Talk:Long John Silver's

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Contents 1 Relevance 2 A mystery 3 487,000 Employees 4 "Deep fried" say it! 5 Controversy

[edit] Relevance

Is this kind of article really appropriate/relevant/useful? I'm concerned about people using Wikipedia to advertise their products for free, and this kind of article seems to invite that sort of useage. I could be wrong, of course. :) -- April

Without having read the article (yet), I would say that articles about businesses are useful. I would like to know the history of Long John Silver's or Burger King. How did it get started? How big is it? Where are the restaurants? What is their franchising policy?

I would not like to see today's menu, or a link to their 877-FAST delivery website; one tasteful External Link to the offical company website would be fine, though.

Now I'm going to read the article. Ed Poor, Thursday, March 28, 2002

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Okay, I read it. It's stubby (looks like my typical stub!!), but with a little fleshing out will turn into a fine, useful article. There's nothing in it that needs to be deleted; the problem is that it's too short. Ed Poor, Thursday, March 28, 2002

[edit] A mystery

I went into a LJS in Orange County, California, and found tht it served Coca-Cola beverages. I thought all Yum! Brand restaurants had a master supply agreement with Pepsi. Worth a thought or two. knoodelhed 07:09, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

ive worked at an ljs in san antonio, texas for the past 5 years and i can tell you that every single one has coca-cola bevereges.

I worked at LJS. We served Coca~Cola products, while KFC and Pizza Hut sold Pepsi products. PrometheusX303 19:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

There are many factors that have to deal with this issue. Is your LJS company owned or privately owned (see Franchise)? What are the fast food chains around your LJS selling drink wise? What does your region of the United States prefer? I know that in McKinney, Texas the LJS is company owned and sells Pepsi. That being said, we had Coca-Cola for a long time.

[edit] 487,000 Employees

Somehow I doubt that statistic.

[edit] "Deep fried" say it!

Does anyone else find it odd that this article contains none of the following words: deep, fried, fat, batter, dipped, oil? Harvard Birdman 00:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, it has almost no discussion of the food whatsoever. The article is almost entirely about the business. The lede does describe the cuisine as fish and chips, and the topic sentence for that article contains several of the words you list. -- Coneslayer 15:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

"The restaurant chain was the subject of some controversy in the late 1990s for a commercial in which a police officer decided not to write a ticket to a motorist who gave him a Long John Silver's fish sandwich. Many police organizations objected to the commercial on the grounds that it depicted a police officer taking a bribe."

Does this really need to be there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.85.232.249 (talk) 00:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)