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May 7 is the proper page for such events. Thanks. -- PFHLai 17:30, 2005 May 21 (UTC)

Kiev offensive

Latest comment: 18 years ago20 comments3 people in discussion

correction proposed:

1920 - Kiev Offensive: Polish-Ukrainian troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły captured Kiev during the Polish-Soviet War.

Proposed version in agreement with an article:

1920 - Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force captured Kiev and held their parade of "victors-liberators" in the city only to be driven out by the Red Army counter offensive within days.

Proposed by Irpen

- We could add vandalizing the city covered in the article too, but that would make an entry too long, wouldn't it? --Irpen 19:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

They held the city from May 7 to June 13, so "within days", while strictly speaking true, does not really reflect the time interval accurately. The parade is also not important enough to mention in this very brief, one sentence note. But I could see Irpen's point that "Polish-Ukrainian" indeed does not reflect the fact that the Ukrainian contribution was rather minor, and that could be rephrased. Balcer 20:00, 7 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I meant within weeks. Or we can say "in about a month". Parade is not important enough in general, but in this context it is important. It is unusual to hold a parade in the conquered city and then get oneself kicked out in a couple of weeks following that. This is a trivia section, so the parade is more important than the vandalism of the city's infrastructure for this entry, while the latter was more important for the city itslef. --Irpen 20:19, 7 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Let's focus on today's anniversaries, instead of anniversaries for May 9th or May 24th, and avoid making things too complicated and difficult to read. For 2007, perhaps we can move this item to May 9 for the anniversary of the parade (better if the Kiev Offensive wikipage gets more detail on the parade). The template for May 7th right now has too much military-related events. We need better balance here. -- PFHLai 22:30, 7 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

On second thoughts, a move to May 9th is not that good an idea. That's Victory Day for the end of WW2. It may be confusing. -- PFHLai 21:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Let's unlock the page as it is not current now, and try to work out the proposal there. We have a year to do it. --Irpen 21:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

It's now unprotected. Have fun. Please don't make it too long. BTW, the 1945 Alfred Jodl line will probably be gone soon. -- PFHLai 21:50, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Irpen, where does this "Victors-Liberators" expression come from? It sounds all wrong, and it's incorrect English anyway. I certainly can't think of any Polish expression that would translate into this. Are you translating from Russian here? Balcer 22:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Irpen, could you please shorten the line, remove the POV ("symbolic" ?) and keep to May 7th Anniversaries. Otherwise, I'd revert to the previous version. It's better to highlight what happened that May 7 on this May 7 Anniversaries template, instead of trying to summarize the whole article in one sentence. -- PFHLai 22:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Guys, I agree with you both. Issue by issue: "symbolic" is important here because that how it was. It was a primarily a Polish operation and not a joint one. It is elaborated a bit on that in the article and its talk. Please take a look. If you need to shorten, throwing out the Ukrainian participation entirely would be closer to truth than to present it as something meaningful for that operation. Also, PFHLai, don't you think it is important to show that the conquest (or liberation or whatever) lasted for only a month? Otherwise, the article makes an impression of a significant victory which it wasn't at all.

Balcer, I got this indeed from a Ukrainian translation. Both the Russian and the Ukrainian text of the ref are linked to the article in the ref list. Please take a look at the Machalski's diary entry --Irpen 22:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

If we want to keep it, "Victors-Liberators" must be changed to an actual English expression. Please propose something sensible. But on the whole I agree with PFHLai. This simple one sentence entry should only refer to what happened precisely on May 7. Users interested in what happened after can just click the link and read the article. After all, that is the whole point, to arouse the reader's curiousity and encourage him to explore. We don't need all the information crammed into this one sentece. Balcer 23:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

What would your suggestion be? The original version was just misleading. It beefed up Ukrainian participation, as if Ukrainians supported the operation, and made an impression of an important victory, while in reality it was like a sleep-walking army entering the city left for them, and reteating afterwards in a similar manner without any attempt to defend it. By a quirk twist, this happened to be the most important city of Ukraine that Poles controlled some hundreds years ago for centuries and here for another months. --Irpen 23:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

The version just before the unprotection seemed fine to me. I would not mind adding "symbolic" or "token" in front of "Ukrainian forces", but on the other hand one can make a good argument that this is POV, and not objective. After all, how does one define "symbolic" or "token"?

One quick point: Poland actually formally had Kiev within its borders from 1569 to 1667, which is less than 100 years. Anyway, the Selected anniversary page is not the place to educate the reader about the quirks, twists, and ironies of history.

Anyway, let me ask you a personal question. You have this great animosity towards the idea of Poles controlling Ukraine militarily in 1920 and helping Petliura set up a state allied with Poland. But really, would that outcome be so much worse than what actually happened? After all Poland, a country comparable in size to Ukraine, would never be able to dominate it the way Russia did after it became a part of the Soviet Union. If you want to continue a discussion along those lines, put your reply on my or your talk page. Balcer 23:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

I would like to ask how important the capture of Kiev is in history. Is it an important event in the Polish-Soviet War ? It's better to have a sentence to reflect this importance. If what happened on May 7, 1920 was not that critical, may be the article should not be featured on the Selected Anniversary section on MainPage. Would the start of the Kiev Offensive on April 24 be a better event to feature ? I need sth to bump Operation Eagle Claw off the April 24 template, anyway. -- PFHLai 23:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

I guess the analogy can be made to Napoleon's capture of Moscow in September, 1812. Great things were expected of that event, but in the end it came to very little. That does not necessarily make it non-notable though. Balcer 23:52, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

IMO, the capture was not important at all. That's why my amazement of it being pictured on the front page. This is not even close to the Napoleon's capture of Moscow. The latter is still deeply in the memory of Russia and whole Europe, while Kievans never think of this event at all. Also, Moscow capture brought about a huge fire that destroyed the city. The damage the retreating Polish forces inflicted on the city was large too (see article), but not anywhere comparable to the damage of Moscow. Finally, there was no city battle or anything. The event seem to be important in the Polish historiography, from what a gather here, but not too much outside of it. So, I don't insist on it featured on the main page. Besides, I didn't add it here and it is my amazement over its presence, and especially in the form at which it was locked for 24 hours, that caused my attempt to do something about it. I am fine if it is removed from the "selected" list. --Irpen 00:32, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

P.S. Balcer, I am flattered by your interest towards my own take on these. We can indeed continue this at the user talk pages. --Irpen 00:32, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

I am of course not saying the two events were close in importance. That was simply one analogy that came to mind. In fact, Kiev changed hands about half a dozen times in 1917-1920, so the city's capture by the Poles in 1920 was just another episode of that turbulent period in Kiev's history, and hence not as notable as the taking of Moscow by a foreign army in 1812, the only such occurence in the past four centuries. I am neutral on whether this is left on the anniversary list. Balcer 01:23, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

OK, I am removing it then and we can discuss the article and the issues at the article's talk. --Irpen 01:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Good. It's always good to have Wikipedians who know their history books well (I don't !) help edit the Selected Anniversaries template. Thanks, guys. -- PFHLai 02:31, 9 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Radio Day (maintenance); Treaty of Moscow (1920) (maintenance); Norway Debate (maintenance)
Omitted: Cult of the Supreme Being; Sinking of the RMS Lusitania; Integrated circuit (maintenance); 1960 U-2 incident; Herod the Great
Included: Jewish revolt against Gallus (first appearance); Pontiac's War (2nd appearance, last in 2008); Kiev Offensive (1920) (4th appearance, last in 2010); Sony (2nd appearance, last in 2004); 2009 Napier shootings (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 10:31, 6 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus; Kiev Offensive (1920); Sony; 2009 Napier shootings
Included: Second Council of Lyon (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Cult of the Supreme Being (2nd appearance, 2 total); Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (first appearance for article; 7th appearance for blurb, which previously featured RMS Lusitania); 1960 U-2 incident (4th appearance, last in 2011); Herod the Great (2nd appearance, 2 total)
Repeats: Pontiac's War (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 250th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:36, 6 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 request

Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hand-coloured Thomas Dutton lithograph of the City of Adelaide in 1864.

Suggestion:
- 1864 – The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide was launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.

