User talk:Jerem43

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Hello,
Before you go posting willy-nilly around my talk page, take a look at how I have it set up. I have divided it into sections covering the major articles I have worked on and have gotten the most communications from. Please post there instead of just going to the end of the page.


Jumpstation

Burger King related posts go here.
YUM!

Yum! related posts go here.
Thats KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's.

McDonald's related posts go here.
Wikiproject Food and Drink related posts go here.
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[edit] My help section

{{help}}

Is there any way to make a single company infobox for use in multiple articles? I am working on the Burger King articles and since each one is about a segment of the company (think one article, five parts), and I want to make a single infobox template and make changes there instead of in each individual article.

All help is appreciated.

Jeremy (22:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC))

Yes, just create a page in the Template: namespace (such as Template:Infobox Burger King or something) and you can copy the code from an existing infobox (say Template:Infobox Company) and modify it as needed to get what you want. I hope this helps, but if you need assistance with the coding, let me know and I'll take a look. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:50, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome from youngamerican

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[edit] Burger King related posts

[edit] Burger King links

NZ nas BK girls for texas bacon double whopper... look it up.

General
Franchises
Charity
Muslim issues
Smith
Brinker
Hungry Jack's
Products

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Jimmy Fund Card.png

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[edit] Re: Burger King

ok no probs, but there is also a rule that says;

If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

and about "The reason that DAJF put the gallery in was because you really mangled the layout of the article when you redid the section" Well DAJF could have just reverted my edits, if he didn't like "my mangled layout".
I would like you to compare the two versions and, if you see that yours is better, I don't mind keeping this way. Cheers, Abdallah (talk) 19:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. It was me that added the gallery to the Burger King article. I am generally not keen on adding galleries or large numbers of images to already bulky articles, but I used the gallery format here because the existing arrangement of images was/is a mess. I have looked at Wikipedia:Good article criteria and can see nowhere where it says galleries are to be avoided. If galleries are to be avoided, then I cannot see how the current arrangement of four differently-sized images which extend off the screen is an improvement. Using regular headings for the "Examples of Burger King's international operations:" etc would also be far more logical. --DAJF (talk) 00:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Galleries are frowned upon in the MoS, that is what every person who rates the articles for WP:GA and WP:FA, as do the automated tools that check for compliance for G\FA status. The way I did it is basically a gallery, but avoids the term. Look at the discussion in the archives on the talk page to see what I mean. --- Jeremy (talk) 02:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
(I have moved your reply back here so that the dialog remains in one location)
If galleries are frowned on, then it should be removed outright rather than using other contrived formats to (badly) create the same effect. Try viewing the article with a reduced-sized window to see how "good" it looks. --DAJF (talk) 06:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
It isn't galleries that are frowned upon, it is the <gallery></gallery> commands. It is stupid but that is how these things go.--- Jeremy (talk) 07:07, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
ok, but what do you think about putting the invisible table, after the countries list? I mean it looks kindda confusing and messed up now... Abdallah (talk) 18:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chicken Sandwich in Australia

I Have re-added the information that it is simply a chicken burger in Australia.
Youtube Advert
Above is a TV ad from down here.
If your really pedantic I can even have some photo's take of menu boards.
Crazymadness (talk) 06:30, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Try watching the ad then reading the article and mayhaps you will figure out what is going on. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 11:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I'm Henry the VIII, I am

It was me that added the reference to The Burger King being based on Henry VIII. In all honesty, i did it on a bet. In a recent discussion with a friend of mine, we were pondering the general accuracy of Wikipedia (you know, that whole, i-read-it-on-the-internet-so-it-must-be-true kind of mentality). Without controls on the content of such knowledge repositories, they cannot be deemed relible. It was determined to make a fairly random change to history, and see how long it lasted. We are fairly creative people, and spent a moment reaching for something completely non-sequitor. Then i said, "what if we post that 'the Burger King' was based on Henry VIII' ?" This was agreed as having the required level of randomness, and was subsequently posted. Congratulations to you, defender of the integrity of Wikipedia, it was reverted in a mere 13 minutes. I will not disturb or disrupt any further. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nothingofwater (talk • contribs) 00:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] McDonald's related posts

