Talk:October
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I'm pretty sure the months added were July and August, named for (and by) Julius and Augustus Caesar
- You are correct. --Valentinian 01:47, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
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- No, he's not. July and August were simple renamings of Quintilis and Sextilis, the old Roman Months. BovineBeast 16:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] October events
I'm somewhat leery of listing October events, as the calendar included in the article has click throughs for each day of the month. The article would be kept cleaner by including only events associated with the month (e.g., the October Revolution) rather than any specific day in the month. — Walloon 09:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rocktober
Why does Rocktober redirect to this article? I mean ... it's not a misspelling, nor is anyone who's looking for Rocktober going to find anything of interest in this article. - Riobranden 00:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- I have no idea. I just asked the editor who created those redirects if he can remember why; apparently they were created a year ago. Just out of interest, when you typed in 'Rocktober', what were you looking for? -- Jim Douglas 02:48, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I was looking to see if there was a festival called Rocktober -- Riobranden 19:53, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] October "events"
That list of "events" has gotten completely out of hand. I just carved out these two sections; do any of these actually belong on the page? -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 03:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Food Celebrations
- National Apple Month (in United States) [1]
- National Applejack Month (in United States)
- National Caramel Month (in United States)
- National Chili Month (in United States)
- National Cookie Month (in United States)
- National Country Ham Month (in United States)
- National Dessert Month (in United States)
- National Pasta Month (in United States)
- National Pickled Pepper Month (in United States)
- National Pizza Festival Month (in United States)
- National Popcorn Poppin' Month (in United States)
- National Pork Month (in United States)
- National Pretzel Month (in United States)
- National Spinach-Lovers' Month (in United States)
- National Seafood Month (in United States)
- Vegetarian Awareness Month [2]
[edit] Other Monthly Observances
- Adopt-A-Dog Month[3]
- American Magazine Month
- Auto Battery Safety Month
- Computer Learning Month [4]
- National Car Care Month [5] (in United States)
- National Clock Month (in United States)
- Consumer Information Month
- Cookbook Month
- National Cosmetology Month (in United States)
- Country Music Month
- Crime Prevention Month
- Energy Awareness Month
- Family History Month
- Fire Prevention Month
- Gourmet Adventures Month
- Halloween Safety Month
- Health Care Food Service Month
- International Book Fair Month
- International Doll Collectors Month
- International Marine Travel Month
- National Kitchen and Bath Month [6] (in United States)
- Let's Talk Month [7]
- National Medical Librarians Month (in United States) [8] (in United States)
- National Quality Month (in Philippines) [9]
- National Sarcastics Month (in United States)
- Roller Skating Month
- Stamp Collecting Month
- Spectacle of the Geese Month
- National Toilet Tank Repair Month (in United States)
- National UNICEF Month (in United States)
[edit] Other words - what is the purpose of this section?
What is the purpose of the "Other words" section? If it is merely to give translations, then this unnecessarily duplicates content in Wiktionary. If, however, as I suspect, it is to give names that illustrate the way the month is viewed around the world ("wine month", "month of dirt", "rutting time"), which is indeed information of encyclopedic interest, then why include French "octobre", Italian "ottobre", etc, which have the same etymon as the English word?
Further, isn't "Other names" a little of a misnomer? The month has only one name (in English). Perhaps "Translations", "Names in other languages" or "Names for October around the world" would be a better title. Likewise for the other months of the year. — Paul G 07:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
