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A fact from The Failure of Technology appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 December 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that scholars have described the 1946 book The Failure of Technology as a precursor to the environmental movement?

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... that scholars have described the 1946 book The Failure of Technology as a precursor to the environmental movement?

Source: Klaus Gauger, Titan Technik, Jan Röhnert, Der Tagesspiegel

- ALT1: ... that the Berliner Zeitung has described the book The Failure of Technology as "right-wing prehistory to The Greens"? Source: Berliner Zeitung: Rechte Vorgeschichte der Grünen
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dan Stoneking, Template:Did you know nominations/General Motors Technical Center

Created by Uriahheep228 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Uriahheep228 (talk) 17:03, 11 November 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:

An excellent article and a very welcome discovery for yours truly. DYK nom is tip-top; no problems. Both ALTs are fine by me. CurryTime7-24 (talk) 03:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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