Talk:Pibb Xtra

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Does anyone have a source for the polyhedral can claim? Noser 02:38, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * I've seen such cans, although that doesn't really count as a source... --Delirium 09:54, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm having a really hard time finding *anything* that can help me prove this. Still looking, though.


 * Found one picture: note the second can in the selection of Mr. Pibb cans. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy)  10:46, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Why does someone insist on claiming it's sold in most of the United States? It is not. It is available in a very limited area. Most people can only get it in fountain drinks-there are only a handful of states this product is actually sold in. My sources are the huge amount of internet sites of people trying to locate it. Anyone who thinks it's widely available is apparently lucky enough to live in the very limited amount of places it is sold. 50.38.237.102 (talk) 00:17, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

"As of 2019, it is sold in bottles only in the United States" does this mean it's only available in bottles (aka it's no longer available in cans), or that if you want one in a bottle you have to go to the US? I assume the intention is the former, but the later is the more literal reading. Vita10gy (talk) 18:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Currently unknown for Canada. From a personal experience in the US, however, I'd like to think that the Freestyle/ fountain drink machines are the most common format of availability for Pibb Zero. For Pibb Xtra, the most common format is bottled, being found in gas stations and with cans being found in supermarkets. Coolcam6578 (talk) 18:53, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Pibb vs Dr Pepper
I've added a citation to the first line about mr pibb competing with dr pepper. Apparently when coca-cola first released mr. pibb, they had a "mr. pibb challenge". In the article from 1973, "That was W.W. Clements, the balding, genial, Dr. Pepper-swigging president of the company...mouths nothing but the friendliest of words for the Coca-Cola company and their Mr. Pibb challenge. "Better to let sleeping dogs lie," President Clements says softly. 'Our sales have actually improved since Mr. Pibb came along.'" Brtw2 (talk) 07:27, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Pibb Zero
According to the article, it's only been released in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. It's now available in Missouri. Does anyone know, has it been released nationwide, or is it just available in Missouri, or even in southwest Missouri? -Rt66lt 00:12, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

it is also in Louisiana Jude86 06:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but I know they also sell it in Wisconsin.

I'll try to find a website that lists its areas, but everywhere I've seen says limited. -- AMFilmsInc (and, Action) 01:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

You can find it in Western IL, but only through the food store chain Hy-Vee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.46.54.14 (talk) 02:47, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

careless editing
What happened to the humorous sentence about "Though the video Lazy Sunday suggests that Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = crazy delicious, this hypothesis has not been confirmed. Further study has been promised"? I found that very amusing and am extremely disappointed to see that someone has callously removed it.

In general, I've noticed the wikipedia snobs don't like humor, no matter how light or funny, in their pages, unless it is a direct fact that might happen to be funny.
 * I hate to be a downer but, Wikipedia articles aren't about humour, they're about appropriate, informative information about various topics that can be of assistance to people. ARandomHeretic UTC 02:41 2 November 2006


 * Is it OK if I'm an upper and a downer? --

If you want humor, go to urbandictionary. Wikipedia is about information. Do you see jokes in the World Book? -- AMFilmsInc (and, Action) 04:35, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Pibb Xtra.jpg
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Coke cans with faceted sides
Back in the 90's I noticed this on not only a Mr. Pibb can, but other Coke products as well. Being a curious geek, I even wrote up a study of it using Excel. I'll not bore you with the dry analysis, but the end result was that by using a 30 faceted can they saved a small amount of aluminum in each. My computations showed an 'extra' can being available for every 600 or cans produced. I have sent an inquiry to Coca-Cola asking for confirmation of their existence and the reasoning.

Ha ha, awesome. -- AMFilmsInc (and, Action) 04:36, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

NPOV?
The article states that some people think Mr. Pibb is better than Dr. Pepper, however, there is no opposing viewpoint.NodPilot42 21:42, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it's better, and my cousin thinks it's better. That's "some people".

No matter what something is, if it has a competitor, "some people" like it better. It's common sense. -- AMFilmsInc (and, Action) 01:24, 14 November 2007 (UTC) Personally, I like the hint of cinnamon taste of Pibb, but I like Dr. Pepper too. Given the choice, I prefer Pibb. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpesci7822 (talk • contribs) 12:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Trivia section
I am going to wait a week, and then I will come back and nuke any unsourced statements in the trivia section, and incorporate the survivors into the main article. There is a ton of unreferenced pop-culture drivel in this article (more than half the article is composed of the trivia section) and none of it adds anything to the article or to Wikipedia. Horologium t-c 15:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I nuked it, after more than a month of waiting.  Horologium  (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Huh
Odd, I'm in the midwest (Wisconsin), and we serve Pibb Xtra at work... but can't buy it at Wal-Mart. Dammit. To make matters worse, nobody bothers to brix the soda properly so it always tastes flat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.71.168 (talk) 04:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

In a few gas stations in western Michigan, I have found Pibb Xtra in the 20 oz bottles sold individually cold, but none in the grocery stores or Walmarts in the area. Although Pibb is available in quite a few restaurants in their fountains. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpesci7822 (talk • contribs) 12:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

RATING PLEASE
Could someone PLEASE give this a new rating, i have done significant work to improve the quality of this article and would like it to be updated to start status. Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.126.219.2 (talk) 01:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Typo
There appears to be a typo on the page:

"More data is needed to access whether this marketing strategy worked."

