Talk:WXIN

"Crazy like a FOX"

This isn't a channel slogan per se; it's the tagline for their promos for their syndicated sitcoms (Simpsons, Malcolm, Seinfeld). So no, it's not the slogan, but that's where the previous editor got it. Lambertman 17:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shows formerly shown in FOX59

They used to show Star Trek: The Next Gerneration after the weekday evening (10:00) news. They used to show reruns of Married... With Children. They also used to show Murphy Brown.205.188.116.139 00:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A few changes

Tracy Forner is now an anchor at sister station WXMI and Kyla Williamson is no longer at the Indy Fox affiliate. [1]

(Aeverine Frathleen Nieves 10:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC))

More changes

As of September 8, 2008, WXIN launched an 11AM newscast. As a result, I have alphabetized the news team and removed the "Fox 59 Morning News" and "Fox 59 News at 10" sections. WXIN joins Evansville's WTVW as far as Fox affiliates to air a midday newscast. Aeverine Frathleen Nieves 21:36, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material

Hello, Please do not add unreferenced names as entries to the list of former employees in articles. Including this type of material in articles does not abide by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:

  1. WP:NOT tells us, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information." As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.
  2. As per WP:V, we cannot include information in Wikipedia that is not verifiable and sourced.
  3. WP:Source list tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article.
  4. Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.

If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 21:35, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name change

I remember seeing a spot that claimed that the name change was because "it's easier to remember." I didn't have a VCR until 1989 and can't prove this, though.--Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 01:31, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. IAWW (talk) 18:29, 9 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.

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

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 19:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 22:31, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


I'll review this IAWW (talk) 22:31, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) Magenta clockclock

Lead

Looks good :)

WPDS-TV: Construction and early years

long-dormant channel 59: Can you be a bit more precise than "long-dormant"? It's technically an opinion. I suggest "No interest had been expressed for channel 59 since the FCC began allocating channels in ####".

  • This gets tough because channel 59 itself was only allocated since 1965 (a national UHF table of allocations overhaul, actually two of them in two years), so it's not worth it.

under the terms of a joint settlement: Can you link or give a short explanation of what this means?

  • Kind of a long story, but you could reimburse everyone else for the expenses they legitimately accumulated in filing for a channel and then become the only applicant. If they agreed, of course.

when WPDS-TV signed on February 1, 1984: I think it's meant to be "signed on on Feb...". You could rephrase though to prevent the double "on".

  • I've seen it both ways with "signed on".

plus as exercise, gospel: Do you mean there to be an "as" here? Also, I suggest linking "gospel".

"Indianapolis News" can be linked

WXIN: Outlet ownership

The $22 million transaction was touted: By whom? Or just remove "touted"

with established Indianapolis-market independent station WTTV: "established" is an opinion

  • It's also in the source article, and I don't think it's opinion here.

What is a "charter affiliate"?

  • Again, one of the network's first affiliates at launch.

in the key early evening time slot: "key" is an opinion

aided by that station's multi-year bankruptcy: Opinion

  • I'm pushing back on that here because it's in the source. WXIN has been aggressively buying syndicated programs and movies. It paid large sums, in particular, for reruns of two situation comedies, Cheers and Family Ties. But those shows, each run twice daily during the 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. time period, have aided the ratings surge. During the past two years WTTV was hamstrung in buying programs because it was in bankruptcy court.

However, these purchases also drained the bottom line: "the bottom line" is a editorialising in my opinion. I have never seen that term used in formal writing.

needed a waiver: From who? Be clear

Emmis sued: For what? I actually can't infer this one.

  • Increased clarity

WXIN won the rights: Can you be a bit more specific here? How did they "win" the rights?

  • Reworded

WXIN was no longer able to air the team due to its commitment to Fox network programming: Why did these two programs suddenly clash when they hadn't before?

  • In 1993, Fox began seven-night-a-week programming. (They weren't even the only Fox affiliate to which this happened in that season: KSTU)

Chase and Renaissance ownership

Suggest linking "Cold War"

down rumors of a combination of WTTV and WXIN under common operation: Rumors that they were secretly under common operation, or rumors that they were planned to be under common operation. I don't fully understand this sentence – anything to make it clearer would be appreciated.

  • Planned to be.

Renaissance was forced to tamp down rumors: Opinion. It can easily be reworded as a fact "Renaissance tamped down rumors".

  • Reworded both.

Tribune ownership

WTTV became a CBS affiliate on January 1, 2015, with dedicated local newscasts but using some of the same staff: I don't understand how the modifiers connect to the main clause

Sale to Nexstar Media Group

Nexstar already owned WISH-TV and WNDY-TV: Clarify these are in Indianapolis

News operation

Suggest linking "The Indianapolis Star"

the station grew its news output considerably: "considerably" is an opinion

Analog-to-digital conversion

Looks good :)

Sources Magenta clockclock

As always, great depth of research from you

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) checkY

Reliability (Criterion 2b) checkY

I don't see any issues

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) Magenta clockclock

[13]: checkY

[24]: checkY

[71]: checkY

[87]: I don't think it supports the program being half an hour long, also, it says it will debut "next week", which would be Sunday 10 May 2015, right?

  • You appear to be right on both counts. Adjusting.

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) checkY

I found no issues on Earwig or the spot check

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) checkY

The station's entire lifespan is covered

Stable (Criterion 5) checkY

Media Magenta clockclock

Tags (Criterion 6a) Magenta clockclock

The non-free-use rationale for the logo is a bit bare. Could you fill it out a bit more?

  • That's not a non-free use rationale because the logo is below WP:TOO.

Captions (Criterion 6b) checkY

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

Suggest archiving the few remaining un-archived links.

Modern conversions of the monetary amounts would be cool

@Sammi Brie Thanks for your improvements and explanations. I'm happy with all the changes. Passing now. IAWW (talk) 08:08, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@It is a wonderful world Just checking since it seems you forgot to close the nomination. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:08, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I did... Oops. Closing now. IAWW (talk) 18:29, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 14:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 767 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:09, 12 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Good article promoted on 9 May, Earwig gives 3%~ similarity, QPQ is done and hook is interesting. Hook is cited to a reliable source and is spotchecked. Everything looks good to go. Cattos💭 00:58, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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