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Phyrric?

What was Phyrric about the Zulu victory? They suffered ~3000 casualties out of a force of 22,000 defeating the British solidly and were still in a position to make further advancements at the British. Ther was no devastating loss resulting from the battle, IMO. Narson (talk) 12:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Selected anniversaries pages usually defer to supporting pages for facts. In this case, the Battle of Isandlwana article current has the following words: "Pyrrhic Zulu victory". Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be somewhat disputed. When I looked it said decisive. Now it says neither. Narson (talk) 08:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aphthartodocetae

Can someone please wikilink Aphthartodocetae in the section about Eutychius' deposition.-- Ευπάτωρ ^Talk!! 21:59, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Andrei Sakharov (featured on December 19)
Omitted: Battle of Isandlwana/Battle of Rorke's Drift (latter is ineligible—maintenance), SS Valencia, Brezhnev assassination attempt, Roe v. Wade, Evo Morales
Included: Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Convention Parliament (1689)/James II of England (first appearance for Parliament; 4th appearance for James II—blurb was previously on February 12), Operation Shingle (2nd appearance, last in 2009), Republic of Mahabad (2nd appearance, last in 2010), R. Budd Dwyer (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 20:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Roe v. Wade (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Ramsay MacDonald
Omitted: Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople; Convention Parliament (1689)/James II of England; Operation Shingle; Republic of Mahabad; R. Budd Dwyer (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Isandlwana (7th appearance, last in 2011; Battle of Rorke's Drift commented out as it is ineligible); George Metesky (first appearance); Commonwealth of Nations (first appearance); 1984 (advertisement)/Macintosh (1984: first appearance; Mac: 8th appearance, last in 2011, moved from January 24); Evo Morales (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 23:21, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Roe v. Wade; R. Budd Dwyer
Omitted: Battle of Isandlwana; George Metesky; Commonwealth of Nations; Evo Morales
Included: Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople (5th appearance, last in 2012); Bloody Sunday (1905) (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Ramsay MacDonald (first appearance; 90th anniversary); Operation Shingle (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: Macintosh/1984 (advertisement) (both: 2nd appearance, Mac: 9 total, 1984: 2 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Isandlwana/Battle of Rorke's Drift (both: maintenance)
Omitted: Bloody Sunday (1905); Ramsay MacDonald; Battle of Anzio; Macintosh/1984 (advertisement)
Included: Convention Parliament (1689)/James II of England (Parliament: 2nd appearance; James: 5th appearance; both last in 2012); SS Valencia (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Republic of Mahabad (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Roe v. Wade (8th appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Eutychius of Constantinople (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 1450th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 11:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Commonwealth of Nations (maintenance)
Omitted: Eutychius of Constantinople; SS Valencia; Roe v. Wade
Included: Swiss Guard (first appearance); Bloody Sunday (1905) (5th appearance, last in 2014); Evo Morales (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Convention Parliament (1689)/James II of England(both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Parliament: 3 total; James: 5 total); Republic of Mahabad (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Anzio (maintenance); R. Budd Dwyer (maintenance)
Omitted: Swiss Guards; Bloody Sunday (1905); Republic of Mahabad; Evo Morales
Included: Battle of Ridaniya (first appearance; 500th anniversary); SS Valencia (3rd appearance, last in 2015); George Metesky (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary); Brezhnev assassination attempt (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Convention Parliament (1689)/James II of England (both: 3rd consecutive appearance; Parliament: 4 total; James: 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:24, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Swiss Guards (maintenance); Republic of Mahabad (maintenance); Operation Igloo White (maintenance); Roe v. Wade (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): World Youth Day 2019
Omitted: Battle of Ridaniya (ineligible—maintenance); SS Valencia; George Metesky; Brezhnev assassination attempt
Included: Eutychius of Constantinople (7th appearance, last in 2015); Bloody Sunday (1905) (6th appearance, last in 2016); Ramsay MacDonald (3rd appearance, last in 2017; appeared on October 12); Boeing 747 (3rd appearance, last in 2017; moved from February 9); John Donne (first appearance); Gisela Januszewska (first appearance); Ali Hassan Salameh (first appearance)
Repeats: James II of England (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:57, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Élysée Treaty
Omitted: Eutychius of Constantinople; Bloody Sunday (1905); Ramsay MacDonald; Boeing 747
Included: Muhammad II of Granada (first appearance); SS Valencia (4th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Buna–Gona (first appearance); Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: James II of England (5th consecutive appearance, 9 total); John Donne (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Gisela Januszewska (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Ali Hassan Salameh (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

Oops, I forgot to change any of the births/deaths this year. —howcheng {chat} 16:53, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Macintosh/1984 (advertisement) (Mac: maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Roe v. Wade
Omitted: Muhammad II of Granada (ineligible—TFA for 2020); SS Valencia; Battle of Buna–Gona; Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev; John Donne; Gisela Januszewska; Ali Hassan Salameh
Included: Eutychius of Constantinople (8th appearance, last in 2018); Bloody Sunday (1905) (7th appearance, last in 2018); Boeing 747 (4th appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); Evo Morales (4th appearance, last in 2016); Wang Zhi (pirate) (first appearance); Noah Phelps (first appearance); Ngô Quang Trưởng (first appearance)
Repeats: James II of England (6th consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:22, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

R. Budd Dwyer was also rescued from ineligible and was unused! --valereee (talk) 19:03, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Lord Byron
New articles (ineligible): Empress He (Tang dynasty) (date not verifiable)
Omitted: James II of England; Bloody Sunday (1905) (ineligible—maintenance); Boeing 747; Evo Morales; Noah Phelps; Ngô Quang Trưởng
Included: Muhammad II of Granada (2nd appearance, last in 2019; rescued from Ineligible); Ramsay MacDonald (4th appearance, last in 2018); Élysée Treaty; 1984 (advertisement) (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible; blurb also previously featured Macintosh, which remains ineligible); Karl Ernst Claus (first appearance); S. Vithiananthan (first appearance)
Repeats: Eutychius of Constantinople (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Wang Zhi (pirate) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (unused): Michael Hutchence
Omitted: Eutychius of Constantinople; Muhammad II of Granada; Ramsay MacDonald; Élysée Treaty; 1984 (advertisement); Wang Zhi (pirate); Karl Ernst Claus; S. Vithiananthan
Included: Swiss Guard (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); James II of England (11th appearance, last in 2020); SS Valencia (5th appearance, last in 2019); R. Budd Dwyer (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (first appearance); Frigyes Riesz (first appearance); Pope Benedict XV (first appearance; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 00:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]