Talk:History of candle making

Every one of those related links should be removed.

To be deleted?
According to "BrownHairedGirl" (30th March 2008) this article is under consideration for deletion. According to "DGG" it is notable and sourcable. Assuming "BrownHairedGirl" is correct then, yes I wrote it originally, and I did so at a time (Nov 2005) when it was not a requirement for any sources to be given. Indeed the main Wikipedia "crime" at that time was to commit "copyvio" i.e. using sources too literally. For me to go through the article again and retrieve all those sources from the web and add them to an appendix of sources is almost like asking me to write it again from scratch. I can't be bothered. I am happy for this article to be deleted. Certainly I have seen far worse but my priorities are currenly elsewhere. Ogg (talk) 18:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Without commenting on what the policy regarding citations was at any given time, may I request at least a few pointers as to where you might have gotten some info you used for sources? It isn't a requirement that the sources be put in by the person who wrote the article, although that is of course helpful...others can pick it up and make the article better. If you have any ideas where to get other editors started, that would be helpful. Isaacsf (talk) 18:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've added references for the first paragraph, using a google books search, I'll look for more in the next few days. ascidian  | talk-to-me  23:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Perhaps I was naive, but I went through all the major countries of the world and searched Google as follows:
 * candles France earlist
 * candles China earliest, etc

candles were first made in china by george washington —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.148.24 (talk) 03:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This yielded about 50 references. Am I going to go through the whole process again? Sure as heck no.Ogg (talk) 03:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Early European Candle Inconsistency
"In Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, where lamp oil made from olives was readily available, candle making remained unkown until the early middle-ages." then later "The first candles to appear in Europe were made by nomadic tribes in the late Roman era" Clearly inconsistent. Does anyone have any information that can be used to clarify this? Mtpaley (talk) 17:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Sentence doesn't make sense
This doesn't make sense: "The word zhú 燭 in Chinese originally meant torch and could have the Warring States Period (403–221 BC);" Wakablogger2 (talk) 22:06, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Introduction of wax candle to Europe
During the 13th Century, the Port of Bejaia fell under the control of the Hafsid Empire when they conquered Tunis. Trading with European ports like Marseilles, Genoa, and Naples, the Port of Bejaia introduced the wax candle (in French, "bougie").

From http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/DZA_Port_of_Bejaia_1418.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.121.204.129 (talk) 18:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Egypt made candles first?
According to the National Candle Association, Egyptians made candles as early as 3000 B.C.E., and Romans before that. Are we disregarding this information for some reason? Krychek (talk) 15:08, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Smell of tallow due to glycerine: It is not, since glycerol has no odour. It is due to impurities in the fat that are extracted in the glycerine fraction       ( Wikopaedia on glycerol states it to be odourless, refined glycerine contains only glycerol and water )John Foxlee  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.168.28 (talk) 08:57, 21 April 2016 (UTC)