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Neighbours

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The Australian soap opera Neighbours celebrates it's 6,000th episode on this date. Is it possible for this to be included? --5 albert square (talk) 22:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, that article was already featured this year on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 18, the 25th anniversary of the first episode. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:01, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 11:45, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The entry on today's main page reads:
In two separate attacks, IRA bombs killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, and British admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others in County Sligo, Ireland.
WP:IRE-IRL says that Republic of Ireland should be used "where the island of Ireland or Northern Ireland is being discussed in the same context or where confusion may arise". Thus it should be County Sligo, Republic of Ireland. However, it might be best simply to remove both Northern Ireland and Ireland. ~Asarlaí 00:42, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 05:04, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:13, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Famous Blues musician Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a tragic plane crash on August 27, 1990. Since the Wikipedia Selected anniversaries section on the main page has observed the anniversaries of the deaths of other prominent musicians like Elvis Presley and Aaliyah, do you think that we could includes the anniversary of Stevie's death too? Thanks. Castigonia (talk) 11:33, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion for next year. This year has an item for 1991 (25th anniversary), so we would not run a 1990 item as well. —howcheng {chat} 06:59, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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2017 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:27, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 17:38, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 16:12, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 22:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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This is the quincentenary of Josquin des Prez's death, a worthy inclusion. Sparafucil (talk) 22:30, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng and Ravenpuff: I substituted for Stevie Ray:
User:Ravenpuff reverted, with the edit summary "Unfortunately the Ave Maria fact doesn't appear in the Josquin des Prez article, so the blurb cannot include it. This is more suitable for the births/deaths list; a mere death (not notable in itself) doesn't normally warrant a blurb.)" It's too late for me to edit myself, and I'm happy to be corrected about eligibility criteria, but 1) isn't the logical place for the fact the Ave Maria ... Virgo serena article, where it figures in the lede? 2) I would think 500th anniversaries would normally trump 11-year ones. Sparafucil (talk) 01:03, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sparafucil: Re no. 1: the reason we couldn't just bold Ave Maria is because neither 27 August nor Josquin's death have anything to do with the motet, and thus doesn't qualify as "the most, or one of the most, important events associated with that article" (criterion 1 at WP:OTDRULES). You're correct about no. 2, and frankly I wouldn't mind if we just removed the phrase whose Ave Maria ... Virgo serena opened the first music printed with movable type from your proposed blurb, or replaced it with another, cited fact from the article. I think this would probably be a case of WP:IAR, though – OTD blurbs are usually more substantive than a simple birth/death. Beethoven's 250th, for example, was only commemorated with a mention in the OTD births/deaths line on the anniversary of his baptism. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 03:14, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What makes you think I'd be happy about Beethoven either? ;-) Thanks for the fuller explanation, though. Sparafucil (talk) 03:37, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sparafucil: Natural deaths don't get a full blurb; it usually requires being murdered/assassinated/executed, or dying in an unusual manner (e.g., Isadora Duncan). —howcheng {chat} 07:36, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I see. Jean-Baptiste Lully would be a tricky case: 8 January when he wounded his toe conducting, or 22 March when he finally succumbed to gangrene? Sparafucil (talk) 19:43, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from WP:ERRORS

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Distance between Earth and Mars in recent years - 2018 close approach was 58 million km
  • Much as I like seeing astronomy on the MP, the Mars factoid is very trivial. The 1924 close approach was only 0.03% further away, so stating 2003 was a 60,000-year record is both technically correct and misleading. 2018 was only a few percent more, see image. More importantly, the 2003 close pass had no impact, led to no improved understanding, and generally wasn't very significant to anyone. I suggest retiring the event from the OTD rotation and replacing it with either the Kellogg–Briand Pact or the Stevie Wonder air crash from the eligible list. Modest Genius talk 14:05, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng and Modest Genius: I thought this may be a better venue for further discussion. --PFHLai (talk) 00:57, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Modest Genius: This fact has been featured in OTD since 2004, which long predates even my involvement. I'm not saying that tradition is a reason why we need to keep it, but at the same time that's pretty much why I've kept it. —howcheng {chat} 06:53, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: Well that explains how it made it on - in 2004, the 2003 close approach would have had recent interest. And back then, an article like Mars would be well worth featuring on the MP, as we didn't have anywhere near the same level of high-quality coverage in more specific articles (cf. [1] vs [2]. But I think it's time to retire this item. Modest Genius talk 11:06, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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2022 notes

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