Talk:December 23

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December 23: Night of the Radishes in Oaxaca City, Mexico; Festivus Signature of Yohl Ikʼnal 583 – Yohl Ikʼnal (signature pictured) acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque. 1815 – Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published, the last novel released during her lifetime. 1958 – Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened. 1984 – An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board. 1990 – About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 1997 – The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display. Francis Tresham (d. 1605) Joseph Smith (b. 1805) Edward Blyth (b. 1810) Joan Lindsay (d. 1984) More anniversaries: December 22 December 23 December 24 Archive By email List of days of the year About

9 days remaining, 10 in leap years?

Does this make sense to someone who can explain it, or is it just wrong?
GTBacchus 10:00 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC)

Susan Lucci was born in 1947 and not 1946. [1] Mike H 00:27, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

I'm from newfoundland and I was told as a child that the day before Christmas Eve was called Tip's Eve (or possibly Tibb's Eve, I was never able to fully acquire and decode the Newfie accent). Is this known of or was it just a thing in my small community? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Offput (talk • contribs) 03:18, 24 December 2006 (UTC).Reply

Is there any reason to remove "fictional" from this "holiday" and using the silly tagline that is associated with it? It is as notable as "Steak & BJ Day". -- Borameer ^TM 15:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

Holidays and observations is not for parodic or fictional events. I removed Festivus and it was restored. Please explain here how Festivus meets the criteria for inclusion. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:37, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Festivus meets the criteria for inclusion. Per WP:DOY, "Holidays and observances, if notable enough for inclusion, should be the subject of a Wikipedia article (or in the case of religious feasts, mentioned in a linked article). These entries should also be limited to those events that occur on the same date annually and to observances that are currently celebrated (not the date it was once celebrated or will be celebrated)." Festivus is the subject of a very well-written and sourced Wikipedia article and is always observed on December 23. Frank Anchor^Talk 16:46, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

If it is a parody, as the Wiki article says, how is it "observed"? It's a joke. That's sort of what parody means. Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:39, 12 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

I'm adding this one in because theres too much modern day stuff. Tourskin (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

In [the article|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Slovenian_independence_referendum] about Slovenian independence election the result says 95.71% votes "yes", in the list says 88.5% Barrabas11 (talk) 18:25, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

You should probably ask this on the article's talk page, but as I understand it, 88.5% refers to the proportion of eligible voters, whereas 95.71% refers to the proportion of actual voters. Kiwipete (talk) 01:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply