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Please add:

Aldersgate Day in Methodism

Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 07:16, 24 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Problem edit

Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

We need to go around the disambiguation page for Macedonia (which refers also to the Macedonia (Greece) where the old calendar is not observed for Orthodox feast days). Someone should change to Republic of Macedonia. Thanks. Niko Silver 09:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Section 28 edit

Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This is very oddly-worded. Section 28 did indeed cause a lot of controversy, and it was repealed 15 years later, but to link the two doesn't work. In other words it might leave the reader thinking "Surely if it caused so much controversy it would have been repealed much sooner?" Sam Blacketer (talk) 09:39, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes edit

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Battle of Yad Mordechai; Puyehue-Cordón Caulle; Kola Superdeep Borehole; Judgment of Paris (wine)
Included: Amy Johnson (2nd appearance, last in 2010); German battleship Bismarck/HMS Hood (51)/Battle of the Denmark Strait (ships: 5th appearance each, both last in 2007; battle: 2nd appearance, last in 2010); Scott Carpenter (2nd appearance, last in 2007; 50th anniversary); An Inconvenient Truth (first appearance)
Repeats: Brooklyn Bridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:20, 23 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes edit

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Mary Had a Little Lamb
Omitted: Brooklyn Bridge; Amy Johnson; German battleship Bismarck/HMS Hood (51)/Battle of the Denmark Strait; Scott Carpenter; An Inconvenient Truth
Included: John Wesley (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (first appearance); Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (first appearance; blurb previously featured Eurovision Song Contest (last in 2009), which is now ineligible); Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Operation Solomon (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:57, 24 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: John Wesley (ineligible—maintenance); Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Eurovision Song Contest 1956; Puyehue-Cordón Caulle; Operation Solomon
Included: Act of Toleration 1689 (first appearance; 375th anniversary); Mary Had a Little Lamb (first appearance); Brooklyn Bridge (8th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Yad Mordechai (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Slobodan Milošević (3rd appearance, lats in 2005; moved from (May 27)

—howcheng {chat} 07:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes edit

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Saints Cyril and Methodius (ineligible—maintenance); Brooklyn Bridge; Battle of Yad Mordechai; Slobodan Milošević
Included: Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (first appearance); Baldwin–Kennedy meeting (first appearance); Kola Superdeep Borehole (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Act of Toleration 1689 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Mary Had a Little Lamb (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:01, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Liberation of Khorramshahr edit

Latest comment: 8 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion

on 24 May 1982 during the Iran–Iraq War, the Liberation of Khorramshahr was the Iranian recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis after 575 days. I want to nominate Liberation of Khorramshahr for WP:OTD. ThanksLstfllw203 (talk) 17:35, 18 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Lstfllw203: Hey, I just added your requested blurb to the list. Mhhossein (talk) 05:41, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I took it out. We have a lot of significant anniversaries this year (so many that I couldn't use all of them), so it will have to wait until next year. —howcheng {chat} 06:27, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Howcheng: I was surprised, current list contains articles which had appeared on the main page multiple times. "Liberation of khorramshahr" has never appeared there and I think is a significant event in comparison with titles such as Judgment of Paris (wine)! Mhhossein (talk) 07:59, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

True, but the significant anniversaries (multiples of 10 and 25) get top priority, and I still had to leave out articles that have 10th and 75th anniversaries. —howcheng {chat} 17:17, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Alright, we have to comply with the rules! Thanks for the explanation Howcheng. --Mhhossein (talk) 04:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes edit

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Peter Minuit (moved to May 4)
New articles (unused): Liberation of Khorramshahr
Moved to Ineligible: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (maintenance)
Omitted: Mary Had a Little Lamb; Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia; Baldwin–Kennedy meeting; Kola Superdeep Borehole
Included: Aldersgate Day (first appearance); Brooklyn Bridge (9th appearance, last in 2014); Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary); Judgment of Paris (wine) (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Operation Solomon (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Toleration Act 1688 (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:39, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Mary Had a Little Lamb (maintenance); Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (maintenance); Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (maintenance); Slobodan Milošević (maintenance)
Omitted: Toleration Act 1688; Eurovision Song Contest 1956; Judgment of Paris (wine) (ineligible—maintenance); Operation Solomon
Included: Amy Johnson (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Scott Carpenter (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Kola Superdeep Borehole (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Liberation of Khorramshahr (first appearance); Germanicus (first appearance); David I of Scotland (first appearance); Jan Smuts (first appearance)
Repeats: Brooklyn Bridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:54, 24 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes edit

