Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Buckley (businessman)

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Walter Buckley (businessman), Actua Corporation

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~~... that Walter Buckley's venture capital firm Internet Capital Group, once worth over US$50 billion, lost 99% of its value within two years but continues to operate fourteen years later?~~

Reviewed: Lord Kitchener Wants You, Lim Hyung-joo
Comment: Fact relies on basic math, which is permissible

Created/5X expanded by ThaddeusB (talk). Self nominated at 04:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC).

One of these articles is new and the other is a five-fold expansion. They are both long enough. The hook facts have inline citations, the articles are neutral and I did not detect any policy issues. The hook is acceptable but you might like to consider ALT1 as an alternative. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:08, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that Walter Buckley's venture capital firm Internet Capital Group, once worth over US$50 billion, lost 99% of its value when the dot-com bubble burst but survived?

@Cwmhiraeth: That's a good shortening, but how about Alt2 which makes it a bit clearer, since not everyone will instantly know the dot-com bubble burst in 2001? --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:43, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that Walter Buckley's venture capital firm Internet Capital Group, once worth over US$50 billion, lost 99% of its value when the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, but continues to operate today?

ALT2 is fine. Confirming my tick and striking the other hooks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:42, 12 February 2015 (UTC)