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Joyce

As this is James Joyce's birthday and the original date of publication for Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, I feel that Joyce should be given at least some attention. The Joyceans I know are very feisty, and something even this simple would just make their days. M. Luke Myers 03:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Greetings to my friends, neighbors, Wikipaedians, and children of the Pleiadean systems. Once again, I am disappointed by the lack of Joyce in the daily mailings. This is supposed to be a day to re-Joyce. M. Luke Myers 03:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but under the guidelines of the "On this day/Selected anniversaries" pages, "births and deaths can only be used on centennials, etc." Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Terra Mariana

• Terra Mariana

Sourcing concerns. Entirely unsourced paragraphs, and specific claims of dates and key facts are unreferenced. The lede/intro of the article is a total of seven paragraphs long, in violation of WP:LEAD which states it should be no more than four paragraphs. This article requires much cleanup. Tagged as such. -- Cirt (talk) 10:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Buenos Aires (ineligible—maintenance), New Amsterdam (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Terra Mariana (first appearance), Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)/Estonian War of Independence (first appearance for both articles), General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (first appearance)
• Repeats: South African wine (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:18, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: South African wine; General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Included: Zimbabwean dollar (first appearance)
• Repeats: Terra Mariana (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)/Estonian War of Independence (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Hama massacre (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:46, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (maintenance)
• Omitted: Terra Mariana; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)/Estonian War of Independence; 1982 Hama massacre; Zimbabwean dollar
• Included: Buenos Aires (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Ulysses (novel) (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Export-Import Bank of the United States (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Ramsar Convention (first appearance); Roger Federer (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Omitted: Ulysses (novel); Export-Import Bank of the United States; Ramsar Convention; Roger Federer
• Included: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (10th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Stalingrad (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Apartheid (10th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Buenos Aires (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:28, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Groundhog Day (ineligible—maintenance); Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor; Buenos Aires (ineligible—maintenance); Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Battle of Stalingrad; Apartheid
• Included: Terra Mariana (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Ulysses (novel) (4th appearance, last in 2014); General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Zimbabwean dollar (2nd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (maintenance); South African wine (maintenance); Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (maintenance); Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)/Estonian War of Independence (War: maintenance); Ramsar Convention (maintenance); 1982 Hama massacre (maintenance)
• Omitted: Terra Mariana; Ulysses (novel); General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon; Zimbabwean dollar (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Groundhog Day (rescued from Ineligible); Stephen, King of England (4th appearance, last in 2016; moved from November 1); Export–Import Bank of the United States (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Roger Federer (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:06, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Apartheid (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)
• New articles (unused): Battle at Fort Utah; Frederick William Vanderbilt
• Omitted: Stephen, King of England; Export–Import Bank of the United States; Roger Federer
• Included: Transylvanian peasant revolt (first appearance); Grand Central Terminal (first appearance); Osvald Group (first appearance); MV Rabaul Queen (first appearance); Piotr Skarga (first appearance); Vincenzo Dimech (first appearance); Christie Brinkley (first appearance)
• Repeats: Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers (both: 3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Stephen, King of England (featured on November 1)
• Omitted: Transylvanian peasant revolt; Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers; Grand Central Terminal; Osvald Group; MV Rabaul Queen; Piotr Skarga; Vincenzo Dimech; Christie Brinkley
• Included: Breviary of Alaric (first appearance); Battle at Fort Utah (first appearance); Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Roger Federer (4th appearance, last in 2017); Isaac Titsingh (first appearance); Frederick William Vanderbilt (first appearance); Mary Docherty (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:20, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: Breviary of Alaric; Battle at Fort Utah; General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon; Roger Federer (ineligible—maintenance); Isaac Titsingh; Frederick William Vanderbilt; Mary Docherty
• Included: Terra Mariana (4th appearance, last in 2016); Transylvanian peasant revolt (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Export–Import Bank of the United States (3rd appearance, last in 2017); 2007 Catania football violence (first appearance); Alix Le Clerc (first appearance); William Stanley (inventor) (first appearance); Philip Seymour Hoffman (first appearance)
• Repeats: Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:27, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Agha Petros (date not cited)
• Omitted: Terra Mariana; Transylvanian peasant revolt; Export–Import Bank of the United States; 2007 Catania football violence; Alix Le Clerc; William Stanley (inventor); Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Included: Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers (both: 6th appearance, last in 2018); Battle at Fort Utah (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Osvald Group (2nd appearance, last in 2018); MV Rabaul Queen (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (first appearance); Abraham Iyambo (first appearance)
• Repeats: Treaty of Tartu (Estonia–Russia) (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:32, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers; Battle at Fort Utah; Treaty of Tartu (Estonia–Russia); MV Rabaul Queen; Julia Nava de Ruisánchez; Abraham Iyambo
• Included: Breviary of Alaric (2nd appearance, last in 2019); South African wine (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Grand Central Terminal (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Omid (first appearance); Judith Quiney (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appears on February 9, her death date); José Guadalupe Posada (first appearance); Alfred Delp (first appearance)
• Repeats: Osvald Group (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:38, 3 February 2022 (UTC)