File talk:Countries that do not celebrate New Year’s Day on 1st January.png

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Inaccurate map[edit]

Wrong MAP — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2409:4042:2EAA:4E3C:9180:1360:DD1B:4DDF (talk) 12:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you think it's a wrong map? It is sourced by the two independent sources.Jirka.h23 (talk) 12:22, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In Vietnam, the president of Vietnam never sends New Year Addresses on Gregorian New Year but on Tet (Vietnamese Lunisolar New Year) So please color Vietnam as Tet is more important than January 1 Baokhang48812002 (talk) 04:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC) ​[reply]

This map is highly misleading. The sources given (1,2) affirmatively list a few countries that do not celebrate New Year's Day on 1 January, but neither list exhaustive. A world map with countries the remaining countries grayed out more than implies that these grayed out countries do celebrate New Year's Day on 1 January, patently untrue for Vietnam, Israel, Sri Lanka, Taiwan et al. Without a a serious attempt to make the list exhaustive, it should be retitled or deleted. AjaxSmack (talk) 02:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This map shows countries where the main celebrations of the New Year are other day than on 1st January. If you have a source that for example Vietnam has bigger New Year's celebrations on a different day, then add it here. Thanks.Jirka.h23 (talk) 12:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that; the problem is it does not show all of them though the title implies this. It is not my job or that of any other user to collect references or correct this. AjaxSmack (talk) 05:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
AjaxSmack, again, this map shows countries where the main celebrations of the New Year are other day than on 1st January, not "Some countries", I would clarify your proposal for renaming the file.Jirka.h23 (talk) 12:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to mention that in the UAE, the Burj Khalifa lights up for the Gregorian New Year, but not the Islamic. Like almost all other Islamic countries nowadays, the Islamic calendar is basically just used to set the dates for Ramadan and other events, before converting them to Gregorian so people can follow them in the first place. Mayhair (talk) 16:48, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed renaming[edit]

I do not agree with the proposal from AjaxSmack to "Some countries that do not celebrate New Year’s Day on 1st January.png", as written in the summary, these are the countries where the main celebrations of the New Year are other day than on 1st January. If it is going to be renamed, I suggest rather: "Main celebrations of the New Year are on other day than on 1st January.png".Jirka.h23 (talk) 12:50, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does not solve the misleading aspect of the current title. Many countries where the main celebration of New Year is not on 1 January are still not on the map (e.g. Bangladesh, Egypt, Vietnam, Taiwan, Northeast India, Sudan, Thailand, Afghanistan, Malaysia[?], Ethiopia, Pakistan, Burma, Yemen, Cambodia, Israel, Mongolia, Bhutan[?], Libya, Nepal, &c.). The current map is only a small sampling of a few countries that have alternative New Year's Days. AjaxSmack (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have better sources, which broadly describe multiple countries, than the ones already posted? That's still just your claim. For example New Year is celebrated very much in Egypt, even with the fireworks above pyramids.1,2Jirka.h23 (talk) 14:37, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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