Talk:Snickers

message: There used to be a 'text' about the variations of Snickers - why isn't it here anymore?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.165.5 (talk) 15:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Where's the Variation-part?

message: Somebody ought to mention the event in 2005 when 3 million Snickers and Mars Bars were destroyed to due poisoning of several bars in New South Wales, Australia.
:That can be you! Feel free to do so! --Cool CatTalk|@ 18:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Poison

message: What was wrong with my disambiguation line linking to Snickers (workwear) that caused User:That Guy, From That Show! to revert it? That line was totally in keeping with standard Wikipedia practice, so I'm restoring it. If anybody has a problem with it again, please explain why. Tgirl 11:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I should add here that I've created a Snickers (disambiguation) page, since there were (when I moved them) two alternate meanings. Fourohfour 13:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation reverted

message: The web-link http://static.highbeam.com/s/scotlandonsundayedinburghscotland/february112001/marathonschmarathon/ is dead, and the Internet Archive doesn't seem to have kept it.
HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 10:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Knickers" reference 

message: This article states the Almond Snickers was released in 2002. The almond version has been available in continental Europe since at least the mid 80s. Ben W Bell 12:06, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Almond Snickers 

message: Hey - what happened to the picture of the bar in UK Marathon wrapping that used to be here?  There were a couple of images - a Marathon wrapper as per the 1980s I think, and then a version from the 90s with "Marathon (in big writing) Internationally Known as Snickers (in smaller writing)".  I thought these were great - where did they go? (end unsigned comment)
: The image itself was removed from Wikipedia, presumably because it hadn't been tagged correctly and no-one bothered to fix it within a reasonable time. Fourohfour 13:45, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Images of UK Marathon Wrappers

message: As we know, the Snickers bar are covered with a brown packaging. But I'm sure that some years ago (in the 80's), the Snickers was covered with a red packaging. Anyone who remebers this, or even have a picture that can be added to the article? Hipporoo 00:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The packaging

message: I demand coverage of this ad campaign. 69.166.172.169 08:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I demand that you read wikipedias Civility policy page, and I demand that you make your own edits. Zanusi 10:56, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Snickers Guitar Guy

message: If no one objects, I am going to remove this dead link.
^ The Marathon candy bar, Christian Science Monitor, Home forum 1999-03-18
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Serenacw (talk • contribs) .
:The link should be fixed now. -SCEhardT 04:19, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Link 

message: I'm not convinced that Marathon became Snickers in the UK in 1990. I'm sure it was during my time at university, which would put it as 1985-1989. Unless my memory is playing tricks, I recall a vending machine in my hall of residence still had Marathons in, when shops sold Snickers. Can anyone find any alternative citations? — Tivedshambo (talk) 20:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That would more likely be due to the supplier of the machine still having an old marathon shipment.  Residence halls usually buy in bulk on the cheap and aren't always up to date. There are still some vending machines that I have seen that have the ill fated green Starburst. Point being I think the statement is still correct as your evidence is anecdotal at best.
NegroSuave 18:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree - I can't prove anything, which is why I didn't change the article. But what I'm saying is that if I remember Marathons being nearly "extinct" in 1989 or earlier, then the name change must have occured before then. I just raise this out of idle curiosity. — Tivedshambo (talk) 19:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of renaming 

message: Anyone seen this? To a NASCAR audience??? My guess is that we will soon be writing here about The Mother of All Ad Blunders. --Justanother 04:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This should have its own wikipage --Lincoln F. Stern 21:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha, they pulled the website. I knew it! Hope someone archived them. --Justanother 23:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: No, it will blow over quickly if it has not already. They dropped it fast, too. I do like "legacy of Snickers', tho. . . "Into the West came a bar and not just any bar . . ." smile. --Justanother 21:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone said that one of the alternate endings, with a third mechanic wanting in on the "Love Boat", was found acceptable by gay groups. Does anyone know which ones? I wasn't even aware that the alternate endings were used anywhere but the voting website. San Diablo 20:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accidental kiss 

