Talk:Mini-Tuesday

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[edit] Proposed Merger

I think this merger is necessary because "Mini Tuesday" has historically been just a "Super Tuesday I." (See Super Tuesday and the BBC link there.) As is clear there, the difference between a "Super Duper Tuesday," "Giga Tuesday," "Super Tuesday II," etc. are largely irrelevant, particularly after the year their names were suggested; such is the case here, where the only fight is really about the name of the contest. If this articles stays, the article "Super Tuesday I" should be created since it also refers to this date... with the problem being that historically, there have been multiple Super Tuesday I's. Which then brings us back to the Super Tuesday article itself, which would be a better place to note how Super Tuesday I 2004 was different than Super Tuesdays past and present. Simply, modifications to the Super Tuesday date and state composition are better noted on the Super Tuesday page, particularly when the name of the event in question is arguable (again, ref. "Giga Tuesday" for what is really Super Tuesday I, or probably just Super Tuesday in 2008). Data can be added to, or may be already covered by, the pages Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2004 and Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2004, or can be created for the political parties represented here but not elsewhere (preferably taking note of the format used here.) --Kallahan (talk) 02:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

• From the Super Tuesday page: "The phrase "Super Tuesday" has been used to refer to presidential primary elections since at least 1984^[1] as dates when a large number of states held presidential primaries. In fact, the 1984 primary season had three "Super Tuesdays," ending with "Super Tuesday III", when Walter Mondale finally secured the Democratic nomination.^[2]"