Talk:Aleppo soap

History

The 'history' section of this article is written as a personal essay, not an encyclopedia article. What's more, many of its assertions are questionable. In particular, if soap-making was invented in the ancient Middle East, why is the modern Arabic name for soap, sabun, derived from the Vulgar Latin sapon? In any case, discussion of the history of soap belongs in the soap article, not articles about individual origins. --macrakis (talk) 20:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Merge

I wonder why you didnt add the tag to Castille soap too? This makes no sense, Aleppo soap is famous and notable on its own. Yazan (talk) 07:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree. In fact, it seems that we need one article centralizing all information on olive oil soaps (Castile, Marseille, Aleppo, and Nablusi), and then separate articles as needed with particulars of the individual production areas. --macrakis (talk) 16:14, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

A central article about olive soap, would certainly be good. But just like wine, different regions produce slightly different, and (in the case of Nabulsi, Aleppo, Castille, etc...) notable kinds of soap that deserve their own article. This one certainly needs a major clean up. Because, while they might be quite the same (in general), they have a different historical backdrop, and impact. Aleppo, to many people, is mostly associated with Aleppo soap, very much like Bordeaux. Yazan (talk) 16:43, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Many cities in the Levant have traditions of soap making, including Tripoli, Antioch, Nablus, Jaffa, Aleppo, and Jerusalem.[1][2] I know that Aleppo and Nablus boast of the quality of their soap, but we need reliable, third-party sources for that. --macrakis (talk) 23:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Bible

Not sure why an individual wrote whole paragraphs about soap being mentioned in the bible, having been written years after the alleged events and the translated from Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, or Greek then into Greek or Latin and then later into German and English. That detail is not relevant to Aleppo Soap. 212.238.44.162 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:11, 3 July 2010 (UTC).

September 2011

In discussions with Macrakis, it's occurred to me that that Aleppo soap's reputation is an integral part of the soap. Just as it is for other famous soaps like Castile soap. I think this needs to be addressed. Perhaps we should do a separate section on reputation of the soap, and why it has won fame? That would get the questionable references out of the main body of the reference, while still acknowledging the soap's reputation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdacortex (talk • contribs) 01:19, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

In a effort to improve this page and highlight the distinctive features of Aleppo soap (Laurel and it's benefits) numerous references have been supplied. Only to have all this work reverted to an earlier, poorly written and badly referenced version by Macrakis. This is very frustrating Macrakis. Yes I agree puffery does not belong in an encyclopedia. But the facts are the facts Macrakis. No other soap in the world has a greater claim to being the "fist bar soap in the world" Not even the Romans can make this claim. Who by the way, occupied Syria in 63 BCE. where it is not inconceivable that they encountered "fist bar soap in the world" and brought it back to Rome.

Still, in the interest of a more objective article, I'll tone it down a bit, if you leave the references alone and give me time to make this page better.

Thanks Macrakis

PS - I'm a relative newbie and open to ideas and constructive criticism.

PDAcortex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdacortex (talk • contribs) 09:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

The WP:LEAD should avoid WP:WEASEL words as far as possible. The origins of soap are hard to pin down, and the article Aleppo Soap, The True Natural Soap looks like a blog which is not a reliable source.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 14:45, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

pdacortex, thanks for writing on the Talk page. I am actually a big fan of Aleppo soap. I was in Syria last year and one of the things I brought back was a few kilos of good soap. However, when writing in Wikipedia, I work hard to ensure that my contributions are written from a neutral point of view and based on reliable sources.

I do not know what the "first bar soap in the world" was. I do know that any such strong claim requires strong reliable sources. A natural cosmetics blog is not a good source.

I have tried to improve your contributions by paring down the puffery and content that doesn't belong on this page, but you have blanket reverted, which is not helpful. We need to find a better way to collaborate. Until then, I'm afraid this article needs to be tagged as "reading like an advertisement". --Macrakis (talk) 15:12, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey Macrakis I'm good with the "reading like an advertisement" tag. It does. I'll work on it over time. And it is hard to pin down the origins of soap. Tantalizing claims are everywhere. They're probably true. But finding a quality original source reference is very difficult. We should probably just say that. BTW I'm a fan of the soap too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdacortex (talk • contribs) 07:44, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Ingredients

This section of the article should clarify whether the laurel oil used in making Aleppo soap is derived from laurel leaves or berries.Smithbt (talk) 16:29, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

The oil is made from the berries according to this source. Added a clarification to the section. Yazan (talk) 16:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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