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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)[reply]

I guess it's been sporked. Cat-five 18:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I dont see how the spork is important enough to even have it mentioned in
Rafy 22:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply
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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I removed spork. Grouf(talk contribs) 16:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thermopylae

I'm removing the

Angr 12:34, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply
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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

hip hop music with the performance by DJ Kool Herc at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Relatively obscure but it gave birth to a massive movement in music and culture--T1980 (talk) 17:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply
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2012 notes

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2017 notes

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2018 notes

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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)[reply]

2020 notes

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2022 notes

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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.

Heart (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]