Template:Did you know nominations/The customer is not a moron

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The result was: promoted by Rcsprinter¹²³ (post) @ 11:03, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

The customer is not a moron edit

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... ~~that the customer is not a moron, she's your wife?~~

ALT1:... that David Ogilvy's quotation "The customer is not a moron" has been reused by the BBC and the CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi?
Reviewed: Walter de Clare

Created by Ritchie333 (talk). Self nominated at 11:41, 9 January 2015 (UTC).

Sources check out; size is okay (1750 characters). Copyvio check passed. Created on January 9 so new enough. Meets proper content policies. Hook properly sourced. All good. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 01:12, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Hooks must present verifiable facts. The original hook does not contain any facts, and is not acceptable. ALT1 was struck without comment. Was it struck because there was something wrong with it, or just because the reviewer preferred the original? ALT1 does present facts, so if it checks out, that would be fine. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Struck out of preference. Undone now. You concerns definitely are reasonable. I might have put "what catches the eye" in preference. My mistake. ALT1 is properly sourced and, as you said, contains verifiable facts. Unless there are any further concerns, Good to go. Thanks, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 03:42, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought the basic hook was a nice teaser but put in ALT1 for the reasons stated above. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 08:52, 10 January 2015 (UTC)