Talk:Contempra

A fact from Contempra appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first telephone designed in Canada, Nortel's Contempra (example pictured), became so famous it was featured on a stamp?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Evrik (talk) 00:33, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A red Contempra

... that the first telephone designed in Canada, Nortel's Contempra (pictured) became so famous it was featured on a stamp? Source: The Telephone
ALT1: ... that Nortel's successful telephone design, the Contempra (pictured), was licensed and sold around the world? Source: Northern

Reviewed: Thomas Jefferson Park

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 13:35, 23 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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: Interesting hooks and nice photo, although the power cord has been made part of the background. Please link your sources here if you can - I have done so for this nom. Earwig report looks fine. Joofjoof (talk) 23:34, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Joofjoof: I edited both images of the Contempra before spotting this DYK nomination. I hope that's okay. When I removed the backgrounds I also removed the cords, which looked pretty generic. Let me know if you'd prefer to see the cords. Given the choice of the two images you may want to consider using File:Contempra phone open.jpg for the DYK, as it shows the handset-mounted dial. Also, if you need any images improving in future to bring them up to DYK standards feel free to post a request on my talk page. Regards, nagualdesign 12:27, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A red Contempra

@Nagualdesign: Thank you for these new edits! The photos work better here with a plain background instead of the blurred background. I have added the second image here for the promoter's convenience. Joofjoof (talk) 23:33, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

TV mentions?[edit]

I don't know if the "celebrity sightings" is passe, but there's a whole lot of Contempra phones in For all Mankind. Pretty much every desktop phone is one, especially the swamp green variety. Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:29, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]