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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.

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The link for Tanker should be modified to Tanker (ship) for disambiguation.--Jfurr1981 04:07, 31 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

who is Natalie Halford?

Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

re: births: 1991 - Natalie Halford, Indescribeable

nice girl i'm sure —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.167.203.15 (talk) 02:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC).Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Texas City Refinery explosion
Omitted: Theriso revolt; Bhagat Singh; Sierra Leone Civil War; Deorbit of Mir
Included: Give me Liberty, or give me Death! (3rd appearance, last in 2010); William Cargill (first appearance); Cold fusion (first appearance); 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: War of the Pacific (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Texas City Refinery explosion (maintenance)
Omitted: Give me Liberty, or give me Death! (ineligible—maintenance); William Cargill; War of the Pacific; Cold fusion; 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel
Included: William McGregor (football) (2nd appearance, last in 2006; 125th anniversary); Durham Stevens (first appearance); Lahore Resolution (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Strategic Defense Initiative (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 30th anniversary); Sierra Leone Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Give me liberty, or give me death!
Omitted: William McGregor (football); Durham Stevens; Lahore Resolution; Strategic Defense Initiative; Sierra Leone Civil War
Included: Trần Dynasty (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); First Battle of Kernstown (first appearance); Theriso revolt (2nd appearance. last in 2011); United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (first appearance); Cold fusion (2nd appearance. last in 2012; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

The following should be on this date:

1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in British India.

Protected edit request on 23 March 2014

Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in British India.

I think is is one of the more relevant and better pages that should be added. Many Thanks! --Peaceworld 09:23, 23 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 15:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Trần dynasty; First Battle of Kernstown; United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; Cold fusion
Included: Give me liberty, or give me death! (4th appearance, last in 2012); Ahmadiyya (first appearance); Lahore Resolution (5th appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Texas City Refinery explosion (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Theriso revolt (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:59, 21 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Omitted: Ahmadiyya; Theriso revolt; Lahore Resolution; Texas City Refinery explosion
Included: William Cargill (2nd appearance, last in 2012); William McGregor (football) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Bhagat Singh (4th appearance, last in 2011); Sierra Leone Civil War (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Give me liberty, or give me death! (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Howcheng: can we have Ahmadiyya? it's been there only once, and some of the other have been here several times? Thanks.--Peaceworld 09:40, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply