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Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted?: A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted.

As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.

Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.

Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture.

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Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?

A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion.

Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order?

A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed.

Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean?

A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them:

Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year.
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2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Abukir (1799) (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Operation Accountability; Afghan War documents leak
Omitted: Alexios Strategopoulos; Father Rale's War; Corinth Canal; Cerro Maravilla murders; Air France Flight 4590
Included: Battle of Ourique (first appearance; blurb previously featured Afonso I of Portugal, which is ineligible); Sea Venture (first appearance); Battle of Lundy's Lane (first appearance); Louis Blériot (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); in vitro fertilisation (4th appearance, last in 2006)

—howcheng {chat} 06:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 25 July 2012

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Please replace "1609 – The crew of British sailing ship [...]" with "1609 – During a hurricane, the crew of British sailing ship [...]". It provides additional information on the actual hurricane that, too, inspired The Tempest. --bender235 (talk) 00:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC) bender235 (talk) 00:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 05:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fall of Mussolini

Good morning
On July 25th, 1943 (70 years ago) the fascist Gran Consiglio voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by king Victor Emmanuel III and substituted by Marshall of Italy Pietro Badoglio. It was the fall of Italian Fascism. I think that this date deserves to be mentioned on the main page. Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 08:20, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Battle of Ourique; Sea Venture; Battle of Lundy's Lane; Louis Blériot; In vitro fertilisation; Afghan War documents leak
Included: Constantine the Great (10th appearance, last in 2010); Corinth Canal (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 25 Luglio (first appearance; blurb previously featured Benito Mussolini and last appeared on this day in 2004; 70th anniversary); Cerro Maravilla murders (6th appearance, last in 2011); Operation Accountability (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:23, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cerro Maravilla murders

Two points:

The statement currently reads: "1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed by police at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba."
The statement should read as : "1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed in a police ambush at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba", which is more specific (since a police killing could had been the result of many other more common things such as bank robberies, etc).

Also, please note there is an error. Cerro Maravilla is not located in Villalba, Puerto Rico, as it states, but in Ponce, Puerto Rico. See HERE. So the entire sentence should actually read:
"1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed in a police ambush at Cerro Maravilla in Ponce"

Mercy11 (talk) 07:41, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:32, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): Crittenden–Johnson Resolution; Puerto Rico Campaign; Nixon Doctrine
Omitted: Constantine the Great; Corinth Canal; 25 Luglio; Cerro Maravilla murders; Operation Accountability
Included: Alexios Strategopoulos (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Lundy's Lane (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 200th anniversary); Louis Blériot (6th appearance, last in 2012); In vitro fertilisation (5th appearance, last in 2012); Afghan War documents leak (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:18, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 24 July 2014

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July 25:International Quds Day (1979) Mhhossein (talk) 12:17, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is a controversial proposal. Ruslik_Zero 16:16, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit protected}} template. Also, edit requests for things that are about to be on the main page are better left at WP:ERRORS. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 16:34, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quds Day

International Quds Day is a non Gregorian-based event held in cities cross the world. I suggest to present it on the main page in "On This Day" section. Mhhossein (talk) 12:21, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 24 July 2014

