Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fine dining


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was redirected by Quarl, seems okay... the history is still there if anyone wants to transwiki. W.marsh 23:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Fine dining

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What is fine dining? It is dining that is ... fine...? This is unencyclopedic, and has no verification from reliable sources - not that there's anything to verify. Delete. - crz crztalk 04:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or maybe transwiki to Wiktionary per nom.  Snurks T C 05:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a magazine nor it is an advertisement. --Ineffable3000 05:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but I agree, maybe a transwiki would be a good idea seeing as it reads like a dictionary excerpt. --Ali K 06:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki or delete - either way, it doesn't belong here. MER-C 07:28, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki - this is legitimate information, folks from poor countries might not know what "fine dining" means (non-native english speakers too). I guess Wikipedia is not going to be a go-to source of information, but this should be preserved somewhere. Valters 09:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki, fine dining is a very commonly used word in the F&B world. Deletion from this wiki will do more harm than good. A transwiki to Wiktionary will be the best thing as some may not understand what fine dining is. Not on Wikipedia definitely, but to Wiktionary. Ter e nce Ong 12:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but Transwiki if possible. TSO1D 14:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless references provided The main problem with the article as it stands right now is that there are no references cited verifying that the definition of "fine dining" provided in the article is an industry standard. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but the only way to know is if someone provides a cited reference demonstrating the definition is accurate. Also, note that transwiki faces the same issue. Wiktionary entries are likewise supposed to provide external published references to verify the definition is accurate.  So even if you transplant this information to Wikipedia, it would face the same issue and possible deletion there as well.  Bottom line: the article needs references to validate its accuracy.  Dugwiki 17:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki. Given the state of the current article, this is about the only choice.  The term is well used, so it should be defined someplace.  I can see this coming back at some point to cover the history of the topic because the definition has changed over time.  So it really is an encylopedic topic, but the current article is not encylopedic.  For the record, I did look at about 50 articles that showed up in various google searches hoping to find some good references, but there were none.  All of the articles used the term but none defined it and only a handful hinted at the history.  Vegaswikian 17:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, one for the dictionary, not the encyclopedia. Tim! 17:57, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * We are about to embark on a very serious Delete experience. Danny Lilithborne 23:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki. Having the definition somewhere is useful for non-native English speakers, just not here. --Kizor 17:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - I just searched for this very term to learn more about it (I've heard the term in many places), so I was disappointed to see that it's up for AfD. Is there a better article we could redirect this to? - Lex 02:47, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've boldly merged this to Types of restaurants. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-11 22:17Z 


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.