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Can we include Independence Day of the Maldives in this day, since on this day, the capital city of Maldives would appear on the main page as the featured picture of the day. --Oblivious 00:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good suggestion. I see that you've done it yourself already. :-) -- PFHLai 13:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old entries

Most of the entries are old: See 2005 Maharashtra floods: Mumbai received an unprecedented 944 mm of rain in a single day. Killed hundreds. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kargil War

How about : "Cessation of combat activities after the Kargil War; celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas in India" ? While it is on a controversial topic, Kargil War is an extremely well written article, and has no POV disputes whatsoever. Abeer.ag (talk) 18:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010

I suggest including the 1936 unveiling of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and Edward VIII abdication crisis are both FA and Canadian National Vimy Memorial is GA. 2 FAs and a GA for a single event is pretty good. --Labattblueboy (talk) 16:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Parsifal

Copied from WP:ERRORS

It is correct, but pointless to write that Bayreuth is in present day Germany (Parsifal article). Bayreuth has been in Germany ever since unification in 1871, thus, it was also Germany when Parsifal was first performed. Jon kare (talk) 12:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The current wording may be technically correct but it is misleading as it implies that Bayreuth was not a part of Germany in 1882. Greenshed (talk) 21:15, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Technically speaking, "present-day Germany" didn't exist until the 1990 reunification of East Germany and West Germany. In 1871, Bayreuth was in the Kingdom of Bavaria, part of the German Empire. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Then perhaps "present-day Germany" should be changed to "[[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[German Empire|Germany]]". --174.89.158.237 (talk) 07:27, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Act of Abjuration; Battle of Ticonderoga (1759); Stellaland; United Kingdom general election, 1945; 2008 Ahmedabad bombings
Included: Parsifal (5th appearance, last in 2010); Esperanto (3rd appearance, last in 2005); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (5th appearance, last in 2010); Moncada Barracks (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Shambo (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 00:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Vestal

HMS Vestal was the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War, can we put that in for this year? Mat ty.007 15:11, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not with that {{unreliable sources}} tag on it. —howcheng {chat} 04:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Parsifal; Esperanto; Canadian National Vimy Memorial; Moncada Barracks; Shambo
Included: Battle of Pliska (4th appearance, last in 2010); Act of Abjuration (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Federal Bureau of Investigation (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Short Creek raid (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Truong Dinh Dzu (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Pliska; Act of Abjuration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Short Creek raid; Trương Đình Dzu
Included: Krishnadevaraya (first appearance); Stellaland (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (6th appearance, last in 2012); Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (2nd appearance, last in 2010); 2009 Boko Haram Uprising (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:20, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Krishnadevaraya no longer eligible; replaced with Esperanto (4th appearance, last in 2012). —howcheng {chat} 18:26, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Kargil War (maintenance)
Omitted: Stellaland; Esperanto; Canadian National Vimy Memorial; 2009 Boko Haram uprising
Included: Battle of Pliska (5th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Parsifal (6th appearance, last in 2012); United Kingdom general election, 1945 (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Battle of Pliska; Battle of Ticonderoga (1759); Parsifal; United Kingdom general election, 1945; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Liberia (rescued from Ineligible); Act of Abjuration (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Stellaland (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (7th appearance, last in 2014); Moncada Barracks (5th appearance, last in 2012); 2008 Ahmedabad bombings (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Pliska (maintenance); Esperanto (maintenance); United Kingdom general election, 1945 (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Omitted: Act of Abjuration (ineligible—maintenance); Stellaland; Canadian National Vimy Memorial; 2008 Ahmedabad bombings
Included: Atahualpa (7th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Federal Bureau of Investigation (4th appearance, last in 2013); Shambo (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); George Bernard Shaw (first appearance); Carl Jung (first appearance); Robert Todd Lincoln (first appearance)
Repeats: Moncada Barracks (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Parsifal (maintenance); 2008 Ahmedabad bombings (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Battle of the Samichon River
Omitted: Battle of Ticonderoga (1759); Federal Bureau of Investigation (ineligible—maintenance); Moncada Barracks; Shambo; George Bernard Shaw; Carl Jung; Robert Todd Lincoln
Included: Unua Libro (first appearance; blurb previously featured Esperanto, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2014); Emmy Noether (2nd appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on March 23, her birthday; 100th anniversary); Trương Đình Dzu (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Sagamihara stabbings (first appearance); Justin Holland (first appearance); Howard Vernon (Australian actor) (first appearance); Ana María Matute (first appearance)
Repeats: Atahualpa (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Krishnadevaraya; Act of Abjuration
New articles (unused): Daniel J. Callaghan; Hoyt Wilhelm; Stanley Kubrick; Mick Jagger; Asif Ali Zardari; Kate Beckinsale; Jacinda Ardern
Omitted: Atahualpa; Unua Libro; Emmy Noether; Trương Đình Dzu; Sagamihara stabbings; Howard Vernon (Australian actor); Ana María Matute
Included: Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (4th appearance, last in 2017); Stellaland (4th appearance, last in 2016); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (8th appearance, last in 2016); Short Creek raid (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 2009 Boko Haram uprising (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Carl Jung (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Sandra Bullock (first appearance)
Repeats: Justin Holland (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Krishnadevaraya (maintenance); Act of Abjuration (maintenance); Atahualpa (maintenance); Emmy Noether (maintenance); Jacinda Ardern (POTD for 2020)
New articles (ineligible): Li Hanzhi; Helen Mirren
Omitted: Battle of Ticonderoga (1759); Canadian National Vimy Memorial; Short Creek raid; 2009 Boko Haram uprising (ineligible—maintenance); Justin Holland; Carl Jung; Sandra Bullock
Included: Unua Libro (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of the Samichon River (first appearance); Trương Đình Dzu (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Sagamihara stabbings (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Charlotte Serber (first appearance); Robert Todd Lincoln (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Asif Ali Zardari (first appearance)
Repeats: Stellaland (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:32, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Moncada Barracks (maintenance)
Omitted: Stellaland; Battle of the Samichon River; Trương Đình Dzu; Sagamihara stabbings; Charlotte Serber; Robert Todd Lincoln; Asif Ali Zardari
Included: Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (5th appearance, last in 2019); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (9th appearance, last in 2019); Shambo (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Carl Jung (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Howard Vernon (Australian actor) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Mick Jagger (first appearance)
Repeats: Unua Libro (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Unua Libro; Shambo; Carl Jung; Howard Vernon (Australian actor); Mick Jagger
Included: Trương Đình Dzu (4th appearance, last in 2020); Sagamihara stabbings (3rd appearance, last in 2020); George Bernard Shaw (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Asif Ali Zardari (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Kate Beckinsale (first appearance; 50th birthday)
Repeats: Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Canadian National Vimy Memorial (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:31, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

Omitted: Trương Đình Dzu; Sagamihara stabbings; George Bernard Shaw; Asif Ali Zardari; Kate Beckinsale; Battle of Ticonderoga (1759); Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Included: Emigration of Christians from the Crimea (1778) (first appearance); Stellaland (6th appearance, last in 2020); Short Creek raid (3rd appearance, last in 2019, 70th anniversary); Asiana Airlines Flight 733 (first appearance, 30th anniversary); New Irish Republican Army (first appearance); Armand de Gontaut (first appearance); Bloeme Evers-Emden (first appearance); Ancelma Perlacios (first appearance); Tetsuji Takechi (first appearance)

Heart ^(talk) 14:29, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]