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2006 notes

May 15th marks Nakba Day. --Fjmustak 03:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I've just posted this. I've also added this to May 15#Holidays and observances. -- PFHLai 04:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

2007 notes

Bartholomew Gosnold @ Cape Cod

Moved from Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors.

The Cape Cod page mentions at least two Europeans to have approached or named the Cape before Bartholomew Gosnold is claimed to have been the first European to discover it. 59.167.51.4 10:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Dave

• Bartholomew Gosnold indicates he was the first, and neither article has a source. If someone has a source to settle this, it would be helpful.--Chaser - T 10:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Esteban Gómez indicates he sailed down the entire east coast of North America in 1525, and the Cape Cod article mentions him naming the cape. There is an image of a map on the Gomez page which is a 19th century copy of a 1529 map by Diego Ribero which has the east coast charted. Unfortunately neither has the resolution to pick out the cape per se. I would suggest the Gosnold article claims he was the first because of the Archer source which mentions the naming of the cape, presumably because the party was unaware of the previous discovery. 59.167.51.4 13:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Dave

I've removed this from MainPage for now. --PFHLai 15:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Cape Cod continued

Please at least change the wording from "discover Cape Cod" to "sight/see Cape Cod." I'm not trying to be overly PC, but that just seems POV/Eurocentric as it is now. —OverMyHead 16:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

2010 notes

Ton That Dinh

Per the guideline about article quality, I ask that this late-2009 era FA be included. There are undersourced start class articles there YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 03:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Current submissions

2013 notes

In 1953, Cubmaster Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, in Manhattan Beach, California, by Pack 280c. Murphy's son was too young to participate in the popular Soap Box Derby races, so he came up with the idea of racing miniature wood cars. The pinewood derby was selected as part of "America's 100 Best" in 2006 as "a celebrated rite of spring" by Reader's Digest.

There are couple of sections in that article that need more references. Two months should be plenty of time to fix it up. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

2013 notes

• New articles (ineligible): United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse
• New articles (unused): Battle of New Market
• Omitted: Valentinian II; Bartholomew Gosnold; Diego Marín Aguilera; Bloody Island Massacre; Portrait of Dr. Gachet (ineligible—Starry Night is POTD for 2013)
• Included: Independence Day in Paraguay (rescued from Ineligible); Rerum Novarum (first appearance); Las Vegas (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Pinewood derby (first appearance); Ton That Dinh (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Jessica Watson (first appearance)
• Repeats: Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• New articles (unused): Cloud Gate
• Omitted: Paraguay (ineligible—maintenance); Rerum Novarum; Las Vegas; Australian cricket team in England in 1948; Pinewood derby; Tôn Thất Đính; Jessica Watson
• Included: Diego Marín Aguilera (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of New Market (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse (Mickey: 2nd appearance; Minnie: 5th appearance; both last in 2010); Ma'alot massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Portrait of Dr. Gachet (7th appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 01:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Added and deleted: Niamh Kavanagh (not notable enough)
• Omitted: Battle of New Market; Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse; Ma'alot massacre; Portrait of Dr. Gachet
• Included: Bartholomew Gosnold (5th appearance, last in 2012); National Woman Suffrage Association (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Laotian Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Jessica Watson (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Diego Marín Aguilera (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:19, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Deleted: Cloud Gate (not notable enough)
• Omitted: Bartholomew Gosnold; Diego Marín Aguilera; National Woman Suffrage Association; Laotian Civil War; Jessica Watson
• Included: Valentinian II (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Francis Baily (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Lynching of Jesse Washington (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Tôn Thất Đính (4th appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:35, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

• Pentecost in Western Christianity in 2016. Optimist on the run (talk) 10:33, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Las Vegas (maintenance); Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse (both: maintenance); Laotian Civil War (maintenance)
• Omitted: Valentinian II (ineligible—maintenance); Francis Baily; Lynching of Jesse Washington; Australian cricket team in England in 1948; Tôn Thất Đính
• Included: Diego Marín Aguilera (4th appearance, last in 2015); Bloody Island massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima (both: first appearance); Jackson State killings (first appearance); Portrait of Dr. Gachet (8th appearance, last in 2014); Klemens von Metternich (first appearance); Emily Dickinson (first appearance); Patrice Evra (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:55, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Pinewood derby (maintenance); Ma'alot massacre (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1948 Arab–Israeli War; Operation Grapple; United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
• New articles (unused): Joe DiMaggio; Bleiburg repatriations; 2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season
• Omitted: Diego Marín Aguilera (ineligible—maintenance); Bloody Island massacre; Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima; Jackson State killings; Portrait of Dr. Gachet; Klemens von Metternich; Emily Dickinson; Patrice Evra
• Included: Mo Chutu of Lismore (moved from May 14); Bartholomew Gosnold (6th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of New Market; Torreón massacre (first appearance); Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (4th appearance, last in 2016; 70th anniversary); Tôn Thất Đính (5th appearance, last in 2016); Mleh, Prince of Armenia (first appearance); Levi Lincoln Sr. (first appearance); Mohamed Brahmi (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:07, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Note: Australian cricket team in England in 1948 probably best moved to August 18, when they concluded the tour. —howcheng {chat} 17:17, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Pinewood derby
• Omitted: Bartholomew Gosnold; Battle of New Market; Torreón massacre; Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (moved to August 15); Tôn Thất Đính; Mleh, Prince of Armenia; Levi Lincoln Sr.; Mohamed Brahmi
• Included: Francis Baily (5th appearance, last in 2016); National Woman Suffrage Association (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2017); 1948 Arab–Israeli War (first appearance); 2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season (first appearance); Élie Metchnikoff (first appearance); Jakucho Setouchi (first appearance); Elisabeth Bing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:45, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Joe DiMaggio (maintenance); Mleh, Prince of Armenia (maintenance)
• Omitted: National Woman Suffrage Association; Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima; 1948 Arab–Israeli War; 2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season; Élie Metchnikoff; Jakucho Setouchi; Elisabeth Bing
• Included: Battle of Frankenhausen (first appearance; blurb previously featured German Peasants' War, which is ineligible); Bleiburg repatriations (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Jackson State killings (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Jessica Watson (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Williamina Fleming (first appearance); Ida Freund (first appearance); Esther Fischer-Homberger (first appearance; 80th birthday)
• Repeats: Francis Baily (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:54, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Bloody Island massacre (maintenance); 1948 Arab–Israeli War (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Lawrence Sabatini
• Omitted: Battle of Frankenhausen; Francis Baily; Bleiburg repatriations; Jackson State killings; Jessica Watson; Williamina Fleming; Ida Freund; Esther Fischer-Homberger
• Included: Valentinian II (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Bartholomew Gosnold (7th appearance, last in 2018); Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2019); Tôn Thất Đính (6th appearance, last in 2018); Portrait of Dr. Gachet (9th appearance, last in 2017); Hilary of Galeata (first appearance); Emily Dickinson (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Patrice Evra (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:22, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Élie Metchnikoff (POTD for 2022)
• Omitted: Valentinian II; Bartholomew Gosnold; Japanese battleship Hatsuse/Japanese battleship Yashima; Tôn Thất Đính; Portrait of Dr. Gachet; Hilary of Galeata; Emily Dickinson; Patrice Evra
• Included: Ad extirpanda (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Francis Baily (7th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of New Market (3rd appearance, last in 2018); United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (first appearance); Jessica Watson (4th appearance, last in 2020); Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (first appearance); Jakucho Setouchi (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 100th birthday); Jean-Luc Dehaene (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 16 May 2022 (UTC)