Talk:McDonald's/Archive 7

Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2016
McDonalds website is http://www.mcdonalds.com

65.175.254.47 (talk) 16:30, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: mcdonalds.com is the restaurant for US websites; aboutmcdonalds.com is the corporate/worldwide website. —C.Fred (talk) 16:38, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Hong Kong has records that the shop kick the poor refugee out of it
please add it, i dont have the account to add it thanks 123.203.117.93 (talk) 15:46, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a vague statement. Can you provide sources for your claim - and show that it's notable in the first place?  Chaheel Riens (talk) 16:31, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Exact name of corporation
The exact name of the corp is McDonald's Corporation according to the [//corporate.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/AboutMcDonalds/Investors%202/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf SEC Filings]. It would be good to use that name for the info box and mention it in the intro like on The Walt Disney Company page. — 99.230.177.147 (talk) 04:18, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The Microsoft article is another good example. The first sentence should read, "McDonald's Corporation (commonly referred to as McDonald's) is ..." — 99.230.177.147 (talk) 22:19, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The problem is the franchising arrangement; that makes things a little fuzzy. This presentation is consistent across other fast food franchise articles on Wikipedia. —C.Fred (talk) 23:58, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Disney will be returning to McDonald's in late 2017
The Walt Disney Company will be returning to McDonald's restaurant in the Fall 2017 and also the slogan name "I'm Lovin' It" will be change back to "We Love to See You Smile" in the Fall 2017 too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.6.118 (talk) 00:25, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2016
171.33.196.74 (talk) 12:15, 20 September 2016 (UTC) If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2016
86.63.9.30 (talk) 13:47, 29 September 2016 (UTC) Alan Tiller is a burger man
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Pure vandalism and also not backed up by any source whatsoever Class455 (talk) 17:32, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2016
The recent decline of playplaces in McDonalds' Forever Young theme should be noted, with health risks as a primary concern, as found in the following story: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/08/playgrounds-for-bacteria-at-fast-food-restaurants/#.WBicxvorKUk

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World's largest restaurant chain statement
The article states that McDonalds is the world's largest restaurant chain but this appears to untrue. The American submarine sandwich chain Subway has over 42,000 locations worldwide, nearly 10,000 more than McDonalds. Changing this statement in the article is a pretty serious step and I wanted to float it for discussion before making the change. Discussion? Ray Trygstad (talk) 17:24, 27 November 2016 (UTC) Ray Trygstad (talk) 17:24, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * We could probably start by adding "one of the" before world's largest. That way, it would be true regardless of whatever comes up. JudgeRM   (talk to me)  17:28, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Agree, "one of the" make sense. Perhaps McDonald's can claim to be the "largest" based on people served annually, turnover, total sq ft, or something. There is no fixed definition of what "largest" should constitute. Edwardx (talk) 18:45, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Since there's no opposition to my proposal (and no one has said anything in some time), I've gone ahead and made that change. JudgeRM  (talk to me)  17:57, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

This has been changed back to "The largest". The subway page claims that subway the largest. Subway does have more restaurants. I figure a change is needed 142.177.147.198 (talk) 13:36, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

McDonald brothers' autobiography.
"as documented in both Kroc's autobiography and in the McDonald brothers' autobiography."

When did the McDonald brothers publish an autobiography? It is not mentioned on Richard_and_Maurice_McDonald.

I created the eBooks for [The Complete Hamburger] by their great-nephew, Ronald L. McDonald.

Ronald said Richard and Maurice did not publish an autobiography.

The Complete Hamburger includes a foreward by Richard J. McDonald, but no mention of his autobiography.

Google, Bing, Amazon searches did not find autobiography, either.

