Talk:List of Black Saturdays

The accompanying page was falsely tagged as a Dab, and it has been renamed & is being converted to a SIA page. A Dab will be created at the old title. --Jerzy•t 20:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

2009 Victorian Bushfires
It seems that some people are omitting the 2009 Victorian Bushfires from the Black Saturday list. There are a number of media that is calling this "Black Saturday" therefore it has its place. Please do not omit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Throttler (talk • contribs) 22:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The name is not yet widely accepted. It is not even mentioned on the bushfire article page. Wait until the usage is established. Barrylb (talk) 02:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

This is only your opinion Barry and it is only you that is taking it off. It is becoming accepted and you are being pedantic. It seems that many others are accepting the title and since when does it becomes "official". Even the name "Ash Wednesday" bushfires is not official and became accepted so is this. Leave alone and stop hijacking this space. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.7.124 (talk) 02:37, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't mention anything about being "official". You'll notice that Ash Wednesday name is so well accepted that Ash Wednesday fires is the actual title of the article. Not so for the Victorian bushfires. Why is it not even mentioned in the article? We do not know that Black Saturday will be accepted as a common name for these fires and we should not be speculating. See WP:CRYSTAL. -- Barrylb (talk) 02:58, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please note that the Metropolitan Fire Brigade seems to have labelled it . Since the MFB is a close cousin to the CFA, where they come under the Victorian State Government's Department of Sustainability, then it is not a matter of it being "official" it is currently recognised in the State of Victoria where the bushfires initiated.  Victoria does not need the rest of Australia let alone the rest of the world to give the okay for the name to make it acceptable.
 * A search of Google News today reveals the following newspapers using the title 'Black Saturday' when referring to the Victorian Bush Fires: 'The Australian'; 'The Telegraph' (UK); 'Church Times' (UK); 'Melbourne Herald Sun'; 'Times Online' (UK); 'ABC Online'; 'Crikey'; 'Sunshine Coast Daily'; 'The Age'; 'Guernsey Press and Star' (UK); 'News Straits Times' (Malaysia'; 'Sydney Morning Herald'; 'WA Today'; 'Herald Sun'; 'Geelong Advertiser'; 'News.com.au'; 'The Daily Telegraph' multipage spread headlined 'Black Saturday'. The name is widely accepted as you can see. If the name does change in the future then we can adjust accordingly. Durbles --121.217.16.31 (talk) 10:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)