Template:Did you know nominations/McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:47, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion

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Several restaurants struggled to keep up with customers trading in their promotion cards for Big Macs, as the American Olympic Team raked in gold medals.

... that McDonald's promotion campaign for the 1984 Olympic Games was given an unexpected boost by the Cold War? Source: O'Reilly, Terry (6 April 2013). "Famous Marketing Blunders". CBC.Hollie, Pamela G. (10 August 1984). "Big Mac's Olympic Giveaway". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

Created by Robincantin (talk). Self-nominated at 23:02, 31 July 2021 (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: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, sourced and no copyvio. The hook is pretty interesting and is cited. Picture also checks out as free use and is in the article. Seems like qpq is not needed as the nominator has had less than 5 noms. All in all looks great! BuySomeApples (talk) 03:23, 4 August 2021 (UTC)