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So in summary of all that, the options seem to be:
 
So in summary of all that, the options seem to be:
*''The South'' - Somewhat easy to find and colloquially reasonable, but not very encyclopedic. Mr. Schlafly peviously moved the page from this title to here
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*''The South'' - Somewhat easy to find and colloquially reasonable, but not very encyclopedic. Mr. Schlafly previously moved the page from this title to here
 
*South (region) - Easy to find and slightly more accurate, but still ambiguous
 
*South (region) - Easy to find and slightly more accurate, but still ambiguous
 
*South (American region) - Easy to find and fairly accurate (though it could refer to South America), but clumsy
 
*South (American region) - Easy to find and fairly accurate (though it could refer to South America), but clumsy
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::That's great about Wisconsin--49:46! My state already voted democrat, as always--no surprise there.  I'm glad yours is doing better! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 00:46, 9 November 2016 (EST)
 
::That's great about Wisconsin--49:46! My state already voted democrat, as always--no surprise there.  I'm glad yours is doing better! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 00:46, 9 November 2016 (EST)
 
:::Oh, I live in Illinois, the state dictated by Chicago and going as blue as ever in this election. I wish I lived in Wisconsin! --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 07:47, 9 November 2016 (EST)
 
:::Oh, I live in Illinois, the state dictated by Chicago and going as blue as ever in this election. I wish I lived in Wisconsin! --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 07:47, 9 November 2016 (EST)
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::::Oh, opps! I thought I'd seen you say somewhere that you were in Wisconsin.  Apologies for the mix-up. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 13:38, 9 November 2016 (EST)
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:::::Not a problem. Once again, I ''wish'' that was my state. :) --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 16:29, 9 November 2016 (EST)
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::::::Are we going to move this page after all or not? --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 17:23, 18 November 2016 (EST)
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:::::::There was quite an eruption of talk and attention when this topic came up, including several people with move privileges.  Everyone had a different idea, and I didn't want to unilaterally make the choice.  However, nothing has been happening recently, so perhaps it is time to move.  If I don't hear anything by tomorrow, I'll plan on moving this to "South (U.S. region)" with redirects a-plenty.  Andy Schlafly probably has a point, but I don't want to assume that since I've only heard the term in my country, it is only used in my country.  It seems that someone, somewhere in the world must call the southern region of their country "the south" so "South (U.S. region)" makes the most sense to me. In any case, this shouldn't stay as "south." --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 19:50, 18 November 2016 (EST)
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If it has to be "South (U.S. region)" so be it.
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:(Yes, other countries have a south. My state has a north and a south - but they are referred to as '''the''' north and '''the''' south. When I lived in Darwin, the rest of Australia was '''down south'''. The only reference I can think of where "North'' and "South'' are regions without the quantification of a "the" or an adjective is in the title of a Victorian novel; Catherine Gaskin's '''North and South'''.)
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::So... I would prefer "The South" because America knows it and much of the rest of the world has been bludgeoned into knowing it through the ubiquity of American TV and popular culture generally. But, as I said, I will accept '''South (U.S.region)''' unwieldy as it is.)
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:Anything to free up "south" as a direction.
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:[[User:AlanE|AlanE]] ([[User talk:AlanE|talk]]) 23:19, 18 November 2016 (EST)
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I know "The South" is more of a common term, but Mr. Schlafly previously moved this page from "The south" to where it is now, so I'm guessing "The south" is not acceptable.  Besides, since this was done, "The South" is now a redirect. An admin would need to delete that page for this one to be moved there.  I suggested an admin do such a deletion for a different page earlier, but no one did.  Without an admin's help, that one's off the list as anything but a redirect. In any case, it will redirect to here (well, the new here). --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 23:27, 18 November 2016 (EST)
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:Based on Alexa, I am guessing about 60% of Conservapedia's traffic is from the USA.[http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/conservapedia.com]  Therefore, about 40% of web visitors to this website will be somewhat confused about the present title of the article. Therefore, I changed the title of the article to "The South".[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 00:00, 19 November 2016 (EST)
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::Alright, thanks! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 01:50, 19 November 2016 (EST)
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== Re: a "South' article ==
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AlanE, if you want to create a "South" article you can. However, you will have to fix all the places where people link to the original South article. Here is a list: http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:WhatLinksHere/South 23:48, 18 November 2016 (EST)
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:Thanks, Cons! I will get onto it.