– Cruickshanks (talk) 13:43, 24 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Article looks good enough to include. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 18:43, 24 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Second Council of Lyon; Pontiac's War; Cult of the Supreme Being; Sinking of the RMS Lusitania; Herod the Great
Included: City of Adelaide (1864) (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Alexander Stepanovich Popov (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Norway Debate (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 2009 Napier shootings (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: 1960 U-2 incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (The Sinking of the Lusitania is TFA for 2015)
Omitted: City of Adelaide (1864); Alexander Stepanovich Popov; 1960 U-2 incident; 2009 Napier shootings
Included: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Stockholm Palace (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Pontiac's War (3rd appearance; last in 2013); Archaic human admixture with modern humans (first appearance)
Repeats: Norway Debate (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:32, 5 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Second Council of Lyon (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Omitted: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus; Stockholm Palace; Pontiac's War; Norway Debate; Archaic human admixture with modern humans
Included: Cult of the Supreme Being (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) (4th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Kiev Offensive (1920) (5th appearance, last in 2012); Sony (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Herod the Great (3rd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 15:42, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Moved to Ineligible: City of Adelaide (1864) (maintenance); Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (maintenance); Norway Debate (maintenance)
Omitted: Cult of the Supreme Being; Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) (ineligible—maintenance); Kiev Offensive (1920) (ineligible—maintenance); Sony (ineligible—maintenance); Herod the Great (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Battle on Vrtijeljka (first appearance); Pontiac's War (4th appearance, last in 2015); Alexander Stepanovich Popov (6th appearance, last in 2014); 2009 Napier shootings (3rd appearance, last in 2014); David Hume (first appearance); Mary of Modena (first appearance); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I moved Cult of the Supreme Being to ineligible as its lead is too short, and moved 1960 U-2 incident and Archaic human admixture with modern humans in. I moved 2009 Napier shootings, partly due to its proximity to 2010, and partly because the less shooter stuff we have on the main page the better. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Cult of the Supreme Being (maintenance); Cambridge Chronicle (maintenance)
Omitted: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus; Battle on Vrtijeljka; Pontiac's War; 2009 Napier shootings; David Hume; Mary of Modena (ineligible—maintenance); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Included: Stockholm Palace (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Francis Crowley (first appearance); 1960 U-2 incident (6th appearance, last in 2014); Archaic human admixture with modern humans (2nd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Bajo Pivljanin (first appearance); William Bainbridge (first appearance); Rendra Karno (first appearance)
Repeats: Alexander Stepanovich Popov (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:52, 7 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus (exact date unknown)
Omitted: Stockholm Palace; Alexander Stepanovich Popov; Francis Crowley; 1960 U-2 incident; Archaic human admixture with modern humans; Bajo Pivljanin; William Bainbridge; Rendra Karno
Included: Battle on Vrtijeljka (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Pontiac's War (5th appearance, last in 2017); Sony (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade (first appearance; 20th anniversary); 2009 Napier shootings (4th appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); Ladislaus III of Hungary (first appearance); Tom Norman (first appearance); Deborah Butterfield (first appearance; 70th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 15:33, 7 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Albert Ball
Omitted: Battle on Vrtijeljka; Pontiac's War; Sony; United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade; 2009 Napier shootings; Ladislaus III of Hungary; Tom Norman; Deborah Butterfield
Included: Stockholm Palace (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Cult of the Supreme Being (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Norway Debate (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 80th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); 1960 U-2 incident (6th appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Ibn Hisham; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Rendra Karno (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:09, 8 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Philip Baxter
Omitted: Stockholm Palace; Cult of the Supreme Being; Norway Debate; 1960 U-2 incident; Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans; Ibn Hisham; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Rendra Karno
Included: Battle on Vrtijeljka (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Alexander Stepanovich Popov (8th appearance, last in 2018); Francis Crowley (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 90th anniversary); Sony (5th appearance, last in 2019; 75th anniversary); Napier shootings (5th appearance, last in 2019); Jabez Bowen (first appearance); Albert Ball (first appearance); Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome (first appearance; 60th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 19:06, 8 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Christy Moore (maintenance); Daisy Pearce (TFA for 2022)
Omitted: Battle on Vrtijeljka; Alexander Stepanovich Popov; Francis Crowley; Sony; Jabez Bowen; Albert Ball; Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome
Included: Stockholm Palace (4th appearance, last in 2020); Pontiac's War (7th appearance, last in 2019); Norway Debate (4th appearance, last in 2020); United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Mary of Modena (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Philip Baxter (first appearance); Willard Boyle (first appearance)
Repeats: Napier shootings (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:39, 8 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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