Talk:Walker Interactive Products

A fact from Walker Interactive Products appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when the financially failing Walker Interactive Products could not find a buyer, it staged a large-scale layoff in order to stay alive?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 15:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Walker Interactive Products was originally a consulting company that used venture capital funds to become a software products company? Source: see footnotes 5 and 13 in article
- ALT1: ... that when the financially failing Walker Interactive Products could not find a buyer, it staged a large-scale layoff in order to stay alive? Source: see footnotes 1, 4, 5, and 16 in article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WDIG (AM)

Created by Wasted Time R (talk). Self-nominated at 10:50, 14 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Walker Interactive Products; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Long enough, new enough. Both hooks are sourced, short enough and interesting, ALT0 slightly moreso (many firms jettison staff when struggling, and I'm amazed that this is all we have on "fire-and-rehire") and both could be hookier (e.g. "that the software company Walker Interactive Products was originally a consultancy firm" or "that Walker Interactive Products jettisoned five eighths of its staff to survive") but I'll leave that to the prep builder. I see no neutrality issues, copyright issues or maintenance templates. QPQ done. Good to go.--Laun chba ller 12:50, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]