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:But not today. Its my birthday and things are a-happening. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] ([[User talk:AlanE|talk]]) 20:10, 19 November 2016 (EST)
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::Oh, happy birthday! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 00:47, 20 November 2016 (EST)
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:::Happy birthday. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:58, 20 November 2016 (EST)
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==Delaware==
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Delaware a Southern state? Where did you get this map? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''CIA v Trump updated score'':CIA 3, Trump 2]]</sup> 22:31, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
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:And what happened to Arizona and New Mexico? --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 23:11, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
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::The map is the South as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Delaware and Maryland are historically Southern states (they were also slave states). However, after the Civil War, they lost their Southern culture. For whatever reason, that is still how the Census Bureau defines them.
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::As for Arizona and New Mexico, that is an easy question. They are not considered Southern states because they don't have Southern culture. They are Western, or Southwestern, states by culture. This article refers to the cultural region, rather than the literal geographical southern third of the nation (that's why West Virginia is considered a Southern state). --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 23:38, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
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:::Most people think of the parallel that divides Virginia-North Corolina and Tennesse-Kentucky. which stretches from the Atlantic to the Mississippi as the Mason-Dixon Line, probably as a result of the Compromise of 1819 that admitted Missouri, first state west of the Mississippi, to the Union. I was surprised to read in WP the original Mason-Dixon (from which we get 'Dixie') included Delaware and was drawn before the Revolution.
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:::Geographically, Delaware can't be detached from the Del-mar-va penninsula. That's why the Census Bureau keeps it as Southern. But it is every bit a New England today. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''CIA v Trump updated score'':CIA 3, Trump 2]]</sup> 23:48, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
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::::Personally, I always did figure that despite its location, Delaware seems more New England-like than Southern (I even think of it sometimes as being a seventh New England state, albeit the southernmost one). Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels that way about Delaware in that particular aspect. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 09:44, 14 April 2017 (EDT)
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::[https://www.google.com/search?q=mason+dixon&num=30&newwindow=1&client=tablet-android-efun&prmd=imvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM3oauiqPTAhUKrVQKHb8lBA8Q_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=800 Lookit the different Google images you get for Mason-Dixon][[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''CIA v Trump updated score'':CIA 3, Trump 2]]</sup> 00:15, 14 April 2017 (EDT)
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==Racist Democrats reemerge==
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The South is becoming racist and Democrat again giving hopes to the DNC according to this article: "[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/electoral-college-2020-trump-747648 between Donald Trump’s sweep through the upper Midwest and the demographic shifts powering Democrats in the South and West, the field of competitive states stands to be dramatically reshaped in 2020.]" [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 16:25, 30 July 2018 (EDT)
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:Great catch, Rob.  I doubt the [[Dem]]s ever win a southern state (excluding the [[swing states]] of Florida and North Carolina) in a presidential election in the next quarter-century.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 21:02, 30 July 2018 (EDT)
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==Flag position==
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IMO, the flag position re-inforces the hate rhetoric of  the Left, but again, its just my opinion. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 15:23, 14 February 2019 (EST)
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:How? We shouldn't cave to the Left's revisionist history by depicting the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Symbol as a "racist" or "pro-slavery" symbol. Lee personally opposed slavery and promoted racial reconciliation after the war (source: ''The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee'', by Cox and Noll). Also, according to Stonewall Jackson's Wikipedia page, Jackson also opposed slavery. That flag symbolizes states' rights -- and Virginia (along with TN, AK, and NC) refused to join the CSA before Lincoln requested 75,000 soldiers to force the South back into the Union (VA, TN, AK, and NC believed the CSA could legally secede under the Constitution).
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:The Left promotes historical narratives that are convenient to its political goals despite being factually incorrect or simplistic. Let's not cave to them. --[[User:1990&#39;sguy|1990&#39;sguy]] ([[User talk:1990&#39;sguy|talk]]) 16:59, 14 February 2019 (EST)
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::That's my point: it's historic and not representative of the "the South" today. IMO, we shouldn't promote as if it is, cause that is exactly the leftist narrative. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 17:45, 14 February 2019 (EST)

