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Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

• 2010 – Everybody Draw Mohammed Day started as a poster published on the Internet on April 20, 2010 protesting the censoring of an episode of South Park depicting the prophet Mohammed. Encouraging people everywhere to make their own drawing of Muhammad on May 20 the grassroots movement has gained widespread support as well as criticism even before the set date.

I have never proposed a change to this section before, and I assume this nomination is unusual in several respects. I still think this would be an interesting marker to present if the regulars can accept it. There is, I realize, also an issue with length, but I have suggested what I see is necessary and am open to deliberations. __meco (talk) 14:46, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Comment: a bit early to describe it as an "anniversary", surely? ;-) I'd be happier seeing it in WP:ITN, to be honest. TFOWR^propaganda 14:59, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Admittedly, but it's a designated "day" as good as any, and say, if the UN instituted an annual "LGBT Families Day" or whatever, I don't think the issue would be that it hadn't yet had time to become an anniversary.. __meco (talk) 16:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Right, but if the UN were to institute such a day, it would recur. So, partly my issue is that this isn't an anniversary yet, and partly because we don't yet know whether the event will recur - this may be a one-off. What were your thoughts on WP:ITN, by the way? Given the controversy, I'd be fairly convinced that this will make ITN ;-) TFOWR^propaganda 16:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose - This is not an anniversary yet, and it is likely that this event will only be of passing historical importance. In other words, OTD is not for current events that could not make the cut on ITN. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 17:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose this year - OTD isn't really the place for (so-far) one-time events. Those are more suited to ITN. If there's significant coverage of the event when May 20 rolls around next year then sure, I'd be up for supporting inclusion, despite the likelyhood of irritating Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. And, I forget, did Boobquake make it onto ITN? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 17:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• I think it was DYK.  f o x  09:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose OTD events from the current year (i.e. happening now). Take it to WP:ITN/C instead. Modest Genius ^talk 22:49, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Obviously, no Not an anniversary. A similar type of query came up on the UK election day. Why some regular editors still don't realize that OTD only features events in the past -- i.e. anniversaries -- is beyond me. And calling this an "observance" or "holiday" (to say nothing of a "holy day") would be a stretch, so it's probably not going in the first line next to the date either. -- tariqabjotu 23:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Nah. Per above, really, but this does look like a bit of an attempt to see how far WP:CENSOR will stretch...  f o x  09:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  What do you mean? How does this stretch Wikipedia's existing practices? __meco (talk) 15:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  (edit conflict) Well, from my perspective, it looks like you're trying to make a point. -- tariqabjotu 15:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  I have no clue what you mean, and you don't do much to make is apparent either. __meco (talk) 16:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  You have no clue what I mean? Oh really? You essentially stated the point last month, when you nominated the South Park debacle for ITN...

  The Islamist onslaught on the core Western value of freedom of expression now has taken its latest toll as perhaps the least authority-conforming bastion also cowers to their terror strategy. I think South Park constitutes a milestone in this respect, and a very sad one indeed, one that warrants general attention.

  Replace South Park with "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" and switch a few words around and that's the point I'm talking about. -- tariqabjotu 16:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  If the matter isn't notable is will not get posted. I see no reason to recuse myself from nominating a story on a cause which I happen to support. Don't you also occupy yourself to a large degree with issues that interest you? What your comments indicate is that my suggestions are frivolous. I don't think that's called for. And your initial reference to WP:CENSOR still confounds me. __meco (talk) 16:44, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  I never expected you to agree with opposition; if you did, surely you wouldn't have proposed this in the first place. I can imagine why Fox mentioned WP:CENSOR, but I never used it myself. -- tariqabjotu 16:49, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

  I'm sorry, I have been attributing the above post by User:Fox to you. I've been expecting you to clarify what that user meant which is obviously the wrong address. __meco (talk) 19:14, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

With Pakistan now blocking Facebook over this thing, I have found the time right for nominating the issue at ITN. __meco (talk) 15:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

A much more appropriate venue for this. It will be an uphill battle, I imagine, so good luck. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 16:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Complutense University of Madrid (maintenance)
• Omitted: First Council of Nicaea (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Dun Nechtain; Homestead Act; Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Lincoln (1217) (first appearance); Shakespeare's sonnets (first appearance); Levi Strauss (first appearance; blurb previously featured Levi Strauss & Co. (ineligible), last appeared in 2009); Luc Montagnier (first appearance)
• Repeats: East Timor (3rd consecutive appearance, 15 total (over multiple days))

—howcheng {chat} 07:13, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

NOTE: WP:Today's article for improvement removed from Main Page as of today.

