Talk:Kirsch

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"Black Forrest" ist a direct translation of "Schwarzer Wald", but since the Schwarzwald is a region in germany where the cake comes from, it should be written als "Schwarzwälder cake"


 * Good point. However, the Schwarzwald is known in English language indeed as Black Forest. So, I reverted your change (and wikified Black Forest). Simon A. 15:44, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


 * But, imagine, there is even an article on Black Forest cake. ;-) Simon A. 15:48, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Article states "Kirschwasser is sometimes drunk by itself." but never discusses any other method of drinking it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.132.221.211 (talk) 16:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Half empty
Why do so many of the booze pages have pictures of bottles that are largely devoid of the item the article is about? :P --StarChaser Tyger (talk) 02:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * To ask the question is to answer it.Wahrmund (talk) 04:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Kirsch v. Kirschwasser
This article started out at Kirschwasser and was moved to Kirsch. The summary says that the latter is the commoner name. The article as written assumes the longer name. My inclination is to move it back to Kirschwasser, but rewriting it would also be a resolution. Opinions, please? -- BPMullins | Talk 18:16, 3 July 2010 (UTC)


 * "Kirsch" in Germany is just an informal shortening of Kirschwasser. "Kirschwasser" has the German dictionary entry. Of course, "Kirsch" is much more common in English-speaking countries. Since this is the English Wikipedia, I'd be inclined to let the article stand as it is.Wahrmund (talk) 16:29, 4 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Support return to Kirschwasser. Every instance I've encountered on English Wikipedia uses the long form. The short form is already used in the opening sentence following the long form, which should be sufficient. I recommend moving the article back to the long form. I will open a request move discussion directly below. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 02:39, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

❌ per discussion below. If you have a compelling argument to reopen the discussion, you are asked to create a new page move request, instructions for which are found at Requested moves. Thank you. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 19:55, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 26 February 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved by strong consensus. Andrewa (talk) 09:46, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Kirsch → Kirschwasser – This article was moved 12:15, 15 January 2008‎ from the long-form Kirschwasser, to the short-form Kirsch. It has been proposed to return this article to it's previous long-form name. I have encountered English Wikipedia articles which link to this article using the long-form. The only instance I have found of the short-form being used, is in the opening sentence of this article following the long-form. Links should be corrected when a definitive decision is reached. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 02:53, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Kirsch is the very clear WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:43, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose No references cited to show that the longer name is more common. 162.208.168.92 (talk) 15:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose after checking books usage (ngrams). Kirsch is an order of magnitude more common in English. Dicklyon (talk) 06:38, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
 * For those who don't know what Ngram is (such as myself), here is a link to the article Google Ngram Viewer. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 19:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Some sources missing.
The article describes Kirschwasser as being not sweet and says "[t]he best Kirschwassers have a refined taste with subtle flavors of cherry and a slight bitter-almond taste that derives from the stones" but gives no sources to back up either statement. These statements should have sources to back them up. Otherwise, it's best to assume they are assumptions or opinions and not facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddiespencer1 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 14 August 2010 (UTC)


 * You are quite correct. This is mentioned within the lead of the article, but is not verified within the body, nor is there a reference at this time. I will apply Template:Not verified in body. Thank you for your observation. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 17:10, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Edit links
The 'Edit' links for each section are appearing unusually large to me, in multiple browsers. I've not noticed this on any other page, but also can't find the source of the error. Is anyone else experiencing this; does anyone else know more about what's going on? greymullet (talk) 13:32, 8 March 2016 (UTC)