Talk:Day of the Dead/Archive 3

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
Día de Muertos → Día de los Muertos    and practically. EDIT: ok, I probably should have read beyond the first sentence of the article before making this request, but there are no sources claiming this holiday is ever called "Día de Muertos". The Unesco page calls it "Día de los Muertos", and the first citation on the Spanish version of the page (which is also bewilderingly titled "Día de Muertos) calls it "Día de los Muertos" in the article, title, and the URL! (http://diadelosmuertos.yaia.com/historia.html). When looking up the difference, I only found one semi-reliable source claiming it has been called both names since the 16th century. I understand this has been discussed in the talk page before and have read the main archived discussion here but the editors claiming it is natively described without the "the" cited no sources, so my circumstantial evidence of my Mexican high school Spanish teacher using "los" is as reliable as theirs. If the powers that be are so inclined, they can make the case for including "Día de Muertos" as a secondary Spanish translation, but it's at least misleading, if not blatantly wrong, to keep the translation the way it is now. 2600:1702:1F0:D3F0:ECCE:6D7E:2DE3:EE82 (talk) 05:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * ❌ My Google search for "Día de Muertos" produced over twenty seven million hits. A check of a sample of them revealed that many of them are Mexican pages in the Spanish language which refer to the festival under that name: e.g. www.timeoutmexico.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/que-hacer/dia-de-muertos-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico, data.cultura.cdmx.gob.mx/celebraciondemuertos, https://www.festivaldevidaymuerte.com/es/dia-de-muertos, etc etc etc etc ... The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Day of the Dead
Today Google celebrated Day of the Dead. I went to Wiki for details of the day that been celebrated across the world. Wiki refers this day as Mexican Holiday. This holiday has been celebrated quite widely throughout the world. It has different names and celebrated in different forms but date is the same and it has very similar meaning. It was believed that at this time all souls comes back to visit their relatives, so people were celebrating this fact and get ready to meat their relatives. In Lithuania this day has been called Vėlinės (vėlė means “soul” and ilgėtis means “miss someone”). Wiki does not have much of the details and refers to All Saint Day that have been celebrated as Christian Holiday. However, celebration of this day has been long before Christianity in Lithuania and it comes from old religion that has followers up today. I suggest to edit section outside Mexico with more detailed information about this holiday celebrated in other world countries, especial in Europe, as it has a very deep roots of this tradition. 24.213.233.60 (talk) 18:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * There is already an article about the festival in more general settings, at All Souls' Day. This article is about specifically Mexican aspects of it. Whether the Mexican version is special enough to justify its own separate article I don't know, but at least some of the aspects you mention are mentioned at All Souls' Day, and you are free to add more to that article if you would like to. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 18:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
All Saint's Day is on Nov 1st, All Soul's Day is on Nov 2nd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls_Day This day should also be mentioned as it is more fitting. 2601:343:400:1292:85CD:BDC0:2494:12CE (talk) 17:07, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done the article links to both. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:22, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
Consider adding a 'See Also' link to "All Soul's Day", which is the exact same holiday in the English and European Languages" 198.24.254.18 (talk) 17:37, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done article already links to All Souls' Day. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:22, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2018
Hello. I like the name of this holiday!........ Yay 23.243.54.214 (talk) 02:09, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2018
76.94.229.106 (talk) 00:47, 3 November 2018 (UTC) hi you spelled a LOT of things wrong please let me edit
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Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
40.128.113.65 (talk) 20:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC) El Día de los Muertos is not a Mexican Holiday. It is a celebration of the faithful departed, which is a Roman Catholic celebration. Mexico celebrates it in a very unique way but that does not give Mexico an exclusivity of its origin. People in different countries do not make altars, they simply go to a cemetery and bring flowers or ornaments to the tombs of their beloved who are dead. It is important that you guys of Wikipedia be knowledgeable enough if you are presenting information. I am a Hispanic Spanish teacher from Central America and I believe to state "El día de los muertos es una celebración mexicana" disregards the real meaning of an= cultural/religious event and indirectly disregards 20 other Hispanic cultures. We should be more careful on what we post and what we see in the US is not an accurate representation of the rest of the Hispanic world (cultures).
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Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2018
Avasqu71 (talk) 16:36, 10 November 2018 (UTC) Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is observed in many parts of Mexico and Latin America, and includes altars to welcome and honor the departed who are said to come back to walk among the living on November 1 and 2. It is now popular in the United States among Latinos and non-Latinos alike. Humorous skulls (calaveras) and skeletons going about worldly business are the dominant symbols of the celebration, which has roots in pre-Columbian as well as Spanish religious beliefs.


