Talk:X-Day
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The term 'X-Day' is very generic and is widely used for multiple things that have no relation to each other.
The page for any case folds of 'X-Day' should definitely be a disambiguation page, especially since the definitions of some meanings are long and others short, and some equally legitimate but shorter ones would be buried under longer definitions on the same page.
I propose that the disambiguation-only page link to at least these 4 more specific pages, with more added as known:
1. xday military - The "attack day" definition used in WW2.
2. xday manga - The Setona Mizushiro manga.
3. xday subgenius - The event related to the Church of the SubGenius.
4. xday xmen - The annual (since 1996) creative competition for fans of the X-Men comics (see http://www.xday.info/).
If there is still a rationale to have a full definition on the plain x-day page, with a separate disambiguation page linked to by it, then the 1st item listed above should be that definition, since it is the oldest and most contemporarily known.
Unless a more experienced Wikipedian decides to go ahead and do this, I'll perform the split myself in the near future.
Darren Duncan 05:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs (founder of the Church of the SubGenius)
- Can we really say this? -- SS 02:37, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Is that better? --Modemac 11:05, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, I suppose it is. -- SS 21:55, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I am editing out the mythological line, because he is plainly not mythological Winckle 23:09, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a disambiguation page for this? jp3z 22:53, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Anti-war protests
The anti-war protests that happened when the Iraq war broke out in 2003, particualarly the March 20, 2003 anti-war protests were called 'Day X' protests. Not sure if that should go in this article or not.--JK the unwise 11:39, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Presentation of SubGenius claims is flawed.
I'm having a hard time fixing the tone of this article. As it stands it makes the Church of the SubGenius out to be a whacko doomsday cult, whereas anyone who understands the slightest thing about the Church of the Subgenius knows that it was founded specifically to mock cults and extreme religions. Specifically, it is a satirical parody of those belief systems. X-Day is another example of their mockery, in which they are attempting to show the ridiculousness of any religion that says when the world will end, and the followers of those religions who typically continue to believe even after the predictions fail. X-Day, like everything else the Church of the SubGenius does, is certainly not intended seriously. This article, however, reports on it as if it were. I hesitate to use a lot of unsourced verbiage, but the article as it stands is largely unsourced as it is.
To wit, I'm going to try to improve the explanation and tone to reflect the fact of the Church's status as a giant practical joke. Not that we SubGeniuses don't find it tremendously amusing when people take us seriously; still, though, the truth should be told. ;) If my edits cause any problems, please reply here. -Kasreyn 03:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
