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Murphy's
[edit]A couple of days ago I was comparing notes on travels with a couple of friends here in Toronto. They raved about Murphy's, so I will have to go back to Ireland because I missed it. Thank you for your contributions to Wikivoyage. Ground Zero (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- It might be worth visiting Galway just for Murphy's! Although it also has other shops throughout the country, so if you've visited Galway before maybe you can use it as an opportunity to visit other places. Thanks for noticing my edits, Wikivoyage seems to be not all that popular, so sometimes I feel like I'm writing something no one will even see haha. But I hope that my updates to Galway will be useful for someone visiting some day! AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 13:52, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- Wikivoyage's usefulness and popularity vary by region. I have used Wikivoyage as my principal source for planning some trips. For others, it hasn't been well developed enough to be more than a supplement to other sources. There is definitely a lot to see in Ireland, so a return trip is on my list. One month was great, but not enough. Ground Zero (talk) 14:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- If you want recommendations on where to go, Dingle is great (plus it has the original Murphy's shop!), and I've heard good things about Clonakilty. AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 14:07, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
- Wikivoyage's usefulness and popularity vary by region. I have used Wikivoyage as my principal source for planning some trips. For others, it hasn't been well developed enough to be more than a supplement to other sources. There is definitely a lot to see in Ireland, so a return trip is on my list. One month was great, but not enough. Ground Zero (talk) 14:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
"Highly rated"
[edit]Hi. I noticed you using that phrase in a listing you added in the Karuizawa article. Be careful with such phrases: highly rated by whom? If it's been acclaimed by recognized critics or some kind of professional organization, say that, but otherwise, please have a look at the WV:Don't tout guidelines.
All the best,
Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:01, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, I found that listing on Tabelog (the most popular restaurant review platform in Japan). I haven't actually been to Japan, so I thought maybe I could flesh out the listings by looking at highly-rated places and adding them in.
- I wasn't quite sure how to indicate that I haven't actually visited the listing in question (which obviously makes it less valuable than first-hand experience), so I thought maybe saying it's "highly-rated" might be able to indicate that?
- Honestly just wasn't really sure what to write, since first-person pronouns can't be used, so I can't say "I haven't visited". Maybe something like "number 15 on Tabelog" would be more objective, but I think most travelers don't know what Tabelog is.
- If you have any ideas on what I should do instead, please let me know! Thanks! AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 12:19, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I'd say just list and describe. The fact that we're listing an establishment at all is except in rare cases meant to be a recommendation: see Wikivoyage:Avoid negative reviews, which explains this if I'm not mistaken. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and removed the "highly-rated" wording now. Side note, the description looks a little empty, because I'm not sure what to put there. Is it ok to just have a simple one-sentence description? It looks a little too cold and objective to me, but also maybe I should leave the more subjective description to someone who has actually been there. Thanks again! AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 17:37, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- A one-sentence description is fine. Of course it's always better if you've had personal experience with an eatery, but a satisfactory summary of stuff you've read elsewhere is possible. I've done that occasionally with articles I rescued from deletion or of places that have attractions worth mentioning but I didn't eat at. See whether I did a decent job in the Cohoes article, for example, though other users helped, too. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:34, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hold on, here you state that a place is "very well-regarded", how is that different from "highly-rated"? AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 18:39, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I don't know who wrote that, but I noticed it and edited it out 2 minutes after my previous post. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:27, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hold on, here you state that a place is "very well-regarded", how is that different from "highly-rated"? AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 18:39, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- A one-sentence description is fine. Of course it's always better if you've had personal experience with an eatery, but a satisfactory summary of stuff you've read elsewhere is possible. I've done that occasionally with articles I rescued from deletion or of places that have attractions worth mentioning but I didn't eat at. See whether I did a decent job in the Cohoes article, for example, though other users helped, too. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:34, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and removed the "highly-rated" wording now. Side note, the description looks a little empty, because I'm not sure what to put there. Is it ok to just have a simple one-sentence description? It looks a little too cold and objective to me, but also maybe I should leave the more subjective description to someone who has actually been there. Thanks again! AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 17:37, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I'd say just list and describe. The fact that we're listing an establishment at all is except in rare cases meant to be a recommendation: see Wikivoyage:Avoid negative reviews, which explains this if I'm not mistaken. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
Pairi Daiza
[edit]I have reverted your beefing up of its listing in Cambron-Casteau per WV:Tone and WV:Don't tout as well. The abundance of links suggests Wikivoyage wants to tout the place. Ibaman (talk) 13:44, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry! I didn't realise the links could be seen as touting, my bad. Can I edit it again with the same info, just without the links? AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 13:49, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- yes please, plunge forward, yes. Ibaman (talk) 13:53, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
Banners on Wikidata
[edit]Hi, and thanks for adding a page banner to the Athenry article. Just an FYI,when creating page banners, they also should be added to Wikidata so they function on multiple language versions of Wikivoyage. I've added the Athenry banner to Wikidata. Please take a look at d:Q755389 to see how I did this. Thank you! --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 14:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
- I know, sorry. It's just that for whatever reason Wikidata is a bit temperamental on my device and won't work half the time. I edit on an old iPad so these things happen sometimes, Wikivoyage seems to be one of the only sites that work anymore haha. AskMeAboutGalway! :) (talk) 14:26, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
Using boldface
[edit]We do do use boldface for emphasis. Please see wv:bold and wv:italics Thanks. Ground Zero (talk) 18:25, 31 December 2025 (UTC)