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Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2018
California Day of the Dead Events Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is observed in many parts of Mexico and Latin America, and includes altars to welcome and honor the departed who are said to come back to walk among the living on November 1 and 2. It is now popular in the United States among Latinos and non-Latinos alike. Humorous skulls (calaveras) and skeletons going about worldly business are the dominant symbols of the celebration, which has roots in pre-Columbian as well as Spanish religious beliefs.

Somehow Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, confuses Americans. Often mistakenly thought of as “Mexican Halloween,” Día de los Muertos is actually a celebration of the deceased, a way to embrace rather than fear death. Originally an Aztec holiday dedicated to Mictlantecuhtli, the goddess of death, it was later smelted into with the Catholic celebrations of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day after the Spanish came to the New World. Today many Latin American countries celebrate a pair of holidays: November 1, Día de los Inocentes, on which children who’ve died will return to their families; and November 2, Día de los Muertos, for departed adults. Leading up to their loved ones’ return, family and friends decorate intricate and ornate altars known as ofrendas in their honor, with photos, flowers -- often marigolds -- shots of mezcal, candles, and other personal items. Keepsakes, marigolds and hard liquor make this party less macabre and more emotional than Halloween. Slowly, too, cities in the United States are coming around to these unique traditions. North of the border, here are some of the best Día de los Muertos celebrations, sugar skulls not included. Avasqu71 (talk) 18:03, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2018
Request to change the dates listed, they are incorrect. Dia de Los Muertos does not begin on October 31. It begins on November 1 as Dia de los Innocentes or Dia de los Angelitos (Day of the Innocents/children or little angels), followed by November 2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Yvonne Imergoot (talk) 19:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2019
In the first paragraph, the following passage could be improved in terms of grammar and flow. I have rewritten it below:

The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. In the Mexican culture death is viewed has a natural part of the human cycle. They view it has a day of celebration, they believe their loved ones awake and celebrate with them. They don't view it as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration. [1]

The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and helping support their spiritual journey. In Mexican culture, death is viewed as a natural part of the human cycle. Mexicans view it not as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration because their loved ones awake and celebrate with them.[1] 105.4.6.123 (talk) 19:33, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2019
Incorrect grammar. Change "The Guatemalan people fly kites in beliefs that the kites help the spirits find there way back to Earth." to "The Guatemalan people fly kites in beliefs that the kites help the spirits find their way back to Earth." 2001:8003:4EB5:F400:ED80:1083:94E3:7573 (talk) 06:30, 7 August 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅ –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 21:20, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2019
can you do something on there about Declan Varley. Donald Trump 72.50.200.114 (talk) 16:42, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2019
Please change Begins October 31 to Begins November 1

Please change "Gradually, it was associated with October 31, November 1, and November 2 to coincide with the Western Christian triduum of ..." to "It is associated with the Western Christian celebrations of All Saints' Day and All Souls'Day." 69.150.209.241 (talk) 18:14, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Not done. Please see above, we need WP:RS - ChrisWar666 (talk) 23:41, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2019
add to the Europe section that Also celebrated in Sweden and Bulgaria per the map at https://www.google.com/doodles/day-of-the-dead-2019 71.169.165.175 (talk) 10:04, 2 November 2019 (UTC)


 * ❌. Please provide a reliable source for this.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 15:15, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

pastry bones
§ Food said
 * Pan de muerto is a type of sweet roll shaped like a bun, topped with sugar, and often decorated with bone-shaped phalanges pieces.

The last part is neither grammatical nor, according to the reference, accurate. Phalanges (singular: "phalanx") are the bones of the fingers and toes. There is no mention of any such similarity in the source cited, which says instead:
 * When the dough has risen, punch it down. Set aside one-quarter of the dough. ... Press fist-size balls of dough into 6-inch rounds. ... Count the number of dough rounds you have prepared, and divide the reserved dough into that number of parts. Shape each part into two bone-shaped logs, each roughly 7 inches long, pinching in the center so that the ends are wider than the middles. ...  When the dough has risen, set two bones on top of each round, intersecting in the middle to form a crossbones.

No mention of fingers or phalanges, and seven inches is much longer than any human phalanx. I've changed the description to "...often decorated with bone-shaped pieces of the same pastry", and updated the access date.

--Thnidu (talk) 03:34, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Modification of the section "Observances Outside Mexico"
Under the section titled observances outside Mexico, there is a section for each of what appear to be countries and/or continents. The extra entry of a special California section seems to create come disorganization in the way the information is presented and may cause some confusion to people in other countries or young children who are not familiar with the fact that California is part of the United States of America. Also, upon taking a quick scan and a cursory look on The City of Santa Ana events page, on November 2, there is no reference to any festival that happens and the information that seems to advertise it as: "Santa Ana, California is said to hold the 'largest event in Southern California' honoring Día de Muertos," may be false. This is not say that there is not a celebration, but this may be unsubstantiated, unofficial baiting for tourism.

There may be good reason to consider reformatting or re structuring this section to include the information related to California as a part of the United States section to avoid redundancy. By doing this, it will create more consistency and stay on point with the Wikipedia Policies and guidelines point number four: Maintain scope and avoid redundancy as well as allow for other celebrations to be listed among other attractive tourist ideas, such as those in the south west states (e.g. Texas, Arizona, New Mexico). There may also be good reason to add a request for verification for claims that make a non-relative claim to other such celebrations.

Chezzwizz (talk) 22:05, 2 November 2019 (UTC)


 * (added talkref to keep 's references in the section) --Thnidu (talk) 03:51, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2019
The first sentence of the second paragraph currently says "The holiday is sometimes called Día de Muertos[3][4] in Anglophone countries, a back-translation of its original name, Día de Muertos." These are identical! I'm guessing it was meant to say "The holiday is sometimes called Día de los Muertos[3][4] in Anglophone countries, a back-translation of its original name, Día de Muertos." I'm basing this on the sources cited (3 and 4) since they call the holiday "Día de los Muertos" and "Dia de los Muertos". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcerb (talk • contribs) 13:52, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:57, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2019 - Update History Section
History section mentions a newspaper article about the tradition being 2,500 to 3,000 years old (reference link #11)

--> "Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,500–3,000 years"

There are reasons to believe the information might be erroneus.

Based on the information from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (link), I'm sorry I dind´t find it in Engligh, but basically says it is an evolution of Europan Roman traditions. Google translate does a great translation.

I would remove the references to the data from the magazine as they have no scientific evidence or support other than an article published in a magazine, and use the data from the official Mexican Government website and the National Institute of Anthropology and History. 67.250.77.249 (talk) 01:43, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Further references supporting the information contained in the article mentioned above:

November 1 st and 2 nd in Mexico City, 1750-1900.

ABSTRACT The Mexican calendar of festivities commemorates, as elsewhere in the Catholic World, All Saints and the Day of the Dead on November 1st and 2nd. This article recounts the details of these days in a larger period of its modern, cultural history, allowing the corroboration of the origins and permanencies of customs and traditions that refashioned both festivities in Mexico City. Both days were thus experienced as festivities divided into several acts, which included special solemnities as well as shared entertainment, and in which all social sectors participated in spite of their profound contrasts. It is also possible to observe the endurance of these characteristics in our days, basically associated with diverse attitudes towards death, its rites, and main symbols. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.250.77.249 (talk) 02:02, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. The information from the Arizona Republic (newspaper, not magazine) reflects a common understanding, as the cite offered in this edit request even acknowledges.  Although taken from the Institute's website, the article is not actually about the Institute's organizational judgement or research on the question.  It is a report about the research of an epidemiologist who claims there are no pre-Hispanic roots to the celebration.  This type of conflict of sources is best reconciled by discussion among multiple editors here on the talk page.  I hope this helps.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:45, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2019
Is it Dia de Muertos or Dia de los Muertos? In the second paragraph the text claims that the latter is a back translation from English and includes two references. But so far as I can tell the references do not support the "back translation" statement; they (the references) are general articles about the holiday. There is also an HTML comment (not visible except in edit mode) that states that "Dia de Muertos" is correct. But again there is no supporting reference. I am not of Mexican culture, but I have always heard the holiday as "Dia[s] de los Muertos". It seems to me the distinction between the two names (with and without the "loss) needs to have a reference. It seems to me that the assertion that "Dia de Muertos" is "correct" needs some kind of proof. Gstory20 (talk) 15:04, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done This is correct. The part of the statement about "de los" being due to back-translations is not supported by the sources cited.  I have removed that part of the text.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
 * , can you explain why you restored the text removed due to the above edit request? is correct that the text you restored failed verification and your edit summary does not seem to match the change made.  Thanks. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 13:53, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 September 2020
change "Día de Muertos" to "Día de los Muertos" Rxvenge (talk) 17:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The distinction between "Día de Muertos" and "Día de los Muertos" is adequately discussed in the second paragraph of the introduction. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 19:06, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Brazil
the "brazil" subsection of it names the celebration in spanish. as it is well known, we brazillians do not speak spanish. i am not able to edit it and therefore ask someone to correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Negomassu (talk • contribs) 20:24, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 22:54, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2020
change dia de muertos to dia de las muertas 68.50.77.161 (talk) 18:24, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Not the common name. – Thjarkur (talk) 21:30, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Dia de los Muertos is not "wrong" and is not a back translation from English
Although Dia de Muertos is the most common use in Mexico, there are plenty of Mexican sources using Dia de los Muertos which is also the prevalent form in all other Spanish-speaking countries. An article by a "Zapotecan-American" in "LA Taco" (??) who likely does not speak Spanish nor has much cultural or linguistic contact with Mexico or anywhere else in the Hispanosphere is not much of a credible source to the contrary. Its complete nonsense that its a "back translation from English". Please remove this embarrassingly wrong statement. Gracias! --Frijolesconqueso (talk) 15:25, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Do you have sources that verify your claim? (CC) Tb hotch ™ 19:10, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You should take my word for it but sure.... Random Mexican sources using the term "Dia de los Muertos" found on Google below:
 * https://www.expreso.com.mx/seccion/sonora/250900-hacen-su-agosto-limpiando-tumbas-en-dia-de-los-muertos.html
 * https://www.cultura.gob.mx/turismocultural/publi/Cuadernos_19_num/cuaderno16.pdf
 * https://www.unionjalisco.mx/articulo/2020/10/27/cultura/quien-invento-el-dia-de-muertos
 * https://www.nssoaxaca.com/2019/11/01/el-dia-de-los-muertos-en-mexico/
