Template:Did you know nominations/Hackaball

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 DirtyHarry991 talk 20:27, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Hackaball

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• ... that early prototypes of Hackaball were made of a Raspberry Pi, some wires and a sock? Source: https://medium.com/the-many/good-vibrations-2b7de2f97b43
  • ALT1: ... that prototypes of Hackaball were tested by dropping them down stairwells? Source: https://medium.com/the-many/good-vibrations-2b7de2f97b43
  • ALT2: ... that Hackaball has been used as a Magic 8 Ball, a whoopee cushion and an alarm clock? Source: https://www.creativereview.co.uk/creative-coding-the-making-of-hackaball/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dennis Law (American football)
  • Comment: I wasn't sure of the DYK requirements in regards to hooks based on primary sources, so I've included a selection here. I enjoyed writing this one :)

Moved to mainspace by Schminnte (talk). Self-nominated at 03:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hackaball; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Will take this up in a while, seems like something right up my alley :) Sohom (talk) 08:12, 7 January 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Schminnte Looks good. Sohom (talk) 11:02, 7 January 2024 (UTC)