Talk:Singles' Day

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Embuuzy in topic Article Subject

The Numbers don't add up edit

The Guardian source mentions 25B$ for the total of the day's shopping. But another source mentions that it's 4 time bigger than black friday, which would mean it's around 25B$ for Alibaba alone.

Given that the total 2017 revenue of Alibaba is 25B$... there is a huge discrepancy between these numbers.

WTF anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soufron (talkcontribs) 11:53, 16 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Information in Wikipedia articles should be cited to reliable third-party sources edit

The section Singles'_Day#Origins contains several un-cited "guesses".

Wikipedia articles cannot contain original research; all information should be cited to reliable third-party sources. (WP:NOR, WP:VERIFY)

Please add such cites for this information or remove it.

Thank you. -- 189.122.198.138 (talk) 03:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Information about origin edit

It would be good to verify those "origin stories" and see if there are any sources other than that one source that support the second one. Embuuzy (talk) 00:31, 10 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Agreed. In fact, this statement: "The holiday was named "Singles' Day" because its date, 11/11 (November 11), consists of four "ones," representing four singles", sounds completely backwards. Isn't it more likely that the date was chosen in order to represent singles, and not the other way around? 76.102.93.221 (talk) 11:57, 26 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Article Subject edit

This article is about the Chinese holiday of singles' day. If you would like to talk about an Indian holiday please consider creating a new article and cease to edit this one. Embuuzy (talk) 06:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)Reply