Template:Did you know nominations/George W. Jenkins

George W. Jenkins

 * ... 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?


 * Symbol question.svg 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)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg 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)