Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Dublin
I am from Texas, and im fairly sure its from Dublin. I have been there, and there is even the original "Dublin Dr.Pepper"
Does Dr Pepper Have Prunes Video
The Pepper Song
Is it really necessary to include the [sic] notation in that song? Doesn't it take away from the flow of the lyrics? And since Pepper here is referring to Dr Pepper, doesn't a company slogan exist outside of everyday grammar?--DaFoos 18:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Taste
As an encyclopedia article shouldn't it mention what it tastes like? I must admit to being a bit curious my self. --BeSherman 11:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Neutral point of view
This article has a significant bias toward Dr Pepper in the USA, omitting information about distribution, logos, differences in the taste/ingredients, and availability of different variants.
This is especially obvious in the introduction paragraph, which uses the blanket statement 'The ownership of the trademark varies in other countries', then goes on to list a factually misleading selection of Dr Pepper variants, many of which are not available in other countries (from a UK point of view).
Sorry to be an arse, but this really bugs me. Feel free to go through my contributions and rip my UK oriented ones to shreds :) - Zephyris Talk 16:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Considering Dr Pepper was CREATED in the US, and is marketed toward the US, I don't see how this is a problem. We'll just add disclaimers that the variants are US only. Tknab 08:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Cough Syrup comment
I noticed a comment near the bottom of part of the Dr. Pepper article. It says "Call this a drink? It tastes like f**king cough syrup!" or something similar.
I assume this is something that should be removed...
In Australia, everyone describes it as having a cough syrup taste. It does taste more like cough syrup than caramel.
I'm not the vandal, but I totally agree. Tastes horrible. Tronno 03:53, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
If I could find the person who put that I'd kick his ass. If you don't like Dr Pepper please check yourself into an insane asylum.
--Waterspyder 23:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Effect of Punctuation
Did the Dr Pepper company ever seriously believe having a period at the end of "Dr" gave the soda a medical connotation, but taking the period away removed such connotation? Seems a little unlikely to me, though that's what's implied by this article... NattyBumppo 19:35, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- To a certain extent, yes. Adding Dr. to a product at (at the time of Dr Pepper's inception) instantly increased it's credibility. That's why so many health tonics read "Dr. Foo's Revitalizing Potion", or some such. Although the removal of the period was probably for the reason given, I doubt anybody noticed, as the fad, and many of those products associated with it, had long since gone defunct (due to some sort of medicinal standards act). It's quite common to see Dr. Pepper still. Tim Rhymeless|(Methyl Remiss) 00:50, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I would also back up the not on American TV that I recall comment. ALKIVAR(TM) 18:25, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Could we perhaps change the massively pretentious pseudo-British "full stop" business to the normal "period" in this section? Dr Pepper is from Texas, for goodness sake. 65.247.226.95 09:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Cough syurp??? Mountain Dew (even though i drink it sometimes) would probably be the soda that tastes like that or some clearer soda. I don't think there is any soda that actually tastes like or even close like cough syurp though...eww.
Former Employer
The article states:
A popular belief is that the drink was named after Morrison's former employer in Texas, but this has been disputed by the Dr Pepper company itself. They state that before moving to Texas, Morrison lived in Virginia near a Dr. Charles T. Pepper, and may have been close to Pepper's daughter at the time.
This makes it sound like Dr. Pepper Co. doesn't believe that Mr. Morrison was an employee of Dr. Charles T. Pepper. However, the Dr. Charles T. Pepper article contains a picture of a Dr. Pepper can that, in a brief biography of Dr. Pepper, states that Mr. Morrison was a former exmployee of Dr. Pepper.
They said that it was named after Dr. Charles T. Pepper in Food Network show The Secret Life Of....-The Kooky One 18:04, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
A Dr Pepper pilgrimage is not in the works
The article currently reads in part:
A partial list of these flavors can be seen at the Dr Pepper museum in Waco, although the formula itself (with its twenty-three ingredients) is a closely-guarded secret.
