Why don't you just leave this up to normal editorial process, that is to those folks who are familiar with the town. This may require a bit of patience, as it may be a while with some towns before someone logs in and adds, removes or refines this sort of material. With restaurants, as they are somewhat ephemeral, one would expect folks to change this material often. The smaller the town the larger the few businesses in them form and reflect the character of the town.
Fred
From: Geoff Burling llywrch@agora.rdrop.com Reply-To: Geoff Burling llywrch@agora.rdrop.com, English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:07:36 -0800 (PST) To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [[New Haven, Connecticut]]
But more seriously, I am still concerned when any article about a town or a city starts including a local business without an adequate explanation for its importance. I don't know about anyone else on this mailling list, but I have encountered on my business trips (back when I was employed & actually made business trips) various books or pamphlets in my hotel room that would mention how wonderful this or that local restaurant/tavern/store or tourist trap was to visit. As I've said in the past, & I'll keep saying until someone tells me to shut up, I don't think Wikipedia's place is to be a mouthpiece for the Chambers of Commerce of countless thousands of communities across the world. It's one thing to mention the drugstore in Wall, South Dakota, & perhaps devote an article to it (I'll furnish an explanation to anyone who doesn't understand this reference); it's another thing for me to mention the drugstore 6 blocks to the east of my house. One is arguably a cultural landmark; the other is just a business looking to increase its sales.
Geoff