Talk:1140: Calendar of Meaningful Dates - Revision history

CalibansCreations at 11:47, 29 April 2025

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Psychoticpotato at 15:43, 28 May 2024

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172.70.207.8: Pi day

2022-08-16T22:43:31Z

Pi day

Marethyu: summaries...(added a comment)

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summaries...(added a comment)

Grabadora304 at 19:34, 25 April 2018

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Grabadora304 at 15:29, 25 April 2018

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Herobrine at 08:02, 25 February 2018

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625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8: asking question

2018-01-19T01:20:14Z

asking question

Davidy22: one day

2015-12-30T07:37:02Z

one day

Phoenix616: Sort chronologically

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Sort chronologically

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	I hate that our (USA's) fucking INDEPENDENCE DAY is "less important" than the day of a terrorist attack. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 15:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)		I hate that our (USA's) fucking INDEPENDENCE DAY is "less important" than the day of a terrorist attack. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 15:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
		+	:On it. [[User:CalibansCreations\|'''<span style="color:#ff0000;">Caliban</span>''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations\|talk]]) 11:47, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

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	Pi day should at least be bold (even though nothing particularly interesting happens on that day, other than pie). I think Randall missed this one.		Pi day should at least be bold (even though nothing particularly interesting happens on that day, other than pie). I think Randall missed this one.
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		+	I hate that our (USA's) fucking INDEPENDENCE DAY is "less important" than the day of a terrorist attack. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 15:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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	It would have been funny if Randall pulled a "January 6th is huge because of some unknown reason in the future," because it certainly would reflect today and be one of the biggest. <b><span style="color:#5FC7EA">⟨Winter is coming⟩</span> [[User:Marethyu\|<span style="color:#367588">Marethyu</span>]] </b>—<b> [[User talk:Marethyu\|<i><span style="color:#15F4EE">Tᵃˡᵏ</span></i>]]</b> 16:41, 30 June 2022 (UTC)		It would have been funny if Randall pulled a "January 6th is huge because of some unknown reason in the future," because it certainly would reflect today and be one of the biggest. <b><span style="color:#5FC7EA">⟨Winter is coming⟩</span> [[User:Marethyu\|<span style="color:#367588">Marethyu</span>]] </b>—<b> [[User talk:Marethyu\|<i><span style="color:#15F4EE">Tᵃˡᵏ</span></i>]]</b> 16:41, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Pi day should at least be bold (even though nothing particularly interesting happens on that day, other than pie). I think Randall missed this one.

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	Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)		Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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		+	It would have been funny if Randall pulled a "January 6th is huge because of some unknown reason in the future," because it certainly would reflect today and be one of the biggest. <b><span style="color:#5FC7EA">⟨Winter is coming⟩</span> [[User:Marethyu\|<span style="color:#367588">Marethyu</span>]] </b>—<b> [[User talk:Marethyu\|<i><span style="color:#15F4EE">Tᵃˡᵏ</span></i>]]</b> 16:41, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

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	I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}		I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}
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	Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)		Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

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	I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}		I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}
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	Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)		Why are some of the last 10 days of January so small compared to the others? [[User:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8]] ([[User talk:625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8\|talk]]) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

