The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that digital instrument and computer terminal manufacturer Eldorado Electrodata was bought in 1969 by a former accountant for Del Monte Foods? Source: Upon graduation he went to work for Del Monte Foods and later was transferred to Ogden, Utah. ... in 1969, he took the entrepreneurial plunge ... To market it, they bought Eldorado Electrodata, a small California company that assembled voltage meters.
Overall: A nice, detailed article, thank you for this. All ALTs are fine, my preference being for ALT2. All is well, good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:42, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Sorry, I kind of only have a vague inkling of what this may be referring to—where's the hook play in the article, is it sourced inline? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 09:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
ALT2 is the sort of witty joke that we tend to have on 1 April. It refers to the 3rd paragraph of the section Eldorado (1956–1973). The buyer of the company was Wrathall who had previously worked for Del Monte, so he is the "man from del Monte" in the hook. He said "yes" to Eldorado Electrodata in that he bought the company. That information is cited in that third paragraph. Sadly, jokes are not so entertaining when they are explained, because the fun is in working them out, or "getting them" as we say. On 1 April we do not write out the jokes in the article with the citation neatly at the end of the joke, because that might interfere with the tone of the article. If you feel that we cannot have jokes outside 1 April, then maybe the creator might agree to having this nom put forward for 1 April? Storye book (talk)
I'm alright with waiting for April 1. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:07, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
@ Admin: please would you kindly forward this approved nom to the 1 April section? Thank you. Storye book (talk) 16:29, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
Nonononono, i'm fine with the hook not being spelled out in the article—it wouldn't be sourced anyway. As long as you're pointing me to my the boxes to tick so that I can promote, I'm fine running this as a quirky (this probably isn't a good hook for April Fools'). theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 22:10, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
A nice, detailed article, thank you for this. All ALTs are fine, my preference being for ALT2. All is well, good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:42, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
@ Admin: please would you kindly forward this approved nom to the 1 April section? Thank you. Storye book (talk) 16:29, 3 January 2022 (UTC)