Talk:Potato chip

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) The Night Watch (talk) 01:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Potato chip → Potato chips – Plurale tantum; WP:COMMONNAME overrides WP:SINGULAR (or do you want to move French fries to French fry?). 212.3.130.19 (talk) 18:51, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. WP:COMMONNAME doesn't really apply here, as this is a singular vs plural title issue. WP:SINGULAR and WP:PLURAL do list exceptions to our general rule on using singular titles, but none of the specific exceptions apply here. I will say that our article titles in this area are not the most consistent: Chicken fingers but Fish finger, French fries but Chicken nugget, Spare ribs but Dumpling. It might be a good idea to have a RFC about using singular or plural titles for food items. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:13, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• OPPOSE This certainly does not rise to the level of plurale tantum. "A" or "one" potato chip" are perfectly acceptable, and are required when referring to a single potato chip. Meters (talk) 21:53, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. It's reasonable, grammatical, and natural to speak of "a potato chip" or "one potato chip". For example, as in the current first sentence of the article: "A potato chip... or crisp... is a thin slice of potato... that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy." Adumbrativus (talk) 03:36, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as a naturally plural title. While this is not quite a true plurale tantum, the subject is almost always conceptually plural, at least from an encyclopedic standpoint, and only available as a product or home-produced in quantity; it is in the same class as corn flakes and french fries (which are at plural titles) and not in the same class as taco and cheeseburger, though we are capable of eating more than one of those at a time. There are edge cases like bean, but that is a general topic about a broad class of legume (not all of which are food; some used for oil and other products).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  08:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Adumbrativus, while resisting the urge to counter propose a move to Crisp. Polyamorph (talk) 19:33, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]