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eu interwiki

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 3]] and the next days are similar; only changes the number ([[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 4]], [[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 5]]... ...[[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 31]]). It seems that bots do not run with administrator rights, so a bot cannot do that task. Thanks in advance. If there are any trouble, my talk page is always open for questions. Berria · (talk) 23:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Declined (sorry). Referred to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Mass editprotected interwiking required for discussion. -- Netsnipe ► 13:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see that nobody wants to do it but I have to try it again. 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 3]] and the next days are similar; only changes the number ([[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 4]], [[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 5]]... ...[[eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 31]]). It seems that bots do not run with administrator rights, so a bot cannot do that task. Netsnipe decline my request to discusse, and I can undertand it because are many changes, but there is no discussion about it, or wasn't (archived here). Thanks in advance. If there are any trouble, my talk page is always open for questions. Berria · (talk) 16:29, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of doing just eu: now and having the same problem when another language needs interwikis, I've created Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/Interwiki links (which needs protecting before it's transcluded); if this is transcluded on all the dates then only one page will need to be edited for interwikis in future. (I've set it up for the eu: interwikis requested.) Of course, it'll need an admin with AWB or something like that to do all the transclusions. --ais523 16:59, 24 October 2006 (U T C)

This Sel. Anniv. template has just been unprotected for now and will be re-protected before it goes back on MainPage. Please add the interwikis as you see fit. --PFHLai 14:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how the template works, so I added the interwiki. And the other selected anniversaries? their interwikis? Berria · (talk) 19:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed this to use the template. An admin should definitely fix the template before this ends up back on the Main Page. --ais523 09:03, 1 November 2006 (U T C)

Closing div tag

There's currently an end div tag in this template that doesn't need to be there. User:Dudemanfellabra/Sandbox2 uses divs to display content, so unfortunately this date breaks that page. Since this template is currently protected, I'm not able to take out the div, but it comes directly after the content listings. Can an administrator take this out for me? Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 17:43, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Actually, it should be an end li tag that fixes a formatting bug on Firefox when {{*mp}} is being used in that fashion. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly phrased incorrect/misleading text on January 3rd Pope/Luther event

I have no idea how to properly report this - hopefully this will do. The following text currently on the main page

1521 – Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.

makes it sound like Luther did retract 54 of his theses. But (the incorrect part) the Pope did not demand he retract 41 theses (he demanded Luther retract 41 errors in them and other writings) and (the misleading part) Luther retracted nothing. Maybe "after Luther refused to retract 41 alleged errors found in his 95 Theses and other writings". - 74.162.148.39 (talk) 05:31, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: New Hampshire Grants (maintenance)
Omitted: Pope Leo X (ineligible—maintenance), Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Hamilton Watch Company (ineligible—maintenance), March of Dimes (ineligible—maintenance), Alaska
Included: Lick Observatory (5th appearance, last in 2010), 1911 Kebin earthquake (first appearance), Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (first appearance), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (first appearance), Manuel Noriega (4th appearance, last in 2010)

--howcheng {chat} 23:12, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Lick Observatory; 1911 Kebin earthquake; Faisal–Weizmann Agreement; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Manuel Noriega (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833) (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Joseph Jenkins Roberts (4th appearance, last in 2011); George Woolf (first appearance); Aero Flight 311 (first appearance); New York Yankees (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Alaska (maintenance)
Omitted: Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833) (ineligible—maintenance); Joseph Jenkins Roberts; George Woolf; Aero Flight 311; Motorola StarTAC
Included: Lick Observatory (6th appearance, last in 2012; 125th anniversary); 1911 Kebin earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (first appearance); Karine A Affair (first appearance)
Repeats: New York Yankees (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:49, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: 1911 Kebin earthquake; New York Yankees; Karine A Affair
Included: Joseph Jenkins Roberts (5th appearance, last in 2013); Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (2nd appearance, last in 2012); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Lick Observatory (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:47, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Lick Observatory; Faisal–Weizmann Agreement; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Included: Berlingske (first appearance); 1911 Kebin earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2014); George Woolf (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Motorola StarTAC (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Joseph Jenkins Roberts (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 22:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Princeton

The Battle of Princeton directly follows the holding action at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, consider merging the two entries to emphasis the January 3rd Princeton victory and removing the January 2nd entry. A possible entry:

1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton, having repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek the previous night.

Thanks, Zeete (talk) 17:06, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: That would be a good idea, but at this time it's unfeasible because that's the only has item on January 2 from before the 20th century, so we can't really remove it. —howcheng {chat} 08:47, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Added NY Times reference (from 1877) for January 2, 1860 date of Vulcan. Would that solve the problem? Thanks, Zeete (talk) 18:54, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, but at this point in time I'm inclined to leave it as is. This will be good for next year. —howcheng {chat} 00:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Here's a new suggestion for next year merging the two and removing the January 2nd entry:

1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton, having repulsed an attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek the previous night.

The Battle of Assunpink Creek, relatively minor, has received more OTD notice than the important Battle of Princeton. Zeete (talk) 18:18, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Lick Observatory (maintenance); New York Yankees (maintenance); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): March of Dimes
Omitted: Joseph Jenkins Roberts; George Woolf (ineligible—maintenance); Motorola StarTAC (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Princeton (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Siege of Sidney Street (first appearance); Karine A Affair (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Berlingske (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); 1911 Kebin earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (maintenance)
Omitted: Siege of Sidney Street; 1911 Kebin earthquake; Karine A affair
Included: Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (3rd appearance, last in 2015); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Manuel Noriega (5th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (first appearance); Clement Attlee (first appearance); Lynn Hill (first appearance)
Repeats: Berlingske (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Battle of Princeton (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: For 2019 could you add bitcoin (10th anniversary)? Assuming the same articles from 2018, replace Manuel Noriega, which would be its sixth appearance and because there's already an American topic – Battle of Princeton. Џ 03:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Џ: The 3 January date is only in the infobox and needs to be cited. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 08:02, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: It's in the article text now. Џ 11:18, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Battle of Princeton; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Manuel Noriega; George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle; Clement Attlee; Lynn Hill
Included: Lick Observatory (8th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Aero Flight 311 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Bitcoin (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Savitribai Phule (first appearance); Anna May Wong (first appearance); Joy Adamson (first appearance)
Repeats: Berlingske (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total); Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:28, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Berlingske; Lick Observatory; Faisal–Weizmann Agreement; Aero Flight 311; Bitcoin; Savitribai Phule; Anna May Wong
Included: Decian persecution (first appearance); Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833) (4th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 1911 Kebin earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2017); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (4th appearance, last in 2018); Manuel Noriega (6th appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary); Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (first appearance); J. R. R. Tolkien (first appearance)
Repeats: Joy Adamson (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:28, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng please remove Manuel Noriega from this year. The article has serious POV issues, detailed here. I did not tag the article as the author appeared to understand the work needed, but has not yet done it-- the work needed is quite extensive. If I must tag the article POV for it not to run, I will do so, reluctantly. The attention this article needs simply fell off of my radar after its failed FAC followed by the peer review, but none of the issues have been corrected. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:44, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, looking at the dates and the lack of work done, I went ahead and tagged it anyway. I probably should have done so long ago, but it simply fell through the cracks. And, based on the feedback on my talk page, I went ahead and removed it myself here. I gather that means something else will need to be filled in, to even out the space? Noting that the entire suite related to Noriega has issues for similar overreliance on simplistic journalistic accounts, see sample at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents/archive1, so I don't suggest filling in something else from that area. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:45, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (unused): William Leslie (British Army officer); Cyril Bassett; Frenchy Bordagaray
Omitted: Decian persecution; Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833); 1911 Kebin earthquake; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Manuel Noriega (ineligible—maintenance); Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie; J. R. R. Tolkien; Joy Adamson
Included: Berlingske (5th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Princeton (4th appearance, last in 2018); Siege of Sidney Street (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Aero Flight 311 (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena (first appearance); William Harrison Ainsworth (first appearance); Lynn Hill (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 60th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 03:51, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Berlingske; Battle of Princeton; Siege of Sidney Street; Aero Flight 311; Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena; William Harrison Ainsworth; Lynn Hill
Included: Pope Leo X (8th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Lick Observatory (9th appearance, last in 2019); Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (5th appearance, last in 2019); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (5th appearance, last in 2020); Karine A affair (3rd appearance, last in 2017); William Leslie (British Army officer) (first appearance); Cyril Bassett (first appearance); Frenchy Bordagaray (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:43, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]