Talk:Leif Erikson Day

message: Why in the world does this page talk about an obscure reference to this holiday in one episode of a cartoon series? I'm moving this reference here.
: Maybe re-word and re-add it under "References in Popular Culture". And add a link to the particular episode, "Bubble Buddy". 209.226.132.74 06:29, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Spongebob Squarepants uses Leif Erikson Day in a note to Patrick Star. The note reads, "Hey everybody!!!! It's Leif Ericson Day!!!!! HINGA DINGA DURGEN!!!!!!!!"
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:Actually, it's a note FROM Patrick left to his friend SpongeBob. "Dear SpongeBob, Went to get more giant paper. Uhhhh, Patrick. PS, Happy Leif Erikson Day! Hinga dinga durgen!" Cleveland Rock 20:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It shouldn't be added, because there is no proof that it has anything to do with the actual holiday. eSTeMSHORN (T/C) 11:51, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Certainly no reliable, independent source has been presented that this is a notable aspect of Leif Erikson Day. And if the articles on other holidays and observances included every minor mention in a cartoon, they would be flooded with trivia. Jonathunder (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

text: Patrick said Yerger Hinger Dinger 2A00:23C6:BE86:B401:A02E:5724:4A0A:3567 (talk) 11:36, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

text: As the history section of this article shows, it's been a holiday for nearly a century now in some U.S. states, yet every year someone who learned history from a children's cartoon wants to add some silly SpongeBob bit. Per Wikipedia:POPCULTURE, if that's significant, provide some third-party sources saying so. Otherwise, it's not spongeworthy. Jonathunder (talk) 20:44, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

text: Refer to WP:POPCULTURE and WP:NOTEWORTHY. (CC) Tbhotch™ 00:12, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leif Erikson Day in Spongebob 

message: do you guys think that hinga dinga durgen comment is like lowkey offensive or what  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.216.41.38 (talk) 21:07, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: Erikson is really spelled Ericsson
This should be changed....imho Interpolarity 13:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Leif Erikson Day" is spelled exactly as it is in the federal law and presidential proclamation establishing the day. As for Erikson, there is more than one spelling, and this is the most common in connection with this day. Jonathunder 13:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misspelling 

message: According to me, it would not be bad to add more lines about Vinland. I have found: "While the map has been radiocarbon-dated to between 1423 and 1445, it appears to have been coated with an unknown substance in the 1950s. This could be an undocumented attempt at preservation, or it could be part of a forger’s attempt to draw a new map over an old one. It’s unclear whether this substance is over or under some of the ink on the page…
The ink itself has been chemically analysed, and dated to after 1923 due to the presence of anatase – a synthetic pigment in use only since the 1920s. Natural anatase has been demonstrated in various Mediaeval manuscripts, though.
As for the content of the map, a number of questions challenge the age of the document. Greenland is presented as an island – a fact not physically proven until the turn of the 20th century and unknown to the Vikings, who mostly thought it a peninsula descending from the north. Several passages in the text are equally anomalous.
Finally, the best argument against the map’s veracity seems to be that the Vikings were such good seafarers that they didn’t use nautical maps at all…"
tommy 17:22, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an article about Leif Erikson Day, not about theories on Viking exploration. Jonathunder 14:44, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ericsson and Vinland 

message: It's not a stub-article, so the category doesn't seem appropriate.  Tedickey (talk) 12:24, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Holiday stub

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message: Leif Erikson/Eriksson/etc. Day is the day before Columbus Day--that's the point.  Since Columbus Day was made to be a Monday holiday, L.E. Day will always be a Sunday.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18E:C500:72A6:A93F:B582:8EE:4EED (talk) 01:46, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: That's probably why they made it October 9, which in 2017 falls on a Monday, making Columbus Day and Leif Erikson Day the same day. "The date was chosen because the ship Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor on October 9, 1825, at the start of the first organized immigration from Norway ..." a fortunate coincidence. 162.89.0.47 (talk) 21:33, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

text: There may be some truth to that. Leif Erikson Day has often been contrasted with Columbus Day, especially when it was a new observance. Jonathunder (talk) 20:43, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Isn't it a historical fact that they indeed arrived? --ExperiencedArticleFixer (talk) 10:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why "all but verified" instead of "verified"? 

message: On the page's infobox, it says the holiday "is observed by United States, Canada, Iceland, Minnesota, other places with Nordic communities." I was wondering why is Minnesota included in this list when it is already covered by "United States"? Okay thanks, bye. Swaggerding (talk) 21:56, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it has been fixed. Thank you for pointing it out. Jonathunder (talk) 13:17, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Minnesota?