message: Does the "Australian recall" section really belong here? I mean, it is really that important in the scheme of things in Snickers history? I don't think so. Tens of thousands of products have had recalls of some sort, somewhere in the world, and we don't devote sections to them. Nor should we. Similarly, I don't think coverage of a Snickers Super Bowl commercial should dominate such an enormous chunk of the article when it's already pretty much forgotten. wikipediatrix 22:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australian recall 

message: I noticed this variation on Snickers was absent from the list, but I wasn't sure if it was already listed under a different (previous?) name instead.  The only notable bits are the 5 grams of protein touted on the label and the absence of nougat. Pedoleon 05:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snickers Xtreme edition 

message: There was a paragraph added to the general description of the item in question that had copy/pasted information added to it from later in the page. Is it really necessary to explain what the Snickers bar was called in the UK twenty years ago in the general description? It's already explained in its own section of the article.
Also, the citation for the added paragraph in the general description is dead.  The paragraph has been removed. Dovo 09:13, 6 August 2007 {UTC}
: The paragraph was re-inserted because;
: * Alternate names are generally briefly mentioned in the intro/overview section
: * It's permissible for the intro/overview to cover material that is covered in more depth later on in the article. In fact, this is quite likely with longer articles.
: * It's not a straight "cut-and-paste", although there is some similarity in the wording.
: * Yes, the reference was broken. It would have taken 30 seconds to find a suitable replacement (as I did), but it's obvious that you wanted to use this as an excuse to remove the material instead. Fourohfour 19:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing the Article 

message: Does the football page or an archive of it still exist? If it won so many awards and accolades, then we should see something of it to demonstrate its worthiness. 24.177.128.131 16:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Football webpage 

message: I've seen an ad for Snickers with Mr. T in it.  Basically, the guy falls over and pretends to be hurt when Mr. T arrives in a tank, saying "Quit your gibber jabbin, you aint hurt, you're pathetic" he then throws a Snickers bar at him, saying "Why can't you act like a real man? If I catch you acting like a crazy fool again, you're going to meet my friend pain!" After that, he drives off, before saying "Snickers, get some nuts!" before taking a bit out of it.
Thing I'm not sure is if it's just a New Zealand ad or not. 121.72.32.58 20:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, we have it here in the UK as well. Zanusi 10:54, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr. T Ad 

message: Where does the name come from? According to Snickers (workwear), it comes from a Swedish word meaning "workmen". But what is the chocolate bar named after? JIP | Talk 20:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Snickers"? 

message: The article states a fried Snickers packs 8,500 calories. I believe that may be a typo for 850, but I cannot find the source of the citation listed.Stagebear 17:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fried Snickers Calories? 

message: Maybe this section can be worked on now that some time has passed since the SB? Thanks, --70.109.223.188 (talk) 12:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fact tags added to SB commercial section

message: I know it says that Snickers was made in the 1930s, but can it be more specific. --213.83.125.225 (talk) 13:08, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Founding date

message: The link in the 9th citation is broken. The article doesn't seem to exist anymore. Someone who knows a little more about what to do in this situation should take care of it. GStick (talk) 20:20, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Citation 

message: Who is they? The Mars company has a favorite horse, what the fuck does that mean? did they regularly pole the plant workers to find out their favorite horse? If you are going to add somekind of enigmatic information like that, how about explaining it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.34.130.22 (talk • contribs) 17:32, 1 November 2011‎
:Good point, looks like the original editor meant "the favourite horse of the Mars family", not the company. --McGeddon (talk) 17:48, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horses 

message: I reverted an edit to change the header to read that Snickers is a "chocolate bar" because it is normally referred to as a "candy bar". But, the article candy bar is just a redirect to chocolate bar, implying that any candy bar is just chocolate. So, I didn't want to imply that this revert was because of vandalism as it was obviously meant to avoid the redirect. However, this also brings up the question... Should all references to "candy bar" be changed to "chocolate bar"? -- kainaw™ 20:08, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Candy bar/Chocolate bar 