Ah, good, so all I have to do is travel to Waco, and... no, wait. If only Wikipedia could tell me what this drink tastes like. Any big fans of the Dr, or residents of Waco, care to expand the article to suggest what Dr Pepper tastes like? (And no, I can't tell from tasting it, either.) -- mendel ? 17:29, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
"not a cola" and caffeine
Unlike Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Dr Pepper is not a cola. When i clicked on cola, it said it was a carbonated, caramel-colored soft drink. so what exactly about Dr Pepper makes it not a cola? Also, does Dr Pepper contain caffeine? if it didn't it would be a great drink to have for people who don't want to rely on caffeine to stay awake. -- Bubbachuck 03:43, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
FWIW, the familiar "cherry" taste of maraschino cherries, in particular, is not cherries at all but Oil of Bitter Almond, as found in Almond Extract.
Took off Diet Dr. Pepper link
It was just a redirect to this article.--The Kooky One 17:57, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Mitch Hedberg
Is that line really necessary? It's funny... but are we going to put his jokes about all other products on their pages? Beachbumdeac 18:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
20 oz. Dublin Dr Peppers
Dublin Dr Peppers are also available in a 20oz. plastic bottle. I've found them all the way out in Brenham, TX. The label makes it seem like they're coming out of Plano, but I was wondering if anyone can confirm the actual distributor?
I've only recently seen glass bottles of the Dublin Dr. Pepper, you can order them at this site: http://www.popsoda.com/ --Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.204.196.58 (talk) 03:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Publicity
I couldn't find it in the article, but if there isn't a section for publicity then I think there should be one because Dr Pepper as we all know was featured in the movie Blast From the Past. For anyone who has seen that movie will know that Christopher Walken's character drink it after it was heated up on the stove. Mr. C.C. 06:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Dr. Pepper in New Zealand
Quoting the article: "After withdrawing from the Australian market (although cans imported from the U.S. are available in some specialty stores), Dr Pepper arrived without fanfare in New Zealand. As of 2005, Dr Pepper is available in 355ml cans either sold separately or in 6-packs across the country in most supermarkets. It is also available from specialty and convenience stores."
This could be interpreted as saying Dr. Pepper is readily available in either New Zealand or Australia. I've travelled across all of New Zealand, so I'm not just speaking for my city when I say, Dr. Pepper does not exist in New Zealand. I've never seen the drink in my life. And from the posts below it seems it's no longer produced in Australia either, so either way this quote could be interpreted, it is wrong, and should be removed. I hope someone could prove me wrong 'cause I'd really like some ;) Osmodius 23:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Dr. Pepper in Australia
I remember having drank Dr. Pepper in my youth, and I know it was a readily-available drink here in Australia, but now it's not on supermarket shelves or available from fast-food outlets which sell other Cadbury-Schweppes drinks (such as KFC and Pizza Hut), at least where I live. What is the current status with Dr. Pepper and Australia? Is it available in other states?
I do remember it for its similar-to-cough-syrup taste. Any help on this, and possible mentioning in the article (since I did not see it in the list of supplied places), would be appreciated. Taylor 08:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
First of all - what happened to the Australian section of this article? There are many edits to trawl through, but Im sure it had one a few months ago?
Secondly - Cadbury Schweppes really screwed up the distribution and marketing of Dr Pepper in Australia. Australians are a bunch of wowsers when it comes to soft drink and lollies. Most complained of the "cough syrup" nonsense and the drink was pulled. Most other UK and US flavors -such as cherry- are simply not available in Australia due to the conservative palates of aussies! Encise 01:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)Encise
It's safe to assume Dr Pepper is no longer manufactured in Australia. It is only imported from the US by a very small amount of specialty stores, it's not a matter of "only being available in some regions". I live in Melbourne and (apart from the above mentioned specialty stores) it is not available. In trips to Sydney I didn't notice any either. 40% of the population lives in Sydney and Melbourne so it would make no sense to manufacture it just for other cities. From my experience as a Dr Pepper drinker most Australians dislike it and often passionately. Typical comment is "you drink that stuff!? It tastes like s**t"! Even with the best marketing and distribution I doubt Dr Pepper would have gone anywhere in Australia - people simply hated the taste.
