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Talk:August 2

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Explanation of style revert
An anon user changed multiple entries from the same year from:
 * 1) 1944 - The "Zigenerblock of the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is liquidated. The last 3000 Sinti and Roma are murdered by German SS.
 * 2) 1944 - Beginning of the Treblinka uprising.

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 * 1) 1944 - The "Zigenerblock of the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is liquidated. The last 3000 Sinti and Roma are murdered by German SS.
 * - Beginning of the Treblinka uprising.

In my opinion this formatting is inferior because the algignments don't flow, and it makes the second entry look like a subsiduary of the first, which it isn't necessarily. For this reason I have reverted to the former style. Thryduulf 01:36, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

To the constant reverters
See the article of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising and comment there.  /FunkyFly.talk_  22:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
Please refer to sources listed in that article instead of mechanically removing clarifications. Mr. Neutron 18:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

 * The IMRO article does not state the ethnicity of the combatants rather than the organization itself. Frightner 18:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Check again: The rebellion in Macedonia affected most of the central and southwestern parts of the Bitola Vilayet receiving the support of the local Bulgarian peasants, Grkomani and Vlach population of the region. It is the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie one. Mr. Neutron 18:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Read the articles used as sources, it specifically refers to the population living within the Macedonian boundaries as "Macedonians". Your reference does not prove that the uprising was carried out solely by Bulgarians and Greeks. Frightner 18:28, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Btw, the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprishing did not take part only in the region of Macedonia, but also in the Odrin region. Mr. Neutron 18:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please provide sources for your claims, you have not done this on an outstanding amount of occasions. Please refer to this map which outlines the geographic locations of the individual rebellions. Frightner 18:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As mentioned, read sources at Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising, and stop waving some maps from Macedonist forums. Mr. Neutron 19:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I am not waving anything. Unlike yourself, I am providing adequate criteria to help you understand my opinion and to further resolve this debate. Frightner 19:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

 * So why don't you go ahead and read the article then? So far the only thing you have proved is that you have not done this. -- L a v e o l  T 21:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read the previous comments Laveol before jumping to conclusions. Frightner 09:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I see you're the one jumping into conlusions without first reading the article in question and checking the sources behind it. -- L a v e o l  T 10:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Mr. Neutron clearly stated " "Macedonian" ethnicity did not exist then". He then referred me to the sources in the IMRO article which clearly identify individuals living within Macedonia's borders as Macedonians. As far as I'm concerned, users such as yourselves constanly change your POV to suit your nationalistic beliefs. Frightner 10:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You have read this in non-etnic Macedonian sources? Are you sure? -- L a v e o l  T 11:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Unless John McDonald is an ethnic Macedonian, then yes I am sure. Frightner 11:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

New Event 2008
Jamboree 2008 (Ireland) is to commence tomorow (2nd August), and finish on the 10th of August. It is important as it is the first jamboree being organised by Scouting Ireland. The Jamboree will also celebrate 100 years of scouting in Ireland. If there are no objections, I will be adding it to the list before the end of the day.Seanor3 (talk) 17:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

 * This event does not have global notability. Generally, it is impossible to judge the long term global notability of an event until some time after it has occurred, let alone before it has occurred.  The event does not seem appropriate for the list.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 17:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Personnaly, I believe it does have global notability, due to both its size(it will be the biggest held this year). And the high number of international troops attending. Out of a total 15,000 approx. on site, one fifth (3000) will be international attendees.Seanor3 (talk) 17:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

 * It seems that it would have little notability outside the world of scouting and it would have little impact on the world at large in the long term. It sounds like a nice little festival, but at the very least, we'd need to see what impact it has on the world before we add it to the list.  If it is still a popular topic in world newscasts in three months, then perhaps it should be included.  If it serves only to be newsworthy for the duration of the festival, then it will not have the long term global notability necessary for inclusion.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Fair Enough.Seanor3 (talk) 19:32, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Why the change?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_2&diff=650480727&oldid=650405523

