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Requested move 24 April 2016

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Lemon drop moved to Lemon drop (candy), no consensus for other moves. Created a redirect from Lemon drop (confectionery) to Lemon drop (candy). (non admin closure) InsertCleverPhraseHere 05:37, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



Not very visible in Google Books that the distinction between "d" for the sweet and "D" for the cocktail, but here "d" is consistently maintained. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:29, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Confectionery" is a fairly obscure or esoteric term in North America, and my understanding is that it doesn't mean the same thing as "candy" - candy is one type of "confectionary". I doubt anyone in the US or Canada would refer to a lemon drop as a "confectionery". As this is a North American invention I don't think "candy" will be a problem. IMO Skittles (confectionery) is also misnamed; at any rate there's no consistency in how sweets are disambiguated on Wikipedia (ie here), and "(candy)" is commonly used.--Cúchullain t/c 15:19, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Per the article, "Lemon drops originated in England".
wikt:candy: sweet-tasting confectionery or a piece of confectionery. synonyms: confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australia)
wikt:confectionary: foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies. synonyms: candy (US), sweets (UK)
It's hard to distinguish the difference between candy and confectionery; these articles look like content forks to me.
So, in evaluating this for close, it seems impossible to choose a parenthetical disambiguation without simply counting votes or tossing a coin. wbm1058 (talk) 02:36, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, my impression was they were invented in the US and popularized by the Army. But the England claim is cited here.--Cúchullain t/c 03:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Lemon drop (candy) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. -- Netoholic @ 06:50, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]