- 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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 23:37, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that an Alabama TV station initially refused to affiliate with the Fox network, which was said to want it "badly"? Source: https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/competition-heats-local-tv-ratings-arrive/afbphkvmibnqtrmipsunsuveoupjuikq_wma-gateway001_1677481454010
Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 00:24, 2 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WZDX; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
GA status promotion was on time and other DYK requirements. I didn't find any close paraphrasing and a QPQ has been done. The hook, I'll be honest, isn't really that great and may not seem significant to non-TV/radio buffs. Maybe something else can be proposed here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:12, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Not the most fertile DYK ground here. If not this, I don't know quite what to say. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:25, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that a man applied for channel 54 in Huntsville, Alabama, after seeing it on a list of unused TV station allotments?
- Probably still too specialist unfortunately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- If you don't find another hook, Narutolovehinata5, maybe it's best to hold this one back from DYK. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:58, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Other than the mast replacement accident that killed three, I'm not seeing anything hooky. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Alright, withdrawing. I have two other noms from my most recently approved GAs that will probably make stronger hooks. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:15, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Sammi Brie, Narutolovehinata5, might something be done with the fact that while initially the owners (Media Central) spurned Fox, they ultimately came around a few months after declaring bankruptcy in July? (The timing works, though there is no established cause and effect. The source says that the new station manager, who took over in September, expressed interest in Fox at that time. It also says that Fox was starting on December 5, and the source article was published on October 31, so I don't know where "November of that year" comes from.) If not, I agree that there isn't much else to hang a hook off of. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:51, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- I'll leave it to Sammi to decide if she wants to continue the nomination with the above suggestion. Personally it would depend on what the actual wording would be, although as you said, there's no evidence that there was a causation, so suggesting there was one might fall under OR or SYNTH. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
- That's pretty SYNTHy, so I will pass. I can prove it for KBSI but not here. Also fixed the copy error. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: I suppose this means you're withdrawing the nom? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:22, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Yes. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:24, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: I suppose this means you're withdrawing the nom? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:22, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
- That's pretty SYNTHy, so I will pass. I can prove it for KBSI but not here. Also fixed the copy error. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
- I'll leave it to Sammi to decide if she wants to continue the nomination with the above suggestion. Personally it would depend on what the actual wording would be, although as you said, there's no evidence that there was a causation, so suggesting there was one might fall under OR or SYNTH. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
- Sammi Brie, Narutolovehinata5, might something be done with the fact that while initially the owners (Media Central) spurned Fox, they ultimately came around a few months after declaring bankruptcy in July? (The timing works, though there is no established cause and effect. The source says that the new station manager, who took over in September, expressed interest in Fox at that time. It also says that Fox was starting on December 5, and the source article was published on October 31, so I don't know where "November of that year" comes from.) If not, I agree that there isn't much else to hang a hook off of. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:51, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Alright, withdrawing. I have two other noms from my most recently approved GAs that will probably make stronger hooks. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:15, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Other than the mast replacement accident that killed three, I'm not seeing anything hooky. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- If you don't find another hook, Narutolovehinata5, maybe it's best to hold this one back from DYK. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:58, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- Probably still too specialist unfortunately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that a man applied for channel 54 in Huntsville, Alabama, after seeing it on a list of unused TV station allotments?