Latest revision as of 22:47, February 14, 2019

It gets tricky defining "The South" as far as a geographic region in the United States. The ones listed in the article are what I would consider to be Civil War Era south. However, I've found this map as well on the census website that has a considerably larger scope here. --Colest 15:48, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

Solid South

Both of the Bushs carried a solid South in 1988, 2000, and 2004. Clinton won in 1992 & 1996 by winning some southern states, but not all of them. <http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/>


Any reason that you removed the category Rob? --Colest 12:25, 17 May 2007 (EDT)

Which cat? RobS 15:50, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
I had it tagged as Geography, I think it might have just been accidently removed. --Colest 16:02, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

I removed Missouri and Kentucky because they were not part of the Confedracy.--Cobb 12:35, 17 May 2007 (EDT)

I made a change regarding the 1968 election. The Democrats carried Texas.--McIntyre 13:28, 19 May 2007 (EDT)

Before someone reverts this again, please note that the Democrats carreid Texas in 1968--Davyjones 14:24, 21 May 2007 (EDT)

OK, before editing, check the map. Nixon did NOT carry Texas in 1968--Lobo 13:08, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

Kerry material

Democratic Senator John Kerry, the party's 2004 Presidential nominee, mocked Southerners and their tradition of military service during the 2006 Midterm elections saying,
You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq. [1]
The incident is widely believed to have killed any hope for Kerry to run as a viable Presidential candidate in 2008, or ever again.

I don't see what this has to do with the South. According to the reference, the speech was made in California, and the reference does not, as far as I can see, even mention the South. If you assume that he was mocking military volunteers (my perception is that he was attempting to mock Bush for getting the U. S. stuck in Iraq, and phrased it so clumsily and gracelessly that it was readily subject to misinterpretation... but never mind), well, military volunteers are not limited to the South. Dpbsmith 14:48, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

  1. Blistering of Kerry for stuck in Iraq' remark continues By Rick Maze, Military News Air Force Times, November 01, 2006.

Education

I'm not sure this 'ding' against the south is justified. Any part of the country, southern or not, has lower scores for minority populations - and the south happens to have a higher percentage of minority population than most other areas of the country. Going by overall trends in our country, it should be expected that the south would test lower in educational achievement. Learn together 12:02, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

You are right, there are always cause and effects when it comes to this sort of thing. Perhaps the article would be better served by just providing some demographic data and allowing the reader to draw the correlation. --Colest 12:15, 22 May 2007 (EDT)
A review of the cite provided (and it is a good cite) shows virtually all scores from all states are minutely below national averages, minutely. See for yourself. There are two scales with national averages of something lke 238 and 257 (speaking from memory), and all states consistently come in 2 or 3, seldom more than 5 or 6 pts lower, IOW 98 to 99% of the national average. One instance, from memory, I think MS had one embarssingly low score. It's little more than a curiousity, and doesn't deserve much attention. RobS 17:30, 22 May 2007 (EDT)
Well then, it seems like we're all agreed that it doesn't belong here. --Colest 17:44, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

Please, before someone willy-nilly reverts this, please note that I have cited my sources--Philaretes 14:35, 19 June 2007 (EDT)

We discussed this above; the claims are so marginal that to make light or it raises the issue of undue weight (unless you are a racist and attempting to make a connection between large minority populations and lower academic scores. Either way, it's not going into this article). RobS 14:58, 19 June 2007 (EDT)
How's this for compromise language,
  • Liberal racists maintain the South, with it's large minority populations, lags behind the rest of the US in academic scores. RobS 15:02, 19 June 2007 (EDT)

