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June 12: Independence day in Philipines should link to Araw ng Kalayaan, rather than to Independence Day, which lists all independence days for all countries. Quacks Like a Duck 15:04, 12 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Actually, it should be Independence Day (Philippines). --Howard the Duck 12:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment for the recently self-proclaimed, independent and partially recognized country.

This is nonsense of the highest order. Kosovo is not an independent country, and even if it were, it surely was not in 1999, and even if Kosovo were an independent country in 1999, KFOR didn't have a mandate to establish a secure environment for it.

KFOR's mandate was defined in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. I suggest the following, highly neutral, wording:

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.

Nikola (talk) 20:01, 12 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Loving v. Virginia (maintenance); Abby Sunderland (maintenance)
Omitted: Peasants' Revolt; 1899 New Richmond tornado; Dominic Savio; 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre
Included: Battle of Cold Harbor (7th appearance, last in 2009); Armagh rail disaster (8th appearance, last in 2010); Tear down this wall! (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 25th anniversary); Tesco bomb campaign (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; moved from June 16—wrong date)
Repeats: Anne Frank (10th consecutive appearance, 10 total; previously appeared on multiple dates; 5th consecutive time on June 12; blurb previously also featured The Diary of a Young Girl, which is now ineligible.

—howcheng {chat} 07:28, 12 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Loving v. Virginia; Abby Sunderland
Omitted: Independence Day (Philippines) (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Cold Harbor; Anne Frank; Tear down this wall!; Tesco bomb campaign
Included: Virginia Declaration of Rights (first appearance); Dominic Savio (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Medgar Evers (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Kosovo Force (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: Armagh rail disaster (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:36, 11 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Added then deleted: Joan of Arc (appears on May 30); Emilio Aguinaldo (appears on January 23)
Omitted: Virginia Declaration of Rights; Armagh rail disaster; Medgar Evers; Kosovo Force
Included: Independence Day (Philippines) (first appearance); Russia Day (rescued from Ineligible); Peasants' Revolt (5th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Cold Harbor (8th appearance, last in 2012; 150th anniversary); Loving v. Virginia (2nd appearance, last in 2008); Boeing 777 (first appearance; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Dominic Savio (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 60th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre (maintenance)
Omitted: Russia Day (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Cold Harbor; Dominic Savio; Loving v. Virginia; Boeing 777
Included: 1899 New Richmond tornado (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne: 11th appearance, last in 2012; Diary: 3rd appearance, last in 2011); Tear down this wall! (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Tesco bomb campaign (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Peasants' Revolt (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:19, 10 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: David Berkowitz (maintenance)
Omitted: Peasants' Revolt; 1899 New Richmond tornado; Tear down this wall!; Tesco bomb campaign
Included: Disputation of Paris (first appearance); Virginia Declaration of Rights (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Armagh rail disaster (10th appearance, last in 2013); Kosovo Force (4th appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl (2nd consecutive appearance; Frank: 12 total; Diary: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 11 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Thomas Gage; 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
Omitted: Independence Day (Philippines) (maintenance); Loving Day (maintenance); Virginia Declaration of Rights; Armagh rail disaster; Kosovo Force
Included: Peasants' Revolt (7th appearance, last in 2015); Loving v. Virginia (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary); Tear down this wall! (4th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Æthelflæd (first appearance); Medgar Evers (2nd appearance, last in 2013; included as death, but normally appears as a blurb); Gregory Peck (first appearance)
Repeats: Disputation of Paris (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl (both: 3rd consecutive appearance; Frank: 13 total; Diary: 5 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 10 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Peasants' Revolt (moved to June 14); Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl; Loving v. Virginia; Tear down this wall!; Æthelflæd; Medgar Evers; Gregory Peck
Included: Thomas Gage (first appearance); Dominic Savio (4th appearance, last in 2014); David Berkowitz (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Tesco bomb campaign (4th appearance, last in 2015); John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (first appearance); Thomas C. Hart (first appearance); Christine Sinclair (first appearance)
Repeats: Disputation of Paris (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:58, 12 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineliglble: Loving v. Virginia (maintenance)
Omitted: Thomas Gage; Dominic Savio; David Berkowitz; Tesco bomb campaign; John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel; Thomas C. Hart; Christine Sinclair
Included: Battle of Cold Harbor (9th appearance, last in 2014); Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank: 14th appearance; Diary: 6th apperance; both last in 2017); Boeing 777 (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 25th anniversary); Kosovo Force (5th appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Orlando nightclub shooting (first appearance); Samuel Cooper (general) (first appearance); Egon Schiele (first appearance); Billy Butlin (first appearance)
Repeats: Disputation of Paris (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:35, 12 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (ineligible): Democracy Day (Nigeria) (maintenance; moved from May 29); Milorad Petrović (TFA for 2020)
Omitted: Battle of Cold Harbor; Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl; Kosovo Force; Orlando nightclub shooting; Samuel Cooper (general); Egon Schiele
Included: Independence Day (Philippines) (rescued from Ineligible); Dominic Savio (5th appearance, last in 2018); Loving v. Virginia (4th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Adriaen van Stalbemt (first appearance); Egwale Seyon (first appearance)
Repeats: Disputation of Paris (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total); Boeing 777 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Billy Butlin (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 20:54, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Tesco bomb campaign (moved to June 13)
Omitted: Dominic Savio; Loving v. Virginia; Boeing 777; Adriaen van Stalbemt; Egwale Seyon; Billy Butlin
Included: Thomas Gage (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Massacre of Phocaea (first appearance); Medgar Evers (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Thomas Farnaby (first appearance); Egon Schiele (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Milorad Petrović (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 40th anniversary)
Repeats: Disputation of Paris (6th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:30, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Disputation of Paris; Thomas Gage; Massacre of Phocaea; Medgar Evers; Egon Schiele; Milorad Petrović
Included: French invasion of Malta (first appearance); 1899 New Richmond tornado (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Anne Frank/The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank: 15th appearance; Diary: 7th; both last in 2019); 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Egwale Seyon (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Javed Miandad (first appearance)
Repeats: Thomas Farnaby (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 375th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:14, 14 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

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