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What should be discussed first: "trade" or "usage"? The title puts "trade" first. The introduction and sections put "usage" first. I think the "trade" section should be placed first because, currently, that section is more general and includes an excellent overview of the topic, such as description of the flowers and harvest. The "usage" sections sometimes get bogged down with technical (foreign cuisine, medicine, chemistry) terms for which some context would be useful. What do others think? -- maclean25 03:53, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Very nice article. About forty years ago I worked in a hospital pathology lab for a summer and we used to use saffron in combination with other substances ("HPS stain") to stain most of our routine slides. I wonder if someone more familiar with up to date staining might want to add something about this use...I don't remember what the Saffron's specific role in the stain was. FurnaldHall 09:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I came here looking for saffron milk, instead I find an article which seriously needs to look up European usage of Saffron throughout the times. I suggest someone with a little more time available than myself, and sincerely hope the knowledge of the history of saffron usage will improve. SWA 11:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I changed the LD50 bit to mention median lethal dose instead of semilethal dose as semilethal dose is a potentially confusing name. Also, the whole sentence is a bit confusing. There isn't really such a thing as a universal LD50 as it depends on the test animal. I appreciate the more recent reference says a similar thing but someone should check out the older reference which is the real source for the data and find out precisely where the value given is from. Potentially it's an estimated LD50 in humans or something Nil Einne 00:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Here is better references to the lethality of Saffron, maybe someone can make sure that they are correct. http://www.drugs.com/npp/saffron.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shinryuu jp ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
From Errors in the summary of Today's featured article on the Main Page
Safrole, a colorless or slightly yellow oil, extracted from the root-bark or the fruit of sassafras plants is the primary precursor for all manufacture of MDMA.
not saffron —Preceding unsigned comment added by Syamadas ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Both Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_titles and Wikipedia:Lead section#Bold title clearly state that article names such as this do not appear in boldface in the main text.
If the topic of an article has no name, and the title is simply descriptive—such as Electrical characteristics of a dynamic loudspeaker—the title does not need to appear verbatim in the main text; if it does, it is not in boldface:
A dynamic loudspeaker driver’s chief electrical characteristics can be shown as a curve, representing the …
I don't mean to be a nuisance but should we not strive to conform to the MoS? J ɪ m p 23:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
In "Modern trade" we have the statement, "A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires the harvesting of some 50,000 flowers, the equivalent of a football field's area of cultivation." What sort of football? American football, soccer? Or even less likely Rugby Union, Rugby League, Gaelic Football etc etc? Possibly it could also beargued that the fields are close enough in size for it not to matter too much. Checking out the ISBn, it seems to be a UK publication, so I guess soccer is the most likely. David Underdown 07:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I came here because I saw the article on the main page. Straight off, I noticed that the term "threads" isn't defined anywhere (I still don't know what it is in the context of the subject; perhaps I must go to the saffron article to find out). Also, the picture of the saffron crocus flower appears redundantly twice. I'll remove one of the extra pictures, but would someone please explain "threads"? = Axlq 17:35, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
I have always thought of saffron as a spice from Spanish cuisine, but it's not even listed as one of the places that commonly uses Saffron. This strikes me as wrong. Saritamackita ( talk) 01:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
"extended to 111.0%, 83.5%, and 112.5%..." an extension TO 83.5% would actually be a reduction. Unfortunately, the cited article uses the same language. Is there another citation which could clarify? -- Bobbozzo ( talk) 06:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
>Saffron is used extensively in European, North African, and Asian cuisines.
