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Both Washington's and Lincoln's birthday were formerly celebrated individually in many states. When MLK Day was added, they were combined into one holiday, called President's Day by most altho it's not so formally as the bill never passed, and Lincoln's was not observed by the Federal govt. This is made clear here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln's_Birthday. Therefore it is somewhat inaccurate to say that only Columbus and Washington are recognized and so I removed the sentence, even tho it is certainly true that many were opposed to the honor on these grounds, if not on others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.37.186 ( talk) 06:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
In the first graf of the controversy section: 'Likewise, King's family expressed opposition to the measure.[citation needed]' should read '...to the filibuster.' It appears to be a simple word choice error. 68.81.92.61 ( talk) 19:16, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
203.109.69.116 posted this comment on January 16, 2013 ( view all feedback).
Please add the names of states of US, those have declared this day as federal Holiday, as not all states have declared it Holiday...
Any thoughts?
Bob ( talk) 15:20, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Actually all states do observe it now.
Bob ( talk) 15:20, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
So I came to this article to find out the history and current status of MLK holiday in Arizona. Outside from a small mention of the name of the MLK holiday in a separate section there is no mention of the current status of the holiday and it almost makes it sound that Arizona still has no MLK holiday. I had to go to a linked article which said this to find the rest of the story:
Voters approved a state King holiday in November 1992, making Arizona the only state that put it to a vote of the people and saw it pass. "It was historic and it was phenomenal," Stewart said.
At best the article is confusing on this point, at worst, misleading. I know the section is entitled "Reluctance to Observe", but surly a simple sentence is acceptable? -- 74.89.28.79 ( talk) 16:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Source 31 is linked as http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/martin.html. I found the page is now at http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/heiwa/martin.html. Can someone with edit access fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.97.68.126 ( talk) 19:44, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I know it's a long way in advance, but I thought I'd note that I've nominated The Negro Motorist Green Book for consideration as a Featured Article candidate with the aim of having it on the Main Page on the next Martin Luther King Day. If you would like to comment, please see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Negro Motorist Green Book/archive2. Prioryman ( talk) 12:27, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. More supports than opposes (6:2 I think), and the proposed name is preferred by WP:JR. Opposers argue that some official sources include the comma, but we are not obligated to use the official name, we prefer the common name. The argument that this article should match the person's article were also refuted, with a claim that the other article is also wrong, and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. All in all a consensus to move. — Amakuru ( talk) 17:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day →
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – The unmatched comma makes no sense, and is not from any official source. Most books omit the comma, and some use two commas, and very few do like we do here. Per
WP:JR, let's drop the odd mismatched comma.
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I have added these, which seem much more relevant than some of those above: Dicklyon ( talk) 03:58, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
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Should we make reference to Trump's signing yesterday of the official proclamation making this Monday, January 15, the “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday”? [1] According to our article, it seems like MLK Day is already a federal holiday, so I'm not sure what significance of this proclamation is. Perhaps the new designation defines the actual date, so that it's now fixed, like July 4th. Alternately, maybe it's just a window-dressing name change of some sort. Any thoughts? jxm ( talk) 19:44, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
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There is a picture of a man exposing his anus, testicles, and penis. Clearly, this should be removed. 151.207.250.61 ( talk) 00:18, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to share our current events page collaboration on Wikispore, a part of Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services, including an example from our collaboration last month, for World AIDS Day. We could include this for the current year, and update it annually, because this is more detail than would go in the perennial Wikipedia article.-- Pharos ( talk) 20:41, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Could we please add in references to California's adoption of MLK Day as an official holiday?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiAnonyMouse ( talk • contribs) 22:11, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
He was good he was nice he never disrespect people 2600:6C44:6900:10DE:C46B:9165:5A52:7EA6 ( talk) 02:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
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Both Washington's and Lincoln's birthday were formerly celebrated individually in many states. When MLK Day was added, they were combined into one holiday, called President's Day by most altho it's not so formally as the bill never passed, and Lincoln's was not observed by the Federal govt. This is made clear here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln's_Birthday. Therefore it is somewhat inaccurate to say that only Columbus and Washington are recognized and so I removed the sentence, even tho it is certainly true that many were opposed to the honor on these grounds, if not on others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.37.186 ( talk) 06:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
In the first graf of the controversy section: 'Likewise, King's family expressed opposition to the measure.[citation needed]' should read '...to the filibuster.' It appears to be a simple word choice error. 68.81.92.61 ( talk) 19:16, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
203.109.69.116 posted this comment on January 16, 2013 ( view all feedback).
Please add the names of states of US, those have declared this day as federal Holiday, as not all states have declared it Holiday...
Any thoughts?
Bob ( talk) 15:20, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Actually all states do observe it now.
Bob ( talk) 15:20, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
So I came to this article to find out the history and current status of MLK holiday in Arizona. Outside from a small mention of the name of the MLK holiday in a separate section there is no mention of the current status of the holiday and it almost makes it sound that Arizona still has no MLK holiday. I had to go to a linked article which said this to find the rest of the story:
Voters approved a state King holiday in November 1992, making Arizona the only state that put it to a vote of the people and saw it pass. "It was historic and it was phenomenal," Stewart said.
At best the article is confusing on this point, at worst, misleading. I know the section is entitled "Reluctance to Observe", but surly a simple sentence is acceptable? -- 74.89.28.79 ( talk) 16:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Source 31 is linked as http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/martin.html. I found the page is now at http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/heiwa/martin.html. Can someone with edit access fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.97.68.126 ( talk) 19:44, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I know it's a long way in advance, but I thought I'd note that I've nominated The Negro Motorist Green Book for consideration as a Featured Article candidate with the aim of having it on the Main Page on the next Martin Luther King Day. If you would like to comment, please see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Negro Motorist Green Book/archive2. Prioryman ( talk) 12:27, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. More supports than opposes (6:2 I think), and the proposed name is preferred by WP:JR. Opposers argue that some official sources include the comma, but we are not obligated to use the official name, we prefer the common name. The argument that this article should match the person's article were also refuted, with a claim that the other article is also wrong, and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. All in all a consensus to move. — Amakuru ( talk) 17:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day →
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – The unmatched comma makes no sense, and is not from any official source. Most books omit the comma, and some use two commas, and very few do like we do here. Per
WP:JR, let's drop the odd mismatched comma.
Dicklyon (
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04:36, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
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I have added these, which seem much more relevant than some of those above: Dicklyon ( talk) 03:58, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
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Should we make reference to Trump's signing yesterday of the official proclamation making this Monday, January 15, the “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday”? [1] According to our article, it seems like MLK Day is already a federal holiday, so I'm not sure what significance of this proclamation is. Perhaps the new designation defines the actual date, so that it's now fixed, like July 4th. Alternately, maybe it's just a window-dressing name change of some sort. Any thoughts? jxm ( talk) 19:44, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
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There is a picture of a man exposing his anus, testicles, and penis. Clearly, this should be removed. 151.207.250.61 ( talk) 00:18, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to share our current events page collaboration on Wikispore, a part of Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services, including an example from our collaboration last month, for World AIDS Day. We could include this for the current year, and update it annually, because this is more detail than would go in the perennial Wikipedia article.-- Pharos ( talk) 20:41, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
Could we please add in references to California's adoption of MLK Day as an official holiday?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiAnonyMouse ( talk • contribs) 22:11, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
He was good he was nice he never disrespect people 2600:6C44:6900:10DE:C46B:9165:5A52:7EA6 ( talk) 02:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)