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Former good articleAlbert P. Halfhill was one of the Agriculture, food and drink good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
October 7, 2020Good article nomineeListed
February 25, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 7, 2017.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Albert P. Halfhill is considered the father of the tuna packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
Current status: Delisted good article


Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He didn't originate the technique he used

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Conserving tuna in olive oil was already common in Spain in XV century. (cfr. wikipedia in italian) The technique of conserving fish and meat in anaerobic containers was invented in France in the end of 1700 by Nicolas Appert, then registered in England in 1810 by Pierre Durand who was the first who canned food in tin cans. Canned tuna was first done in Sardinia, Italy around 1860 and popularised by the Florio family in Sicily beginning 1974 (they invented, for example, the cans that could be opened with a 'key'. 2A01:CB15:67:ED00:EB77:7869:BDBE:399B (talk) 14:25, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]