• Omitted: Battle of Lincoln (1217); Shakespeare's sonnets; Homestead Acts; Levi Strauss; East Timor
• Included: First Council of Nicaea (9th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Dun Nechtain (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Metre Convention (first appearance); Ibn Saud (8th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Luc Montagnier (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:03, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Romer v. Evans
• Omitted: First Council of Nicaea; Battle of Dun Nechtain; Metre Convention; Luc Montagnier
• Included: Battle of Lincoln (1217) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Shakespeare's sonnets (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Triple Alliance (1882) (2nd appearance, last in 2004; rescued from Ineligible); One for the Road (Cheers) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Ibn Saud (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Lincoln (1217); Triple Alliance (1882); Ibn Saud; One for the Road (Cheers)
• Included: Æthelberht II of East Anglia (first appearance); Metre Convention (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Romer v. Evans (first appearance); 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes (first appearance)
• Repeats: Shakespeare's sonnets (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Levi Strauss (maintenance)
• Omitted: Æthelberht II of East Anglia; Metre Convention; 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes
• Included: First Council of Nicaea (10th appearance, last in 2013); Triple Alliance (1882) (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Ibn Saud (10th appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: Shakespeare's sonnets (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Romer v. Evans (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:54, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible: Levi Strauss/Jacob W. Davis (Strauss just appeared on February 26)
• Omitted: Cameroon (date not in article); East Timor (ineligible—maintenance); Budi Utomo (date not in article); First Council of Nicaea; Shakespeare's sonnets (ineligible—maintenance); Triple Alliance (1882); Ibn Saud (ineligible—maintenance); Romer v. Evans
• Included: Battle of Dun Nechtain (4th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Lincoln (1217) (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 900th anniversary); Metre Convention (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Luc Montagnier (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Gertrude Guillaume-Schack (first appearance); Astrid Kirchherr (first appearance); Cher (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:05, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Homestead Acts (maintenance); One for the Road (Cheers) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Dun Nechtain; Battle of Lincoln (1217); Metre Convention; Gertrude Guillaume-Schack; Astrid Kirchherr; Cher
• Included: Budi Utomo (rescued from Ineligible); Æthelberht II of East Anglia (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Levi Strauss/Jacob W. Davis (Strauss: 3rd appearance, last in 2017 (appeared on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 26, his birthday); Davis: first appearance); Triple Alliance (1882) (4th appearance, last in 2016); Gero (first appearance); William Fargo (first appearance; 200th birthday); Yoshihiko Noda (first appearance)
• Repeats: Luc Montagnier (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:42, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Æthelberht II of East Anglia; Levi Strauss/Jacob W. Davis; Luc Montagnier (ineligible—maintenance); 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes; Gero; William Fargo; Yoshihiko Noda
• Included: Abraham Ortelius (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Shakespeare's sonnets (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Metre Convention (4th appearance, last in 2017); One for the Road (Cheers) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Thado Minsaw of Ava (first appearance); Hieronymus von Colloredo (first appearance); Šárka Kašpárková (first appearance)
• Repeats: Triple Alliance (1882) (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:16, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: Shakespeare's sonnets; Metre Convention; One for the Road (Cheers); Thado Minsaw of Ava; Hieronymus von Colloredo; Šárka Kašpárková
• Included: Battle of Dun Nechtain (5th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Cartagena de Indias (first appearance); Romer v. Evans (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Honoré de Balzac (first appearance); Ana Néri (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on December 13, her birthday); Aleksandra Boiko (first appearance)
• Repeats: Abraham Ortelius (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Triple Alliance (1882) (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:04, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Mamata Banerjee (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Dun Nechtain; Abraham Ortelius; Battle of Cartagena de Indias; Triple Alliance (1882); Romer v. Evans; Honoré de Balzac; Gertrude Guillaume-Schack; Aleksandra Boiko
• Included: Æthelberht II of East Anglia (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Lincoln (1217) (4th appearance, last in 2017); Levi Strauss/Jacob W. Davis (Strauss: 4th appearance; Davis: 2nd; both last in 2018); Church Street, Pretoria bombing (first appearance); Gero (2nd appearance, last in 2018); John W. Beschter (first appearance); Šárka Kašpárková (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 50th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:37, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Battle of Heraklion (TFA for 2022)
• Omitted: Æthelberht II of East Anglia; Battle of Lincoln (1217); Levi Strauss/Jacob W. Davis; Church Street, Pretoria bombing; Gero; John W. Beschter; Šárka Kašpárková
• Included: National Day (Cameroon) (first appearance; previously featured Cameroon); Budi Utomo (rescued from Ineligible); Shakespeare's sonnets (6th appearance, last in 2019); Metre Convention (5th appearance, last in 2019); Ibn Saud (11th appearance, last in 2016); Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 (first appearance); 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes (4th appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Thado Minsaw of Ava (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Hieronymus von Colloredo (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:07, 21 May 2022 (UTC)