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I think Jerry Lawson absolutely meets importance/notoriety requirements, as he was the inventor of the first cartridge-based gaming system, and contributed significantly to the videogaming industry, whatever the relative success or lack thereof of the Fairchild Channel F system.

In addition, as one of the only black engineers in the industry at the time, he is an inspirational figure in his own right.

See http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545 for an extensive interview with him. Jonabbey (talk) 21:40, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's great. I had a good feeling that he was fairly notable. I've added in a {{morefootnotes}} template on top as a reminder that all the facts mentioned the article should be referenced via inline citations. Otherwise, it is not clear to the reader where and how the content was sourced. If I get around to it, I can do some cleanup there. MuZemike 16:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mm, I did add one footnote reference. I was concerned about the propriety of throwing a bunch of footnote references in such a short article, given that most of the facts mentioned stem from the interview linked above. I tried to footnote the one fact that I got from a secondary source, but the rest stems from interviews with him. Jonabbey (talk) 18:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would add citations after the first statement one at the end of director of engineering and marketing for Fairchild Semiconductor's video game division, and one at the end of the last two statements. I will add {{fact}} tags to show exactly where they should be added. Especially for biographies of living people where it is imperative that everything be reliably sourced in order to avoid harming the person's reputation, you cannot go wrong with providing verification for everything. Normally you should provide one verifiable reference for every fact provided in the article. This also avoids problems down the road with other users questioning verifiability or notability of the person. MuZemike 21:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I like to read about inventions and usually find that its more involved than saying one person did something all by themselves. I found a link from a commenter on Engadget that tells a very in depth story of the Channel F. What do you think? [ http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge]

Only African-American in the Homebrew Club?

According to this page, Lawson was the only African-American member of the club,but on the Club's page there is mention of Ron Jones as another. Which is correct??? Rhodesisland (talk) 01:46, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Mm, I did add one footnote reference.  I was concerned about the propriety of throwing a bunch of footnote references in such a short article, given that most of the facts mentioned stem from the interview linked above.  I tried to footnote the one fact that I got from a secondary source, but the rest stems from interviews with him. [[User:Jonabbey|Jonabbey]] ([[User talk:Jonabbey|talk]]) 18:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 :I would add citations after the first statement one at the end of ''director of engineering and marketing for Fairchild Semiconductor's video game division'', and one at the end of the last two statements. I will add {{tl|fact}} tags to show exactly where they should be added. Especially for [[WP:BLP|biographies of living people]] where it is imperative that everything be reliably sourced in order to avoid harming the person's reputation, you cannot go wrong with providing verification for everything. Normally you should provide one verifiable reference for every fact provided in the article. This also avoids problems down the road with other users questioning verifiability or notability of the person. [[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] 21:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
+I like to read about inventions and usually find that its more involved than saying one person did something all by themselves. I found a link from a commenter on Engadget that tells a very in depth story of the Channel F. What do you think? [ http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge]
 ==Only African-American in the Homebrew Club?==