Talk:Beer

Semi-protected edit request on 8 September 2024

Template:Edit semi-protected Page link does not work. 64.189.18.28 (talk) 04:24, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

What page link? Please be more specific. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 10:53, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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Ancient anaesthesia

• copy/paste (source Alcohols_(medicine)#Ancient_world):

Beer is one of the earliest known ingredients for wound healing. A medical prescription from Mesopotamia describes a method for healing wounds:

Pound together fur-turpentine, pine-turpentine, tamarisk, daisy, flour of inninnu strain; mix in milk and beer in a small copper pan; spread on skin; bind on him, and he shall recover.

• Add Template:Ancient anaesthesia

--94.255.152.53 (talk) 04:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC) 94.255.152.53 (talk) 04:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Wound healing is not anaesthesia? Would we expect to add any template to the articles for each of those ingredients? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2024

Template:Edit semi-protected change "numerous types of plants, spices, and other substances such as narcotic herbs, to numerous types of plants, spices, and other substances such as narcotic herbs, also known as gruit, that when heated incorrectly could cause hallucinations, and the specific mixtures were varied from brewer to brewer." Anthropol0gyinterest (talk) 00:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Encoded  Talk 💬 20:25, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are outlined below:

• The article has several uncited statements, including entire paragraphs.
• I don't think the lead summarises all major aspects of the article.
• The formatting could be improved. Some sections are quite long and could be broken up with additional headings (my recommendations is four paragraphs maximum before a new heading) while the "Top-fermented beers" section has short one-or-two line paragraphs that should be merged together.

Is anyone willing to address these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

{{Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Beer/1}}

incorrect fact in first paragraph

The first paragraph states "Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks in the world, the most widely consumed, and the third most popular drink after water and tea."

Coffee is also more popular than beer, it is also arguable that soda and/or juice is also more popular. This can be found with simple Google inquiries. The sentence would be better off reading as "one of the most popular drinks in the world" instead. Retromegabit (talk) 09:25, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

OK, I'll fix it now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:28, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Even if that's a fact that "can be found with simple Google inquiries", I think it needs to be supported somewhere in the article main body, with some RS sources? I can't find anything there at the moment. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:45, 2 April 2025 (UTC)