Talk:Devival

The anticipation is killing me, how did the 2012 Devival go? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.129.107.67 (talk) 02:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

*Discordian* Devival?
I am somewhat distressed by the representation of "Devivals" as a purely Discordian phenomenon beginning in 2008. Haven't the SubGenii been having Devivals for, I dunno, decades? &mdash;chaos5023 (talk) 19:48, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought the Church of the Subgenius was Discordian 86.4.227.46 (talk) 15:24, 18 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Not really, no. It shares a lot of the same values, cultural reference points and membership, but it's its own thing. &mdash;chaos5023 (talk) 17:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)


 * This is a wiki y'know, you could just edit the page yourself... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.76.12 (talk) 20:11, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Knowing enough to know that the article is messed up and knowing enough to repair it are not the same thing. &mdash;chaos5023 (talk) 14:35, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I have modified the lead to cover both. Something about the SubGenius devival tradition should be added. We also need to establish when the term was first used by each religion and explain that. We should also look at whether it is used more generally in Discordianism or just for these specific events. If it is a recent coinage in Discordianism then we should give the SubGenius primacy in the article as they have been doing this stuff for ages. Finally, we need some references that come from outside of Discordian and SubGenius circles to counter any viscous allegation that might arise these are just non-notable gatherings of drunken weirdos. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:45, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * early Discordianism has no reference to Devivals. Early SubGenous literature does. Latter Devivals (1990s) are even referenced properly in another Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius#Devivals - If someone can point me to preper freferencing of audio tracks, old Hour of Slack and Puzzling Evidence shows clearly mention devivals in their mp3 archived form. I've been both a Discordian Pope and SubGenius Rev for decades, FWIW. jzp (talk) 01:21, 27 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The first Devival I went to in Birmingham (which was Discordian, haven't heard of any other ones personally) didn't involve much drinking at all. Something that backs this up would indeed be nice but I've done pretty much all I can on this article. Frank Westerton (talk) 21:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I have known of informal Discordian Devivals since I first encountered Discordianism in Oakland, CA around 1994, but I've never heard of them being organized on a large scale before. It was, at the time, exactly just gatherings of drunken weirdos, maybe 20-30 at a time max. I don't know how you would document that though.RevNigel (talk) 07:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)\

Cyclone of Slack
I put some time into researching the Cyclone of Slack links and trying to stay in tone, be polite, eh? Telarus (talk) 20:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)