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<nowiki>===Article name===</nowiki> <nowiki>This has everything we're looking for, plus a swell kitchen sink. ~~~~</nowiki>
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<nowiki>===Article name===</nowiki> <nowiki>This has everything we're looking for, plus a swell kitchen sink. TravelNut 25:25, 31 Feb 2525 (EDT)</nowiki> <font color=green><nowiki>* The sink isn't properly formatted, and there are no "budget" places to sleep. ~~~~</nowiki></font>
After three weeks of discussion, if a consensus is reached, then that an article becomes a star, and the discussion should be archived. Note that a consensus means that all outstanding objections should have been addressed and dropped; if issues remain then the discussion should either continue or, if they cannot or will not be addressed in reasonable time, the article should be added to the slush pile. Regardless of the outcome, it is useful to copy the nomination discussion to the article's talk page.
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:: Hmmm, the intro was not that much smaller than say Anacostia's, but I tried expanding it a bit - though it feels like repeating he understand section a bit. Lead picture, yup, need to come up with something there. Wrote up a small intro in eat, and shuffled the intro to the drink section above the subheader. Contact listings were updated on the map, right before the nomination - you might want to refresh or something? As to the size of the map, I'm a bit at loss at what to do - should I just make a bigger svg export say 2000 pixel tall instead of the current 1200? --Stefan (sertmann) <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 16:50, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Yeah, but Anacostia's intro was criticized too. ;) Anywho, I see the Contact listings on the map now (huh, could've sworn they weren't there before). Making the map bigger isn't that hard - you can just select everything, hit Ctrl+Shift+M, click scale, enter a number (say "25", that'll probably do it) in both boxes and that'll enlarge it for you. PerryPlanet <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 18:49, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:::: My bad, what I meant to ask was if increasing the size would be sufficient, or do I need to rework the map completely? --Stefan (sertmann) <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 19:41, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
::::: I think increasing the size of the map should be fine. It's a good map, it just needs to be a little bigger. PerryPlanet <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 20:05, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::: Agreed. Just increase the resolution, so it can be printed -- Wikitravel Press recommends 1709x3008. (You can shave off the green park bits to the west so make it fit this ratio.) Jpatokal 23:08, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::: OK, I've resized the map to 1709x3008 --Stefan (sertmann) <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 06:09, 4 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::: Looks good! I '''support''' now (although I would still like to see that lead pic, but that's not a crucial point). PerryPlanet <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 13:18, 4 May 2009 (EDT)
: OK, so I sorted the sleep listings by price, and no - I'm not masterminding an anti American conspiracy - at least not in this regard :) As for Madeleines' they prepare and serve the food as a theatrical performance (there is a photograph and a more comprehensive description in English [http://copenhagen.unlike.net/locations/302664-Madeleine-s-Madteater here]) - but isn't that what the listing is already saying? --Stefan (sertmann) <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 12:38, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
::The listing says "staging the food as a theatre of sorts", which to me means they set the food up to resemble a small theater stage with curtains made out of lettuce and, I don't know, use puppets on it or something. Just a wording tweak should fix that up. LtPowers 13:21, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Hmm, I tried to rephrase it a bit, but I think it may just be a concept around which minds wrap with difficulty. --Peter <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 14:09, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
Three weeks is up, last call for comments before putting a shiny star at the top of this one! --Peter <small><sup>Talk</sup></small> 17:04, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
:::: '''Support'''. I love the neon monstrosity infobox! Just one quibble: pick a lead image for the article. There are worthy candidates in the body (excepting, of course, the aforementioned monstrosity). Gorilla Jones 17:52, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
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