Talk:NeXT/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Realmaxxver (talk · contribs) 03:58, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Adding comments soon. Realmaxxver (talk) 03:58, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Comments

Lead

• "Based in Redwood City, California, it was founded by Apple Computer co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs after he was forced out of Apple. The company introduced their first product, the NeXT Computer, in 1988, and then the smaller NeXTstation in 1990." → "Based in Redwood City, California, and founded by Apple Computer co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs after he was forced out of Apple; the company introduced their first product, the NeXT Computer, in 1988, and then the smaller NeXTstation in 1990."

• "NeXT partnered with Sun to create a programming environment called OpenStep," This sentence does'nt exactly clarify what "Sun" is.

• "NeXT also developed WebObjects, one of the first enterprise web application frameworks. WebObjects was not very popular because of its high price of $50,000, but it remains a prominent early example of a web server that is based on dynamic page generation rather than static content." → "NeXT also developed WebObjects, one of the first enterprise web application frameworks; and although it was not very popular because of its high price of $50,000, it remains a prominent early example of a web server that is based on dynamic page generation rather than static content."

@Realmaxxver:; fixed.

History

Background

• "They were commercial successes on university campuses because Jobs had personally visited a few notable of these institutions to promote his products," Think it's the other way round with "visited a few notable of these institutions" If I'm correct, Its supposed to be "visited a few of these notable institutions"

• "Jobs met Paul Berg, a Nobel Laureate in chemistry, at a luncheon held in Silicon Valley to honor President of France François Mitterrand." WP:SEAOFBLUE

• "and suggested that Jobs should use his influence to create a "3M computer" (computer workstation with one megabyte of RAM, one single-megapixel display, and one megaFLOPS of CPU performance) that is designed for higher education use.[6][7]" It seems a bit unusual that the 3M computer is described here when readers could just click the link.

• "As a result sales plummet,[9] Apple was forced to write off millions of dollars in unsold inventory.[9]" → "As a result its sales plummeted,[9] and Apple was forced to write off millions of dollars in unsold inventory.[9]"

Fixed except the first one.

Original NeXT Team

• "He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him. He also promised that his new company would not compete with Apple and might even consider licensing their designs to them under the Macintosh brand.[12]" → " He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him; but he also promised that his new company would not compete with Apple and might even consider licensing their designs to them under the Macintosh brand.[12]"

1987–1993: NeXT Computer

• The quote box does not have a cited page for the quote itself

• " Rich Page, a NeXT co-founder who had previously directed Apple Lisa 's" random space between words at "Apple Lisa 's"

• "NeXT's first factory was completed in Fremont, California, in 1987, and it[4]  about 150,000 machines per year.[4]" I am not really sure how this sentence makes sense. Also WP:CITEKILL

• "NeXT engineers wrote an alternative windowing engine edition to take full advantage of NeXTSTEP. The user-space windowing system library within NeXTSTEP used Display PostScript to draw on-screen graphic designs such as title-bar and scroller.[21]" → "NeXT engineers wrote an alternative windowing engine edition to take full advantage of NeXTSTEP, and the user-space windowing system library within NeXTSTEP used Display PostScript to draw on-screen graphic designs such as title-bar and scroller.[21]"

Corrected.

• "On October 13, 1988," given the previous sentence; This could be changed to "The next day," to avoid any redundancy

Done.

"There is WP:DUPLINK at "The luncheon speaker was Steve Jobs.[23]" Fixed.

• "Initially, the NRW was to be based on the Motorola 88110 processor; but due to a lack of confidence in Motorola's commitment to the 88000-series architecture in the time leading up to the AIM alliance's transition to PowerPC, it was later redesigned around dual PowerPC 601s.[41][42]" → "Initially, the NRW was to be based on the Motorola 88110 processor; but it was later redesigned around dual PowerPC 601s, due to a lack of confidence in Motorola's commitment to the 88000-series architecture in the time leading up to the AIM alliance's transition to PowerPC.[41][42]"

• I feel like the "Softward applications" section could be put into the "Legacy" section, as it shows the ways that people used the software to make revolutionary programs (such as the WorldWideWeb)

• "In 1994, Microsoft and NeXT were collaborating on a Windows NT port of OpenStep which was never released.[55]" This paragraph can be merged into one of the other paragraphs.

Fixed.

• "Many large businesses, including Dell, Disney, WorldCom, and the BBC, used it for a short period of time.[54]" → "It was used for a short period of time by many large businesses, including Dell, Disney, WorldCom, and the BBC.[54]"

Done.

1996–1997: Acquisition by Apple

• There is WP:DUPLINK with Steve Jobs twice here and once in "Corporate culture and community"

Fixed

• The section name still has not been changed since the FAR, because it still mentions events past 1997, so the title is fake.
• Extended.

• I did not notice it originally, but there is'nt a page number for the quote here in "Original NeXT team": "Jobs argued, "It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans." ' "
• Fixed. @Realmaxxver:

Okay, passing now. Realmaxxver (talk) 15:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Image review

The images are OK, but here are some comments for improvement:

• Because the Steve Jobs image is used in the section documenting the 1985-1987 period of the company; I would prefer using this image (also an FP).
• The Nextcube and Nextstation images need a source

Replaced. "The Nextcube and Nextstation images need a source" What do you mean, didn't they already have one in their file description?

• @Wingwatchers: I should've checked the NeXTstation image if that was also from the allaboutapple website (And it is'nt + it has an actual source) but the NeXTcube image still does not have a specific source where the image comes from. Realmaxxver (talk) 21:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

@Realmaxxver I cannot locate the specific location of the NeXTcube image, but I was able to replace the NeXTcube and NeXTstation images with a better alternative. File:NEXT Cube-IMG 7157.jpg Wingwatchers (talk) 02:50, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Looks good. Realmaxxver (talk) 23:42, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Okay. Passing image review. Realmaxxver (talk) 22:35, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Overall

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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