Talk:Lancaster, Wisconsin

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I moved this from the article because I don't think having lists of accommodation in places is a good idea. What do other people think? Angela 12:51, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

Lancaster accommodations include the Best Western Welcome Inn (608-723-4162) and the lovely Maple-Harris Bed and Breakfast 608-723-4717, 888-216-0888

I don't have a strong opinion on this.

...I'm new here, and still learning the ropes. I just threw it in because I thought it might be useful information for a reader to have.

You're probably right. A traditional encyclopedia wouldn't mention them unless the building were of some architectural or historic note.

And you can seek out accommodations easily through the travel websites.

But then, quite a lot of what's in Wikipedia can be found that way.

I guess the question is, if someone looks up a place in Wikipedia, what sort of information would they want to see?

I didn't see anything glaringly obvious bearing on the isues in "Policies" or "What Wikipedia is not."

Avoid statements that will date quickly

would suggest not including such information

Make articles useful for readers (and consider the audience in writing)

might tend in the other direction.

Dpbsmith 18:08, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I was also thinking of Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising, which is hard to enforce if we allow details of things like accommodation. Also, you can't list every venue in any town (that would make us a travel directory) and you don't want to be subjective and only choose to list some. There's also the problem of keeping the information up to date. I think a link to a decent listing of all the accomodation you can get in Lancaster would be far more useful than even attempting to get a decent list here. Theer aren't any strict policies on the issue though, which is why I was asking for other opinions too. Angela 18:17, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

Took your suggestion...

...or at least I think I did... put back "accommodations" in the form of links to the City of Lancaster website, which appears to me to be complete and impartial. Think that's acceptable?

Dpbsmith 11:22, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Yep, seems fine. Angela 11:29, Oct 19, 2003 (UTC)

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