Talk:Summer of Love/Archive 1

Archive 1

Globalize template may not be appropriate for this article

An editor recently added the globalize template to this article, but it's always been my understanding that the term "Summer of Love" was quite specific to San Francisco 1967. Other places may have imitated the hippie gatherings, but the term historically has been quite specific. As a longtime resident of San Francisco, my knowledge may be too provincial, but no one has added anything from a reliable source that indicates otherwise. If the term was indeed specific to that historic event in San Francisco, I see no reason to keep the globalize template. Other thoughts? --Sfmammamia (talk) 16:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I never associated it as strongly with San Franciso as the article makes out - I just understood it to mean the summer of 1967. But I'm from the UK, and don't know that much about it to be honest.94.193.39.93 (talk) 23:44, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Really?

"Additionally, for the entire summer, the tenderfooted and greenhorned hippie, unused to the daily realities of city life, inherently believed everyone to be `basically good'.[9] But, once all the various types of ne'er-do-wells caught on and started following the hippies to town, that only led them to be seen as easy targets like vultures looking for carrion in the desert." This whole article reads like it's some kind of joke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.113.75.211 (talk) 04:58, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

1623

Someone has changed all the year dates to 1623. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.118.155.238 (talk) 03:23, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

List of cities

The first paragraph includes a list of cities. The movement was so ubiquitous, a list is as pointless as listing all places in North America that has electricity– you can't possibly list all with any meaning. Only the epicenter, San Francisco, and possibly Greenwich Village (which isn't mentioned) are meaningful. Also arguing against such a list was the very fluidity and mobility, and the many who set up camps and communes across the nation.

Would anyone object if the list was reduced to saying something like "across North America" while including the current reference to San Francisco?

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 12:52, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree (except for the extra line-returns) -- "so ubiquitous" that some journalism major has seen fit to include 2 extra years within the scope of "The Summer" ("of Love"). The entire first para is tripe, truly. "Is there and editor in the house!?!" "NO, NOT a News editor, you wanker." 173.57.29.9 (talk) 19:45, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Completely rearranged and rewritten from scratch by diamone

Thanksgiving Week 2012. paragraphs inserted where appropriate. Several sections, including Summer of Love London clarified and expanded. Unrelated sections split apart from one another and new sections created. Other sections from other related Wikipedia articles incorporated where necessary.

No it does not read like the script to a PBS documentary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.182.86 (talk) 01:15, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

This sentence makes no sense

grammatically, or factually : ..."Artists like Jimi Hendrix, who used his talent and technology to alter the sound of the guitar; Janis Joplin, who used her personal experiences to create soulful and meaningful blues; and Buffalo Springfield, who combined rock, country, and folk, became groundbreaking acts, most of which would enjoy long and prolific careers afterward."... Two out of the three "groundbreaking acts" were dead in 3 years. Please fix, thanks. Gimelgort 00:11, 26 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gimelgort (talk • contribs)