Thank you

Mitch 3000 02:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

First unit
I believe the first restaurant opened in 1937 in Pasadena. It was a drive-in restaurant with carhops and inside seating. San Bernardino was the second unit. This store was larger, lacked inside seating and hamburgers were added to the menu. This source may help. — βox73 (৳alk) 11:19, 15 January 2017 (UTC) fix βox73 (৳alk) 00:53, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Nothing about the tweet?
Apparently someone hacked into the corporate McDonald's Twitter account today and sent a scathing and highly insulting tweet to President Trump. McDonald's deleted the tweet as soon as they became aware of it and are trying to find the hacker who posted it: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-mcdonalds-twitter-trump-20170316-story.html.PeaceTrainee (talk) 20:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)


 * See WP:NOTNEWS. Interesting, but probably not of lasting encyclopedically significance. Grayfell (talk) 20:51, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

McKey D's
My dad would sometimes call McDonald's McKey D's. Is he the only one who calls McDonald's McKey D's? User talk:M briglia05 13:27, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2017
Category:Obesity IWannaRockBro (talk) 02:19, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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McD?
I have NEVER heard this abbreviation in my entire life. It seems McDonalds uses it themselves sometimes but it can hardly be more common than simply "the M(a)c". Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 20:21, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I have never heard Mackey D's. I have heard Mickey D's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.113.135.208 (talk) 23:26, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Nickname
I removed the nickname McD and McKey D's. In Australia they called McDonald's as Macca and in Hong Kong as. The nickname was a regional culture unless a poplar nickname was provided with source to prove it is very notable in US, the origin of the company. Matthew_hk  t  c  09:05, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

India neutrality dispute
This subsection contains language of dubious neutrality, and I have added both a neutrality tag and a peacock tag specifically to that section. My specific example of such is the quote on the right, emphasis mine:

As well, this subsection contains reference to the entirety of operations in McDonald's India, despite being under the Marketing section.

Flynn58 (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

McDonald's will no longer selling Nickelodeon toys due to Burger King
McDonald's will stop selling Nickelodeon toys in the Fall 2018 due to Burger King in March 2019. Disney will be returning to McDonald's restaurant and it will selling Disney ornaments during the Christmas season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.64.226.32 (talk) 00:24, 12 July 2017 (UTC)


 * That's a year away. What reliable sources are reporting this? —C.Fred (talk) 02:46, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Largest Restaurant Chain
The Subway Restaurant page also states it is the "largest" chain in the world. Although there is not set criteria for what is "largest" it does seem contradictory. McDonald's has significantly less franchises, however, so I believe it would be wise to remove this statement. Perhaps we could add "One of the largest" instead. 142.177.147.198 (talk) 13:44, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Those claims are not in the source cited at the end of the sentence. Tagged accordingly. EyeTruth (talk) 03:28, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

This seems like it should be an easy one: whatever chain has the largest Market Cap. Separately, time to update the board, which references 2014. The current board composition is very different, including the chairman: https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/content/corpmcd/investors-relations/board-of-directors.html

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Citation Errors
Hi there. I'm new to Wikipedia and I'm doing an assignment for class where we find errors in the encyclopedia. The first error I've identified is citation #11. When clicked on, the link does not lead to the actual article in discussion but to the Yahoo homepage. The second error I've identified is in the section titled "Criticism," under the subheading "Environmental record." While cited, the second sentence in the last paragraph is copied almost word for word from the original text without the use of quotation marks and therefore a) is not paraphrased properly and b) violates Wikipedia's content guideline of plagiarism. --Sweiner8 (talk) 21:03, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing these out. I have added an archived URL for citation 11, but I am not sure exactly which sentence you are talking about in the Environmental record section. Could you please clarify? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:13, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub
Should we added a pop culture section? one of the pop culture ref could be Rick and Morty and bring back of Szechuan Sauce — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.157.176 (talk) 22:55, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Hamburger disease — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.50.250.96 (talk) 05:41, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Intro
I think the first two paragraphs should be switched. Wikipedia articles should start with a description of the subject and not with founding year and info

24.90.8.4 (talk) 01:59, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 September 2018
so i can make some of there foods Marc434b (talk) 09:05, 24 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Nonsense request - please indicate clearly what you want to change. MilborneOne (talk) 10:44, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Employees and locations
Could anyone put the number of locations for 2005 and the number of employees from 2005-2012? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.245.106 (talk) 18:32, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Edit request
Please add a hatnote to handle the incoming redirect McD. "McD" is a Camelcase redirect, so should indicate the disambiguation page.

