Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Moore (American food executive)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:13, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Bob Moore (American food executive)

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Moore in 2012

... that Bob Moore (pictured), the co-founder of Bob's Red Mill, transitioned his company to employee stock ownership because of his deeply-held belief "to do unto others as you would have them do unto you"? Source: "For years, Mr. Moore turned down prospective buyers, insisting on maintaining ownership of the company. In 2010, on his 81st birthday, he began transferring control to his staff through a new employee stock ownership plan. “The Bible says to do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” he later told Portland Monthly, explaining his belief that sharing profits and ownership would “make things more fair and more benevolent.”" Washington Post
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Created by Thriley (talk) and Cerebral726 (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 02:14, 17 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Bob Moore (American food executive); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Some ALTS I thought could be good:
- ALT1 ...that Bob Moore didn't found Bob's Red Mill until after his first retirement? Source: [1] He retired when he was about 50, and he and his wife moved to Portland to pursue this course of study at a seminary. Mr. Moore, however, soon grew weary of the painstaking work involved in learning ancient languages.
- ALT2 ...that Bob Moore became the founder of whole-grain company Bob's Red Mill decades after his father had a job driving a Wonder Bread truck? Source: [2] his father, too, had a grain-adjacent job of sorts: He drove a Wonder Bread truck.

Cerebral726 (talk) 14:39, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great well-sourced article, created Feb 11th and already 4676 chars. Photo quality is excellent. Suggested hook is acceptable but a bit wordy, hook 2 is IMHO slightly more interesting. Jpatokal (talk) 03:14, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

ALT3... that the “folksy, almost Santa-like” Bob Moore (pictured), the co-founder of Bob's Red Mill, is depicted on all of the company's products? Thriley (talk) 03:02, 28 February 2024 (UTC)