Talk:International Day of Peace
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I came to this article and Peace One Day because I heard somewhere that Sept. 11, 2001 was declared a "World Day of Peace" (before the attacks, of course) and wanted to confirm if that was true. But, there's discrepancies between these two articles, this article says that Gilley made the proposal on September 7, 2001, which was not a Tuesday, not the day of the attacks, and not the last "old-style" Peace One Day. Because those two articles talk about similar things, I'm going to see how I can suggest they be merged. --Canuckguy 20:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Give Peace a Chance
Jungceylon the International Shopping & Leisure Destination at Patong, Phuket in Thailand is proud to be involved in the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2007. Join the United Nations and nations all around the world where we will devote this day to commemorate and strengthen the ideals of peace, as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. All nations and all races are invited to honor a cessation of hostilities during this day. Jungceylon will have a 10 meter long Giant Peace Wall, that’s open to the entire public to come and write a message, paint a picture, or express in anyway what peace means to them and how they can touch someone else in the world. Also come and make your very own peace bracelet and join in on all the fun filled activities! We hope this day will provide an opportunity to inspire and empower individuals and communities to all around the world to keep this day going all year long. Let’s join hand and transform our societies and unite our global community to work together for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world for all.
For more information please visit: www.jungceylon.com, www.internationaldayofpeace.org, www.peaceoneday.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.147.22.147 (talk) 10:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Stamp "controversy"
I have removed that text. It is an inconsequential event, and does not need such long coverage in this article. I am restoring the material to encourage editors to reduce to the essentials. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
When only the UN POV was given, it was balanced, and now that a controversy about it mentioned, it is unbalanced? I'm not sure what is unbalanced about mentioning a controversy of the event. Readin (talk) 04:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps your statement about the event being "inconsequential" has some truth to it, though the newspapers and government thought it was consequential enough to write about it. However, if the degree to which an event is "consequential" is an important criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia, then the whole "International Day of Peace" article should be removed unless someone can show how it has had consequences (other than for the 23 million Taiwanese for whom it created another opportunity to have their dignity stepped on). Readin (talk) 04:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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- It's only one paragraph. The fact that it is 50% of the article is not because there is a lot said about it, but because there isn't much else in the article. If you can beef up the rest of the article, then that one paragraph will be less than 50%. Or, I have to admit I'm not a great writer, perhaps you can shrink the paragrah while still providing the basis of the controversy and enough of both sides views to be balanced. Readin (talk) 04:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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- The problem is that there are not really "two sides". This is not a symmetrical issue, is it? The International day of Peace is a celebration adopted a by a UN resolution. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- By the look of it, it looks like a mistake, blown out of proportion due to national sensibilities. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- (ec) It probably is worth a mention; are there really so few other things we can be writing about that this will end up dominating the article, though? In over 20 years of history, is this all we have to talk about? – Luna Santin (talk) 04:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Luna, what is to be said about a celebration? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Usually there are lots of things to say about a celebration. How the celebration originated, for starters, and that is covered by the article. How the celebration is celebrated. (Do people dress up? What do they eat? Where do they gather?) Any particularly noteworthy events or controversies associated with the celebration. Check out other examples, like Independence Day (United States).Readin (talk) 04:57, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Luna, what is to be said about a celebration? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] 2005 and 2007
According to the article, in 2005 and 2007 the UN Secretary General called for a 24 hour cease-fire. If there is any information saying whether a 24-hour cease fire occurred anywhere in response to his calls, or whether his calls were ignored anywhere, that information should be included as well. Readin (talk) 05:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
