Talk:List of candies/Archive 1
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List of candies?
Since candy is only used in the US. surely this should be called "List of confectionary"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.224.133 (talk) 15:39, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
Comments
This article is obviously in a very preliminary stage. Input on formatting, categorization, deletion, etc. are welcome. I think a centralized list of candies is useful. I intend to add sourcing, as many of the individual candies are notable, but where a particular candy isn't notable, this seems like a good place to include it. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:35, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
"Tasty Varieties"
I find that subjective. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.33.36.11 (talk) 22:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Rod candy
How about those "barber pole"-type hard rod candies? Badagnani (talk) 19:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Reqphoto
I have removed the request for photograph. There are many on Commons, I have added link to category on the article with on example image. I suggest added other you feel are useful to the article. Traveler100 (talk) 18:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
- I added a small gallery of representative types. Geoff T C 19:12, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Candy?
Why is this separate from candy?
Peter Isotalo 10:48, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- This is a list of candies. The candy article is a generalized article on the subject. I'm open to renaming, but I'm not a fan of "lists of" titles. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- This isn't a matter of personal choice as it is subject to generally accepted guidelines. See WP:LIST for details. A spade should always be called a spade.
- Peter Isotalo 14:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- I carefully reviewed the issue and this article is clearly more than a list. It is an article about candies that lists many of them and includes various other details and comments. It isn't just a list. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
- The article has been moved back. Duplicates of main articles that only differ in being in the plural are very clearly lists. Please look at WP:FL for how lists can be formatted. There are plenty of lists that are more than just bullet lists and tables, just like this one.
- Peter Isotalo 08:40, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- This is not just a list it is an article about candies. An article on books lists notable books, this article lists notable candies, but also discusses the types. Please move it back to the appropriate title. ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:49, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- I've read your arguments, but I don't think you're taking into account the general consensus for how articles and lists should be separated. Did you take a closer look at any of the featured lists? They don't differ from this list in any significant way. Lists often (briefly) discuss the things they list, but that doesn't make them articles. Did you read the guidelines concerning plurals? Articles are placed either in the plural or singular form. Only in rare exceptions (data vs datum) do both forms exist as separate entries or dabpages, but never just to use the plural of "foo" as a shorthand for "list of foos".
- Peter Isotalo 07:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
External links
The following links are inappropriate:
- http://www.annabelle-candy.com/ - blatant sales site, no actual information, not comprehensive; WP:ELNO points 4, 5, 14
- http://www.ecandy.com/memberlist.aspx - a membership site, with no information, that is about US-only companies, WP:ELNO points 5, 10, 14 and WP:CSB
- http://scienceblogs.com/worldsfair/2008/10/the_candy_hierarchy_anew_hallo.php - arguably, this may apply, but it's a blog by a non-notable individual, and seems to be an entry on a study. If so, it should be cited in the reliable source it is published in; WP:ELNO points 2, 4, 11
- http://http//www.candycritic.org/ - this link is dead. Why is it linked to?
Please do not re-add them without giving a reason in keeping with WP:EL. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 02:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Page Name
The page name means that the article becomes very USA biased (I added the world template to flag this). Can we suggest a better name? Something that will be more in keeping with the subject wherever we live. For myself, there is little way that anyone in the UK is ever likely to find this page - we never use the term (I only found it while Vandal Fighting), the term in the UK is Sweets.
Sweets jumps to Confectionery, I would suggest that page be called List of Confectionery (and the List of candies can re-direct to it and we could have the same for List of sweets. Ronhjones (Talk) 01:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- I see your point, but why not just redirect list of sweets to list of candies? Calling them confections seems broad. Calling them sweets would have the same problem in reverse that you point out with the present name. I also think candy may be more international than sweets (which are used to refer to things that are not candy in many places) but I don't have a source to back that up. Is there a way to share/split the name? I don't know. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
There is a disturbing tendency among UK editors to equate "international" with "not United States". Neither of the terms sweets nor confectionery are widely understood in the US (the home of 60% of the world's native speakers of English) to have this meaning. --Trovatore (talk) 10:39, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
What kind of candy is it called....???
Crispy candy....???
What kind of chemical used as a flavour enhancer
for 奶油酥心糖 at
???
--222.64.222.128 (talk) 08:29, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
产品标准号: Q/IBSC 3
--222.64.222.128 (talk) 08:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Flavor sprays
Are those worth mentioning? Dakane2 (talk) 02:29, 23 May 2010 (UTC)