 * Try using credible Latin American academic sources from now on. There is no lack of them. The main expert on the topic of this festivity was Mexican historian Elsa Malvido from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia who died in 2010. Its very sad that we are using "LA Taco" as a source on Spanish language and Hispanic culture in 2020. Not sure if I would go as far as saying its racist, but on second thought yeah.. its racist. --Frijolesconqueso (talk) 22:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's not sourced exclusively by LA Taco, it is sourced by the executive director of Mano a Mano's Day of the Death Festival and My Modern Met. Now, note that calling people racist without supporting evidence is a form of ad hominem argument, and can be seen as an attack (yes, Taco is a cliché but not a racist element). And no, '"Random Mexican sources using the term "Dia de los Muertos"' is not a confirmation of "Día de los Muertos" being a correct Spanish term, it's just the frequency of use. You need Spanish-language sources indicating that "Día de los Muertos" is equally valid as "Día de Muertos" in Spanish. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 22:36, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * We have multiple Mexican sources, including the Mexican federal government, regional media, historians from the INAH and state tourist boards alternating between Dia de Muertos and Dia de los Muertos. We also have hundreds of other sources from every single other Latin American country (and Spain) only using Dia de los Muertos. That is enough to put to rest theories by ridiculous blogs from the US which aren't even a valid source on Wikipedia. You claim that the UNAM is your alma matter, but I'm sorry to say I find it very hard to believe. No Mexican would use such ridiculous pseudo sources from the US to argue something that no Spanish-speaker would claim. Frijolesconqueso (talk) 22:53, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * More Mexican sources using Dia de los Muertos:
 * https://www.gob.mx/telecomm/articulos/dia-de-muertos-256159?idiom=es
 * https://www.anahuac.mx/veracruz/evento/dia-de-los-muertos-2020
 * https://www.forotuxpan.com/la-historia-del-dia-de-muertos/
 * https://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/sitios/micrositios/2_nov_dia_muertos/
 * https://www.cecut.gob.mx/iber-rutas/pdf/1lasofrendas.pdf
 * https://www.cefimslp.gob.mx/58M/CEFIM-Revista58M-A01N02.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frijolesconqueso (talk • contribs) 23:02, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * And of course Mexican lawyer Marcos Marín Amezcua explaining on the Instituto Cervantes virtual center that both Dia de Muertos and Dia de los Muertos are correct in Mexico here, with Dia de los Muertos likely having been more common in past centuries - https://cvc.cervantes.es/foros/leer_asunto1.asp?vCodigo=34107#132420Frijolesconqueso (talk) 23:13, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Just because English speakers use Its and It's or Than and Then indistinctively, doesn't mean it is correct. Just because Spanish speakers say "debo de hacer..." doesn't mean it is correct (the correct form is debo hacer). The same applies to this. It's not about the amount of sources you can find, it is about the grammar validity and that requires a source to confirm its legitimity legitimacy. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 23:15, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * For example, Fundeu says Día de (los) Muertos (making both valid), and the RAE says that Día de Muertos is preferred but "de los Muertos" is not gramatically incorrect. These are the type of sources required for these claims. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 23:23, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes I was going to share that source. The RAE says the name used in Mexico "Dia de Muertos" but "Dia de los Muertos" is also grammatically correct. So we can put to rest theories of back translation from English. That's all. Please no more time wasting. Just get rid of the sentence. Frijolesconqueso (talk) 23:36, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * As the Royal Spanish Academy has more credibility concerning grammar than the previously listed sources, I have changed the article accordingly. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 23:53, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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2409:4063:238A:D6A0:DC:558F:4DAB:6A5E (talk) 06:29, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --TheImaCow (talk) 07:32, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2021
Im pretty sure day of the dead dates back at least a 1,000 years to several Catholic countries of Europe (Italy, Spain, France, England (before leaving Catholic church) Germany (before leaving Catholic Church), Malta, and probably others) and somewhat tied to their former pagan religions. Some of these countries were not unified 1,000 years ago but still celebrated in their former city states. This holiday was definitely not created in Mexico as it is a fairly new country speaking in terms of current countries in the world and a relative new receiver of the Catholic faith as the Spanish Colonizers did not arrive to Mexico until about the early 1500s. 2600:387:F:461A:0:0:0:2 (talk) 21:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2021
Dia de los muertos is not just a Mexican holiday or celebrated in areas where there are mexican people, it is an Aztec holiday and celebrated by people all over Mexico and Central America. 70.118.16.99 (talk) 04:22, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2021
Day of The Dead does not take place October 31st, it always has been November 1st and 2nd. Blitz777 (talk) 15:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ "though other days, such as 6th November, may be included depending on the locality". (CC) Tb hotch ™ 18:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2021 (2)
38.141.38.60 (talk) 16:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC) Day of the dead starts on November 1st not October 31.
 * ❌ Refer to the sources at the end of the sentence. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 05:05, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2021
Substitute --Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Faithful Deceased")-- for --Dia de Finados (Portuguese: "Day of the Deceased")--. I'm a brazilian who's lived in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and I have NEVER heard of Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos, maybe that's how it's called in Portugal.

