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I came across this award reviewing a draft and it appears to be a notable award mentioned in several articles. Thought you might be interested in creating an article. See also es:Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. S0091 (talk) 16:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hm, it has an entry in 8 language wikis. Definitely seems worth investigating, thanks! Valereee (talk) 17:37, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, I've emailed Kowal2701 (talk) 18:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
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Did you not see the request I made here? Your protecting the page after User:Lisa edit warred her preferred version into existence is quite strange. Also, is there not an ARBPIA restriction on that page? Why are all these editors with less than 500 edits allowed to comment there? Why is off wiki canvassing not being addressed? Tiamut (talk) 20:19, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- The request you made was about warning an editor, I thought? I've done that (although I doubt they'll see it, they're so new). But then I went to the article and found an edit war, so I dealt with it.
- And you can place those CT alerts yourself. It doesn't require an admin. If there are editors with fewer than 500 edits discussing on pages where they aren't allowed to do anything but make an edit request, go put a CT alert on their page. AE actions require that editors have received a CT alert for the topic they're violating. Valereee (talk) 20:30, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- You protected the article hours ago. And only warned the editor after my message to you here. I asked for help at AE because of the off wiki canvassing and because a couple of editors there, including the ones I mentioned in the AE report, made personal attacks against me, so I did not feel comfortable giving them warnings. Also don't understand why you have not commented at AE about the request. Tiamut (talk) 21:43, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, I protected the article. Then you asked me about the message at AE, so I alerted the editor.
- You can give people CT alerts even if you're in a dispute with them. You can give them CT alerts even for their very first post in a contentious topic; some editors make a habit of that. A CT alert isn't a warning that the editor has don't something wrong, it's just an alert to let them know the topic they're editing in has different rules and that rules may be enforced more strictly. It's to help people keep out of trouble.
- Um, I can go comment at AE. Valereee (talk) 21:51, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Okay, I will hand out alerts without asking from now on. Can you please clarify something though? Do the 500 edits have to be to English wikipedia to achieve extended-confirmed status? Do not want to be alerting people incorrectly. That was also part of why I asked for extra eyes on the page. Tiamut (talk) 22:01, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, they have to be to English wikipedia. I've just pblocked a he.wiki sysop from that talk because they 1. had already had an alert about CS and 2. ignored the edit notice and 3. ignored being told multiple times that they weren't allowed to edit there. Valereee (talk) 22:04, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you for clarifying. Tiamut (talk) 22:24, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, they have to be to English wikipedia. I've just pblocked a he.wiki sysop from that talk because they 1. had already had an alert about CS and 2. ignored the edit notice and 3. ignored being told multiple times that they weren't allowed to edit there. Valereee (talk) 22:04, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Okay, I will hand out alerts without asking from now on. Can you please clarify something though? Do the 500 edits have to be to English wikipedia to achieve extended-confirmed status? Do not want to be alerting people incorrectly. That was also part of why I asked for extra eyes on the page. Tiamut (talk) 22:01, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- Just came across a media-mention on this, "Or, take the following example, coming to light as I write: Wikipedia’s “List of Palestinians” from the pre-Mandate period, including such individuals as King Herod and Jesus himself." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:43, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- You do find the most interesting commentary! Valereee (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- I read what he called Levivich, I guess this article-lock proves you are the opposite of that. Oh well.[FBDB] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:06, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yeah. I despair. I've been called anti-Israel on a blog that's been noted as mentioning multiple articles. It's distressing. It feels like people are really set on are you with us or against us? And either way, it has to be 100% or that side considers you against. Valereee (talk) 22:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well, us anti-Hindus will stick together, who else will have us? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, dear, did someone call you anti-Hindu? I'm sorry, I didn't see that. It sucks. Valereee (talk) 22:51, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well, us anti-Hindus will stick together, who else will have us? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yeah. I despair. I've been called anti-Israel on a blog that's been noted as mentioning multiple articles. It's distressing. It feels like people are really set on are you with us or against us? And either way, it has to be 100% or that side considers you against. Valereee (talk) 22:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- I read what he called Levivich, I guess this article-lock proves you are the opposite of that. Oh well.[FBDB] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:06, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- You do find the most interesting commentary! Valereee (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
- You protected the article hours ago. And only warned the editor after my message to you here. I asked for help at AE because of the off wiki canvassing and because a couple of editors there, including the ones I mentioned in the AE report, made personal attacks against me, so I did not feel comfortable giving them warnings. Also don't understand why you have not commented at AE about the request. Tiamut (talk) 21:43, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
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Do you happen to know this Don Yamauchi guy? Single sentence article, was previously a bunch of promo, is this worth saving? Far outside my field of expertise (whatever that may be). He appears to have worked at some casino in Detroit? You said the James Beard thing was something right? Does that apply to the "rising stars" category as well? He was in some kinda tour? Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 08:13, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
In lieu of payment I'll give you Centzon Tōtōchtin. Polygnotus (talk) 08:25, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- Partying with drunken rabbits? I'm in.
- So, Yamauchi was one of Food & Wine's 'Best New Chefs' in 1993. It's not a Beard award, but it's something. The Beard nomination -- looks like he was one of five, that's likely the finals -- is something worth mentioning in an article, but not enough to presume notable, especially if he's received no subsequent noms, and I'm not finding even that covered on Beard's website, though that's probably because it was 1993 and they just haven't digitized that information. A win would make me presume notability and do a thorough search, but we'd still need to find the sources. The StL article is stuff we could use, but as it's really just an interview, not strong support for notability.
- On a quick google, what I'm seeing is mostly local coverage of a chef who has moved from town to town. That is, he's prominent enough that when he is working in a particular town, that town's media covers him. What I'd like to see is at least one instance of significant coverage from some major media in a town in which he isn't currently working. Again, it's possible it's out there. I'll subscribe at the AfD, see if anyone comes in with the coverage we need. Thanks for letting me know! Always interested. Valereee (talk) 13:50, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- So there is a thing called Great Chefs of America and Don participated but you won't recognize him [7] [8] Does that count? I can't really find anything ANYBIO or NCREATIVE worthy. Polygnotus (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- You're right, I wouldn't have recognized him! And oh, my, those teacups as prep bowls, that is old school. So, those are from the early 80s. It's possible that if he'd come along a little later (once celebrity chefs really became a major thing) and/or hadn't been Asian, he'd have received more attention outside of the cities he worked in. I'm going to ask Cunard if they'd have the time/interest in performing their magic at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Yamauchi. Valereee (talk) 12:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
- So there is a thing called Great Chefs of America and Don participated but you won't recognize him [7] [8] Does that count? I can't really find anything ANYBIO or NCREATIVE worthy. Polygnotus (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
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