Talk:Hedgehog Flavour Crisps

Capitalisation
Do you think that the page title (and all uses of "Hedgehog flavour[ed] crisps" as a brand name) should be capitalised? As a proper noun, we should be capitalizing all words in the name, unless there's strong evidence of prevailing usage to the contrary. The lowercased version can still be used as a description, but not a name. —  RAVEN PVFF   · talk · 11:23, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Ravenpuff, yes I think you're right. I've made the change and will update the dyk hook- Dumelow (talk) 17:14, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Word Choice
Is 'gypsy' the correct word choice? I'm unsure on what the manual of style's guideline is, but I know that while back in the 1980s when these were sold 'gyspy' was the most common term, now it varies from "dicey" at best to "just a full on slur" at worst, with my view leaning towards the latter, based off of what some British friends have told me. Pokemonprime (talk) 10:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * No idea. The wording comes from this 2017 Shropshire Star article, not just the 1984 Evening Standard  and the 2007 book (reporting a 1992 Wall Street Journal article) - Dumelow (talk) 11:01, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * As I say, I have no knowledge in this area and the wording only reflects the sources used. However I note there seem to be plenty of organisations representing the community that use the term. Eg. londongypsiesandtravellers.org.uk, gypsy-traveller.org, Leeds Gate: Gypsy and Traveller Exchange, Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group etc. - Dumelow (talk) 11:07, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Fair enough then, just wanted to raise the concern. Pokemonprime (talk) 11:12, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

I'd argue that the word 'gypsy' needs to be removed from the article - it's a slur and few people who are part of the community would permit that word to be used, and especially not by people outside of the community. It's considered highly offensive to Roma people. I'm deleting it. Jennesy (talk) 20:17, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh, wow, someone beat me to it! Thanks! Jennesy (talk) 20:20, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Both your sources are American. "Gypsy" is the preferred self-designation of many Roma in the UK, as already evidenced by the list of organisations given above. Zacwill (talk) 14:08, 13 December 2023 (UTC)