Talk:Sesame seed candy

wonder whether

I wonder whether we should move this article to pasteli. Alternatively, we can have pasteli as a separate artivle (but I am not very positive for this solution). Anyway, please keep in mind el:Παστέλι, de:Pasteli. I will not hurry in adding them as interwikis here. Let us discuss and then act. --FocalPoint (talk) 08:43, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

I have to point out that "sesame candy" certainly exists as a product (google gives 16.700 results[1]), but sesame more so (google gives 90.000[2]). In any case googling is nothing but an indicative tool and I am not using this as a decisive argument - only as a picture of what exists and what not. My conclusion: Both "sesame candy" and "pasteli" exist as products. --FocalPoint (talk) 08:49, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

The English name isn't well-settled; it varies between sesame (seed) candy/bar/crunch (and sometimes cake, though that name is ambiguous). Google counts really aren't very accurate, but here's what it gives:

Name	Count
"sesame seed candy"	74k
"sesame candy"	17k
"sesame seed bar"	43k
"sesame bar"	36k
"sesame seed crunch"	20k
"sesame crunch"	7k
pasteli	85k
"pasteli"	91k (!?)

Though pasteli is a bit more common than 'sesame seed candy', it is a little less common than 'sesame seed candy' plus its minor variant 'sesame candy', let alone '...bar' and '...crunch'. So it seems to me that 'sesame seed candy' is the best article name, especially since it is clearly English. --Macrakis (talk) 18:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, American English, at least; in the U.K. these are a popular snack, particularly the brand "Sesame Snaps", but the word "candy" is very U.S.-centric. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.64.4 (talk) 14:11, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

You missed "παστέλι"

In Greek language, this sesame seed candy is known as "παστέλι"

However, the name may be confused with pastel (food). As result, the Greek article on "παστέλι" (e.g. EL.Wikipedia.org, because, you know, Ellada) isn't linked to EN.Wikipedia's "Sesame seed candy" array of language links Профессор кислых щей (talk) 08:04, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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