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Ashmolean Museum
Omitted: Amy Johnson (ineligible—maintenance); Scott Carpenter; Liberation of Khorramshahr; Germanicus; David I of Scotland; Jan Smuts
Included: Toleration Act 1689 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Eurovision Song Contest 1956/Eurovision Song Contest (1956: 3rd appearance, last in 2016; Eurovision: first appearance); Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting (first appearance); Robert Hues (first appearance); Cathinka Buchwieser (first appearance); Huguette Clark (first appearance)
Repeats: Brooklyn Bridge (3rd consecutive appearance, 11 total); Kola Superdeep Borehole (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:44, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 request edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion

Howcheng 24 May 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria (born Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent). It's a FA, so should be good for either a blurb or OTD birth. Mjroots (talk) 14:11, 8 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Mjroots: She normally appears on June 20, the anniversary of her inauguration. I suppose we can move her to her birthday just for this year. —howcheng {chat} 16:48, 8 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Howcheng As I listed Liberation of Khorramshahr,I wondered if you agree with that?Saff V. (talk) 05:53, 13 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Saff V.: OTD only includes six items when TFA/DYK is long and the two sides gets out of balance. That article was included recently (2017) and there is a large pool of eligible articles, so I prefer to let some others get a chance. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 06:08, 13 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Germanicus (maintenance)
Omitted: Toleration Act 1689; Brooklyn Bridge; Eurovision Song Contest 1956/Eurovision Song Contest; Kola Superdeep Borehole; Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting; Robert Hues; Cathinka Buchwieser; Huguette Clark
Included: Sture murders (first appearance); Ashmolean Museum (3rd appearance, last in 2008; previously appeared on June 6); Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Liberation of Khorramshahr (2nd appearance, last in 2017); An Inconvenient Truth (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Marek Sobieski (1628–1652) (first appearance); Queen Victoria (12th appearance, last in 2018; normally appears on June 20; 200th birthday); Stormé DeLarverie (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:08, 25 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Eid al-Fitr edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

@Howcheng: I am new with OTD and going to list the Eid al-Fitr for 24 May. Are there any problems? Thanks!Hispring (talk) 13:17, 3 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Hispring: I was going to get to it fairly soon, but go right ahead. —howcheng {chat} 23:37, 3 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Sture murders; Ashmolean Museum; Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia; Liberation of Khorramshahr; An Inconvenient Truth; Marek Sobieski (1628–1652); Queen Victoria (moved back to regular day); Stormé DeLarverie
Included: War of Devolution (first appearance); Mary Had a Little Lamb (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Amy Johnson (4th appearance, last in 2017; 90th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Kola Superdeep Borehole (5th appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley (first appearance); Arthur Wing Pinero (first appearance); Guy Tardif (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:09, 26 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes edit

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Henry Sandham
Omitted: War of Devolution; Mary Had a Little Lamb; Amy Johnson; Kola Superdeep Borehole; Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting; Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley; Arthur Wing Pinero; Guy Tardif
Included: Toleration Act 1688 (5th appearance, last in 2018); Patrick Francis Healy (first appearance); Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (3rd appearance, last in 2019); German battleship Bismarck/HMS Hood (both: 6th appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary); Operation Solomon (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Lanfranc (first appearance); Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (first appearance); Huguette Clark (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 22:07, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes edit

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Toleration Act 1688; Patrick Francis Healy; Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia; German battleship Bismarck/HMS Hood; Operation Solomon; Lanfranc; Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; Huguette Clark
Included: Sture murders (2nd appearance, last in 2019); John Wesley/Methodism (Wesley: 6th appearance, last in 2013; Methodism: 4th, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Yad Mordechai (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Scott Carpenter (4th appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); An Inconvenient Truth (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Cathinka Buchwieser (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Henry Sandham (first appearance); Fanny Searls (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:00, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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