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Strongly oppose merge with Nonpareils. See that article's talk page. Beginning to wish I'd just left Sprinkles alone. --Mothperson 16:12, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Plaigarism? I think this article contains material written by a different author. Check out this old Philadelphia Inquirer article. Specifically, the two paragraphs in the Inquirer article after "Here is some history." are word-for-word what you see in this Wikipedia article. I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to put this: I've never contributed to Wikipedia and don't know how things work. I just wanted to point this out. EDIT: this information was added to the article on 15:54, 23 February 2006 from an anonymous user at IP 65.96.145.49 --Darius

I removed this: ``It is also worthy to note that "jimmies" only refers to the sprinkles of a rainbow nature, and is not to be used to denote chocolate "sprinkles." since, at least in the Northeast (As the article states further on), "jimmies" definitely does refer to chocolate sprinkles as well as the rainbox variety. Cchiappa 00:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] British - Hundreds and Thousands

The article states that in Britain 'sprinkles' are known as hundreds and thousands, and may also be spherical. I am British, and have always understood the term 'hundreds and thousands' to exclusively denote the spherical nonpareils. The elongated type are usually referred to as sugar/chocolate strands, or by the Itailian, vermicelli. Does anyone disagree with this, or should the article be changed? 217.206.228.15 15:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree - and also (as Jimmys - see above) I would only refer to the rainbow coloured 'sprinkles' as 'Hundreds and Thousands'. Maybe this should be changed. Woodgreener 14:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. I know the elongated type as hundreds and thousands. 79.69.203.91 (talk) 18:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Definition 2-Sprinkles

I have created this second entry under sprinkles as there is another type of sprinkles worth discussing. It is a micronutrient powder used in the developing world to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sghi (talk • contribs) 18:33, 14 July 2006

The mis-formated entry was removed completely on the logic that another article covers its content, but Micronutrient Sprinkles (and perhaps Sprinkles Global Health Initiative) should have been lk'ed to and from this one, given the presumed role of the candy in promoting acceptance of the supplement and the potential for the young among their consumers being unclear which they received (and needing to know about both articles to know which one they are seeking). That's in addition to the Dab(s), which i do intend to work on soon (tho i'm not working on they articles beyond possible ToP Dabs).
--Jerzy•t 19:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Gosh - that looks like it was a fun party. It would have been great if we could have actually seen the cupcakes, though, since this is an article on sprinkles. PacificBoy 20:09, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I think there needs to be a picture of colorful sprinkles. The chocolate sprinkles are drab and they're not the only kind out there. We should replace the party picture with a colored sprinkle picture. It seems like the only reason that picture is there is because some parent wanted a picture of her kid on Wikipedia. --71.74.89.197 21:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jimmies

Thanks to whomever started the "jimmies" paragraph, as it is definitely warranted in this topic. In the northeastern United States (particularly New England), it is almost unheard of to refer to "sprinkles" (the elongated ones at least) as "sprinkles" because there at least they're "jimmies" without question. This will help to decipher the origins of this terminology. Jeff

I am about to clean up this section, a number of localities are mentioned in passing, and I really think it should be a list. Please make corrections and additions to the list. Codeczero 02:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Cleaned-up but the Just Born story seems to be slightly inconsistent with the company website. Also the bit about whether jimmies are chocolate only or any variety is suspect. In both cases I have no better info so I am not making substantial changes. (In my area, Delaware, jimmies were any variety) Codeczero 02:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
I have heard that "Jimmies" is a racial reference, possibly hearkening back to Jim Crow laws in the U.S. Has anyone heard this? --Joe 01:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I have never heard that and it makes little sense given the areas where the term "jimmies" is used. 72.144.103.202 05:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone provide citations for the 'origin' info referenced in the Jimmies section? Definitely different areas of the US use different terminology but would be a good idea to cite the origin of the term.Blckdmnd99 12:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I undid the "(most commonly in Boston, MA)" Jimmies reference from this version. It seems like a random speculative statement. Just getting started on here so not sure if this falls under an official policy or not, but if anyone disagrees, please let me know. Blckdmnd99 03:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jimmies vs. Sprinkles - Act II

Hi folks. It's annoying to see random locations popping up in the article from time to time without there being a balanced view of the sprinkles vs. jimmies nomenclature for a wider range of locals. Can we discuss and find some consensus here first? I'll try and pull out the various locations from the past versions but if you know of a source that supports one or the other, please list it here. -DjD- 11:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] huh?

What was this supposed to mean?

Most New Englanders consider sprinkles to be chocolate and sprinkles to be the multi-colored variety

OrangeDog (talk) 22:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyedit

Corrected a couple of typos and did some minor rewording which included touching on the sprinkles'jimmies/hundreds-and-thousands naming question. I think it's important to acknowledge that these other common names exist for the little beasties in the lead, and it can be done without trying to label them one thing at the expense of the other names, or getting into the abstruse technicalities of which one is which according to the confectioners' dictionary! -- Karenjc 18:55, 8 May 2008 (UTC)