Please add

-- 65.94.40.222 (talk) 06:22, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:58, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2019
i want to edit this article Bdunavent20 (talk) 16:03, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
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Fish link
change ((fish)) to ((Fish as food|fish))
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Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2019
McDonalds response to mistreatment and abuse of chickens was deemed 'McGhosting' as they did not comply with the Better Chicken Commitment. NockGrimshaw (talk) 08:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. As far as I can tell, the source you linked doesn't mention McDonald's, and I can't tell if it's a reliable source. —Granger (talk · contribs) 11:24, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Add to Criticisms/Environmental
McDonalds featured on the BBC Television Program - War on Plastic (Series 1 Episode 3). The program showed two children (Ella and Caitlin McEwan) presenting a petition signed by 168,000 people. The petition, which had been open online for 8 months, asked McDonalds and Burger King to stop providing plastic toys with their children's meals and to think of the environment. The company came under criticism for sending a security guard to ask the two children to leave the reception of their Head Office. The children were later allowed to submit their petition. McDondalds has stated that they will reduce the number of plastic toys by 60% in the second half of 2019, however they have not made a long term commitment to stopping giving away plastic toys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polc1410 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

The Untold Story
In 1960 I was living about three blocks from the Mission Drive-In, located on Mission Street, Riverside, California. It occupied a corner and had room for many cars. Then one day as I went to get a burger and fries, it was closed and never re opened, The salient thing about the drive-in was it's huge golden arches. Apparently McDonald's wasn't interested in the location only the golden arches.

I also knew a woman who worked at Dixie Cups in Riverside. She informed me that a Dixie Cup salesman name of Brown, had bought the McDonald's store in San Bernadino because he was impressed with their technique for making standard sized burgers. I assume that Ray Kroc bought the business, but neither of these show in the "official history" of course. I have eaten at the original McDonald's hamburger hand out in 1958-1959Oldperson (talk) 00:07, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Where are the nitty-gritty facts? Why is there no mention of their bad food practices?
I couldn't help but notice that if you read this article, you wouldn't know of McDonald's predatory advertising practices, their disgusting food making procedures, and their carcinogenic money saving ingredients... It's almost as if persons from McDonald's campaign are constantly keeping this page free from unfavorable facts. I think it is imperative, no, necessary that this article be expanded to reflect the MANY negative aspects of McDonald's food and consumption. If at the very least to say, "this is what was argued in X and Y court cases."

I'm appalled that this page is so favorable to McDonald's.

Where is there any mention of how they used to mash whole chickens to make pink pulp used for their nuggets?

Where is there any mention of all the additives and chemicals they put in their food to make it more addictive?

Where is there information on the cheap meats/ingredients they use to turn a massive profit?

Where is there mention of the browning agent they used in their fries and coffee being a carcinogen?

Why is this page so benign?

Please, someone work on this. Most youth should be able to do a quick search for McDonald's and know this harrowing and very real facts.