[edit] McDonald's rating

My bad --Finalnight (talk) 19:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] McDonald's Premium line

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[edit] YUM! related posts

(KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & Long John Silver's)

[edit] Pizza Hut

In your most recent edit of Pizza Hut, you said you would move the "International operations" section in your edit summary. Where did you move that section to? --Jnelson09 (talk) 04:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I'm going to at lest restore the old PH logo. --Jnelson09 (talk) 23:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Taco Bell

Hi Jeremy,

there seems to be some kind of problem with the Global Locations listing for Taco Bell, the last portion of the UK and all of the Germany info keeps ending up down in the References section. I have tried removing the complete Global Locations subsection and adding it in its entirety again by doing a new edit. This doesn't work. Could you please take a look and see if maybe there is an open link ( but not closed properly with "") for example? That might be the problem.

Please let me know what the problem was,

Thanks Toni S. (talk) 12:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] KFC reversion

I wonder if you might explain your reversion of my edit to the KFC article. The changing of a major brand presence is significant and I think it's appropriate that it appear at the end of the lead section. Even if you disagree, I wonder why you removed the information completely from the article instead of just moving it to a different section. It would have been nice if you had addressed this matter in the KFC discussion page when reverting. Acsenray (talk) 15:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Food and Drink

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[edit] Newsletter January 2008

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[edit] Hey

I've been so freaking busy. I started teaching last week, judged an amateur culinary competition 30 minutes south of Boston the weekend before and then had to drive to Rutland, Vermont to take a written test for my Certified Executive Chef certification with the American Culinary Federation. I was then in St. Augustine Florida since Friday (drove) to compete in an ACF culinary competition which I got a gold medal in. I now get to put in my application to be a full judge with the ACF as that was the last required medal, which means even more traveling lol, but that's a good thing. I'm supposed to be in Boston on Thursday to meet with my thesis advisor, but I don't think that is happening. How have you been?--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 05:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I am a horrible person

Get the firing squad, I have offended with my horrible spelling.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 13:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Korean cuisine

Yeah, I see. I'm reading a bit of the back story now. I was just a little surprised about Badagnani's comments. He (or she?) and I have collaborated on a lot of articles before in a civil and constructive way. I felt it was very confrontational to use "RVV" for edits which are not vandalism, and refer to the removal of the contentious part of one sentence as "blanking". My main objection in that sentence is the use of the "stolen dog incident" as a source. And "all dogs are eaten" is probably a bit of an over-generalization. Dforest (talk) 04:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MfD nomination of Talk:Steve's Ice Cream

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[edit] AfD nomination of Steve's Ice Cream

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[edit] List of Registered Historic Places in Framingham, Massachusetts

Hi, thanks for you help in this, but I wasn't finished cleaning it up. If you will look at the parent article List of Registered Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, you will see that the game plan is to link all listings, so editors will see which ones need to be created. It's cool to have other things like the infobox and images in. Let's co-operate in this.clariosophic 22:02, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for you reply. That's fine, but think about also creating articles for each place. Apparently you have local knowledge of Framingham, which is a big plus. I'm from Newton but live in Florida. clariosophic 22:14, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

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[edit] Boston Red Sox

Image:ALE-Uniform-BOS-Green.PNG Yes, I know of this uniform. However, as it is used only once or twice a year, park anniversary and St. Patrick's Day, I'll keep it out of the infobox image, which displays the primary uniforms, which are used throughout the year. However, I will make a solo image of this uniform that can be put in the uniform section (I can't remember if the Red Sox have one of those or not) where is can be discussed. I'd planned on one day doing that with the practice jerseys. However, it won't be finished right away, so bear with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Silent Wind of Doom (talk • contribs) 05:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Here you go. Unfortunately, the Red Sox do not have a uniforms section, but I'm sure one can be made. The Yankees page has one, if you need a model. This is also the first design to get out that has the new socks. I hope they look okay. That was my biggest worry about doing socks. --Silent Wind of Doom (talk) 04:23, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Re: Big Classic

There was no content in any of the deleted revisions. Somebody created the page as a test with nonsense in it, then blanked it in their next edit. Feel free to start an article there. :) 68.193.198.41 (talk) 18:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notes to my self

Good BK article Links to commercials

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Murderkingold.png)

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[edit] McDonald's products

OK, a you claim a blog is unreliable as a citation, but this particular one is a first hand account of a 50 piece chicken tender, with accompanying photos of in-store advertisements.

