Talk:Draft lottery (1969)
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[edit] Relevance to the Vietnam War
This article seem very underexplanatory. There is no mention of the war which prompted the lottery. No mention of the politics surrounding this lottery. This may not be the appropriate article to explain these topics, but these topics are also absent from Vietnam War AND The United States and the Vietnam War.
I don't understand the significance of the scatterplot, this needs to be explained more clearly. As well, the overall article doesn't flow too well and smacks of something copied & pasted from somewhere else... 69.157.105.230 22:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What days of the year were picked as a matter of interest?
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There was an issue with the lack of randomness of this lottery; later dates in the year tended to get lower numbers. I suspect the scatterplot is related to this, although I can barely read it.
I'm wondering about the basis for the phrase "Conscription ended in 2004." I was under the impression that it ended in 1973, although none were even taken that year.
I don't want to edit the original because I may be missing something.
Mike Jobu 12:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
conscription did indeed end in '73. bush-bashing at work. he may be an idiot but I'm sick of people defacing Vietnam articles in order to abuse him... I've reverted the article. the last couple edits have also changed what the first date drawn was... going to try and do some research and see if I can find the right date. Tmorrisey 23:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Leap Year Birthdays
I'm certain that people born on February 29 didn't know what to think of this. Had their number been drawn, it might have resulted in a serious population decrease for those with that birthday. Captain Jackson 04:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] It was 366 days
If I come back here and see someone has changed it to "The days of the year, from 1 to 365, were written on slips of paper and the slips were placed in plastic capsules" I will have this article blocked from being edited by new & non-registered users. Got it?
Sure bud...
[edit] Results
Would a chart of the results of the Draft be encyclopedic? There's one on this site http://www.sss.gov/lotter1.htm. I wouldn't be able to do it myself, but I'm sure someone could.--Richy 21:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Which is incorrect?
The first number drawn was 258 (September 14). The highest draft ... was number 195 (September 24).
Day 195 certainly isn't September 24. Which is incorrect, 195 or September 24? --Lucent 22:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
