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Map of TGI Friday's

I was just taking a look at the map of countries in which TGI Friday's is operating. Is there a known reason why Germany is the only western european country where they are not? Does anybody has an answer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.166.32.150 (talk) 01:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Store closings

I recently removed this section for several reasons:

The section is a form of original research known as synthesis, that is several factual sources were used to create a new conclusion. This is not allowed under the guidelines of Wikipedia.
The information contained in the section is not about the company known as T.G.I.Fridays but several of its franchises. This is a common error amongst editors with companies that have franchised operations where the actions of these franchises are confused for parent company.

The restoration of the information by User:BlueGold73 did nothing to address these issue and I removed them again. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 16:35, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I completely disagree with your analysis of the section. New conclusions were not created. The information was already clearly found in the sources. Additionally, the section you deleted clearly indicated that the store closings were franchised locations, and it referenced some of the issues that franchised locations were having with the parent company. I most definitely did not confuse the franchises for their parent company. The issues of franchised operations should be discussed within the article of the parent company. It seems that you have some sort of agenda to keep out information that is relevant to the topic. As I started, please stop removing the information until other editors have had a chance to express their opinions regarding the content and its relevance. WP:BRD is not a justification for imposing one's own view or for tendentious editing without consensus. If other editors agree with you that the information is not relevant or that it is all original research, then it can removed or modified at that time. BlueGold73 (talk) 20:12, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your reading of BRD is off. Once information has been challenged, it stays out until such time that a discussion arrives at a consensus for its inclusion or exclusion. I have stated the reasons for the exclusion, while you have failed to provide a viable, policy based reason why the information should be kept in. This discussion is where other editors may chime in as to their opinions of the information's usefulness to the article.

Also, please discuss the issue at hand and do not make allegations of malicious intent against other editors, as it is inappropriate. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 05:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added the bait and switch booze section. It seemed relevant due to being a current event news story, and was sourced by several news agencies. I tried my best to not add anything original, simply to summarize the information that was in the sourced articles. I wanted to put one of those headers in that say "This section contains a current event and may change as the story develops" or something to that effect, however I am new to editing and don't know how, or if it would be appropriate. In reference to the removed section on store closings, why would information regarding the franchises not be relevant to an article about the parent company? The "bad booze" section relates to franchises, but does differ I suppose in that it contains a response by the parent company. If the section goes against the guidelines, I understand if its taken down, but I'm wondering for future reference. The story seems to be dying down lately, but I'm not sure whats going to happen in the future. These locations could wind up losing their NJ Liquor licenses, which, based on their emphasis on alcoholic beverages would like mean the closing of these establishments, or selling of them from their current owners. Would something like that be relevant in the context?JaghobianMyEars (talk) 04:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What's an "essence salesman"?

Did he sell subscriptions to the magazine "Essence" (in which case it should be capitalized) or something else? In either case, I don't see a reference to it in any of he citations.Originalname37 (Talk?) 15:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of "Comments from TGI Fridays" in alcohol controversy section

Removed entire section of what appears to be unsourced first party comments from an anonymous editor. Wikipedia is not the appropriate place for press releases. Jbmcb (talk) 00:44, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]