Talk:Lancaster, Wisconsin

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I moved this from the article because I don't think having lists of accommodation in places is a good idea. What do other people think? Angela 12:51, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

Lancaster accommodations include the Best Western Welcome Inn (608-723-4162) and the lovely Maple-Harris Bed and Breakfast 608-723-4717, 888-216-0888

[edit] I don't have a strong opinion on this.

...I'm new here, and still learning the ropes. I just threw it in because I thought it might be useful information for a reader to have.

You're probably right. A traditional encyclopedia wouldn't mention them unless the building were of some architectural or historic note.

And you can seek out accommodations easily through the travel websites.

But then, quite a lot of what's in Wikipedia can be found that way.

I guess the question is, if someone looks up a place in Wikipedia, what sort of information would they want to see?

I didn't see anything glaringly obvious bearing on the isues in "Policies" or "What Wikipedia is not."

  • Avoid statements that will date quickly

would suggest not including such information

  • Make articles useful for readers (and consider the audience in writing)

might tend in the other direction.

Dpbsmith 18:08, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I was also thinking of Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising, which is hard to enforce if we allow details of things like accommodation. Also, you can't list every venue in any town (that would make us a travel directory) and you don't want to be subjective and only choose to list some. There's also the problem of keeping the information up to date. I think a link to a decent listing of all the accomodation you can get in Lancaster would be far more useful than even attempting to get a decent list here. Theer aren't any strict policies on the issue though, which is why I was asking for other opinions too. Angela 18:17, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Took your suggestion...

...or at least I think I did... put back "accommodations" in the form of links to the City of Lancaster website, which appears to me to be complete and impartial. Think that's acceptable?

Dpbsmith 11:22, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Yep, seems fine. Angela 11:29, Oct 19, 2003 (UTC)