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The result was: promoted by Fritzmann2002 talk 18:02, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Trapeze (spreadsheet program)

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... that the Trapeze spreadsheet introduced the idea of blocks that InfoWorld called "revolutionary"? Source: InfoWorld review,
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tweet Kimball

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 15:53, 24 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Trapeze (spreadsheet program); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

I hate proprietary software, so if I pass this, you know it's good.

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:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

It may be a little on the prolix side. On one hand, it seems perverse to complain that a Wikipedia article has too much detail; on the other hand, I think this article could be a complete product spec for designing this application from scratch! Especially for a program that was sold only between 1987 and 1989, it seems like some of the detail may be excessive. But still, the stuff is cited, and it's written neutrally, and it isn't an advertisement (it hasn't been possible to buy this software in over thirty years anyway). At any rate, this isn't a GA review. It's a perfectly cromulent article and it's a piece of computing history now committed permanently to the ages. jp×g 23:56, 24 October 2023 (UTC)