"internationally recognized" is not a requirement. If the subject is sufficiently notable (see WP:N) then it's fine to have an entry here. Otherwise, who is determining the criteria for international recognition? It seems entirely arbitrary. In fact two different editors have created two different lists and many of the names on the list I don't recognize. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Spacing
WP:SPACING and MOS:LAYOUT are the closest to defining spacing. While Manual of Style contains MOS:HEAD that indicates spacing around titles is optional, not mandatory, but is clear that "The heading must be on its own line, with one blank line just before it; a blank line just after is optional and ignored (but do not use two blank lines, before or after, because that will add unwanted visible space)." Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists does not stipulate whether spaces should be used between bullets and list items. There are no standards or policies as claimed by. If other pages are ignoring correct spacing, fix them, not this one. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:50, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If you want them fixed, you fix them. I have been modifying it this way for a couple of months now, after being told by other DOY users to do it this current way, and you are the first one to have a hissy fit.  User:Eposty (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I do not want them all fixed, I simply stated that if the other pages do not agree with MoSes, they should be fixed rather than applying the incorrect styles here just to be consistent. If you want grounds for fixing them, make sure you fix them correctly or don't break them the way you have.
 * Knowing and applying correct layout and formatting is what you call a hissy fit? Perhaps we could talk about the "They don't match! They don't match!" tantrum you just threw? After that, we can address your lack of use of edit summaries, and end up with talking about [{:Help:Talk pages#Indentation|which talk pages use bullets and which use colons]] for indenting discussions. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:01, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Just curious, why did you only start worrying about the spacing only three or four days ago, even though you had edited many times before? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eposty (talk • contribs) 16:29, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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Botchan

Botchan (坊っちゃん) is a novel written by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is one of the most popular Japanese novels, read by many during their school years. The central theme of the story is morality, but there are generous amounts of humor and sarcasm alongside it.

Background
The story is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher dispatched to Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku. Sōseki was born in Tokyo, and dwelling in Matsuyama was his first experience living elsewhere. The novel is set at a middle school identified by critics as Matsuyama's present day Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Higashi High School.

Plot summary
Botchan (young master) is the first-person narrator of the novel. He grows up in Tokyo as a reckless and rambunctious youth. In the opening chapter he hurts himself jumping from the second floor of his elementary school, fights the boy next door, and tramples a neighbor's carrot patch by wrestling (sumo style) on the straw that covers the seedlings. His parents favor his older brother, who is quiet and studious. Botchan is also not well regarded in the neighborhood, having a reputation as the local roughneck. Kiyo, the family's elderly maidservant, is the only one who finds anything redeeming in Botchan's character.

After Botchan's mother passes away, Kiyo devotes herself fervently to his welfare, treating him from her own allowance with gifts and favors. Botchan initially finds her affection onerous, but over time he grows to appreciate her dedication, and she eventually becomes his mother figure and moral role model.

Six years after his mother's death, as Botchan is finishing middle school, his father falls ill and passes away. His older brother liquidates the family assets and provides Botchan with 600 yen before leaving to start his own career. Botchan uses this money to study physics for three years. On graduating, he accepts a job teaching middle school mathematics in Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku. He frequents Dōgo Onsen, a hot springs.

Botchan's tenure in Matsuyama turns out to be short (less than two months) but eventful. His arrogance and quick temper immediately lead to clashes with the students and staff. The students retaliate excessively by tracking his every movement in the small town and traumatizing him during his 'night duty' stay in the dormitory.

Mischief by the students turns out to be just the first salvo in a broader web of intrigue and villainy. The school's assistant head teacher (Red Shirt) and English teacher (Squash) are vying for the hand of the local beauty (Madonna), and two camps have formed within the middle school staff. Botchan struggles initially to see through the guises and sort out the players. After several missteps, he concludes that Squash and the head mathematics teacher (Porcupine) hold the moral high ground in the conflict. Red Shirt, who presents himself as a refined scholar, turns out to be highly superficial and self-serving.

As the story progresses, Red Shirt schemes to eliminate his rivals. He begins by having Uranari (Squash) transferred to a remote post on the pretext of furthering his career. Next he uses a contrived street brawl and his newspaper connections to defame both mathematics teachers (Botchan and Porcupine) and to force Porcupine's resignation.

Botchan and Porcupine realize that they cannot beat the system, so they scheme a way to get even. They stake out Red Shirt's known haunt, an inn near the hot springs town, and catch him and his sidekick Hanger-on sneaking home in the morning after overnighting with geisha. With his usual eloquence, Red Shirt points out that they have no direct proof of any wrongdoing. Botchan and Porcupine overcome this technicality by pummeling both Red Shirt and Yoshikawa into submission on the spot.

After dispensing justice with his fists, Botchan drops a letter of resignation into the mail and immediately heads for the harbor. He returns to Tokyo, finds employment, and establishes a modest household with Kiyo. After Kiyo dies of pneumonia, he has her respectfully interred in his own family's grave plot.

Main characters

 * Botchan (young master): The first-person narrator of the novel. Born and raised in Tokyo, he is fiercely proud of his Edokko (Tokyo man) pedigree. He graduates from the Tokyo Academy of Physics (currently Tokyo University of Science), and takes a job teaching middle school mathematics in Matsuyama on the Island of Shikoku.
 * Kiyo (meaning "pure"): The old maidservant of Botchan's family in Tokyo. She is a fallen aristocrat, dealing heroically with what life has dealt her.
 * Uranari (meaning "unripe calabash"): Nicknamed Uranari due to his plump face and pale complexion. His real name is Koga, and he is the middle school English teacher. Uranari is a very melancholic, but refined, gentleman. He is humble and self-effacing in the extreme, but his arranged engagement to the local beauty (Madonna) puts him in the eye of a tempest as a jealous rivalry unfolds.
 * Yamaarashi (meaning "porcupine"): His real name is Hotta, and he is the middle school's head mathematics teacher. Yamaarashi hails from Aizu. He has a strong physical presence and a booming voice. He sees himself as a champion of justice and does not shrink from confrontation.
 * Red Shirt: Nicknamed so because he always wears a red flannel shirt, even in hot weather. His real name is not given. Red Shirt is the middle school's head teacher and the only staff member with a doctoral degree (in literature). He presents himself as the sophisticated scholar. He sets his sights on Uranari's fiancée (Madonna), and his scheme to usurp her creates the central conflict of the novel.
 * Nodaiko (Field radish): His real name is Yoshikawa, and he is the middle school art teacher. Nodaiko is Red Shirt's obsequious sidekick and an eager cohort in his schemes.
 * Tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog): His real name is not given. He is the middle school principal and a pseudo-intellectual. He prides himself on his professional demeanor and adherence to protocol, but he often plays the role of a puppet who is manipulated behind the scenes by Red Shirt.

Supporting characters

 * Botchan's older brother: His name is not given. He is studious, pale in complexion, and somewhat effeminate. He is the favorite of the parents and not on good terms with Botchan. This older brother gets the upper hand over Botchan in argument and in shogi (Japanese chess), but he comes out on the losing end of their physical altercations.
 * Ikagin: Botchan's first landlord in Matsuyama. He helps himself freely to Botchan's tea while pressure-selling him antiques and curiosities. When Botchan rejects his sales tactics, he has Botchan removed as a tenant on false pretenses.
 * Madonna: Nickname used by the middle school staff to refer to Miss Toyama. She is the local beauty who is engaged to Uranari by previous arrangement but coveted by Red Shirt.

Major themes

 * Botchan's observations and thoughts about Matsuyama, on Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan. Botchan grows up in the rapidly modernizing Meiji-era Tokyo before moving to the more traditional Matsuyama. He is often confounded by the culture and customs of Matsuyama.
 * The battle for the heart and mind of Botchan between Yama Arashi and Red Shirt. Will Botchan's common sense and moral grounding be corrupted by Red Shirt, or will he team up with Yama Arashi to battle the elitist culture and its break from tradition and morals, for purely selfish gain, that Red Shirt represents? This is the question posed through much of the novel.
 * At the time of the writing of Botchan, Japan was in the midst of a rapidly accelerating westernization, where traditional Japanese values and way of life were disappearing, especially in big cities such as Tokyo. Soseki himself had spent three years in London as a student of English literature. In his later works, Soseki seems to imply that the antagonist Red Shirt represents the author himself; an elitist intellectual who has only a shallow understanding of European culture, at odds with Japanese values and morals.

Adaptations
Jiro Taniguchi adapted parts of the novel into his ten-volume series—published in Japan beginning in 1986—called The Times of Botchan in English. Other translations have appeared in French (Au temps de Botchan), Italian ('Ai tempi di Bocchan) and Spanish (La epoca de Botchan), all published by Coconino Press. A new translation has also appeared in Spanish, published by Editorial Impedimenta.

