Talk:Dr Pepper/Archive 3

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2015
The text: In Romania, it can be found only in larger cities, imported from Belgium. should be: In Romania, it can be found only in larger cities, imported from Poland, with a reduced amount of sugar and artificial sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame k).

Mariusbug (talk) 16:03, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2016
| manufacturer=PepsiCo


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. clpo13(talk) 22:11, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I have removed your duplicated requests. Repeating the same nonsense over and over will not get your message across. Please communicate exactly what you are suggesting, and explain it. Are you suggesting adding Pepsico as a manufacturer in the infobox? Are you suggesting adding the Pepsico transclusion at the bottom? If so, then please support your suggestion with an explanation. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:28, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

No mention of the Dr Pepper energy drink
... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.234.82.194 (talk) 00:46, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌ -, it's unclear what you wish to accomplish here. Maybe digging up some references would be helpful. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:56, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

It appears to be a German product reviewed in this Dr Pepper - Energy Drink YouTube video — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShadowProwler420 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2016
Can somebody add the Start date and age template from the current "|introduced = 1885" to {start date and age|1885|12|1} to correspond to Dr. Pepper's official founding/serving date of December 1, 1885?

71.163.81.242 (talk) 22:17, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: The U.S. Patent Office recognizes December 1, 1885, as the first time Dr Pepper was served is tagged with "Citation needed". Do you have a reliable source that backs this up? — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 22:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

one wrong word in jingle
In the "Marketing" portion of the article, it mentions one of the Dr. Pepper jingles with the following: The song noted "It's not a cola, it's something much much more. It's not a root beer, you get root beer by the store."

This should be changed to "It's not a cola, it's something much much more. It's not a root beer, you get root beer by the score." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Underdog77 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 6 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The request looks correct, but can we back this up with a source? — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 00:56, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The suggested change is wrong too. The last phrase is "there are root beers by the score." One can find plenty of sources, like old video recordings on YouTube. These sources aren't citable though. ~Amatulić (talk) 07:13, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2016
The 10 2 and 4 slogan additionally was a slogan based on studies in the 1930's showing that sugar levels dropped during those times of the day and therefore "Have a Dr. Pepper at 10'2'4" became their slogan. Reference : 'American Pickers' season 15 episode 4 highlights- first bottling Dr. Pepper Company mentions this

DanielRexHamilton2012 (talk) 23:40, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2016
The "|discontinued = 2016 (Dr Pepper from The Coca-Cola Company)" line should be removed, as the rumors that circulated are untrue as per this article: No, Dr. Pepper isn't being discontinued so please calm down

ShadowProwler420 (talk) 21:13, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks for the tip. Looks like lingering vandalism from Mattmeine, a suspected sockpuppet operator. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:57, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Both this and the Pepsico product page list Dr Pepper as being manufactured by Pepsico. I don't see any source backing those claims up (either cited or through Google), and it looks like Mattmeine is behind them. Mcsnee (talk) 20:01, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

But what is it made of?
This is a very interesting article but nowhere does it mention what Dr Pepper is made of. I have been informed thatit was first marketed as a digestive aid and was mainly made from prunes. Can anyone clarify this and then edit the answer into the page please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.43.136 (talk) 21:54, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * If you have no cite, it's just as much a rumor as it has always been. Regarding the formula, you'd have to be one of a few people to know any such thing.  I'd say it's based on water. - Denimadept (talk) 22:59, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * It is not made of prunes. See the official FAQ on their site: http://www.drpepper.com/info/products/drpepper/faq/ --92.72.31.249 (talk) 06:54, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Still - the article should contain information about the controversy of this "myth" instead of relegating it to the discussion page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:FFC0:3C:4542:8A7A:79F7:E81D (talk) 05:51, 1 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree. When I was a child, I remember when my father (who's now in his 80s) tasted Dr Pepper for the first time, not knowing what it was, he exclaimed happily "This is carbonated prune juice!" (He liked prune juice). Since then, I have observed a few other people familiar with the flavor of prune juice trying Dr Pepper for the first time and being surprised at the similarity in flavor. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree as well. I recently had some queries about the Coca-Cola formula, and Wikipedia was extremely helpful there, but I was disappointed with this article not addressing the well-known prune juice rumor.  I just added the following:
 * As with Coca-Cola, the formula for Dr Pepper is a trade secret, and allegedly the recipe is kept as two halves in safe deposit boxes in two separate Dallas banks.[3] A persistent rumor since the 1930s is that drink contains prune juice,[3] but the official Dr Pepper FAQ refutes this with "Dr Pepper is a unique blend of natural and artificial flavors; it does not contain prune juice."[1] The origin of the rumor is unknown; some believe it was started by a deliveryman for a competitor trying to cast aspersions based on prune juice's laxative effects,[3] but it may simply be because many people feel that Dr Pepper's unique flavor tastes similar to prune juice.[4][5][6][7]
 * --Dan Harkless (talk) 12:04, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2017
That is the true story of dr. pepper. His son took it to Waco when he died. Waco did actually make dr pepper, but the formula was made in Rural Retreat VA, http://www.appalachianhistory.net/montanip/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Rural_Retreat_DrugStore_Master_.204190910-500x279.jpg

No mention of the Dr Pepper grave site in rural retreat VA as well. Ajgaylo (talk) 18:42, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
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Distribution addition
Hi, Dr Pepper can now be bought in Colombia, imported from the U.S. AndyPandy001 (talk) 10:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

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Varieties section
The varieties section is kind of bad. Noticeably so for someone that doesn't typically edit pages.