Dr Pepper Zero
According to a message board I was just on, they did in fact rename Diet DP as "DP Zero" in the United Kingdom (where the brand is distributed by Coca-Cola). I leave it to the masses whether to wait for a more credible source on that, but the edit does not appear to have been vandalism. Lambertman 18:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
i live in england and i can confirm that we do get dr pepper zero (formerly dr pepper Z)as well as getting fanta Zero, lilt Zero, sprite Zero and the tasteless coca-cola zero (diet coca-cola still exists)
oldest soft drink
I removed this unsourced claim as clearly unprovable. There are many older soft drinks, Ginger Beer, Dandelion and Burdock, etc. --Brideshead 16:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Poker slang
Some one added The ad campaign of the 1920s and '30s that encouraged observing "Dr Pepper time at 10, 2 and 4" is the basis for the poker slang of the dealer calling "Dr Pepper wild," meaning deuces, fours and tens. I removed it until a source can be given. I could find very little on it. Prometheus-X303- 19:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Dr Pepper Userbox
User:Bearly541/Userbox/DrinksDrPepper
Bearly541 05:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
--Asclepius Quid fit? 05:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Peppers in Quebec
I am from Quebec province, and I've never heard the expression "Peppers" to designate either french or english speaking quebecers... I'm pretty shure that info about the ad ban is wrong, any sources? Luc da 21:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC) luc_da
Urban Legend
Shouldn't there be some mention of the "Dr Pepper kills your sperm" legend in the article. It was very well known in the early 2000's Chavmusiksux 21:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism and Edits needed
Hi there... Thank you for all you do to help Wikipedia!!! Perhaps this article has been vandalized. I just did a quick edit to remove a piece of pretty clear vandalism in the Overview and history section... Also, at least the Overview and history needs editing now - it starts with "Waco, Texas, in 1885." Thank you!!
I don't think there is a Dr Pepper clone named "Dr Wanker" here in Sweden (but it would be fun if it did). Perhaps someone could verify this? Anstalt 01:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Some of the later clones seem pretty unlikely and like vandalism to me. Stuff like '"Dr. Dre" distributed by Rap Co.' or '"The Doctor" sold by Who Corp' for example. It would be best if someone knowledgeable could check this. But since it's probably quite hard to check everything, I propose deleting every imitation where the company is a redlink, and link the ones without link. 85.216.121.39 15:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
There are a couple websites that list and even review so of the Dr Pepper clones (just do a quick search for "dr pepper clones" and it'll find a bunch) -- perhaps we should only keep those that are cross-listed? In the meantime, I will go through the current list and remove the ridiculous ones now. Of course, if I remove a valid one, be sure to inform me. Dan 04:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- As I was removing the half dozen or so obvious fakes, I thought to myself "do we really need this section?" While I do think it is of value to have an accurate listing of Dr Pepper clones, should it be included in the main article? I propose moving it to a separate article; perhaps a List, specifically. However, is this significant enough of a list to warrant it's own article? At the very least we should mention that it is commonly imitated and mention a few of the larger brands, such as the supermarket generics. What do you think? Dan 05:03, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Nutrition Facts?
I may be mistaken but i do believe that the nutritional information is false (at least the number of carbs) I know for a fact that in america there are 40 carbs in a 12 oz can of coke, i don't see how it could suddenly go up to 40 for an 8 oz serving... 69.19.14.15 23:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Mathieu
Dr. Wacco Pepper
There is no evidence to the statement that Dr. Pepper's first name was "Wacco", and the reference cited in no way states this at all. This statement should be removed. Bsharkey 07:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Dr. Pepper Red Fusion?
Why no mention of its brief shelfhood? It was on the market somewhere between 2002 and 2004, well at least in NYC it was. Anyone remember this?
I remember it. I also remember thinking that there was absolutely NO difference in the taste between red fuzion and regular dr. pepper. Maybe thats why its not available anymore, but thats just my own lil assumption. PeAchBaCon 08:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Dr. Pepper in France
The article states that Cadbury-Schweppes is distributing Dr. Pepper in France. Even though it seems to be legit that Cadbury-Schweppes owns the Dr. Pepper trademark in France (this was confirmed to me when I e-mailed drpepper.com), it does not seem like they actually distribute it. Being a great fan, I even assume they don't: it is actually almost impossible to find Dr. Pepper in France, and the only cans I happen to randomly (and, unfortunately, rarely) find seem to be imported (from Belgium or the UK).
