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Spork?
- Moved from Talk:Main Page. 20:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Why is the anniversay of the filing of the patent for a "spork" mentioned? Come on, this is an encyclopedia, I'm sure there are a ton of far more important anniversaries. Harley peters 17:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- I guess it's been sporked. Cat-five 18:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- This sort of blatant pro-spork bias has been a part of Wikipedia for years, and I, for one, am tired of it. You never see us commemorate the anniversary of the knife, or chopsticks, or even salad tongs - always the spork. Is is any wonder that 100% of the people from non-spork-using countries despise us? We need an immediate ban on spork creation anniversaries for at least the next few months, even as long as a year if that's what it takes to counter Wikipedia's pervasive spork bias. --Gavia immer 18:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Back to being semi-serious I do not see how the spork patent filing is really a big enough deal to deserve a front page mention unless we're really that devoid of content that there's nothing else to fill that space. Cat-five 19:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- I dont see how the spork is important enough to even have it mentioned in Rafy 22:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)]
- I agree, this is fairly ridiculous. Front page of Wikipedia is not the place for whimsy based around inherently amusing hybrid cutlery. 89.100.128.72 22:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I personally believe the spork is one of the greatest inventions of mankind. (actually being semi-semi-serious here) ..... EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 07:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
I removed spork. Grouf(talk • contribs) 16:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Thermopylae
I'm removing the
1973
It may be a little early for mentioning this, but I think next year we should acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the birth of
2012 notes
- New articles (unused): DJ Kool Herc (as suggested above, saving this for 2013)
- Omitted: Hayk; Penang; Red Barn Murder; Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic; Hedy Lamarr/George Antheil
- Included: Watts Riots(5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
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2013 notes
- New articles (unused): 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes
- Omitted: Watts Riots(ineligible—maintenance)
- Included: Vostok 3(first appearance)
- Repeats: Papal conclave, 1492 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); DJ Kool Herc(2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)
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2014 notes
- Omitted: Vostok 3 (ineligible—maintenance); DJ Kool Herc
- Included: Hayk (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Penang (4th appearance, last in 2012); Hedy Lamarr/George Antheil (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2011); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes (first appearance)
- Repeats: Papal conclave, 1492(3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)
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2015 notes
- Omitted: Papal conclave, 1492; Hedy Lamarr/George Antheil (ineligible—maintenance); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes
- Included: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar (5th appearance, last in 2012); Roman Dacia (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Red Barn Murder (7th appearance, last in 2013); Kraków pogrom (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary)
- Repeats: Penang (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)
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2016 notes
- Omitted: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar; Roman Dacia; Penang; Kraków pogrom
- Included: Papal conclave, 1492 (7th appearance, last in 2014); Hedy Lamarr/George Antheil (both: 4th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Watts riots (6th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes(2nd appearance, last in 2014)
- Repeats: Red Barn Murder (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)
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2017 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar; Penang
- New articles (unused): 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
- Omitted: Papal conclave, 1492; Hedy Lamarr/George Antheil (both: ineligible—maintenance); Watts riots; 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes
- Included: Hayk (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Roman Dacia (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Kraków pogrom (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Ford Pinto (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Guttorm of Norway (first appearance); Enid Blyton (first appearance); Nicola Zagame (first appearance)
- Repeats: Red Barn Murder (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)
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2018 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Watts riots (maintenance)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): George Town, Penang/Penang
- New articles (ineligible): James B. Longacre (TFA for 2018)
- Omitted: Hayk; Red Barn Murder; Kraków pogrom; Ford Pinto; Guttorm of Norway; Enid Blyton; Nicola Zagame
- Included: Papal conclave, 1492 (8th appearance, last in 2016); Hussein of Jordan (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); DJ Kool Herc (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Hamnet Shakespeare (first appearance); William W. Chapman (first appearance); Jacqueline Fernandez(first appearance)
- Repeats: Roman Dacia (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)
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2019 notes
- New articles (unused): Reid Blackburn
- Omitted: Papal conclave, 1492; Hussein of Jordan; DJ Kool Herc; 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes; Hamnet Shakespeare; William W. Chapman; Jacqueline Fernandez
- Included: George Town, Penang (first appearance; blurb previously also featured Penang, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 6th appearance, last in 2015); Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision (first appearance; 40th anniversary); System Shock 2 (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Guttorm of Norway (2nd appearance, last in 2017); James B. Longacre (first appearance; 225th birthday; rescued from Ineligible); Pablo Sandoval (first appearance)
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Chris Hemsworth
His name should be added to the birthday section.--103.104.30.174 (talk) 04:00, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
2020 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Hayk (date uncertain); Hussein of Jordan (maintenance)
- New articles (unused): Aaron Klug
- Omitted: George Town, Penang; Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic; 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision; System Shock 2; Guttorm of Norway; James B. Longacre; Pablo Sandoval
- Included: Siege of Almería (1309) (first appearance); Kraków pogrom (4th appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Ford Pinto (2nd appearance, last in 2017); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes (4th appearance, last in 2018); John Hunyadi (first appearance); Steve Wozniak (first appearance; 70th birthday); Nicola Zagame (first appearance; 30th birthday)
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2021 notes
- Omitted: Siege of Almería (1309); Kraków pogrom; Ford Pinto; 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes; John Hunyadi; Steve Wozniak; Nicola Zagame
- Included: Roman Dacia (5th appearance, last in 2018); 1492 papal conclave (9th appearance, last in 2018); George Town, Penang (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Hussein of Jordan (2nd appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); DJ Kool Herc (4th appearance, last in 2018); Hamnet Shakespeare (2nd appearance, last in 2018); James B. Longacre (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Aaron Klug (first appearance)
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2022 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Nicola Zagame (maintenance)
- Omitted: 1492 papal conclave; DJ Kool Herc; Hamnet Shakespeare; James B. Longacre; Aaron Klug
- Included: Siege of Almería (1309) (2nd appearance, last in 2020); 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes (5th appearance, last in 2020; 10th anniversary); John Hunyadi (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Enid Blyton (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 125th birthday); Jacqueline Fernandez (2nd appearance, last in 2018)
- Repeats: Roman Dacia (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); George Town, Penang (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Hussein of Jordan (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 70th anniversary)
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2023 rationale
- Not many were eligible from the early years, so to compensate for that I made births/deaths heavy on earlier years.
- I kept Enid Blyton as she was literally the only female thing I could find that was eligible.
- Need more people that died on this day, literally only two.
- Pictured DJ Kool Herc to celebrate the 50th anniversary.