South as a direction

South is a direction, you know... not a place or a political entity like The West. It is one of the cardinal points of the compass along with East, West and North and should be counted with them. To be a place it needs the "The" in front of it . As it stands, with no "South" joining its siblings in Category: Navigation, it is a fine example of CP parochialism. AlanE (talk) 02:11, 4 November 2016 (EDT)

After reading you comment, I blundered onto the page, thinking I could patch it up a bit or add a paragraph to deal with the problem. As you clearly recognized, that's not going to work for this--the entire thing is on the wrong topic. I'm guessing a move would be best (dump this page somewhere else, then make a page on the compass direction) but what do you think this page should be titled? "The South," "Southern United States," "South United States," or something else entirely? --David B (TALK) 10:41, 4 November 2016 (EDT)
I suggest "Southern United States" or "South (region)". I say one of those two, and the other one should be a redirect. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:42, 4 November 2016 (EDT)
Thanks to both of you for thinking about it. Hopefully something will come of it, even if it's only a disambiguation page. I would accept "The South" (It is the common term for the region, both geographically and culturally) but the pedant in me rebels. But stuff the pedant! As long as the word "South" is able to join its three siblings as a Category subject I won't moan.
I think. AlanE (talk) 21:00, 4 November 2016 (EDT)
I think Southern United States would be best, but such a page already exists as a redirect to here. That page must be deleted before I can more this there. Then a disambiguation statement at the top of the new "south" page and maybe a redirect from South (region) should finish it up. --David B (TALK) 01:18, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
It doesn't have to be deleted. You just cut n paste this article into it and make a disambig out of this one. RobS#NeverHillary 17:15, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
That wouldn't be ideal, as the edit history would still be in this one, despite the fact it will cover a completely different subject. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:12, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
Agreed, it works, but it's not the favored option. --David B (TALK) 18:22, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
The "South" is a fairly common term, in its political/geographic connotation in the U.S. It's not often that we hear any other term for that concept.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 01:24, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
Agreed, but the word "south" refers to the direction. The south is named such because it is in that direction. If we aim to be an encyclopedia, it seems that our "south" article should be like our "east," "west," and "north" articles (the last of which could refer to northern U.S. instead). --David B (TALK) 01:39, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
After edit conflict...) Agreed Andy. So can you now then change the Heading of the article (and this talk page) to "The South" thereby freeing the direction "South" to be listed in its rightful Category? AlanE (talk) 01:45, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
The South or American South would make sense.RobS#NeverHillary 02:46, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
I suggest a redirect titled "South (region)", so people who make that search still find it, and then we can move the page to "Southern United States". --1990'sguy (talk) 11:14, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
"The South" doesn't sound very "encyclopedic" but it might be most logical option. If we do that, we definately should have a few redirects, too. --David B (TALK) 13:13, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
What about "American South" or "The American South"? Does that sound any better? --1990'sguy (talk) 13:20, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
Those might be hard to find too--Maybe I'm overthinking this, it just seems there's no perfect solution. We'd have the same problem if there was an article on the north--as in the northern states. Thankfully, that doesn't see to be the case. --David B (TALK) 13:30, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
But I've suggested "South (region)" several times. Why don't we use this? People would find it much more easily. Or we could do something more along the lines of "South (American region)". --1990'sguy (talk) 18:10, 5 November 2016 (EDT)

You're right 1990'sguy, and I wasn't ignoring it. Both suggestions are pretty good. I think South (region) a great candidate for a redirect, and perhaps South (American region) as well, so if someone types "South" into the search box, that will show. However, the south doesn't mean the same in Australia or any other country as it does here in the US. The problem becomes, how do title a page on a colloquial term for global use? It sounds like from this discussion, "The South" is the favored option, so that's what I'll probably do unless someone else objects or intervenes. To help patch up the aftermath, a few redirects will be in order, including one from South (region). --David B (TALK) 18:19, 5 November 2016 (EDT)

