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Wonky Writing
[edit]While following some old vandal edits from an IP on a page in my scope of wiki stuff, I stumbled onto this series of edits. Too much has been done since for me to just revert and none of it is sourced. But I'm making an attempt write now to clean up some of the ick that guy left behind. I'm sure it needs way more attention but I'm not actually from the related area so I'm just cleaning up bad sentences as best I can. Someone fact check me and all of that. Millahnna (mouse)talk 05:08, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
- On second though I'm just gonna flat out delete the three weird paragraphs that guy added. Millahnna (mouse)talk 05:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
GA review
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Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 23:41, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 23:23, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Yo! I will review this within one to two weeks. :) ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 23:23, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Coypvio check
All good on this front! There are very minimal quotations which are short excerpts, attributed and relevant.
- Prose
- Wikilink Nogales, Arizona and Tucson as their first mentions outside of the lead.
- For the sentence starting "The application brought protests from", I would remove the semi-colon and use a full stop.
- "In Tucson, IBC" – this abbreviation has not been mentioned before.
- The sentence starting "Programming began on February 1, 1967" uses a semi-colon when the next word of the following sentence is capitalised.
- The original name being KZAZ should be mentioned here.
- I would remove the parentheses on the last sentence of the second paragraph as unnecessary in that context.
- The appositive phrase for Gene Adelstein is quite long, perhaps it could be altered or added after the two individuals are mentioned in a second sentence?
- Mount Bigelow can be wikilinked.
- Wikilink University of Arizona and Fox in § KMSB.
- "studio were in ad sales" – I believe should be written in full as "advertising sales".
- "a deal completed on December 3, 2015" – I think you can remove the year here as it has already been mentioned, which you have done before.
- Spotcheck
Passes on refs 3, 9, 12, 13, 39, 40, 61 and 62.
- I apologise deeply for the long wait. I have (finally) left my comments above. Please ping me once you have addressed them or if you have any questions etc. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 13:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- @LunaEatsTuna That should be everything. Some of these are things I do by default in newer GAs now anyway. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 16:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Awesome; nice work on the changes! I am now happy to pass this wonderful article for GA status. Congrats! ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 00:11, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
[edit]- 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 TarnishedPath (talk) 10:11, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- ... that when an Arizona TV station ran a marathon of Star Trek, it caused a buying frenzy of blank videotapes in the area? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-those-crazy-hazy-day/104890416/
- ALT1: ... that of an Arizona TV station, it was said at a roast that "they named it Channel 11 after the number of viewers who watch their news"? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34635573/30-minute-local-newscasts-to-be-dropped/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Renovating Action Party
Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:10, 12 May 2026 (UTC).
New enough (submitted within a day of GA) and more than long enough. Well sourced, neutrally written, and copyvio unlikely. QPQ is done. This leaves the hooks. ALT0 is interesting and verified. ALT1 is OK too, but the main problem is syntax – it is awkward and also a mouthful – and I'm not sure how to fix it (though someone else may have a solution). For that reason, my preference at this time is for ALT0. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:35, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
1981 Star Trek marathon
[edit]KZAZ's 1981 Star Trek-marathon was the first such event in the country, with episodes handpicked by Gene Roddenberry himself, whom Gene Adelstein appears to have been close to. I think that deserves a mention. Renerpho (talk) 09:35, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
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