Talk:WFTY-DT

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A fact from WFTY-DT appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Long Island TV station sued a columnist for satirizing its signal and programming?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WFTY-DT.

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Transmitter coordinates need to be corrected

The current coordinates for the WFTY transmitter are incorrect because when you go to Google Maps it shows it on Spring Lake Road in Middle Island, NY. The correct location for the transmitter is located at 605 Middle Country Road, Middle Island, NY. Can someone please fix this in the InfoBox as I do not know how to do Lat/Long on Wikipedia. Thank you. YborCityJohn (talk) 23:10, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The coordinates are correct for the physical location of the transmitter plant & tower. 607 Middle Country Rd is the mailing address. Access to the transmitter plant is behind the car wash @ 601 Middle Country Rd. BlueboyLI (talk) 06:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. IAWW (talk) 21:50, 19 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: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 19:26, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 19:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Sammi, I'll review these two related ones. I hope this makes GA feel like it's moving a little quicker :) IAWW (talk) 19:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie Comments are below. Some comments are the same as WFUT. IAWW (talk) 13:01, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@It is a wonderful world: Everything handled. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 16:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Lead

a level far ahead of most stations: I don't see where this is supported in the body. Also, "ahead" suggests the level is better/more progressive, which is an opinion. I suggest replacing with "above" for neutrality, if you keep this phrase.

due to rising cable penetration: Seems quite technical to me. I suggest linking "penetration" to Market penetration or adding "in the market"

I think the lead should explain when the station received its current call letters, WFUT-DT.

Prehistory

Suggest liking "call sign"

Live and local for Long Island

and as sports coverage: Not sure what "as" is doing here. I didn't remove it myself because I'm not quite sure what you were going for.

Yes, I saw Channel 67. In TV Guide: I don't quite understand why this quote is damaging to Channel 67's reputation? I'm sure I'm probably missing something obvious here, but an explanation would be appreciated.

Can you watch or support a station you can't receive?

Subscription TV broadcasting

Looks good :)

KKR buyout of Wometco

Looks good :)

U68

Looks good :)

Home shopping and Telefutura/UniMás

Looks good :)

Technical information

Looks good :)

Sources clock

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) Y

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

I see no issues.

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

[3]: Y

[18]: Y

[40]: Y

[97]: Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Earwig finds nothing. I found nothing on the spot check.

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Covers the station's entire history

Stable (Criterion 5) Y

Media clock

No logo? Should it not be the same as WFUT?

The logo is generally what is on the .1 subchannel, and in this case that is different now. We have a policy of not using logos for national diginets like True Crime Network.

Tags (Criterion 6a) Y

Captions (Criterion 6b) Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

Monetary conversions would be nice

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 02:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article history

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... that a Long Island TV station sued Newsday columnist Marvin Kitman for satirizing its signal and programming? Source: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1401275291 (You probably can't access this, but it's available from me on WP:DISCORD upon request.)
- Reviewed: [[ 2025 papal conclave and Samantha Kane ]]
- Comment: Space this one out from WFUT-DT. They have a high content overlap.

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 770 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Cannot access source, but assuming good faith based on checking surrounding sources that mention it and article quality. Getting sued for satire is pretty interesting. Article is a new GA, long enough, has no copyvio/neutrality problems and seems to deserve that status. Provided source is Variety, reliable. Hook is short enough. QPQ done. Though, I have to wonder, did anything come of the lawsuit? If no source says that's fine. PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:11, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- source was sent to me, verifies. good to go! PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:48, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]