Sources: https://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/spnoticias/confira-o-funcionamento-dos-servicos-estaduais-no-feriado-de-finados/ https://www.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/financas-impostos-e-gestao-publica/2021/01/governo-divulga-feriados-e-pontos-facultativos-de-2021

One is from State Government of São Paulo the other is from Brazilian government. Both address the holiday as "Finados" 2804:7F0:C83:3959:3CEC:42B2:E05B:5101 (talk) 21:36, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added as a synonym. The Portuguese article (pt:Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos) has that name though. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 05:13, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2021
Hey, just wanted to include or ask someone to include a sentence on Día de los Muertos observance in the US, specifically pertaining to the observance by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden placing the first ever Día de los Muertos altar at the White House from 1-2 Nov. 2021.

Source (images included): https://twitter.com/LaCasaBlanca/status/1455331550820700162?s=20 AnaboliQueer (talk) 03:56, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 14:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2021
When I was reading this article, I thought I missed something, but this sentence in the first paragraph is worded very badly.

"It largely originated in Mexico,[1] where it is mostly observed, but also in other places, especially by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere."

The first three clauses (It... places) suggest that Day of the Dead originated and is mostly observed in Mexico, but it also originated in other places. Based on the latter part, I think the original author intended to say that Day of the Dead originated and is mostly observed in Mexico, and is also observed in other places, especially by people of Mexican heritage. This is too many ideas for one sentence. I think it should be split into two sentences detailing origin and observance separately. Nameart1 (talk) 12:45, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:29, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of all references to specialist studies on Dia de Muertos
Any reason to mass delete specialist Mexican studies on the origins and history of Dia de Muertos, particularly during the 20th century beyond WP:JDL? Looks like a case of nationalist censorship here. Ricardo Perez Montfort and Elsa Malvido seem to be top experts on the topic. Do their findings hurt "Aztec" sensibilities? --Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 19:01, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Any reason to go against WP:BMB? (CC) Tb hotch ™ 19:15, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes. Absolutely. The article seemed pretty stable, presumably under your watch. It gave a detailed and sourced account of the history and development of the Day of the Dead with high grade sources: expert Mexican historians from the Mexican Institute of Anthropology and History. Is there a reason for ravaging the article? Is there any question on quality of sourcing or just WP:JDL? Isn't just better to add opposing views from quality academic sources than delete those we are unhappy with? --Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 19:24, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Now that all of these investigations have ended, I suggest the blanked sources on the origins and history of the day of the dead - particularly its development in the 19th and 20th century be restored or rewritten. I see no reason for deleting them and the account which blanked this section seems to be inactive. I will wait for a couple of days before editing the article. This mass blanking of the most interesting and well-sourced part of this article, presumably for ideological reasons, is not an improvement. Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 18:37, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * You need a WP:consensus to restore your preferred version. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 19:05, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I do not have a preferred version. I just notice there is entire section of this article has been blanked by a single-edit account which is no longer active. Unless someone provides me with a valid argument not to, I will proceed with a draft section reintroducing sourced information regarding the history and development of the day of the dead in the 20th century. I will not revert the entire edit (not all of it seems negative), simply recover some of the lost sources in the "origins" section. I'll give a day or two out of courtesy before proceeding, since there may be other editors who wish to provide their input.   Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 08:11, 11 November 2021 (UTC)


