Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Franzia

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Fred Franzia

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• ... that Fred Franzia was the co-founder of the company that produces a wine known as Two-Buck Chuck due to its low cost? Source: " Fred Franzia, the iconoclastic businessman who turned the wine industry on its head with his inexpensive Charles Shaw label, better known as Two-Buck Chuck, died on Tuesday at his home in Denair, Calif. He was 79." The New York Times

• With User:Thriley's permission I am proposing a couple of alternate hooks. Any one of the three proposed hooks would be fine with me. Thriley, do you have a preference? If not the reviewer or closing administrator can choose. -- MelanieN (talk) 02:27, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that when Fred Franzia created the inexpensive wine nicknamed Two-Buck Chuck, he is said to have "turned the wine industry on its head"? (Source: Fred Franzia, the iconoclastic businessman who turned the wine industry on its head with his inexpensive Charles Shaw label, better known as Two-Buck Chuck, died on Tuesday at his home in Denair, Calif. The New York Times)
  • ALT2 ... that Fred Franzia created a line of inexpensive wines nicknamed Two-Buck Chuck because he believed that "wine should be enjoyed and consumed on every American table"? (Source: "Core to his vision was a belief that wine should be enjoyed and consumed on every American Table.” NPR News)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Kraker

Created by Thriley (talk) and MelanieN (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 14:53, 20 September 2022 (UTC).

• I really like the ALTs. Please strike my initial hook. Thriley (talk) 12:13, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
• Article is new enough (submitted within 4 days of creation), long enough (2035 characters), sources include multiple national newspapers in US plus NPR and The New Yorker, copyvio unlikely per Earwig. QPQ is complete. Content referenced in the hooks are in the sources and in the article itself. Both are fine, though personally I prefer ALT1, as the quote in ALT2 actually originated in a company statement (so it is rather "corporate" in tone). One suggestion for the article is to address how Franzia was also a believer in quality, as cheap wines were nothing new. (Take a look again at The New Yorker article.) But OK as is from a DYK point of view. Cielquiparle (talk) 21:32, 22 September 2022 (UTC)