The first sentence in this section, where it currently says "Dietetic Dr Pepper was introduced in 1962 (cans) and 1963 (bottles)" should read "Diet Dr Pepper was introduced in 1962 (cans) and 1963 (bottles), originally under the name 'Dietetic Dr Pepper'". Maybe "Diet Dr Pepper (originally Dietetic Dr Pepper, briefly Sugar Free Dr Pepper) was introduced in 1962 (cans) and 1963 (bottles)." Bolding a name that has not been used in 41 years when referring to a product that both still exists as a multi-million dollar brand and is much better known by its current name is anachronistic, particularly when the article itself notes that its old name caused poor sales and led to consumers believing it was for diabetics. Also, its first citation is now a dead link, which probably needs to be looked at and flagged.

The third citation for Pepper Free shouldn't be a link. It's literally a link to the home page for Beverage Digest and never actually pointed at any particular article. I also kind of question why any of this is even here when multiple diet products offered by the company, right now, are not, but it at least manages to meet verifiability and existed.

"Caffeine Free Dr Pepper (not diet) was first released in 1983 due to the success of Pepper Free" is contradictory because of the section literally directly above it, is not attested to in the 'press release' quoted by the original editor as a citation, and searching for the text of said press release online literally only returns the wikipedia page and other sites that have copied the entire wikipedia page. The citation should be tagged as 'verification needed' at minimum, the sentence should definitely be changed immediately because the citation - if it passes verification somehow - doesn't back its claim, and "(not diet)" should probably be removed because it doesn't seem to fit basic writing quality standards, though for this I can't actually cite a wiki guideline off the top of my head.

I can't and won't go through the rest of the varieties section but it's really in need of clean up by a more experienced editor. The section is about 800 words, writes extensively about eleven different products making claims that I can't find confirmation of anywhere left and right, and has three citations. A lot of it reads as either 'original research' - if you can really call subjective description of a product's flavor research - or literal advertisements for many products which may or may not exist. Either way, someone needs to seriously review it, or at least fix the writing quality and slap a "citation needed" at the end of (almost) every sentence.WillGeoffreys (talk) 10:32, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2017
For "Other Products," you forgot Dr Pepper Twizzlers! NakedAndLaughing (talk) 22:08, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
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Marketing
Since Steins;Gate 0 just released this past month on Steam PC with an English translation, consider adding-in after that Steins;Gate 'Dk Pepper' blurb some more info-- that in this new game's worldline/timeline setting of SG0 (the main character of SG1 got a 'Bad End' and thus created the alternate timeline of SG0) it is now called 'Dr. P' with the period after 'Dr' included-- there is also a brief beverage history mentioned in T.I.P.S. File #42 that 'Dr. P' is (this is the exact, official US translation text from the Steam PC version) - "the abbreviation for a type of carbonated beverage first served in America during the 1800s. At present, it's only available in eastern Japan and some other small areas.  It has a very unique taste, and its secret recipe is a combination of over 20 flavors."

2601:483:4C80:1C70:8D51:65D3:90F9:2207 (talk) 01:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)vergible
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Edit request
The first sentence of the Dr_Pepper section is marked "citation needed". I looked up old Dr Pepper trademarks on the USPTO website and found confirmation of the year but not the exact date claimed. Also, the statement that Dr Pepper was "first served" on a particular date cannot be corroborated by the USPTO so the current form of words is definitely wrong. The USPTO will recognise the first time a particular name was used in commerce, since this is important in trademark law.

The best record I found was as part of a trademark registration from 1948:. If you expand the Goods and Services section you'll find the information "Used in Commerce in Another Form: THE WORDS "DR. PEPPER" WERE FIRST USED IN 1885." Note it's the use of the name "Dr. Pepper", with a dot, not the more modern "Dr Pepper".

Based on all that, my suggested edit is to change the opening sentence of the History section to:
 * The name "Dr. Pepper" was first used commercially in 1885.

88.111.133.219 (talk) 17:33, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done, thank you. Gulumeemee (talk) 05:01, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

PepsiCo mistake
PepsiCo is now the distributor only in Canada. In Poland they dropped them for Orangina Schwepps a few years ago. See Polish Wikipedia for info and sources as I’m not adapt enough in editing to put them here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.147.42.217 (talk) 12:13, 16 January 2019 (UTC)