Talk:Supermarket scanner moment

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:50, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that supermarket scanner moment is in reference to when US President George H. W. Bush impressed at new barcode scanner technology at a grocers convention? Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/ ,https://apnews.com/article/george-hw-bush-north-america-us-news-newspapers-politics-61f29d10e27140b0b108d8e12b64b839 ,https://apnews.com/article/be6124e315259d11c1fd6371ba47b68f
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Pashby
  • Comment: there's probably a more interesting way to word this.

Improved to Good Article status by Czar (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 00:57, 29 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Supermarket scanner moment, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

President Bush

• ALT1: ... that Bush Encountered the Supermarket, Amazed? Past tense version of the NYT headline that is the subject of the gaffe, per "AP Was There: Bush's bum rap on "amazing" barcode scanner". AP News. December 4, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
• ALT2: ... that a tale of U.S. President George H. W. Bush's amazement at a common grocery scanner is one of the most enduring American political myths? Sorensen, Adam (2012-06-20). "Why There Aren't Supermarket Scanner Moments Anymore". Time.
• ALT3: ... that The New York Times did not issue a correction after other major news outlets disagreed with their report that Bush Encountered the Supermarket, Amazed? Schweizer, Peter; Schweizer, Rochelle (2005). The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty. Knopf Doubleday. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-385-49864-7. "Was President George H.W. Bush "Amazed" by a Grocery Scanner?". Snopes. 2001-04-01.
• ALT4: ... that U.S. President George H. W. Bush was "amazed by some of the technology" at the 1992 National Grocers Association convention? "Was President George H.W. Bush "Amazed" by a Grocery Scanner?". Snopes. 2001-04-01.
• ALT5: ... that Dr. Oz called his veggie tray "crudité" in his supermarket scanner moment? Ochoa, Laurie (2022-08-20). "Los Angeles BBQ history lives on through Kevin Bludso's incredible brisket, ribs, oxtail". Los Angeles Times.

Plenty of fun to be had here. czar 01:24, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

• Substantial article, meeting of GA criteria implicates DYK pass. Article was nominated within 7 days of passing GAR. Earwigs only pings properly attributed quotes and some long proper titles. QPQ has been completed. Image is properly licensed and reproduces at a small size. Hooks are cited, interesting, and short enough for DYK; my preference is for ALT1, ALT4, or ALT5. Morgan695 (talk) 02:46, 31 January 2023 (UTC)