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After a failed demonstration Edison stated "considerable bugs amongst which connections were wrong" - this appears to predate what is usually given as the origin of this use of bug. Something to look into later.Israel p.134 Czarking0 (talk) 05:30, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The word predates his invention of the telephone. It was used in publications in the early part of the 1800s and was closely derived from words that predate modern English. ~2025-31779-84 (talk) 00:44, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the current version of the article this is incorrectly called " the three-prong wire system." The system was always referred to as three-wire not three-prong wire. The present day three-prong plug and socket is a much later development. In fact, plugs and sockets only date to the early 20th century. What Edison designed was a distribution system with a third neutral wire placed between the two main wires (positive and negative) in each branch of the circuit. Because of the direct relationship between voltage and resistance, doubling the distribution voltage to 330 volts meant that the positive and negative main conductors could be one-fourth the standard size. The third or neutral wire, through which little current would flow in a properly balanced system, could be even smaller. This system saved substantially on the amount of copper needed in the distribution system. Paulitaep (talk) 17:46, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello PeriodicEditor, thanks for taking up this review. Unfortunately I will be inactive for the next several weeks due to a personal matter. I should be able to response to all feedback before Christmas though I recognize this may impact the review. Czarking0 (talk) 17:18, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Czarking0, that's ok, thanks for letting me know. It shouldn't have too much impact though. I won't finish review until after you feedback so you have a chance to comment and address any issues. PeriodicEditor (talk) 19:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Follows WP:MOS. Does not contain any problematic words to watch. List incorporation is not an issue for this article.
2. Verifiable with no original research
a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline
All references are well formatted.
b.reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)
Well sourced, nothing that could be reasonably challenged is without a source.
I have checked all of the sources I could and all were good, however, I cannot check the book sources.
For the book sources, several of them are available or at least searchable via internet archive. I borrowed the Morris book from the library to write this page and had to return it. I can check it out again and provide quotes if you feel that additional spotchecking is in order.Czarking0 (talk) 12:41, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think additional checking is necessary, all sources supported by the books are non-contreversial and are mostly backed up by other sources. PeriodicEditor (talk) 12:56, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Might potentially come under WP:TOO BIG, however not enough to warrant failing.
The talk page had some discussion about this. I personally think it is ok for GA. If further cutting is done I recommend targeting some of the sentences focused on people that worked for him. Czarking0 (talk) 12:44, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Herald newspaper, published by Thomas Edison for use aboard the Grand Trunk railway between Detroit and Port Huron, Michigan.
... that Thomas Edison developed a housing project with three-story houses cast in a single cement mold?
Source: Baldwin, Neil (1995). Edison: Inventing the Century. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-226-03571-0. pp 298-300
ALT1: ... that Thomas Edison made talking dolls(pictured)? Source: Baldwin, Neil (1995). Edison: Inventing the Century. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-226-03571-0. pp.196-197
ALT2: ... that Thomas Edison started printing a newspaper (pictured) when he was 14? Source: Morris, Edmund (October 22, 2019). Edison. Random House p. 586
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Comment: Doll image Edison Phonograph Doll 01. On second thought I like the doll one the best
Improved to Good Article status by Czarking0 (talk).
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Nice work on the promotion to good article status; I had seen you making progress on that on my watchlist for months. Before we begin it's important to mention that this article appeared on the main page in February 2025 for the on this day birth anniversary. I was worried at first that this would make the article ineligible for did you know, but WP:DYKNEW says that it's only when it's in the prose section of Selected anniversaries (OTD) that makes it ineligible, so this is fine.
The hooks need bold links so I've just added them. I've also just corrected the typo "story" to "storey". Anyway ALT0 and ALT1 match the article. ALT3 doesn't; the article says that he was earning a profit when he was 13, not that he started a newspaper when he was 13. I don't have the books for ALT0 and ALT1 so it would be great if you could give me some quotes to verify them. I have the ALT2 book, which says Earning an excellent income of forty to fifty dollars a week... which verifies the profitability but it doesn't say that it was his own newspaper. Page 586 mentions The Weekly Herald which he first published when he was 14.
Just fixed the image. It looks to be out of copyright, yes. As for the doll image, it is the person's own work but I honestly don't know how copyright applies to doll images so I'd have to find someone else to review it. ―Panamitsu(talk)02:09, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the fixes! My understanding of the doll image is that the likeness of the doll is out of copyright since it is too old so images of it are fair game.Czarking0 (talk) 15:32, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Afterward he obtained the exclusive right of selling newspapers on the road, and, with the aid of four assistants, he set in type and printed the “Grand Trunk Herald,” which he sold with his other papers." [1] Does this solidify the ALT2? If not we could amend the text from newspaper to newspaper business since one could argue that the profitability did not directly come from the newspaper.Czarking0 (talk) 15:36, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Czarking0: Ok thanks, ALT0 and ALT1 are verified. Yeah it seems that ALT2 still has the issue of a lack of a source saying that the newspaper was started when he was 13 and that it was profitable, so your re-wording idea does sound like a good idea and I'll probably approve once you provide this new wording. ―Panamitsu(talk)21:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Czarking0: I like the new ALT2 but where is the source that says that he started printing his own newspaper at age 13? Page 586 of Morris's book says that Edison published his first newspaper on 3 February 1862, when he was 14 years old. ―Panamitsu(talk)21:54, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu: I see. I took 13 from the article I did not recheck the date when I wrote this, so with the way I worded it now it should be 14. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Czarking0 (talk • contribs)
This article appears squeaky clean. Why is there nothing about his animal abuse and other unethical habits? The section for criticism and controversies is conspicuously absent. ~2026-14921-4 (talk) 05:27, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
level-3 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Nice work on the promotion to good article status; I had seen you making progress on that on my watchlist for months. Before we begin it's important to mention that this article appeared on the main page in February 2025 for the on this day birth anniversary. I was worried at first that this would make the article ineligible for did you know, but WP:DYKNEW says that it's only when it's in the 
Thank you. Approved. Have just updated the page in the ALT1 source from 584 to 586. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:17, 13 December 2025 (UTC)