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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 15:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

KATU (TV)

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• ... that an Oregon TV station celebrated the 50th anniversary of an attempt to explode a whale with a remastered version of the original footage? Source: https://katu.com/news/local/the-exploding-whale-50th-anniversary-of-legendary-oregon-event
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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 00:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/KATU (TV); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - The KATU article and other coverage (which I highly encourage to be added to add some independent sources) suggest that the restoration was led by the Oregon Historical Society. The hook should be amended to reflect this.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Just need the hook to be corrected or amended. SounderBruce 00:56, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Done in article. Hook should read: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

• ALT0a: ... that the Oregon Historical Society celebrated the 50th anniversary of an attempt to explode a whale with a remastered version of the original footage shot by a Portland TV station?

The new version is a bit wordy. In fact, it might be better to drop the remaster bit entirely and focus on the whale event. SounderBruce 07:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: How about... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that an Oregon TV station's footage of an attempt to explode a whale became famous?

Or... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

• ALT2: ... that 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage?

ALT2 is much better, though still a bit wordy. SounderBruce 07:15, 12 January 2024 (UTC)