Talk:National Ash Ketchum Day

Just A Heads Up

The celebration may end up being changed to "World Ash Ketchum Day" next year owing to the suggestion of Veronica Taylor. https://twitter.com/TheVeronicaT/status/1306024425561620480

Pikatwig (talk) 22:05, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

We'll wait and see how it turns out next year. Till then, it's fine. Adil — Talk page 22:29, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

I was only saying this as an FYI. I wasn't suggesting a page name change. I was merely informing people. Pikatwig (talk) 16:52, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Temporary Lock of Page

I am suggesting this as the person who had originally created the idea for the day has been outed as a sexual predator. I simply think it might be good to give this page a temporary lock down so as to prevent people from vandalizing it. Pikatwig (talk) 23:47, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

What's your source? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:24, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Okay, looked it up. Not sure if page lockdown is necessary, though. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:28, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

The Pokémon Company has adopted the hashtag, if the problem is the user who initiated it, it would be fairer to remove the person's quote or something like that. It does not make sense for the page to be deleted or locked by actions of third parties.--Hikaru Wazana (talk) 23:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree. I didn't even notice the page had already been locked when I posted here. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Entity Mays Situation

So recently the person who created the hashtag #NationalAshKetchumDay was founded do be a pedophille and I see since we are also linking to his page. I was wondering if we should remove the name and replace it with something mroe general. Izington (talk) 15:54, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Sounds like an unconfirmed/false accusation to me. His Twitter page is still up, and I don't see any tweets about this there. What's your source? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:23, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Found it. Not sure if there's need to change it, though. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:28, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Mhm got it. Izington (talk) 08:26, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

2021

Something should probably be added regarding the day in 2021. It wasn't officially acknowledged, and an alternate hashtag, #WorldAshKethchumDay, was widely circulated around Twitter. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 11:52, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

2022

https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1570265137365528578

Apparently the date is still being celebrated by the anime staff.-Hikaru Wazana (talk) 04:34, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

With this, I feel the page could continue existing without mention of EM.--FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 08:31, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

National vs World

Should this page be renamed as World Ash Ketchum Day? It has been called "World Ash Ketchum Day" since last year I think, and this name better represents the scale of its acknowledgement and is not retraceable to EM and that whole can of worms. Shinka (talk) 01:57, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Deletion discussion

This template has been proposed for deletion by User:SnorlaxMonster. The reason given is: Not notable - a hashtag that was used one time. - bthrussellUK (talk) 21:47, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

It has since then been reused under different name. I could see it being maintained, just without mention of its now-controversial creator. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 00:36, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

The article isn't that long. That information could maybe be merged into a different article? Landfish7 02:27, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

2023

The hashtag is still used by the community and some important people within the community are still using the day to commemorate the episode. https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1702752535680000375 There was even a post about it on Bulbapedia's Twitter. https://twitter.com/Bulbapedia/status/1702707624847016228--Hikaru Wazana (talk) 13:18, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

I would suggest putting the page under the dual use of Project Real Life and Project Fandom, which would allow community usage to contribute to this article's content. Salmancer (talk) 13:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

If the April Fool's Day articles include fandom content, I see no reason for this article not to. They are both out of world holidays which get celebrated by the brand, with the only difference being April Fools Day often has in world ramifications. Which shouldn't disqualify treating this in the same way April Fools Day is. Salmancer (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2024 (UTC)