Talk:Bluefish

In general...
... with the exception of the point about cannibalism (see note above), this article is entirely consident with general knowledge and small-town news articles. All those big yellow warning labels seem like overkill. The only flaw I can see is incompleteness; a bit more information might be nice - like, I was wondering how long they live in nature if not eaten, but there's no clue in the life cycle section. (Are we allowed to add recipes? slow-cook over open fire, use good hardwood, preferably dead branches from a peach tree. Fish must be abolutely fresh or the taste goes off, and freezing is ruinous.) Chelydra (talk) 12:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No, that would fall under WP:NOTHOWTO. Toddst1 (talk) 16:19, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I certainly agree that recipes are HOWTO. On the other hand, listing common cooking methods is not HOWTO. Listing particular species of wood for grilling, I'd agree, is too much detail. Compare the information in the encyclopedia section (NOT the recipe section) of Alan Davidson's North Atlantic Seafood. --Macrakis (talk) 20:54, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * , any comment? --Macrakis (talk) 20:22, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * How folks prepare game fish for eating is generally not part of Wikipedia articles, and as I've said before, I don't believe it belongs in the article. Toddst1 (talk) 22:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The usual ways of preparing foodstuffs for eating are a central and important part of any article about the foodstuff. This includes both generic descriptions ("beefsteak is usually grilled") and specific dishes, such as Steak Diane or liver and onions or bluefish paté. Whether the foodstuff is wild (game) or domesticated is irrelevant. The details of specific recipes are of course excluded by WP:HOWTO, but it would be a major lacuna for the wheat article not to say that it is made into porridge, bread, cakes, etc. or for the pork article not to say that it is made into sausage. We have whole articles about the food uses of domesticated animals (pork), wild plants (fiddlehead fern), and so on. Even describing classes of recipes is common and useful: we have whole articles on that, like List of egg dishes.
 * None of this is controversial, and it follows the practice of other encyclopedias. --Macrakis (talk) 13:48, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * BTW, bluefish is not just a "game fish", like say bonefish, which is usually not eaten -- it is fished commercially and sold in fish markets. --Macrakis (talk) 13:49, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Common name?
Where is it called bluefish? What percentage of readers is likely to recognise the fish by this name? &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 16:04, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Fisheries have been calling it "bluefish" for at least 300 years. What exactly are you looking for by demanding "what percentage of readers" will recognize bluefish by name, when it's the most popular and best known of all fishes referred to as "bluefish"?Mr Fink (talk) 01:19, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Most English speakers outside of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 04:00, 27 August 2023 (UTC)