Talk:WCBQ

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:44, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that a North Carolina radio station was fined by a federal judge for broadcasting songs without a license? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-dispatch-stations-fined-for-co/194312538/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 61 kg (2 of 5)
  • Comment: If I do WHNC, I would flip this to a double DYK. Kind of leaving it a bit vague so people click and ask what sort of license they needed.

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 814 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 21:06, 3 April 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this, though I may be busy due to vacation time. @Sammi Brie: if you do finish WHNC, please ping. ミラP@Miraclepine 14:29, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Procedural in case WHNC is finished to allow for a double nom.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Expanded from 173 B to 2648 B five days before nom, still at that same size as of review. Not much to note. Waiting for WHNC in the meanwhile. ミラP@Miraclepine 22:46, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

• @Miraclepine: WHNC is 5xed (even without the shared LST part). A bit hamstrung by a large gap in newspaper records. I will use the same nomination (3 of 5) for QPQ. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 08:06, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Procedural per below.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Expanded from 281 B to 2743 B (1610 if the {{#section:WCBQ|shared}} part is removed) just today, still at that same size as of now. @Sammi Brie: I'd like to see the ALT0b linking to WHNC so I can approve. Nothing else to share. ミラP@Miraclepine 16:40, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

• @Miraclepine: Try this... Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:30, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

* ALT0b: ... that two North Carolina radio stations were fined by a federal judge for broadcasting songs without a license?

@Sammi Brie: Sorry, that would breach WP:DYKMOS which says any two non-boldlinks or two boldlinks must be kept separate. Try another one with both links separate. ミラP@Miraclepine 19:52, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Miraclepine: Maybe... This is kinda rough, but... Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:19, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

ALT0c: ... that two radio stations in North Carolina were fined by a federal judge for broadcasting songs without a license?

On one hand, one can argue MOS:EGG (after all, I recently had a ALT0 for my nom rejected for that). On the other hand, the linked articles point to the same phrase and the state article being linked will even make people click on it; after all, it's been pointed out here and there it's a rule and that IAR is fine. So after thinking this for a while, I'm gonna approve this given the scenario involved. ミラP@Miraclepine 20:46, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Noting that I consider ALT0c a MOS:EGG violation, and that if I promote, I'm probably going to reword as follows: ALT0d: ... that the North Carolina radio stations WCBQ and WHNC were fined by a federal judge for broadcasting songs without a license?. I realise that Sammi usually (quite rightly) avoids the naming the stations in her hooks, but I think this is one occasion where this might be unavoidable.--Launchballer 04:11, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm not a fan, but there may be no choice. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

ALT0d's fine. @Launchballer: wasn't it pointed out how MOS:EGG could be rebutted? ミラP@Miraclepine 04:30, 15 April 2026 (UTC)