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Matthew Shepard in selected anniversaries

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Re: Template:October 6 selected anniversaries, today is the anniversary of the attack on Matthew Shepard. I'm worried that our write-up is needlessly wordy and sensational. It reads "1998 - Gay-bashing & Hate crimes: University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was viciously and fatally attacked for being gay." I think there is one too many adverbs and one too many categories. We should remove either "gay-bashing" or "hate crimes," and also remove the sensational word "viciously." Rhobite 02:54, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Since it only gets a day of coverage and I'm going to bed, I'm going to go ahead and make these edits. This is just a style nitpick, please nobody accuse me of homophobia until I've had my morning coffee. Rhobite 04:52, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

I like the simplicity and the readability. Thanks. :-) -- PFHLai 05:26, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

Fast of Gedalia

While other Jewish holidays have been mentioned in selected anniversaries, the Fast of Gedalia which this year (2005) falls today has not. It is minor so it need not be listed, but I thought I'd suggest it because its minor nature makes it even more curious. --jnothman ^talk 02:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. This holy day is listed on Holidays and events in Israel, so it's not that minor. And we actually have an informative page in Wikipedia about this. I'll post it up. -- PFHLai 05:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineliglble: 51 Pegasi b (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; German American; Cubana Flight 455; Anwar Sadat (ineligible—maintenance); Death of Keith Blakelock
Included: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (first appearance); Eleftherios Venizelos (first appearance); The Jazz Singer (6th appearance, last in 2010); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (first appearance); Maritime Jewel (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Eleftherios Venizelos; The Jazz Singer; Carlos Álvarez (politician); Maritime Jewel
Included: Aelia Eudoxia (first appearance); German American (2nd appearance , last in 2011); Bosnian crisis (first appearance); Yom Kippur War (9th appearance, last in 2010; 40th anniversary); Matthew Shepard (5th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 00:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Matthew Shepard

While the attack was, in the end, the source of his death, the term "murder" implies that he died today. He was attacked, and died on the 12th. This wording leads the reader to believe that his attack and death occurred at the same time. While we should avoid too morbid of a description, perhaps it could be edited to read along the lines of "was attacked, leading to his death days later" or restoring "fatal attack" Antiwesley (talk) 01:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. —howcheng {chat} 04:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Deleted: Aelia Eudoxia (moved to March 27)
Omitted: German American (ineligible—maintenance); Yom Kippur War; Matthew Shepard
Included: Samuel of Bulgaria (first appearance; death anniversary); Battle of Tigranocerta (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (2nd appearance, last in 2012); The Jazz Singer (7th anniversary, last in 2012); Thammasat University massacre (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Bosnian crisis (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2015 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Anwar Sadat
Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Bosnian crisis; Thammasat University massacre
Included: Eleftherios Venizelos (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Death of Keith Blakelock (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); The Jazz Singer (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (ineligible): Francis Burton Harrison (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; The Jazz Singer; Death of Keith Blakelock; Carlos Álvarez (politician)
Included: Battle of Yanshi (first appearance); Battle of Manila (1762) (first appearance); Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Maritime Jewel (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Eleftherios Venizelos (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

dab link

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Replace

[[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Honvédség|honvéd]] generals...

with

[[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Royal Hungarian Landwehr|honvéd]] generals...

and

[[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

with

[[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi (Sui Dynasty)|Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb I believe you intended for this to be a fully-protected edit request, not a conflict of interest edit request. The queue for the former process is monitored much more actively than the latter. Altamel (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Seems like the Li Mi bit was done per WP:ERRORS, I've done the other one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bosnian crisis (maintenance); The Jazz Singer (maintenance); Thammasat University massacre (maintenance); Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 (maintenance); Anwar Sadat (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Goh Keng Swee
Omitted: Battle of Yanshi; Battle of Manila (1762); Eleftherios Venizelos; Cubana de Aviación Flight 455; Maritime Jewel
Included: Battle of Tigranocerta (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (4th appearance, last in 2015); Operation Badr (1973) (first appearance; blurb previously featured Yom Kippur War, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 10th appearance, last in 2013); Death of Keith Blakelock (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Matteo Ricci (first appearance); Guru Har Rai (first appearance); Hattie Jacques (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:52, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Operation Badr (1973); Death of Keith Blakelock; Carlos Álvarez (politician); Matteo Ricci; Guru Har Rai; Hattie Jacques
Included: Battle of Yanshi (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 1400th anniversary); Battle of Manila (1762) (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934) (both: first appearance); Matthew Shepard (6th appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Instagram (first appearance); Sarah Crosby (first appearance); Goh Keng Swee (first appearance); Babasaheb Bhosale (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Nicetas the Patrician
Omitted: Battle of Yanshi; Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934); Matthew Shepard; Instagram (ineligible—maintenance); Sarah Crosby; Goh Keng Swee; Babasaheb Bhosale
Included: Battle of Tigranocerta (4th appearance, last in 2017); Bosnian Crisis (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); The Jazz Singer (9th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Maritime Jewel (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (first appearance); Karol Szymanowski (first appearance); Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on December 20, his birthday)
Repeats: Battle of Manila (1762) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 request

@Howcheng: - it's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jenny Lind OTD. Mjroots (talk) 05:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

She normally appears on May 19, but we can temporarily move her for this year. —howcheng {chat} 06:20, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mjroots: Oops, forgot about this. —howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Never mind, stuff happens. Mjroots (talk) 05:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (blurb previously featured Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, which remains ineligible)
Omitted: Battle of Manila (1762); Bosnian Crisis; The Jazz Singer; Maritime Jewel; Wenceslaus III of Bohemia; Karol Szymanowski; Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
Included: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (5th appearance, last in 2017); Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934) (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2018); Carlos Álvarez (Argentine politician) (4th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Instagram (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Nicetas the Patrician (first appearance); Meghnad Saha (first appearance); Hattie Jacques (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Tigranocerta (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Deleted: 1973 Thai popular uprising (wrong date)
Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934); Carlos Álvarez (Argentine politician); Instagram; Nicetas the Patrician; Meghnad Saha; Hattie Jacques
Included: Battle of Yanshi (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Manila (1762) (4th appearance, last in 2019); The Jazz Singer (10th appearance, last in 2019); Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (first appearance); Death of Keith Blakelock (4th appearance, last in 2017); Samuel of Bulgaria (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Francesco Manfredini (first appearance); Sadiq al-Ahmar (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:21, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Tigranocerta (maintenance); Karol Szymanowski (maintenance); Goh Keng Swee (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Manila (1762); The Jazz Singer; Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations; Death of Keith Blakelock; Samuel of Bulgaria; Francesco Manfredini; Sadiq al-Ahmar
Included:
Repeats: Battle of Yanshi (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (6th appearance, last in 2020); Bosnian Crisis (4th appearance, last in 2019); Operation Badr (1973) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Castro Sweep (first appearance); Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Meghnad Saha (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Hattie Jacques (3rd appearance, last in 2020)

Heart ^(talk) 06:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

'Spanish republican regime'

The word 'regime' is nowadays, more often than not, used as a pejorative to imply a dictatorship, which is not adequate for this case. 'Government' would be a neutral replacement. I have made the corresponding edit in the article about the Events of 6 October. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 02:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]