There were film adaptations by Toho predecessor P.C.L. in 1935; Tokyo Eiga in 1953; and Shochiku in 1958, 1966, and 1977. Numerous television adaptations have included the 1980 TMS Entertainment film supervised by Osamu Dezaki and the 1986 animated version in the form of two episodes of the anime series Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (青春アニメ全集), which was released in North America by Central Park Media.

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Moved birth from article: No verification found. Lupo 13:21, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 1986 - Stanislav Tovbin, writer

Stephen Carpenter is mentioned twice in the 'Births' section under two different years (1970 and 1973). Is there any way to follow this up and fix the issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.32.24 (talk) 09:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The Greek composer Giannis Papaioannou is mentioned under births as "Greek-Turkish", which is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.67.68 (talk) 04:29, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

"Esther Day"?
really?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 22:49, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * no problems with deletion? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:16, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

"beer day"
does this fit the criteria? seems 'folklorique'. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 10:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree should come out. Any contraryminded?--47.54.6.137 (talk) 12:56, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2019
Under Events, the entry "The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association" is missing a period at the end. 12.90.164.142 (talk) 16:29, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

 * ✅, fixed. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 19:15, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 August 2019
Under Events, the entry "Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event" is missing a period after the second sentence. 12.90.164.142 (talk) 00:12, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks! aboideautalk 01:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Sunil Chhetri 's birthday has not shown
Add everything for information World's one of the best striker Sunil Chetri is not in birthday list. 42.108.196.94 (talk) 18:45, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

 * You can add the entry yourself. Please ensure that you provide an inline citation (see WP:DOYCITE). Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 05:50, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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Brittany
I removed the entry about Brittany’s union with France: as the entry about the Unit says it took place on the 13th 86.183.184.132 (talk) 13:47, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Toddst1 (talk) 15:31, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

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--mav 00:06, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

2008 Olympics
This happens every 2 years in some country. This is not a significant event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlbarton (talk • contribs) 15:54, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. And debated before.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 21:03, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

???
I cut this from the article as the history indicated it was from a blog and therefore WP:OR. Perhaps more importantly, it appears to make no sense at all. I'll leave it here in case it means something to someone :) WaysToEscape (talk) 04:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC) :

 * 2008 In Phi Knit Knot Point in Spacetime: According to escatology, the Fibonacci sequence, as do the scriptures and prophecy's of many cultures like the Chinese, Christian, Celtic, and Maya, this day is claimed to be of special significance to the general transformation process of time itself and novelty. This structure of time was rediscovered in the I-ching in 1970 by Terrence McKenna calling it Timewave Zero.

Sonia Sotomayor's swearing-in...
...belongs in this page. No question about it. Purplebackpack89 (talk) 05:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * This is not a significant social milestone. The major minority barriers have already been broken (black and female).  Being Latina is not a sufficient distinction to merit inclusion.  We can't reasonably expect to include every new racial group going forward forever.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 12:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Mistake?
Isn't Smaragdus and Cyriacus the same person? --Filll (talk | wpc ) 19:03, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

First night game in Wrigley Field
The first night game in Wrigley Field occurred on this date in 1988. Why isn't this included on the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.18.9 (talk) 03:44, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Earth Overshoot Day
In 2016, August 8 was Earth Overshoot Day, which marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. External link here. Worth mentioning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robuer (talk • contribs) 10:06, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Birth of Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges is a significant figure the US Civil Rights Movement.

