Talk:Barbecue

message: The last part needs verification that it’s not just nonsense and a citation if it’s not just nonsense. 2601:87:C480:10:F5AC:F479:BA89:D045 (talk) 17:47, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed this because it looks a lot like false etymology. Dictionaries are pretty much agreed that the word barbecue comes from a Caribbean/Native American origin. Not sure how this crept in, but the article is better off without it unless there is a very good source.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:53, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: "American English usage in the Southern US, grilling refers to a fast process over high heat while barbecuing usually refers to a slow process using indirect heat or hot smoke, similar to some forms of roasting."
These usages are well-established throughout the nation.
SteGenevieve (talk) 23:24, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. . –CWenger (^ • @) 01:03, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why just "Southern U.S.," in the text below? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. Closing early per WP:SNOW.  (non-admin closure) ~~ Jessintime (talk) 23:21, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Barbecue →  – Time to switch away from the current title as it's use is depreciated. BBQ is by far the most common spelling (395.000.000 for "bbq", 185.000.000 for "barbecue" and 47.200.000 for "barbeque"). It's also in the meriam-webster and the oxford english dictionary. Youth of today don't know the old spelling anymore and we should move with the times. Of course we should still keep the old spellings listed as alternative spellings. 46.11.216.98 (talk) 09:57, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia articles are based on the WP:COMMONNAME, not how many times something turns up in a Google search.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 13:55, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You were the one arguing that BBQ was not the most common form in other variants of the English language. I only proved to you that that is not true. --46.11.216.98 (talk) 18:39, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

text: --46.11.216.98 (talk) 18:31, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't know what you're talking about. Academic sources are what we use to support sociological and anthropological information on Wikipedia, and news sources should only be cited in an article like this to support the occurrence of news events concerning barbecue or if they quote an academic authority. This is an encyclopedia, not a sub-Reddit or Ehow. Your cites of newspapers and TV shows are lame sources for this article. "How to nail a Summer BBQ" and "This hidden BBQ joint is taking Dubai's food scene by storm" are laughable. Here's a sampling of Google Scholar query results for "barbecue", and here's Google Scholar results for query "BBQ", among which the top ten results are BBQ as an acronym for "Bias Benchmark for QA" and "Blended Browsing and Querying", and one about "Trace metal contents in barbeque (BBQ) charcoal products". Carlstak (talk) 19:17, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

text: News sources and signs may use it to save space, e.g., in headlines and newspaper columns, but it is generally pronounced as a word and more formal in tone as a word. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:35, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

text: See WP:BLUDGEON. Replying to everyone who disagrees doesn't help.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 29 April 2024