Template:Did you know nominations/Edible tableware

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 07:57, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Edible tableware[edit]

A dessert with edible tableware
A dessert with edible tableware
  • ... that the use of edible tableware (example pictured) dates back to at least 1493?

Created by Northamerica1000 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:42, 3 June 2016 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is correctly formatted. Article is neutral and well referenced. The hook claim is not supported by ref 14 Wilkinson which only says that Columbus introduced sugar to Hispaniola in 1493 and in a later paragraph that in the Elizabethan and Jacobean age edible tableware was used. I think the hook and the article should be revised to match the source and be less specific since undoubtedly people have always used food as eating implements and utensils, if not always on tables. AGF on offline sources. I detected no close paraphrasing or copyvios. Pic displays well and is freely licensed. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:59, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Struck the initial hook. Check out the alt below. The article has also been copy edited accordingly. North America1000 22:45, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT1: ... that the use of edible tableware (example pictured) dates back to at least the Elizabethan era?
Made a minor change to the hook. Good to go. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)