Template:Did you know nominations/Deep Blue (chess computer) 2
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:49, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
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Deep Blue (chess computer)
- ... that chess computer Deep Blue became the first machine to win a match against a reigning world champion in 1997? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20180819152455/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/thinking-machines-the-search-for-artificial-intelligence
- ALT1: ... that chess computer Deep Blue won its first game against world champion Garry Kasparov in game one of a six-game match in 1996? Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kasparov-deep-blues-losingchess-champ-rooke-article-1.762264
Improved to Good Article status by The4lines (talk) and Lee Vilenski (talk). Nominated by The4lines (talk) at 04:45, 12 January 2022 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
New enough, long enough, no eligibility problems (has been featured in 'On this day' numerous times, but not DYK). Well-sourced as would be expected for a GA, no copyvio problems detected with Earwig. Hook facts are both cited, to my mind ALT0 is better than ALT1 (more interesting/concise). The4lines, it looks like this is your first DYK so no QPQ is required, but grateful if you can confirm?
My other thought is that Deep Blue's victory is quite a well-known fact already (I don't know much about chess or AI, and I knew about it). I'm not necessarily objecting to either hook, but I wondered if any thought could be given to coming up with an alternative? Maybe something like:
- ALT2: that Garry Kasparov thought a move by chess computer Deep Blue demonstrated its "superior intelligence", but the move was in fact caused by a software bug? [1] [2]
...that's a bit clunky though, so further thoughts welcome. I also thought the swift dismantling of Deep Blue after the victory seemed interesting and potentially there could be an alternative there. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:24, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Chocmilk03: Hey, Thanks for responding, I like ALT2 so that could work. This is my 3rd DYK so no QPQ needed. Thanks! Signed,The4lines |||| (Talk) (Contributions) 01:31, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- @The4lines: That's great, thank you. Have amended to confirm that the QPQ has been done. ALT0 and ALT1 are all good.
I think I have to request another reviewer for ALT2 (and added the relevant URL sources) as I can't approve my own hook, procedurally. Hopefully that will be straightforward as everything else is good to go. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 02:48, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- (For completeness, I note that the article was previously nominated for DYK but did not pass, as GA re-assessment was then undertaken.) Chocmilk03 (talk) 02:52, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- I'd be glad to do a second assessment. Article is 9514 characters (long enough) and was promoted back to GA-class on 11 January (new enough). Earwig shows no copyvios. Article is sufficiently-sourced and neutral in tone. All three hooks are present and cited in the article - I added a comma to ALT2. No QPQ is needed for a first-time nomination.
Joofjoof (talk) 04:04, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
