Talk:TechTV/GA1

GA review

Passed. IAWW (talk) 19:42, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Cat's Tuxedo (talk · contribs) 17:41, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 11:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: @DaniloDaysOfOurLives and I are working very hard to review every single GA nomination in the television section. Consider joining us to clear the backlog!

I'll review this :) IAWW (talk) 16:23, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cat's Tuxedo Thanks for responding so promptly. Final comments are below. I couldn't find much wrong with this article so well done! IAWW (talk) 16:25, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cat's Tuxedo I am happy with all your changes. Passing now. IAWW (talk) 19:41, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) clock

Lead

Per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, there shouldn't be information that is solely in the infobox. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In 2000, TechTV was sold to Vulcan Ventures, owned by Paul Allen, and rebranded as TechTV: I think the first "TechTV" in this sentence should be changed to ZDTV to make it make sense. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Origins

Looks good :)

ZDTV

Looks good :)

TechTV

Is there any information on what stations affiliated with the channel?

Information on its affiliate has been worked into this section Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

which resulted in a high turnover rate: Suggest changing to "employee turnover rate" to make this clearer IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merger and consolidation

Comcast announced its purchase of TechTV for under $300 million: Make it a bit clearer that Comcast didn't announce it was under $300 million. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Higgins of Broadcasting & Cable attributed TechTV's small ratings to cable television's increasingly fragmented nature: Can you explain how this would decrease ratings? IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How long did G4TechTV Canada last? IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Info found Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Programs

I think a lot of this needs to be changed to past tense? IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Anime Unleashed bullet point is the only one that is not indented, which makes the other bullets look like subpoints IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Executives

Looks good :)

Hosts and correspondents

She notably anchored live: "notably" implies that... well... it is notable! Which is an opinion. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

Sources clock

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) Y

No issues for GA

Reliability (Criterion 2b) clock

[95, 96] seem to be self-published and doesn't fall under WP:ABOUTSELF. Can you find some better sourcing? IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Everything else seems to be reliable.

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) clock

[4]: Y

[8b]: Y

[27]: Y

[77]: Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) clock

Earwig finds nothing. I will check further on the spot check.

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Seems to cover the channel's entire lifespan

Stable (Criterion 5) Y

Media Y

Tags (Criterion 6a) Y

The TechTV logo has a free use rationale for usage on the G4 Canada article, but that article no longer uses this logo, so I think that free use rationale should be removed. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Captions (Criterion 6b) Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

Suggest archiving unarchived references to prevent link rot IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Modern day conversions for the monetary amounts using Template:Inflation would be cool. IAWW (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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