Template:Did you know nominations/Goody Goody Gum Drops

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 18:32, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Goody Goody Gum Drops

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... that the New Zealand ice cream flavour Goody Goody Gum Drops returned to stores a year after being discontinued? Source: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/16/beloved-ice-cream-flavour-returning-to-supermarket-shelves/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Georg Karo

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Self-nominated at 10:29, 17 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Goody Goody Gum Drops; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

reviewing DrThneed (talk) 01:30, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - na
Used in article: - NA
Clear at 100px: - NA

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Article is new enough, easily long enough, and the sources are reliable news sites and a Tip Top press release.

Hook is fine and I've marked as such, but having read the article, I do wonder if a more interesting one could be done. Perhaps around the mathematical modeling to solve the gumdrop distribution problem, or maybe that the flavour has been available in both biscuit and milk form? I also think the article is begging for an icecream shot. If you don't have one to hand, I might be able to commission one from the only GGGD fan in my household (the rest of us are either vegetarian so can't eat gumdrops or think it is an abomination!). DrThneed (talk) 03:31, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

@DrThneed: Great idea, I think that the mathematical model one would be a much more interesting hook! How about ALT1:

"... that despite mathematical models deeming the ice block Goody Goody Gum Drops impossible, it was still created?"

Unfortunately I'm having a bit of difficulty getting the best wording. —Panamitsu (talk) 03:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh yes, much better than ALT0! Just a QPQ needed then. Thanks Panamitsu! DrThneed (talk) 03:51, 18 October 2023 (UTC)