Talk:carnival

Sense 5 = "A ritual reversal of a social hierarchy". Makes little sense to me and suggests no meaning of "carnival" that I know. -- WikiPedant 04:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That refers to what the annual festival Carnival is about. It's more of a description of the spirit of the Catholic carnival festive season than a definition. --EncycloPetey 18:18, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * delete as encyclopedic non-linguistic sociology (vs. sociolinguistics). DCDuring TALK 20:29, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Deleted the redundant sense.--Jusjih 01:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

carnival
rfd senses, they don't make sense
 * 1) Comic good times marked by special events.
 * 2) A parade group masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.

--Volants 13:50, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as nonsense, redundant, wrong etc.
 * I'm adding (3) The season just before the beginning of the Roman Catholic season of Lent, when New Orleans has its Mardi Gras carnival. Shouldn't that be Carnival as a proper noun? Or is it just a special case of 1. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:02, 13 November 2009 (UTC)


 * This isn't a proper deletion rationale, is it? Send to RFV. Equinox ◑ 00:10, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think #1 and #2 are poorly worded and redundant, and #3 should be moved to Carnival and then RFV'd as a proper noun. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * # 3 has been moved to Carnival, per Lent, Christmas, Easter et al. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:04, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Those senses are silly and should be deleted. BedfordLibrary 14:51, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Deleted.--Jusjih 02:39, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

RFC discussion: February 2007–November 2009
Some of the definitions don't seem to make sense:


 * 1) comic good times marked by special events
 * 2) a parade group masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum

&mdash; Paul G 12:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Definitions to RFD --Volants 13:48, 13 November 2009 (UTC)