Daniel P.B.Smith wrote:
"New Haven has 2 claims of the worlds first. 1 being the Pizza and 2 being the Hamburger. For pizza there are 2 choices Sally's Pizza and Pepe's Pizza. MBoth reside on Wooster St. And beleive you me, Its the BEST pizza in the world. For burgers, there's Louis' Lunch, using old fashiond vertical burners Louis willmake you a damn goor burger." [sic]
This was arguably POV (if "beleive you me" isn't POV I don't know what is), and certainly needed editing. In my own view, its removal was understandable, though possibly an over-reaction.
I agree. I don't necessarily think it's an over-reaction in a case like that, either, on grounds of bad grammar alone!
"New Haven is home of many homey eateries, including Louis' Lunch, a restaurant that claims to have originated the hamburger: its vertical burners, freshly-ground beef, and burgers on toast has long but orderly queues ten deep at lunchtime. New Haven also boasts several pizza places of distinction, notably Sally's Pizza and Pepe's Pizza, both on Wooster St., and Frank's Pizza, offering chicken pizza and clam pizza. Other spots catering to the college population include the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop."
*nod*
What I wish to note is that on the one hand, a) the removers, including myself, didn't do much independent research to see whether the establishments really had any claim to being notable. On the other hand, b) the re-inserters didn't do much to explain _why_ the establishments were notable. Some of the re-inserters simply appealed to _their own_ authority.
*nod*
I'm not quite sure what counts as "notable enough" for inclusion, but these all sound like legitimate local landmarks. I realize that every town has restaurants with autographed pictures in them, but noting that "thus-and-such famous person ate there" and "it won thus-and-such national award" would, IMHO, go a long way to validating the inclusion of a place.
Yes, I agree.
Communication is the key, I suppose.
--Jimbo