Talk:Lunar New Year

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[edit] WPCHINA tag

I removed the WPCHINA tag because Lunar New Year can refer to several different culture's new year. Someone had redirect the page to what they think is the most commonly known one - namely, the Chinese New Year. But just because it may be the most common doesn't mean its the only one. Redirecting it only to the Chinese New Year is not very encylcopoedic. And it seemed to have encouraged an edit war to redirect to other specific new year pages. --tess 00:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Let people stop redirecting this to Chinese New Year and other regional new years, because this really ought to be a disambiguation page. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarifying Lunar New Year

This is just my stab at the facts. Other people with more knowledge of the specific new year celebration will need to step up. But my goal here is to clarify what people mean by "Lunar New Year". I also want to point out that the Chinese don't typically call their New Year "Lunar" in Chinese. It is either referred to as just the "New Year", or "Agrarian/Farm Calendar New Year". tess 19:13, 23 February 2007 (UTC)