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KFC is on here because apparently "some locations include a buffet". There are lots of restaurants that maybe a few locations have a buffet, and lots of other issues in buffet service. This can be covered by articles, there is no benefit to having a
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of NOTDIR, which clearly states just that. They are also not understanding what "without context" means because "buffet restaurant" is plainly defined both by the intro and the linked article
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I have noted this in the past too but it's an argument for clearly defining what is a buffet restaurant and cleaning up the list, not deleting it.
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