Talk:Lemon squeezer

Squeezer or reamer?
This article partially conflates citrus squeezers, which often use a mechanical lever or linkage to compress pieces of citrus, with citrus reamers, on which a citrus piece is rotated to extract juice. The latter article is an unreferenced stub about a very specific subset of all such tools, and seems unlikely to develop on its own.

I suggest combining the articles into a single, coherent and consistent article, perhaps under the title "Citrus juice extractor". Other suggestions for the title are also welcome for consideration. The various other common names (lemon squeezer, orange juicer, lemon reamer, grapefruit juicer, etc, etc) can all be listed together in one place as alternative terms.

I have removed some material specific to the Philippe Starck Juicy Salif design, and moved it into an independent spin-off article focused on the specific design and critical commentary about it. That will keep this article more balanced in its emphasis. Reify-tech (talk) 00:11, 12 February 2022 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 16:53, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * There's also some overlap with Juicer and Fruit press. Taking 1 step at a time, the suggested merge with Citrus reamer seems sensible to me. Maybe Citrus juicer would be a simpler name for the merged article. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:20, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I would oppose a merger, as lemon squeezer is a more known term than something like citrus extractor. Citrus reamer is a separate tool and if anything, it should be merged here. I don't see any reason to merge. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 15:15, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I like the term Citrus juicer as suggested above. There is even more content scattered across several articles than I had realized previously. I suggest bringing the citrus-related content to this article, mentioning the other commonly-used names, and also redirecting them to here. The term "lemon squeezer" is sometimes a misnomer applied to tools which do not squeeze and are really reamers, and which are often used for other citrus, notably oranges and grapefruit. Of course, there are true lemon squeezers sized and designed to squeeze lemon or lime slices, and they should continue to be covered here.
 * Overall, I think the term "citrus juicer" has the right level of specificity and generality for this article, and is not misleading or confusing for non-native English speakers. Reify-tech (talk) 18:12, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I would support merging the two to Citrus juicer. I did some work moving content between this article and the reamer one to make them more consistent, but I think having them as separate sections within a larger juicer article (and not limiting it to lemons) makes sense. --Ahecht ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK