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In the section on 1960s, there is a bullet that states that in 1963 the first store in Washington State was opened in Tacoma. I can't refute Tacoma as first store, but the date must be wrong if that is the case. A May 13, 1962 Seattle Times article described three stores to be opened in Seattle. One was already under construction at "2336-2352 25th Ave E" [which was a misprint; that is a house still; but there is a McDonald's at 2336 25th Ave S]; another would open in Burien [which I've seen an undated Highline Times article which said it had planned opening July 1]; and other on Pacific Highway in Riverton. A second Seattle Times article on July 22, 1962 said that the Riverton store construction had begun, and it would be at 15210 Pacific Highway. Roket (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roket (talk • contribs) 04:20, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
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In the third paragraph of the 1990s section it states:
"It took McDonald's 33 years to open its first 10,000 restaurants. The 10,000th unit opened in April 1988. Incredibly, the company reached the 20,000-restaurant mark in only eight more years, in mid-1996. By the end of 1997 the total had surpassed 23,000, and by that time McDonald's was opening 2,000 new restaurants each year, an average of five every day."
However, 5 paragraphs later it goes on to say:
"In response to these difficulties, McDonald's drastically cut back on its U.S. expansion. In contrast to the 1,130 units opened in 1995, only about 400 new McDonald's were built in 1997."
This seems confusing, did they build 400 or 2,000 in 1997? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.208.87 (talk) 03:41, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
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Should the incidents be included on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.86.71.225 (talk) 16:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
The timeline says in 1937, Patrick McDonald opens "The Airdrome". Then in 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald move The Airdrome to San Bernardino. What was the relationship between Patrick and Richard/Maurice? And how did they assume control of The Airdrome? Elsquared (talk) 21:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 03:06, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Should this image be on this article any more? This very image is the only place on the entire article to mention Russia. I moved the image of the Chinese McDonald's to a place where China is mentioned. Given the complaint about lack of space, shouldn't images of McDonald's restaurants that are actually mentioned be preferred? JIP | Talk 23:54, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
Today, the article was updated to name the 1983 gunman. Does WP have a policy on the use of the names of mass shooters? Many news organisations omit shooter's names to minimise the notoriety the shooter may be seeking (e.g., NPR). My personal preference for this page is to not name the shooter, but I also don't want to unilaterally revert the edit. Thoughts from others? Christopher Rath (talk) 13:35, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
I would like to see a photo of the old McDonald's in East Oakland 24.23.191.62 (talk) 22:53, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
In 1930, the McDonald Brothers buy a theater called Mission Theater in Glendora, California. The brothers installed a Snack Bar in the building. Is this the true beginning of the history of McDonald's ? 195.53.245.126 (talk) 20:46, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
This is why I strongly dislike timelines and long bullet-point lists on WP. When you see one, it's usually a sign of an editor who doesn't know how to write.
The timeline has too much detail in various points to be a true timeline and the prose summary is too bare-bones in places. They need to be merged together into a single coherent prose narrative. Unfortunately, it's clear that no one cares enough about McDonald's to do it. (I certainly don't have that kind of time.) The few people who care that much about McDonald's are either writing their dissertation on the history of the company or trying to make another movie like The Founder. --Coolcaesar (talk) 03:00, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): XavierHoward123 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Banff33, WashingtonianU.
— Assignment last updated by Mantaray2 (talk) 18:24, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
@Nightscream reverted recent edits that the first McDonald's in Europe was in 1971 in the Netherlands and the first in Germany in December 1971 in Munich. I added additional secondary citations which they reverted within minutes. I want to build a consensus if the sources I added are sufficient to support those two addition which had already been added by other editors and are supported by the sources.
https://foodchainmagazine.com/news/mcdonalds-netherlands/
https://jakubmarian.com/year-of-opening-of-the-first-mcdonalds-outlet-europe/
No of them seem particularly problematic to me for a date for the opening of 1970s-era McDonald's.
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