Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Reardon


 * 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 |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Montanabw (talk) 05:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Thomas Reardon

 * ... that Thomas Reardon invented Internet Explorer?

Created by Astro interest (talk). Self nominated at 01:22, 18 January 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hook directly cited to RS. No QPQ required here. Good to go. --Jakob (talk)  14:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I have pulled the hook from the prep area because of inaccuracy of the hook. See discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know. -Zanhe (talk) 04:09, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


 * ALT: ... that Thomas Reardon was for a time Microsoft's entire Internet Explorer development team?

Revised per concerns at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know. Astro interest (talk) 18:53, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Okay with that too (that's the actual wording used). --Jakob (talk)  13:36, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Unfortunately, while that might be the actual wording used in the reference, it doesn't appear in the article at all. As such, it clearly isn't appropriately cited in the article. Harrias talk 21:57, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I find that a bit pedantic, but added nonetheless. Astro interest (talk) 23:10, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Restoring tick, although I find it worrying that you consider that pedantic, given that it defeats the whole point of DYK. And more specifically, if the hook fact isn't in the article, then it clearly can't be cited inline in the article, which means it does not meet one of the fundamental criteria for DYK. Harrias talk 07:16, 29 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Promoter's comment: Promoted with Alt hook