Talk:WNOL-TV

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Review: August 14, 2023. (Reviewed version).

A fact from WNOL-TV appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one former employee called the executives of a New Orleans TV station "piranhas"?

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Station Call Sign

STOP EDITING THE STATION CALL SIGN TO "NOLA-TV"!!!

Television callsigns in the US start with "K" or "W". This TV station's callsign is "WNOL-TV" (or "WNOL-DT" for the digital version).

"NOLA-TV" is not a callsign. In fact, it's not ANYTHING. The station's *branding* is "NOLA 38" as stated in the article. Fish Man (talk) 03:29, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ques on Transmitter location and ERP

What coordinate system is being used tWhat coordinate system is being used to designated transmitter location NAD 27 or NAD 83? Per FCC file No. BPCDT-20080205AAL. Station was granted STA to broadcast from the Hearst Tower (WDSU-tv) at an ERP of 775Kw (MAX-DA) on Digital channel 15 with an antenna height of 286M. Station antenna should be the same as for WDSU-DT and WGNO-DT all broadcasting from a shared tower and master antenna. 72.204.152.47 (talk)J. R. Bentley

PSIP

Someone is changing the phrasing of virtual channel references from "Through the use of PSIP" to "However". This reduces the quality of the article as it suggests that it is unknown how a virtual channel is established. The editor should identify him/herself and explain the merits of this change. In the interim, I will revert all NOLA TV pages back. Sore bluto (talk) 20:29, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yo! I will (ideally) be able to review this within one week. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good! Pass. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 21:06, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check

Earwig says good to go.

File(s)

All images used are relevant, of acceptable quality and copyright-free.

Prose

(Lead is good)

Wikilink New Orleans.
Can I be a pedant and recommend "38 for comparative hearing—Oak Television of New Orleans,"? I have not seen from used in this context before.
- Reworded differently.
"additional capital, the firm added 100 additional partners" – recommend rephrasing to avoid a repetition of additional.
Just curious, what is "(Hal)" referring to?
- Hal is a bit of an old-fashioned nickname for Harold. He was usually known as Hal Protter.
Wikilink WGNO.
I would wikilink reruns, since it is not really a term commonly used anymore.
"After the newspaper printed the "piranhas" quote" – how about "In response to the "piranhas" quote"?
- Leaving this here because the newspaper's handling was up for question in the articles at the time
  - Ah, I see!
"goods and services, not cash" – how about "goods and services instead of cash"? Ignore this suggestion if this is standard AM ENG however.
The sentence starting "While WNOL-TV had a strong 1984 …" is honestly a bit awkward.
"power to box WNOL-TV" – sorry, again not familiar with American English, is 'box' really formal?
"and WNOL-TV became the local affiliate of the new Fox …" reads awkwardly because of "and because" in the previous sentence.
"even before Black Monday" – it is wikilinked but how about "even before the Black Monday stock market crash" to save readers some effort?
How about "joint venture with Quincy Jones Entertainment Company".
- That's the name of the JV.
  - My bad!
Wikilink prime time.
Rephrase "the door was open" for formality.
Wikilink WVUE to WVUE-DT.
"seeking the ABC affiliation" – wikilink ABC.
"In a September 18 article" – is there a reason you are noting this?
- Yes, because of the mention of early September meetings. It was a full year before the affiliation was already announced.
"Canal Street offices to 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2)" – this is worded weirdly.
You could wikilink duopolies.
"and with a small alligator found stuck in a fence" - I do not think this is really noteworthy.
- I use it here to indicate how bad the damage was. Added "fish", as in the source, because fish stuck in a fence might indicate some of the flooding.
  - Looks good.
Wikilink the CW.

Refs

Passes spotcheck on refs 7, 15, 22, 27, 37, 46 and 65.

For ref 68, I cannot seem to find where it mentions June 2007.
- Fixed this by adding a new supporting reference. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:10, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@LunaEatsTuna, everything should be handled. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:33, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Others

Rec template:use American English (but optional)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 18:42, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that one former employee called the executives of a New Orleans TV station "piranhas"? Source: https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/channel-38-pays-price-its-success/dmbzvrsutamzbjeeyusbnivzsijkccxk_wma-gateway008_1679553171128
- ALT1: ... that Quincy Jones owned a TV station in New Orleans? Source: Lorando, Mark (September 21, 1989). "Composer Quincy Jones agrees to buy WNOL-TV". The Times-Picayune. p. D1.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gavin Massey

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 22:24, 14 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WNOL-TV; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like that first hook. It's cited. It's a key point in the news article. The Wikipedia article gives context. Second one is okay, but more specific.

Also, this is not a DYK concern but do sources say why the transmitter is in Chalmette? Most of the city's high power stations have the transmitters in Chalmette now. I assume there is some common reason, but have no idea what's available in reliable sources.Rjjiii (talk) 05:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC) Rjjiii (talk) 05:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]