The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Mifter (talk) 19:16, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

• ... that Google Earth was originally developed for use by various agencies of the United States government, including the CIA? Source
  • ALT1:... that Google Earth has a built-in flight simulator game? Source
  • ALT2:... that in the 3D map application Google Earth, you can explore the inside of the Museo del Prado in Madrid? Source
  • ALT3:... that in the 3D map application Google Earth, you can explore the planet Mars and talk to a fictional robot? Source,
• Reviewed: To come Facebook Aquila

Improved to Good Article status by BruzerFox (talk). Self-nominated at 11:00, 4 December 2017 (UTC).

• DYK is nominated under the correct date it was brought to GA status.
• The prose portion is at least 1,500 characters.
• The article meets core policies and guidelines.
• The first hook (which I favour) is at 168 characters, under the designated limit. It will appeal to a broad audience, is neutral and sourced with an inline citation.
• QPQ is forthcoming. I have one, If you wish to take a stab at it. Cognissonance (talk) 14:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

• QPQ done. Cognissonance (talk) 11:55, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

• Several paragraphs lack any citations, per WP:DYKSG#D2. There is also close paraphrasing in this sentence:
• Source: allows developers to build and host their own private maps and 3D globes
• Article: allowed developers to build and host their own private maps and 3D globes
• Yoninah (talk) 22:13, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

I changed the phrasing in that sentence and fixed citation issues, at least as far as I could see. The one remaining non-lead paragraph with no citation is the first in "Outer space", and I find that appropriate since it makes no claims unique to the paragraph, simply summarizing the following information. BruzerFox 06:32, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you. Restoring tick per Cognissonance's review. Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 2 January 2018 (UTC)