User talk:CulinaryBrit

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English cuisine
Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your edits to English cuisine and (as an Englishman) sympathise with your desire to have Wikipedia celebrate good English food, but I'm afraid that is not how Wikipedia works. As a global encyclopedia, its purpose is to report plainly and neutrally (the policy is WP:NPOV), verifiably (WP:V) from reliable sources (WP:RS), how things are in the world, without favouring any side of any argument. When there are differences of opinion out there in the world, as for instance there are over whether English cuisine is good, the task of editors is to report on both or all sides of the argument, citing each of them reliably. This is what the article does. It is obviously not all right for any editor to remove quantities of reliably-cited content of this kind because, I quote, "This article strangly seems to have a focus on the negative, including large parts dedicated to negative stereotypes rather than actually discussing English food. I have therefore removed the stereotypes gallery...". That is pretty much a definition of what not to do on Wikipedia. I have therefore started a discussion thread on the article's talk page (as well as informing you here), and restored the deleted material. If you wish to take this further, by all means state your case, citing the relevant policies, on the talk page, but do not edit the article until the discussion reaches a consensus position. I hope all this is clear; happy to explain anything further. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:09, 20 January 2024 (UTC)