Talk:EduQuest

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A fact from EduQuest appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that IBM EduQuest equipped the floppy drives in their computer systems with a dust shield to prevent the intrusion of dirt and chalk dust?

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

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Did you know nomination

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) 22:27, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that IBM vied for Apple's dominance in primary and secondary schools with EduQuest? Source: McCartney, Scott (August 18, 1994). "Personal-Computer Makers Challenge Apple's Long Reign as Teacher's Pet". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company: B1 – via ProQuest.
- ALT1: ... that IBM EduQuest equipped the floppy drives in their computer systems with a dust shield to prevent the intrusion of dirt and chalk dust? Source: Greaves, Tom (March 1993). "EduQuest aims high: building the ideal computer for schools". Electronic Learning. Scholastic. 12 (6): 26 – via Gale.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vincent Ialenti

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 20:33, 10 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

This one is good to go. The QPQ's done, and the article meets all newness, length, and policy reqs. The hook is also within policy. I like ALT1 a bit more than ALT0, personally. But I'll leave that up to promoter. Soulbust (talk) 20:48, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]