Talk:Dole Whip

message: So... it's a pseudo-food made of things that are generally used to make other foods thicker? --205.201.141.146 21:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: Yes, it is gluten-free, dairy-free, etc. Yes, here is a list of flavors. We can do this with any product: pull up the company's website and regurgitate what they have to say about it. This is basically advertising.
Sugar, stabilizers, preservatives, colors and flavors mixed with water is "gluten-free". So are lollipops, Kool-aid, American cheese, bottled water, rice cakes, etc. None of that is noteworthy. How can we tell? Because independent reliable sources have not seen fit to discuss it. "Soft serve" is virtually ALWAYS gluten-free. Saying this soft serve is gluten free is like saying Poland Spring bottled water is not fried: it is true, but meaningless. We might as well mention in Tom Cruise that he breathes air to provide oxygen to his cells.
This entire article is similarly troubled. The Mousekateers seem to feel this stuff is notable. There is little to indicate that it is. Blogs raving about soft serve, mentions in travel guides and coverage from the company do not make this product notable. I'm thinking a redirect to Soft serve might be appropriate here. - SummerPhDv2.0 00:52, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
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message: I've replaced the very long list of vendors with a simple "widely available". I don't see any point in listing more than 20 mostly unsourced vendors. Meters (talk) 22:09, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Widely distributed in the US

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message: Sorry, I've never edited any articles on wikipedia, and do not feel comfortable trying.  However this statement on the article for Dole Whip is misleading and the citation used does not support it... so I'm hoping someone more experienced might change it.
"Similar or identical desserts modeled after the Dole Whip but not manufactured or served by Dole are generically called pineapple whip."
Pineapple Whip is a product that existed before Dole created Dole Whip.  Saying that pineapple whip is modeled after this singular product misleads readers into believe that this company is the originator of this type of dessert.
The citation used after this statement (cite note 3) explicitly states that pineapple whip was created in the mid-1970's in Springfield, Missouri.  Additionally, this magazine dates pineapple whip being made in 1974.
I do feel a little silly and pedantic asking for this sentence to be re-worded (or removed if deemed necessary)... but I also feel justified because there was prior discussion about Dole Whip being notable. Pineapple whip, as regional & seasonal street-food, does have more news articles discussing it and its founder than there are blogs about it (such as NPR, the magazine The Feast, and smaller local publications like The Springfield News Leader).  As a dessert, it is consistently described as a type of soft serve... so if my little quibble is used as justification to redirect to the Soft serve article then that's perfectly amenable. 192.190.140.32 (talk) 04:48, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading statement