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The countdown for this year's Winter Bash (2022) is started.

This time on the countdown page, the image is displayed as "Winter Summer Bash 2022".
So shall we call it "Winter Bash 2022" or "Winter Summer Bash 2022"?
Also instead of the tag , shall we use ?

Screenshot from the countdown page:

Winter Summer Bash

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    When talking about it, we should call it Winter Summer Bash 2022. Once people are familiar with the change, it'd likely be OK to refer to it with a shorter nickname like W/S Bash (like how folks shorten Stack Overflow to just SO).
    – BSMP
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 9:56
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    It's... complicated, considering the page title explicitly says Winterbash 2022, and while last year's Winter (Summer?) Bash also mentioned Summer, it's officially called Winter Bash 2021. (Also, which is correct, with or without a space?)
    – Meta Andrew T.
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 10:09
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    @Meta SE is infamous for making simple things complicated, sadly.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 12:53
  • Maybe they should just call it a fancy hat festival. @MetaAndrewT. I either forgot or didn't notice that they included Summer last year; I thought this was a new thing.
    – BSMP
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 18:22
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    @MetaAndrewT.: Per the answer to Winterbash or Winter Bash?, it should indeed have a space.
    – V2Blast StaffMod
    Commented Dec 2, 2022 at 16:28
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    Whatever you do, you may irritate somebody, if only by using a title that is vague or empty. Calling it end-of-year bash might irritate people on different calendars. Calling it seasonal bash will irritate others; we are always in some season or other.
    – Nick Cox
    Commented Dec 6, 2022 at 12:07

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Also instead of the tag , shall we use ?

There isn't any need for one or the other. Make one a synonym of the other.

I suggest be the main one if that is the name of the event. It is also more inclusive to people in the Southern Hemisphere.

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    But people having spring or autumn will be offended now. Should be Winter Summer Spring Autumn Bash.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 12:52
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    @Shadow I just returned from Tanzania. They don't have those seasons, just dry and rainy ones. I propose to have an [end-of-the-Gregorian-year-bash-2022], to make clear we also respect people who use different calendars.
    – Glorfindel Mod
    Commented Dec 1, 2022 at 19:10
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    @Glorfindel but some people don't follow that calendar and will get confused/offended that SE didn't chose their calendar.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 3, 2022 at 17:36
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    @ShadowWizardChasingStars Isn't the name Bash offensive for non Unix users? :)
    – demonplus
    Commented Dec 14, 2022 at 9:04
  • Damn @dem that made me laugh hard. :-DDD
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 14, 2022 at 9:11
  • the-event-where-unicorns-wear-hats
    – Domino
    Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 8:14
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Since it is an annual event around the globe, why not call it Annual Bash, Stack Bash, or simply Bash, and forsake the seasonal label altogether?

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  • At that point, might as well not give it a name 🙃. Jokes aside, none of these aren't very good for search engines, since bash is a well-known shell.
    – Domino
    Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 8:10

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