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[edit]

Harry Lewis with SHAPESHIFTER
Harry Lewis with SHAPESHIFTER
  • ... 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' [1]; "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." [2]

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. EEng 11:12, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
  • 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)