User talk:MisChef

Hello, MisChef, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users - please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Happy editing! Gyrofrog (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I've removed the recipes in the ras el hanout article, and someone else has done the same for berbere. Wikipedia should not include recipes, "how-tos" etc. (see WP:NOT). Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * A list of ingredients should not be an issue and the article already includes this information. Again, Wikipedia should not include recipes, "how-tos" etc., this is policy. (It doesn't exempt papier-mache either, but not every article pops up on my radar, so to speak.)  Another potential issue is that reprinting a recipe (as opposed to a simple list of ingredients) could involve someone else's copyright (while including one of your own is original research).  You might instead consider mentioning the cookbooks (or other resources) under a "Further reading" section, or list a webpage URL under "External links." Thanks again, -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 19:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think it would be fine if you added one or two external links. If you want to be on the safe side, you might want to first mention it at Talk:Ras el hanout (or Talk:Berbere etc.) -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

This morning I came across Wikimedia Cookbook at Wikibooks, and thought you would be interested (if you didn't already know about it). There is no recipe (that I could find) for ras el hanout, so perhaps you'd like to include yours, then you could link to it from Wikipedia. The Berbere Wikipedia article has a link to its recipe at Wikibooksif you want to see how that works. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 13:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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