Talk:Dollar slice

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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 21:01, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that two competing New York pizzerias selling slices of pizza for one dollar briefly lowered their prices to 75 cents?

• Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/nyregion/two-manhattan-pizza-parlors-end-price-war.html

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Julier Pass

Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:33, 13 January 2025 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article is neutral, new enough, long enough, and the Earwig tool does not indicate that copyright violations are likely to be present. The claim made in the hook, which is both short enough and interesting, is supported by a citation. Additionally, QPQ has been satisfied. Overall, I see no reason not to approve this DYK submission. JJonahJackalope (talk) 16:18, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I was looking to move some hooks to the prep area when I came across this. I gotta say, I really don't think this meets WP:DYKINT. Two places competing with and lowering their price a bit isn't DYK worthy from my perspective, and I'd expect it to be one of the lower view counts of the month (possibly year) if accepted. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

• Just now seeing this comment. If people think my suggested hook violates WP:DYKINT, I'll suggest this alt:
• ... that one-dollar pizza slices, a unique part of the culture of New York City, were originally located near homeless shelters?
• Source: The earliest dollar-slice pizza stores opened near homeless shelters. [...] No other city in America has a dollar-slice culture quite like New York.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:28, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: approving the alt hook as more interesting, verified, and present in the article. "Located" seems like an odd verb for the sentence but is not a deal-breaker, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 20:43, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Of course, the article fails to say 'why' this is an significant thing. Is it that it greatly undersells other pizza places by 50% or more? Why is "one dollar" so important? The background behind my question is simply this: I was buying NYC pizza slices for 25¢ around 1970. So what's the big deal with "one dollar"? Unless it is as opposed to some other price... This article is so undeveloped, it's worth maybe 50¢ ? Shenme (talk) 03:38, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I've added the detail that mid-range pizza costs $2.50. I can't find any sources more explicitly saying that one dollar is considered very cheap—most sources just take it for granted—but hopefully this is enough context for what you're asking. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 04:27, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

I can't imagine buying any hot food item in NYC now for $1. It's just a personal anecdote but I always ate from these dollar-slice stores when I had the chance as a student living in Manhattan about 6 years ago. Reconrabbit 21:14, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Did not start in Nyc

I was getting 75 cent and dollar slices at Seaside Heights, NJ in the mid 90s. I don’t recall seeing the phenomenon come to NYC until afterwards. I’m not saying it started in NJ, but it was there before NYC. 172.75.49.12 (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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Nominator: Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk · contribs) 21:30, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: HistoryTheorist (talk · contribs) 02:51, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello! This seems like an interesting article to review and one that I can probably easily crank out. I am a bit busy, but I hope to review this in one (or maybe two) fell swoop(s). ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 02:51, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

note on stability

• I looked up the edit history and it seems that there has been an IP making disruptive edits recently. However, a temporary block has been applied to the IP which has caused the page history to chill out. I don't think this should affect overall stability that much though.

ref checks

• Y #1 verifies
• Y #2 verifies, although I think that reference #3 alone could support the information you provided about the cost increases in the fourth history paragraph. You don't need to remove the reference though. #2 (non-paywalled) basically echoes what #3 (paywalled) says, but with less detail.
• Y ref #3 verifies
• The concept of selling pizza slices for one dollar originated with 99 Cent Fresh Pizza, which opened in 2001 borders on original research in the way that it is phrased. The article (reference #4, if I'm not mistaken) says that 99 Cent Fresh Pizza was the first dollar slice business to open (dollar slice business model), but it doesn't mean that they came up with the idea. Cheap pizza has existed for awhile, the business model/phenomenon is unique.
  • Replaced "concept" with "phenomenon" — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• Y other than my minor quibble, ref #4 verifies
• Y ref #7 verifies
• Y ref #8 & 9 verify

prose suggestions

• When you mention the price war between 2 Bros and Bombay fast food, I would suggest mentioning when that happened sooner, perhaps starting the sentence with In 2012,. Also, I think saying the following September is confusing because it could imply that the price war ended in 2013
  • Rephrased both points. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• long shifts → 8-10 hour shifts
  • 8 hours is generally considered normal, but I see your point for just characterizing it as "long"
  • Done. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• A combo meal...in 2010 doesn't seem to flow well with the rest of the content in the popularity section, although there isn't a good place for that sentence at all. In my opinion, I would move it to somewhere in the history section.
  • Moved the statement. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• Most use electric ovens, enabling them to make up to 400 pizzas daily but resulting in unevenly cooked pizzas. I want to tell you that you should change resulting to result, but I don't think that's much of an improvement. Perhaps a different rephrase would be better, but what that would look like is escaping my mind.
  • Rephrased. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• You repeat they three times in the second paragraph of popularity. You should find a different word to start sentences with to make it more interesting to ring.
  • Rephrased. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
• The last sentence of the history section could be rephrased to avoid misinterpretation that there are $2 slice establishments in NJ. However, it's not a big deal if you can't rephrase as the risk of misinterpretation is low.
  • Rephrased. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

broadness

• This article by NYU students might be of interest for further criticism of the dollar slice model. I'm not convinced it is of the highest quality, but it might lead you to higher quality criticism of the model in terms of potential labor exploitation.
  • If you do decide to delve more into the "controversy", I would recommend changing the heading name from popularity to reception.
• Perhaps you could also use the aforementioned article to provide more context about pizza prices and cheap food in New York to further mollify Shenme's concerns.
  • I did come across this source while researching the subject. However, I do not think this counts as a reliable source since it's an undergraduate paper (i.e. not peer-reviewed). I cannot find any reliable sources with the same criticism—the closest thing would be the HuffPost article I cited, which noted the cheap labor. There are also some sources discussing a controversy about 2 Bros. specifically, but since they were limited to a specific company I think it's less relevant to this article. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: I hope I provided you an adequate review of the article and gave you good suggestions, and I'm not just splitting hairs. It was fun reviewing something unrelated to religion or politics, and now I want a slice of pizza. I might double check to make sure that I haven't missed a minor prose issue, but the article's in decent shape. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 05:27, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

• @HistoryTheorist: Alright, I think I addressed everything. Thanks; have this imaginary slice for your work: 🍕 — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

  Aw man, there's no cheese pizza emoji? Instant fail! Alright, I'll give the dying dollar slice a green button then. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 21:50, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

"dollar slice is unique to New York City" is wrong

"dollar slice is unique to New York City" is wrong. It happened in the 1990s/2000s in Montreal, Canada; before inflation took the price out of the dollar range. There were such shops in Montreal at the turn of the millennium, and they existed for a while, and then disappeared in the 2010s, as inflation killed the low cost slice at that enticing price-point. -- 65.93.183.249 (talk) 11:42, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi, if you can find a source that mentions this, it can be added to the article. It's true that one-dollar pizza was nothing special before inflation made that a low price, but statements on Wikipedia have to be sourced, not just true. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 18:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)