Talk:Poutine

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Google doodle

I missed it, but a couple weeks ago there was a Google doodle of poutine (news story here, Google's page on the doodle here) which resulted in it being the most popular Google search term that day (in Canada). This article topped 48k pageviews that day, an all-time high, significantly higher than its DYK appearance on Canada Day 2019. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:16, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

"Shawarma poutine" listed at Redirects for discussion

File:Information.svg The redirect Shawarma poutine 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 Template:Slink until a consensus is reached. Edward-Woodrow :) _[talk] 18:04, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Result: Delete – Reidgreg (talk) 12:47, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

"Chicken Poutine" listed at Redirects for discussion

File:Information.svg The redirect Chicken Poutine 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 Template:Slink until a consensus is reached. Edward-Woodrow :) _[talk] 12:13, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Style question

Should French-language quotes be italicized, in the same way that stand-along French terms are? (e.g. "ça va faire une maudite poutine" -> "ça va faire une maudite poutine") dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 03:29, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

This can be a confusing point. There are several small MOS sections which provide some guidelines on foreign-language quotations and whether they should be italicized. Reviewing these, I feel that the overall rule is to use italics sparingly; the quotation itself sets the quoted material apart from the surrounding text and adding a second layer of styling can give it too much emphasis. If it's understood from context that it's non-English, italicization isn't necessary. If I was quoting something that had one or two non-English words amongst English words that weren't otherwise stylistically differentiated and could confuse the reader, I might use italics. But if the whole quote is non-English, or the non-English parts are otherwise differentiated, I probably wouldn't use italics. Some of the guidelines:

• MOS:QUOTE (from the main MOS page) says Template:Tq A little further down under MOS:CONFORM it provides an example of nested foreign quotes Template:Tq with no italics.
• MOS:ITALQUOTE says Template:Tq It does not specify English/non-English. It notes that italics are used in a quote for emphasis (it does not specify other valid uses).
• MOS:NOITALQUOTE Template:Tq
• MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE: Template:Tq and Template:Tq. This is perhaps the strongest statement in favour of italics, but I take the importance of it to be for verifiability purposes regarding Wikipedian-generated translations.
• MOS:FOREIGNITALIC: Template:Tq

Again, my take is to not apply multiple styles to the text. I should, however, check for the use of Template:Tlp templates throughout the article to improve accessibility. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:00, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Makes sense, I will probably refer to WP:BROKE in this case then. Thanks for the detailed reply! dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 05:12, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Place of origin = Canada, really?

The infobox parameter for the place of origin should be Québec. It's just propagating cultural appropriation to say Canada. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 06:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

This is a perennial issue raised here. Please read the previous discussions linked in the FAQ box at the top of the article Talk:Poutine/FAQ. Like many editing disputes where nationality is involved, this has the potential for becoming a WP:LAME edit war. This has already been discussed to death. If you have something Template:Em to add to previous discussions, please do. Otherwise, I suggest leaving things as they are. Wikipedia is about summarizing what is stated in reliable sources, not a place to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

The question says Template:Tq, yet it's pretty explicit in the infobox. It would be best to just remove those parameters from the infobox altogether. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 15:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

The parameter Template:Para is left blank. Maybe check how the infobox is used. For the lead, the lead paragraph says "Quebec" or its derivatives seven times and "Canada" is only shoehorned in once as the last word of the paragraph. I've spent enough time on this. Happy editing. – Reidgreg (talk) 05:44, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Poutine in Russia

Searching in Russian in Google and Yandex (the most popular search engine in Russia) for the query "potato rasputin" (картофель распутин) does not give any results related to poutine on the first 5 pages. The query "potato poutine" (картофель путин) immediately finds the dish and several restaurants that serve it. https://www.the-village.ru/food/short-list/306113-shortlist-poutine. A link to a Russian site that mentions 3 places in Moscow that cook it. It also mentions "In Moscow, this dish often causes a lot of bewilderment", it is really not a common dish. 103.102.228.247 (talk) 05:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)