Talk:IBM ThinkPad 701/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: RecycledPixels (talk · contribs) 21:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I will be reviewing this article. RecycledPixels (talk) 21:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello thanks for your review! I'd like to improve the article this week, please keep the review open.


 * I have some comments about your review.


 * What I mean by "overall design language" is the style that is common for all ThinkPads designed since 1992, not specifically for the 701 model.
 * Then it should be rephrased to make it easier to know what the article is trying to tell us about him. RecycledPixels (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)


 * "The IBM legal department didn't want the model to be associated with the Thinkpad 500". Yes, exactly.
 * The language is very unclear and that does not sound like a decision that would be made by the legal department, more the product managers or the marketing department. RecycledPixels (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Regarding the movies, it was cited in multiple WP:RS so I think that it should be mentioned in the article, but I agree that it might not warrant a whole paragraph about it. It was not a significant part in the movies where it was used in. Do you think it should be removed entirely? I think it's a nice fact that should be mentioned, but let me know if you disagree with that.
 * I think it is good you removed it. RecycledPixels (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I removed the paragraph indeed, but not the information, which I merged together with the museum info where its on display. I think that's the most logical place to put it. I also think that the article should be broad in scope and reflect information that is written in the reliable sources. Multiple sources talk about its occurrence in movies, so I think that it is warranted to write a sentence about it. PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:38, 24 July 2021 (UTC)


 * From all of the sources I have read I cannot answer the question of the price differences between the DX2 and DX4.
 * Hint: refer to the source where you obtained that information. RecycledPixels (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @RecycledPixels The source for the pricing is the IBM PDF which contains detailed technical specifications, but not any reasoning about the prices. Or are you referring to some different source? PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:36, 24 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I added the EEE PC picture because to show how it compares in size to a more modern subnotebook, which people are likely more familiar with. I have added a new caption, but if that violates WP:OR let me know. PhotographyEdits (talk) 16:48, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The Eee 901 was released in 2008, so it's not really a modern subnotebook.  And since it wasn't produced even within a decade of the ThinkPad 701, it's not even a contemporary product, so I really am not seeing the point of the photograph. RecycledPixels (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @RecycledPixels Note that I said "more modern", not "modern". But okay, I have removed the image. PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:35, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

The book does not specify where the legal threat came from, only that it was a supercomputer. Would it be appropriate to link to BBN Butterfly or would that be WP:OR? PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:33, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

I was also thinking about improving the further developments paragraph, which you criticized because it's a bunch of random facts assembled into a paragraph. But I think that's the essence of such a paragraph, to list everything that happened to this laptop model, after it went EOL. All statements uses reliable sources. PhotographyEdits (talk) 17:30, 27 July 2021 (UTC)


 * It has been two weeks since any significant work has been done on this article, so I will fail this nomination for now. The issues I identified in criteria 3b and 6b above have been addressed, the issues in 1a, 1b, and 3a continue to prevent me from promoting this at this time.   Feel free to take your time to make improvements and renominate it in the future.   RecycledPixels (talk) 17:21, 11 August 2021 (UTC)