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Burger Chef is spelled with a "C". Super Shef and Big Shef products are spelled with an "S". To verify this, go to Google, do an image search on Big Shef or Super Shef. You will see photos of signage from that era showing the hamburger's picture with that spelling. Klimot ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:16, 9 February 2010 (UTC).
PEOPLE WHO EDIT THE ARTICLE ON BURGER CHEF
PLEASE RESPECT CONTENT. Much of the content in this article is difficult to find elsewhere. It is great to add content, rearrange it into new paragraphs and headings, but it is disrespectful to edit this article by deleting content! This page has been edited for nearly two years using this principle. Please, if you see a need to edit, do so, but do so without deleting content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klimot ( talk • contribs) 13:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know about a Burger Chef contest involving scratchers? My father told me about them; the object was that there were scratcher cards with questions on them, and if you scratched off the right answer, you won a free burger, fries or whatever. However, the fate of my dad's local Burger Chef was sealed when the employees just handed stacks of them out to people AND there was only about six questions... so a lot of people got free food. Now my dad said that they were from Burger Chef, but so far I haven't found anything about them. Maybe it was a local event? Does anyone know for sure? Thanks.... - Nick15
Found something about a regional Indy 500 scratch-off game on the internet. SushiGeek 22:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure how extensive Burger Chef's presence in Canada was, but they did have some outlets in Ontario in the mid-seventies. (I'm thinking here specifically of their outlet on Kerr Street in Oakville). That's the only one I can recall in Ontario, but there may have been others. We used to get it mixed up with the ads on Buffalo TV for Burger King, which hadn't arrived in our part of Ontario at that time. I don't recall how long they lasted, but the Oakville outlet eventually became a Swiss Chalet.-- Wee Charlie 20:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Should the following page ( Burger Chef Project) be included as a link, as it appears to be a fansite of sorts (and has a very strong anti- Hardee's slant)? WAVY 10 14:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
(A Mixture of Pure Hard Fact and Solid, Stubborn Opinion)"
Sound like a fansite? WAVY 10 14:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Requested protection for this page. WAVY 10 17:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I seem to remember that there were two characters called Burger Chef and Jeff. Anyone remember these? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.167.254 ( talk) 15:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Is this image really necessary? I don't think it's a very high-quality image, as you can hardly see the ex-Burger Chef for all the stuff that's in the way. I've also added a much clearer photo of a former Burger Chef (albeit of a different building type), so I feel that the other image isn't very useful. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 02:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
The subheading Collectible store fixtures, promotional materials, and prizes needs to be either heavily edited or deleted altogether. It is little more than original research, unsubstantiated claims, and opinion. -- Frenkmelk talk 06:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Burger Chef is spelled with a "C". Super Shef and Big Shef products are spelled with an "S". To verify this, go to Google, do an image search on Big Shef or Super Shef. You will see photo's of signage from that era showing the hamburger's picture with that spelling. Klimot ( talk)
Any reason why the stuff about copyright is in ALL CAPS? Looks very unencyclopedic to me! 75.216.203.56 ( talk) 03:16, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Material added to this article must cite coverage discussing the information from independent reliable sources. Please see WP:V. Information that is not the subject of this coverage does not belong in Wikipedia. - SummerPhD ( talk) 16:21, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Having previously cleaned out some of the unsourced trivia, I have come back here as the result of several restorations of that material without sources. If the material is restored without independent reliable sources, I will remove it again. If the same editor is making the restorations, other measures will have to be taken.
Memories are great. They allow us to maintain a connection to a bygone time. Unfortunately, memories are not reliable. Your memories of things that happened years ago are not memories of those events, but memories of more recent recollections of those memories. The further removed from the time, the more layering of memories and the more errors there are. For this and other reasons, Wikipedia is not the place for you to record your memories of the Vietnam war, Welfare policies of the Reagan administration or how a defunct fast food chain added condiments to a cheeseburger. Instead, Wikipedia is for verifiable information. Information that does not exist in independent reliable sources is likely trivial and simply does not belong here.
