Template:Did you know nominations/Waveform Graphics
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The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 00:24, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Withdrawn by nominator.
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Waveform Graphics
[edit]- ... that some of DEC's terminals could display line and bar charts using their waveform graphics system?
Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nominated at 14:05, 5 February 2015 (UTC).
- @Maury Markowitz: please submit a QPQ for this nomination. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
- Reviewed Born Hater. Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:17, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
This qualifies on neutral, sourced, new enough etc. but I question whether the topic is notable. Apart from the DEC sources there are just three PR-type Computerworld news items. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
- Have you a response @Maury Markowitz:? Otherwise it's getting towards closing time. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 14:36, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping, I missed this. The two independent ComputerWorld mentions establish NOTE. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- System Links to 15 Lab Tools says "The Declab 11/03 ... reportedly ... DEC said ... the firm said ... DEC said ... DEC said from Maynard, Mass." Then Hard Copy Optional on DEC Graphics Units says "... the vendor said, the firm said ... the firm said." and Enhancements Give DEC Minc Graphics, Floating-Point Unit says "Digital Equipment Corp has announced ... the vendor said ... according to the vendor ... the vendor said from its headquarters in Maynard, Mass." These just look like rehashed press releases with no analysis or commentary. Maybe I am being too picky. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:26, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- I don't know how to respond to that. Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- If this is all that can be said about the subject, it would not survive AfD, so does not belong on the front page. What it needs is independent sources saying the technology is junk, or is far ahead of its time, whatever. Or maybe discussing the evolutionary path from ASCII to graphics. Something more than the vendor description. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:33, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- I don't know how to respond to that. Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- System Links to 15 Lab Tools says "The Declab 11/03 ... reportedly ... DEC said ... the firm said ... DEC said ... DEC said from Maynard, Mass." Then Hard Copy Optional on DEC Graphics Units says "... the vendor said, the firm said ... the firm said." and Enhancements Give DEC Minc Graphics, Floating-Point Unit says "Digital Equipment Corp has announced ... the vendor said ... according to the vendor ... the vendor said from its headquarters in Maynard, Mass." These just look like rehashed press releases with no analysis or commentary. Maybe I am being too picky. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:26, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping, I missed this. The two independent ComputerWorld mentions establish NOTE. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- Maury Markowitz - who wrote the Computerworld articles? Are they part of a large column that's all written by the same author? Also, page 43 of this source mentions the technology, but I'm not sure how much it contributes to notability.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:41, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
- They are not in a column. I am withdrawing the nom, I've already written a half dozen articles since then and really don't have time to nurse this one any further. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:32, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Nomination withdrawn by nominator; closing. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:24, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- They are not in a column. I am withdrawing the nom, I've already written a half dozen articles since then and really don't have time to nurse this one any further. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:32, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
