Template:Did you know nominations/Harry R. Lewis


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:02, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Harry R. Lewis

 * ... that the website "Six Degrees to Harry Lewis" (Harry Lewis pictured) was a precursor to Facebook? Source: Six Degrees to Harry Lewis," the precursor to Facebook' ; "I have gotten a lot of amusement lately from the fact that one of Mark Zuckerberg's prototypes for Facebook was a little network called Six Degrees to Harry Lewis."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Closed_subgroup_theorem
 * Comment: For April 19 (celebration)

Improved to Good Article status by EEng (talk) and David Eppstein (talk). Nominated by EEng (talk) at 04:26, 2 April 2017 (UTC).


 * Note that the hook has only the one link, by design. Anyone (e.g. an extraterrestrial) who doesn't know what Facebook is can find out via links in the article.  E Eng  11:12, 2 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article recently passed GA, is long enough, and the hook is sourced to multiple citations correctly. No obvious copyright problems either. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:27, 8 April 2017 (UTC)