Talk:Mardi Gras
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I (Infrogmation)cut out the below two sentences, as they disagree with all the sources I am familiar with.
"in fact the first Mardi Gras was celebrated there on February 27, 1827" "The first parade to have floats occured on February 24, 1868 at the New Orleans' Mardi Gras."
- -- Infrogmation 17:07, 5 Mar 2003
As we get more material in the article, perhaps the information for the New Orleans celebration might be spun off into a seperate article, perhaps entitled something like "Mardi Gras, New Orleans"? -- Infrogmation 20:24, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I've been working on a "New Orleans Mardi Gras" article the current draft of which is at present in my user space at User:Infrogmation/New Orleans Mardi Gras. However others are very welcome to add/edit/comment before the move to main article space. Carnivalistically, -- Infrogmation 20:49, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I just moved it into article space at New Orleans Mardi Gras. -- Infrogmation 13:51, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
--- wow, that's a long article without a single mention of boobies and beads. :O
- They are mentioned in New Orleans Mardi Gras, if you must know.
Translation of "Mardi Gras"
Just a note for anyone who might consider adding alternative translations of "Fat Tuesday": for those not familiar with the US "Mardi Gras", the usual translation in the States is "Fat Tuesday" and that is also an alternative name for the festival. I've ventured the opinion that the "gras" could actually be better translated literally as "greasy" or "fatty", but this seems to be a matter of disagreement. My idea is that "gras", which can mean "fatty" (as in "cheveux gras" seen on bottles of shampoo for greasy hair), refers to the butter and lard people ate on that day, before giving it up, thus "fatty Tuesday". However, other people believe that "gras", which can mean "overweight", refers to the weight people put on eating that food, thus "overweight Tuesday". To me this seems only a matter of opinion, but as the name "Fat Tuesday" is so common, I'm being told my opinion, although a few others share it, is irrelevant and unhelpful and should not be added to the page. As I don't know if I'm right and it's just an alternative idea, I'm removing it, but I thought I'd write a note here in case anyone else had the same idea. Saintswithin 10:16, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Citing Sources
I've skimmed the Wikipedia guidelines for citing references sources, but am uncertain as to how to go about citing references or sources for the information I've added under New Orleans, since everthing I've written is a result of being born here and attending Mardi Gras for many years. Any ideas how to cite sources? Comments
- Those guide lines are good ideas when editing artices by filling out details gained from particular sources. As the most recent edits to this article seem in the line of general observations that can be confirmed by anyone attending the parades and are not likely to be controvercial, I wouldn't worry about it in this case. Thanks! Cheers, -- Infrogmation 22:47, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)