User talk:Calitalia

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I would like to reiterate what I said on the talk page of Italian-American cuisine. Much of what was on that page was written based on what was in the books cited under References and Further Reading -- you can verify it as you wish, as I'm pretty sure that except for the Middione book (which is mostly for comparison) most of those are still in print. Not to mention that the "red sauce" food that you find so seemingly offensive is in fact the defining characteristic of a great many of the old-line Italian restaurants in the Northeast (can I presume that the "Cal" in "Calitalia" is "California"? I'm pretty sure the Italian food there is rather different from how it is out here in the East.).

I do like the wine section you added, as well as your additional references. But a lot of what you took out shouldn't have been removed. Haikupoet (talk) 05:51, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Citing sources

Welcome to Wikipedia. I see you've been making some great contributions in articles such as Cuisine of the United States. Thanks for all your hard work. Please don't forget to cite your sources, and the best way to do that is with footnotes. Info on how to cite sources can be found at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Happy editing. Toddst1 (talk) 22:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Cuisine of the United States

Where as I appreciate your effort in adding this information to the article, it is not fluid to the rest of the article. The above historical information on colonial history which you seem to contest with your information is actually a level of history of the cuisine that evolve in the 20th century which should be placed in that context with "national cuisine" history, not to a section on its own. Additionally you need to have citations in your additions. If uncorrected I feel we need to remove this information, because in actuality, when I have calmed down from the beginning of my semester, I had planned to add this information into the cuisine history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanner-Christopher (talk • contribs) 02:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

We should really discuss these types of edits which you last made before changing the article so much, especially because these articles follow a conventional pattern set up in other cuisine articles before this one.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 12:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

3 Revert Rule

Instead of constantly reverting the edits, discuss them on the discussion page for articles. You seem to make large statements on the discussion page and then just go ahead with what you want to do on the article. There is however a Wikipedia:Three-revert rule that you have broken with changing the headings. This normally constitutes a report, but I am assuming Wikipedia:Assume good faith and just letting you know it is inappropriate. Please watch your edits and discuss them on the discussion board for the article and "discuss" before editing extensively as you are obviously creating edits that more than one editor now disagrees with.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 12:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me, but I didn't start the revert and revert contest. Your friend started it and then posted his statement on the discusssion afterward. I don't know why and how you can accuse me, especially when there is a long discussion by myself already preceeding in the above sections on this and many other issues. If you are trying to set me up for accusation, then you need to look at yourself first. Your friend seems rather convinced and likes to make changes without reading all the prior discussions or consideration for actual basis of the text and its premise.