Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries with Burger King restaurants

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - information has been added to teh BK article, so might as well be redirected - SimonP 00:10, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

List of countries with Burger King restaurants
I do not agree with the ineptly named List of countries that McDonalds franchises their restaurants in either, but at least that chain represents the capitalist archetype. Surely we do not need these pointless lists for every shop, restaurant, manufacturer etc. that operates in more than one nation. This list is not only non-encyclopedic but it also serves no obvious purpose. Rje 00:56, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - My enthusiasm for Wikipedia dims with each pointless article like this. I would also vote for deleting the list of countries with McDonalds franchises. That's most countries in the world (unfortunately). Jez 00:59, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Stancel 01:52, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, BK does not have anything like the cult opposition that McD's has. Gazpacho 02:25, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Add list of countries to Burger King article and then delete this. Postdlf 02:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I believe this article was probably created to make a point about the McDonalds list. --Arcadian 02:56, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * If this is the entire list then merge it into the Burger King article - SimonP 03:12, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * If this stays, I'll create a "List of countries with Lick's Burger restaurants". (Hint: it's Canada.) Delete. Ground Zero 03:22, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not encyclopedic.  Quale 05:54, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. EvilPhoenix 06:06, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, one more vote for the "good guys". -- metta, The Sunborn  06:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "the good guys"? RickK 22:08, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not encyclopaedic. Megan1967 07:18, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Yes, both.  Neither is particularly encyclopedic, and by keeping the McD's one up, we're just inviting someone else to create this list again, or a Wendy's list, or a Carl's Jr. or White Castle list. -- Grev -- Talk 07:40, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * No Germany? ;-) Delete Yopohari 08:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Burger King and delete - Skysmith 08:46, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * As BK is British owned - the deletion of this and retention of the McD's might be a US bias - on the other hand, we could Delete both --Doc Glasgow 08:48, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * You're thinking of Wimpy. Burger King started in the U.S.. Uncle G 12:18, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
 * But BK is still British owned, at least until Diago sell it. And delete both. Hiding 12:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * According to the Burger King article, Diageo sold it in 2002 to Texas Pacific, which I don't think is a British firm, although you never can tell. Ground Zero 18:02, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete An encyclopedia can't contain this . Burger King site can . --IncMan 12:58, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nestea 15:30, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This article is as meaningful^^^less as the McDonald's article. Keep one, keep both, or else delete both.  Or is the only reason the McDonald's article is being kept is because I nominated it?  RickK 16:22, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It isn't you. When there's a economic "Whopper Index" (see Big Mac index) used to compare the purchasing value of currencies, and a widely known theory of peace developed around having "the King" present, they'll be treated the same.  Until then, those are two very significant differences to consider.  Blame The Economist.  Expect to see lists of Starbucks franchise countries and perhaps data for Coca-Cola consumption added to WP if they're not here already (see Big Mac index article for why).  --Unfocused 20:29, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not? That's why I voted to keep it! -- BD2412  talk  02:25, 2005 May 19 (UTC)


 * Merge into Burger King and delete. –DeweyQ 17:46, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * merge into burger kingJeremybub 23:21, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * KeepArrrg, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, ergo it is encyclopedic. Klonimus 03:07, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That rationale makes no sense. Uncle G 14:25, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Delete, trivial. Radiant_* 08:17, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP is not a repository of lists. And, as, said, sets precedent. As an aside, the McDonalds list is now up for a Vfd of its own. Master Thief Garrett 10:42, 19 May 2005 (UTC) (vote below)
 * Delete BK doesn't have well known economic and peace theories based on their presence.  Not enough data at the time of my vote to Merge. --Unfocused 13:04, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Appropriate content for Burger King. Inappropriate content for a standalone article.  Fortunately, this only mentions 5 of the 57 countries that Burger King says there are, includes nothing bar the names of the countries, and two of those countries are already mentioned by name in Burger King.  No real need for a merger, therefore.  Start an "Other countries" section in Burger King, which can be expanded to discuss its operations in the other 55 countries in detail, just as its operations in Australia and the United States are already discussed in detail in that article, and Delete. Uncle G 14:25, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Agreed, Merge (anything?) and Delete (no redirect). Also any merged content needs a rewrite in true paragraph form, like "the first Burger King opened in Sydney Australia in 1902, followed the next year by Cairns" or whatnot. Could make quite a fascinating article. I can remember Burger King arriving in my own home town quite vividly... mmmm... now I feel hungry... darn... Master Thief GarrettTalk 14:59, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Having waded through the above I still can't see any damage that keeping this article would do, nor any that deleting it would do either, assuming that any remaining information (not text) is merged to Burger King. It's as clearly a borderline case as I can imagine, and its value as a precedent is minimal IMO. So, no big deal. No vote. Andrewa 19:18, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Trivial and unmaintainable list. Jayjg (talk) 18:30, 20 May 2005 (UTC)


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