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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.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 13:53, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

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Fairmont Beijing

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  • ... that Routledge said in 2017 that "uniquely for any hotel in China", Fairmont Beijing has three workers who have learning disabilities? Source: Jia, Fu; Gosling, Jonathan; Witzel, Morgan (2017) [2015]. Sustainable Champions: How International Companies are Changing the Face of Business in China. London: Routledge. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-78353-160-8. Retrieved 2022-09-18 – via Google Books.

    The book notes: "At Fairmont Beijing, uniquely for any hotel in China, there are already three employees with learning disabilities."

5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 10:32, 18 September 2022 (UTC).

  • Not super familiar with DYK these days, just dropping a note in support of @Cunard:'s amazing work on this article. I was just hoping he'd be able to find a source to the claim of notability and we now have an amazing article. Star Mississippi 13:30, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
  • Comment/question: Is it right to say that Routledge said this? My understanding is that Routledge is the publisher of the book; isn't it the authors of the book who said this? Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 21:54, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - I agree with User:Chocmilk03 that it's odd for the hook to attribute the quote to the publisher Routledge. Can we adjust the hook?
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A few minor concerns. In addition to those mentioned above, the translation "Ride to Beijing" seems odd to me – does that translation come from one of the sources? If not, I think "Ride Beijing" may be a better translation. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 21:54, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

ALT1, ALT2, and ALT3 are approved. I've also corrected a typo. Thanks for the fixes and for expanding the article. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 10:25, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
@Mx. Granger and Cunard: I'm... a little hesitant to come off as tokenizing these workers; is there anything to that concern? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
The book Sustainable Champions: How International Companies are Changing the Face of Business in China notes on pages 30–31:

1.8 Social responsibility efforts

In another venture, Fairmont has started to work with children with Down's syndrome. In China the government usually looks after children with Down's syndrome until they are 14; then they are sent back to their families. Many do not get to play an active party in society. People with disabilities in China often have fewer opportunities than the general population. Of the 19 to 21 million such people in China, only 7.1% have meaningful employment. In Beijing, there is a special commune, Te Eo Farm, which tries to integrate with intellectual disabilities into society by providing work for them in orchards or helping farmers. ... Fairmont buys fruit (apples, pears, peaches and apricots) from the farm to support the workers in their desire to contribute to society. ... Fairmont currently is the only hotel that buys from the special commune.

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With the assistance of a job trainer, Fairmont hopes to help students from the special commune feel more empowered. As Reto Borer says, "they have their dreams, aspirations, and wishes for themselves and their families. If Fairmont can make a difference here, then that is corporate social responsibility." At Fairmont Beijing, uniquely for any hotel in China, there are already three employees with learning disabilities.

The hotel is attempting to engage in corporate social responsibility through helping people with learning disabilities. It purchases food from farms staffed by people with intellectual disabilities. It employs works who have learning disabilities. I don't think the hotel has tokenized these workers. I think this DYK hook is respectful of the people with intellectual disabilities and is not tokenizing them but will defer to others' opinion on this. Cunard (talk) 05:58, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Well, I'll say that the hotel might be in the clear, but by us emphasizing it, that might be tokenism. Just to clarify. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 06:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
From tokenism, "Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups, especially by recruiting people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or gender equality within a workplace or educational context."

I don't see this DYK hook as making "making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups". Cunard (talk) 07:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

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