If anyone has further info, I'd be glad to hear it, but afaik, France should be removed from the list of countries where Dr. Pepper is available. It's not available when you cannot find some anywhere. -- Kwyxz 18:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
No sources?
We do reference several sources! There are two resources on the bottom of the page that I've added to the "Sources" section, a book about the history of Dr Pepper and a web page about the history of DP from Cadbury-Schweppes. Also, throughout the article there are footnotes in a couple of places. I think this is enough to warrant the removal of the "This article does not cite any references or sources" block at the top of the page. If there aren't any disagreements, I'll remove it later. Dan 18:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
More about taste
I know that talk pages are about the content of the article. But, I have to say this, and it is POV. When I was a kid in the 1960s, Dr. Pepper was a highly carbonated, peppery tasting soft drink with little sweetness. The current sickeningly sweet version has almost no resemblence to what I remember drinking. I wish we could find some sources about changes in the recipe. -- 209.77.228.197 06:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Anonymous edits from Leeds university IPs regarding Dr Pepper and prune juice
There's been a number of rather annoying anonymous edits from IPs registered to the University of Leeds (namely User_talk:129.11.76.229 and User_talk:129.11.77.197), substituting a paragraph discounting rumours regarding prune juice as a Dr Pepper ingredient with this paragraph:
There is a popular urban legend that Dr Pepper contains prune juice. There is more recentley a counter-urban myth which claims this is untrue [1]
However, as the drink contains a number of ingredients which the company continue to conceal, there is no way of proving or disproving this claim. So therefore, credit must be given to the widely heard, yet unsubstantiated rumor, that it DOES contain prune juice, rather then the uncommon unsubstantiated rebuke.
The edit summary said "Not reckless, a clear and reasoned argument. To remove this is to claim you can prove it contains Prune Juice, if you're basing your judgement on an anonymous web link - not very scientific is it?"
I undid this twice now. The so-called "anonymous web link" actually did provide a fair number of sources for its claims. Also, I included an additional reference link to an official reference from drpepper.com explicitly stating that Dr Pepper does not contain prune juice. Case closed unless somebody can prove the contrary.
The IP addresses that posted this unsourced and obviously bogus information also edited Aereogramme - within minutes of the edit to the Dr Pepper article. These edits to Aereogramme also introduced more than questionable, unsourced information (see Talk:Aereogramme#Anonymous_edits_from_Leeds_university_IPs). These, too, were redone twice, despite warnings not to vandalise and post unsourced information to Wikipedia. So I dare say this is either somebody trying to have some fun or somebody trying to win a bet (or two) and trying to prove his point via self-edited Wikipedia entries. --afromme 13:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Actual ingredients/flavors
The article states: "Dr Pepper's flavor is allegedly derived from a mixture of soda fountain flavors popular when the drink was first devised. A partial list of these flavors can be seen at the bottling plant in Dublin, Texas, although the formula itself (with its twenty-three ingredients) is a closely guarded secret."
Can we please get more detail about this? Badagnani 02:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Cherry Chocolate Dr Pepper
The article says this flavor was released November 21, but according to http://www.bevnet.com/bevboard/bevboard-general/31349-new-dr-pepper-flavor-2.html someone purchased and took a photo of one on October 26. It may have been out for a little while even before that. Does anyone have a more exact date on this? Or should we just put the release date as "October 2007"? 154.5.195.217 (talk) 04:07, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Be a Pepper. Who did it?
I noticed the current version of this article states Barry Manilow as the guy responsible for the "Be a Pepper" campaign. Other places I've seen say news composer Frank Gari. Considering an early-1970s McDonald's commercial jingle (You Deserve a Break Today) was erroneously attributed to Manilow, can someone source this being by Manilow? WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
- I was just thumbing through my copy of "The Legend of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up" -- the only mentioning of the "Be a Pepper" campaign I could find is on page 70. It reads: "In the early Seventies [sic?], advertising agency Young and Rubicam helped Dr Pepper refine its logo, creating the version that is still in use today. The agency also created the catchy and successful 'Be a Pepper' campaign." I'm going to go ahead and remove the mentioning of Manilow, but who knows! He may have been part of that agency. Dan (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Chinese Democracy
Should there be a section, not even a big one, noting Dr Pepper's connection to Axl's labor or love? --74.181.226.152 (talk) 12:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
More references!
