Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/June 28

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"Well he would, wouldn't he?" is an aphorism that is commonly used as a retort to a self-interested denial. It was said by the model Mandy Rice-Davies (pictured) while giving evidence at the 1963 trial of Stephen Ward, who had been accused of living off money paid to Rice-Davies and her friend Christine Keeler for sex: part of the larger Profumo affair. While being cross-examined Rice-Davies was told that Lord Astor, who owned the Cliveden estate that Ward rented a cottage on, had denied an affair with her: she replied "Well he would, wouldn't he?" Political, communications and psychological experts have interpreted it as a phrase which indicates the speaker believes a person is making a self-interested, obvious or irrelevant denial. They have also stated it functions as a retort to mistruths made by public figures. Linguistically, it has been noted for its use of the modal verb would to create rhetorical effect. The phrase has been included in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations since 1979. (Full article...)

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Another item to consider edit

Suggested on Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries: [1]

Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Sure. Especially with 2 weak items currently on the template, waiting to be displaced. --PFHLai 19:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

June 28 edit

It says be bold and update the page yourself but when I tried, it was protected. Please update for 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots tomorrow:

1969 – Gays and lesbians fighting back against persecution, the Stonewall riots begin at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

Thanks. - ALLSTRecho wuz here 20:40, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

It is currently protected since it is about to go on to the main page.
In any case, the Stonewall riots article has been selected as the Main Page featured article for June 28, 2009. An event is generally not posted on OTD if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article, especially when the first sentence in the Main Page TFA caption essentially repeats what would have been posted on OTD. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 22:05, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Proposal edit

I propose adding Case Blue to this day, as it bears historically significance and has been improved during the last months to be somehow representable. Its the Nazi German 1942 strategic summer offensive aimed at the caucasian oilfields, which failed later at Stalingrad. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria also had been vastly improved by someone, so you may should mark this article as bold instead of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand article. StoneProphet (talk) 16:42, 25 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 09:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Constitution Day (Ukraine) edit

I created today Constitution Day (Ukraine) (a public holiday (in Ukraine)); may it please you to include it in this in this Template? — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 00:58, 16 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, the article is only a stub, and according to the rules, we cannot include it. howcheng {chat} 10:47, 27 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 10:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 05:17, 27 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Bloodstained uniform edit

Please let's not be so ghoulish as to use this image, especially on the main page. Unnecessary sensationalism when photos of the actual people are so readily available. Awien (talk) 23:18, 21 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Come on, admins. I'm talking about the image accompanying the item on the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, scheduled to run on Sunday. Surely there's someone who sees how morbidly sensationalising this is. Please pull it. Awien (talk) 12:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)Reply
I haven't gotten around to doing the updates for this year yet. howcheng {chat} 15:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 07:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 15:59, 27 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 07:03, 28 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 05:59, 28 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Proposal edit

@Howcheng: Is it possible to nominate the Hafte Tir bombing for 2019 OTD? It was on the main page in 2013 for last time. Regards! Saff V. (talk) 09:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Saff V.: Looks like the discussion is still ongoing, as the orange maintenance tags have not yet been removed. Regardless, we have a 1989 item that gets priority this year, so even if this were eligible, it wouldn't be included. howcheng {chat} 16:53, 10 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 22:02, 15 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 23:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 04:14, 30 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 06:52, 30 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

2023 notes edit

Belatedly posting a summary of changes from 2022 to the 2023 posting:

CMD (talk) 05:17, 8 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

2024 notes edit

The Stonewall riots FA last appeared in this page in 2019, and 2014 before that. We are at another five year anniversary, so its an apt one for inclusion (currently in Eligible). However, this year it may also appear on DYK with an image, so another image should be used. CMD (talk) 05:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)Reply