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A fact from May Bradford Shockley appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that May Bradford Shockley is why Silicon Valley is where it is?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle talk 16:31, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that May Bradford Shockley is why Silicon Valley is where it is?

Source: [1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Push 2 Start
Comment: Regrettably, I couldn't get this out for US Mother's Day because life intervened. Be aware I intend to upload an image ASAP.

Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 77 past nominations.

Pbritti (talk) 01:47, 13 May 2025 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I enjoyed the article. Thank you for writing it. My one concern is that it lacks a lead section that would summarize the article on Shockley. The first two sentences could serve as a summary, but then the rest of the first paragraph jumps into her early life.
I also opted to leave this as a maybe to give @Pbritti: a chance to upload an image so that I can review the image for DYK. DaffodilOcean (talk) 12:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

- @DaffodilOcean: I'll probably have a photo in the article about 30 hours from now. I will have addressed the lead concern by then as well. Thank you very much for the kind review! ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:52, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - @DaffodilOcean: Apologies, I need another day, as I have gotten sidetracked off-project with work and on-project with a draft. Your patience has been appreciated. ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:44, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    - OK, I will check back later. DaffodilOcean (talk) 15:00, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      - @DaffodilOcean: Sorry about the wait. Updated according to your recommendations. ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        Thanks for making the edits @Pbritti: and I like the image. I think this DYK nomination is all set. DaffodilOcean (talk) 15:41, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]