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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that in 1981, a customer could have bought a
photocopier from an IBM Product Center(logo pictured) for $39,000? Source: "Those who come to Philadelphia can choose among 17 products: word processors, typewriters, an electronic cash register, a dictating machine, a Series III copier (price: $39,000, the most expensive machine in the store) ..." (
4)
ALT1:... that according to one economist,
IBM sold off their Product Centers(logo pictured) because they decided they were "a technology company, not a retailer"? "Shortly after completion of this study, IBM decided that it was a technology company, not a retailer, and it sold its Product Centers to NYNEX ..." (
7)
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DigitalIceAge (
talk). Self-nominated at 00:16, 28 September 2021 (UTC).reply
Hi
DigitalIceAge, review follows: article created 27 September; article exceeds minimum length, is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't spot any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a sample of the sources; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to source cited; image created by nominator and is correctly licensed as consisting of simple geometric shapes and text and therefore not copyrightable. Just awaiting a QPQ on this one. I really enjoyed reading this article, thanks for creating it -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:03, 29 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review! I'll have the QPQ done pretty soon.
DigitalIceAge (
talk) 06:23, 29 September 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from IBM Product Center appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 October 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Companies, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
companies on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CompaniesWikipedia:WikiProject CompaniesTemplate:WikiProject Companiescompany articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
computers,
computing, and
information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing articles
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Did you know nomination
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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the article's talk page or
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... that in 1981, a customer could have bought a
photocopier from an IBM Product Center(logo pictured) for $39,000? Source: "Those who come to Philadelphia can choose among 17 products: word processors, typewriters, an electronic cash register, a dictating machine, a Series III copier (price: $39,000, the most expensive machine in the store) ..." (
4)
ALT1:... that according to one economist,
IBM sold off their Product Centers(logo pictured) because they decided they were "a technology company, not a retailer"? "Shortly after completion of this study, IBM decided that it was a technology company, not a retailer, and it sold its Product Centers to NYNEX ..." (
7)
Created by
DigitalIceAge (
talk). Self-nominated at 00:16, 28 September 2021 (UTC).reply
Hi
DigitalIceAge, review follows: article created 27 September; article exceeds minimum length, is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't spot any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a sample of the sources; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to source cited; image created by nominator and is correctly licensed as consisting of simple geometric shapes and text and therefore not copyrightable. Just awaiting a QPQ on this one. I really enjoyed reading this article, thanks for creating it -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:03, 29 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review! I'll have the QPQ done pretty soon.
DigitalIceAge (
talk) 06:23, 29 September 2021 (UTC)reply