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I would like to discuss eliminating the "History" and "Programming" sections of this article entirely.[edit]
The article is much, much too long. A detailed discussion of all of the station's legal and financial troubles isn't necessary; neither is an in-depth description of their programming.
@Ormewood I think I can explain this. This is one of a number of articles primarily written by User:Tvtonightokc. His pages tend to be decent on the referencing front, but the writing style is incredibly verbose and given to unnecessary tangents. Compare this with KAUT-TV, which I wrote. Same market, about the same age, but this article is 70% longer and much more of a slog to read. I have worked with multiple Tvtonightokc pages and conducted "sludge removal" on them. This page needs the same treatment. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:24, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sammi Brie My inclination is to just remove those sections entirely rather than to try to extract something appropriately concise out of that mass of text, but if you have the patience for that by all means go for it.
I've assisted Sammi Brie on these rewrites (it is by no means a one-person effort, and she often refers to me as her 🦝 partner-in-crime lol) and the rewrite of KFOR-TV was our first joint GA in this topic field. It's possible with this article, but needless to say, a cleanup crew of editors should probably be recruited. Nathan Obral • he/him • t • c • 10:54, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ormewood We just finished shearing the sheep. The size reduction is 56.6%, which is not uncommon for Tvtonightokc sludge cleanup.
@Ormewood There are still maybe 25 to 30 pages? that need this treatment, including most of the major TV stations in Oklahoma and some very, very large stations that require all hands on deck to shear. I can't do it alone. I can't even do all of them with just Nathan. If you feel like shearing more sheep, send me a message or hop in WP:DISCORD and find me. Broadcasting pages are my specialty. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:23, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
