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A fact from WLTZ appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that executives of American Family Corporation learned they "could never be the city's news leader" running an underperforming TV station in Columbus, Georgia?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 20:01, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, Sammi! I will be reviewing this shortly. 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 20:01, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You can call me Sammi (Brie is basically my last name). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:04, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 20:22, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the fast response and nice work on the changes! I am now happy to pass this article for GA status. Congrats! 𓃦LunaEatsTuna (💬) 21:36, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check[edit]

Earwig says good to go. Quotations used—rarely—are in-line with WP:COPYQUOTE and only very short extracts.

Files[edit]

All images relevant and free:

File:WLTZ Local NBC 38 logo.png: good, valid non-free rationale;
File:Wltz dt2 2010.png: good, valid public domain rationale;
File:AFLAC Tower Columbus Georgia.jpg: good, CC-BY-SA 3.0, uploaded to Commons by registered user.

Prose[edit]

I doubt the first ref in the lead is necessary, given its cited elsewhere and the lead has no other citations.
"section of East Columbus (postal address is actually Buena Vista Road in Columbus)" – maybe convert this into an efn note?
"three groups applied for television stations in Columbus," – wikilink Columbus as first mention in the body; likewise:
First mentions of ABC and NBC should also be wikilinked.
The sentence starting "WYEA-TV would prove to be a challenge as the group's first property," reads a bit too long for me. Perhaps it is possible to add a full stop somewhere?
"However, many of these changes were later trimmed back for economic reasons by Lewis." – is economic reasons the right word? Also:
Lewis is only first mentioned later in the article.
"By the start of 1981, American Family owned six stations, WYEA-TV and five outlets in larger markets" – recommend replacing the last comma with an em dash for better flow.
"beginning to brand as "Z-38"," – recommend "beginning to brand itself as "Z-38",".
"the station briefly had the first Black anchor on Columbus television," do the sources have a date for when this was? Seems noteworthy if possible.
"anchor Suzanne Hudson said the news was "like taking a knife to our throat" and left her "absolutely floored"." – is this relevant? It reads a bit too much like a news article quoting a miscellaneous anchor.
"In 2012, the station restored local news production from Columbus." – pretty short, I would merge this into the above paragraph.

- All above Y done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:53, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Refs[edit]

All sources are RS. Passes spotcheck. No concerns with refs 1, 5, 12, 22, 30 or 39.

Ref 39 is missing a date.
Ref 41: I believe "wltz.com" should be "WLTZ"?

- All above Y done. Date added for 39 which is now 41 as I added two references. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:53, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Other[edit]

Infobox, navs, cats and other templates all good.

Recommend adding template:Use X English.
Could "alt=Refer to caption" be improved? Even just saying "a skyscraper with blue letters "Aflac", the l obstructed by a duck, at its top left" etc. should work.

- All above Y done. Date added for 39 which is now 41 as I added two references. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:53, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 08:27, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that executives of American Family Corporation learned they "could never be the city's news leader" running an underperforming TV station in Columbus, Georgia? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116531355/wltz/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Djoko Munandar

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 21:55, 15 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Recent GA, hook verified in source, well-referenced throughout. Don't seem to be any copyvio detected. Hook is interesting enough, QPQ done. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 03:53, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]