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A fact from Cozmo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the robot Cozmo is said to have "felt like a real-life version of WALL·E"?

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

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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 RoySmith (talk) 20:43, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The first Cozmo model

... ~~that the miniature robot Cozmo (pictured) was considered a real-life version of WALL·E?~~ Source: The Verge, Engadget, Wired, CNET
- ALT1: ... that the miniature robot Cozmo (pictured) was considered "a Pixar character come to life"? Source: The Verge, Engadget, Wired, CNET
- ALT2: ... that the developers of the robot Cozmo (pictured) masked machine learning by making it act curious? Source: Wired
- Reviewed:
- Comment: If there's a problem, I can maybe propose a new hook; this is only my second DYK nom, so I shouldn't need to do the QPQ.
:* ALT3: ... that the developers of the robot Cozmo (pictured) masked machine learning by giving it a curious personality? Source: Wired

Comment 2: This could work as a variation of ALT2 as well.

DecafPotato (talk) 18:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Created by DecafPotato (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 20 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

With the exception of a missing QPQ, this article is ready to go. GreatLakesShips 🤘 (talk - contribs) 21:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @GreatLakesShips: this article is DecafPotato's first nomination, rendering them except from the QPQ requirement :) five freebies per user. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:45, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Technically my second, but yeah, that's under five, so I shouldn't need one. DecafPotato (talk) 22:45, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since the nom has less than five nominations, this probably can be given a tick now. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:08, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake. The article is ready to go. GreatLakesShips 🤘 (talk - contribs) 04:45, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to promote ALT1, but I can't see where any of the sources have the quoted phrase "a Pixar character come to life". -- RoySmith (talk) 20:03, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DecafPotato It's been 10 days since an issue was raised. Do you not want this promoted anymore? SL93 (talk) 21:18, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SL93 and RoySmith, hi - I didn't receive a notification for the issue, and thus just didn't see it. If it was something on my end, I sincerely apologize. Regarding the issue, I feel that the phrase "Pixar character" is simply an alternative if people are not familiar with Wall-E specifically, and as for Wall-E, it's sourced in places like the CNET article: "Cozmo felt like a real-life version of Wall-E when I first saw it." Articles like the article by The Verge: "Like Pixar’s adorably anthropomorphic WALL-E, Cozmo falls somewhere between a Mars rover and an animated woodland creature" and the Engadget article: "If you've seen Wall-E, you've already got a good sense of its personality" reinforce this comparison. If you have any further issues, just tell me. DecafPotato (talk) 02:06, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How about we just match the quotes directly? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:54, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT4: ... that Cozmo the robot (pictured) was described as "somewhere between a Mars rover and an animated woodland creature"?
ALT5: ... that Cozmo the robot (pictured) is to have "felt like a real-life version of WALL·E"?

Appproving ALT4 or ALT5. SL93 (talk) 00:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I prefer ALT5. DecafPotato (talk) 05:35, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Restricting approval for now. I meant to add the hook information to the article after approving the alts, but I later decided that I couldn't do that as the approver. I then proceeded to forget to come back here. DecafPotato, can you add ALT5 to the article? SL93 (talk) 02:20, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SL93, done. DecafPotato (talk) 17:00, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Roysmith, Sorry for wasting time in allowing you to get this article promoted. SL93 (talk) 02:22, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
RoySmith SL93 (talk) 02:23, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT5 is approved. SL93 (talk) 17:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]