message: This article says that the bar was introduced as Snickers but as Marathon in the UK and Ireland. It isn't really clear where it was introduced as Snickers. Does it mean Worldwide or maybe America since the link is to foods of America. I did wonder after reading it. Are Wikipedia articles seen as American by default? Or where the product is from but without details of what this is? Shouldn't there be a country or countries listed where it was actually called Snickers to begin with?
I'm not mentioning this in a picky way but because I didn't even have knowledge of whether Snickers existed outside of the UK and am too young to remember Marathon bars, I did want to know and it just isn't clear!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.246.8 (talk) 02:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Mars, Incorporated is an American company. Unless otherwise noted its products are assumed to have been first released in the US. --Khajidha (talk) 12:47, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduced where as Snickers? 

message: "Enrobed in chocolate" ??????????????? Who the fuck wrote this? Are corporations supposed to be allowed to write their products entries in wikipedia?
:It is an actual process, see the wiki entry for enrober. Covered would actually be non-encapsuled, like frosting on a cake that does not go on the bottom surface.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 19:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think "slathered in chocolate" would also mean the same thing and not read like a quote from a copy writer. Or just "coated" which is a word normal human beings actually use. I also like "encapsulated in chocolate" or maybe "enslaved" or "bound" in chocolate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.192.181.76 (talk) 19:27, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would prefer "cloaked in chocolate". Big difference.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.189.128.14 (talk) 11:53, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jesus Christ! 

message: I want to point out that the Joule values given in this article are incorrect.  The conversion factor between Joules and calories is 4.2 J/cal, but a food calorie is actually a kilocalorie, or 1000 calories.  So a 280 calorie Snickers bar contains not 1200 J, as listed in the article, but 1.2 MegaJoules.  This is a common error which occurs several places in the article.
Sincerely,
Cslageewiki (talk) 14:24, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Joule values in this article 

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message: Since this section is about the 1984 Olympics, why does the title refer to 1986, a year in which there were no Olympic Games?188.230.248.85 (talk) 15:27, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks. Next time, feel free to be bold and make the edit yourself. You can, you know! Cheers! Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 15:43, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  '1986 Olympics' 

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message: This article is mostly about ads. I have to admit the texture is awful. It's sticky and hard to chew on, nothing like Twix from the same company, which is more like a cookie. --92.74.25.112 (talk) 20:42, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of the actual product missing 

message: should we mention the fact the the nougat contains recycled Snickers (as in, using proto/nougat-less bars in the nougat, which also reduces waste)? An episode of Snackmasters revealed that. Visokor (talk) 16:23, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  recycled Snickers 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians! Yes, you read the header right... If some of you aren't aware, there was recently a controversy (but more of a troll) on Twitter where Snickers had removed a raised chocolate squiggle, resembling a vein, which was amply nicknamed the "Snickers dick vein" due to its phallic nature. My curiosity comes into play as to whether this would be relevant or not in the controversy section as this was a fairly popular meme on Twitter, even as far as getting Mars Inc. PR folks involved from the official Snickers account. TIA. KnightCamelot (talk) 02:18, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snickers "Dick vien" controversy/troll 

message: Noticed a couple controversies in the main body that are pretty old and can comfortably fit within the existing Controversy section. The King-Size controversy was more than 15 years ago and the recall more than 20, so this seems like an easy way to help. I know it's a big move for an IP edit, but I noticed the article's logical flow could be improved so easily and couldn't resist making the edit while passing through.  Feel free to revert if you really think the article's controversies should be inserted somewhat haphazardly around the article like they were, rather than consolidated in the Controversy section, but hopefully there will be agreement that this was helpful. 49.228.245.135 (talk) 06:28, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consolidating Controversies 

message: The redirect Snickers dick vein has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 14:55, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Snickers dick vein]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: They have no or minimal information mentioning any ingredients as I can tell (feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken). The ingredients are listed on the packaging which is the most reliable source. I could source a photo under CC of an EU label if needed but the list of ingredients are not in English, so an NA package would be preferable in my opinion. 2A01:36D:118:4B5A:1565:24DD:F607:BFA5 (talk) 04:21, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for ingredients are irrelevant.