But it's about $1000/kg, so most people especially in North Africa and Asia cannot afford it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.87.39 ( talk) 06:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
In this sentence: "Thus, in decreasing order, Iran, Greece, Morocco, the Kashmir region, Azerbaijan, Morocco, and Italy dominate the world harvest." Morocco is repeated twice. By looking at the graphic I can guess Spain should be in the place of one of them, but I can't be sure nor do I know which Morocco instance to replace; furthermore, the closest reference is not available online, and I can't check there. I also checked the history and the list in older versions started with "Iran, Spain", so probably it has been updated and that's when the mistake occurred. Can someone knowledgeable of the topic please take care of this? Zidanie5 (talk) 19:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
A lot of uncited text has worked its way into the Featured article; is someone able to cite the text to avoid the need for a Featured article review? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 07:05, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I found I had to strain to see some of the photos, so I thought I should slightly increase the size of them to make them easier for us oldies to see. I hope this is OK. Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 22:02, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I have just increased the size of some of the photos - but I can't figure out how to adjust some of them. Would someone more experienced please help out here? John Hill ( talk) 22:20, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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What should be discussed first: "trade" or "usage"? The title puts "trade" first. The introduction and sections put "usage" first. I think the "trade" section should be placed first because, currently, that section is more general and includes an excellent overview of the topic, such as description of the flowers and harvest. The "usage" sections sometimes get bogged down with technical (foreign cuisine, medicine, chemistry) terms for which some context would be useful. What do others think? -- maclean25 03:53, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Very nice article. About forty years ago I worked in a hospital pathology lab for a summer and we used to use saffron in combination with other substances ("HPS stain") to stain most of our routine slides. I wonder if someone more familiar with up to date staining might want to add something about this use...I don't remember what the Saffron's specific role in the stain was. FurnaldHall 09:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I came here looking for saffron milk, instead I find an article which seriously needs to look up European usage of Saffron throughout the times. I suggest someone with a little more time available than myself, and sincerely hope the knowledge of the history of saffron usage will improve. SWA 11:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I changed the LD50 bit to mention median lethal dose instead of semilethal dose as semilethal dose is a potentially confusing name. Also, the whole sentence is a bit confusing. There isn't really such a thing as a universal LD50 as it depends on the test animal. I appreciate the more recent reference says a similar thing but someone should check out the older reference which is the real source for the data and find out precisely where the value given is from. Potentially it's an estimated LD50 in humans or something Nil Einne 00:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Here is better references to the lethality of Saffron, maybe someone can make sure that they are correct. http://www.drugs.com/npp/saffron.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shinryuu jp ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
From Errors in the summary of Today's featured article on the Main Page
Safrole, a colorless or slightly yellow oil, extracted from the root-bark or the fruit of sassafras plants is the primary precursor for all manufacture of MDMA.
not saffron —Preceding unsigned comment added by Syamadas ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Both Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_titles and Wikipedia:Lead section#Bold title clearly state that article names such as this do not appear in boldface in the main text.
If the topic of an article has no name, and the title is simply descriptive—such as Electrical characteristics of a dynamic loudspeaker—the title does not need to appear verbatim in the main text; if it does, it is not in boldface:
A dynamic loudspeaker driver’s chief electrical characteristics can be shown as a curve, representing the …
I don't mean to be a nuisance but should we not strive to conform to the MoS? J ɪ m p 23:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
In "Modern trade" we have the statement, "A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires the harvesting of some 50,000 flowers, the equivalent of a football field's area of cultivation." What sort of football? American football, soccer? Or even less likely Rugby Union, Rugby League, Gaelic Football etc etc? Possibly it could also beargued that the fields are close enough in size for it not to matter too much. Checking out the ISBn, it seems to be a UK publication, so I guess soccer is the most likely. David Underdown 07:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I came here because I saw the article on the main page. Straight off, I noticed that the term "threads" isn't defined anywhere (I still don't know what it is in the context of the subject; perhaps I must go to the saffron article to find out). Also, the picture of the saffron crocus flower appears redundantly twice. I'll remove one of the extra pictures, but would someone please explain "threads"? = Axlq 17:35, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
I have always thought of saffron as a spice from Spanish cuisine, but it's not even listed as one of the places that commonly uses Saffron. This strikes me as wrong. Saritamackita ( talk) 01:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
"extended to 111.0%, 83.5%, and 112.5%..." an extension TO 83.5% would actually be a reduction. Unfortunately, the cited article uses the same language. Is there another citation which could clarify? -- Bobbozzo ( talk) 06:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
>Saffron is used extensively in European, North African, and Asian cuisines.
But it's about $1000/kg, so most people especially in North Africa and Asia cannot afford it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.87.39 ( talk) 06:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
In this sentence: "Thus, in decreasing order, Iran, Greece, Morocco, the Kashmir region, Azerbaijan, Morocco, and Italy dominate the world harvest." Morocco is repeated twice. By looking at the graphic I can guess Spain should be in the place of one of them, but I can't be sure nor do I know which Morocco instance to replace; furthermore, the closest reference is not available online, and I can't check there. I also checked the history and the list in older versions started with "Iran, Spain", so probably it has been updated and that's when the mistake occurred. Can someone knowledgeable of the topic please take care of this? Zidanie5 (talk) 19:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
A lot of uncited text has worked its way into the Featured article; is someone able to cite the text to avoid the need for a Featured article review? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 07:05, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I found I had to strain to see some of the photos, so I thought I should slightly increase the size of them to make them easier for us oldies to see. I hope this is OK. Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 22:02, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I have just increased the size of some of the photos - but I can't figure out how to adjust some of them. Would someone more experienced please help out here? John Hill ( talk) 22:20, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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