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GA review

Passed. IAWW (talk) 21:45, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This review is transcluded from Talk:KUAT-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 19:24, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 12:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to review this. IAWW (talk) 12:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) clock

Lead

Looks good :)

History

After the university rejected the first two bids for the job as too high and re-bid the task out: No sources on the accepted bid?

Did you look at the second ref [11]?

What is an "anemic facility"? effective radiated power of just 944 watts: "Just" implies it was not a lot, which is an opinion.

Fixed both of these.

KUAT upgraded its service to the northwest side: Is it possible to be more specific?

The entire paragraph justifies this claim. In Tucson, TV stations generally need two or more transmitters due to terrain considerations. The unique thing about KUAT is theirs is not just a translator but a separate full-service license.

it was exploring the construction: I think "Exploring the possibility of constructing" would be a bit more precise.

There has been progress on the Paul and Alice Baker Center for Public Media project since September 2023.

Yes. I can't find a projected completion date (I'm guessing late this year), but ground was broken in January 2024. Aded.

Local programming

Suggest linking "newsmagazine"

providing them with valuable hands-on experience: "Valuable" is an opinion, attribute or cut.

Can you give a quick summary of what "The Desert Speaks" and "Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice" were about? A bit beyond what you can infer from the titles.

Subchannels

Suggest linking "multiplex"

Initially, four subchannels were broadcast during the day and then closed down to allow the transmission of one high-definition channel: It's unclear whether it means they closed down for one HD channel every night, or whether this was a long term change they made at some point.

this time to a new complementary service known as PBS 6 Plus: What did this service contain?

Analog-to-digital transition

Suggest linking "UHF"

Did all the above items.

Sources clock

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) Y

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

All sources are either newspapers or information from official communications bodies.

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) clock

[5]: I don't see where it supports the first statement.

[6]: Y

[13]: Y

[20]: Y

[24]: Y

[29e]: Source says 2008, not 2007

Seems like it was broadcast by other stations in 2008 but KUAT aired it in 2007.

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Earwig finds nothing, I found no issues on the spot check.

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

The whole lifespan of the station is covered.

Stable (Criterion 5) Y

Media Y

Tags (Criterion 6a) Y

Captions (Criterion 6b) Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

File:KUAT logo, 1972-2014.jpg: I think this could be transferred to commons in the public domain, since it doesn't meet the threshold of originality? IAWW (talk) 12:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The FCC and RabbitEars are the only linked publishers. IAWW (talk) 12:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two links are not archived. IAWW (talk) 12:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@It is a wonderful world Prose changes done. Added two sources to bring the construction project more up to date and fix that Ashes to Ice discrepancy. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:28, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I'm happy with this. IAWW (talk) 21:45, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 19:10, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... that the TV station at the University of Arizona broadcast from a studio that had once been a gymnasium and auditorium? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-young-crew-staffs-you/105376401/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Brian Satterfield

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 764 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:02, 7 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:28, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[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: Looks good as usual. Don't see any issues with this newly-promoted GA. Approving. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:03, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie, BeanieFan11, AirshipJungleman29, and Theleekycauldron: Reopening the discussion as Theleekycauldron has bumped this hook for DYKINT reasons. Any chance we could come up with another hook or two to replace it? Or reword the existing one to make it more obvious why the fact is novel? Cielquiparle (talk) 07:04, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: The only ALT1 I can see out of this is... Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 16:05, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that an Arizona TV station put a satellite dish in a vacant swimming pool? https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-television-shows-via-sate/105378728/

Ok with me. It sounds pretty novel and there is a sliver of additional detail about the fact within the article. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:38, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

by "vacant swimming pool", do they mean that the pool has been drained or that the pool complex doesn't have any people in it? I assume there wasn't water in the pool... theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:06, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was disused, which may be a better word. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:28, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie: I'm sorry, I'm still not sure what that means! The pool itself still had water, but it wasn't being used and the satellite dish was off to the side somewhere? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:32, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: Source uses "abandoned". I'd be fine with that, too. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:45, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sammi, I'm not having trouble understanding what the words vacant, disused, or abandoned mean, I'm having trouble understanding what was vacant, disused, or abandoned. The swimming pool itself? How does one put a satellite dish underwater? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:47, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like it was no longer in use. It had been drained. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:48, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All right, works for me :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:10, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]