sugg for removal from Holidays and observances
Happiness Happens Day, International Cat Day, Vore Day. None of these are real things. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 00:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 00:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Define "real". --Calton | Talk 00:44, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * not proposed by a government at any level, private organization promoting itself. Not a real thing as per Wiki requirements for being placed here. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:16, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * so they should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.194.58 (talk) 18:42, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Straight Outta Compton
In 1988 the album Straight Outta Compton was released. This was one of the most influential albums in Hip Hop, it pioneered a new genre of rap, namely gangsta rap, as well as a new sound, which was a significant step away from Hip Hop's disco and dance music roots, and toward the harder style of music that is still predominant. This event is definitely significant enough to warrant mention. Cchu12 (talk) 01:55, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Lahaina, Hawaii
The fire happened on August 8, 2023. Therefore, it should be added to the list of disasters. 2600:1700:6800:71F0:1519:3484:C951:4264 (talk) 01:28, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Mahmoud kiwan birth
8/8/2004 An egyptian engineer and a karate player 41.35.62.181 (talk) 15:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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Destruction of Niniveh
In the Region (Iraq, Iran and Kurdistan) the destruction of Niniveh is traditionally celebrated at the beginning of spring (Newroz holiday), which is March, 21st. Is there any source pointing to August the 10th? Erdal Ronahi 07:16, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

UK record temperature
Why is the UK record temperature being reverted from the official figure used by the Met Office and the UK goverment statistics office to one listed on someone's homepage? I've changed it back, and unless I see a clear explanation of why the Met Office have got it wrong, I'll restore the Met Office version every time. Average Earthman 10:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Should this domestic event be included on this article? Are highest and lowest temperatures, most rainfall / snowfall, highest windspeed etc. on other Day articles? It should certainly be on 2003 in the United Kingdom, but I believe the Events section of Day and Year articles are for events of international relevance. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 20:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem like much more than trivia. These events have shown up on some date pages but they really have no significance. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 20:42, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

August 10 edit
Hi, I was just wondering how come the edits on that page on Toronto propane disaster and 2008 Summer Olympics record breaking was deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HHH Fanatic (talk • contribs) 19:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The Toronto propane event was removed for two reasons: First, it was not supported by a linked article. That is the most important criteria for inclusion - that it has to be supported. The second reason is that the event is unlikely to be a long term globally notable event. There were no deaths and it is only of local interest. The Olympic event was incomplete and I was confident that someone would come along to add a fully developed listing in a short time. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 20:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

viwiki Newone (talk) 07:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Latvian festivals
Yet another Latvian festival. Why do these keep appearing with links to the Latvian mythology page when the latter has been disputed (and not corrected) for years?The Lesser Merlin (talk) 10:31, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know about appearing, it seems to have been there for years. If they bug you get rid of them, I don't think anyone is going to object. Holidays that are no longer observed are against the current DOY policy anyway. Winston365 (talk) 18:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually now I am leaning in favor of keeping them. Winston365 (talk) 20:58, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, Ancient Latvian festival certainly has lots of problem. But remember Jāņi is a popular day (basically the same as midsummer's day festival); so these festivals do exist, but not well-documented with sources, thus questionable. I'm not an expert in these article, but this day do exist in the same level as the Neopagan holiday (Mabon, Samhain, Litha, etc.), so I don't think people made up this article. It's just one of those existing knowledge, waiting to be found by the world. --Rochelimit (talk) 20:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * What exactly is it you object to about these festivals? Winston365 (talk) 20:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I object to spurious inventions. If it is a neopagan or some other form of modern festival, it should clearly say so. However, it should not be labelled as an "Ancient Latvian festival" without clear evidence. My objection is that, in the past, this has rarely been clear and the assertion "ancient" has been going unchallenged, apparently justified by links to the dubious Latvian mythology page.The Lesser Merlin (talk) 13:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * From WP:DAYS "References are not needed in Wikicalendar articles. However, references to support listed entries must be found in linked Wikipedia articles and not external links." It certainly is worrying that the Latvian mythology page has no references at all, and all of the external links are dead. Of all of these holidays, only Jāņi seems to actually have any references, so at least some of them should probably be removed. You could try bringing the Latvian mythology article up over at WikiProject Mythology or WikiProject Latvia. Someone on one of those projects might know more about this. The article looks like a mess to me. Winston365 (talk) 21:34, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Francesco Acerbi
Hello. There seems to be a mistake with Francesco Acerbi's birthday because it's listed as August 10th on the page, but listed as February 10th on his page. Which is correct? Thanks for your assistance. Jay (talk) 00:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

