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Samhain

samhain is not a protestant festival. its irish. this statement is an insult to all irish citizen's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sagaris1 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Neither is Halloween. Don't read too much into the commas, Sagaris1. --199.71.174.100 18:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Mt. Rushmore

• Adding on behalf of 216.125.163.51 who posted this on Main Page General discussion: It says that, "Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers completed...", Gutzon Borglum died on March 6 of 1941, he couldn't have completed it on Halloween in 1941." Puchiko (Talk-email) 22:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Right. According to Mount Rushmore, "Borglum died from an embolism in March 1941. His son, Lincoln Borglum, continued the project, but insufficient funding forced the carving to end. Originally, it was planned that the figures would be carved from head to waist." So it's also a stretch to call it "completed". So how do we say all that? Art LaPella 23:19, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Halloween 2009

In light of Wikipedia:Did you know/Halloween 2009, Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests#Halloween and Template:POTD/2009-10-31, I kinda feel obligated to rewrite the events here so the page has sort of a Halloween theme too. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:28, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

• 1941 – The images of four deceased former U.S. Presidents became clearly visible for the first time on the face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

...for example. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if it works that well for the Nevada statehood. It just comes off as somewhat unprofessional, as if someone was pushing some sort of Puritanical anti-Nevada agenda or something (e.g. "devilish vices"). Kelvinc (talk) 00:43, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it doesn't seem to work after all. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:00, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry, ITN doesn't have a Halloween theme either. :) --candle•wicke 02:40, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Leiden University Library (maintenance)
• Omitted: Nevada (ineligible—maintenance); USS Reuben James (DD-245) (ineligible—maintenance); 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape; EgyptAir Flight 990 (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Agustín de Iturbide (first appearance); Indianapolis Streetcar Strike of 1913 (first appearance); Mount Rushmore (6th appearance, last in 2008); Indira Gandhi (6th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Martin Luther (4th consecutive appearance, 11 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:27, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Deleted: Invasion of Waikato (moved to July 17)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Beersheba (1917); EgyptAir Flight 990
• Omitted: Martin Luther; Mount Rushmore; 1984 anti-Sikh riots
• Included: Romulus Augustulus (7th appearance, last in 2011; moved from September 4); Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape (4th appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); 7 Billion Actions (first appearance)
• Repeats: Agustín de Iturbide (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Indianapolis Streetcar Strike of 1913 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:20, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Mount Rushmore (maintenance)
• Omitted: Agustín de Iturbide; Indianapolis Streetcar Strike of 1913; Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape; 7 Billion Actions
• Included: Martin Luther/The Ninety-Five Theses (Luther: 12th appearance, last in 2012; Theses: 5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Indira Gandhi/1984 anti-Sikh riots (Gandhi: 7th appearance; Riots: 2nd appearance; both last in 2012; 30th anniversary); EgyptAir Flight 990 (first appearance)
• Repeats: Romulus Augustulus (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2015 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): USS Reuben James (DD-245)
• Omitted: Agustín de Iturbide; Assassination of Indira Gandhi/1984 anti-Sikh riots; EgyptAir Flight 990
• Included: Battle of Beersheba (1917) (first appearance); Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape (5th appearance, last in 2013); 7 Billion Actions (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Romulus Augustulus (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total); The Ninety-Five Theses (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; blurb previously also featured Martin Luther, which is now ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 11:37, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• New articles (unused): Metrojet Flight 9268
• Omitted: Romulus Augustulus (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Beersheba (1917); Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape; 7 Billion Actions
• Included: Agustín de Iturbide (4th appearance, last in 2014); Benito Mussolini (6th appearance, last in 2007; had been deleted from page); USS Reuben James (DD-245) (4th appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary)
• Repeats: Ninety-five Theses (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:41, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 7 Billion Actions (maintenance); EgyptAir Flight 990 (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mount Rushmore
• Omitted: Martin Luther/Ninety-five Theses (ineligible—Theses is TFA for 2017); Agustín de Iturbide (ineligible—maintenance); Benito Mussolini (ineligible—maintenance); USS Reuben James (DD-245)
• Included: Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Beersheba (1917) (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 100th anniversary); Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape (6th appearance, last in 2015); Assassination of Indira Gandhi (first appearance; blurb previously also featured Indira Gandhi, which is currently ineligible) (5th appearance, last in 2014); Metrojet Flight 9268 (first appearance); John Keats (first appearance); Natalie Clifford Barney (first appearance); Charles Taze Russell (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:15, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913; Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape; Metrojet Flight 9268; John Keats; Natalie Clifford Barney; Charles Taze Russell
• Included: Romulus Augustulus (10th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Martin Luther/Ninety-five Theses (Luther: 13th appearance, last in 2014; Theses: 8th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Mount Rushmore (7th appearance, last in 2012); Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (first appearance); Marie Louise Andrews (first appearance); Muriel Duckworth (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Beersheba (1917) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Assassination of Indira Gandhi (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:57, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Deleted: Louise Woodward case (moved to October 30)
• Moved to Ineligible: Charles Taze Russell (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Michael Collins (astronaut) (TFA for 2019)
• New articles (unused): Gordon Steege
• Omitted: Romulus Augustulus; Battle of Beersheba (1917); Mount Rushmore; Assassination of Indira Gandhi; Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; Marie Louise Andrews; Muriel Duckworth
• Included: Irene of Athens (first appearance); Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape (7th appearance, last in 2017); Jesse Martin (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Cornelis Jol (first appearance); Charles A. Wickliffe (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Larry Mullen Jr. (first appearance)
• Repeats: Martin Luther/Ninety-five Theses (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Luther: 2 total; Theses: 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:49, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Bill Kibby (TFA for 2020)
• New articles (unused): Greg Moore (racing driver); Juliette Gordon Low; William Evans-Gordon
• Omitted: Irene of Athens (ineligible—maintenance); Martin Luther/Ninety-five Theses; Jesse Martin; Cornelis Jol; Charles A. Wickliffe; Larry Mullen Jr.
• Included: Kaaba (first appearance); Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 (4th appearance, last in 2017); EgyptAir Flight 990 (5th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (first appearance); Anne Claude de Caylus (first appearance); Michael Collins (astronaut) (first appearance; 90th birthday)
• Repeats: Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:10, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bill Kibby
• Omitted: Kaaba; Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913; Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape; EgyptAir Flight 990; Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile; Anne Claude de Caylus; Michael Collins (astronaut)
• Included: Romulus Augustulus (11th appearance, last in 2018); Martin Luther/Ninety-five Theses (Luther: 15th appearance; Theses: 10th; both last in 2019); Mount Rushmore (8th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); Assassination of Indira Gandhi (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Metrojet Flight 9268 (2nd appearance, last in 2017); John Keats (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Juliette Gordon Low; Larry Mullen Jr. (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 60th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:34, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Mussolini

31 October 2022 will be the 80th anniversary of when Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy, it should be included. Dr Salvus 10:08, 15 October 2022 (UTC)