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To discuss improvements to the corresponding November 8 article, see Talk:November 8 instead.

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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.

Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.

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.

Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before?

A2: The short, basic reason is the systemic bias of Wikipedia. There are not enough good, well-written articles on 19th-century and earlier events for all 365 days in the year. Currently, a majority of users seem to be generally more interested in writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

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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.
National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.

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RMS Trent

We have an article on this ship (RMS Trent) so it could be linked in the SA text (as the US ship is). I did add the link but self-reverted as I was not aware of whether the article had to meet some sort of standard before it could be linked. If not someone more knowledgeable about the guidelines can come and re-add it. If it does need to be a better article then I will leave this here in the hopes that someone will notice and improve it. Cheers -Dumelow (talk) 23:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The quality requirement only applies to the selected bolded article. Otherwise it would be rather difficult to maintain the Main Page as a portal page, linking various articles for both new and regular users. Zzyzx11 (talk) 00:42, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of White Mountain (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Dorothy Kilgallen
Omitted: Pacification of Ghent; Trent Affair; X-ray; Battle of Gang Toi; Led Zeppelin IV
Included: Bodleian Library (first appearance); 1892 New Orleans general strike (first appearance); Thessaloniki (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (first appearance); Remembrance Day bombing (5th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 07:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Bodleian Library; 1892 New Orleans general strike; Thessaloniki (deleted; see Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/October 26); Remembrance Day bombing
Included: Shunzhi Emperor (first appearance); Mount Holyoke College (first appearance); X-ray (3rd appearance, last in 2011); British Indian Ocean Territory (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Mount Holyoke College (ineligible—maintenance); X-ray; Battle of Elaia–Kalamas; British Indian Ocean Territory
Included: Pacification of Ghent (5th appearance, last in 2011); Trent Affair (5th appearance, last in 2011); Dorothy Kilgallen (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Remembrance Day bombing (6th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Shunzhi Emperor (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:17, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Per the discussion at Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard#Fringe Theories on the Front Page.3F, I will remove Dorothy Kilgallen. An alternative was suggested: "The Bodleian Library, one of Europe's oldest libraries, opened at the University of Oxford." It appears the year for that would be 1602. - Location (talk) 04:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Pacification of Ghent; Shunzhi Emperor; Trent Affair; Dorothy Kilgallen (deleted—see above); Remembrance Day bombing
Included: Bodleian Library (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Mount Holyoke College (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Battle of Gang Toi (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 50th anniversary); Typhoon Haiyan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 11:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Pacification of Ghent (maintenance); 1892 New Orleans general strike (maintenance); British Indian Ocean Territory (maintenance)
Omitted: Demetrius of Thessaloniki (ineligible—maintenance); Remembrance Sunday (ineligible—maintenance); Bodleian Library; Mount Holyoke College; Battle of Elaia–Kalamas; Battle of Gang Toi; Typhoon Haiyan
Included: Trần Thánh Tông (first appearance); Shunzhi Emperor (3rd appearance, last in 2014); X-ray (4th appearance, last in 2013); Edward Brooke (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Remembrance Day bombing (7th appearance, last in 2014)

—howcheng {chat} 17:57, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bodleian Library (maintenance); Mount Holyoke College (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Robert Catesby
Omitted: Trần Thánh Tông; X-ray (ineligible—maintenance); Edward Brooke
Included: Battle of Andrassos (first appearance); Johann Georg Elser (first appearance); HBO (first appearance); Baeda Maryam I (first appearance); Hermann Rorschach (first appearance); Dorothy Kilgallen (first appearance)
Repeats: Shunzhi Emperor (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Remembrance Day bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:15, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (unused): 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun
Omitted: Battle of Andrassos; Georg Elser; HBO; Remembrance Day bombing; Baeda Maryam I; Hermann Rorschach; Dorothy Kilgallen
Included: Trent Affair (6th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (4th appearance, last in 2015); Led Zeppelin IV (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation (first appearance); Lettice Knollys (first appearance); Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (first appearance); Stylianos Pattakos (first appearance)
Repeats: Shunzhi Emperor (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:31, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (ineligible): Pan Am Flight 7 (appeared on DYK on 2019-09-14)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Beer Hall Putsch
Omitted: Shunzhi Emperor; Battle of Elaia–Kalamas; Led Zeppelin IV; 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation; Lettice Knollys; Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz; Stylianos Pattakos
Included: Venetian glass (first appearance); Georg Elser (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan; 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun (first appearance); Robert Catesby/Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) (both: first appearance); Dorothea Bate (first appearance); Chika Kuroda (first appearance)
Repeats: Trent Affair (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:57, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Trần Thánh Tông (maintenance); Beer Hall Putsch (maintenance); Typhoon Haiyan (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Sancha of León (some confusion about death date); Arnold Bax (TFA for 2020-03-18)
Omitted: Venetian glass; Georg Elser (ineligible—maintenance); John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan; 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun; Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot); Dorothea Bate; Chika Kuroda
Included: Stockholm Bloodbath (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 500th anniversary); Shunzhi Emperor (6th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (5th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); Remembrance Day bombing (9th appearance, last in 2017); Thomas Bewick (first appearance); Tom Anderson (first appearance; 50th birthday)
Repeats: Robert Catesby (2nd appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:48, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): James A. Doonan (TFA for 2021)
New articles (unused): Battle of Shusha (2020); Kamal Ranadive
Omitted: Stockholm Bloodbath; Shunzhi Emperor; Remembrance Day bombing; Robert Catesby; Thomas Bewick; Tom Anderson
Included: Trần Thánh Tông (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Trent Affair (8th appearance, last in 2019); Led Zeppelin IV (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Nyaungyan Min (first appearance); Arnold Bax (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Subroto Mukerjee (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]