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Can this date be added? "2000 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F- BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and four on the ground." This request is due to aircraft accidents coming more into the public eye these last two weeks with 3 airline crashes in two weeks. This will also show that crashes in the past also had a major influence on aviation. Nathan121212 (talk) 19:19, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done because of the exact reason you mentioned. As there are currently two air disasters listed on ITN, I felt it was important to get a wider variety of topics on the Main Page. —howcheng {chat} 04:55, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Alexios Strategopoulos; Battle of Lundy's Lane; Louis Blériot; In vitro fertilisation; Afghan War documents leak
Included: Battle of Ourique (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Sea Venture (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Puerto Rican Campaign (first appearance); Tunisia (2nd appearance as blurb, last in 2010); Pratibha Patil (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Dummer's War (maintenance); 25 Luglio (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Ourique; Sea Venture/The Tempest; Puerto Rican Campaign; Tunisia; Pratibha Patil
Included: Constantine the Great (11th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Lundy's Lane (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Corinth Canal (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Cerro Maravilla murders (7th appearance, last in 2013); Air France Flight 4590 (7th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 17:37, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Sea Venture (maintenance); Louis Blériot (maintenance); Tunisia (maintenance); In vitro fertilisation (maintenance); Operation Accountability (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Gladys Bustamante
Omitted: Constantine the Great; Battle of Lundy's Lane (ineligible—maintenance); Cerro Maravilla murders; Air France Flight 4590 (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Ourique (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Alexios Strategopoulos (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Electric Dylan controversy (first appearance); Cydonia (region of Mars) (first appearance); Pratibha Patil (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Isaac Luria (first appearance); Thomas Eakins (first appearance); Rosalind Franklin (first appearance)
Repeats: Corinth Canal (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:36, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Can I ask you to add birth of Ali al-Ridha ref for this day? Regards Saff V. (talk) 06:02, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I don't understand. The article is unsure about his birth date (introduction says circa 29 December, the infobox says circa 1 January (or possibly 5 August), and the "Birth and family life" gives a definite date of 29 December. Nothing about July. If you mean his birth is celebrated as a holiday, that fact is not mentioned anywhere in the article. But besides the birth date, the article has several values for the death date as well. The introduction says 23 August, the infobox says 6 June, and the "Death" section says "The precise day is not agreed upon." So there are a few problems that need to be fixed before this article can be included. Thanks —howcheng {chat} 08:17, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: No, There isn't any wide or common celebration for the birth of Ali al-Ridha and I suggested that just it would be nominated as persons who were born on that day in the last sentence (Maxfield Parrish (b. 1870) · Erika Steinbach (b. 1943) · Louise Brown (b. 1978)) of wp:OTD part. You know, the problem is the kind of calendar. In Muslim society, the birth of Ali al-Ridha or other Shia Imams have been celebrated based on Solar Hijri calendar. So that as nominating in this source, he was born on 11th of Dhu al-Qidah and this date is matched with 25 July. Saff V. (talk) 08:41, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Saff V.: For births/deaths, we normally list on the Gregorian date, except that as I stated above, the article doesn't make clear what that is. —howcheng {chat} 16:04, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (unused): Gladys Bustamante
Omitted: Battle of Ourique; Alexios Strategopoulos; Electric Dylan controversy; Cydonia (region of Mars); Pratibha Patil; Isaac Luria; Thomas Eakins; Rosalind Franklin
Included: Constantine the Great (12th appearance, last in 2016); Crittenden–Johnson Resolution (first appearance); Cerro Maravilla murders (8th appearance, last in 2016; 40th anniversary); Air France Flight 4590 (8th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Maxfield Parrish (first appearance); Erika Steinbach (first appearance; 75th birthday); Louise Brown (first appearance; 40th birthday)
Repeats: Corinth Canal (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 125th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland; Brian Twyne
Omitted: Constantine the Great; Crittenden–Johnson Resolution; Corinth Canal; Cerro Maravilla murders; Air France Flight 4590; Maxfield Parrish; Erika Steinbach; Louise Brown
Included: Battle of Ourique (4th appearance, last in 2017); Alexios Strategopoulos (4th appearance, last in 2017); Puerto Rico Campaign (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Electric Dylan controversy (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Nixon Doctrine (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Pratibha Patil (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Isaac Luria (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Rosalind Franklin (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Randy Pausch (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:49, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Cydonia (Mars) (maintenance)
New articles (unused): James Barry (surgeon)
Omitted: Battle of Ourique; Puerto Rico Campaign; Electric Dylan controversy; Nixon Doctrine; Pratibha Patil; Randy Pausch
Included: Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) (first appearance); Corinth Canal (6th appearance, last in 2018); Air France Flight 4590 (9th appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary); Afghan War documents leak (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Gladys Bustamante (2nd appearancel last in 2018; also appears on March 8)
Repeats: Alexios Strategopoulos (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Isaac Luria (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Rosalind Franklin (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 100th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 20:43, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Crittenden–Johnson Resolution (maintenance); Nixon Doctrine (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Francis Chan (bishop); Nestor Makhno
Omitted: Alexios Strategopoulos; Symphony No. 40 (Mozart); Corinth Canal; Air France Flight 4590; Afghan War documents leak
Included: Constantine the Great; Battle of Ourique; Cerro Maravilla murders; Pratibha Patil;
Repeats: Isaac Luria (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Rosalind Franklin (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Gladys Bustamante (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Forgot to change the births/deaths. Sigh. —howcheng {chat} 07:28, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes|

July 25: Republic Day in Tunisia (1957) – that doesn't strike me as a clever choice for an article, as the target article is a poorly referenced brief list. Having had a look around, an alternative seemed elusive. Schwede 66 11:23, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Thomas Eakins (maintenance); Erika Steinbach (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Ourique; Cerro Maravilla murders; Pratibha Patil; Isaac Luria; Gladys Bustamante (deleted per above)
Included: Alexios Strategopoulos (6th appearance, last in 2020); Puerto Rico campaign (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series (2nd appearance, last in 2010—this should not have been included because this record is not included in List of Test cricket records so therefore it can't be that important); Cydonia (Mars) (2nd appearance, last in 2019; rescued from Ineligible); Francis Chan (bishop) (first appearance); Nestor Makhno (first appearance)
Repeats: Constantine the Great (2nd consecutive appearance, 14 total); Rosalind Franklin (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:23, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Ourique (maintenance); Cerro Maravilla murders (maintenance); Isaac Luria (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Feast of Saint James
Omitted: Alexios Strategopoulos; Puerto Rico campaign]; Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series; Cydonia (Mars); Francis Chan (bishop) Nestor Makhno; Constantine the Great; Rosalind Franklin
Included: Henry II of France (first appearance on July 25, 8 total); Siege of Knodsenburg (first appearance); Corinth Canal (7th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Yongdong (first appearance); Pratibha Patil (5th appearance, last in 2021); Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (first appearance); James Barry (surgeon) (first appearance); Guillermo Mota (first appearance); Azimzhan Askarov (first appearance)