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CS1 error on WVTV

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Canto

Thank you for suggesting a hook for Canto General, my story! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoy a DYK that pictures a person together with achievements in art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you will know, Arvo Pärt is 90 today. Did you know that it took me some trouble to get him to the main page? Listen! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My 100th biography to the Main page in 2025 is Siegmund Nimsgern. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of WLAJ has passed

Your good article nomination of the article WLAJ has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vestrian24Bio -- Vestrian24Bio (talk) 10:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for WTWC-TV

On 9 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WTWC-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that problems with the construction of a Florida TV station prevented its owner from building a station in Texas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WTWC-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WTWC-TV), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:07, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for KAGJ

On 9 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KAGJ, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Utah college radio station was found not to be educational enough? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KAGJ. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KAGJ), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:08, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for KAIT

On 13 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KAIT, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rodger Bumpass, before becoming the voice of Squidward, was an announcer, film processor, and cameraman at an Arkansas TV station in the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KAIT. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KAIT), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on KREX-TV

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DYK for CONUS Communications

On 17 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article CONUS Communications, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the rise of CONUS Communications spurred the Big Three American TV networks to subsidize the purchase of satellite trucks for local newsgathering? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/CONUS Communications. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, CONUS Communications), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 70

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 70, July–August 2025

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DYK for WPPX-TV

On 21 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WPPX-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Delaware TV station that had once hoped to present the "best of television" was forced to switch to home shopping after less than five months on the air? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WPPX-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WPPX-TV), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:46, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for KTAB-TV

On 24 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KTAB-TV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an oil rig trailer and winch were used to help build a Texas TV station? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KTAB-TV. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, KTAB-TV), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:04, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for WVNY

On 28 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WVNY, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Montreal Canadiens hockey team threatened to force a Vermont TV station to stop airing Boston Bruins games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WVNY. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WVNY), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Van Hackett

On 28 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Van Hackett, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that broadcaster Van Hackett returned to the industry a decade after lamenting the "trivialization" of television news? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Van Hackett. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Van Hackett), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

October 2025 GAN Backlog Drive

October 2025 GAN Backlog Drive
On 1 October 2025, a one-month backlog drive for good article nomination reviews will begin in hopes of addressing the growing backlog and to reduce old nominations. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number, length, and age of nominations reviewed. Each article review will earn 1 point; for each 90 days an article has been in the backlog, an additional half-point is awarded; one extra point will be awarded for every 2500 total reviewed words. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Your nomination of Wyoming PBS is under review

Your good article nomination of the article Wyoming PBS is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ZKang123 -- ZKang123 (talk) 00:30, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for WMDT

On 2 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WMDT, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Maryland TV station's facilities originally housed a drug store and restaurant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WMDT. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WMDT), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Laun chba ller 00:02, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of Wyoming PBS is on hold

Your good article nomination of the article Wyoming PBS has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ZKang123 -- ZKang123 (talk) 01:31, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of Wyoming PBS has passed

Your good article nomination of the article Wyoming PBS has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of ZKang123 -- ZKang123 (talk) 10:48, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

How are you, long time no see? Also, I wanted to ask if you would like to review Hunter Schafer's FAC nom or Fire (1996 film)'s GAN nom- I will review WYFF if you review either. HSLover/DWF (talk) 06:46, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DoctorWhoFan91 I'll be traveling through October 10, so I can't commit to reviews right now, but I do appreciate the thought and I do plan on doing reviews when I get back. Hope you're doing well. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 14:29, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, sure, you can review either/both when you get back. I'm doing well. HSLover/DWF (talk) 07:59, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder- sorry for asking again/reminding but I don't want HS to get archived due to lack of reviews, so that's why I'm asking again. HSLover/DWF (talk) 17:11, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your edits

Hi, Sammi Brie, I just wanted to thank you for making the additional edits to the John Torry article. Your improvements are much appreciated! Best, KnowledgeMaple (talk) 03:29, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if you have the right article @KnowledgeMaple but I appreciate it. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:13, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of WYFF is under review

Your good article nomination of the article WYFF is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of DoctorWhoFan91 -- DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:25, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of WYFF has passed

Your good article nomination of the article WYFF has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of DoctorWhoFan91 -- DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 05:44, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KEXP-FM scheduled for TFA

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@Jp33442 This is actually how I discovered KEXP, too. It was 2022. The Suns were being so badly blown out by the Mavericks in Game 7 of the Western Conference playoffs (no joke) that I needed to channel my anger. I looked for the most popular (by pageviews) US station I could work on. KEXP stood out, and I knew I could write into Seattle. The rest is history. This was the first new FA on a radio station in 10 years. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 03:34, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WLNR

I was checking to see what was linked to when reading another article and saw no reason for the redirect. If the topic being redirected is not mentioned in the rarget article, then there's no reason to redirect.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:54, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Newspapers.com stats

Hello! Thanks for reviewing my DYK nom. How can I check where I rank in Newspapers.com links added? I gotta be making my way up there... JTtheOG (talk) 03:58, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JTtheOG Here (it might take a bit to load). You've added on net 1,005 links, 28th all-time. I'm fifth all-time with 3,333, which is quite off to me. Patriarca12 is #1 and is a machine at citing college football results. It's funny and makes a lot of sense that three of the top five clip-adders are sports editors because there is so much U.S. sports content possible with that site. It's strange because older versions of this data set give a five-digit number, which makes quite a bit more sense for me with 40K clippings. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 04:36, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wow.. 22k is utterly unfathomable. "Machine" is right. On another note, the value of Newspapers.com really cannot be over-exaggerated. It's crazy to think about the troves of information buried in those archives, ready to be found decades or centuries later and brought back to life... JTtheOG (talk) 05:01, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JTtheOG SounderBruce told me about TWL in 2019. It was a turning point for me as an editor. TV and radio stations used to be a backwater where we had to have an RfC about adhering to the Manual of Style. Now? We had the first new radio station FA in a decade and six more in TV stations, and I have more than 200 Good Articles and all-time 800 DYKs (660 of them since 2019). Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 05:07, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Those are similarly impressive numbers. For some reason, up until extremely recently, DYKs were sort of one of those things I've always been aware of but never bothered to find out anything about..? But I'm glad I'm tapped in now. You can expect to see my name around.

