often to do with exactly what you ve just done by using the American POV word even if non American english speakers object I m not necessarily advocating a change but confectionary doesn t seem anymore neutral to me than candy From the American perspective sweet is used much much more than confectionary Also perhaps this is biased but if there s a dispute as to which country s term ought to be used shouldn t the fact that over 2 3 of native English speakers reside in the United States be factored into the discussion In other words isn t the prevalent usage of a word in America essentially the more prevalent usage of the word in general Absolutely not Following your logic then this would be usa wikipedia org However since it s en wikipedia org it caters for all English speakers all over the world The guidelines specifically say that no one national variety of English should be favoured over any other in general and where possible internationally neutral compromises should be used The term confectionery is internationally neutral as belongs in an international encyclop dia If you want to start a usa only version then be my guest in the meantime we all use the international one talk I really don t understand this discussion I myself am not a native English speaker but have had a thorough English education There is different word use on wording and spelling in English as in other languages language is never static and not invented by an organisation but spoken by people Even dictionaries don t include all words immediatly on use Is the word google a verb Is it in a dictionary Will it be in the future I really see no need for this discussion if there are many POV s read wordings the best way to be NPOV is to include all POV s with a note on where they came from and where they are used I m removing the list of candies because it doesn t give you any information you wouldn t get by just clicking on the Category Confectionery link Further these category pages keep themselves up to date The list in this article only lists a fraction of the candy articles 01 50 Jun 16 2005 UTC Removal of branded names from candy types Should we remove such things as Reese bits from candy types It s too specific and what s worse brand specific Candyarian What s the adjective for someone who eats only candy Various options that spring to mind depending on how long they ve been doing this for include fat and dead If you do have a reason to use the term I m sure there s no law against coining candyarian to serve There is some paranoia against using words that aren t in the dictionary but I doubt most dictionaries include the word eats The important thing is if you re understood and if it suits the context Of course candarian is a bit dangerous because it s based on a dialect specific term you might find Australians then discussing lolliarians Perhaps it could be based on confectionery which is dialect neutral albeit formal thus giving confectionerian I imagine a confectionarian is someone who eats places that sell confeck rather than the confeck itself probably no better for your long term health e h j Sweet toothed Talk Influence of Atitude This artcle fails to mention the considerable effect of the altitude of the place where the cooking is done to the temperature corresponding to the various stages Are all people interested in candy ftlanders or lowlanders Candi Crete Would this be important The Arabs installed the first industrial sugar refinery on the island of Candia or Crete around the year 1000 The Arabic name for Crete Qandi meant crystallized sugar History of Food Maguelonne Toussaint Samat Translated by Anthea Bell Barnes Noble Books New York 1992 p 549 554 unsigned comment ArthurianLegend on 2006 08 03T04 17 00 Alas Toussaint Samat is a really really unreliable source full of legends and misinformation and since she doesn t footnote most of what she writes there s no way of verifying it Take a look at the htt