International Biodiesel Day
Doesn't seem to be a real thing. a) the link brings us to a brief mention, which is supported by a footnote that doesn't indicate who decided this, and in any case says March 18. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:31, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Could you add Death of Jeffrey Epstein?
Could you add Death of Jeffrey Epstein to 2020's on this day? It's decently written and is currently a GAN. ~ HAL  333  19:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. ~ HAL  333  22:48, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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Battle of Thermopylae
There is no mention of this. There really should be. It ended on this day and is the death date of Leonidas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.109.40 (talk) 04:06, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment on the above, 2020-08-11: According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I, Leonidas died on 19 September; so is that page wrong or is this assertion wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:1305:4107:1C8E:EEDC:59AE:7DCE (talk) 07:06, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Destruction of second temple
This article lists the above event as being on 11 August 70. Both the corresponding article for 4 August and the Second Temple article list it as being on 4 August 70. Which is it? Crimperman (talk) 13:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

George Allen entry
The George Allen entry does not seem to rise to the level of global notability. I suggest that no one will care about this incident in 10 years. The speculation of a newspaper seems particularly misplaced. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 22:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I entirely agree. Some politician says something unwise that some newspaper (two years later) may have cost him the chance to be one of many candidates in an election to go forward for an election. Not really historical in the grand scheme of things. BencherliteTalk 00:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Definitely not notable. When I reverted the entry I didn't think that it would require discussion.  Someone showing their ignorance and short-sightedness is not notable.  Speculation on that incident by one newspaper doesn't make it notable either.  The entry should be removed.  Grouf(talk • contribs) 03:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Removed. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 03:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's think about this, OK? I can pull together dozens of sources saying that the macaca incident was the reason that George Allen lost his re-election bid.  Allen's loss was the most unexpected loss by a GOP Senate candidate, according to the most respected forcasters such as Cook and Rasmussen.  Allen's loss also turned the Senate from GOP majority (50+VP to 50) to Democratic majority (51 to 49).  In other words, the highest legislative body in the most powerful nation on earth changed hands, and this event was a major cause.  Now compare this with some of the useless trivia that is currently stuffing the August 11 article:
 * 3114 BC -- the opening date in a calendar that one, extinct civilization used, but only if you calculate that date using an anacronistic calendar
 * 586 BC -- the supposed date of destruction of Solomon's Temple, even though Solomon's Temple does not make that assertion
 * 70 -- the supposed date of destruction of the Second Temple, even though Second Temple claims that the date was August 4, not 11
 * 1259 -- the supposed death of some guy at Fishing Town, even though Fishing Town gives a completely different date
 * 1919 -- some guys form a football team
 * 1970 -- the word Spork is registered, even though Spork says the registration took place on October 27.
 * 1984 -- President Reagan tells an off-color joke
 * 1992 -- the second-largest mall in America opens
 * 2000 -- some guy gets boisterous on an airplane, to zero effect
 * 2006 -- the last patent on a file format supposedly expires, even though GIF says nothing about the date
 * 2006 -- a large pile of novelty explosives is ignited.
 * Seriously. You mean to tell me that all of these events are so much more notable than one of the biggest events in the 2006 US election season? --M @ r ē ino 15:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 * First; if you want to argue an events notability please argue it on its own merrits. Using the arguemnt 'That event that I think is not notable is listed therefore mine should be too' doesn't support the notability of your event.

 * Second; the events you have listed I would call non-notable. I don't read all the events on the date pages, I just quickly scan the list looking for the common NN events that I have come across.  If I see something I don't know about I may just skip it, hoping someone with more knowledge on the subject will help clean up the date pages.  I have removed the events you listed, plus one about a horse race.

 * If you have sources to cite about the importance of this incident please put them in the article about the incident. Once the importance of this incident has been described in the article (and properly sourced) then an arguement can be made to include it on the date page.  Grouf(talk • contribs) 16:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

If you insist that the macaca incident is not notable, I suggest you try to remove it from these six articles and see how the editors react. --M @ r ē ino 17:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The importance of the macaca incident was well established long before I made the entry in the August 11 article. See:
 * 1) Macaca (slur)
 * 2) United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006
 * 3) Macacawitz
 * 4) S. R. Sidarth
 * 5) George Allen (U.S. politician)
 * 6) United States Senate elections, 2006

