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Itanium was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 14, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
July 24, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 17, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
February 21, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Is it correct to mix different measurement units for the same item?

I see that in the two ends of the range indicated for the FSB speed, the first end is expresed in MHz (MegaHertz i.e. millions of cycles per second) and the second one in GT/s (GigaTransfers per second). The two units are not the same and have not the same meaning. Hz is a unit used for referring to cycles per second, and since in one single cycle there can be more than one transfers (e.g. this is the case for DDR SDRAM memory), I deem this way of expressing figures for the same item could be misleading. Corrado72 (talk) 18:18, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose so, but if that is the way they are specified, then it is probably right here. Gah4 (talk) 10:06, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the GA criteria. Some of my concerns are outlined below:

There are lots of uncited statements throughout the article.
The "Timeline" section is a duplication of the "History" section: these two sections should be merged.

Is anyone interested in addressing these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 20:22, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Itanium

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Result: Delisted. Hog Farm _Talk 19:00, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are many uncited statements. The "Timeline" section is a duplication of the "History" section, and I think the two can be merged. Z1720 (talk) 20:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

formerly

The article says: (formerly called IA-64). When did it stop being called IA-64? Did it get a new name? Gah4 (talk) 10:10, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]