Hokay...and the second part of that sentence is a rebuttal of the first...how, exactly? And it's not a "claim", it's 1) policy; and 2) common sense. --Calton | Talk 20:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and a read of this and this may prove useful. --Calton | Talk 20:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Cody10000

I readded him at AIV for you, although since the sockpuppetier is banned, all his edits will need to be reverted as banned users cannot edit. Momusufan (talk) 00:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia's banning policy states that "Any edits made in defiance of a ban may be reverted to enforce the ban, regardless of the merits of the edits themselves. As the banned user is not authorized to make those edits, there is no need to discuss them prior to reversion."

Thats wikipedia policy about banned users. Momusufan (talk) 00:51, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

He's been blocked, figured you should know. Momusufan (talk) 01:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] KFC protection

Hi Jeremy,

Thought you'd like to know that this request finally happened. KFC is indefinitely semiprotected. Here's hoping we can improve it in the future without constantly having to revert vandalism. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 23:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hacked

Ever heard of the word "mistake" :P ? It's not that easy to hack my account, don't worry. Snowolf How can I help? 13:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair-use rationale

I noticed on the image ALE-BOS-Name-Print.PNG that you had put the source for the fair use as burgerking.com. I'm not an expert, but for some reason I wouldn't think that a Red Sox logo would be from a fast food chain's website. Do you know the original website? crassic![talk] 20:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I just wasn't 100% sure if it was correct or not. I just wanted to make sure. ;) crassic![talk] 20:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AIV Report

I don't understand this WP:AIV report. I don't see any edits that the user made. Toddst1 (talk) 17:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah. You meant 69.94.179.75 Toddst1 (talk) 17:50, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Enormous Omelet Sandwich

Thanks for adding the citation. I don't see how reading the "whole article" would have informed me any more - the sentence you quoted was not in the article, and still isn't. It was in a citation attributed to a different paragraph, which didn't mention the target age in any way. Adding a fact tag is a request for verification for a specific point, not "a blanket statement challenging fact". But thanks anyway.Yobmod (talk) 10:17, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal patrol

Thanks for your good work on Vandal patrol. Please sign and date warnings you place on user pages so that if/when they are reported to AIV, we admins can see if there was vandalism after the final warning or not. Cheers. Toddst1 (talk) 21:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Wendy's

Hi. Thanks for your message and the good point it made. Have now restored the above and links from transcluding articles. Sardanaphalus (talk) 22:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AN/I post

I saw your post to AN/I about plagiarism of the articles you wrote. It's unfortunate but this happens all the time. I've seen the one good article I wrote (an article about an album called Made in the Dark), ripped off by plenty of websites. It's funny because you can hear your own words echoing through the ripped off material. The worst thing of all is that here we are, unpaid volunteers, and yet there are people ripping off what we've wrote, without crediting us and getting paid big money to do so... Seraphim♥ Whipp 13:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Template:Burger King

Hi again and thanks for your friendly message. Here are some answers:

