Talk:1971

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Describing the protestors of the Vietnam War as "anti-war militants" is hardly NPOV. Daniel C. Boyer

  • November 28 - First two women priests ordinated in the Anglican Church of England - The Church of England did not approve the ordaination of women until 1992. In 1971 two women priests were ordained in Hong Kong. I don't know if the Anglican Church in Hong Kong is sometimes described as part of the Church of England, but I doubt it - maybe just part of the Anglican Communion. But as far as the CofE is concerned, it did not have any women priests before 1992. I've removed the entry.

Also changed HM Maze Prison to Long Kesh. That was the name it was generally known as in 1971. People only used the Maze name in the 1980s.

Also changed Papa doc Devalier's reference from despot to despotic president as he was officially Haiti's president, much as it revolts me to have to say it. STÓD/ÉÍRE 00:08 Apr 4, 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] page layout years

There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically).


talk--BozMo 14:02, 7 May 2004 (UTC)


"Intelsat IV" missing description.—Trevor Caira 13:39, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Four Billionth Baby?

The 1971 page lists July 16th 1971 as the day the four billionth baby was born, but I followed the "world population" link where it says that world population reached four billion in 1974.

[edit] Danii Minogue

Is her birthday a world event?

[edit] Greenpeace

According to the Greenpeace page, they officially changed their name from Don't Make A Wave on May 4, 1972. Was there some 'unofficial' use of the name in 1971 to justify its inclusion here (under Unknown Date)? -Jeff Worthington 22:46, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

"known as the year of cyclohexanol" - *what* ? I don't understand this, there's no reference elsewhere in the page to cyclohexanol ... Is this a clever joke and I'm too dim to spot it? 132.244.246.25 (talk) 08:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)