I just noticed that there are a lot of "citation needed" markers throughout the article. I'll see what I can do with them when I have the time, but please! Give me a hand! I'm going to add the Refimprov template to the page in the mean time. Dan (talk) 02:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Oldest Major brand Soda?
According to the Dr Pepper Museum, it is "the oldest of the major brand soft drinks in America." I know it is not the first, but by major brand, I guess it could be. http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/About-Us/History-Of-Dr--Pepper.aspx IronCrow (talk) 23:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
England / United Kingdom taste
What is that line about the taste being similar to Cherry Coke in the UK? I am from England, but I live in Hong Kong where the only way to get Dr Pepper that I know of is imported (at citysuper) from America. While the taste is subtly different to English Dr Pepper, I wouldn't say it was that different!! I would say it was, well, the same. As much the same as English Coca-Cola, American Coca-Cola, HK/Macau Coca-Cola, Japanese Coca-Cola, Chinese Coca-Cola, French Coca-Cola. They all taste subtly different, but actually they taste the same!! --SnakeSeries (talk) 11:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
It may be the difference in taste is caused by the use of cane sugar (CS) or other "real" sugars instead of the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) used in most US markets. I am not sure about UK DP, but DP in Germany at least does NOT list HFCS as an ingedient and tastes just like "Dublin" (Texas) DP. The difference in the US between HFCS and CS is very distinct to those of us with calibrated taste buds....;) Ken (talk) 19:34, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Nothing about the prune-juice UL?
Wow, I can't believe the article doesn't mention the years and years of persistent rumors of prune juice and their steady insistence that "there are 23 flavors, none of which is prune juice." I'll look for cite-able sources and add it once I've found them.Lawikitejana (talk) 22:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Incorrect link
The link to the Dr Pepper Museum should be http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/
The page directs to .org, which is a broken link. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.246.25 (talk) 19:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
caffeine-free dr. pepper
No mention is made of Caffeine Free DP, available in the USA (at least). It is not a diet version and uses the same high-fructose corn syrup as "regular" DP. Since caffeine does not affect taste most folks cannot tell the difference. I know I failed to distinguish between the 2 in a double blind test administered by my wife.....fwiw, I drink up to 4 12oz cans per day, and can spot differences quite easily.
And sorry, Diet DP does NOT taste just like regular DP. not even close.
But cherry DP does taste a lot like Mr Pibb, which for all purposes is a cherry-flavored rip off of DP. Many restaurants will serve Mr Pibb when the patron asks for DP. Personally, I've scolded more than one waiter who made that mistake. Yes, I'm geeky like that.Ken (talk) 19:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
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Legal/trade history
Pretty sure that it was Jerry Jones, not Mike Jones, that was involved in a legal dispute involving Dr Pepper and Irving Stadium. Either way, a citation is probably in order here.--70.170.97.116 (talk) 06:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Dietary brands
No mention of Sugar Free Dr. Pepper from the 1970s and the very successful advertising campaign which included the jingle "Sugar free Dr. Pepper tastes fattening but it's not. How can sugar free taste so sugar full? What a great taste this one's got! Sugar free Dr. Pepper tastes fattening, but it's not." --Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.160.136.10 (talk) 19:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Dr.Pepper smells like cyanide. Just thought I'd drop that in. (no it does.....really) --Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 (talk) 15:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr Pepper
I believe this flavor failed because stores wouldn't stock it. After seeing a commercial for it, I added it to my shopping list. I went to Wallmart, Winco, & Top Foods (3 of the biggest in Washington) & none of them carried it. I kept my eye out for it all year, I asked coworkers if they'd tried it, I checked vending machines; nothing.
> The stores failed to stock it simply because it didn't sell, and that being because it tasted absolutely awful. A store in Houston (a Dr Pepper stronghold if there ever was one) resorted to $1/12 pack just to get rid of them. I had 1 and nearly gagged.....a pass-around taste test at a party confirmed my opinion. Ken (talk) 18:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Also, shouldn't Crystal Pepsi be listed in the flavors? I remembering it tasting different enough from regular Pepsi, IMO, it tasted much better.
