Talk:Van Hackett

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A fact from Van Hackett appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 September 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that broadcaster Van Hackett returned to the industry a decade after lamenting the "trivialization" of television news?

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The result was: promoted by Earth605 talk 12:27, 22 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that a decade after lamenting the "trivialization" of television news, broadcaster Van Hackett returned to the industry? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-anchors-aweigh-in-turbu/178016049/ + Wright, Dan (July 29, 2006). "Signing Off - WHSV News Director And Anchor Hackett To Retire Next Month". Daily News-Record. (Available upon request)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Craig Hendrickson (2 of 2)

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 794 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 04:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC).Reply

Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 14:55, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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

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Cited: - One half of the hook is verified, the other uses an offline source nom will either have to email me for or just provide me the quote without having to email me.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Expanded from 579 B to 3788 B (6.54x) two days before nom, before I did minor trims to 3738 B. Not much worth noting. @Sammi Brie: address the issue and you're good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:47, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Miraclepine: He got out of television for about 10 years, but continued to do radio news in the New York metro area. "In 2003, we began looking at places in Virginia and saw this job open," Hackett said. "So in December [2003], I came to Harrisonburg as news director and began the anchor job later." from the above source. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:08, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Approved! ミラP@Miraclepine 17:09, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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