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Re: Template:October 6 selected anniversaries, today is the anniversary of the attack on Matthew Shepard. I'm worried that our write-up is needlessly wordy and sensational. It reads "1998 - Gay-bashing & Hate crimes: University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was viciously and fatally attacked for being gay." I think there is one too many adverbs and one too many categories. We should remove either "gay-bashing" or "hate crimes," and also remove the sensational word "viciously." Rhobite 02:54, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Since it only gets a day of coverage and I'm going to bed, I'm going to go ahead and make these edits. This is just a style nitpick, please nobody accuse me of homophobia until I've had my morning coffee. Rhobite 04:52, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
I like the simplicity and the readability. Thanks. :-) -- PFHLai 05:26, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

Fast of Gedalia edit

While other Jewish holidays have been mentioned in selected anniversaries, the Fast of Gedalia which this year (2005) falls today has not. It is minor so it need not be listed, but I thought I'd suggest it because its minor nature makes it even more curious. --jnothman talk 02:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the suggestion. This holy day is listed on Holidays and events in Israel, so it's not that minor. And we actually have an informative page in Wikipedia about this. I'll post it up. -- PFHLai 05:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 05:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 00:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Edit request on 6 October 2013 edit

Matthew Shepard edit

While the attack was, in the end, the source of his death, the term "murder" implies that he died today. He was attacked, and died on the 12th. This wording leads the reader to believe that his attack and death occurred at the same time. While we should avoid too morbid of a description, perhaps it could be edited to read along the lines of "was attacked, leading to his death days later" or restoring "fatal attack" Antiwesley (talk) 01:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

  Done. howcheng {chat} 04:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes edit

2015 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 08:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 07:35, 5 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

dab link edit

Replace

  • [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Honvédség|honvéd]] generals... 

with

  • [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Royal Hungarian Landwehr|honvéd]] generals... 

and

  • [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

with

  • [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi (Sui Dynasty)|Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Headbomb I believe you intended for this to be a fully-protected edit request, not a conflict of interest edit request. The queue for the former process is monitored much more actively than the latter. Altamel (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
  Done Seems like the Li Mi bit was done per WP:ERRORS, I've done the other one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 06:52, 6 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 01:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 request edit

@Howcheng: - it's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jenny Lind OTD. Mjroots (talk) 05:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

She normally appears on May 19, but we can temporarily move her for this year. howcheng {chat} 06:20, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Mjroots: Oops, forgot about this. howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Howcheng: Never mind, stuff happens. Mjroots (talk) 05:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes edit

howcheng {chat} 01:21, 10 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes edit

Heart (talk) 06:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)Reply