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A fact from Sparkles emoji appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Sparkles emoji (✨) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence?

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 06:41, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Twemoji sparkles emoji

~~... that the Sparkles emoji (pictured) is used by most of the largest software companies to represent artificial intelligence?~~

Source: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-the-sparkles-emoji-became-the-symbol-of-our-ai-future-e7786eef

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/African bush elephant
Comment: If we don't go along with the image I think the hook should instead show the emoji by saying "Sparkles emoji (✨)"

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 02:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New enough (submitted within one day of creation), long enough (2894 characters). Well sourced (wasn't familiar with Emojipedia and wasn't able to find an editorial policy, but it appears to be regularly cited across emoji-related Wikipedia entries, Wall Street Journal, etc., and it seems prudent to call it out as a source as many articles do). Doesn't appear to be a problem with close paraphrasing or copyvio per Earwig and spot check via ProQuest. Tone is neutral (controversy regarding "co-optation" of the symbol is not discussed in this article yet but might surface in future if reliable sources are found). QPQ is done. That leaves the hook. It certainly got my attention but I'm stuck on the wording. @Panamitsu: What does "most major software companies" mean? Who decided what "the" set of "major" software companies are? Are we confident that we can back up the claim of "most" when challenged at WP:ERRORS? Cielquiparle (talk) 06:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cielquiparle: Thanks for the review. Well the I've taken that from the WSJ's reporting that 7/10 of the largest software companies by market capitalisation use the Sparkles emoji. But now that you bring it up I also have doubts about the wording. I think maybe we should change "major" to "largest" (I've modified the hook to reflect this) but I'm not sure if that solves everything. Any ideas? ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As Cielquiparle notes, the hook is interesting but awkward. I would simplify:

ALT1: ... that the Sparkles emoji (pictured) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence?

Also, instead of a picture, the emoji itself could be used:

ALT2: ... that the Sparkles emoji (✨) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence?

Jno.skinner (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that is much better. Thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:28, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Panamitsu and Cielquiparle: What is the status of this nomination?--Laun chba ller 04:02, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well it looks finished to me. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approve ALT1 and ALT2. Striking ALT0 (even reworded, it's just asking for trouble). Cielquiparle Cielquiparle (talk) 04:58, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]