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Freedom fries

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I've listed this article for peer review because I like to see this article promoted to GA status and I believe this event was a substantial part of the beginning of the Iraq War and American sociology.

Thanks, Grammarxxx ^{(What'd I do this time?)} 02:14, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

• I think the article needs expansion to be at least two to three times as long. The lead is far too short. The artcile could use a little more context and a little more explanation (with RS) with some background around the exact situation that lead to the controversy. The artcile could use a reaction section with some referenced quotes from public figures, as well as any international reaction. A timeline may be of value with mention of the key figures for the actual renaming.

The article will be celebrating it's 10 year anniversary this March. Even after ten years the page is still rather short. I would wonder if there is a lack of interest or if the subject was just forgotten. It has potential to be a good article and even a feature article but needs a lot of work. It may need to have a few more eyes, so I suggest placing a notification on all the relevant editor talkpages and at the project pages. Be careful though as the neutrality of this article could easily be lost in partisan pros and cons.--Amadscientist (talk) 20:25, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

• I'm not really sure it has the potential to ever be a good article, let alone featured. It's slightly more than a dictionary definiton, since it covers the name change in the cafeteria at the Capitol, but the subject is so trivial that it doesn't really lend itself to much more than is already there. I'd be more inclined to say it could be merged with Anti-French sentiment in the United States and then work toward improving that article instead. Other than that, I agree with Amadscientist that it definitely needs serious expansion, I'm just not sure there's much more relevant information out there. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department: Please take a number} 20:45, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
• I completely agree with Kafziel, the only hope of freedom fries being mentioned in a GA is integrated into a larger article. Even the scholarly literature that discusses freedom fries combines them with other concepts, like this peer-reviewed journal article: "Politics in the supermarket: political consumerism as a form of political participation". Andrew³²⁷ 16:04, 21 February 2013 (UTC)