Talk:Shigeichi Negishi

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A fact from Shigeichi Negishi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that because karaoke sounds like the Japanese word for 'coffin', Shigeichi Negishi called his karaoke machine prototype the "Sparko Box"?

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 12:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Shigeichi Negishi called the first karaoke machine the "Sparko Box" because karaoke sounds like Japanese word for coffin? Source: CBC Music
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- Comment: No QPQ required although I can produce a review if necessary. Any wording improvements are welcome!

Created by HistoryTheorist (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

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❤History Theorist❤ 04:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article is new, adequately long, well-sourced, neutral, and free of plagiarism. The hook is cited to a reliable source and is interesting. No subjective issues are present, and a minor correction is needed for the Alt reference to include page 87, not only page 88. el.ziade (talkallam) 11:26, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done ❤History Theorist❤ 21:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]