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• I intend to add the Battle of Colachel to this list. How do I go about doing that? mkamat 20:39, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

• • SHouldn't this go on August 10 ? -- PFHLai 11:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Quotes

From the list:

Hermann Göring ordered SS general Reinhard Heydrich to develop a final solution to the Jewish question.

"Jewish question" or "the Jewish question" should be in quotes, IMO. (That's usually how I've seen it written.) --L33tminion | (talk) 05:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I've added the quotation marks. Thanks for the suggestions. -- PFHLai 14:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hawaii

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Ka Hae Hawai‘i Day in Hawai'i

should be

Ka Hae Hawai‘i Day in Hawaii

The name of the day is in Hawaiian (so italics), but the name of the state is in English (so no okina). —Noisalt (talk) 02:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• • Actually, because the term is a proper name, the MOS advises against this. Primergrey (talk) 23:16, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

2012 notes

• New articles (unused): Miami Showband killings; Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
• Omitted: John Komnenos the Fat; Battle of Passchendaele; Final Solution; START I; 2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties
• Included: Aurangzeb (first appearance); Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (3rd consecutive appearance; moved from June 13); K2 (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Free Derry/Operation Motorman (first appearance for both); Hebrew University bombing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Lunar Roving Vehicle (maintenance)
• Omitted: Aurangzeb (ineligible—maintenance); Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; K2; Free Derry/Operation Motorman
• Included: Daniel Defoe (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Passchendaele (8th appearance, last in 2011); Final Solution (13th appearance, last in 2011); Miami Showband killings (first appearance); Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 31 July 2013

The word "pamphlet" in the entry for Daniel Defoe should link to The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, an article that was created recently and which is the pamphlet being referred to. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 12:48, 31 July 2013 (UTC) MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 12:48, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

OK, Done --Redrose64 (talk) 14:06, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Cheers, MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 20:15, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Ignatius of Loyola (ineligible—maintenance); Daniel Defoe; Battle of Passchendaele; Final Solution; Miami Showband killings; Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
• Included: John Komnenos the Fat (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Cravant (first appearance); John F. Kennedy International Airport (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); K2 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); 2006–08 Cuban transfer of presidential duties (5th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:21, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Cravant; John F. Kennedy International Airport; K2; 2006–08 Cuban transfer of presidential duties
• Included: Ignatius of Loyola (rescued from Ineligible); Daniel Defoe (6th appearance, last in 2013); Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (7th appearance, last in 2012); Miami Showband killings (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); START I (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: John Komnenos the Fat (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: John Komnenos the Fat; Daniel Defoe; Miami Showband killings
• Included: Battle of Cravant (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Final Solution (14th appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); 2006–08 Cuban transfer of presidential duties (6th appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); START I (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Daniel Defoe (maintenance); John F. Kennedy International Airport (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): David Norris (politician); Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
• Omitted: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; Final Solution; START I (ineligible—maintenance); 2006–08 Cuban transfer of presidential duties
• Included: John Komnenos the Fat (4th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Passchendaele (9th appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Free Derry (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Hebrew University bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2012); William Courtenay (first appearance); Doris Zinkeisen (first appearance); J. K. Rowling (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Cravant (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:58, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Deleted: Daniel Defoe (moved to May 21, the date of his arrest, and retargeted to The Shortest Way with the Dissenters)
• New articles (unused): David Norris (politician)
• Omitted: Battle of Cravant; Battle of Passchendaele; Free Derry/Operation Motorman; Hebrew University bombing; William Courtenay; Doris Zinkeisen; J. K. Rowling
• Included: Sovereignty Restoration Day (first appearance); Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (9th appearance, last in 2016); K2 (4th appearance, last in 2014); Miami Showband killings (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Roger Wilbraham (first appearance); Jean-Gaspard Deburau (first appearance); Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (first appearance)
• Repeats: John Komnenos the Fat (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:04, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (unused): Gubby Allen; Bill Brown (cricketer)
• Omitted: Ignatius of Loyola (ineligible—maintenance); John Komnenos the Fat; K2; Miami Showband killings; Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts; Roger Wilbraham; Jean-Gaspard Deburau; Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
• Included: Battle of Cravant (4th appearance, last in 2017); Final Solution (15th appearance, last in 2016); Apollo 15 (first appearance); 2012 India blackouts (4th appearance, last in 2017); William S. Clark (first appearance); Fred Keenor (first appearance); Hilary Putnam (first appearance)
• Repeats: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:55, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Cravant; Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; Final Solution; Apollo 15; 2012 India blackouts; William S. Clark; Fred Keenor; Hilary Putnam
• Included: John Komnenos the Fat (6th appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Second Anglo-Dutch War/Treaty of Breda (1667) (both: first appearance); Battle of Passchendaele (10th appearance, last in 2017); 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 (first appearance; blurb previously featured K2, which in ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2018); Operation Banner (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Friedrich Wöhler (first appearance); Gubby Allen (first appearance); David Norris (politician) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:24, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Apollo 15 (TFA for 2021-07-30)
• Omitted: John Komnenos the Fat; Second Anglo-Dutch War/Treaty of Breda (1667); Battle of Passchendaele; 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2/K2; Operation Banner; Friedrich Wöhler; Gubby Allen; David Norris (politician)
• Included: Mount Fuji (2nd appearance, last in 2011; previously appeared on December 16); Battle of Cravant (5th appearance, last in 2019); Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (11th appearance, last in 2019); Final Solution (16th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts (3rd appearance, last in 2018); William Courtenay (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 625th anniversary); Jean-Gaspard Deburau (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 225th anniversary); J. K. Rowling (2nd appearance, last in 2017)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Visual glitch in Main Page

On the main page, the links to Flag Day and Sovereignty Restoration Day do not work. Instead, they show up as [[Flag of Hawaii|Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day)]] and [[Sovereignty Restoration Day|Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day)]], as though <nowiki> tags were placed around them. Crossover1370 (talk | contribs) 00:41, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I see it too. Urbanracer34 (talk) 00:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Mount Fuji (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Cravant (ineligible—maintenance); Final Solution; Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts; William Courtenay; Jean-Gaspard Deburau
• Included: Loss of MV Darlwyne; Operation Motorman/Free Derry/Claudy bombing (Motorman/Derry: 3rd appearance, last in 2017; Claudy: first); 50th anniversary); Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (first appearance); 2012 India blackouts (5th appearance, last in 2019; 10th anniversary); William S. Clark (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Cho Ki-chon (first appearance)
• Repeats: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); J. K. Rowling (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:59, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

2023 notes

• New articles (unused): Isamu Kamikokuryo
• New articles (ineligible): Electoral system of Australia (maintenance)
• Omitted: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; Loss of MV Darlwyne; Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery; 2012 India blackouts; William S. Clark; Cho Ki-chon; J. K. Rowling
• Included: Pope Sergius IV (first appearance); Treaty of Breda (1667) (2nd appearance, last in 2020); 2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties (7th appearance, last in 2016); 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions; 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions (first appearance); Feng Xingxi (first appearance); Marion Talbot (first appearance); José Santamaría (first appearance); Nabarun Bhattacharya (first appearance)
• Repeats: Operation Motorman/Free Derry/Claudy bombing (2nd consecutive appearance; Motorman/Derry: 4 total; Claudy: 2 total)

Heart ^(talk) 04:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)