Template:Did you know nominations/Paramount Hotel

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:03, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Paramount Hotel

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Paramount Hotel

• ... that to promote the Paramount Hotel, its operator Ian Schrager mailed out apples? Source: Miller, Nancy (August 10, 1990). "Luxury Lodging in Manhattan for Less". USA TODAY. p. 4B.
  • ALT1: ... that apples were mailed to travel agents as part of a promotion for New York City's Paramount Hotel? Source: Miller, Nancy (August 10, 1990). "Luxury Lodging in Manhattan for Less". USA TODAY. p. 4B.
  • ALT2: ... that upon taking over New York City's Paramount Hotel, Ian Schrager fired all 130 staff members and hosted auditions for new workers? Source: Martin, Douglas (July 11, 1988). "New Yorkers & Co". The New York Times.; Servin, James (November 7, 1993). "Enter Bellhop, Stage Right". The New York Times
  • ALT3: ... that upon taking over the Paramount Hotel, Ian Schrager fired all the staff and solicited new workers from entertainment magazines? Source: Servin, James (November 7, 1993). "Enter Bellhop, Stage Right". The New York Times
  • ALT4: ... that while Thomas W. Lamb designed hundreds of theaters, the Paramount Hotel was one of his few non-theatrical designs? Source: Chan, Sewell (November 17, 2009). "Newly Renovated Paramount Hotel Is Now a Landmark". City Room
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lord Chumley

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC).

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

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith 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: Article is new enough, long enough and well sourced. No copyvio on earwig, and the pic is free, looks good and used in the article. All of the hooks are interesting, especially ALT0 and ALT1. AGF on offline and paywalled sources. Once qpq is done, this one will be ready. This one's ready! BuySomeApples (talk) 23:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

@BuySomeApples: Thanks for the review. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 06:17, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

• Nice work! BuySomeApples (talk) 07:36, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Modified ALT0 to T:DYK/P6 without image