Talk:Colander

I've suggest that this article and chinoise (utensil) be merged into sieve (cooking). See Talk:Chinoise (utensil) for discussion. Make your replies over there to prevent split discussions.

Peter Isotalo 10:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hehe please keep the funny coment about the domestic battles on, its what wikipedia needs!

Proposed merger with Stainless steel strainer
Stainless steel strainer is just a duplicate article of colander. I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be merged. Wizard191 (talk) 14:58, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * A stainless steel strainer is a plumbing device - it's not used for food prep. FiveRings (talk) 06:39, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * FiveRings is right, but it's technically also used for cooking; not to mention colanders can be made of plastic/other stuff.


 * 7h3 3L173 (talk) 04:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Please, just use the illustration of the colander to determine if it's the same thing as a sink plug. Suggesting a merger just because they look the same is like saying all the motor vehicle articles should be merged "because they all have a steering wheel".--Rfsmit (talk) 22:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Metal vs. plastic
Conventionally, colanders are made of a light metal, such as aluminium[2] or thinly rolled stainless steel, [3] but some colanders are made of plastic or silicone - I've seen both metal and plastic colanders, without a specific preference for one or the other (maybe even a slight preference for plastic ones), so where's the link that shows us the proportion of metal vs. plastic ones? Sorry, too lazy to actually edit the article... Jalwikip (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Removal of "Pastafarianism"
The section which I just deleted about colandars being the official headgear of a flying spaghetti monster (pastafarianism) reads more like an article from "The Onion" than from an encyclopedia.

Let's keep unnecessary politics/religion and parodies (of very bad taste, for that matter) out of articles on kitchen utensils. This is not a tabloid newspaper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.229.161.150 (talk) 05:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I reinserted the paragraph. "Niko Alm" has 61,500 results in Google. "Pastafarian headgear" has 3530. If Flying Spaghetti Monster links to colander it is natural that colander links to Flying Spaghetti Monster. Fridek (talk) 18:13, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * That doesn't mean it's relevant to this article - not every linked article needs to reference the linking article. If biographical articles, for example, mention the kind of car the person drives, that doesn't mean the article on that car needs a list of everyone with an article who drives one. It's relevant detail to the biography; it's trivia elsewhere. PaulGS (talk) 14:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is a religion neutral page and if you do not agree with this stance, you should quit editing (or rather, deleting). Especially as your edits mean deletion of information that you dislike. If you delete this link once more, the only thing that can be done is calling an Arbitration Committee to review the case. And the review will definitely not be in your favor.span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.74.102.207 (talk) 13:20, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Pastafarianism is a mock-religion. It was created to mock believer. So I would change 'Religeous use' to 'Other usesd' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.63.98.213 (talk) 01:13, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I cleared out the irrelevant crap regarding pastafari headgear and pasted that into the pastafari article. That wikipedia is neutral does not mean remotely articles should be used as platform to spread the word about atheistic mockeries, especially not when it is given undue weight. BP OMowe (talk) 17:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)