Talk:76 (gas station)

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Where does the number 76 come from? --Zahn 22:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. If I recall correctly, 76 used to have something about "the spirit of '76" as one of their advertising slogans. This was a reference to the United States Declaration of Independence; everyone in the U.S. knows about July 4, 1776 because July 4 is still celebrated as Independence Day. This is part of a common trend in American advertising: make the consumer feel "independent" and unique and powerful by encouraging their right to choose among one of a handful of mass-produced and mass-marketed products. --Coolcaesar 07:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought of it, but now I seriously doubt that's the true source - as I still don't know the origin of the name Phillips 66... --Zahn 17:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phillips 66 gets its name from Route 66 this is made known by their logo and how it resembles to the "Route 66" sign. Also the 76 does, as far as I have known, derive from 1776 --MJHankel 20:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I actually cam to this page seeking the answer so we should find a source for it and put the answer whatever it may be. 1776 seems OR --71.131.27.5 (talk) 22:57, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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are there any 76 stations in wisconsin? if so, do they still have the original 76 ball on its pole? Blue Laser (talk) 03:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are 76 gas stations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Dwscomet (talk) 00:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: moved. And the consensus is to use "(gas station)" as the dab because it's in America. Jenks24 (talk) 14:06, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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76 (Phillips 66) → 76 (gas station) – the current article title is silly. It's an analogy to titling an article on a movie called "17" "17 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)"; or an amusement park called "16" "16 (Six Flags)"; or, had Microsoft chosen to brand "Microsoft Edge" as "Windows 20", titling the article for the program "Windows 20 (Windows 10)". Georgia guy (talk) 15:21, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support a move per nom. The current dab is utterly useless. However, I would much prefer 76 (filling station) to match the (sorta) parent article, filling station. "Gas station" might be ambiguous in some quarters. —  AjaxSmack  16:04, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Support move to 76 (gas station), because it is located in the United States. kennethaw88 • talk 16:30, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, but I would also prefer "gas station" as the phrase in parenthesis as a MOS:TIES, since this company is primarily based in the United States. I have not checked its page history, but it is safe to assume that the more general parent article is most likely at Filling station instead of Gas station because of MOS:RETAIN. Zzyzx11 (talk) 00:21, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I thought I'd seen a unit patch from the US Civil War that was round with an orange-ish background and 76 in blue. Was there one? Bizzybody (talk) 03:43, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]