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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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.

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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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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.
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2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Socialist Party of America (maintenance)
Omitted: Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan); 1967 USS Forrestal fire; Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
Included: ENIAC (8th appearance, last in 2010); No Gun Ri Massacre (first appearance); Kasai River disaster (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Kleidion (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total); Arc de Triomphe (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

NOTE: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer was included at one point, but omitted again because Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton had appeared on April 29 and Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was POTD on June 19 this year. —howcheng {chat} 20:54, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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1947 entry: The Aberdeen proving grounds need 'Maryland, U.S.' adding after them. Countries need giving in all entries unless it is somewhere really obvious like London or New York or Paris. The US is not the default here. Stronach (talk) 22:34, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stronach (talk) 22:34, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but I didn't think the location was particularly important in that blurb. —howcheng {chat} 06:25, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Battle of Kleidion; Arc de Triomphe; ENIAC; No Gun Ri Massacre; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer; Kasai River disaster
Included: Siege of Damascus (1148) (first appearance); Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) (5th appearance, last in 2011); Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 (first appearance); NASA (7th appearance, last in 2010); Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:31, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Siege of Damascus (1148); Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan); Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907; NASA; Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
Included: Battle of Kleidion (6th appearance, last in 2012; 1,000th anniversary); Arc de Triomphe (6th appearance, last in 2012); Belle Boyd (first appearance); 1967 USS Forrestal fire (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Kasai River disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 07:12, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Kleidion; Belle Boyd; 1967 USS Forrestal fire
Included: Siege of Damascus (1148) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); No Gun Ri Massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Wedding of Charles (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Arc de Triomphe (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Kasai River disaster (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:21, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Siege of Damascus (1148); Arc de Triomphe; No Gun Ri Massacre; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer; Kasai River disaster
Included: Battle of Kleidion (7th appearance, last in 2014); Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) (6th appearance, last in 2013); Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); NASA (8th appearance, last in 2013); Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (3rd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 07:12, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: ENIAC (maintenance); 1967 USS Forrestal fire (maintenance); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Edward Gierek
Omitted: Battle of Kleidion; Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) (ineligible—maintenance); Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 (ineligible—maintenance); NASA
Included: Siege of Damascus (1148) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Arc de Triomphe (8th appearance, last in 2015); Cape Cod Canal (first appearance); Kasai River disaster (4th appearance, last in 2015); Francesco Mochi (first appearance); Philip Charles Durham (first appearance); Ronald Fisher (first appearance)
Repeats: Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Arc de Triomphe (ineligible—maintenance); Cape Cod Canal; Indo-Sri Lanka Accord; Kasai River disaster; Francesco Mochi; Philip Charles Durham; Ronald Fisher
Included: Augustin-Jean Fresnel (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Yugoslav monitor Sava (first appearance); NASA (9th appearance, last in 2016; 60th anniversary); Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Ivan Aivazovsky (first appearance); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (5th appearance, last in 2009; previously appeared on May 13); Edward Gierek (first appearance)
Repeats: Siege of Damascus (1148) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:14, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Pupienus; Ladislaus I of Hungary; Clara Bow; Foster Furcolo
Omitted: Siege of Damascus (1148); Augustin-Jean Fresnel; NASA; Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer; Ivan Aivazovsky; Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil; Edward Gierek
Included: Battle of Kleidion (8th appearance, last in 2016); Belle Boyd (2nd appearance, last in 2014); No Gun Ri massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Kasai River disaster (5th appearance, last in 2017); Offa of Mercia (first appearance); Isidor Isaac Rabi (first appearance); Sanjay Dutt (first appearance; 60th birthday)
Repeats: Yugoslav monitor Sava (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:51, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: NASA (maintenance); Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (maintenance); Clara Bow (date not certain)
Omitted: Battle of Kleidion; Belle Boyd; Yugoslav monitor Sava; Kasai River disaster (ineligible—date not certain); Offa of Mercia; Isidor Isaac Rabi; Sanjay Dutt
Included: Battle of Landen (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Augustin-Jean Fresnel (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Gaetano Bresci (3rd appearance, last in 2019; also appeared on November 10, his birthday); Pupienus (first appearance); Alexis de Tocqueville (first appearance); Vincent van Gogh (12th appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on December 23)
Repeats: No Gun Ri massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:47, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (unused): Virginia S. Baker
Omitted: Augustin-Jean Fresnel; Gaetano Bresci; No Gun Ri massacre; Pupienus; Alexis de Tocqueville; Ronald Fisher
Included: Cape Cod Canal (2nd appearance, last in 2017); The Lord of the Rings (first appearance); Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (4th appearance, last in 2018; 40th anniversary); Ladislaus I of Hungary (first appearance); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (6th appearance, last in 2018; 175th birthday); Edward Gierek (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Landen (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:19, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Battle of Landen; Cape Cod Canal; Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer; Ladislaus I of Hungary; Edward Gierek
Included: Battle of Kleidion (9th appearance, last in 2019); Augustin-Jean Fresnel (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Yugoslav monitor Sava (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Ivan Aivazovsky (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Isidor Isaac Rabi (2nd appearance, last in 2019)
Repeats: The Lord of the Rings (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:15, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Belle Boyd (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Shinano River; Essential Commodities Reserves Act 1938
Omitted: Augustin-Jean Fresnel; Yugoslav monitor Sava; Ivan Aivazovsky; Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil; Isidor Isaac Rabi
Included: Gaetano Bresci (3rd appearance on July 29, last in 2020; 4 total); Cape Cod Canal (3rd appearance, last in 2021); Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (5th appearance, last in 2021); Offa of Mercia (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (first appearance); Nancy Kassebaum (first appearance); Oliver Dragojević (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Kleidion (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total);The Lord of the Rings (3nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Heart ^(talk) 06:51, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]