Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft

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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by User:Scorpion0422 22:28, 11 November 2008 [1].

List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft[edit]

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This is a massive, massive list. I submitted it seven months ago; it failed. This is what it looked like before. It has come a long way since then. Gary King (talk) 20:36, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - This is downright massive. Definitely featured list material. My only question is - do you have anymore prose? The whole body is chart.Mitch32(UP) 21:47, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think I pretty much bombarded the lead with prose. I think it's enough. Gary King (talk) 21:51, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Prose checks out fine, so does the list and sources to my knowledge to meet WP:WIAFL, good work on such a massive list.--SRX 14:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • No need of linking in the caption when you have already linked to those places in the lead.
  • "and acquired 18 in firms in 2006"—What is an "in firm"?
  • "including: UMT-Software and IP Assets, MotionBridge, Seadragon Software, Apptimum, Onfolio, Lionhead Studios, AssetMetrix, Massive Incorporated, Vexcel, DeepMetrix, ProClarity, iView Multimedia, Winternals Software, Whale Communications, Gteko, DesktopStandard, Colloquis, and Accipiter Solutions." Do you need to list every company? If you do, then "including" is the wrong word. See Wikipedia:MOS#Subset terms. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:30, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done Gary King (talk) 17:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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