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Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 08:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Dracophyllum (talk · contribs) 05:27, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Hello, comments to follow. Dracophyllum 05:27, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking this on. I see you're not from the United States. It's my experience that reviews of my articles by non-American reviewers tend to result in questions about how American broadcasting works; please feel free to ask. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 05:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• 1a)
  • WHO-TV and KRNT-TV became major competitors, and deprived of its monopoly, WOI-TV suffered financially, losing money in four consecutive fiscal years and because Iowa State's educational programming did not make money. || could be reworded a little better.
  • Iowa State got a new president: Gordon Eaton, who stated it would be his decision whether to sell the station or not -hyperlink is incorrect as the skier is someone else.
  • prose otherwise flawless.
    • @Dracophyllum: Fixed. Turns out our article on the university president is Gordon P. Eaton. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• 1b) MOS good, although lede is a little too lengthy, would be better at around ~400 words Dracophyllum 08:21, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I appreciate the thought, but this station is unusual in ways that dominate the article and require a longer lead section. I trimmed it a bit (to 557 words), but I really don't think I can comfortably trim much more. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 16:36, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• 2a) ref layout consistent Y
• 2b) refs reliable Y
• 2c) spotchecking...
  • Where do you get the "and captured between 12 and 14 percent" figure from, I can't see it in the ref.
    • Page 4-L column 2: He said WOI-TV gets only about 12 to 14 per cent of the advertising in the three-station Des Moines-Ames market area, and unlike other stations has no advertising salesmen attempting to sell local ads.
  • Same with the: "revenue of $7 million in 1981; WOI-TV only garnered $4 million figures," are there parts of the clipping I can't see? Dracophyllum 08:21, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Page 7A, column 2: A proxy statement prepared in connection with the spin-off of Cowles Broadcasting Corp. fron its now-liquidated parent, Cowles Communications Inc., suggests that KCCI-TV's revenue in 1981 was about $7 million. WOI-TV's revenue in the same year was $4 million, more than 40 percent behind the market leader. @Dracophyllum: Multipage clippings are common with me, and the second or further pages are always linked in the page field. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 16:26, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Otherwise clean
• 2d) earwig is clean Y
• 3a) Article covers all needed sections Y
• 3b) focus good Y
• 4) article info is presented neutrally Y
• 5. Article is stable Y
• 6a. Pics are freely licensed Y
• 6b. Pics are relevant Y

• Otherwise excellent @Sammi Brie: Dracophyllum 08:21, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, passing now. Dracophyllum 21:17, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]