 * And Tbhotch please do read: Unless you are willing to engage in discussion and provide content-related arguments, you are engaging in disruptive editing by appealing solely to other editors "requiring consensus" as an argument.Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 08:44, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, you do have a preferred version, the version of a blocked POV-pusher who has used multiple accounts to continue reinforcing their POV. A version that, quote, "gave a detailed and sourced account of the history and development of the Day of the Dead with high grade sources". What you continuously don't say, and therefore has not justified, is that that version also omitted and removed information about the global perspective of the holiday, including, but not limited to, the removal of the sections named "Calaverita", "Calaveras literarias" and "Origin and similarities to other festivities". What you also are omitting is that Status quo stonewalling starts with: "Status quo stonewalling is disruptive behavior in opposition to a proposed change when substantive argument based in policy, guidelines and conventions are inadequate to legitimately oppose the change." At the moment you haven't provided a single "substantive argument based in policy, guidelines and conventions" that explains why Wikipedia has to restore a version (or even material) published by a blocked POV-pusher who has used multiple accounts to continue reinforcing their POV. Although reverting changes performed by a blocked editor is not always necessary, anyone is free to revert any edits made in violation of a block. You are currently justifying the re-insertion of your preferred version because, paraphrasing you, a "single-edit account" (which is incorrect as a "single-edit account" means literally a one-time editor) blanked an entire section and is inactive to justify their reversal of content provided by blocked accounts. As you want to reinsert such material, you are now becoming responsible for such material. OK then. Can you explain why a section called "Origin and history of the Day of the Dead" merely includes material about the very recent commentary that the Day of the Dead is a tradition created by Cárdenas' indigenismo? This is called WP:Recentism and it is giving undue weight to recent commentary by historians without giving due weight to old commentary by historians on the topic. The section goes further into giving irrelevant commentary like "This exclusive nationalism began to displace all other cultural perspectives to the point that in the 1930s, the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl was officially promoted by the government as a substitute for the Spanish Three Kings tradition", something that is technically incorrect, as he replaced Santa Claus but that doesn't affect the Day of the Dead in any way, not even as a background, because the page Indigenismo in Mexico is supposed to include these types of examples. So then again, where is the origin of the Day of the Dead? Why a section named "Origin" doesn't talk about the origin of it and instead it takes the very recent hypothesis of academics as the only source of the origin of the day and therefore implies that the holiday is an invention of an indigenista in the 1930s. You have to justify this before restoring that section. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 16:00, 11 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't understand. WP:Recentism has nothing to do with academia or academic sources. Please read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Age_matters You are treating current academic consensus by experts in the field as "recent news"? Studies by a heavyweight historian like Malvido who actually had already passed away? If I understand your argument correctly - I'm not sure I do - that is what you are doing. Perhaps we can take this to a noticeboard to obtain advice on this policy point?Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 15:06, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Of course it has everything to do with due and undue weight. If you ask any experienced editor to read the paragraph they will conclude pretty much the same: That this so-called long-term tradition was, according to 21st Century academics, created during the early 20th Century by a group of mestizo indigenistas and it uses European pre-existing traditions as the base of its creation. God, you, an European, came here and the very first thing that said was "Looks like a case of nationalist censorship here [...] Do their findings hurt "Aztec" sensibilities?" Even the unsourced es:Día de muertos includes a background on the several pre-Hispanic traditions that potentially influenced the Day of the Dead as we know it today. After that, the article then proceeds to do what this paragraph is actually doing, providing counterevidence that this is not necessarily a pre-Hispanic festivity. In other words, imagine you are asked to write the article about Halloween, and as a background you simplify it by saying it is a US-created tradition inspired by old European folk. This is a good example of why the edits by Php and their subsequent sockpuppets are to be reverted. Php uses reliable sources to push their point of view without giving the whole context to the readers. It's so poorly researched that I even found sources about the pre-Hispanic traditions on death. It's so poorly researched not because Php couldn't access those sources, but because Php merely wrote the paragraph to support his POV on the topic. Php is like the flat-earth conspiracist that uses academic statements to support his ideas. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 20:11, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I also believe that Cristodelosgitanos is Php/Huasteca but if we're trying to engage with him constructively because he hasn't been blocked yet, here goes... For a dispute like this we need to be looking to WP:HISTRW and ideally finding sources about the historiography of Day of the Dead. I agree with Cristo that recent sources are theoretically better than old sources, but (not having looked into this myself, just because this fits his MO) I think he is likely cherry-picking sources that fit his POV. Just because theses are new does not mean that they have attained widespread acceptance (what is more important). Can we look for some sources about the historiography of Day of the Dead that consider the literature as a whole and give an overview? Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:48, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Tbhotch I need an actual argument here regarding the subject matter. I'm not interested in your conflicts with other editors. The SPI is closed, so aspersions and ad hominems are not really addressing the issue. Same applies to you Calliopejen1 please do not cast aspersions. I also have a firm conviction on who Alan_MB is but since that SPI is also closed, I'm keeping my opinion to myself. Also I suggest not assuming anything on the substance of the discussion based on your personal opinions about me - odd you assume I'm male. But do look into who Elsa Malvido was - she is clearly the most authoritative Mexican expert academic on the Day of the Dead and widely recognized in Mexico as such. I presume you understand Spanish from other interactions I've had with you. I look forward to your response. Thank you. Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 19:10, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Can you explain at which moment I insulted you? If you are or you aren't Php is not my problem anymore, an admin already decided it. I already explained it to you but you keep rejecting the point. Reread what I wrote and comprehend it. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 03:12, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * OK I read the comment below ("Tbhotch's position is that he is giving equal (or lesser) weight to academia and to artists/politicians"). I am not. The fact that you believe I don't know these people and that you think I think these publications are unreliable sources, coupled with the "I also have a firm conviction on who Alan_MB is but since that SPI is also closed, I'm keeping my opinion to myself", hypocritically as you clearly continue bitching about it, leads me to conclude that the whole conversation will be like your SPI. You a) will answer what you want to answer, b) will understand what you want to understand, c) will continue pushing your views, and d) will continue minimizing all points of view solely because, you think that "In academic circles, the idea that this festivity is syncretic or has pre-hispanic origins is by now widely discredited" when it's demonstrable that such academic consensus doesn't exist. As of this edit, you have demonstrated not a single intention to translate this and to have a thorough page discussing the topic. Because of that, I would suggest that instead of wasting my time with childish commentaries, you create the draft you proposed above including the whole academic history of the tradition and how it has been modified through the years. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 04:32, 18 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Calliopejen1 You asked for a historiography so I briefly composed one - easy enough. For the record, this is how the article stood prior to Alan_B's edit on the 29th of September. Not great but certainly better than post-Alan. As to the historiography: Mexican historians from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia who explain the development of the Day of the Dead as a nation-building construct built on a hispanic tradition include Elsa Malvido (2006), Agustín Sánchez González (2015) and Ricardo Pérez Montfort (2000). Malvido's view is further supported by Mexican archeologists Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Carlos Navarrete and Leonardo Lopez, as well as anthropologists Standley Brandes and Claudio Lomnitz all of whom highlight the completely diverging attitudes to death between the modern festivity and prehispanic civilizations. For a wider summary of the historiography on the day of the dead this can actually be found in "La idea de la muerte en México" by Claudio Lomnitz. Lomnitz is also very critical of the modern commercial and touristic element in the festivity. The problem with Tbhotch's position is that he is giving equal (or lesser) weight to academia and to artists/politicians. In academic circles, the idea that this festivity is syncretic or has pre-hispanic origins is by now widely discredited and a minority view, even if among the general populace this is a widely held misconception partly driven by the state education system. I hope this was useful. Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 20:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you User:Tbhotch. I will do just that and seek consensus through discussion of content rather than character of editors. Lets keep things civil, please. There is no need for hostility and I think that, if we make an effort, we can all WP:AGF. For now, I find it alarming that all mention of the role of Cardenism in the creation of the Day of the Dead has been deleted from the article. That is my basic concern, as well as the deletion of aforementioned specialist sources.


