Talk:Polo (sweet)

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[edit] Possible Copyright Violation

I believe the first paragraph of the article was lifted from a copyrighted section of the Nestle website and so have placed the notice detailing a possible copyright violation.

Please feel free to discuss this on my talk page. Pstuart84 Talk 19:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Reverted to pre-copyvio revision. Conscious 09:03, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
  • This article does not outline the difference between "mint" and "boiled sweet".
  • The "summer fruits" and "ice clear mint" "polo's" are wrapped individually, and of pproximately double size the ordinary "polo mint".
  • Today i found "polo's" in the same package and size as "ordinary polo's", but indeed "boiled sweets", and labelled "fruits" (small letters). Not "summer fruits". They spell "THE SWEET WITH THE HOLE", but display a white mint!
  • I do not know exactly how to present these details in the article.
  • The article should list the spellings/slogans as the are, not re-capitalized.
  • This article needs improvement regards completeness. It would be difficult for me to do it immediately. alex 12:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll put some stuff I know here since I'm not sure how to write it up formally:

  • I have never seen "summer fruits" and "ice clear mint" anywhere; the photos obviously proove they exist (the latter would appear to be like glacier mints)
  • Polo fruits do indeed exist, and have for a long time.
  • Also, the article does mention the spearmint and sugar free varieties. I believe there was also an "extra strong" version, not as strong as trebor, XXX or fisherman's friend though.
  • The minimints appeared in mint and orange. They were very small, about 5mm diameter and 1mm thick, but quite strong, and came in a plastic container shaped like a giant polo.
    • They were also available in another flavour, spearmint I think. I still have one of the big plastic polos from the other flavour somewhere, it is green with a clear front piece. I also have one of the white big polos, currently serving as part of a Hitcher fancy dress costume. boffy_b 10:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Polo 'holes' were also made; these were shaped as though to fit in the centre of a normal mint, and each had a letter P, O or L on it. These vanished after a short while.
  • Polo jellies were also made.
    • Weren't these slightly bigger than standard Polos? I remember them being about 1.5 times the diameter.boffy_b 10:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

And that's about all I know. 128.232.250.254 22:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Considering changing boiled candy to boiled sweet, considering usage in the country of origin. Your thoughts please 81.106.134.87 03:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bots

Omigod, I got beat to a revert by a bot. Gewehr

[edit] Whoever wrote this should be shot

Orange: As the lemon, but in an orange packet. Actually very tasty but the British public have never been one to embrace change.

deleted that from the article! Guns2006 13:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Since Polos are not just mints, and are all different kinds of sweet (candy), this article should perhaps be renamed. I'd perhaps do it myself, but I can't see the move tab. [1] doesn't seem to be much help... maybe I'm missing something. -Redrocketboy