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2012 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Nui Bop, The Scout Association, Third Battle of Seoul, Last of the Summer Wine, North American ice storm of 1998 (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Palace of Whitehall (6th appearance, last in 2010, rescued from Ineligible), Samuel Colt (first appearance), Fabian Society (7th appearance, last in 2010), Nancy Pelosi (2nd appearance, last in 2008), Burj Khalifa (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 23:13, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• Addendum: Third Battle of Seoul (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total) included for balance. howcheng {chat} 20:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Palace of Whitehall; Samuel Colt; Fabian Society; Third Battle of Seoul; Nancy Pelosi; Burj Khalifa
• Included: Battle of Nui Bop (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Topsy (elephant) (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Last of the Summer Wine (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Reavey and O'Dowd killings (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; appeared last year on January 5); Ariel Sharon (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Note: Reavey and O'Dowd killings should probably be deleted next year and kept for January 5, because there are fewer eligible items that day.

—howcheng {chat} 19:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Burma (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Núi Bop; Topsy (elephant); Last of the Summer Wine; Reavey and O'Dowd killings (ineligible—appears on January 5 with Kingsmill massacre); Ariel Sharon
• Included: Independence Day (Burma) (first appearance); Palace of Whitehall (7th appearance, last in 2012); Fabian Society (8th appearance, last in 2012); 1970 Tonghai earthquake (first appearance); Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Spirit (rover) (6th appearance, last in 2010; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Added and deleted: Anne of Brittany (fact not in article)
• Omitted: Palace of Whitehall; Fabian Society; 1970 Tonghai earthquake; Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith (ineligible—maintenance);
• Included: Constantine Hangerli (first appearance); Samuel Colt (2nd appearance, last in 2012); The Scout Association (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Third Battle of Seoul (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Spirit (rover) (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:28, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Constantine Hangerli; Samuel Colt; The Scout Association; Spirit (rover)
• Included: Palace of Whitehall (8th appearance, last in 2014); Solomon Northup (first appearance); 1970 Tonghai earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Burj Khalifa (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Third Battle of Seoul (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:54, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Fabian Society (maintenance); Topsy (elephant) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Apsis (ineligible—maintenance); Independence Day (Myanmar) (ineligible—maintenance); Palace of Whitehall (ineligible—maintenance); Solomon Northup; Third Battle of Seoul; 1970 Tonghai earthquake; Burj Khalifa
• Included: Charles I of England (8th appearance, last in 2015; normally appears on January 30, but included today for Main Page balance and because the other hooks are not good for chronological balance); Constantine Hangerli (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Samuel Colt (3rd appearance, last in 2015); The Scout Association (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Billboard (magazine) (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Last of the Summer Wine (3rd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 16:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Deleted: 1970 Tonghai earthquake (moved to January 5)
• Moved to Ineligible: Solomon Northup (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1989 air battle near Tobruk
• Omitted: Charles I of England (deleted; moved back to January 30, its usual date); Samuel Colt; Billboard (magazine); Last of the Summer Wine
• Included: Battle of Núi Bop (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Sao Shwe Thaik (first appearance; blurb previously featured Myanmar and is making its 8th appearance, last in 2013); Nancy Pelosi (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Louis Braille (first appearance); Johanna Westerdijk (first appearance); T. S. Eliot (first appearance)
• Repeats: Constantine Hangerli (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); The Scout Association (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Burj Khalifa (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Brian Horrocks (TFA for 2019); Johannes Brost (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Núi Bop; The Scout Association; Sao Shwe Thaik; Nancy Pelosi; Louis Braille; Johanna Westerdijk; T. S. Eliot
• Included: Battle of Ruspina (first appearance); Palace of Whitehall (9th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Third Battle of Seoul (5th appearance, last in 2016); 1989 air battle near Tobruk (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 30th anniversary); George Tryon (first appearance); Josef Suk (composer) (first appearance); Erwin Schrödinger (first appearance)
• Repeats: Constantine Hangerli (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:46, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Deleted: Johannes Brost (moved to September 25, his birthday)
• New articles (unused): Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash
• Omitted: Battle of Ruspina (ineligible—maintenance); Palace of Whitehall; Constantine Hangerli; Third Battle of Seoul; 1989 air battle near Tobruk; George Tryon; Josef Suk (composer); Erwin Schrödinger
• Included: Samuel Colt (4th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Núi Bop (4th appearance, last in 2018); Billboard (magazine) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Spirit (rover) (8th appearance, last in 2015); Moses Mendelssohn (first appearance); Clara Emilia Smitt (first appearance); Brian Horrocks (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:35, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

Something really out to be done about the lead banner: a suggestion is at Talk:Baixa de Cassanje revolt Sparafucil (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Martyrs of Colonial Repression Day seems to be the current common English version. Sparafucil (talk) 07:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Omitted: Samuel Colt; Battle of Núi Bop; Billboard (magazine); Rose Heilbron; Spirit (rover); Moses Mendelssohn; Clara Emilia Smitt; Brian Horrocks
• Included: Constantine Hangerli (5th appearance, last in 2019); Solomon Northup (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); The Scout Association (5th appearance, last in 2018); Third Battle of Seoul (6th appearance, last in 2019; 70th anniversary); Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash (first appearance); Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (first appearance); Nellie Cashman (first appearance); Erwin Schrödinger (2nd appearance, last in 2019)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (unused): Sex Pistols (moved from January 6)
• Omitted: Constantine Hangerli; Solomon Northup; Third Battle of Seoul; Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash; Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy; Nellie Cashman; Erwin Schrödinger
• Included: Palace of Whitehall (10th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Núi Bop (5th appearance, last in 2020); Sao Shwe Thaik (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Rose Heilbron (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 50th anniversary); Burj Khalifa (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Moses Mendelssohn (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Johanna Westerdijk (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Tom Acker (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:49, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Removal of a currently ineligible entry

The page Clara Emilia Smitt was previously proposed and subsequently listed as ineligible for January 4th as a birthday. The reason for ineligibility was a lack of sources for the birth date. After a small amount of digging, all sources claiming 01/04/1864 as her birthday cited the wiki article and the only easily accessible article which didn't instead placed her birth in the Spring of 1862.

While I feel I could be bold and remove the entry myself, I am fairly new to Wikipedia and entirely inexperienced with selected anniversaries. As such, I don't quite feel comfortable doing so and instead would ask that someone with more experience vent my assertion and do what they see fit. Dionysius Miller^talk 15:24, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done QuicoleJR (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Erwin Schrödinger eligibility

In addition to looking into Clara Emilia Smitt as mentioned above, I went through Erwin Schrödinger's page and moved/created citations to fill out the uncited sections (reason for ineligibility) and removed two uncited, subjective claims. I believe this page is ready to be reassessed for eligibility. Dionysius Miller^talk 16:37, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done Only one CN tag, which I believe does not make it ineligible by itself. QuicoleJR (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2024 (UTC)