Talk:Freedom fries/Archives/2015

Why does this article exist?
--Macarion 22:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Why shouldn't it? Nadim Scolris 17:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Not everyone even today is familiar with this--although it was unavoidable in the US in spring 2003, but Wikipedia is much bigger than the US or 2003. When this subject is long past topicality, and some nostalgic comedian makes a Freedom fries joke, or some kid in twenty years reads the term in an old newspaper and wonders what it means, they will be able to find out. Djcartwright 08:44, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

This is a great article. Thanks to whoever put it up, and whoever maintains it. You make Wikipedia a happy place. Paul Haymon 12:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Liberty Cabbage doesn't exist as an article. Should someone build that? Just because the article is well written and maintained does not mean that it deserves to be its own article. This should be a subsection of French Fries. Cliff (talk) 16:21, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Past tense not fully accurate
The lead states "was a short-lived name". Just up the road from me is a small family-run grocery/gas station/deli kind of place, that still lists "freedom fries" on their menu board. While I don't expect the language to be changed, and I realize the HOR venue was the iconic symbol and source, I'm not sure the past tense is very accurate. Actually, as I read it in the first sentence, an hour after seeing it on a sign, I am left to wonder if there is a single word in teh article that is accurate. Maybe a footnote stating that it hasn't quite died out yet? If I see no comment on this I'll come back and do it in a week or two... or three... Huw Powell 02:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The sign I referred to still says Freedom Fries. I am very tempted to add a footnote mentioning this. Huw Powell (talk) 06:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sadly, my photo opportunity ended in late 2008, as the establishment in question closed down (sold the land their shop was on) and when they reopened a "portable" operation on their adjoining lot the following year, the freedom fries were once again French. Huw Powell (talk) 01:26, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There are still people who use Betamax, that doesn't mean that it was not generally a short-lived phenomenon. Cliff (talk) 16:54, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Noteworthiness?
Is there any reason why this page should still be extant?
 * Yes it has become a part of the world's history. --188.103.164.209 (talk) 13:14, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I disagree. I think this should be a subsection of French Fries. Perhaps some of the information can be moved to Anti-French sentiment in the United States. Liberty Cabbage doesn't exist as an article, but redirects to sauerkraut. This article should be similar. It is but a footnote of history, and is already remembered with a chuckle.Cliff (talk) 16:31, 21 January 2015 (UTC)