Talk:DTK Computer

A fact from DTK Computer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that DTK Computer was one of the first companies to have its computers sold via satellite television?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that DTK Computer opened up two computer stores in the United States filled with its Grafika PCs—for resellers only? Source: DTK Computer Inc. set up shop in MetroCenter at the beginning of November and is targeting its new line of Grafika personal computers to computer retailers in the Nashville area ... "We sell strictly to resellers, not to the end user, and right now we are looking for resellers and retailers who are interested in selling our model" ... (Campbell 1992, p. 6).
- ALT1: ... that the R&D lab of DTK Computer had bookshelves being used for equipment storage and tables being used to store books? Source: "The crowded lab contains desks as well as workbenches. The small, two-by-four-foot desks are arranged loosely in rows. An occasional bookcase provides storage; books and papers are stacked all around on small tables" (Legg 1989, p. 57).
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Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 01:56, 10 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Full review to follow, but I wonder if other hooks could be proposed here. Neither hook seems that interesting to a broad audience at least at first glance. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:13, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT2: ... that DTK Computer was one of the first to have their computers sold via satellite television? Source: "... being hawked over the airwaves by Satellite Computer Store, which uses the same New Jersey phone number as Satellite Market USA. ... One system being sold is built by DTK Computer ... The computers are being advertised with little of the hype and polished presentation we have come to expect from the mainstream TV marketing channels" (McCormick 1991).

DigitalIceAge (talk) 00:20, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the new hook. Article looks good so far. However, the sentence that mentioned the "one of the first" fact needs to have a duplicated reference for DYK purposes. Also, as far as I can tell, the quote you gave above doesn't say "one of the first". Perhaps this can be clarified? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:25, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: Duplicated the ref. The full opening paragraph of the reference is as follows: "Some cable viewers and all those who have home satellite receivers now have a new way to shop for computers. Along with the well-known home shopping businesses which market everything from blenders to costume jewelry, viewers can also shop for more esoteric items such as baseball cards, view cattle auctions, purchase satellite receivers, and now even buy computer systems which are being hawked over the airwaves by Satellite Computer Store, which uses the same New Jersey phone number as Satellite Market USA." DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:28, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. All the DYK requirements check out and I didn't find any close paraphrasing, plus a QPQ has been done. Assuming good faith for ALT2's source: it doesn't directly and explicitly state the hook fact but the wording is close enough. GTG with ALT2 only. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]