Talk:Sichuan pepper

Revised page
Based on talk page topics and missing citations on the page itself, I've significantly revised the Sichuan pepper page. I focused on streamlining and corroborating text using citations from Chinese researchers and cooks (+ other Asian regions as appropriate), but as I'm neither an accomplished cook nor someone who grew up around Sichuan cuisine it would be ideal to have a more expert review of the page. Mozby (talk) 17:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Amazing job on the citations. I also really enjoyed your oped. HAlcibiades979 (talk) 22:53, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Seconded -- incredible to read about your energy and the philosophy behind your editing. Inspiring!  -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 23:37, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It is the constant effort of all us us who see things here and say, “hey, I could do better than that” that produces the continuous improvement that makes Wikipedia such a valuable resource. I also clicked through from your NY Times piece which was really compelling. Thanks! Ray Trygstad (talk) 03:31, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your article. I am an amateur compared to you, and have stuck to article of which I have firsthand knowledge, but I also cherish the feeling of setting the record straight. Mfrphoto (talk) 08:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I enjoyed it too.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:48, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Not sure what happened
After reading the NYT op-ed, I was rather disappointed with article's current state. Curiosity struck, and I seem to have been mislead. The original article from Mozby's rewrite in 2020 (see diff) is much better than the current one.

I'm not sure how/why this article has deteriorated, but the fundamental structure has been altered to misplace citations everywhere. For example, see my recent change, where a citation has been moved far from its target sentence. Practically all mention of Korean and Indonesian uses have been removed.

Admittedly, this should not be much of a chore to fix back up, but very strange indeed. I suppose this is the result of traffic from the NYT article to the WP one?  Aza24  (talk)   21:19, 2 July 2024 (UTC)