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view · edit Talk:Poutine/FAQ Q: Why is the cuisine nationality of poutine not explicitly stated? A: This has proven controversial amongst editors, whether to call it part of Quebec cuisine and called "Canada's national dish " without taking sides. Q: Why isn't this poutine recipe, french fry dish or festival in the article? A: We can't hope to include every such instance. Focus has been given to illustrative and historically notable examples.

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Article milestones Date Process Result April 30, 2019 Guild of Copy Editors Copyedited June 7, 2019 Good article nominee Listed A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 1, 2019. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards? Current status: Good article

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I missed it, but a couple weeks ago there was a

The redirect Shawarma poutine has been listed at

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

The redirect Chicken Poutine has been listed at

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)[reply]

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:CONFORM
  it provides an example of nested foreign quotes The cynical response "L'auteur aurait dû demander : « à quoi sert-il d'écrire ceci ? » mais ne l'a pas fait" was all he wrote. with no italics.
• MOS:ITALQUOTE
  says Do not use italics for quotations. Instead, use quotation marks for short quotations and block quoting for long ones. 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 It is normally incorrect to put quotations in italics. They should only be used if the material would otherwise call for italics, such as for emphasis in the original (better done with {{em
  }}) or to indicate use of non-English words.
• MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE
  : Quotations from foreign-language sources should appear with a translation into English and When editors themselves translate foreign text into English, care must always be taken to include the original text, in italics. 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
  : Wikipedia uses italics for phrases in other languages and for isolated foreign words that do not yet have everyday use in non-specialized English. Use the native spellings if they use the Latin alphabet (with or without diacritics)

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

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)[reply

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This is a perennial issue raised here. Please read the previous discussions linked in the FAQ box at the top of the article

WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply

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The question says Why is the cuisine nationality of poutine not explicitly stated?, 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)[reply]

The parameter |associated_cuisine= 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)[reply]