Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hong Kong-style Western cuisine


 * 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 keep. Any merge proposals should be discussed using the appropriate templates. WjBscribe 03:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Hong Kong-style Western cuisine

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I am on the verge of rewriting the main Cuisine of Hong Kong page in a new expandable format. This page should be merged or deleted, when the other page is ready. The notion of having a Hong Kong style western cuisine that link to American Chinese food is not the best way to present the material. Benjwong 03:02, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This AfD was list not listed correctly and I am merely properly listing it. I am not the nominator. Luke! 05:11, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Speedy close Wrong forum for this discussion. Use mergefrom and mergeto and open a discussion on the article talk page. Furthermore, "merge and delete" is a violation of GFDL; you must "merge and redirect" instead. No policy reason has been cited for the deletion of the page, which at least weakly meets WP:N and WP:ATT per the links to news articles in the "External links" section. cab 05:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I proposed a delete. Some contents will be moved over, but overall it is not a transitional merge. Most likely I will take a sentence or two at most.  A Hong Kong-style Western cuisine link to cuisine of Hong Kong won't matter much to me.  Benjwong 06:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you give a reason for deletion that is based on Wikipedia policy? The topic is covered non-trivially in reliable sources; your idea that it doesn't deserve its own article mainly seems to be your personal opinion. Nor does the existence of this article prevent you from improving Cuisine of Hong Kong (which does not discuss any of this material). cab 06:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This article is not written from the proper POV, period. It is written from the view that, if XYZ is available in a western country, and it is also available in HK.  Then.... it must be a HK-style western cuisine.  This article is based on a loose definition of 西餐, listing whatever it could from MSNBC literally.  Is like an article on donut.  Someone in the east will reference what kind of donut can be purchased in the HK.  And then claim donut as a representative of the entire western cuisine.  Sure you can find donuts, but the approach is wrong.  In Cuisine of Hong Kong, I plan to separate some of the combinations that make western style cuisine.  This article should be deleted, since it end up misleading and overlaping.  Benjwong 12:35, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The article needs editorial work, not deletion. Plus, I'm not so sure any of the article deletion criteria even apply to this article.  Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 15:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Just wait till I make my changes to Cuisine of Hong Kong and you can tell me how this will plug in. Give me a little time.  Benjwong 15:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there really a hurry to delete this article? And how about expanding it instead?  Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:31, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, you probably should have waited until you finished that article before bringing this to AfD. I don't see any valid reason not to Keep this one right now.Chunky Rice 16:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Speedy close. As per cab, this is the wrong forum for this discussion. hateless 21:32, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * move to something with a better name.--Sefringle 02:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Cuisine of Hong Kong is basically rewritten and incorporated the necessary info from this page. Let me know if this can be deleted now.  Benjwong 04:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep/Close per above. Talk of merging articles does not belong here. In the very least, redirect, since this is the page that has been bookmarked/indexed by others.--Jiang 05:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Question: in what way does "merge and delete" violate the GFDL? 38.100.34.2 22:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * GFDL requires attrbution of authorship. When you merge, you redirect. you do not delete.--Jiang 23:43, 27 March 2007 (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.