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A fact from Tom Alberg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Alberg.

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The result was: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 18:44, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by Peter Drucker in his local bookstore? Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-alberg-early-amazon-investor-cultivated-tech-startups-11660312813
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KUSI-TV

5x expanded by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 05:55, 13 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Quick review @Ktin: Unfortunately, the article has not been expanded fivefold. DYKcheck reports 696 words (4194 chars) currently, compared to 176 (1070 chars) [on 7 August], which is almost 4x, but not 5x. Alas, the article would need to be expanded quite a bit more to meet the criteria. If there's more to add, it might be doable; otherwise there's always GA.

But for now,

. --LordPeterII (talk) 18:30, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@LordPeterII: - thanks for this catch. I had gotten my math incorrectly. Please see now. Should be at 5x. Thanks again. Ktin (talk) 16:46, 14 August 2022 (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 eligibility:

Cited: - needs an inline ref directly at the end of the sentence
Interesting:

QPQ: - pending
Overall: The technical issue solved, DYKcheck now only reports the "in the news" appearance, which isn't an issue since it was under recent deaths, not the main news. But @Ktin you still need to provide a QPQ. I'm also a little skeptical about this sentence: "... helping the firm focus on the technology led innovation coming out of the region" – this may not be intentional, but "technology led innovation" reads a bit like marketing talk. The rest of the article is better in comparison. Please also put an inline ref in the article directly at the sentence from the hook. --LordPeterII (talk) 17:42, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much. Acknowledging both the requests. Will have them addressed and will share an update. Ktin (talk) 15:05, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@LordPeterII: -- added QPQ, added inline citation in the article, and did a minor reword of the highlighted sentence. Please let me know if I can help with anything else. Ktin (talk) 15:58, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alright that's it, article is good to go (source is paywalled so AGF tick is used). --LordPeterII (talk) 16:21, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]