Talk:Electronic Arrays 9002

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A fact from Electronic Arrays 9002 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Electronic Arrays 9002 microprocessor was developed to get the company out of the calculator business, but instead led to their disappearance?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Electronic Arrays 9002.

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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 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 Graearms (talk) 01:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Electronic Arrays 9002 microprocessor was on the market for only a year before the company ~~gave up trying to sell it~~ stopped marketing it without a single design win? Source: cushman 1978
- ALT1: ... that the Electronic Arrays 9002 microprocessor was developed to get the company out of the calculator business, but led to their disappearance instead? Source: cushman 1978 + computerworld

5x expanded by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 19:10, 10 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Nice article - well-written, well-sourced. Fivefold expansion achieved over the past three days. First hook is better but I'm not sure about the use of "gave up trying to sell it" - maybe you could think of something less colloquial? Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shshshsh Can I have your opinion on the new ALT0? SL93 (talk) 18:20, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SL93: Very good. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:17, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The hook was pulled from the queue by Amakuru per "a single design win" not being properly verified. SL93 (talk) 13:35, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: yes, thanks and sorry I didn't reply to your message earlier. See [1]... I pulled the item from the queue and it was then simultaneously raised at ERRORS by Fram and then later removed again, so the conversation got lost. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 13:39, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Current status? Solution offered at link above followed? Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:29, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maury Markowitz The status is the same as when I last commented here. SL93 (talk) 23:13, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Which is what? The hook was swapped and then... what? Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:15, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maury Markowitz The hook was pulled and the nomination was reopened. That's all. SL93 (talk) 14:48, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. So does something have to happen now? Or is it back in the queue already? Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

5× expanded, no problems with close paraphrasing or neutrality. Added a few citations and a couple of sentences to make some of the body paragraphs meet verifiability requirements. Also added a public domain image. Prefer ALT1 as more accurate and punchy. DigitalIceAge (talk) 06:41, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maury Markowitz and DigitalIceAge: ALT1 says, "but led to their disappearance instead?" while the article says, "Electronic Arrays was purchased by NEC the next year." Many companies are purchased and become subsidiaries of the company that bought them. Are there any sources that say that the company ceased operations after its purchase? If so, can this be added to the article, and if not can a modified hook be proposed? Thanks. Z1720 (talk) 17:17, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: The Computerworld citation states they were merged into a new American NEC subsidiary along with two other of NEC's divisions in 1981. I've expanded the corresponding sentence in the body to mention that. With less than three years of being on life support under NEC before being terminated, I think it's accurate to say they fizzled out. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My concerns are addressed so I will restore the tick. Another prepper will determine if it will be promoted. Z1720 (talk) 18:10, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To Prep 5