  1. <br/> would be okay except it doesn't always look different from a wrapped line and people might not realize what each line has in common. So, I've just edited the template to use the same idea as the Websites section: {{Navbox subgroups}}. It's more complicated, yes, but usually more robust.
  2. {{·}} is meant for use anywhere (I think), whereas {{·w}} is meant for use between those {{nowrap begin}} and {{nowrap end}} tags. But why bother with {{nowrap begin}}...{{·w}}...{{·w}}...etc...{{nowrap end}}? Well, the Firefox browser currently appears to have a bug when it comes to linewrapping, meaning that something like "ThisIsAnItemWithALongName{{·}}" could overrun the righthand edge of a template, depending on the template's size and the size of the Firefox window. The Firefox programming community has been notified, but it'll take a while before it's sorted and most Firefox users have upgraded. More here (fast-forward to sections 2.3.1 and 2.4 if reading the whole page looks too boring/daunting).
  3. {{CTT}} (a shortcut to {{Company template tagline}}) is just a template I came up with to try to simplify/regularize making those "Annual revenue...Employees...Stock symbol...Website" lines that often appear at the bottoms of templates about companies (e.g. check out Company templates). I'm meaning someday to try using it in more of these templates. What do you think?
  4. {{Nowrap}} formats (or tries to format) stuff with the style "white-space:nowrap", i.e. no linewrapping allowed at spaces. ({{Nowrap begin}}...{{nowrap end}} does something similar, but more rigorously -- the same Firefox glitch can occur with {{nowrap}}.)

Hope at least some of that helps. Sardanaphalus (talk) 08:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
PS Because it's on the large side, I just made the template appear collapsed by default (other than on its own page). Hope that's okay. If it is okay in general but there are particular pages where you reckon it should already be visible, the "state" parameter can be used (state = expanded).

Please remember, that once you revamp the Burger King article, it will probably get reverted over the next couple months by vandals and other user. I hate to see you waste all that time for nothing. thanks. Dwilso 08:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Legal issues

Is there a reason your removed this from the value menu article and ignored it at Good article Burger King legal issues? Respond at my talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

See:
http://www.1010wins.com/pages/1772357.php?
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/03/06/ex_burger_king_owners_say_value_menu_ate_into_profits/
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/03/05/burger_king_sued_because_of_dollar_menu/2775/ --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

You are clearly the specialist on this topic. I thought you might have been unsure as to whether I was making a valid contribution. I will assume your decisions are well-conceived. I just wanted to make sure you gave this issue full consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

P.S. If you get a chance, take a look at my Good article Rock N Roll McDonald's article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Trademark stuff

I'm not arguing that trademarks are unimportant; it's just that it wasn't very relevant to the articles. Every commercial product is trademarked, but we don't need a special paragraph to note that fact in every single article (unless, as in your example, the trademark was subject to a highly-publicized dispute). —Chowbok ☠ 21:01, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

As I said, I'm not removing that stuff because of a policy issue; I'm removing it because I don't think it's relevant or interesting. It adds nothing to the articles. That paragraph boilerplate could be added with equal justice to thousands of articles here, and I think it would get tiresome.—Chowbok ☠ 16:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing that section

I don't understand why this is so mysterious. I've explained, twice, why I'm doing it. Neither time you did you give me a response. If you can't be bothered to address my arguments, than I don't see why I have to stop removing that paragraph. Why should I stop just on your say-so?—Chowbok ☠ 23:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

And just for the record, WP:IDONTLIKEIT is part of Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions, which applies to deletion discussions, rather than content disputes. Dreaded Walrus t c 00:15, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
He has never provided a valid reason for his deletions, he is only leaving a half-baked boiler template in the edit summary (clean up, removing irrelevant info, Replaced: ™ →) that does not apply to his deletion. I asked him to explain why he thinks it is irrelevant or to provide a policy based reason for its deletion. He has yet to go beyond I don't like it. The WP:Idontlikeit is the closest thing on WP to describe his actions in deleting the data. Read my replies on his talk page to see my reasoning on the inclusion of the data, and you will see that he has not provided a valid reason for the data not to be included or why it is irrelevant beyond it is boring (interesting).
--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 05:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Re.:Warning

I was NOT disrupting, vandalizing anything at all. There is a NEW kind of Adverts that are going around depicting utter stupidity. Have you seen the recent BK ads on TV? This new form of advertising should be placed in the BK articles. I only asked who the demographic was that is being targeted by these ads. If they're targeting women, they'd be feminine in nature. If working men, they'd show men working on the job - blue collar jobs, like construction. Again, who or what is the demographic that idiotic adverts like the recent BK ads are to target? Not you and I. 205.240.146.247 (talk) 05:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please...

