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Removing "Risks" entirely.

The "Risks" section of this article is misleading.

"Toasters cause nearly 800 deaths annually due to electrocution and fires."

This source is a Reuters blog post that cites promotional/educational material from a South African aquarium. I can't find the video the Reuters article mentions -- probably because it is/was on display at said aquarium. The aquarium has posted a blog post with toaster death claims but no sources.

"Poking knives and other objects into a toaster is dangerous; aside from a risk of electrocution, such insertion can damage the toaster in ways that can increase the risk that the toaster will later start a fire."

The cited Straight Dope article states:

"The Consumer Products Safety Commission estimates that on average 15 people are electrocuted in the U.S. annually due to faulty or misused home electrical appliances, including toasters."

Which is, amusingly, slightly less than the average number of shark attacks in the US per year depending on your data source. So the aquarium folks do have a good point about sharks, but perhaps overstate the risk of toasters.

I did not find the CPSC source they mention.

"Even without such tampering, toasters can cause house fires."

None of the fires mentioned specifically in the linked Consumer Reports article are the fault of toasters. The article does reasonably claim that 1,335 fires occurred involving toasters over a 7 year data collection period. But that does not seem to meet a significant enough threshold to call this risk out here. For example:

Ranges have ~40x the fires according to this source, and there's no "Risks" section there.
Microwaves have ~2x the fires according to this source, and while it does have a lengthy hazards section, risk of electrical fire is not listed.

Given that searching for "toaster deaths" gives a reddit post linking to the "Risks" section as one of the top results (YMMV), this is actively doing damage, so I removed the section.

72.193.105.70 (talk) 15:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2023

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It is an electric kitchen appliance designed to toast or brown slices of bread or other similar baked goods. It typically consists of one or more slots into which bread is inserted, and the toaster uses heating elements, often made of nichrome wire, to generate heat and toast the bread to the desired level of crispiness.(Redacted)

1234Alee (talk) 18:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 19:45, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Toaster

Interop#Internet Toaster contains info needed

69.181.17.113 (talk) 10:46, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

add image

add image : File:Wolfsonian Toaster.JPG

a clear image of an early design now in a museum

69.181.17.113 (talk) 10:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024

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There is some spelling errors inside some of the paragraphs. 208.71.233.66 (talk) 14:12, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:24, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who made the toaster?

I can’t find where it says who made it. 118.209.239.248 (talk) 09:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Defends how you're defining a toaster, but in the Development of the heating element section:

The first stand-alone electric toaster, the Eclipse, was made in 1893 by Crompton & Company of Chelmsford, Essex.

We don't seem to have the name of an individual inventor. --Belbury (talk) 15:46, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2024

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<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAk...

(lengthy image data redacted)

...qIgIiICIiAiIg//Z" alt="Hamilton Beach 2 Slice Toaster with ..."/> 198.150.101.225 (talk) 16:48, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, Wikipedia doesn't embed images like that and this small thumbnail of a toaster is presumably copyrighted. --Belbury (talk) 16:53, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2024

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can you change it so im the inventor, just for humour, put not actually in brackets my names oliver thompson btw Honketyhonkhonk (talk) 15:10, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]