Talk:Nerds 2.0.1

A fact from Nerds 2.0.1 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the documentary Nerds 2.0.1 has been criticized for racial inequality among its 50 featured pioneers of the internet?

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Errata[edit]

I propose adding an ERRATA section, because it's a documentary, and some errors in this film have contributed to ongoing misunderstandings of key technical concepts and language.

(Part 3, 08:08) Cringely incorrectly demonstrates a URL using the word backslash. The correct term is slash. Web addresses (URLs or URIs) mainly contain slashes and not backslashes.

The "/" ,forward slash, slash, or solidus (left of the Shift Key on U.S. English keyboards) is used in URLs and Unix-like file systems, and as a DOS/Windows command line option delimiter.

The backslash, reverse solidus or "\" (above the Enter key) is used in DOS and WINDOWS file paths, is used as a special character prefix in Unix-like operating systems, and can be used in URLs or URIs in Windows for local and network files, though generally not for files on web servers.

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:36, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the documentary Nerds 2.0.1 and its book spin-off detail the history of the internet from the 1960s to 1998?

Reviewed: 1959 Texas A&I Javelinas football team
Comment: DYKcheck says that the article hasn't been expanded 5x, but it has. 5x would be 3,400 characters and it is currently 3,439 characters.

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:05, 13 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - Hook is not particularly interesting, see further comments below.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough (not sure what DYKcheck's problem is, but meets expansion requirement by 39 B). Earwig looks good and sourcing is solid. My only concern is that the hook is not particularly interesting; it merely tells the subject of the documentary and book. I think a more interesting hook could potentially mention the criticism of racial inequality, the praise saying it should be "in all libraries", criticism about the "entire swaths of the history of the Internet" missing from the book, or something like that. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:21, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PCN02WPS ALT1: "... that the documentary Nerds 2.0.1 has been criticized for racial inequality among the 50 featured internet pioneers?" SL93 (talk) 23:00, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

looks good to me, passing with preference for ALT1. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:12, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PCN02WPS I think I found out why DYKcheck messed up the character count. I used DYKcheck on an earlier version of the article and the tool highlighted a bunch of white space. I know that this was approved, but I thought this was interesting and could help it get promoted if someone complains. SL93 (talk) 23:23, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AKT1 to T:DYK/P7

Did You Know[edit]

While he is factually correct, perhaps Nigerian Computer Scientist, Philip Emeagwali's own controveries should be mentioned as well. The point he brings up may be valid, but not if he's the one bringing it up, based on his own debunked claims.

Here's the relevant section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali#Debunked_controversial_claims

Mentor397 (talk) 10:08, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All that matters in DYK's case is that he is factually correct in this case. You said that he is factually correct in this case and then backtracked. The only reason for his debunked claims to be mentioned would be if there is any doubt in this particular statement. There certainly were plenty of black internet pioneers and our own List of Internet pioneers reflects bias. SL93 (talk) 13:30, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]