--72.80.105.113 (talk) 18:40, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * We don't WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. Find reliable sources (plenty of them, as we need to give WP:DUE weight) and we can talk.--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:57, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You are correct, it is not WP's job to right wrongs, at the same time I do not believe WP and it's volunteer editors can stand up to the legal assault of mega corporations whose business harms people and the environment,and we know that these corporations have employees or law firms that monitor the print and digital world for those who would distribute info that would cause them even $10 of economic harm, for instance 19 Ingredients in McDonald's French Fries.https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/there-are-19-ingredients-in-your-mcdonalds-french-fries-736343, more sources on Google. My local (locally owned) Burger joint has only one ingredient, three if you count the oil and salt.Oldperson (talk) 00:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
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Finance
Where do you get this “price per share”? Like, I know what stocks are, but how do you get the price per share in each year? RareButterflyDoors (talk) 02:42, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Who is the major stock holder at McDonalds? https://stockzoa.com/ticker/mcd/  Maxian D-C (talk • contribs) 16:59, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit Request - Easterbrook Fired
Steve Easterbrook was fired yesterday: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/business/mcdonalds-ceo-fired-steve-easterbrook.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.186.121.14 (talk) 14:52, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * We need an updated list for the board of directors, or else we list him and then note after the list that he is no longer CEO as of November. —C.Fred (talk) 19:00, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Section “Traces of faeces”: inaccurate generalization‽
The section regarding traces of faeces appears a bit suggestive, little do you know is that when your mum says no macdonald’s, it’s because she works there 😊 to the effect that it implies that traces of faecal bacteria were found in food or kitchen, whereas “merely” the kiosks touched by unclean customer hands were contaminated. To amend that disproportional suggestion, the section could be more specifically named, like Traces of faeces on self-service screens  (underlining only to emphasize addendum). -- Gohnarch░ 16:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source for that information? Or is it a product of McDonalds public relations department?Oldperson (talk) 17:24, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * What is a product of McD PR? I didn’t check sources, I was merely refering to what’s stated in the current version of the article. There is a source cited, and I hope it backs the claims of the section. If you sillily jump to allegations that prematurely, I hope you also mind the other extreme, namely not to overreach one-off occurrences without well-founded sources, which I find is the case in the current form: butt-scratching customers touched publicly accessible screens in one city, and the ToC entry suggests general traces of faeces around the lemma. -- Gohnarch░ 17:34, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

HQ info
In opening paragraph it incorrectly states that the "original" HQ was in Oak Brook. Later in the article, under section titled HQ, it correctly states that the first HQ was in Chicago and then moved to Oak Brook and now has recently moved back to Chicago's West Loop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.221.142.21 (talk) 03:44, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

"MankDonalds" listed at Redirects for discussion
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"Hankook McDonald's" listed at Redirects for discussion
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"Double Beef and Bacon" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2020
39.33.177.218 (talk) 09:17, 25 September 2020 (UTC) i love mcdonalds
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McDonald’s DS training game - eCrew Development Program
Recently, a YouTuber called Nick Robinson uploaded this video, documenting how he got his hands on a game from 2010 by McDonald’s Japan made for their employees. It would be nice to have either a separate page for it, or a separate article entirely, as it did make news headlines. JBMagination (talk) 21:35, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2021
Under the heading "Criticism"

The McLibel case is referred to as - "one of the longest cases in British civil law." This should refer to English civil law as Britain has several legal systems - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom John Murchison (talk) 22:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2021
In the category of:Board of directors

Change Stephen J. Easterbrook into "Chris Kempczinkski, CEO of McDonald's " A Wikpdedian (talk) 01:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2021
In the category of:Board of directors

Change Stephen J. Easterbrook into "Chris Kempczinkski, CEO of McDonald's " A Wikpdedian (talk) 01:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Challenging inaccurate edit by User:Bill Wong on 22 February 2018
I'm challenging this edit by User:Bill Wong on 22 February 2018 as inaccurate -- specifically, the addition of what is purported to be the McDonald's logo from 1940 until 1948. The problem with that image is that the first line appears to be typeset in ITC Zapf Chancery and the second line appears to be typeset in Helvetica Narrow. Neither typeface family was designed until well after 1948. (I can recognize over 20 typeface families by sight, down from over 50 when I was younger.)

The original McDonald's logo as displayed on the original menu is easily found within a few minutes on Google. It is similar to the one in the article but rendered in typefaces that actually existed in the 1940s. Any objections before I delete the 1940-1948 logo currently in the article? --Coolcaesar (talk) 23:35, 17 May 2021 (UTC)