Lastly, when posts draw immediate interest, like this one, would it not be more productive to post to the thread the need for some minor cleanup?

That would be a slippery slope. I would have to keep checking back to see if you added sources. Is it too much to ask for you to just archive the relevant yelp pages and include a link? Probably already archived, actually. Try searching the yelp page for comet in archive.is. Pick the earliest result. Voila.

another thing if you find the Guy Fieri show profile on CPP, the pizza comes out all burnt and shitty looking - JA clearly does not know how to make pizza to save his life. the reviews match.

video was everywhere the week this broke, but can't find it anymore

there is this:

http://www.greatamericancountry.com/video/pizza-at-comet-ping-pong-0207483

more reviews here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/dc/washington/comet-ping-pong-restaurant.html

"We traveled to DC from Florida and when we got there there was only 1 other group in the restaurant. We sat there for 10 minutes before my daughter asked someone to take our drink order. They still took another 5 minutes before the owner came over to take our order. The pizza was just ok, but it was expensive and not a soul in the room had an ounce of personality. Will not be going there again."

"The service was terrible. We had to beg to get a drink and then had to wait forever for our pizza order. One pizza was burned the others were frankly just ok. Would not recommend this place to anyone."