So in summary of all that, the options seem to be:

  • The South - Somewhat easy to find and colloquially reasonable, but not very encyclopedic. Mr. Schlafly previously moved the page from this title to here
  • South (region) - Easy to find and slightly more accurate, but still ambiguous
  • South (American region) - Easy to find and fairly accurate (though it could refer to South America), but clumsy
  • American South - Not so easy to find, and not very accurate, but better than the present
  • Southern United States - Accurate and specific, but hard to find

The two in italics are already redirects, meaning than only an admin can move the page to theses. I don't know if I can (or should) do much here. --David B (TALK) 23:46, 8 November 2016 (EST)

How about "South (U.S. region)"? It solves the ambiguity problem but is still easy to find. BTW, those election returns are amazing. Look at Wisconsin! --1990'sguy (talk) 23:50, 8 November 2016 (EST)
That sounds reasonable to me--anyone else have thoughts? Or is everyone too distracted by the election to care? :)
That's great about Wisconsin--49:46! My state already voted democrat, as always--no surprise there. I'm glad yours is doing better! --David B (TALK) 00:46, 9 November 2016 (EST)
Oh, I live in Illinois, the state dictated by Chicago and going as blue as ever in this election. I wish I lived in Wisconsin! --1990'sguy (talk) 07:47, 9 November 2016 (EST)
Oh, opps! I thought I'd seen you say somewhere that you were in Wisconsin. Apologies for the mix-up. --David B (TALK) 13:38, 9 November 2016 (EST)
Not a problem. Once again, I wish that was my state. :) --1990'sguy (talk) 16:29, 9 November 2016 (EST)
Are we going to move this page after all or not? --1990'sguy (talk) 17:23, 18 November 2016 (EST)
There was quite an eruption of talk and attention when this topic came up, including several people with move privileges. Everyone had a different idea, and I didn't want to unilaterally make the choice. However, nothing has been happening recently, so perhaps it is time to move. If I don't hear anything by tomorrow, I'll plan on moving this to "South (U.S. region)" with redirects a-plenty. Andy Schlafly probably has a point, but I don't want to assume that since I've only heard the term in my country, it is only used in my country. It seems that someone, somewhere in the world must call the southern region of their country "the south" so "South (U.S. region)" makes the most sense to me. In any case, this shouldn't stay as "south." --David B (TALK) 19:50, 18 November 2016 (EST)

If it has to be "South (U.S. region)" so be it.

(Yes, other countries have a south. My state has a north and a south - but they are referred to as the north and the south. When I lived in Darwin, the rest of Australia was down south. The only reference I can think of where "North and "South are regions without the quantification of a "the" or an adjective is in the title of a Victorian novel; Catherine Gaskin's North and South.)
So... I would prefer "The South" because America knows it and much of the rest of the world has been bludgeoned into knowing it through the ubiquity of American TV and popular culture generally. But, as I said, I will accept South (U.S.region) unwieldy as it is.)
Anything to free up "south" as a direction.
AlanE (talk) 23:19, 18 November 2016 (EST)

I know "The South" is more of a common term, but Mr. Schlafly previously moved this page from "The south" to where it is now, so I'm guessing "The south" is not acceptable. Besides, since this was done, "The South" is now a redirect. An admin would need to delete that page for this one to be moved there. I suggested an admin do such a deletion for a different page earlier, but no one did. Without an admin's help, that one's off the list as anything but a redirect. In any case, it will redirect to here (well, the new here). --David B (TALK) 23:27, 18 November 2016 (EST)

Based on Alexa, I am guessing about 60% of Conservapedia's traffic is from the USA.[1] Therefore, about 40% of web visitors to this website will be somewhat confused about the present title of the article. Therefore, I changed the title of the article to "The South".Conservative (talk) 00:00, 19 November 2016 (EST)
Alright, thanks! --David B (TALK) 01:50, 19 November 2016 (EST)

