Template:Did you know nominations/Sawyer's


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:50, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Sawyer's

 * ... that Sawyer's, known for making the View-Master, was once the second-largest U.S. manufacturer of slide projectors (example pictured)?


 * ALT1:... that Sawyer's, known for making the View-Master (reel and viewer pictured), was also once the second-largest U.S. manufacturer of slide projectors?
 * ALT2:... that the development of the View-Master (viewer pictured) by Sawyer's resulted from a chance meeting at the Oregon Caves?
 * Reviewed: San Joaquin River Viaduct
 * Comment: Although ALT2 is more "hooky", I prefer the first hook or ALT1 because slide projectors were the company's No. 1 product in its last several years (1960s) and are a product that I imagine more Wikipedia readers are familiar with, or have heard of, than the View-Master. The slide projector photo is also much higher in resolution. However, if ALT2 is chosen, I would recommend this image (1962 View-Master viewer) for it, partly so as to avoid the longer "(viewer and reel pictured)" wording that is needed for the View-Master image shown for ALT1, but either image would work in Alts 1 or 2. If the slide projector image is used, I would crop it to almost square for the Main Page.

Created by SJ Morg (talk). Self-nominated at 09:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enough (created by SJ Morg on 31 May 2016), long enough (12,274 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. AGF on main hook, ALT1 hook, Symbol confirmed.svg ALT2 hook verified. QPQ done. Both images on Commons with appropriate licenses.(But I personally prefer the ALT1 picture).  Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)