Talk:Fjuckby

A fact from Fjuckby appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the inhabitants of Fjuckby, Sweden want to change the name of their village because of its unfortunate associations?

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Why the Globalization talk?

Throughout the article, multiple times Globalization is blamed for the ridicule the town has suffered. I fail to see how globalization can be blamed though. Globalization is the current event of liberated trade barriers and breaking down of cultural norms in favor of a more westernized approach.

However, even if those two were not occurring, Fjuckby would still be made fun of by Anglo-phones passing through. Imagine if one hundred years ago an Anglophone passed through the town and read the town sign (assuming the town name was changed in time for such an occurrence). They'd break out laughing then as they do now. Also, Globalization IS NOT the rise of global communications exclusively. Even those who condemn globalization do not list as a criteria that global communication should end. The sentiment that to end globalization means to also end quick, easy global communication is a small one indeed. So even without globalization in the mix, global communication would still make possible the mockery of the town name. Also, within the article itself, there is a reference to how the name of the town even sounds very similar to a Swedish word with negative and similarly mock able connotations as well. Hence, even without the presence of English speakers, the town name is not without those who would have a chuckle at it.

The Article lists many sources stating that globalization is to blame, but these sources are hardly NPOV in themselves. I can imagine the uproar if the articles on Capitalism and Communism were flooded "sources" deriding both systems, and the "sources" were all staunch and well known followers of the opposite theories presented in the articles themselves.

Due to NPOV and possible biased statements, I am removing all "blaming" of the towns current status on globalization. Until someone can conclusively prove that Anglophones would not make fun of the town name, and residents would not know of said mockery, if globalization did not exist, I will continue to call for said statements to be removed and remove them myself. Its fine if within the references and external links section we list articles of NPOV nature (those articles that are more opinion than objective fact), I think, but the article itself is NPOV with such subjective statements within it.Scryer_360 (talk) 02:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC) ... And again edited by Scryer_360 (talk) 02:27, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're an idiot. Globalization clearly exposed this town to the international eye. Pre-globalization, pre-anglicization, pre all that stuff, this would not have been an issue. Idiot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.185.223.24 (talk) 03:14, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it has rather more to do with the nature of global communications than the nebulous term "globalisation", which the article states in any case. -- ChrisO (talk) 07:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mentioning Berglin book?

Jan Berglin is a very prominent Swedish cartoonist, and his fourteenth book is entitled Välkommen till Fjuckby ("Welcome to Fjuckby"). Is this factoid notable enough for inclusion in the article, or is it just a case of "In popular culture"-itis? Gabbe (talk) 23:55, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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