Template:Did you know nominations/ARQ-M

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:48, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

ARQ-M

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... that the reliable ARQ-M communications protocol on shortwave radio allowed Telex messages to be sent internationally?

ALT1:... that ARQ-M which was invented in the Netherlands was first used commercially between New York and Amsterdam in 1947?
Reviewed: Hkonmaing I of Onbaung–Hsipaw

Moved to mainspace by Graeme Bartlett (talk). Self nominated at 10:47, 24 August 2014 (UTC).

Strongly prefer the first of the two hooks because it tells us what it actually is, but that statement does not appear in the article in that form. There is a ref with a name that basically says that, but that needs to be in the article somewhere. But I'm more concerned about the article itself, which strikes me as disorganized. The LEDE doesn't really say clearly what ARQ-M is, it talks about how it does whatever it is. It generally needs some cleanup, which I'm perfectly willing to help with. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:07, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
Major cleanup complete, but still need a hook that's directly supported. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:57, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I have expanded on the use for TELEX in the History section. PS the Moore1960 reference is at [1]. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:39, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Agreed - Moore does cover it, in the opening paragraph no less. I took the liberty of putting the ref in the LEDE just to be sure. Good to go! Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:12, 25 September 2014 (UTC)