Template:Did you know nominations/George W. Jenkins

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

George W. Jenkins

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• ... that George W. Jenkins, founder of the 1,053 store chain of Publix supermarkets, opened his first store at Winter Haven, Florida in 1930?

• Reviewed: Bubble Houses (Hobe Sound, Florida)

Created/expanded by Mgreason (talk). Self nom at 02:57, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that George W. Jenkins, founder of the 1,053 store chain of Publix supermarkets, began sharing profits and ownership with his employees in 1930?
• ALT2 ... that George W. Jenkins, who founded Publix supermarkets in 1930, learned the business at Piggly Wiggly instead of from his father who was a grocer.
• ALT3 ... that George W. Jenkins, who came to Florida in 1925 to make a fortune in the 1920s real estate boom, instead founded the Publix chain of supermarkets in 1930 in Winter Haven?

• Nice work. For some reason DYKcheck claims the expansion isn't enough but a manual check verifies that it is. The concern is, though, that the article sound a bit...flowery at times, instead of encyclopedic. The data is there, it just needs a good copyediting to pluck the peacock phrasing. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:23, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

• I read through the article twice, and I don't see any peacock phrasing or weasel words. Perhaps I'm just too close to see it, but would you point out a couple of examples that you noticed? Mgrē@sŏn 00:14, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

• Well, it's marginal, but things like "it was a brave decision..." and "he returned their goodwill and hard work by..." sound somewhat more company-history-ish rather than encyclopedic, although I might just be being a little picayune I suppose! After looking through it again I don't think that's enough to disqualify it, although I would suggest still tweaking the wording there just a bit perhaps? Anyway, I give this an approval; I'd strongly suggest ALT3, which I've modified just a bit - hope you don't mind! :) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

• I tweaked the language for the two examples you noted. ALT3 is fine. Thanks. Mgrē@sŏn 13:32, 23 April 2012 (UTC)