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2026 FIFA World Cup

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup that will have taken place. It may start on May 29, June 5, or June 12, 2026, which means it will end on either June 28, July 5, or July 12, 2026. Joseandricardo, 00:06, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

In 2026, it will be the 250th anniversary, or the sestercentennial, of the Declaration of Independence in the United States.The Independence Day in 2026 will fall on a Saturday. Joseandricardo, 00:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't it be the semiquincetennial? DAWGinRoswell (talk)

Whatever it is, we don't report it, per Wikipedia:WikiProject Years. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:21, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as how it IS being reported...why does an "encyclopedia" need to list the word (semiquincentennial) and then define the word as part of the text (250 years of independence)? Why not do one or the other? It is not very encyclopedic to do both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.27.200.135 (talk) 02:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Rubin - I don't see anything at Wikipedia:WikiProject Years that proscribes widely reported future events. Could you quote the applicable section in case I'm missing it? Chetsford (talk) 19:56, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The bicentennial was not widely reported; I see no reason why this event would be widely reported.

The guideline for inclusion of a national event is that the event must have international significance. For a future event, the plans must have international significance. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:08, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. For my edification, could you point me to the guidelines that state For a future event, the plans must have international significance as there doesn't seem to be a precedent for this standard in any other year article and I seem unable to locate this in any of our written policy (I may not be looking in the right place)?

The bicentennial was not widely reported - I think I'd have to respectfully disagree with this statement. Newspapers.com generates 1,704 results for the phrase "United States bicentennial" in the year 1976; ABC News broadcast a live, 3-hour special; the Associated Press called it the "media event of the year" [1]; NBC News aired 95 separate broadcasts of the bicentennial [2]; and CBS News formed a special reporting team to cover the bicentennial [3] and also broadcast a two-minute report every week during the years 1975 and 1976 [4]; etc. I think this, objectively, meets the standards of "wide reporting". In any case, though, that might be a debate better saved for the United States bicentennial article. Chetsford (talk) 00:33, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Time to add July 4 back. Mr. Rubin was wrong about it being not widely reported. Given the current political climate in the United States, the very question of what is being celebrated takes on additional significance. What was pedantic in 2008 deserves a fresh look in 2025. Brad Patrick (talk) 15:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There Will Come Soft Rains, by Ray Bradbury

The original edition of this short story was set in 1985. The date was changed for a reprinting. Msr657 07:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify

"Red Mars", the story begins on this date.

It has been said here that the story begins on this date, but no date is specified. Should it be changed to "The story begins in this year", or should a date be found? Axciom (talk) 07:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Eclipses

See WT:YEARS#Eclipses for a matter relevant to this page. Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:08, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Date format

I would like to suggest changing the date format of this article to the DMY format (e.g. 6 June 2020 as opposed to June 6, 2020). The DMY format seems more international and more suitable for a "global" article like. Also DMY simply makes more sense as it goes from smallest to highest.

At the village pump, I've presented a proposal to establish a standard to use DMY in general for all articles about "generic" years. The discussion got kind of messy however, and I'll propaly restart it at some point. In the meantime, I would like it to create consensus about changing 2026 specifically as well as all other nine articles about the 2020s to the DMY format.--Marginataen (talk) 08:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pasting the same reply at all the 2020s talk page sections on this topic, with the exception of 2023. As of about a month ago, we had a situation in which all generic year articles had a consistent date format. Since both date styles are considered appropriate per the Manual of Style, it's unusual to see such solid consistency. Since I value consistency, I appreciated that rare situation.

As of last month, only 2023 was changed via local consensus to be different than the rest. If this proposal passes for this article, it would join a tiny minority of articles that do not match the overall consistent style. I oppose for that reason.

I would be fine with all generic year articles changing to consistently use a different style, and that is the proposal on the table at WP:VPR#Date format for year articles. Currently, it seems we're at the tail end of a pre-RfC discussion with plans to move forward with an RfC in the next week or so. I would much prefer to keep discussing the overarching change rather than have individual discussions at each year article. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Other dates

I have been seeing over the course of the past year a LOT of things that will be happening in 2026. Many of them are the completions of major construction projects, such as the construction of La Sagrada Familia, the world's tallest church, and I'll hopefully have a more complete list later when I have more time, but one important event that I'm pretty sure should be here is the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. AAEexecutive (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Event

I saw a video from the russian youtuber MyGap and he said something big will happen.He said it may be an apocalypse,but he also said it might be that time might slightly change its tracks. DoraTheMora (talk) 21:08, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]