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Television in Croatia

 * ... that the first television signal in Croatia was broadcast by Philips engineer Eric Klaas de Vries at the Zagreb Fair on 26 August 1939?
 * Reviewed: Puspa Indah

Created/expanded by Tomobe03 (talk). Self nom at 00:28, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hook: AGF on citation, short and interesting.
 * Article: New and long enough. Referencing for "Multiplexes" section is lacking. AGF on paraphrasing as most of the sources are in Croatian.
 * Summary: Symbol question.svg Referencing issues. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Sorry about that one, it simply got overlooked. Refs are added, an outdated piece of info removed. Thanks for taking time to review this.--Tomobe03 (talk) 17:01, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg  Looks good now. AGF on foreign-language sources. Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I'm a speaker of Croatian, and can confirm the newspaper article cited corroborates the hook. However, the hook might need some tweaking. The 1939 Zagreb fair which de Vries visited does not seem to have included actual transmission of television signal (which wouldn't have made sense anyway since nobody in Zagreb owned a TV set back then). If I understand correctly, according to Jutarnji list article it seems that the Philips crew spent the first few days filming short clips in an improvised studio with local singers and musicians. These clips were then screened to visitors (including Ivan Šubašić) during the rest of the fair as a sort of a fairground attraction. So putting in something like "televised program" in lieu of "signal", and "shown" or "screened" instead of "broadcast" would probably be more accurate. Also, Dutch surnames with "van" and "de" are usually written in lower case ("Erik Klaas de Vries"). Apart from these details it's a great hook and an interesting and thorough article. Congrats to nominator, I'm sure this will be a GA in no time.  Timbouctou  ( talk ) 23:35, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The source (27) says specifically "Jesenski zborski dani od 26. kolovoza do 4. rujna dat će u našem izložbenom gradu na Savskoj aveniji ono što je zasad moguće jedino u Londonu i Berlinu, a to je televizijska stanica za davanje, a ujedno i više aparata za bežično primanje" which translates to "Autumn fair days from 26 August until 4 September shall provide in our exhibition compound at Savska Avenue that which was until now possible in London and Berlin only, and that is a television transmission station and at the same time several apparatuses for wireless reception"... therefore broadcast should be fine. As far as capitalization of "de" in the surname is concerned, I stand corrected, nl:Erik de Vries is correct.--Tomobe03 (talk) 00:06, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I still don't think this should qualify as broadcasting. The program was entirely made at the Fair and the only place you could see it was at the Fair (for a nominal fee of 5 dinars). There was even a waiting room organized for visitors who came in for scheduled screenings. But if no one else is bothered by this, so be it.  Timbouctou  ( talk ) 00:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not bent on this particular wording, I just feel it is justified. If the original hook proves problematic, I suppose something like:


 * ALT1: ... that the first television transmission in Croatia was made by Philips engineer Eric Klaas de Vries at the Zagreb Fair on 26 August 1939?
 * Additional modifications are also fine by me, but I don't feel they are really necessary.--Tomobe03 (talk) 00:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds good enough to me.  Timbouctou  ( talk ) 00:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Tick based on previous review. ALT1 chosen. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:13, 11 January 2012 (UTC)