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Mardyrs day

Was wondering if we could add Assyrian mardyrs day to the list. Chaldean 16:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heyerdahl: time traveler?

He apparently crossed the Pacific in 101 days, all on August 7. Hmm.

Actually, he arrived on August 7; can we correct the item about it? — crism (talk) 03:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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2013 notes

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Nos. 1 & 5

No. 1: the word "of" is missing: one of the symbols Saint Petersburg --> one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg No. 5: "simultaneously exploded" should be reversed to "exploded simultaneously" since adverbs normally follow the verb (whereas in the article, "simultaneous explosions" is correct, since adjectives normally precede the noun). Awien (talk) 23:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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2015 notes

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2016 notes

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Russo-Georgia war

The entry's current wording, suggesting that "Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against the separatist region of South Ossetia, opening the six-day Russo-Georgian War" is not

NPOV. By endorsing one of the competing versions, we are definitely taking sides as circumstances of the August 7 2008 escalation are highly disputed. It is not that difficult to describe the event in a more neutral vein. Any thoughts? --KoberTalk 16:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
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I would suggest: "Fighting between the Georgian and South Ossetian separatist forces escalates to the six-day Russo-Georgian War". This is both neutral and factually accurate.--KoberTalk 16:26, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The current entry indeed regurgitates Putin's propaganda claiming that Georgia initiated armed conflict. This claim has long been debunked as war propaganda. In reality, South Ossetian separatists, encouraged by Russia, were attacking Georgian villages in the disputed area until Georgian military responded. Putin and Medvedev painted Georgia's reaction as a wanton assault on peaceful Russian citizens compelling Russia to defend herself from Georgian attack.

The following entries would be factual and neutral:

South Ossetian separatists initiated armed hostilities by launching artillery attacks against Georgian villages on August 1, which would lead to a war between Georgia and Russia.

After months of staging provocations against Georgia, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Georgia with the pretext of self-defense from Georgian "aggression" on August 8. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.22.86 (talk) 12:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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2018 notes

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2019 notes

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2020 notes

Due to a lack of time, I only checked the articles that were included for this year. —

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