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Tyrannosaurus

Is a fossil discovery noteworthy? Is there something special about this fossil? RickK 06:10, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)

That's the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. Is this significant enough to be included on the MainPage ? I'd say it's a weak case. -- PFHLai 18:57, 2005 August 9 (UTC)

The History Channel currently seems to think it's noteworthy that it is the current lead story on its "This Day in History" page for Aug 12.[1] I just re-added it here to replace another item that needs cleanup – the only two reasons I picked that one first is because of The History Channel page, and an excuse to bold and feature the current FA Tyrannosaurus. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Lakshman Kadirgamar (maintenance)
• Omitted: Treaty of Nöteborg; King Philip's War; Night of the Murdered Poets; Battle of the Bogside; IBM Personal Computer
• Included: Cleopatra VII (first appearance); Battle of Didgori (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Deimos (moon) (5th appearance, last in 2010); Wola massacre (first appearance); Bloody Gulch massacre (first appearance); Sue (dinosaur) (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 03:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Cleopatra; Battle of Didgori; Deimos (moon); Wola massacre; Bloody Gulch massacre; Sue (dinosaur)
• Included: King Philip's War (6th appearance, last in 2011); Quagga (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Night of the Murdered Poets (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of the Bogside (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Russian submarine Kursk explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 10:31, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Japan Airlines Flight 123
• Omitted: King Philip's War; Quagga (ineligible—TFA for 2014); Night of the Murdered Poets; Battle of the Bogside; Kursk submarine disaster
• Included: Treaty of Nöteborg (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Didgori (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Deimos (moon) (6th appearance, last in 2012); Wola massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012); IBM Personal Computer (%th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Didgori; Treaty of Nöteborg; Deimos (moon); Wola massacre; IBM Personal Computer
• Included: Sirikit (rescued from Ineligible); Cleopatra (2nd appearance, last in 2012); King Philip's War (7th appearance, last in 2013); Quagga (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Japan Airlines Flight 123 (4th appearance, last in 2008; 30th anniversary); Sue (dinosaur) (3rd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: King Philip's War (ineligible—maintenance); Quagga; Japan Airlines Flight 123; Sue (dinosaur)
• Included: Treaty of Nöteborg (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Deimos (moon) (7th appearance, last in 2014); Joe 4 (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); IBM Personal Computer (6th appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: Cleopatra (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Didgori (maintenance); Night of the Murdered Poets (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Abraham Zacuto; Robert Southey; Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; William Blake
• Omitted: Cleopatra; Treaty of Nöteborg (ineligible—maintenance); Joe 4 (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Quagga (4th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Halen (first appearance); Kursk submarine disaster (4th appearance, last in 2013); Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (first appearance); Helena Blavatsky (first appearance); Charles Blackman (first appearance)
• Repeats: Deimos (moon) (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); IBM Personal Computer (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:42, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Robert Southey (maintenance); William Blake (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Joe 4
• Omitted: Deimos (moon); IBM Personal Computer; Kursk submarine disaster; Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick; Helena Blavatsky; Charles Blackman (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Ascalon (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Babrra massacre (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Sue (dinosaur) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Abraham Zacuto (first appearance); Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (2nd appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on June 18, his birthday); George Soros (first appearance)
• Repeats: Quagga (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Battle of Halen (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:44, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Wola massacre (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Cecil B. DeMille
• Omitted: Quagga; Babrra massacre; Sue (dinosaur); Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; George Soros
• Included: Smyth Report (first appearance); IBM Personal Computer (8th appearance, last in 2017); Jænberht (first appearance); Maurice Fernandes (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Ascalon (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Battle of Halen (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Abraham Zacuto (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 22:42, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Deimos (moon) (maintenance); Bloody Gulch massacre (maintenance); Joe 4 (maintenance); Kursk submarine disaster (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Thomas F. Mulledy
• Omitted: Battle of Ascalon; IBM Personal Computer (ineligible—maintenance); Jænberht; Abraham Zacuto; Maurice Fernandes
• Included: Quagga (6th appearance, last in 2018); 1969 Northern Ireland riots (first appearance; blurb previously featured Battle of the Bogside which remains ineligible and is making its 3rd appearance, last in 2013); Sue (dinosaur) (5th appearance, last in 2018; 25th anniversary); Cecil B. DeMille (2nd appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on January 21, his death anniversary); Percy Mayfield (first appearance; 100th birthday); Mario Balotelli (first appearance; 30th birthday)
• Repeats: Battle of Halen (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total); Smyth Report (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Russo-Georgian War (maintenance; moved from August 7)
• New articles (unused): Evaline Ness
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Night of the Murdered Poets
• Omitted: Battle of Halen; Smyth Report; 1969 Northern Ireland riots; Helena Blavatsky; Percy Mayfield; Mario Balotelli
• Included: Battle of Ascalon (8th appearance, last in 2019); Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre (first appearance); Japan Airlines Flight 123 (5th appearance, last in 2015); Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (first appearance); Thomas F. Mulledy (first appearance); Ladi Kwali (first appearance)
• Repeats: Quagga (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Sue (dinosaur) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:47, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Babrra massacre (maintenance); George Soros (maintenance)
• Omitted: Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre; Japan Airlines Flight 123; Sue (dinosaur); Thomas F. Mulledy; Ladi Kwali
• Included: Smyth Report (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Kursk submarine disaster (5th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Beer in North Korea (first appearance); Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Maurice Fernandes (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 125th birthday)
• Repeats: Battle of Ascalon (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Quagga (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

2023 rationale

• 1099 is included due to wanting to have at least one not from the 20th century
• Avoided Fort Andross as the article was featured on June 16
• Avoided quagga since it would have been the 4th consecutive time it has appeared, despite it being it's 90th anniversary
• Avoided the 1914 and 1944 entry as to avoid having a war heavy day since I included the 1099 entry on the Battle of Ascalon

Heart ^(talk) 13:05, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi HeartGlow30797. Thanks again for working in this area. Couple of comments - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

• Abraham Zacuto is undercited in general and I couldn't see a citation for the birth date?
• For 2023 we have started featuring four borths/deaths a day, so another should be added. I am trying to improve our coverage of non-American and non-European figures so would be good if one of these is eligible - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks for the notes on this one! I have removed Abraham Zacuto. In my off time, I have been trying to find new articles in general to feature here. Heart ^(talk) 01:32, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

  User:Dumelow, I have completed them. Thanks so much for the feedback as it helps me improve! Heart ^(talk) 01:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)