>perhaps, but in the Pepsi article. This is about Dr Pepper......Ken (talk) 18:58, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
"Free Dr Pepper for Everyone in America"
A careful distinction needs to be made here. If the above was the slogan used, then fine. But if (as seems to be the case) the offer is only good for the US, then the explanation should use "United States" and not "America" as it now does. Loganberry (Talk) 01:28, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
That is indeed how it was advertised.
Also, the term 'America' is commonly used for the US without any qualifiers. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.231.118 (talk) 06:41, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Advertising Info
I remember that Dr Pepper used the "Just What the Doctor Ordered" campaign for most of the 1990s, and I'm curious as to where one could find information on that slogan. WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 18:17, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Why no mention of the bottle which featured the 10-2-4 concept, in a circle, like a clock? --Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.188.6.54 (talk) 18:31, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Amaretto
So I just happen to have some amaretto here, and some Dr pepper. Never tried amaretto before now, but anyone notice that Dr pepper tastes almost exactly as if the amaretto was carbonated? Conversely, amaretto tastes almost as if you cracked open one of those bags of raw Dr pepper syrup used for mixing fountain drinks and drank it (along with a bit of alcohol of course). In fact, the flavor is so ridiculously similar that it is hard to believe that one is not inspired by the other. So, I checked out this article and notice that it mentions the flavor to be unique. This article doesn't mention amaretto, but the amaretto article did to my surprise mention Dr pepper. Might be worth looking into whether Dr pepper is supposed to be almond flavored? Ormaaj (talk) 21:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
That's because Dr. Pepper is Apricot-based, as is Amaretto. I cannot cite my source now, but sometime around 1999, I ran across a statement from a Dr. Pepper spokesperson in an interview or FAQ page, stating that fact. It may have been a slip-up, because It seems the company goes to specific effort to conceal any ingredients now. I can only find anecdotal evidence of the apricot base on the web now. Here is one such example (comment #24 on the page): http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/06/the-mysterious-32-flavors-of-dr-pepper --Preceding unsigned comment added by NcongruNt (talk o contribs) 15:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Dr Pepper Cherry
I've been seeing Dr Pepper Cherry (not Cherry Vanilla) in the past two weeks or so, but I've only seen it at one convenience store and not at any groceries/Wal-Marts/etc. It's not on drpepper.com, and a quick google search doesn't turn up anything. Has anyone else seen this? Any sources? dancheatham (talk) 05:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
The reappearance of Dr Pepper Cherry seems to be following a sudden disappearance of HERITAGE Dr Pepper from the shelves. As of February 2010, I've had difficulty locating this product anywhere. It appears to have been discontinued and replaced by Dr Pepper Cherry. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.176.23 (talk) 09:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Some feedback
I love food and drink articles and these are woefully underrepresented on the honour roll, so I will see what I can do to help. Before really getting stuck into improving the prose, it is important to have the comprehensiveness and organization laid out right with headings and subheadings. There are few food and drink articles to compare, and durian is the only recent food FA I know. I will muse on this a bit. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:50, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think the first section after the lead should be a description section (what it looks like - red fizzy drink duh), describing what it is, and the varieties as a subsection. It can also contain the high-fructose corn syrup subsection, and Name formatting bit, as well as nutrition as subsections. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
History
Someone might want to distill something from the following: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/us_dr_pepper_auction Agent Cooper (talk) 14:42, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Error created
In [2], Spain was replaced with Palestine. Changing it to Israel doesn't fix it. I've undone both changes by hand, so the link goes to "Spain" again. - Denimadept (talk) 21:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Cult Following of Dr Pepper
Is there a cult following, and if so, should we make mention of it in the article? --Preceding unsigned comment added by IrateManBear (talk o contribs) 07:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Intro
I don't think it's a matter of it being too short, but of being unfocused. I've made an attempt to focus it. - Denimadept (talk) 22:06, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
I like it, but the first paragraph under "History" says that's the first *verified* date. I suppose that's a good reason to use it. - Denimadept (talk) 22:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
I just realized, if the Patent Office has a date for this, doesn't that mean the formula was patented? That should mean it's available! - Denimadept (talk) 22:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay, what more should be in the lead? Looks pretty complete to me. I significantly discount the marketing trivia's importance. - Denimadept (talk) 20:52, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
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