Talk:2017
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Why would the 50th anniversary of the Superbowl be celebrated on the 51st game? --TopGear 22:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
The Super Bowl 1 was Jan 15, 1967. Super Bowl XL was Feb 5, 2006; 39 years later. An anniversary is the annually recurring date of a past event. So, SB 1 was the past event, in effect the 0th anniversay. SB XL is the 39th anniversary. SB XLI is the 40th, and SB LI is the 50th. Page already updated to this effect. Also, the page for 2016 (correctly) lists Super Bowl L as occuring in that year. Jachim69 03:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- how can we say that the Superbowl will be celebrated in 2017? perhaps it will no longer exist, perhaps it will become biannual. perhaps it will skip a year. Doesn't this violate the rule that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball? --mtz206 03:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- I thought about that, too, after see Wikipedia is not a crystal ball on another page. The whole section is listed as 'Predicted Events' and follows the pattern of quite a few other years. In my edit I was just concerned with the off-by-one error, and not the broader question of whether the whole section is appropriate. That would affect most pages 2007 and beyond. Jachim69 05:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- I would say it's highly unlikely that the Superbowl will cease to exist or start skipping years. I think it warrants inclusion. The "crystal ball" rule does not apply when an event is almost certainly going to happen and is notable in and of itself (such as 2007 or the seventh Harry Potter book.) Grandmasterka 10:45, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- I thought about that, too, after see Wikipedia is not a crystal ball on another page. The whole section is listed as 'Predicted Events' and follows the pattern of quite a few other years. In my edit I was just concerned with the off-by-one error, and not the broader question of whether the whole section is appropriate. That would affect most pages 2007 and beyond. Jachim69 05:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
i'm not sure, if the pearl jam note is really required ... --85.124.168.136 21:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm quite sure the in Miami 2017 the mafia will have taken over Mexico not Jericho, NY218.214.49.175 04:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Click says that the clone is sueing michael jackson... in the click film at least, the dialogue says [after explaining about the clone] 'Michael jackson is sueing himself for molesting himself' and it seems more likely to me that the younger child clone michael jackson would be sueing the adult rather than vice versa. 84.68.110.116 00:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] George H. W. Bush surprasses Gerald Ford by age
If former president George H. W. Bush is still alive, by about late November or early December 2017 he will surprass Gerald Ford by age. What date exactly? 68.126.159.187, 01:41 16 April 2007 {UTC)
[edit] Removal of fictional section
I have started a discussion on the appropriateness or otherwise of in-universe references to fictional events on these years articles. Please see Talk:1997. --Tony Sidaway 13:48, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
