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New Year's Day in the Julian calendar: Old New Year

May I suggest a link to Old New Year, instead of New Year? --199.71.174.100 (talk) 00:44, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (unused): American Motors
Deleted: Operation Ke (featured on February 7)
Omitted: Árpád dynasty, Treaty of Kiel, 1907 Kingston earthquake, Bodyline, Kurt Gödel
Included: Ratification Day (United States) (first appearance), Tosca (3rd appearance, last in 2010), Queen Maud Land (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible), Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj (first appearance), Reserve Bank of Australia (first appearance), Human Be-In (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 10:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Tosca; Queen Maud Land; Kripalu Maharaj; Reserve Bank of Australia; Human Be-In
Included: Battle of Panipat (1761) (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Kiel (4th appearance, last in 2011); Bodyline (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 80th anniversary); Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Murder of Lesley Whittle (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Bodyline removed because the related Adelaide leak is TFA for 2013. Replaced with Árpád dynasty (8th appearance, last in 2011). —howcheng {chat} 05:47, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Josip Broz Tito
Omitted: Árpád dynasty; Battle of Panipat (1761); Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite; Murder of Lesley Whittle
Included: Philip V of Spain (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); 1907 Kingston earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011); American Motors (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Kurt Gödel (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Treaty of Kiel (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Third Battle of Panipat (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Margrethe II of Denmark
New articles (unused): Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Omitted: Treaty of Kiel; 1907 Kingston earthquake; American Motors
Included: Árpád dynasty (9th appearance, last in 2013); Tosca (4th appearance, last in 2012); Josip Broz Tito (5th appearance, last in 2009; previously appeared on April 7); Murder of Lesley Whittle (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary)
Repeats: Philip V of Spain (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:21, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Deleted: Margrethe II of Denmark (appears on April 16)
Moved to Ineligible: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (maintenance)
Omitted: Árpád dynasty; Tosca; Josip Broz Tito (ineligible—maintenance); Murder of Lesley Whittle
Included: Treaty of Kiel (6th appearance, last in 2014); Casablanca Conference (first appearance); Reserve Bank of Australia (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Kurt Gödel (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Philip V of Spain (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Lesley Whittle event does not meet several of the key Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries#Criteria for listing items on this set of pages: it is not a significant anniversary (1), it is not a holiday/observance (2), it is not of "of moderate to great historical significance" (3), and it is a 20th century anglosphere article (9). Given this, I propose removing it because it does not contribute sufficiently to the mix of topics that can be on the main page and including a somewhat negative topic about a women when it does not fulfil the criteria very well could, unintentionally, be unconscious bias on Wikipedia. Ultimately, as this is a subjective judgement, I feel the selected anniversaries would be improved by removing this event. Whizz40 (talk) 20:39, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, the case "dominated national headlines for 11 months" so that appears to signify it was a big deal in the UK at the time. There are other examples of "rich person is kidnapped" articles appearing on OTD, such as Patty Hearst and John Paul Getty III. As far as being a 20th-century Anglosphere article, that's only a consideration for maintaining the variety of items that appear each year. This year, Leslie White has been taken out, but it will show up again in the future. —howcheng {chat} 19:03, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, although I did not see any wider social or institutional consequences described in the Whittle article, whereas there are in the other two articles. The Whittle article does seem to be less notable than the other two, although the article cites support including it - the BBC have it as an 'on this day' item. For interest, page views in the last 30 days are: 1243 for Whittle, 6427 for Getty and 32128 for Hearst, which clearly is of note due to the stockholm syndrome and presidential pardons. Whizz40 (talk) 20:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Human Be-In I have sourced more references and intend to continue checking to see if more appropriate ones can be found. I am hoping that this will make the article suitable for inclusion on the main page tomorrow. It is the 50 anniversary of what was a significant event for the worldwide counter-culture and for mainstream press at the time, particularly being seen as the first event of the year of the original "Summer of Love" 1967. If any more references or work on the page is needed for inclusion please indicate and I'll be happy to do what I can.BorisAndDoris (talk) 19:20, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Omitted: Philip V of Spain; Casablanca Conference; Reserve Bank of Australia; Kurt Gödel
Included: Árpád dynasty (10th appearance, last in 2015); 1907 Kingston earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Kripalu Maharaj (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Human Be-In (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: Treaty of Kiel (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:52, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Philip V of Spain (maintenance)
Omitted: Old New Year; Árpád dynasty; Treaty of Kiel; 1907 Kingston earthquake; Kripalu Maharaj; Human Be-In
Included: Tosca (4th appearance, last in 2012); Bodyline (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Casablanca Conference (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Josip Broz Tito (6th appearance, last in 2015); Kurt Gödel (4th appearance, last in 2016); Andrew III of Hungary (first appearance); Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on August 29, his birthday); Jess Fishlock (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 10:02, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1907 Kingston earthquake (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Nigerian Civil War (moved from January 12)
Omitted: Bodyline; Casablanca Conference; Josip Broz Tito; Kurt Gödel; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres; Jess Fishlock
Included: Árpád dynasty/Andrew III of Hungary (Dynasty: 11th appearance, last in 2017; Andrew: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total–was listed as a birth last year); Philip V of Spain (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Queen Maud Land (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary); USS Enterprise fire (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Ladislaus II of Hungary (first appearance); Berthe Morisot (first appearance); Steven Soderbergh (first appearance)
Repeats: Tosca (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:10, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 15 January 2020

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Makar Sankranti is celebrated on the 15th of January this year Manish2542 (talk) 10:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC) Manish2542 (talk) 10:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done I've noted that this is a floating date item, and copied it to the Jan 15 page for future consideration. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Philip V of Spain (ineligible—maintenance); Queen Maud Land; USS Enterprise fire; Ladislaus II of Hungary; Berthe Morisot; Steven Soderbergh
Included: 1907 Kingston earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Reserve Bank of Australia (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 60th anniversary); Nigerian Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2008; 50th anniversary); Michael Arne (first appearance); Carrie Derick (first appearance); Rambhadracharya (first appearance)
Repeats: Árpád dynasty (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); Tosca (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Kidnapping and murder of Lesley Whittle (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): James Hagerstrom (TFA for 2021)
New articles (unused): Arfa Karim
Omitted: Árpád dynasty/Andrew III of Hungary (Dynasty: ineligible—maintenance); Tosca; Reserve Bank of Australia; Nigerian Civil War; Michael Arne; Carrie Derick; Rambhadracharya
Included: Bodyline (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Casablanca Conference (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Josip Broz Tito (7th appearance, last in 2018); George Pearce (first appearance); Murray Bookchin (first appearance; 100th birthday); Anthony Eden (first appearance)
Repeats: 1907 Kingston earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:32, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (unused): Alan Rickman
Omitted: 1907 Kingston earthquake; Bodyline; Casablanca Conference; Josip Broz Tito; George Pearce; Murray Bookchin; Anthony Eden
Included: Tunisian Revolution (moved from December 18); Andrew III of Hungary (4th appearance, last in 2020; rescued from Ineligible; previously also featured Árpád dynasty, which remains ineligible); Tosca (8th appearance, last in 2020); Queen Maud Land (4th appearance, last in 2019); Kripalu Maharaj (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Mehmed VI (first appearance); James P. Hagerstrom (first appearance); Arfa Karim (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:30, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]