Re: a "South' article

AlanE, if you want to create a "South" article you can. However, you will have to fix all the places where people link to the original South article. Here is a list: http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:WhatLinksHere/South 23:48, 18 November 2016 (EST)

Thanks, Cons! I will get onto it.
But not today. Its my birthday and things are a-happening. AlanE (talk) 20:10, 19 November 2016 (EST)
Oh, happy birthday! --David B (TALK) 00:47, 20 November 2016 (EST)
Happy birthday. Conservative (talk) 01:58, 20 November 2016 (EST)

Delaware

Delaware a Southern state? Where did you get this map? RobSCIA v Trump updated score:CIA 3, Trump 2 22:31, 13 April 2017 (EDT)

And what happened to Arizona and New Mexico? --David B (TALK) 23:11, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
The map is the South as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Delaware and Maryland are historically Southern states (they were also slave states). However, after the Civil War, they lost their Southern culture. For whatever reason, that is still how the Census Bureau defines them.
As for Arizona and New Mexico, that is an easy question. They are not considered Southern states because they don't have Southern culture. They are Western, or Southwestern, states by culture. This article refers to the cultural region, rather than the literal geographical southern third of the nation (that's why West Virginia is considered a Southern state). --1990'sguy (talk) 23:38, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
Most people think of the parallel that divides Virginia-North Corolina and Tennesse-Kentucky. which stretches from the Atlantic to the Mississippi as the Mason-Dixon Line, probably as a result of the Compromise of 1819 that admitted Missouri, first state west of the Mississippi, to the Union. I was surprised to read in WP the original Mason-Dixon (from which we get 'Dixie') included Delaware and was drawn before the Revolution.
Geographically, Delaware can't be detached from the Del-mar-va penninsula. That's why the Census Bureau keeps it as Southern. But it is every bit a New England today. RobSCIA v Trump updated score:CIA 3, Trump 2 23:48, 13 April 2017 (EDT)
Personally, I always did figure that despite its location, Delaware seems more New England-like than Southern (I even think of it sometimes as being a seventh New England state, albeit the southernmost one). Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels that way about Delaware in that particular aspect. Northwest (talk) 09:44, 14 April 2017 (EDT)
Lookit the different Google images you get for Mason-DixonRobSCIA v Trump updated score:CIA 3, Trump 2 00:15, 14 April 2017 (EDT)

Racist Democrats reemerge

The South is becoming racist and Democrat again giving hopes to the DNC according to this article: "between Donald Trump’s sweep through the upper Midwest and the demographic shifts powering Democrats in the South and West, the field of competitive states stands to be dramatically reshaped in 2020." RobSDeep Six the Deep State! 16:25, 30 July 2018 (EDT)

Great catch, Rob. I doubt the Dems ever win a southern state (excluding the swing states of Florida and North Carolina) in a presidential election in the next quarter-century.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 21:02, 30 July 2018 (EDT)

Flag position

IMO, the flag position re-inforces the hate rhetoric of the Left, but again, its just my opinion. RobSDeep Six the Deep State! 15:23, 14 February 2019 (EST)

How? We shouldn't cave to the Left's revisionist history by depicting the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Symbol as a "racist" or "pro-slavery" symbol. Lee personally opposed slavery and promoted racial reconciliation after the war (source: The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee, by Cox and Noll). Also, according to Stonewall Jackson's Wikipedia page, Jackson also opposed slavery. That flag symbolizes states' rights -- and Virginia (along with TN, AK, and NC) refused to join the CSA before Lincoln requested 75,000 soldiers to force the South back into the Union (VA, TN, AK, and NC believed the CSA could legally secede under the Constitution).
The Left promotes historical narratives that are convenient to its political goals despite being factually incorrect or simplistic. Let's not cave to them. --1990'sguy (talk) 16:59, 14 February 2019 (EST)
That's my point: it's historic and not representative of the "the South" today. IMO, we shouldn't promote as if it is, cause that is exactly the leftist narrative. RobSDeep Six the Deep State! 17:45, 14 February 2019 (EST)