Talk:Whitcomb L. Judson

Whitcomb L. Judson was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 24, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 19, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Whitcomb L. Judson is recognized as the inventor of the zipper?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Harry L. Earle[edit]

The correct person should be Harry L. Earle, not Harry Earle (as this person is a football player in England). Whitcomb L. Judson manufactured zippers in the United States. See this story.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

picture of railway patent 1889[edit]

1. What does the picture show? The box of the waggon/streetcar seems not to be important as it is drawn in thin lines.

2. The structure in thicker lines seems to be a kind of suspension of the box on flat springs on 6 axles(?).

3. Wheels are not shown. 4. At the bottom there is a rail, or rather a tube? --Helium4 (talk) 07:07, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:37, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]