Talk:KVDO-TV

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Review: March 13, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from KVDO-TV appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a "self-proclaimed public avenger" cut down the tower of Oregon television station KVDO-TV in 1976 to protest its sale to the state government?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:38, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a "self-proclaimed public avenger" cut down the tower of Oregon television station KVDO-TV in 1976 to protest its sale to the state government? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that KVDO-TV in Salem produced the first-ever telecast of a high school football game in the state of Oregon? Source: [2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cecil Duncan
Comment: New article at the former site of an unrelated redirect.

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 02:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

epicgenius (talk) 13:52, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:KVDO-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 20:09, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 20:09, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead[edit]

Infobox looks good.
Excellent lead (well-sourced and of reasonable length)!

History of channel 3 in Salem[edit]

Remove the comma after "Salem in 1952".
"Telecasters's" → "Telecasters'"

I consider "Salem Telecasters" a singular noun per MOS:POSS, so I left this as is.

No other issues (also well-sourced).

KVDO-TV as a commercial independent[edit]

"telecasting February" → "telecasting on February"
"first ever" → "first-ever"
"with quality" → "with the quality"
Remove the comma after "$410,000".

Sale to OEPBS[edit]

"by Oregon Educational" → "by the Oregon Educational"
Remove the comma after "lead by December".
Add a comma after "two newscasts"
"prime time" → "primetime" or "prime-time"

Public KVDO[edit]

"including of the" → "including the"
"of channel 16, while" → "for channel 16 while"
"Deschutes County" → "Deschutes County's"
That hatnote at the bottom seems out of place. Move it somewhere else, or a #See_also section can be made.

References[edit]

Try archiving sources (especially those from Newspapers.com, which will disappear if the title changes).

Progress[edit]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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