Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 22

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1744 – War of the Austrian Succession

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Currently reads "1744War of the Austrian Succession: British ships began attacking the Spanish rear of a France–Spanish combined fleet in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast near Toulon, France.", but should read "....a Franco–Spanish combined fleet...", per Battle of Toulon (1744) which reads "Strategic Franco-Spanish victory" in the infobox.

This is the right place to mention that, right? -M.Nelson (talk) 02:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Cash robbery

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The robbery section should cash robbery as £292m of bonds were stolen on a London street in 1990 [1]

2012 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:32, 21 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

2011 Christchurch earthquake

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First anniversary for this event. Can this be added to "On this day"? (about 5 hours away UTC-wise) - 220 of Borg 18:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

500th anniversary of the death of America's name

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Sort of. Caught your attention? Amerigo Vespucci died 500 years ago, on February 22, 1512, in Seville, Spain. Walrasiad (talk) 03:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Tsagaan Sar

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Request to add Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian Lunar New Year), whose 2012 date is Feb 22. --chinneeb-talk 03:36, 22 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

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howcheng {chat} 19:18, 20 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:36, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

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howcheng {chat} 09:04, 20 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

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howcheng {chat} 08:27, 20 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

No second appearance for 2011 Christchurch earthquake

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Can someone tell me why there wasn't a second appearance for the 2011 Christchurch earthquake (last appearance was 2013). 2016 happens to be the (significant) 5th year anniversary of the disaster. 5 years onwards, the wikipedia page for it is one of the most well documented for a natural disaster, at least from what I've read. Here's hoping the same thing doesn't happen come March 11th, the 5th anniversary of that tragedy surely deserves some consideration for home page feature... right? --CrashesToAshes (talk) 10:29, 22 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Five years is not a significant anniversary (those start at 10). That's why the 2006 robbery item is in there, which means that in the interest of chronological diversity, the earthquake gets omitted so that we won't have two 21st-century items. howcheng {chat} 16:45, 22 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
Excuse me for not having read up on all of the rules, but I wonder whether the sixth anniversary could be considered relevant because it will see the unveiling of the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial? By that day, I plan to have that article at GA class (obviously, it won't have gone through a review by then, but I will have submitted it for review). The 'on this day' line could thus link to that article;
Can't use it like that, as the unveiling of the memorial is not (yet) a historic event by itself, but the earthquake article is included now. howcheng {chat} 08:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

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howcheng {chat} 08:26, 22 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

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howcheng {chat} 17:23, 22 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

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Is 2014 Ukrainian revolution still considered "ineligible"? The article has been stable for years now and no issues are mentioned in the head of the page. I would like to see the page moved to "eligible". It was an event that eventually led to a different geopolitical landscape then (that we had) prior. — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 22:47, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Yulia Romero: Unfortunately, 2014 Ukrainian revolution § Timeline is maintenance tagged, so yes it is still ineligible. howcheng {chat} 04:06, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thank for the fast response Howcheng. Yes, I see now that the section 2014 Ukrainian revolution § Timeline needs some work. Other parts of the article look to me to be too detailed for a Wikipedia article (too). Unfortunately I lack time these days too give the article a good maintenance job. — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 14:14, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

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howcheng {chat} 16:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

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howcheng {chat} 17:17, 24 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

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howcheng {chat} 08:01, 24 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

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I suppose it's too late to note that February 22 of this year is a palindrome day: 22-02-2022. There won't be another for quite some years. – Reidgreg (talk) 07:07, 22 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:19, 23 February 2022 (UTC)Reply