I was looking at your user page and wondering if I could borrow your "Don't mind this..." template? It is pretty handy...:)--Krushdiva (talk) 04:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Yea! Thanks again!--Krushdiva (talk) 07:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

When you post vandalism warnings, please sign your posts.

When you post vandalism warnings, the "last warning" should not be the first warning. Even though PieClock had received previous notices, that individual had not edited anything since earlier in the month. A wholly new round of vandalism means the person should get a new round of warnings.

Giving someone an "only warning" after giving a "last warning" indicates that the last warning wasn't really the last and therefore means nothing. You might consider using a template like User:Doczilla/Template:Uw-vandalism4x, which some editors like but some do not. Not everyone agrees that any notice should be posted after a "last warning."

All that aside, thank you for your efforts to combat vandalism in Wikipedia. Doczilla STOMP! 09:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BK legal issues notability

Jerem43, regarding the BK legal issues article, why those three cases? The article's Lead opens with "As with other multi-national corporations, international fast food restaurant chain Burger King has had its share of controversies and legal issues over the course of its existence." This statement actually appears to diminish the significance of the lawsuits. You rightly say that you are focusing on "company altering law suits that had significant impact on the industry", but there doesn't seem to be any material in the article that supports that goal. I'm not saying that BK doesn't have legal activity that isn't noteworthy enough to be covered in a stand-alone article, but why these three cases (along with the "controversies")? I'm thinking that if you could locate analysis in legal journals and sources other than run-of-the-mill publications that identify these cases and situations as having a significant impact on the industry and BK then the article value and quality would be enhanced.
Jim Dunning | talk 12:36, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CKE & Hardee's

Jerem43 - I deleted information on CKE Restaurants and Hardee's that was not true (menu consolidation) as well as incorrect info about expansion plans (in all 50 states by end of 2008). BethMansfield (talk) 18:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC) PR for CKE

[edit] [1]

Hello. Please don't edit comments of other users. Exceptions exist. Thanks. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 01:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I replied. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 14:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Editing other people's comments

I personally appreciate that you corrected spelling errors in my post on the R. McD talk page. I don't mind at all. It's not customary, but personally I think it makes me look smarter when my posts are spelled right. You may want to consider avoiding corrections of British vs. American spellings though, they may be intentional. Anyway, thanks. It's nice to meet you, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. I look forward to working with you more in the future. Drop by my talk page any time, and feel free to correct my errors any time. User:Pedant (talk) 05:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is it true

Did Willard Scott create Ronald McDonald. and btw why are George Voorhis and Terry talking credit if Macdonald's doesn't talk about them. Hankzimer (talk) 05:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

No clue, I can only comment on what I have seen and read. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 05:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Angus Six-pack

DO NOT talk to me like that. I have provided a source which is already cited to and I have written it in the same way as the others on that page (which I started in case you haven't noticed). UNI|SOUTH 08:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter June 2008

WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter June 2008

--Chef Tanner (talk) 17:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article edits

Wow, I'm gone for a few months and I come back to see numerous articles which I wrote trashed, removed citations to put in stuff that makes no sense whatsoever, how frustrating. Luckily one can go back and revert items, but wow some of this stuff. I had to request a restriction on the French cuisine article as it had gotten so bad. I might have to do the same for chef and Italian cuisine. Anyways, sorry I always have issues with poor communication. I haven't actually made it back out to Boston since January, things have been really hectic. Here's to hoping my summer is a little more relaxing. How have you been?--Chef Tanner (talk) 18:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Burger King AGF

I apologize if I've offended you. Certainly not my intent. I'm just interested in improving the article. Please assume good faith.
Jim Dunning | talk 23:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Ya know, I offer an olive branch, focusing on the quality of the article, and I get "nitpicking" in return. Then I find "Deeply angered reply" and "terse, annoyed reply". Then I'm warned that any further edits I make will result in vandalism reporting. Mmmm.
Jim Dunning | talk 03:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Dude

You must have the patience of a saint, or have easy access to a high quality liquor store.--Chef Tanner (talk) 14:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Litigation involving Tesco

Hi Jeremy, thanks for the cleaning of the page. You couldn't add support for keeping the page, and warding it off against deletion too could you? Wikidea 17:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks! That's exactly the sort of arguments I was trying to make. Cheers Wikidea 17:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nominations

Great idea adding that to the project page.--Chef Tanner (talk) 16:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] BK

I won't be doing that. Rather, I'll refer you to this Meme.