Feel free to start a blog on another site and write down every last detail of every individual french fry you think you remember. Do not add it here. - SummerPhD ( talk) 00:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
-- 24.147.1.197 ( talk) 21:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC)Jacob Chesley
Yes, the chain was mentioned in an episode of "Mad Men". Yes, we've listed this appearance in popular culture. This does not tell us anything about the chain, other than the trivial fact that it was mentioned in an episode of "Mad Men". This is trivial: "simply listing appearances". Comments? - SummerPhD ( talk) 20:53, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Material added to Wikipedia must be supported by independent reliable sources. This is called " verifiability", one of our core priniciples. "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1975" is not an independent reliable source for material about Burger Chef for several reasons. 1) It is not independent of Burger Chef. 2) The reference is incomplete: There is no way to locate "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1975". I could easily say the instructions are wrong and cite "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1974"; can you locate that source?
Additionally, as repeatedly stated, this material is trivial. There are, quite literally, billions of "facts" about Burger Chef: How much they charged for each menu item, how much they paid for each bun, who made the buns, what happened to the first "fixings bar" from the 26th restaurant they opened, who worked the longest as a fry cook, how much sodium was in their cheese, etc. Including everything would make for a pointless article. People will disagree about what is "important" enough to include. Our basic shortcut on this decision is simple: Did independent reliable sources discuss it. No, independent reliable sources did not discuss the funny shaped fry you got there the Thursday after your 11th birthday. Too bad. Put it in your blog. Yes, independent reliable sources probably do discuss who the founder was. Find that source, add the material and cite it.
The repeated restoration of the trivial material without discussion will stop. The editor in question has been repeatedly warned. Discuss the issue or you will be blocked from editing. First a short block, then longer blocks and eventually an indefinite block. Or collaborate and see if any of it can remain. - SummerPhD ( talk) 18:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
The article shows no pictures of Burger Chef in its glory days back in the 60s. We need to find public domain photos taken of the buildings and signs at that time, featuring the incredible Googie architecture. It fantastic--truly the classic American burger joint look! Rather than showing the boring corporate-style 80s logo in the info box (who cares), instead we could show a blinking neon sign from the 60s. That would make the article appear a lot more interesting and exciting. If you go to Google images you will see what I'm talking about. Garagepunk66 ( talk) 21:09, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
There was a Metairie Louisiana location we would eat at occasionally. I remember the lettuce was shredded and piled on big. I thought at the time that that may have been in keeping with the idea of a fancy burger, like more elegant. It was always a treat to go eat there because they were different than the other places. 174.171.79.18 ( talk) 00:37, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
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Burger Chef is spelled with a "C". Super Shef and Big Shef products are spelled with an "S". To verify this, go to Google, do an image search on Big Shef or Super Shef. You will see photos of signage from that era showing the hamburger's picture with that spelling. Klimot ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:16, 9 February 2010 (UTC).
PEOPLE WHO EDIT THE ARTICLE ON BURGER CHEF
PLEASE RESPECT CONTENT. Much of the content in this article is difficult to find elsewhere. It is great to add content, rearrange it into new paragraphs and headings, but it is disrespectful to edit this article by deleting content! This page has been edited for nearly two years using this principle. Please, if you see a need to edit, do so, but do so without deleting content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klimot ( talk • contribs) 13:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know about a Burger Chef contest involving scratchers? My father told me about them; the object was that there were scratcher cards with questions on them, and if you scratched off the right answer, you won a free burger, fries or whatever. However, the fate of my dad's local Burger Chef was sealed when the employees just handed stacks of them out to people AND there was only about six questions... so a lot of people got free food. Now my dad said that they were from Burger Chef, but so far I haven't found anything about them. Maybe it was a local event? Does anyone know for sure? Thanks.... - Nick15
Found something about a regional Indy 500 scratch-off game on the internet. SushiGeek 22:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure how extensive Burger Chef's presence in Canada was, but they did have some outlets in Ontario in the mid-seventies. (I'm thinking here specifically of their outlet on Kerr Street in Oakville). That's the only one I can recall in Ontario, but there may have been others. We used to get it mixed up with the ads on Buffalo TV for Burger King, which hadn't arrived in our part of Ontario at that time. I don't recall how long they lasted, but the Oakville outlet eventually became a Swiss Chalet.-- Wee Charlie 20:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Should the following page ( Burger Chef Project) be included as a link, as it appears to be a fansite of sorts (and has a very strong anti- Hardee's slant)? WAVY 10 14:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
(A Mixture of Pure Hard Fact and Solid, Stubborn Opinion)"
Sound like a fansite? WAVY 10 14:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Requested protection for this page. WAVY 10 17:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I seem to remember that there were two characters called Burger Chef and Jeff. Anyone remember these? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.167.254 ( talk) 15:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Is this image really necessary? I don't think it's a very high-quality image, as you can hardly see the ex-Burger Chef for all the stuff that's in the way. I've also added a much clearer photo of a former Burger Chef (albeit of a different building type), so I feel that the other image isn't very useful. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 02:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
The subheading Collectible store fixtures, promotional materials, and prizes needs to be either heavily edited or deleted altogether. It is little more than original research, unsubstantiated claims, and opinion. -- Frenkmelk talk 06:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Burger Chef is spelled with a "C". Super Shef and Big Shef products are spelled with an "S". To verify this, go to Google, do an image search on Big Shef or Super Shef. You will see photo's of signage from that era showing the hamburger's picture with that spelling. Klimot ( talk)
Any reason why the stuff about copyright is in ALL CAPS? Looks very unencyclopedic to me! 75.216.203.56 ( talk) 03:16, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Material added to this article must cite coverage discussing the information from independent reliable sources. Please see WP:V. Information that is not the subject of this coverage does not belong in Wikipedia. - SummerPhD ( talk) 16:21, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Having previously cleaned out some of the unsourced trivia, I have come back here as the result of several restorations of that material without sources. If the material is restored without independent reliable sources, I will remove it again. If the same editor is making the restorations, other measures will have to be taken.
