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Question: Should the calendar days start on Sunday or Monday?

Sunday

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  1. First off, when you buy a calendar every year to hang in your kitchen, is it ISO-Compliant? No. Does the weekday start on Monday? No. Also, the Chineese Calendar is still the same as it was before, so changing the coloured square on the Chineese Calendar had becoming so confusing, I have given up! --Munchkinguy 02:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support this choice. The Internet says that the United States, Canada, and England all consider this standard, and that continential Europe, which doesn't have English as a native language, starts on Monday, so this choice isn't too U.S.-centric. Georgia guy 01:38, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sunday gets my vote, but then I am a US calendar observer. GuardianZ 07:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Good. Ashibaka tock 02:38, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. I agree Sunday should be the first day, this page doesn't nesscarily have to comply with ISO standards. I propose the poll end and the change be made to Sunday first.
  6. Support - this is English language Wikipedia. The Spanish language Wikipedia should probably use Monday (lunes, that is!). However, we need to be aware of our audience, and for such an encyclopedically light subject as a calendar (Wikipedia could be just as well without them, although they're a great added feature), accessibility is key. So, my argument is based upon language and consistency. We don't have articles in other languages, and we shouldn't have calendars using other languages' standards. This isn't objective truth—it's common sense. Take a gander at well over, say, 99.9% of English language calendars, and tell me what you see. Let's be consistent. GracenotesT § 21:54, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monday

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  1. Given that the Gregorian Calendar is sponsored by a Christian Pope, Monday is the first day of the week. Keeps things in agreement with the concept that "God created the world...and on the seventh day he rested"; Sunday traditionally being that day of rest. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.131.207.26 (talk • contribs) .
All things considered, the tradition of observing the day of rest on Saturday outdates that of observing it on Sunday..See Sabbath adaptation. WesleyPinkham 05:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  1. I'll vote for monday. Why would you have a weekend that ends in the beginning of a week? --KB
  2. My vote is for Monday. Generally speaking the work week begins on Monday, and our weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Being that Saturday and Sunday are the 'end' of our 'week', it makes sense to me that the calendar start on the beginning. Mdurand 20:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sunday is part of the Week-end. Seems clear-cut to me. People go back to work on monday (start of the week), unless it gets included in a long week--end. -Quiddity 23:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Monday is the first weekday, so it should start be the start. LC@RSDATA 06:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
  5. ISO 8601 Bazj (talk) 17:43, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  6. yes. Msangjunboon2018 (talk) 01:17, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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