Talk:Squab (food)

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Good article Squab (food) has been listed as one of the Everyday life good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
An entry from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on February 28, 2008.
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[edit] Hitler

I added the fact that Hitler enjoyed Squab. This is a common knowledge fact mentioned on other parts of Wikipedia, where sources such as books are cited. I would appreciate it not being removed in the future. --XXxJediKnightxXx (talk) 03:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I have also heard this fact before, likely from articles I have read on Wikipedia. I don't see why it was removed. --OctagonJoe (talk) 03:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I removed it because the verification source you used was a letter to the editor printed in the NYTimes. That's not exactly a fact checked source now is it? You also can't use another Wikipedia article to verify this one, that's not independent verification. Many bits of trivia that are "common knowledge" are in fact wrong when serious verification is intended, and if you can't provide a reliable source that meets WP:RS, then it doesn't belong. Wikipedia isn't a collection of hearsay. What's more, the fact that Hitler ate squab is trivial, it doesn't provide any factual information about squab . As it illuminates nothing about squab in cuisine, I don't think it's necessary to include. Certainly many other famous historical figures have consumed squab, and we're not going to list all of them here either. VanTucky 03:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree with VanTucky. A letter to an editor is little more than hearsay. Even if you can find a primary source for it I still think it is trivia and as such not suitable in the article. Leave it out please. Sting au Buzz Me... 06:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Regional term usage

It's not just North American, see this Australian news article for instance. VanTucky 03:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article nomination

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Bit short, but that's not a criterion. I tweaked a couple of bits and removed unexplained commercial link Jimfbleak (talk) 14:41, 24 March 2008 (UTC)