Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of the American Hamburger


 * 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   delete. Can be re-created once sufficient info is found and added. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

History of the American Hamburger

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Article is duplicate of Hamburger, with so limited differentiation between European/Australian/Canadian/etc and American burgers that page split is unnecessary. Content resides in original article, so no need for merge. SpikeJones (talk) 14:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There should be a page to list the history of the American hamburger restaurant Tomticker5 (talk) 14:42, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: this is the article's creator and main editor. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:30, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as a dull-witted duplicate with no potential to be anything more than that. It's as if I went to a restaurant and got served a burger with two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, and onion on a sesame seed bun.   "Isn't this a Big Mac?" I'd ask.  "No, although we bought it at McDonald's, there is one key difference-- it does NOT have pickles."  Mandsford (talk) 14:49, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia needs a separate page dedicated just to the U.S. origins of the hamburger and the restaurant Tomticker5 (talk) 14:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Why? Agricolae (talk) 17:24, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 15:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 15:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge back to Hamburger, though I do not think there will be much to merge, as the two appear to be identical. Splitting mike this is only appropriate where the original article is a long one.  Does the Hamburger ultimately have a Hamburg origin (as the name implies)? If so something needs to be added to the target as to that.  As far as I am aware, Hamburgers in UK are dervived from the American ones, so that anything on their history would properly be dealt with in a second history section in the main article, such as "spread beyond United States".  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:27, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete nothing worth merging back into hamburger--RadioFan (talk) 15:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep there are many pages on wikipedia that are lists of subjects with articles. There should be a page listing U.S. hamburger restaurants Tomticker5 (talk) 16:26, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note this is a duplicate vote. Please only vote once. It would also be good to provide an explanation, rather than just a bold assertion that this is the case. You may also want to look at Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. The 'there are other pages' argument is not recommended. Agricolae (talk) 17:24, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as duplicate info. Jenuk1985  |  Talk  16:26, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Almost nothing worth merging to Hamburger. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Tomticker5 did a yeoman's job on this article (that's a good thing!), but I must note in support of my delete comment that this new article does not add significantly to the encyclopedia. I hope the editor will add her/his efforts to improving the main article, Hamburger, which is in need of assistance. Geoff  TC 01:04, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There are multiple entire books upon this topic such as The Hamburger: a history and The complete hamburger: The History of America's Favorite Sandwich which deal with the topic in a specifically American context. There is therefore not the slightest reason to delete this well-sourced article. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 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.