P.S. I was going to ask if you've worked on anything in San Diego County before, but I see that you've edited XHITZ-FM more than a couple times. XHFG-FM is another local binational station that might be of interest to you. :) JTtheOG (talk) 05:46, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JTtheOG I have KUSI-TV as a GA, KSWB-TV at GAN pending someone to review it, and KNSD to send up at some point. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:15, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I love it! Thank you and keep up the amazing work. JTtheOG (talk) 03:46, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Apparently I added more newspapers.com links than you, Sammi? Well that's a first. I swear you had a lot more than I did

But seriously, I second the comment by JTtheOG. Great work! – Epicgenius (talk) 19:29, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Ooh that's a cool list. Looks like I'm seventh with 2,420 – and six of the top nine are football editors! I have no idea how I've done one more link than Cbl62 (42,000 clips) though... BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:53, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article Gazette, Issue 3

Issue 3, 10 October 2025

Ongoing discussions

News

Great news–0.6% of all articles on Wikipedia are Good Articles!
The October backlog drive has started

Current statistics

Number of GAs: 42,670 (+318)
Number of nominations: 865 (+53)
GAs for reassessment: 56 (–5)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of KSNB-TV is under review

Your good article nomination of the article KSNB-TV is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Bgsu98 -- Bgsu98 (talk) 17:06, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of KSNB-TV has passed

Your good article nomination of the article KSNB-TV has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Bgsu98 -- Bgsu98 (talk) 22:26, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for WLAJ

On 16 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WLAJ, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Michigan TV station was designed to serve a smaller area so it could obtain a network affiliation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WLAJ. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, WLAJ), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 00:03, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of WSKG-TV is under review

Your good article nomination of the article WSKG-TV is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Pi.1415926535 -- Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:24, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request recreation of article "List of MyNetworkTV affiliates"

You could at least give a chance for at least merging the List of MyNetworkTV affiliates onto the List of Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates, rather than deleting the article entirely. Besides, its now impossible to maintain a list for a number of TV stations (especially low-powered Class A stations) with specific call sign letters that are important to remember in each DMA since the article was deleted. 2600:6C50:57F:BA33:B5E0:125F:4375:76B2 (talk) 02:10, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is inadvisable because they are separate entities. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 02:21, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They are not separate entities, as a number of the stations affiliated with the syndication service have made it more of a brand extension of the Fox network rather than being a completely separate broadcast network with its own branding; Besides, only a handful of stations (particularly the Fox-owned stations and Gray Media-owned KPDX) have changed their branding to align itself as an extension to the sister station's branding. 2600:6C50:57F:BA33:B5E0:125F:4375:76B2 (talk) 02:38, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are completely incorrect. The list article is not coming back and quit spamming us over it. Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • 02:41, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wish Ion Television shuts down its over-the-air operations completely as it converts to an internet-only FAST channel within a few years, because I want Qubo to relaunch and take over the channel space occupied by Ion. Besides, Qubo Channel had more variety in its schedule as it aired more children's programming than Ion Television, which just airs endless crime drama reruns that are boring and repetitive as local programming virtually non-existent on their stations. It upsets me why the E.W. Scripps Company acquired Ion Media in 2021 and decided to shutdown Qubo entirely because they didn't view it as "mature" enough compared to the Katz Broadcasting specialty networks that Scripps acquired in 2017. 2600:6C50:57F:BA33:B5E0:125F:4375:76B2 (talk) 02:59, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a place for your wishes to come true. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 03:01, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stop harassing me and Sammi over this. Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • 02:22, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of WKMG-TV is under review

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Your nomination of WSKG-TV has passed

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Your nomination of WKMG-TV has passed

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Congratulations: what an amazing flow of GAs since I looked last! - My story today is for a composer's 70th birthday, and expect a centenary tomorrow ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually need to send up my next batch of pages... Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:37, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article Gazette, Issue 4

Issue 4, 24 October 2025

Ongoing discussions

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Join the October backlog drive! Help us reduce the backlog and earn a barnstar for your contributions.

Current statistics

Number of GAs: 42,811 (+141)
Number of nominations: 824 (–41)
GAs for reassessment: 55 (–1)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:51, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wyoming PBS

On 28 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wyoming PBS, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wyoming PBS is only available to satellite-television customers in five of the state's twenty-three counties? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wyoming PBS. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wyoming PBS), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

Hello, Sammi Brie. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account

When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
- There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
- There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
- This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

How to use Special:IPContributions
How automatic IP reveal works
How to use IP Info
How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WNWE has launched

According to RabbitEars (https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=776263#station), WNWE seemed to have been launched, but I don't know if its own station, or as an ATSC station. OWaunTon (talk) 14:59, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OWaunTon I really don't know where this should go right now other than List of television stations in Wisconsin. The L2C was filed in early September per Jon Ellis. They've built it out as a very low-power facility. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:31, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of WKMG-TV

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