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Tanner Garrity (2020-12-10). "The Real and True History of Julius Pringles, The Man on the Can". InsideHook. Retrieved 2020-12-11. A little over a year ago, I found a goldmine. The Wikipedia page of Pringles.
Andrew Heinzman (2022-03-25). "The Pringle Man's Name Is an Epic Wikipedia Hoax". Reviewgeek. Retrieved 2022-03-25. Platypus Man asked his former roommate, Michael A. Wiseman, to help invent a fake name for the Pringles mascot. They landed on "Julius Pringles," a derivation of Julius Peppers, who was playing football on TV at the time. The duo then added a single line of trivia to the Pringles Wikipedia page—"the man depicted in the Pringles logo is actually named Julius Pringles."
Alex Hern (2022-03-30). "TechScape: When Wikipedia fiction becomes real life fact". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-31. Julius Pringles began his existence not in a marketing brainstorming session at Kellogg's HQ in 2013, but in a college dorm room in 2006, when two freshmen quietly inserted the name into the Pringles Wikipedia page as an element of lighthearted vandalism:
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Sour cream and chive

At some point, Pringles in the UK *possibly* used to market "Sour Cream and Chive" flavour. Weirdly the actual evidence for this seems to be scant and honestly all I could turn up was a bunch of r/casualuk threads started by people who (like myself) vehemently insist that this did exist at one time and has been replaced by "Sour Cream and Onion". And this is regardless of whether the flavours were actually different. Anyone have any definitive sources either way? 84.92.44.244 (talk) 12:56, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

why this a lock,, I can edit too

//. // IS FAIR I NOT SURE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:B747:48:344:5995:609E:3217:1DB3 (talk) 16:54, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tennis

There is speculation as to whether they originally meant to market tennis balls, but were shipped potatoes instead. Can anyone find evidence to verify this? Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 09:07, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pringles are not a chip/crisp but an extruded snack?

When you look online Pringles manufacturing states that they are actually an extruded snack not a chip/crisp even though they are marketed as one. Before i amend the page, does anyone have objections? Davidstewartharvey (talk) 15:05, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a WP:Primary source, if most of the secondary sources term both Pringles and their competitors "chips" or an equivalent thereof then that is what wikipedia should be telling its readers. Orchastrattor (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a primary source. [1] [2] [3] all show that they are extruded snacks. For the purposes of tax in the UK, Pringles are actually crisps as per the court case [4] where P&G argued they weren't so they didn't have to cough up £100m. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 16:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like one of those definitional problems. If you define chip/crisp as a thin, crisp, fried (or baked) slice from a whole vegetable, then they're not. If you define chip/crisp as an thin, crisp, oblong snack food made from vegetables or sometimes grains (e.g., Tortilla chip), then they are.

Various tax laws will define things in different ways. Twix are always considered candy bars by consumers, but they are considered cookies/biscuits for tax purposes in some places. I don't think the tax laws should define the subject. Otherwise, we end up with snails being defined as "fish, land-based" because it suited the EU's tax and regulatory system. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoing I know what you are saying. My idea was to change the lead to: Pringles is a brand of stackable potato-based extruded snack. Invented by Procter & Gamble (P&G) in the US during 1968, they were marketed as "Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips". The brand was sold in 2012 to Kellogg's, and are now marketed under Once you pop you can't stop. I was then going to change the main part of the article to include the argument about chip/crisp and extruded snack. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 06:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first sentence is currently Pringles is an American brand of stackable potato-based chips invented by Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1968 and marketed as "Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips".

What do you think about leaving that mostly alone, and instead adding the extruded snack language a little later, maybe like this: Pringles is an American brand of stackable potato-based chips invented by Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1968. Marketed originally as "Pringle's Newfangled Potato Chips", it is technically considered an extruded snack because of the manufacturing process.

That gives the detail but doesn't surprise people or make them wonder whether they're on the right page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoingSounds like a plan! Davidstewartharvey (talk) 06:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a link to Food extrusion WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Worth mentioning, if we're going to use the Mashable article as a source here, that "Julius" Pringle is based off Carolina Panthers edge rusher Julius Peppers, and potentially that the inventors of the nickname were dormmates at NC State at the time. Canofpeaches (talk) 15:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Geardona (talk to me?) 00:42, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling Mistake

The company is called "Kellanova", not "Kellonova" 2003:C1:572E:0:C55C:4969:2F05:4AB1 (talk) 14:08, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for flagging -OXYLYPSE (talk) 11:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pringles man design change controversy

how should I go about writing a sentence or two addition on the controversial changes to the Pringles man's design? Armageddon7432 (talk) 16:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Armageddon7432 Be bold and write it! Add a section (or include it under brand & mascot) and support it with a reference. If it gets reverted then so be it, it can be discussed here. OXYLYPSE (talk) 14:51, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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