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Proposing new section 'Antagonism'

Time to time various some global pockets in countries like Russia, countries in south Asia, and many Islamic countries mild to serious level of Antagonism against celebration of Valentine's day is observed on Socio-religio-cultural-political garb. For many of conservatives freedom of expression and choice specially of women remains to be serious concern.

instances of hate attacks and restrictions

In conflict ridden Yemen, on eve of Valentine's day, war lord Huthi assailants attacked and beat young men any many restrictions on women for attempting to celebrate the Valentine's day.^[1]

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Formatting correction in Notes

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Note 1 has a full bibliographic citation written out in the text rather than using an inline. This is easily fixable in the Markup (I'd do it myself but I'm not auto-confirmed yet) Chrishillflute (talk) 11:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Bestagon ⬡ 18:35, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2021

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I wish to change the name of this holiday's wikipage to 'Saint Valentine's Day' because that is supposed to be the proper name of the holiday. 'Valentine's Day' should be the nickname. 173.238.231.208 (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)Nisarg Mistry[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Valentine's Day is used so commonly that it has become more or less the "correct" name for the holiday. AidTheWiki (talk) 22:31, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Non-Religious Saint Day?

Saint Valentine's Day, is, as you may have guessed, a saint's day. All Saints' Days have been Christian holidays for a very long time. However, recently it has become more of a non-religious holiday, (a few examples of non-religious holidays are Halloween, Veterans' Day, and New Year's Day) and more like a day for people to express their love for one another. In my opinion, it is now debatable as to if it is actually a "Saint's Day.' Let me know your opinions, AidTheWiki (talk) 22:43, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Valentine's day in the Muslim world into Valentine's Day

This whole article was copied from Valentine's Day without giving any attributions. Anywasy, i see no good reason to split from Valentine's Day (just to add "Muslim world" in the title?). This should be merge. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 16:09, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, because there many articles in Wikipedia with this or related topic. For example- Valentine's Day in Pakistan, Valentine's Day in Iran, Valentine's Day in India etc. Wiki N Islam (talk) 13:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. The only unique content from this article which was not copied from the main Valentine's Day article is the section on views and a copywriting of the lead. If content was entirely unique, there would be a better case for keeping the articles split, however, the amount of unique content on this page can very easily be merged into Valentine's Day or any other related articles. Babegriev (talk) 20:28, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. Jack Reynolds (talk to me | email me) 13:20, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2022

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In the section "Spain", please add the following sentence:

The holiday was first introduced in Spain in a 1948 ad campaign by the department store chain [[Galerías Preciados]]<ref name="abc_es" /> and had become widespread by the 1970s.<ref name="abc_es">{{Cite web|date=2014-02-13|title=Y San Valentín llegó a España de mano de Galerías Preciados|url=https://www.abc.es/historia/20140214/abci-valentin-llego-espana-201401281300.html|access-date=2022-02-14|website=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|language=es}}</ref>

194.105.229.202 (talk) 11:43, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Heartmusic678 (talk) 13:54, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2023

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In the "Japan" section, there is a note about "ultra-obligatory" (chō-giri choko) chocolate, but there's no Japanese text as there is with the other terms. Please add the Japanese text 超義理チョコ inside the (chō-giri choko) brackets to make it say (超義理チョコ chō-giri choko) (超 being the kanji for chō, meaning ultra- or super- as per Jisho: https://jisho.org/search/%E8%B6%85) DenebDeNoob (talk) 20:43, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Lightoil (talk) 08:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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change "with total expenditures in 2017 topping $18.2 billion in 2017, or over $136 per person. to with total expenditures in 2022 topping $23.9 billion, or over $175 per person.^[1]" Efkosa1 (talk) 16:23, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The blog of a sales site is not a reliable source. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:05, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.onlineproducts.com/blogs/tips/valentines-day-spending-a-closer-look-at-our-shopping-habits

Text about Scandinavia is wrong

In Denmark Valentines Day is a 100% commercial event. More than four out of ten Danes think that Valentine's Day is overrated and a thoroughly ridiculous tradition. "The Danes think it's American nonsense. It's a tradition that has no roots in the Danish people," according to https://livsstil.tv2.dk/sundhed/2011-02-11-vi-faar-roede-knopper-af-valentinsdag. 80.208.69.151 (talk) 09:24, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lutheran Valentines

The lutheran chuch does not have a feast on Valentine's Day. Like other nordic countrys Finland also has a totally comercial Valentines day, it has nothing to do with the church. 2001:14BA:10C6:F000:4409:3DFC:3F40:CE5D (talk) 10:52, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The earliest possible origin story of Valentine's Day is the pagan holiday Lupercalia (and not the Christian holiday as this article incorrectly states). Occurring for centuries in the middle of February, the holiday celebrates fertility. Men would strip naked and sacrifice a goat and dog. 2601:1C2:1A00:2250:357A:3470:7780:671E (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 22:08, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Valentine's day celebrated ?

Why is Valentine's day celebrated ? 195.158.8.181 (talk) 08:38, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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