I'm pretty sure that word is supposed to be 'assess' and not 'access', but every time I change it it gets reverted back and I get a message accusing me of vandalizing the article. But 'assess' isn't a dirty word, honest! 74.137.166.161 (talk) 02:02, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Data is also a plural word, so it would actually be "More data are needed..." If you want it to remain singular (as in "is needed") then you have to use a word like "information," not "data". 69.120.2.107 (talk) 17:32, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Cola?
Is Mr. PiBB considered a "cola" as labeled in the article? Dr. Pepper isn't considered to be a cola in the Dr. Paper article. Do the ingredients contain kola nuts? 75.27.239.112 (talk) 03:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Good luck finding a cola that contains kola nuts. Pepsi and Coke are both artificially flavored. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.46.54.14 (talk) 02:50, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Typo and Cola
That is a typo and I will try and get that fixed, thanks for youre time on that. Also I think the cola reference is just used to describe any soda that isnt a fruit flavor, but ill research that. Thanks.

I seem to recall and advertising campaign (in the UK) that explicitly stated that Dr Pepper was NOT a cola. I guess Mr Pibb therefore cannot be considered to be a cola, since it is main rival to Dr Pepper. Just as a point of interest, is Mr Pibb caffientated? Maybe that's what qualifies it as a cola, if so...

82.5.68.95 (talk) 12:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

The "guy" who hated Mr. Pibb?
"In 2000, there was a guy with the last name Pibb. He hated that there was a soft drink with his name. He was not fond of the soft drink so he sued the company and won. Therefore, a year later the company had to change the name to Pibb Xtra and add additional flavors to have a believable reason for changing the name."

This is uncited and written in an unprofessional way. I'm removing the sentence. Whoever originally added it is encouraged to try again. Sarcen1174 (talk) 22:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

That is absolutely ridiculous.

Even if a case like that did reach court, the man would never win. Rik Maksen(Talk here) 22:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

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PiBB or Pibb and why?
I've change the article to use "Pibb", but the BB version exists even here on the talk page. What's up with that, what's proper and why? Perhaps the article should state? LilHelpa (talk) 16:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

I arrived here from the American Dad! The Vacation Goo episode; the link is of the BB version as well. 71.111.23.79 (talk) 19:38, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The cans and logo for "Mr. Pibb" alternately used "PiBB" and "PIBB". That's not a reason to consider either an "official" spelling instead of "Pibb" (and "Pibb Xtra" has no funny capitalization), but that's probably why someone decided to type it that way on Wikipedia. --64.149.36.182 (talk) 06:21, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure that someone will erase this statement after I write this. But, I should tell you that no one calls this soda Pibb extra. Everybody calls it by the traditional name of either Mr. Pibb or Mr. PIBB. I have worked in the food service industries for several years at various companies. I don't have the ability to cite this, it's my opinion based on experience. If it helps, you can ask anyone who has experience in the food service industry, and I'm sure they will tell you the same thing. The company might as well change the name back, considering that no one uses the current name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pross001 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

23 flavors
it says mr. pibb has 23 flavors, the source it cites doesn't say that. and the only other places I see that obviously copied off of this article. I know dr. pepper has 23 flavors, this is too much of a coincidence, so I am removing it. 67.176.160.47 (talk) 19:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Mariana Islands
The Mariana Islands are a part of the United States. Guam is a United States Territory and the Northern Mariana Islands are a United States Commonwealth. Saying that the soda is sold "in the United States and the Mariana Islands" sounds utterly moronic, similar to saying "the United States and New England." It comes off as shoddy and amateur and should be removed or changed to, "the United States including the Mariana Islands." 210.23.84.66 (talk) 12:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Only problem with that is... When people hear "United States" they think of the continental 48, Alaska, and Hawaii. Most do not think of Puerto Rico, Guam, Mariana, Virgin Isles, or Somalia. Heck, most people have no clue exactly how many islands are technically a part of the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.46.54.14 (talk) 02:52, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Um...did you mean American Samoa? 216.96.138.233 (talk) 17:37, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Footnote link from Texas Monthly newspaper / magazine no longer available
This link, used in the first footnote, no longer leads to any article: http://www.texasmonthly.com/1973-02-01/business.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.162.1.16 (talk) 14:05, 22 March 2013 (UTC)