Talk:WTRF-TV/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 17:16, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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• Copyvio check - only a single 1% match found using Earwig's Copyvio Detector (the phrase to the Federal Communications Commission") - so no concerns.
• Images - Logos OK, with ALT text. I don't think any additional images are necessary.
• Stability - there has been some past reverting, but no issues since May.
• Neutrality - no issues with NPOV.
• Coverage - suitable breadth and dept as far as I can ascertain.

Sources

• What makes charlestonrotary.com a reliable source? (Looks like they may have published a mini-bio provided by Curtis himself.)
  • Trying to find current info on station programming can be...tough. And there is absolutely no reliable source (even a newspaper mention) to even state who hosts this program. This particular update, that Mark Curtis hosts that program instead of a Dan Thorne, was a thorn in the side of someone trying to improve the page (go read the talk page itself). And that change had to have happened in about 2018, when Thorne left for a job in San Francisco. I decided I had to chop this paragraph because of the lack of RS coverage. I get the distinct impression that West Virginia news media are...lean and soft.
• Other sources all aeem OK (e.g. looking at their people list, rabbitears.info seems fine).
• I think that "MY OHIO VALLEY" in "WTRF MY OHIO VALLEY Starts September 1" shouldn't be all in capitals, per MOS:ALLCAPS.
  • That ref was there, and I should have spotted that.
• I spot-checked Broadcasting, September 17, 1979; The Times-Leader, October 24, 1953; RabbitEars.Info; Wausau Daily Herald, January 3, 1985; Electronic Media April 1, 2002. No issues except any mentioned below.

History

• "a part that failed at the last minute" - wasn't it several parts (modulator, resistors and transformers)? You could specify the equipment, or maybe use the word "equipment" in place of "a part".
  • Fixed — I think another ref I had mentioned a part.
• "it aired Cleveland Browns games that Cleveland-area stations had to black out" - fine as a summary of what's in the source, but made me wonder why those games were not able to be shown.
  • NFL broadcasting rules. In 1972, the NFL still blacked out all home games even if they sold out on TV stations whose signal reached within 75 miles of the stadium. (This is why a Canton cable system would want to reach all the way to Wheeling to get WTRF, outside the exclusion zone.) This policy was abolished in 1973. See National Football League television blackout policies.
• "WTRF-TV was the leading station in the market" - optionally, specify the market here.
  • It's specified in the lead here (Wheeling and Steubenville)

News operation

• "The news staff has been unionized since 1988..." - is this level of detail typically included in articles?
  • It's unusual for this small a market and honestly for this red a place. This is one way, imo, that this market is influenced by very nearby Pittsburgh. The other station in this area, WTOV-TV, has a history that includes an attempted move to Pittsburgh.

Subchannels

• No issues.

Infobox and lead

• Lead is quite short, but fairly proportionate to the article length. You could consider adding information about the year that channel started broadcasting.
  • Why did I not do that? Also a note. Summary leads were unheard of in this topic area until I started sending pages to GA. Read an unimproved page of this type and you will find there is usually only one lead paragraph (e.g. WTOV-TV). I do have articles with longer content in my GA pipeline (KOVR, Kentucky Educational Television come to mind).

Only a couple of minor questions and points, Sammi Brie. thanks for your work on the article. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

@BennyOnTheLoose: Done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

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