Wikipedia talk:Days of the year

Change to structure of DOY pages

I've started a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Days_of_the_year/Template#Subsections about a possible change to the structure of these articles and the template. Please participate. Toddst1 (talk) 00:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Shout out to Suffusion of Yellow

@Suffusion of Yellow: who is not a regular member of the DOY project had a remarkable response when I made him/her aware of WP:DOYCITE. Take a look at this thread.

Suffusion of Yellow has created edit filter 1129 (hist · log) to try to prevent new unsourced entries. We'll see if it works, but wow - what a great attitude and a huge asset to the community. Bravo!

Toddst1 (talk) 23:39, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it looks promising and would be a great help if it can be developed to full potential. Well done, Suffusion of Yellow and thanks. No Great Shaker (talk) 08:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Mmm, nice. Deb (talk) 09:59, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Query about an article

Hi all, I reverted a recent change to May 30 made by @Gerda Arendt, and left a comment on her talk page. She has asked some questions which I have briefly answered, but thought I would ask here to try to get a wider range of thoughts. I hope a few of you can reply. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 04:56, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

It's not about one article. For quick context: 1723 - 300 years ago - is the year that Bach assumed the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which was consequential:

• It's then that he began to compose a cantata cycle, cantatas for every event of liturgical calendar (to be followed by more such cycles)
• All who followed him as Thomaskantor are known in relation to him, - Andreas Reize the 18th after Bach.
• This first cantata of the first cycle was Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75.

I believe that this should show in OTD on 30 May (to counter rock slides and battles a bit), but am new to it. I was encouraged by Dumelow.

My suggestion was:

1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.

(refs:

• Dürr, Alfred; Jones, Richard D. P. (2006). "Die Elendenden sollen essen". The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Oxford University Press. pp. 381–387. ISBN 978-0-19-929776-4.
• Wolff, Christoph (1991). Bach: Essays on his Life and Music. ISBN 9780674059269.)

Yes, we could just say that it's 300 years that this cantata was performed, but it seems to miss the impact - to me. Any help is welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:24, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, @Gerda Arendt, I've just realised that what I took to be a typo - OTD - is in fact a reference to On This Day. You may be better off raising your question here - Wikipedia_talk:Selected_anniversaries/May_30. Kiwipete (talk) 09:24, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

RfC on Day of the Year lead lengths

Please see an open RfC on DOY article lead lengths here: Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates § RfC on the leads of DOY articles and their FL eligibility voorts (talk/contributions) 23:25, 18 February 2024 (UTC)