Talk:Squares (crisps)

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A fact from Squares (crisps) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Richard Osman wrote that Squares were invented because "scientists were concerned that children weren't hurting the roofs of their mouths as often as they should be"?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:26, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Richard Osman wrote that Squares were invented because scientists were concerned that children weren't hurting the roofs of their mouths as often as they should be?
- ALT1:... that Squares were marketed with the slogan "more of a crunch than a crisp"?
- ALT2:... that before they were transferred to Walkers in 1989, Squares were known as Square Crisps?
- ALT3:... that the comedian Lenny Henry featured in many Squares adverts during the 1980s?

Reviewed: WQHK-FM

Created by Sahaib3005 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:07, 11 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral: - n
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - As far as I know, no, an image of a design that is probably copyrighted is not free. It may be fair use, but this wouldn't be free.
Used in article:
Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: First off, excellent job on the article, User:Sahaib3005! Let's talk about how to get this on the front page. First, the image probably has to be scrapped, and I'd recommend changing the license to fair use instead of own work. Second, I'm concerned about the neutrality of the article—I think that including the back cover of the packet is a bit much without any commentary on it. I also think the article doesn't necessarily need to include what discount/better sections the packets are included in. We're almost there! Also, ALTs 0, 2, and 3 are all approved, although I have a strong preference for ALT0. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 00:35, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Theleekycauldron, I have made some changes, so was wondering what else I should change. Sahaib3005 (talk) 06:23, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib3005: While i greatly admire that you went for the gusto, that wasn't quite what i had in mind. I'm going to number the notes here:

The section on design was perfectly fine (very in detail, i liked that). Cutting it means that your article, at 1,103 characters, is now too short, so that section should probably be restored.
The block quote that appears on the back of every chips packet is too promotional, and should be cut. we don't need to air their marketing strategems.
The sentence that says that it's vegetarian friendly and contains no artificial colours should probably be cut.

I think beyond that, we're fine! I do appreciate your prejudiciousness in cutting stuff, but let's circle back a bit. we're almost there! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:35, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Theleekycauldron, done Sahaib3005 (talk) 07:00, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job, Sahaib3005! We're good to go. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 07:01, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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