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A fact from ZIZ appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the political opposition in Saint Kitts and Nevis has viewed the national broadcaster, ZIZ, as a government mouthpiece?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/ZIZ.

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Hi all. I have sectioned and subsectioned. Wikilinked wherever possible. Copyedited for English language styling. (MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 16:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:10, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that a 1962 calypso song commemorated the relaunch of Saint Kitts and Nevis radio station ZIZ?~~

Source: Daniel, Morven I. Alecia (2001-04-12). American Neocolonialism? The Impact of United States Cable Television on the Culture of St. Kitts (Thesis). Carleton University/National Library of Canada. pp. 71–72. ISBN 0-612-61320-8. Retrieved 2024-10-08 – via Library and Archives Canada.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Typhoon Virginia (1957)
Comment: It all started last weekend when I Googled up "Caribbean broadcasting call signs" while browsing results for various regional TV stations on a whim. A GBooks result offered a tidbit on an entity called VP2LO, a shortwave outlet that in the years ahead evolved into the Kittitian national broadcaster--a topic I broke ground on back in my early days on WP. (I was lucky to save it from A7 during its December 2007 launch--barely.) Face it, WP is still in dire need of better and more extensive coverage on Caribbean media.

Apologies if I used a thesis here, but regrettably, it's the only source mentioning this factoid--anywhere--as far as Google's aware (WP:AGF). Meanwhile, as I type, Doc Taxon at WP:RX has been taking care of the last three bits we need to get this finished.

First of two DYK candidates of mine before Milton approaches my home area; see you in another couple of hours with the next one.

P.S. Wonder if there are any established editors from Saint Kitts and Nevis itself? (I myself hail from Dominica.)

P.P.S. As always, special greetings to Barbados' CaribDigita (talk · contribs) and Trinidad's Guettarda (talk · contribs)--along with SafariScribe (talk · contribs), who approved one of my recent go-rounds at AFC, The Right and the Wrong.

5x expanded by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review...
Article is long enough.
DYK Check is claiming that the 5x requirement is not met. Slgrandson could you walk me through the details of when you began and finish the 5x expansion?
- From October 4 till October 9. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:12, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - OK, that works. I don't know why DYKCheck couldn't figure it out. RoySmith (talk) 23:25, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
QPQ supplied, although based on recent discussions, some might not consider it a full review.
Sourcing generally appears fine with WP:RS (except see below) and appropriate in-line citations.
Earwig doesn't call out any copyvio problems.
TIL the word "calypsonian"
Hook fact is mentioned in the article, but I'm not sure we can accept the source. WP:SCHOLARSHIP says Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence. Can that be shown for this thesis? If not, then we'll need a different hook. RoySmith (talk) 02:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT1: ... that after two decades off the air, former Saint Kitts and Nevis shortwave station ZIZ was revived as an AM service in 1961? Sources: Inniss, Sir Probyn (1979). Historic Basseterre: The Story of Its Growth. Basseterre, Saint Kitts: Self-published. p. 63. OCLC 10695770. / Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1966). "Broadcasting". St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla: Report for the Years 1959–1962. His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). p. 63. Retrieved 2024-11-14 – via Google Books. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:12, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - The problem here is that's a WP:SPS, so we're still looking for a reliably sourced hook. RoySmith (talk) 23:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Slgrandson: Please address the above.--Laun chba ller 12:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that Saint Kitts and Nevis' political opposition has viewed national broadcaster ZIZ as a government mouthpiece? Source: Veenendaal, Wouter (2015) [17 October 2014]. "The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis: politics or politricks?". Politics and Democracy in Microstates. Routledge. p. pos. 148. ISBN 978-1-317-64657-0. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-22 – via Google Books. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 20:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Slgrandson, RoySmith, and Launchballer: Please note that the nomination times out in just over a week so please address any remaining concerns before December 8th. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT2 approved. RoySmith (talk) 14:06, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]