Template:Did you know nominations/Harris Computer Systems

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:30, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Harris Computer Systems

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... that Harris Computer Systems existed for twenty years as a division but only two as a company? Source: see footnotes 1, 12, and 15 in the article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arizona Public Media

Created by Wasted Time R (talk). Self-nominated at 12:02, 16 July 2022 (UTC).

Article was created 14 July. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. QPQ is done. Do you think you could provide an additional hook that is more interesting? Thriley (talk) 14:43, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

@Thriley: Thanks very much for doing this review. How about:

ALT1: ... that Harris Computer Systems and its chief competitor engaged in sometimes acrimonious discussions regarding who would acquire whom?
ALT2: ... that Harris Computer Systems was acquired by another company, but going forward had the principal role in terms of headquarters location, CEO, and product line?

See what you think of those. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:08, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@Thriley: Can you review the ALTs? Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 19:19, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

The ALTs aren’t that interesting either. Is there anything descriptive about the particular technology they worked with that might be hooky? Thriley (talk) 06:21, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Okay, try two more:

ALT3: ... that Harris Computer Systems had its origins in 24-bit computing?
ALT4: ... that Harris Computer Systems specialized in making computers for real-time simulation?

Both of these focus on technologies; the first of these should be especially hooky in that most people think of computer architecture sizes always being powers of two. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:57, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I like both ALT3 and ALT4. They both lead to interesting topics, ones that could even be expanded due to their appearance on DYK. Thriley (talk) 14:24, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

@Thriley: If any hooks are approved, can you re-add the green tick below, and specify which ones are approved? This makes it easier for preppers to see that concerns have been resolved. Z1720 (talk) 14:43, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Approve ALT3 and ALT4. Thriley (talk) 14:44, 3 August 2022 (UTC)