Talk:History of McDonald's

message: 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)
thread_title:  Washington State 

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message: 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)
replies: text: It seems the first is the world figure, the second U.S. only. 110.20.157.59 (talk) 10:30, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  McDonalds Growth Rate 

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message: Should the incidents be included on this page?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.86.71.225 (talk) 16:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incidents 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Patrick and Richard/Maurice 

message: 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)
thread_title: Uncited material in need of citations

message: right|thumb|McDonald's in Moscow, Russia
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)
thread_title:  McDonald's in Russia 

message: 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)
replies: text: Then take one. Nightscream (talk) 14:14, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of closed McDonald's I'm East,Oakland 

message: 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)
replies: text: What do the sources say? (See WP:V, WP:NOR, etc.) Nightscream (talk) 14:14, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Snack Bar in Glendora ? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  This article is a total mess 

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