Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/January 2

Frequently asked questions Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted? A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted. As stated on verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant. Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate. Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture. Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before? A2: The short, basic reason is the writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias . Q3: This page seems to be biased toward events based in [Insert country or region here]. What can be done about it? A3: This again is attributed to the systemic bias of Wikipedia. Many users are generally more interested in working on good, well-written articles pertaining to their home country. Since this is the English Wikipedia, there will be more English-speaking users, and thus more articles pertaining to English-speaking countries. And if there are more users who are from the United States, there will probably be more well-written articles about events based in the United States. Again, if you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias . Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed? A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion. Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order? A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed. Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean? A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them: Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year. Independence Days , and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.

Please, can somebody (an administrator) add the interwikis to this kind of templates (selected anniversaries templates) if it is possible? Only the month of january yet. I would do it myself but it's impossible. The interwiki of this day is [[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 2]] and the next days are similar; only changes the number ([[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 3]], [[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 4]]... ...[[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 31]]). Thanks in advance. If there are any trouble, my talk page is always open for questions. Berria · (talk) 14:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added it to this page. For the rest, I'll copy your request to the bot masters page; this is not a job for a human, if at all possible.

JesseW, the juggling janitor

22:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Not sure who lifted the fact on 2/1/2010 but the text related to the Falkland Islands is wrong. The British squadron of 2 ships arrived in the islands at Port Egmont in December 1832. A single ship, HMS Clio then went to Puerto Luis/Port Louis arriving January 2. Justin talk 00:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• New articles (unused): Sago Mine disaster
• Omitted:
  Sharon Pratt Kelly
• Included: Palmer Raids (first appearance), Llandaff Cathedral (first appearance), Ibrox disaster (first appearance), 81P/Wild (first appearance)
• Left in:
  Alamanni
  (8th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

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