Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 26

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To admins: May 26 is the independence day of Georgia and official holiday. The current form is not quite accurate/complete. Please change to: May 26 is the independence day of Georgia. On May 26th of 1918 Georgia declared independence from Russia and Democratic Republic of Georgia was established. BJS

BJS, I'm going to take your word and mention Independence Day in Georgia on the template. We currently do not have information in Wikipedia about holidays in Georgia. The other Georgias mess up my Google searches. If you don't mind, please build the page Public holidays in the Republic of Georgia and put it under Category:Public holidays by country. This would be a great help. Many thanks in advance. -- PFHLai 13:33, 2005 May 26 (UTC)

National Sorry Day

Pls add National Sorry Day in Australia. Thanks. Hopefully it won't still be a stub next year. -- 199.71.174.100 20:33, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. -- PFHLai 20:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oddity

To admins: usualy you have the holiday bold and the country not bold. but with the Georga holiday it is the other way around. --71.255.143.126 11:16, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The bolded link connects to the page with the relevant context. The Independence Day page is just a list of dates and country names. So, for Independence Days, the country's link is bolded as the country's wikiarticle usually has the better info. Same thing for National Days. -- PFHLai 16:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Julian calendar dates

Pushkin's birthday is May 26 indeed, but according to Julian calendar. After the adoption of Gregorian calendar in Russia in 1918 all the former dates were changed correspondingly. Therefore in modern Russia it is celebrated in June 6. The date actually is stated in both sections, and that surely leads to confusion

2012 notes

Omitted: William of Ockham; Dred Scott; Dracula; House Un-American Activities Committee; Dunkirk evacuation
Included: Edmund I (first appearance); Mystic massacre (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Grue Church fire (first appearance); Kaspar Hauser (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); 2008 South China floods (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:54, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What's a mass day?

Article says "Saint Augustine's Mass Day" when it means (presumably) "Saint Augustine's Day mass" (i.e., the mass on St Augustine's Day). 108.39.144.19 (talk) 21:11, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I wasn't sure about that either (not being Christian), so I just went with what the article said. —howcheng {chat} 00:02, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): Edmund Kirby Smith
Omitted: Edmund I; William of Ockham; Mystic massacre; Grue Church fire; Kaspar Hauser; 2008 South China floods
Included: Battle of Avarayr (2nd appearance, last in 2009); Battle of Montijo (first appearance); Vauxhall Bridge (first appearance); House Un-American Activities Committee (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); Lauda Air Flight 004 (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Avarayr; Battle of Montijo; Vauxhall Bridge; House Un-American Activities Committee; Lauda Air Flight 004
Included: National Sorry Day (rescued from Ineligible); Independence Day (Georgia) (first appearance); Edmund I (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Dred Scott (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Dracula (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); 2008 South China floods (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 07:48, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 25 May 2014

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Please add a link to the new Independence Day (Georgia) article. Kober^Talk 13:36, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 13:58, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please change the current link to List of national independence days to Independence Day (Georgia) in "Independence Day in Georgia (1918)".--Kober^Talk 15:59, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for creating the article! —howcheng {chat} 18:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Edmund I; Dred Scott; Dracula; Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; 2008 South China floods
Included: William of Ockham (4th appearance, last in 2012); Kaspar Hauser (5th appearance, last in 2012); Edmund Kirby Smith (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on June 2); Dunkirk evacuation (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); Lauda Air Flight 004 (2nd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 05:54, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: William of Ockham; Kaspar Hauser; Edmund Kirby Smith; Dunkirk evacuation
Included: Battle of Avarayr (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Mystic massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Grue Church fire (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vauxhall Bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Lauda Air Flight 004 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:26, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Edmund I (maintenance); Kaspar Hauser (maintenance); Edmund Kirby Smith (maintenance); Dracula (maintenance); Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (maintenance)
Omitted: National Sorry Day (ineligible—maintenance); Independence Day (Georgia) (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Avarayr (ineligible—maintenance); Mystic massacre; Grue Church fire; Vauxhall Bridge
Included: Battle of Montijo (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Of Plymouth Plantation (first appearance); Dunkirk evacuation (4th appearance, last in 2015); Augustine of Canterbury (first appearance); Miles Davis (first appearance); Sally Ride (4th appearance, last in 2013; normally appears on June 18)
Repeats: Lauda Air Flight 004 (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:47, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Grue Church fire (maintenance); Dred Scott (maintenance); 2008 South China floods (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Edmund Kirby Smith
Omitted: Battle of Montijo; Of Plymouth Plantation; Little ships of Dunkirk; Augustine of Canterbury; Miles Davis; Sally Ride
Included: Edmund I (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Mystic massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Vauxhall Bridge (3rd appearance, last in 2016); House Un-American Activities Committee (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Bede (first appearance); John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (first appearance); Imi Lichtenfeld (first appearance)
Repeats: Lauda Air Flight 004 (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:27, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Edmund I; Mystic massacre; Vauxhall Bridge; House Un-American Activities Committee; Lauda Air Flight 004; Bede; John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough; Imi Lichtenfeld
Included: Battle of Montijo (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 375th anniversary); Grue Church fire (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Edmund Kirby Smith (4th appearance, last in 2015); Dunkirk evacuation (5th appearance, last in 2017); 1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Yuan Xingqin (first appearance); Mamie Smith (first appearance); Mamo Wolde (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 20:44, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): Ford Model T (maintenance); Paul E. Patton (TFA for 2020)
Omitted: Battle of Montijo; Edmund Kirby Smith; Dunkirk evacuation; 1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season; Yuan Xingqin; Mamie Smith; Mamo Wolde
Included: William of Ockham (5th appearance, last in 2015); House Un-American Activities Committee (4th appearance, last in 2018); I-40 bridge disaster (first appearance); Louis I of Naples (first appearance); Abdelkader al-Jazairi (first appearance); Lauryn Hill (first appearance)
Repeats: Grue Church fire (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Paul E. Patton
Omitted: William of Ockham; House Un-American Activities Committee; I-40 bridge disaster; Louis I of Naples; Abdelkader al-Jazairi; Lauryn Hill
Included: Edmund I (4th appearance, last in 2018); Mystic massacre (4th appearance, last in 2018); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Lauda Air Flight 004 (6th appearance, last in 2018); Edmond de Goncourt (first appearance); Adolfo de la Huerta (first appearance); Elizabeth Peer (first appearance)
Repeats: Grue Church fire (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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It should be specified that the bridge collapse was on I-40, because it's fairly ambiguous unless you click on the link (which not everyone will do). interstatefive (talk) - just another roadgeek 16:50, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Interstatefive:

Not done. The blurb's purpose is to get people to the article. It doesn't need all the details in it. —howcheng {chat} 07:26, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Mamo Wolde (maintenance)
Omitted: Edmund I; Mystic massacre; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Lauda Air Flight 004; Adolfo de la Huerta; Elizabeth Peer
Included: Battle of Montijo (4th appearance, last in 2019); Of Plymouth Plantation (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 125th anniversary); Dunkirk evacuation (6th appearance, last in 2019); I-40 bridge disaster; (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 20th anniversary) Jyoti Gogte (first appearance); Mufti Abdul Razzaq (first appearance)
Repeats: Grue Church fire (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 200th anniversary); Edmond de Goncourt (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:25, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copy edit?

Re: * 2002 – Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.

While "being towed destroyed" is perfectly correct English, mightn't "Part of a bridge was destroyed (aftermath pictured) by towed barges near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma,..." read a little better? — AjaxSmack 18:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]