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Is the diner chain related to the British burger chain? 67.71.29.79 (talk) 07:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship between the two franchise operations? - They are spelled differently, and offer two different formats. The UK chain came first however, but its format is of a Burger Restaurant, patterned after the character in the Comic strip, "Popeye" popularized in the '40s and '50s. The UK and South African chain offers a variety of "Burger" specialities, but started out as a corner operation of an existing full service restaurant. Other that the comic strip, there is no relationship between the two. Richard416282 (talk) 07:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 May 2015

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved as requested Mike Cline (talk) 20:23, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]



Wimpys DinerWimpy's Diner – Missing apostrophe, per official site --Relisted. Andrewa (talk) 16:57, 18 May 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 07:34, 13 May 2015 (UTC) 184.8.101.78 (talk) 02:59, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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There seems a strong consensus to move, but still no valid rationale. So if the move goes ahead, as seems likely, it raises some questions in my mind.

Is it because the official name includes the apostrophe? That would represent a change to the article naming policy, IMO.

Is it because this proposal is in accord with ordinary English formatting? That would represent a new article naming convention IMO, or have I missed it? And I'm in some doubt as to whether the claim is even true!

Or, is there some other rationale, still unstated above? Or again, have I missed it? Andrewa (talk) 16:18, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that the proposal is supported by the identified official usage on the company's web site, the common name as it would ordinarily be written (as used in both sources cited by the article), and MOS:TM's guideline saying to "Follow standard English text formatting" for "all business names". —BarrelProof (talk) 10:32, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Notability?

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C'mon, there are lots of chain restaurants in Wikipedia with fewer than 54 units. Why be a deletionist? Remember, there's room. Wikipedia is not paper. 72.105.5.135 (talk) 22:09, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Erectile distinction

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There seems to be a lot of vandalism on this page. 99.239.66.147 (talk) 22:35, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]