Template:Did you know nominations/Comtal

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:44, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Comtal

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... that Comtal Corporation's products were used by NASA to process digital images of the surface of Mars and flybys of Jupiter in the 1970s? Source: "3M Comtal's equipment processed amazing views of Viking on Mars and the Voyager transmissions from Jupiter ..." (Spinoff 1992).
- ALT1: ... that Comtal Corporation's digital image processors were used by X-ray technicians and NASA? Source: "Comtal systems are also used in earth resources satellites, X-rays and tomography, signal analysis systems..." (Business Screen 1977).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of Egyptian obelisks

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 07:14, 2 March 2022 (UTC).

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: - Not done
Overall: A very interesting read, I'd certainly not heard of this company before today, and also an intriguing hook. I'm a fan of both hooks, but I think the first one is a bit punchier. My only bit of input would be to perhaps leave out "surface of" and "flybys of" to give "...process digital images of Mars and Jupiter in the 1970s?" A minor thing, but I think that just flows a bit better. Other than that and the pending QPQ, the nomination looks ready to go. Fritzmann (message me) 17:44, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Fritzmann! QPQ done. Here's your suggested alt:

ALT2: ... that Comtal Corporation's products were used by NASA to process digital images of Mars and Jupiter in the 1970s?

Thanks again! DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:07, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

for ALT2, looks good! Thanks to you for a painless review and a well-made article. Fritzmann (message me) 19:24, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

ALT2 to T:DYK/P2