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Edit request

I need to get at this page to change a redirect ("Wladislaus I of Poland" to "Władysław I the Elbow-high"). How do I go about requesting this? --Elonka 01:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for pointing this out. Leaving a message on the talk page of these Sel. Anniv. template is fine. I usually check the talk page a few days before the template appears on MainPage. You may also try {{Editprotected}}. Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 22:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wannsee conference link

As far as I can tell from the linked page, the proper spelling is Wannsee Conference. Every single time the entire title is listed on the page, it is with both words capitalized. --Maelnuneb (Talk) 20:50, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wannsee conference

The entry on the Wannsee conference reads "At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials decided the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", accelerating The Holocaust." My understanding was that the conference was not to decide anything as the decision had already been taken, but to inform the various civil service heads what had already been decided. Kaid100 (talk) 23:48, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New observances: Martyr's Day in Azerbaijan (1990); Armed Forces Day in Mali
Omitted: Henry (Bishop of Finland), Charles de Gaulle, Inauguration of Barack Obama
Included: Wannsee Conference (7th appearance, last in 2010), Black January (4th appearance, last in 2010), Pole of inaccessibility (first appearance)
Repeats: Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total), Amanullah Asaduzzaman (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:54, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Inauguration Day

Can we put Inauguration Day on here? It only occurs every 4 years, so it won't be a huge thing. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 19:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the article has a yellow-level {{more footnotes}} maintenance tag on it, making it ineligible for inclusion. —howcheng {chat} 08:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Wannsee Conference; Amanullah Asaduzzaman; Black January; Pole of inaccessibility
Included: Henry (Bishop of Finland) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (first appearance); Evacuation of East Prussia (first appearance); Game of the Century (college basketball) (first appearance)
Repeats: Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Henry (bishop of Finland); Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná; Evacuation of East Prussia; Game of the Century (college basketball)
Included: León, Guanajuato (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Charles de Gaulle (9th appearance, last in 2011); Air Inter Flight 148 (first appearance); Pole of inaccessibility (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

20th January 2015 is the 750th anniversary of the first English Parliament. However the article De Montfort's Parliament is currently marked as ineligible because it's tagged with refimprove. I asked on the relevant talk pages for assistamce in cleaning this up, once omplete can this article be reconsidered for selection? The BBC [1] are planning a "Democracy Day" of live events, discussions and debate, produced in partnership with the Speaker’s Office of the House of Commons, including broadcasts from inside Westminster. Whizz40 (talk) 23:59, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements have been made to the De Montfort's Parliament article by Hchc2009 and the tag removed. Howcheng, looks like you do most of the scheduling, does this look good to move to eligible? Would you support including this for the 2015 anniversary? [2] Whizz40 (talk) 20:48, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Like. Go ahead and move it to the Eligible section. —howcheng {chat} 03:14, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Before I looked here I had been bold and moved this to the actual list, adding an image as well. Anyway, it looks as if maybe I wasn't way too bold! Thincat (talk) 20:36, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Omitted: Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút; Charles de Gaulle; Air Inter Flight 148; Pole of inaccessibility
Included: De Montfort's Parliament (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 750th anniversary); Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (4th appearance, last in 2013); Evacuation of East Prussia (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Black January (5th appearance as blurb, last in 2012)
Repeats: León, Guanajuato (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Simon de Montfort's Parliament; León; Evacuation of East Prussia; Black January
Included: Henry (bishop of Finland) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Charles de Gaulle (10th appearance, last in 2014; 70th anniversary); First inauguration of Barack Obama (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: León, Guanajuato (maintenance)
Omitted: Henry (bishop of Finland); Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút; Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná; Charles de Gaulle; First inauguration of Barack Obama
Included: Pope Fabian (4th appearance, last in 2016; also appears on January 10); Constantinople Conference (2nd appearance last in 2014; previously appeared on December 23); Wannsee Conference (8th appearance, last in 2012); Amanullah Asaduzzaman (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Pole of inaccessibility (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:37, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pole of Inaccessibility

Hello. Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station) would be a more appropiate link than the generic Pole of inaccessibility. Could someone replace?--200.223.199.146 (talk) 10:53, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Game of the Century (college basketball); 1980 Summer Olympics boycott; Air Inter Flight 148
Omitted: Pope Fabian; Constantinople Conference; Wannsee Conference; Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station)
Included: Simon de Montfort's Parliament (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (6th appearance, last in 2016; 175th anniversary); Evacuation of East Prussia (2nd appearance, last in 2015); 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests (first appearance); Sebastian de Aparicio (first appearance); John Soane (first appearance); Agnes Mary Clerke (first appearance)
Repeats: Amanullah Asaduzzaman (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:37, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Deleted: Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station) (moved to January 19)
Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Game of the Century (college basketball)
Omitted: Simon de Montfort's Parliament; Evacuation of East Prussia; 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests; Sebastian de Aparicio; John Soane; Agnes Mary Clerke
Included: Henry (bishop of Finland) (4th appearance, last in 2016); Wannsee Conference (9th appearance, last in 2017); First inauguration of Barack Obama (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); David Wilmot (first appearance); Sarah Conlon (first appearance); Claudio Abbado (first appearance)
Repeats: Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Amanullah Asaduzzaman (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 19:07, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Henry (bishop of Finland); Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná; Wannsee Conference; Amanullah Asaduzzaman; First inauguration of Barack Obama; David Wilmot; Sarah Conlon; Claudio Abbado
Included: Pope Fabian (5th appearance, last in 2017); Evacuation of East Prussia (4th appearance, last in 2018; 75th anniversary); Game of the Century (college basketball) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack (first appearance); Sebastian Münster (first appearance); Myles Coverdale (first appearance); Mary Watson Whitney (2nd appearance, last in 2019; also appeared on September 11, her birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:22, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Pope Fabian (deleted—also appears on January 10); Evacuation of East Prussia; Game of the Century (college basketball); 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack; Sebastian Münster; Myles Coverdale; Mary Watson Whitney (moved back to normal day)
Included: Black January (rescued from Ineligible); Simon de Montfort's Parliament (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Constantinople Conference (4th appearance, last in 2018); Amanullah Asaduzzaman (6th appearance, last in 2019); 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Li Jitao (first appearance); Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (first appearance); Kirsty Gallacher (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:53, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Simon de Montfort's Parliament; Amanullah Asaduzzaman; 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests; Li Jitao; Jean-Jacques Barthélemy; Kirsty Gallacher
Included: Edward Balliol (first appearance); Wannsee Conference (10th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Air Inter Flight 148 (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary); First inauguration of Barack Obama (4th appearance, last in 2019); Wulfstan (died 1095) (first appearance); Carl Linnaeus the Younger (first appearance); Naomi Parker Fraley (first appearance)
Repeats: Constantinople Conference (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:54, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]