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suggestions from the mentor

Have a history/background section. This can explain the history of children's programming regulation before FCC came into the picture
Organise various regulations chronologically - start with the oldest and proceed to the newest.
For each regulation/act prominent cases, litigation, rulings, controversies and criticism can be added

--Sodabottle (talk) 09:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

more suggestions

Hello mentees,

1) wikilinking - After the text is done, please add internal links to other wikipedia articles for terms like US Congress, Supreme Court, The Jetsons, etc (but not to common terms like Radio, Television)--Sodabottle (talk) 19:33, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2) photos/illustrations - This article can do with some images. If you can get hold of any photos of FCC hearings on children's programming (copyright has to be checked - if it is the work of federal govt, it is in public domain, else we have to see if it can used with a fair use rationale) it would be nice--Sodabottle (talk) 19:38, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Merger

I rewrote this article, incorporating new, sourced text and merged content from Children's Television Act and E/I. This revision is more comprehensive and filled with less trivia. ViperSnake151 Talk 03:26, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bolding "educational and informative"

I accidentally hit the Enter key rather than the Shift key while typing my edit summary for reverting the last edit, so here's what I was trying to type since I can't edit an edit summary: "Please note that while "E/I" is already bolded in the article, nowhere is the phrase "educational and informative" bolded, of which phrase "E/I" is the abbreviation. Matt Gies (talk) 20:39, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge E/I

My unilateral and BOLD merge was unilaterally undone by @Mrschimpf: due to an apparent need for consensus. The articles are redundant; E/I is flimsy and full of OR and needs more sourcing. This article expresses the entire concept with adequate sourcing and less OR. ViperSnake151 Talk 00:45, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Per-week"

What's with the hyphen in this throughout? 173.90.75.20 (talk) 01:42, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: ViperSnake151 (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Z. Patterson (talk · contribs) 14:46, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article appears to be well-written and well-researched. However, I have some points to address.

Artvoice citations need to be removed as they are now considered WP:SPAM.
Some sources are inaccessible as they appear on the article. Please either archive these sources or find different sources. You can use the IABot Management Console at WP:IABOT or use other resources available at Help:Using the Wayback Machine if you choose to attempt to archive the sources.

- Landrea Wells. "Children and Television". University of Florida. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- "FCC addresses children's programming obligations of digital television broadcasters". TV Technology. September 21, 2004. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- Darlington, Abigail (July 20, 2014). "Setting the stage: Litton Entertainment to build network of film industry professionals in Charleston". The Post and Courier. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- DelliColli, Lori; Marshall, Cindy (August 19, 2004). "CBS and Nickelodeon Present: CBS's 2004-05 Children's Programming Schedule" (Press release). CBS Press Express. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- Stewart, Lianne (May 2006). "DIC's CBS block looks to reach girl viewers" (PDF). Kidscreen. p. 28. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- Lindsay Rubino (March 28, 2012). "NBC, With Assist From Sprout, to Launch Saturday Morning Preschool Block". Multichannel News. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- Marcucci, Carl (July 3, 2012). "The CW signs Jessica Borutski for kids block". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- Eggerton, John (August 4, 2005). "FCC's E/I Bug Lands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- "FCC Fines 7 For Kid's TV Ad Violations". TVNewsCheck. June 1, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

The paragraphs starting with the following sentences have the same reference tag copied in two places in each paragraph.

- "Fowler was against mandating the broadcast of educational programming"
- "The idea was criticized by NBC's vice president"
- "In October 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed"

Citations should be put in numerical order. Two examples include the paragraphs that start with "Fox Kids president Margaret Loesch denied" and "In the 2000s, multiple networks began to outsource their Saturday morning blocks".
The citation for "'The Weird Al Show': The Complete Oral History" is duplicated. Please change the duplicate citation to follow the convention for the first one.
All dates should be in month, day, year format.

Aside from these changes, the article looks good. If you make the changes, I plan to change this to a good article. I recommend using Gog the Mild's GAN/FAC checklist for further information on how to make this a good article. Z. Patterson (talk) 14:46, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ViperSnake151: The article looks better, but still has some sources that lead to errored pages, even after I archived them. I am going to give you seven days to address the pages that lead to dead pages, even after attempting to archive with WP:IABOT and the Wayback Machine. One example of such sources is DelliColli, Lori; Marshall, Cindy (August 19, 2004). "CBS and Nickelodeon Present: CBS's 2004-05 Children's Programming Schedule" (Press release). CBS Press Express. Retrieved 2018-11-16. Z. Patterson (talk) 12:59, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z. Patterson: Quite a few of the sources listed already had archive URLs listed, but I switched, refactored, or removed the ones listed just now. ViperSnake151 Talk 21:54, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ViperSnake151: I see. I attempted to archive the following source, but all of the archives for this page lead to error pages. Are you able to find a replacement source for this source, or remove it if you cannot?

Eggerton, John (May 27, 2008). "Three More Stations Face FCC Fines". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

Z. Patterson (talk) 12:56, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ViperSnake151: I am pleased to announce the article meets the WP:GACR6. It is broad in its coverage, it has no original research, it is written well, it is neutral, there are no recent WP:EDITWARS, and it illustrates the topic well for an article in the law and television topics. Good work. Z. Patterson (talk) 09:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:09, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that to comply with new FCC regulations, some American television stations claimed that Donahue, Hard Copy, and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town were children's educational programs?

Source: Hayes, Diane (March 1994). "The Children's Hour Revisited: The Children's Television Act of 1990". Federal Communications Law Journal. 46 (2): 293–328.

ALT1: ... that The Weird Al Show unwillingly complied with American mandates for children's educational television programming so it could be picked up by CBS? Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/the-weird-al-show-the-complete-oral-history-w501326
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Soliloquy
Comment: I found the progression from tabloid talk shows to Rankin/Bass specials to be quite the hook.

Improved to Good Article status by ViperSnake151 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.

ViperSnake151 Talk 04:13, 2 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

New enough GA. QPQ present. This is one I opted not to review at GA due to its size, but it's very close to my field (as you know). Hook facts check out and are reasonably interesting. ALT1 may be better for a global audience than ALT0. Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:08, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT2: ...that to comply with new broadcasting regulations, some American television stations claimed that tabloid shows and a Christmas special were educational programs for children?

Came up with another option. ViperSnake151 Talk 23:48, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approving ALT2 as well. For a broader audience, it describes rather than names the programs from the first hook. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 12:45, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]