Talk:Dumpling

The classification between dumplings and buns in East Asia

So, looks like someone of non-Asian origin has decided to include the 包子 into a page of dumplings. In Chinese culture, 包子 acts more like buns with fillings than actual dumplings, as some has a thick layer of dough surrounding the fillings. Yes, some “包子”, like the ”小笼包”, are dumplings, but remember, the Chinese word for bread is “面包”. The term for bread and dumplings are not as clear unlike the English Language, but at least be more specific about what “包子” is considered dumplings, please. (Im a Chinese Asian BTW, and my mom is currently making dumplings) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.14.221.39 (talk) 05:30, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Actual Dumplings?

Why is there not a single mention (that I can find) of *actual* dumplings, as served in the UK in meat stews, which are made from just flour, beef suet and salt? This isn't some crazy, off-beat recipe; it's the *main* recipe here in the UK, and dumpling mix is on every supermarket shelf. Even the 'main ingredients' section mentions only flour and bread. It's fine to list Asian & 'World' versions too, but what's going on? In 18 years of using and editing Wikipedia I've never found a more incomplete article, and there are some doozies out there! I've never worried about editing an article before, even religious ones, but the very, very odd omission of the UK dumpling makes me feel that edit warring could result if I amended the article to add this national dish. Blitterbug 09:30, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 6 January 2025

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 13:23, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

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Dumpling → DumplingsDumplings – The Wikipedia manual of style calls for the singular form in article titles wherever reasonably possible. However, dumplings are probably an exception - it is very rare for a single dumpling to be served to a person. For example, the Polish name given here as the equivalent to "dumpling" is the plural "pierogi", not the singular "pierog". There is a dish actually called a pierog, but it's a completely different dish from the "pierogs" that make up pierogi.

I propose a move to the plural form. — The Anome (talk) 20:16, 6 January 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 12:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

• Support Agree based on nominator’s rationale.

Rafts of Calm (talk) 21:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Support per nom. KOLANO12 3 17:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose in English they are clearly countable and its easy to refer to a single dumpling even if you normally have multiple, when you're eaten all but 1 you still have 1 dumpling. This doesn't seem to meet WP:PLURAL and Britannica and Oxford Dictionary both use the singular. This is not like bacteria or scissors so it seems quite clear to me that we use the singular here. Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:33, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose per above comment. Station1 (talk) 23:59, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - per above. Primergrey (talk) 05:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. I agree with Crouch, Swale. Adumbrativus (talk) 08:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
• Neutral comment: oppose cites WP:PLURAL and the way the lead of this article is written, there may be an argument that dumplings are a class of specific things, though I'd like to see this argument hashed out more if it were to be made? Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:11, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

WP:PLURAL makes its exceptions pretty clear and this is not one of them. Take the Bird article, for instance. Or Shape, Car, or Flower. Primergrey (talk) 21:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose per above. Other "rarely served alone" singulars: Noodle, Potato chip. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 20:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

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Spelling aside

Some online resources in the US are now using the spelling "dumplins". Is this another proof of the decline of literary skills? 45.26.202.244 (talk) 08:23, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

I'm quite certain Melkkos is not a dumpling

Under the Africa section, the article lists Melkkos a dumpling, citing a website called God's Glory (the specific page seems to be only be available through Archive). While the recipe does seem to be quite similar to actual Melkkos, real Melkkos is actually a porridge or pudding of sorts, like Melktert (Milk Tart) without the crust. All this is clearly understood from the Afrikaans Wikipedia article, as well as a plethora of recipes available though Google. AbasMah (talk) 08:02, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

I've removed that as disputed content that doesn't seem to be sourced to an RS. Valereee (talk) 17:59, 9 November 2025 (UTC)