Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brânză topită


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 04:26, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Brânză topită

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Brânză topită should be deleted because Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Besides, brânză topită (= melted / processed cheese) is not a traditional Romanian cheese, as it was first produced in 1911 in Switzerland, from where it spread all over the world - in Romania it has been produced only since 1930. For a more thorough discussion of this topic see also fr:Discussion:Caş/Suppression and fr:Wikipédia:Pages à fusionner. Burghiu (talk) 13:26, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * see also fr:Discussion:Brânză topită/Suppression and es:Wikipedia:Consultas de borrado/Brânză topită. Burghiu (talk) 06:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  —Burghiu (talk) 13:26, 19 March 2011 (UTC)


 *  Keep  Articles about varieties of cheeses are much more than dictionary definitions. Nominator seems to feel that there are inaccuracies in the article.  Fine. Please use your knowledge to improve the article, referencing reliable sources in any language. Thank you. Cullen328 (talk) 15:26, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * you've got me wrong - brânză topită is just the Romanian term for processed cheese, it is not a variety of the "processed cheese" you can find in your cheeseburger in LA, in Manchester or in Sydney. The brânză topită Romanians can eat in Romania was invented in 1911 by Walter Gerber of Thun, in Switzerland just as any other processed cheese one can eat anywhere else in the world. The Laughing Cow is an example of brânză topită, just see for yourself and, if you want, see also here. Burghiu (talk) 16:07, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * If this is simply the Romanian name for "processed cheese" and does not describe any cheese product specific to Romania, then I change my recommendation to Delete. I trust your judgment on this, Burghiu. Is that what you are saying?Cullen328 (talk) 05:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * That's exactly what I'm saying: brânză topită is the Romanian name for processed cheese. The Romanian name is similar to the French fromage fondu and to the Spanish es:queso fundido which literally mean "melted cheese" and which translate into English by processed cheese. The confusing element is that while Romanian, French and Spanish are Romance languages (which often permits to translate phrases literally from one language into the other), English is not a Romance language and one cannot translate literally from Romanian or Spanish to English. If "melted cheese" sounds odd to a native speaker of English is because it is a literal translation from Romanian or Spanish and it is at the same time the wrong translation for "processed cheese". Burghiu (talk) 06:29, 20 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete As a Romanian speaker, I can validate Burghiu's point. Dahn (talk) 10:29, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - I like to keep the article but as per nominator, there are no references and it a brand of Cheese which is a generic term. --Visik (talk) 00:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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