Memories are great. They allow us to maintain a connection to a bygone time. Unfortunately, memories are not reliable. Your memories of things that happened years ago are not memories of those events, but memories of more recent recollections of those memories. The further removed from the time, the more layering of memories and the more errors there are. For this and other reasons, Wikipedia is not the place for you to record your memories of the Vietnam war, Welfare policies of the Reagan administration or how a defunct fast food chain added condiments to a cheeseburger. Instead, Wikipedia is for verifiable information. Information that does not exist in independent reliable sources is likely trivial and simply does not belong here.
Feel free to start a blog on another site and write down every last detail of every individual french fry you think you remember. Do not add it here. - SummerPhD ( talk) 00:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
-- 24.147.1.197 ( talk) 21:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC)Jacob Chesley
Yes, the chain was mentioned in an episode of "Mad Men". Yes, we've listed this appearance in popular culture. This does not tell us anything about the chain, other than the trivial fact that it was mentioned in an episode of "Mad Men". This is trivial: "simply listing appearances". Comments? - SummerPhD ( talk) 20:53, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Material added to Wikipedia must be supported by independent reliable sources. This is called " verifiability", one of our core priniciples. "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1975" is not an independent reliable source for material about Burger Chef for several reasons. 1) It is not independent of Burger Chef. 2) The reference is incomplete: There is no way to locate "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1975". I could easily say the instructions are wrong and cite "Burger Chef Assembly Posters dated 1974"; can you locate that source?
Additionally, as repeatedly stated, this material is trivial. There are, quite literally, billions of "facts" about Burger Chef: How much they charged for each menu item, how much they paid for each bun, who made the buns, what happened to the first "fixings bar" from the 26th restaurant they opened, who worked the longest as a fry cook, how much sodium was in their cheese, etc. Including everything would make for a pointless article. People will disagree about what is "important" enough to include. Our basic shortcut on this decision is simple: Did independent reliable sources discuss it. No, independent reliable sources did not discuss the funny shaped fry you got there the Thursday after your 11th birthday. Too bad. Put it in your blog. Yes, independent reliable sources probably do discuss who the founder was. Find that source, add the material and cite it.
The repeated restoration of the trivial material without discussion will stop. The editor in question has been repeatedly warned. Discuss the issue or you will be blocked from editing. First a short block, then longer blocks and eventually an indefinite block. Or collaborate and see if any of it can remain. - SummerPhD ( talk) 18:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
The article shows no pictures of Burger Chef in its glory days back in the 60s. We need to find public domain photos taken of the buildings and signs at that time, featuring the incredible Googie architecture. It fantastic--truly the classic American burger joint look! Rather than showing the boring corporate-style 80s logo in the info box (who cares), instead we could show a blinking neon sign from the 60s. That would make the article appear a lot more interesting and exciting. If you go to Google images you will see what I'm talking about. Garagepunk66 ( talk) 21:09, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
There was a Metairie Louisiana location we would eat at occasionally. I remember the lettuce was shredded and piled on big. I thought at the time that that may have been in keeping with the idea of a fancy burger, like more elegant. It was always a treat to go eat there because they were different than the other places. 174.171.79.18 ( talk) 00:37, 13 March 2023 (UTC)