Talk:Santa Claus

Merge proposal

I think the page Father Christmas should be merged with this page, it is about the same person but by a different name, it's nothing more than redundant (repeated).-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 21:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Disagree. Santa Claus and Father Christmas are two completely different cultures. Juliancolton (talk) 22:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Different cultures? They're the same person though, if not a permanent merge it should be long enough for them to grow long enough to have own articles. Different cultures don't make them different people.-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 22:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Agree with Julian. Santa Claus is the saint, Father Christmas is the guy who brings people presents. That they are used interchangably is irrelevant. They are different concepts. Majorly ^talk 22:11, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I guess we'll wait for more comments.-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 22:13, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, the term "Santa Claus" is used primarily in the United States, whereas "Father Christmas" is used in Europe. Thus, if we merged the two, we would have a U.S. bias. Juliancolton (talk) 22:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Ahhh, here we go with the "U.S. bias" crap again. Maybe you should read this and then reevaluate you "U.S. bias" argument.-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 22:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

What's your point? Juliancolton (talk) 22:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm just trying to prove that there would be no "U.S. bias" here, unless you want there to be at which point you see what you want. [ http://www.lone-star.net/mall/main-areas/santafaq.htm]-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 22:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

If we merge everything except for the U.S. term, that's not a bias? Juliancolton (talk) 22:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

No, that's listing them all under one name, I'm not saying use the "U.S." name alone, mention the others like the enWP article does, but there is no reason why they should be on separate pages.-- Chris†ianMan16 ^{t _c r} 22:39, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

They are two different subjects, so indeed there is a reason to keep them separate. Juliancolton (talk) 22:54, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

•  Not merged - Santa and Father are the same persons, but they have different meanings. I agree with Majorly's comment. At all, this are two different people of differnt cultures. Barras || talk 14:41, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Not very fair

I personally don't think it is wise to put that santa claus is a fictional character.

what if a child was told to look him up for homework or something and saw that?! I don't think they would be happy. you could just put it in another way instead of that because if my little brother saw that he would cry for days on end.

Unfortunately, we do say to people that Wikipedia is not censored. We don't change Wikipedia to protect people from things they may not like to see or which would upset them. It's an encyclopedia and we have to put the truth in it, "warts and all". I would also say that if a young child was asked to look on Wikipedia for stuff like that, as homework, that their parents would be sensible enough to help them. DaneGeld (talk) 19:34, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Santa is real! -- 70.162.236.66 (talk) 09:07, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I think this article should be re written, at least partially, like the en.Wikipedia.org version, which states him as a legendary character, stated to be real. It’s useful for grown ups trying to learn the history of Santa, and children trying to believe he is real, while not promising or confirming if he is real or fake, without contradicting each other. They really did an extraordinary job at writing that article. Lallint (talk) 10:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Please see the essay WP:SANTA on the full enwiki. Since Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED, the truth about Santa (that he does not exist IRL) should be made clear in the article. Félix An (talk) 07:54, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

"Unacceptable" image

What is unacceptable about me adding another image of Santa? -- 2600:8800:3981:7A80:194E:E87A:2510:F53C (talk) 03:16, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with adding another image of Santa, but the image you are trying to add is not acceptable due to the restrictions on it. As it is hosted on commons with no license and according to the source page of the image, the image/contents where the image came from are Copyright Righted, meaning the publisher does not allow there images to be used for commercial purposes. For images to be used they have to be under a free license such as CC-BY-SA, or related license. That is why the image keeps getting removed please read <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights> for further information. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 03:24, 27 December 2017 (UTC)