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I don't know the criteria for selecting anniversaries, but January 10 was the day of execution of Marinus van der Lubbe.

Replace Image:Tintin-and-Snowy.png with Image:Tintin&Snowy.png. The fair use argument is listed on its image page. Ahseaton 05:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Error -- it was the 13th legion (Legio XIII Gemina) that crossed the Rubicon with Caesar. 199.214.218.45 15:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If this weren't page protected I'd add the Battle of Vaslui. BTW Empress Josephine wasn't childless. She had two children by her first husband. Durova 01:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've unprotected it, as it won't be on the Main Page again for almost a year. Edit away :)--Pharos 01:27, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just rewritten the 1810 item regarding Empress Josephine, and added 1475 Battle of Vaslui. Please review. -- PFHLai 05:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PFHLai's edit 17:20, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand why you reverted my edit here [1]? Why only five per day? And who determines the importance? Surely some of these are considered more important. --Maniwar (talk) 17:20, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maniwar, this is a template for use on MainPage, and there is only so much dedicated space for selected anniversaries. The usual number of selected anniversaries featured each day is 5. Occasionally, a 6th item is used to balance the layout on MainPage when TFA is too long, but this is rarely done. Please note that importance is not the only criterion used to determine what wikiarticles get featured (with the link bolded) on MainPage in the selected anniversaries templates. Pls see WP:SA for details. Suggestions are welcome from anyone on talkpages of individual templates (such as here). Any admins can post them on the 'live' template. Hope this helps. --PFHLai 23:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: Ring-tailed Lemur (is not important enough to qualify for inclusion)
Omitted: William Laud (ineligible—maintenance), Common Sense (pamphlet), Capture of Klisura Pass, United Nations General Assembly, Braer Storm of January 1993
Included: Battle of Vaslui (5th appearance, last in 2010), Spindletop (first appearance), Metropolis (film) (2nd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible), The Adventures of Tintin (6th appearance, last in 2010), Jon Burge (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 21:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Jon Burge deleted (wrong date). Replaced by Joséphine de Beauharnais (6th appearance, last in 2010). howcheng {chat} 09:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: AOL (according to Mergers and acquisitions, not the largest merger in history)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Metropolitan Railway (TFA for 2013)
Omitted: Battle of Vaslui; Joséphine de Beauharnais; Spindletop; Metropolis (film); The Adventures of Tintin
Included: William Laud (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Common Sense (pamphlet) (5th appearance, last in 2011); BOAC Flight 781 (first appearance); Braer Storm of January 1993 (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2007 Guinean general strike (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:58, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Fête du Vodoun (ineligible—stub); William Laud; Common Sense (pamphlet); BOAC Flight 781; Braer Storm of January 1993; 2007 Guinean general strike
Included: Han Dynasty (first appearance); Pope Fabian (first appearance); Metropolitan Railway (3rd appearance, last in 2010); The Adventures of Tintin (7th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: BOAC Flight 781 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 60th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:57, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Han dynasty; Pope Fabian; Metropolitan Railway; BOAC Flight 781
Included: Battle of Vaslui (6th appearance, last in 2012); Common Sense (pamphlet) (6th appearance, last in 2013); Sinclair C5 (first appearance; 30th anniversary); Knutby murder (first appearance)
Repeats: The Adventures of Tintin (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can we please add the following, as it's a 30th anniversary? I'd suggest running it in place of the Tintin repeat. Prioryman (talk) 22:32, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1985 – Sir Clive Sinclair launches the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, a notorious commercial failure and later a cult collector's item.

I replaced Capture of Klisura Pass instead to maintain the chronological diversity. Thanks for the suggestion. —howcheng {chat} 02:49, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. Prioryman (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Metropolis (1927 film) (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Vaslui; Common Sense (pamphlet); The Adventures of Tintin; Sinclair C5; Knutby murder
Included: Pope Fabian (3rd appearance, last in 2014); William Laud (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Spindletop (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Capture of Klisura Pass (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); Braer Storm of January 1993 (3rd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 08:15, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: BOAC Flight 781 (maintenance); Knutby murder (maintenance)
Omitted: Pope Fabian; William Laud; Spindletop; Capture of Klisura Pass; Braer Storm of January 1993
Included: Common Sense (pamphlet) (7th appearance, last in 2015); Klaipėda Revolt (3rd appearance, last in 2015; moved from January 9); Sinclair C5 (2nd appearance, last in 2015); 2007 Guinean general strike (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Han dynasty (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:43, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: William Laud (maintenance); Spindletop (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Har Gobind Khorana; Hrithik Roshan; Kalki Koechlin
Omitted: Han dynasty; Common Sense (pamphlet); Klaipėda Revolt; Sinclair C5; 2007 Guinean general strike
Included: Battle of Vaslui (7th appearance, last in 2015); New Orleans (steamboat) (first appearance); The Adventures of Tintin (9th appearance, last in 2015); Tashkent Declaration (first appearance); Braer Storm of January 1993 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Carl Linnaeus (first appearance); Issai Schur (first appearance); Yip Pin Xiu (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:21, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Battle of Vaslui; New Orleans (steamboat); The Adventures of Tintin; Tashkent Declaration; Braer Storm of January 1993; Carl Linnaeus; Issai Schur; Yip Pin Xiu
Included: Han dynasty (4th appearance, last in 2017); Metropolitan Railway (5th appearance, last in 2016); Metropolis (1927 film) (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Capture of Klisura Pass (3rd appearance, last in 2016); 2007 Guinean general strike (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Pope Miltiades (first appearance); Francisco Ferrer (first appearance); Kalki Koechlin (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:59, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Han dynasty; Metropolitan Railway; Metropolis (1927 film); Capture of Klisura Pass; 2007 Guinean general strike; Pope Miltiades; Francisco Ferrer; Kalki Koechlin
Included: Basil II (first appearance); Order of the Golden Fleece (first appearance); New Orleans (steamboat) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); The Adventures of Tintin (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Sinclair C5 (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Hugh I of Cyprus (first appearance); Katharine Burr Blodgett (first appearance); Hrithik Roshan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Basil II; Order of the Golden Fleece; New Orleans (steamboat); The Adventures of Tintin; Sinclair C5; Hugh I of Cyprus; Katharine Burr Blodgett; Hrithik Roshan
Included: Pope Fabian (6th appearance, last in 2020; moved from January 20); Common Sense (8th appearance, last in 2017); Spindletop (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); United Nations General Assembly (8th appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Tashkent Declaration (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Husayn ibn Ali (first appearance); Carl Linnaeus (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Issai Schur (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:41, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Pope Fabian; Common Sense; Spindletop; United Nations General Assembly; Tashkent Declaration; Husayn ibn Ali; Carl Linnaeus
Included: Han dynasty (5th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Vaslui (8th appearance, last in 2018); Metropolitan Railway (6th appearance, last in 2019); Klaipėda Revolt (4th appearance, last in 2017); 2007 Guinean general strike (4th appearance, last in 2019); Georg Forster; Yip Pin Xiu (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 30th birthday)
Repeats: Issai Schur (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:34, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]