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Review: January 1, 2022. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 4 Times Square appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the facade of 4 Times Square, made partly of glass and partly of stone, was compared to the two-faced god Janus?

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Conde Nast to move to lower Manhattan

According to an article in the New York Times yesterday, Conde Nast will be moving all of its operations to the new One World Trade Center building once it's built. Perhaps this article should be preemptively moved to Four Times Square (currently a redirect). 121a0012 (talk) 03:19, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Condé Nast Moves to One World Trade Center

Condé Nast moved to their new headquarters at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan on November 3rd, 2014. This page should be moved to 4 Times Square. The common name for this building is and always was 4 Times Square as used by Condé Nast employees when they word in the building and others. In fact, when the building fist opened it had a giant sign on top which read 4TS. Cookie Monster (talk) 06:51, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 December 2014

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 02:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Condé Nast Building → 4 Times Square – Condé Nast moved their headquarters to One World Trade Center and I think this page should be renamed to 4 Times Square, besides, the buildings name is official named "4 Times Square" CookieMonster755 (talk) 20:20, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment WP:OFFICIALNAME we don't just official names just because they are. What is the WP:COMMONNAME of the building? I will note that many buildings still carry the names of former tenants/owners/builders as their common names, even when those tenants/owners/builders no longer exist or have moved on. -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 05:54, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - We don't go by the official name we go by the most commonly used name. So what do reliable sources (especially those independent of the building) call it? Given that Conde Nast has only recently vacated, I doubt that enough time has passed for the building to gain a new COMMONNAME. Whether it will or will not do so only more time will tell. Blueboar (talk) 13:08, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Thank you for your feedback -CookieMonster755 (talk) 18:22, 14 December 2014 (UTC)CookieMonster755[reply]

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Requested move 17 May 2016

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The result of the move request was: Move. No objections after over a week, and the nominator presents evidence that 4 Times Square is now the more common name. Cúchullain ^t/c 16:12, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Condé Nast Building → 4 Times Square – I requested a move in December 2014, and it has been over a year, so I am requesting another requested move for this article. I am proposing to move the article from Conde Nast Building to 4 Times Square (with Four Times Square redirect) because the official name of the building is 4 Times Square. If you do a quick Google Search for 4 Times Square, it clocks in at 67,400,000 hits. Conde Nast Building comes up with 925,000 hits. Yes, I know, Google Hits is not the most accurate or convincing piece of evidence, but it is subject to note that. The official name is the most common name for the building. Guideline states Article titles should be recognizable to readers, unambiguous, and consistent with usage in reliable English-language sources. here here here here and here use the name 4 Times Square. It is official and most common. A big factor to note is that Condé Nast moved their headquarters to One World Trade Center (see here). A requested move that comes to mind is the requested move for Willis Tower (official name) to move it to Sears Tower (common name). CookieMonster755 ^📞 ^✉ ^✓ 22:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:46, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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4 Times Square

... that the facade of 4 Times Square (pictured), made partly of glass and partly of stone, was compared to the two-faced god Janus? Source: "POSTINGS: The Two Faces of 4 Times Square;One Facade's Limestone, The Other One's Glass". The New York Times. May 19, 1996.
- ALT1:... that 4 Times Square (pictured) was the first office building in a redevelopment project that the developer's family had resisted for 15 years? Source: Pulley, Brett (November 21, 1995). "Key Developer Seeks a Role In Times Sq". The New York Times
- ALT2:... that two fuel cells at 4 Times Square (pictured) can generate power for the building except during emergencies? Source: Holusha, John (August 24, 2003). "Commercial Property/After the Blackout; Independent Generators Are Generating Interest". The New York Times.
- ALT3:... that the floor of Condé Nast's cafeteria at 4 Times Square had to be replaced within two years of its opening because of damage from high heels? Source: Iovine, Julie V. (August 22, 2002). "Standing Up to Heels At Condé Nast". The New York Times.

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Comment: more hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article was 5x expanded from the first major (major being an understatement) edit two days ago. Do you even take a break anymore? Do you want some water? The article is also neutral, long enough, and has a whopping too many sources. Copyvio declares copyright and plagiarism unlikely, only being triggered from direct quotes. I chuckled out loud at Alt0, but only after looking up what Janus looks liked, so I linked it for better viewing. Panini!^🥪 13:46, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3 without image

VHF vs FM?

The Antenna Mast section refers individually to VHF and FM antennas. This is inconsistent; the VHF term usually relates to the 30-300MHz frequency bands, regardless of the signal encoding, while the term FM describes the method of modulation, which may (or may not) use VHF bands. Is it reasonable to assume that, in this case, FM actually means usage by broadcast radio stations on the 88-108MHz band, while VHF really refers to various TV stations and other general-purpose radio comms scattered across these bands? If there's no objections, I'll add some clarification to this section. jxm (talk) 02:34, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]