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[edit] Change of name of article

I propose changing the name of this article from Skillet to Frying Pan. This is because skillet is a term only understood at large in North America, whereas Frying Pan is understood by all flavours of English. To aid general ease of use, and remove US-specific-terms bias, I am in favour of this. Others agree ?--jrleighton 01:46, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Very much so-I have just come to this discussion to make that suggestion. John 15:46, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

No real need - frying pan directs here anyway Robdurbar 12:16, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

But there are more links to Frying Pan, and it is more widely understood. The naming policy says: "Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature." On that basis I am going to move it. John 17:29, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

The page cannot be moved to Frying pan as it has been edited, so I have put it on requested moves. John 17:42, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


The result of the debate was Skillet moved to Frying pan —Greg Asche (talk) 02:08, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Voting

Frying pan is a much more widely understood term.

  • Support if I'm allowed to. John 17:47, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • OPPOSE other things have also been called frying pans, since frying pan is generic 132.205.45.110 19:29, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose In my region the two terms are basically synonymous and used about equally.—jiy (talk) 08:27, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Support If skillet in this sense is not widely known outside the U.S. then perhaps it should be moved to frying pan because to my knowledge both skillet and frying pan are used and understood equally in the U.S. However according to dictionaries skillet is also a British term referring to a kind of pot with legs [1]. I don't know how we should handle that.—jiy (talk) 09:54, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

There is only one meaning of frying pan in Chambers online. John 00:08, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

The question really is whether people outside of the USA would understand the term 'skillet'. Here in the UK - which I'm presuming is one of the largest English Wikipedia contributors after the USA - the term wouldn't be understood. I only came to this page having found a recepie on an American Internet page that referred to a 'skillet'. If this is the case in the rest of the english-speaking world, then 'frying pan' should be the page's name. Robdurbar 09:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] History section is original writing?

I'm impressed by the new history section, but wonder if it's original writing (in which case it needs cites), or copied from somewhere else. Unusual to find so much added in one swoop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FiveRings (talk • contribs) 17:33, 13 December 2006

[edit] Piping Component

I have added the basis for an article about a piping skillet. My understanding about what this thing actually is and why you would want one is somewhat poor. The only reason I added it is because it was referenced on some prints that I am reviewing and I had to look it up.--Dj245 14:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Traditional sizes

Hey all, could someone please add a list of possible sizes of frying pans? Are there maybe 6 or 7 traditional sizes? Do they come in every inch size? Or every half-inch size? Or maybe every second inch size?

Thanks -Rob —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.179.27.56 (talk) 15:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

It's all over the map - some are in inches, some are in centimeters, etc. Better to add a range. FiveRings (talk) 17:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)