Talk:Independence Day (United States)
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I've moved this article because:
- Fourth of July is a nickname, and is not country-specific. (It should remain as a simple redirect until we find another July 4 event worth disambiguating.)
- The official name of the holiday is Independence Day
- The parens strictly identify it as the American In. Day
- It makes Independence Day a standard disambiguation page, which is a Good Thing.
It also gives me warm feelings to think of all those Independence Days lined up in a row. :-)
Somercet 04:48, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
- Disambiguated titles are icky. We use common names whenever possible, and Fourth of July is common. It's clearly different from July 4 since wikipedia date pages are standardized. --Jiang 20:04, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it's now moot, as another Wikipedian has created another sort for the holidays. I think using the full country name rather than the two-letter country code is bulky, but... Somercet 05:57, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)
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colorful little anecdotes
Should this article really include nathan's hot dog eating contest? It's not really a part of any traditional celebrations of July fourth that I know of. My grandpa used to make us waffles on July Fourth, but that's not encyclopedic either. I propose we delete that colorful little anecdote but I wanted to get some concurrence first. MPS 19:00, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- No, this is a big deal in New York City and all over the media. This is a short article and should have more on different celebrations and events through history. I actually wrote a whole section before on 'July 4 in history' which was unfortunately lost due to computer problems.--Pharos 19:12, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Observed by Danes?
Is this vandalism, or something I'm not getting? There's nothing on Holidays in Denmark... Radagast 17:04, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
