Talk:Chopsticks

Problematic IP edits
An IP editor has repeatedly inserted a paragraph copied from Customs and etiquette in Chinese dining. The following problem list was placed on the editor's talk page: I have started this thread so the editor can try to gain WP:CONCENSUS for changes. BiologicalMe (talk)
 * 1) They lack a proper source. WP:RS
 * 2) Wikipedia is not a source for itself. WP:CIRCULAR
 * 3) Copy-pasting text between articles has specific requirements that were not followed WP:CWW
 * 4) You cannot shift responsibility for your edits to another editor as you did in the summary here.
 * 5) If you are describing the information as strange, as you did, you shouldn't be adding it to an article.
 * 6) The text was clearly marked to show that it was problematic. It never should have been copied.
 * 7) The inappropriate paste followed " ", a link which will take users to that exact text. That defeats the purpose of linking. MOS:LINK.

Earliest Reference--Contradiction?
The text states, "The earliest known textual reference to the use of chopsticks comes from the Han Feizi, a philosophical text written by Han Fei (c. 280–233 BCE) in the 3rd century BCE." Later, it states, "Confucius' reference to chopsticks in his Book of Rites suggests these items were widely known in the Warring States period (c. 475–221 BC)." The latter seems earlier than the former. Should the text be revised, or this is a reference to the date of the manuscript rather than the date of the composition of the work?--216.15.56.15 (talk) 23:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Debatable image description
The description of the first image, which starts with "Various chopsticks, from top to bottom", appears to go through several meaningless edit conflicts.As we all know that melamine is a toxic substance, the idea of manufacturing chopsticks with it seems impractical.

When I check the history, I find that the image was uploaded in June 2007, with its description "Plastic chopsticks from Taiwan".I haven't examined the whole editing history (only back to year 2020), but as far as I could know, the unreasonable description just came from conflicts between editors from PRC and Taiwan. Someone changed "Taiwan" to "Chinese", then another changed "plastic" to "melamine"; all in all it appears hilarious but meaningless.

I think we could change it to the very first version, or "Taiwanese plastic chopsticks" for unified format. Thanks for reading. 2A0C:59C0:1:0:0:0:0:10AA (talk) 11:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Changed it back Mrfoogles (talk) 06:42, 20 July 2024 (UTC)