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 I wonder if he took into account the month/day swap between the US and UK dating system (among other countries). [[Special:Contributions/76.122.5.96|76.122.5.96]] 14:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 :That's a good question. I entered [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=July+4%2CNovember+5%2C4+July%2C5+November%2CJuly+4th%2CNovember+5th%2C+4th+July%2C+5th+November&year_start=2000&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share= July 4 and November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day) into Google Ngram], and the difference reflected in the calendar is only apparent when you put the month before the date.--[[User:Prooffreader|Prooffreader]] ([[User talk:Prooffreader|talk]]) 01:11, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
-::Yes, [there's a lot of difference](http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=November+5%2C+November+5th%2C5th+of+November%2CFifth+of+November%2Cfifth+of+November&year_start=1500&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3) in the spelling. --[[Special:Contributions/84.181.107.38|84.181.107.38]] 17:58, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
+::Yes, [there's [http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=November+5%2C+November+5th%2C5th+of+November%2CFifth+of+November%2Cfifth+of+November&year_start=1500&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 a lot of difference]] in the spelling. --[[Special:Contributions/84.181.107.38|84.181.107.38]] 17:58, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 Interesting about the 11ths -- perhaps that correlates with low passenger loads on airplanes as well, and thus why the 11th was chosen for the attack (the month of September having been chosen for some other reason).[[Special:Contributions/50.0.38.245|50.0.38.245]] 15:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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	I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}		I was surprised with the lack of remembrance remembrance for November 5th. {{unsigned ip\|Gigahertz}}
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 :This was surely meant to distinguish it from other calendar systems such as the Islamic and Hindu calendar, not the Julian calendar. Since it is consistent with both, the current phrasing is not inaccurate. [[User:Jerodast|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast|talk]]) 14:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
-Certain days of the week tend to get their dates mentioned more than others.  Since the sample data were from a small number of years, this may be relevant to the results (unless it was controlled for).  For example, in the US, eating contests are always held on a Tuesday, and Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday (and the Friday and Saturday right after it also get mentioned a lot), but these would not be the same numeric dates every year. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Jonadab||Jonadab the Unsightly One]], 2012-Nov-28 9:45pm EST (GMT+0500)
+Certain days of the week tend to get their dates mentioned more than others.  Since the sample data were from a small number of years, this may be relevant to the results (unless it was controlled for).  For example, in the US, elections  are always held on a Tuesday, and Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday (and the Friday and Saturday right after it also get mentioned a lot), but these would not be the same numeric dates every year. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Jonadab||Jonadab the Unsightly One]], 2012-Nov-28 9:45pm EST (GMT+0500)
 :The title only says that the books were published since 2000. The events in the book may have taken place many years before. --[[User:Jasqm|Jasqm]] ([[User talk:Jasqm|talk]]) 09:37, 29 November 2012 (UTC)jasqm
-The last few US Presidential eating contests were 11/6/2012, 11/4/2008, 11/2/2004, 11/7/2000, 11/5/1996, 11/3/1992. November 1 is writ large, but that seems typical of the first day of all months. November 4 and 5 seem next largest. They correspond to the eating contests of 2008 (McCain-Obama) and 1996 (Dole-Clinton-Perot).
+The last few US Presidential elections were 11/6/2012, 11/4/2008, 11/2/2004, 11/7/2000, 11/5/1996, 11/3/1992. November 1 is writ large, but that seems typical of the first day of all months. November 4 and 5 seem next largest. They correspond to the elections of 2008 (McCain-Obama) and 1996 (Dole-Clinton-Perot).
 It seems like some of the dates in the explanation were of minimal importance to the comic - March 15th doesn't seem as large as the 21st or 31st of the month, and Halloween and Kristallnacht aren't that large, either. Sure, it's nice to know, but then there'd have to be explanations for several dozen more days. [[User:Bobidou23|Bobidou23]] ([[User talk:Bobidou23|talk]]) 21:46, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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 Interesting about the 11ths -- perhaps that correlates with low passenger loads on airplanes as well, and thus why the 11th was chosen for the attack (the month of September having been chosen for some other reason).[[Special:Contributions/50.0.38.245|50.0.38.245]] 15:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 :I want to point out that Randall doesn't know either, and I think he would have thought about the plane correlation, so I don't think that's the reason. I'm going to investigate this. --[[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 02:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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 :: 9/11 is also an important date in both the American Revolutionary War and the War in Europe half of World War 2. [[Special:Contributions/169.233.101.195|169.233.101.195]] 21:19, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 I second the Spanish language date in English texts. May 5th is routinely routinely called Cinco De Mayo in English.  Has Randall weighed in on how this was handled?  [[User:Donglebaker|Donglebaker]] ([[User talk:Donglebaker|talk]]) 18:16, 28 November 2012 (UTC) JC