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Entry Written By Subway[edit]

I heavily suspect this entry was written by somebody at Subway. It reads more like a brochure you'd find touring Subway's headquarters than an objective biography on the man's life. Kinsho

Style[edit]

This article is not in the style required by Wikipedia. Can someone please correct it. Thanks86.151.233.136 (talk) 12:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More of a marketing piece for Subway.[edit]

This isn't a proper WP article. Half of it is Subway marketing junk. Look at the co-founder's article to see the difference. This needs to be cut down. If that's all this guy's life was about, then I do feel sorry for him... but this isn't an article about Subway. If all he did was co-found Subway, then the career part should essentially be one or two short paragraphs, at the most. Cheers. 73.6.96.168 (talk) 03:23, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

agreed. This is about the man, not the franchise or the fat guy.Shajure (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the bit about Jared belong in this article?[edit]

I don't see the relevance to the dead man. The franchise, sure. Unless there is an objection, I will remove it. He has his own article. Shajure (talk) 21:04, 26 April 2021 (UTC) I left the sources, but hacked out the yack about him. Easily restored if someone feels it belongs in a BLP about a dead guy.Shajure (talk) 21:47, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I trimmed it down to what the subject human did.Shajure (talk) 06:31, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Subway Post DeLuca Years[edit]

This article is about the man, not the Franchise. He died. It didn't. I'll remove this section unless there is an objection. It has its own article.Shajure (talk) 21:05, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Left the sources, vastly shortened the Subway hype. I think it might deserve a mention up to his departure from the company, but I am not adding it at this timeShajure (talk) 21:48, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much subway hype returned, much yack yack about a calendar with partially-clothed males creating a hostile workplace, affairs with married women added. Lots of needless spaces added sometime. Removed much dross, left in all the sources.Shajure (talk) 06:29, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Source value?[edit]

I am concerned that the article titled "Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca ruled the company like a demigod and pursued wives of franchisees. How one man sent the world's biggest fast-food chain into a tailspin." is really not a very good source for a BLP. Certainly for any item sourced only to that (nonpublic) article.Shajure (talk) 22:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Italian"-American?[edit]

What a ridiculous way to describe someone who was born and raised in the US. If his parents were born in Italy, and then became naturalized Americans, then they are Italian-American. I don't know what type of ethnic upbringing Fred DeLuca had, but one suspects it was a little more American and a lot less Italian than his parents'. What's wrong with describing him as "American" in the lead and then discussing his ancestry and/or parents' ethnicity in the 'early life' section?Jonathan f1 (talk) 07:30, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would ask "How do other biographical items in the press list him? Is his Italian heritage a key part of those articles?" If not, then no, probably does not need to be in the lead, as it has a home in the infobox (I think, not an infobox guru) and body. It should surely belong in the body even if there is no spot in the infobox. A *VERY quick* check of bio-articles didn't have heritage in the lead.Shajure (talk) 21:18, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

American is a regional, not national, identity. As a nationality it is very parochial, US-centric, use.[edit]

He was a US citizen. Please stop. Leaving the latest quaint, US-centric change in place. Hopefully someone else will remove it.Shajure (talk) 03:39, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Been up a bit, no comments, taking it back out. Shajure (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]