Then review what I removed and review this WP:N.

I'll wait. --Endless Dan 16:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, so this is notable because a few geeks on the internet are obsessed with the Burger King? I suppose this stuff is outta my league.
Also, the link you gave me doesn't appear to pass WP:RS.--Endless Dan 16:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh. You're from there. This explains why we didn't see eye to eye.--Endless Dan 17:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Must be all that chowder (or, ya know, that whole 26 world championships thing). --Endless Dan 17:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bidness

I think we can come up with a task force, however, I have noted that task forces don't seem to go in any direction much like the Foodservice task force. I have even contemplated proposing turning the Project Cheese into a task force instead of keeping it as a project. As for the to-do list, do you mean the one I put on the newsletter as there isn't one on the rating banner.--Chef Tanner (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Someone must've added that in my absence to the banner when they added the importance label. It is actually the same list on the main page of the portal. You can edit it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Tasks--Chef Tanner (talk) 19:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the welcome back, I have been editing minimally for a couple months now. :) And if you think the Gozer worship is bad, wait until the bizarre rituals intended to bring about the end of the world begin!--IvoShandor (talk) 08:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ray's gone bye-bye, Egon, what do you have left? I'm sorry Peter I am terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. --IvoShandor (talk) 08:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Now that's one of my favorite lines (that and "My uncle once thought he was St. Jerome. I'd call that a big yes."). I saw the movie in 1984 when it came out, one of the first I can actually remember, and I know I didn't get the sailor joke until years later.--IvoShandor (talk) 08:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks from me, too. That "user" has caused more trouble than any I've ever seen on any wiki. Just amazing. Sorry to have blown off good edits and caused you additional work, but the house rules state that any edit by a hard-banned user goes bye-bye, good or bad. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BK GAN

Jerem43, just so you know, I have grave concerns about Limetolime's actions in listing the BK article as GA given the issues you and I have been discussing and acting on. I'm unsure how he can promote it given Good article criteria #2 and #5. I am asking him/her to solicit another, experienced editor's assistance in reviewing the action. This has more to do with Limetolime's actions on a number of recent GANs more than the article itself.
Jim Dunning | talk 04:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Understood, but my concern now is mostly with the GAN process itself being followed. I do have issues with accurate sourcing (existing [statements matching sources] and past [how many times have you found that source/statement mismatches/misalignments to be the causes of my concerns?]) and significance. However, there's no doubt that the article is in flux right now and an editor has been expressing concerns over sources (the validity of which (at least some) have been acknowledged). Consequently, the GA shouldn't have happened — at least yet. By all means, let's solicit the opinion of a third-party. That would definitely be a good idea. But again, my major concern here is with the GA process.
Jim Dunning | talk 09:53, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Relative to "nitpicking", I do not consider ensuring the validity and accuracy of sources and their characterizations in the article to be "nitpicking". WP:RS, WP:CITE and WP:Verifiability are not WP Guidelines, but Policies. If one source or ref in an article has a problem, then the article cannot be GA. For example, the statement about "stridently worded emails" is a strong characterization of the events and I could not find a supporting source. Your correction of the situation shows that there was a ref that should have been there. Whether the statement was unsupported because it never had one or became orphaned during editing is irrelevant: the statement is OR unless it is appropriately supported. There is no nitpicking when it it comes to content being accurately, verifiably supported by reliable sources. This applies to GA quality as well as FA.
Jim Dunning | talk 10:22, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

This and this may be of interest.
Jim Dunning | talk 02:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)