Talk:Fred DeLuca

Entry Written By Subway
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
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)

More of a marketing piece for Subway.
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)
 * agreed. This is about the man, not the franchise or the fat guy.Shajure (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Why does the bit about Jared belong in this article?
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)
 * I trimmed it down to what the subject human did.Shajure (talk) 06:31, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Subway Post DeLuca Years
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)
 * 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)

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)

Source value?
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)

"Italian"-American?
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)
 * 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)

American is a regional, not national, identity. As a nationality it is very parochial, US-centric, use.
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)
 * Been up a bit, no comments, taking it back out. Shajure (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2022 (UTC)