 * I agree with Calliopejen1 that we should be following WP:HISTRW to determine which sources should be given more weight and credibility. I also do not seek to impose any inflexible or one-sided approach on this topic. If there are anthropologists who still believe in the syncretic origin of the Day of the Dead then their opinion should be included in the article. Erik Mendoza seems to believe so, although without providing any actual counter-arguments to what is now the mainstream academic view.


 * But we cannot ommit specialist studies which explain how the belief in a syncretic/pre-hispanic origin of the festivity was imposed on the wider Mexican society by the country's elites throughout 20th century. We are talking about a very large body of literature of very detailed research on this process. I think readers of Wikipedia would find this perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this festivity and it would be a shame for the article to ommit the most high quality specialist studies on the Day of the Dead. Cristodelosgitanos (talk) 10:41, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Someone sought out a third opinion related to this dispute. I just removed the request, which was posted on 18 November, as our practice is to remove stale requests after six days. Anyone is welcome to relist the dispute if they still wish for a third opinion.
 * Speaking solely about my own opinions as an editor, I think this dispute might be too technical for a reasoned 3O, and I'd suggest seeking input from some of the related WikiProjects. Firefangledfeathers 05:38, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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this article makes a false statement. well, maybe false. it says no celebration occurred in Mexico City before the Bond film start opens with a parade. But the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico had such a parade. It was not set in Mexico City though. Perhaps a correction is that they existed in Mexico but not Mexico City? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A601:A821:D800:444F:35A2:815:BC1A (talk) 20:41, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Correct Day
It is absolutely not dia de los muertos at all ever, only to YT people and appropriating businesses. The correct way is just Dia de Muertos 97.94.110.0 (talk) 10:29, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2022
please give me access to this as i would like to add to the title 106.214.190.125 (talk) 15:32, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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Change "The festival also is held annually at historic Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Sponsored by Forest Hills Educational Trust and the folkloric performance group La Piñata, the Day of the Dead festivities celebrate the cycle of life and death. People bring offerings of flowers, photos, mementos, and food for their departed loved ones, which they place at an elaborately and colorfully decorated altar. A program of traditional music and dance also accompanies the community event." to "The festival also was held annually at historic Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Sponsored by Forest Hills Educational Trust and the folkloric performance group La Piñata, the Day of the Dead festivities celebrated the cycle of life and death. People brought offerings of flowers, photos, mementos, and food for their departed loved ones, which they placed at an elaborately and colorfully decorated altar. A program of traditional music and dance also accompanied the community event. The Jamaica Plain celebration was discontinued in 2011."

Source: https://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2011/11/04/day-of-the-dead-dies-as-cemetery-cuts-arts/

Alternately, delete this section. 96.230.143.19 (talk) 15:44, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

✅ I added the verbiage you wrote rather than deleting the section. Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 18:26, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

IT IS PRECOLUMBIAN.
Thousands of years old, afterwards spaniards FORCED the Catholic Religion onto the Indigenous of “Mexica” lands. It’s been found as far backs as the Olmecs, and continued with Mayan, Aztecs … 2600:1700:5D80:BC90:CDB5:3DF:7998:3368 (talk) 04:59, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Not really historically accurate
The article claims that this is a tradition largely developed in Mexico. This is nonsense. In parts of Eastern Europe, where Catholicism once ruled, people still gather in cemeteries to lay fresh flowers and pay respects. Quite often brass bands will come to cemeteries too, to play while people pay their respects to the dead.

I do not know enough about pre-colonial Mexican history but I do know enough to know that with the Catholics came all of these traditions. And just as when Christianity merged with paganism, these were then absorbed into existing beliefs/traditions. GelliAurGoldenGrove (talk) 10:03, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Day of the dead
Also celebrate it 8n Hungary and Romania (Transilvania) 90.241.96.58 (talk) 13:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Texas
Texas needs to be added along with California as a place in the US that celebrates Día de Muertos. Many large cities and small towns have parades and other celebrations and several (Hispanic and non-Hispanic) families have ofrendas in their homes. San Antonio has a huge celebration downtown, as do Houston and Austin. El.andariego.tx (talk) 20:02, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

What does Festival of the dead marks
What is a purpose of the festival of the dead 39.34.183.8 (talk) 11:42, 18 February 2023 (UTC)