested that title to be salted so it can't be recreated. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:48, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Old Paths Radio Network

Why did you create a hatnote with a red link?

I tried a standard Google search but wasn't able to find anything. I was hoping you might know more about the WOPR in Michigan.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:40, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: I'd meant to get to searching for more and...never did. There really is not that much in the Detroit papers proper. Buuuut the Daily Tribune has its own archive... http://www.ropltribune.org/

• Kowalsky, Mark (October 15, 1975). "Changes Evident at OP Radio Station" (PDF). The Daily Tribune. p. 14.
• Stoddard, Haig (February 24, 1984). "WOPR offers radio experience in a fun setting" (PDF). The Daily Tribune. p. 6.
• Elster, Betty (October 6, 1986). "School board to determine station's fate" (PDF). The Daily Tribune. p. 2. (reports station went off air in 1985 because it was converted to a club and lost funding)

Sheesh, if this station had last broadcast in 1985 and remained on the books as long as it did... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:25, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Good. So we can have an article. In case you're wondering, there was a joke about the other meaning of WOPR.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:31, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

A lot of false positives from WarGames cropped up when I was searching, especially the Detroit papers. I see some sources saying it went off in 1989 but there is no mention of it in the Daily Tribune past the 1986 piece. There's also an archived tribute page to it. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:33, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

References

DYK for WLVI

On 11 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WLVI, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the day employees of Boston television station WLVI received new business cards, they learned the station would be sold and they would lose their jobs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WLVI. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WLVI), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:34, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of KPHO-TV

The article KPHO-TV you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:KPHO-TV for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 13:40, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Celeste Sánchez Romero

On 14 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Celeste Sánchez Romero, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before she became a Mexican federal deputy, Celeste Sánchez Romero was a dental researcher with more than 40 published articles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Celeste Sánchez Romero. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Celeste Sánchez Romero), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 14 March 2022 (UTC)