Talk:Discothèque

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I don't know how, but this article should link to the Japanese article ディスコ which covers Disco and Discotheque, as Japanese does not use two discrete words for the two concepts, rather allows them to overlap as Disuko. 69.59.108.79 21:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for deleting wikidate overlinkage

It's per Wikipedia style guidelines. This from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Avoid_overlinking_dates

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[edit] This makes no sense!

> discothèque is usually synonymous with nightclub.

A nightclub is a place where girls on a pole do strip-tease to entertain wealthy drunken perverts. A discotheque is a place where teenagers high on speed and amphetamines go to "dance" to a tune of techno and trance "music" and hypnotizing flashlights.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.70.32.136 (talk • contribs) 09:14, September 25, 2006 (UTC).

I agree with the current wording of the article and disagree with your viewpoint. Your description of what a nightclub is may be correct for the region which you are familiar with, however, I believe it is not the global perception. __meco 11:41, 25 September 2006 (UTC)