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Hello. I notice that products of regional fast food companies are given high importance ranking in this WikiProject's assessment.
Can someone say more about how importance rankings work here? I imagined that if something was ranked as "high importance", then it would have global relevance or at least represent an entire culture.
Here are some example articles currently ranked as high importance.
Hello BR, these companies are by no means regional. McDonald's, Burger King, and Starbucks are major, multi-national companies with close to 70,000 aggregated locations across the three firms that generate billions in annual revenues. McD's (31,000+ locations) and BK (15,000+ locations) are the two largest fast food burger chains globally, and Starbucks is the largest coffee chain globally (24,000+ locations). Nathans is also a global chain hot dog chain and is the largest hot dog fast food chain in the world (1,500+ locations).
What I believe your failing to understand is that WP:Food covers not just cuisines and the cultural aspects of food but also the modern food service business (restaurants, manufacturers and retailers), food safety and legislation (McDonald's/Burger King legal cases articles, FAT TOM), food-related media (FoodTV), food science (pH, Water activity), et al. The importance ratings reflect this broad coverage of food related coverage. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!)17:04, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Based upon the last sentence in the 2nd lead paragraph of beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid, does this article fall within the scope of this WikiProject? If so, what importance ratings should be assigned to it?
Secondly, does this project have a style advice page or does a MOS guideline subpage exist that corresponds with this project's scope? Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 05:17, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
@Seppi333: Sorry for the late reply. (So to speak -- a very late reply :/) For the first question, it's not a foodstuff and it's only related to a bit of a type of food -- it's kind of like putting chemicals under our scope since it's in wine and whatnot. As for the second question -- I and the other project coordinators will work on it; but it'll take some time, as we've never pulled a stunt like this before. Thanks for the idea! WikiPancake✉📖13:50, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
A whole section titled "Regional preparations" on okra was deleted today. The assertion was that they were unsourced, however, there are so many food articles similarly written, I wanted to post a notice here. How different regions typically prepare a particular food would seem typical information for an encyclopedia.
Additionally, a couple years ago, user Alexbrn removed a section titled "Medicinal properties", asserting it was weakly sourced even though the deleted paragraphs appeared sourced. What is Wikipedia's policy regarding medicinal uses of foods? Are such sections directed to be removed specifically to avoid making health claims for particular foods?
I even find myself wondering if the two deletions, in spite of the two year period, are somehow related. If an unfamiliar food is used for particular health reasons, how it is typically prepared in various regions of the globe would seem educational, and a desire to censor such information should be resisted.
I'm not as active as I used to be, and am not sure I'd like to invest the time to challenge the deletions, nor is it my area of expertise.
The general guidelines for anything dealing with medicine is WP:MEDRS. Be aware however that there is a group of editors that have a very particular view of WP:MEDRS when it comes to food, Alexbrn being one of them, it appears to be their view that basically all medical usages of food falls under WP:FRINGE, regardless of the quality of research done on the subject. You may be able to get things that don't adhere to their particular view of what is medicine and/or medical research but that IS well sourced in review papers in reliable medical journals and/or well sourced as being a folk practice regardless of actual medical application by placing it under a folk medicine or medical research section or something similar and being very careful with wording. Asking in Wikiproject medicine to get more objective editors can help.
I seriously cannot find the article for those peanuts that are surrounded by a cracker-like shell. (Example brand: Nagaraya) Does the page just not exist? I've tried Cracker nuts, beer nuts and Nagaraya. 203.177.20.172 (talk) 09:42, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
From my research, I believe so, per what reliable sources report. For example, Google News presently has no results for the phrase "cracker peanuts" (link). However, "cracker nuts" does provide some coverage in reliable sources. North America100001:33, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
