Talk:WQHS-DT/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:05, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 16:26, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Will review IAWW (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Sammi Brie, review is below. I know you are away at the moment so feel free to wait to reply to this until you get back. I thought you did a very good job of providing context in this article, which made it engaging and easy to follow. IAWW (talk) 16:28, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. I'll tackle this when I get back. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 01:23, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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

Lead

The direct quote "pass-through" should have a citation.

Prior history of channel 61

actual independent station: "actual" is weird wording here? Is it meant to connotate something? If so, either cut that or make it clear what it's trying to connotate.

Link and maybe spell out "UHF"

WCLQ-TV (1981–1986)

The station even revived: "even" reads like this point is an extra big deal, which isn't neutral. I suggest replacing with "also".

the service only had 22,000 subscribers: "Only" isn't very neutral

Nice monetary conversions :)

The addition of competition also drove down ratings and advertising rates, with WOIO charging basic cable rates for a typical commercial: I don't understand how the post-comma part of the sentence relates to the first part. I'm also struggling to understand what a "typical commercial" means in this context. Could you rephrase this to make it a bit more accessible?

"UHF" is linked here but it has been used before

The HSN years (1986–2002)

Embassy Television also filed a petition with the FCC against the deal: It's unclear what "the deal" refers to

Suggest linking "Akron Beacon Journal"

Univision years (2002–present)

Some were used to launch new Univision stations: I think cut this as is is unnecessary detail, or move it to the beginning of the paragraph. The sentence disrupts the storyline of Telefutura, which makes the narrative harder to follow.

However, even compared: "even" seems redundant here, and doesn't really fit the structure of the sentence.

Cleveland had a smaller Hispanic population, with Nielsen estimating only 25,000 Hispanic households and 77,000 viewers: It hasn't been mentioned that Telefutura was a Spanish language network targeting Hispanic communities, so the reader won't understand why this is relevant yet.

Despite 20 years of Univision ownership, WQHS has never produced a full-length local newscast: I think the contrasting structure introduced by "despite" is editorializing here

Technical information

Looks good :)

Sources clock

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

[3]: Doesn't seem to support "Despite some innovative local programming and an inventory of some popular off-network shows, WKBF struggled for the majority of its existence due to poor revenue growth. The station failed to achieve profitability while competing against rival independent WUAB (channel 43), which signed on nine months after WKBF in September 1968."

[15]: Y

[32]: Y though I'm not sure "with the station losing "a few million dollars" annually" should be stated as a fact if it is later contested by the president.

[44]: Y

[54]: Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

No issues found manually or through Earwig

Media Y

Not many images, but I'm sure it's probably because there isn't any available.

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

I'm not sure only listing the location of the transmitter in the lead and infobox is technically inkeeping with MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE and MOS:LEAD.