Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fast food restaurants in Malaysia


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The result was   redirect to List of fast food restaurant chains. J04n(talk page) 22:16, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

List of fast food restaurants in Malaysia

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Author contested PROD, Wikipedia is not a business directory. &mdash; Train2104 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Just a directory (a list of non-notable fast food restaurants). It may be possible to write an article on foreign fast food companies in Malaysia, or more generally on Malaysian fast food, but you can't do that just by listing all the McDonalds. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:40, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Obviously we shouldn't be listing every location of chains, but do we have any precedent for just listing notable companies that have a presence in a given country, even if it's not where they are primarily based? postdlf (talk) 17:44, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - per NOTDIRECTORY. Wikipedia is not a roster of franchise locations... Carrite (talk) 16:44, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 *  Keep  The article shouldn't list the location of every single restaurant, but it should list what chains are found in that nation, like other articles do, such as List of restaurant chains in the United States. Perhaps list the number of places total in the nation of each chain or franchise, and list the company profits or other relevant information if you can find it.   D r e a m Focus  09:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. The current content of this list is a pointless violation of WP:NOTDIRECTORY.  By comparison, List of Philippine restaurant chains has useful content: it defines itself as "a list of fast food and restaurant chains closely associated with or in the Philippines", and does not include international chains.  The Philippines list is not in perfect condition—it has a bunch of redlinks that may need evaluation for their potential notability along with its many bluelinks—but something with similar limitations might be appropriate for Malaysia.  However, the question would then be if there are enough such Malaysia-focused, notable chains to justify maintaining a separate list; otherwise, we already have the four bluelinked chains listed at List of fast food restaurant chains, and that might be enough.  I note that List of fast food restaurants in Egypt, for example, has been redirected to this multination list. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:16, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Good point. Redirect to List of fast food restaurant chains.  Probably not going to be able to find the other information I mentioned, to make a decent article, so a redirect is fine.   D r e a m Focus  19:07, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
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