 * The importance established in those articles only relates to those articles. The incident shouldn't be removed from those articles as it directly affects the subjects of those articles.  However the incident itself is quite insignificant and did not have any major historical impact.  All of those articles only establish importance within the context of the 2006 US elections; nothing outside of that election period has been affected by that incident.  Grouf(talk • contribs) 19:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think I follow you. Nothing has importance outside its context.  --M @ r ē ino 04:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The event is the subject (or part of) the articles that you have mentioned. Of course the event belongs in the articles because it is notable in the context of those articles, but the entries in the date articles need to be globally notable.  This event has no impact on the world outside of Virginia and did not lead to widespread policy changes that would be recognized throughout the world.    -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 04:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

French Revolution
Should the decree of the abolition of serfdom in France be included here? 76.230.72.70 (talk) 20:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

2492 BC
How is the precise date, let alone the year, 2492 BC used, as a prospective calendar date (even if it is mythological), when the Armenians did not exist as a people, grouping or idea? It is particularly troubling because no society or culture had a known calendar, or the technological skills to assemble one at this point, to distinguish or record what we now know to be a solar year. At this juncture, only lunar calendars existed. Historically, ancient calendar dates ascribe what we now know to be solar or calendar years, by their association with king lists that provide sequences of chronology - but no actual years because they did not know themselves what years, let alone the context of the month of a particular year - and purported events that may have happened in that interval. The "2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation." is a contrived date, imagined and invented by its 2 historical archivists (1 from the 5th century AD, the other 200 years ago) before Babylon is thought to have historically existed, but is not a valid date either as a tradition, or certainly as a historically-ascribed date of occurrence. The second part of the problem of use of this specific date developed 200 years ago, is it was first developed for the Julian calendar, when both of its historian sources used the Julian Calendar for dating in Armenia, and does not apply to, nor was it converted to the Gregorian Calendar. It is meaningless to use as a referred-to date, and should only be included here as a date once assigned by conjectured historicism from an earlier epic, if at all. But it would have no direct equivalents into the modern era. It is a myth about a myth...Stevenmitchell (talk) 22:35, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

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User talk:David Newton/archive1

Hi, thanks for all the hard work on List of military aircraft of the United States of America! Beware of changing things like "Boeing FB" to just "FB"; Naming conventions (aircraft) recommends adding the manufacturer name routinely, because at 130K+ articles, we get fair numbers of misleading links. I looked over the list, don't see any falsies, so that's good. BTW, I suggest turning Previous RAF aircraft into a List of aircraft of the RAF that includes both present and past, and is linked from Military aircraft; otherwise readers have to look in multiple places if, as is likely, they're not up on the latest decisions of the MoD (plus you don't have to edit every week just to keep things accurate). Stan 18:01 15 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Could you check my question at Fleet Air Arm. Thanks Rmhermen 17:19 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I answered your question about Crown copyright on my talk page; let me add here that I understand your concern, and I'm willing to help rewrite the material in question to make its status clearer. --the Epopt 16:45 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for updating The Glorious First of June; it was my first complete article, I'd forgotten the use of present tense - must've seemed like a good idea at the time. :-) Stan 16:07 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Yes, I think using "RAF" instead of "British" makes sense - British No. 1 Squadron is pretty weird-looking! So the original proposal to prefix with country name should be modified to say "or organization name, if that is more commonplace". The wikiproject page is really tentative about all this because there were very few articles and thus very little experience to distill; by creating articles and lists and such, you're actually adding to our collective experience base, so you should feel free to add either to the project or to its talk page. We probably want a Naming conventions (military units) too, since that makes other editors more aware of how to write free links that are likely to work when the articles are created.

BTW, I took the liberty of creating your user page, makes it easier to link to your talk page. You don't have to do anything with your user page, but it's a convenient place to let people know a little about yourself, your interests, etc. You've clearly become Wikipediholic, might as well go all the way! :-) Stan 14:09 7 Jul 2003 (UTC)

On the asserted neutrality declaration of Finland's, it's added to the article on the Continuation War, see: http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Continuation_War&diff=1123753&oldid=1123748

I'm not able to indicate any particular source right now, although I do believe to have read it "many" times, and it seemed to come in handy in the actual context on the World War II-article. The significance is for the debate between Finland and Sweden-Britain-USA, aswell as within Finland: Upto the Winter War there was great support for the Scandinavia-leaning neutralist line, after the Winter War that opinion became less influential, but not unimportant. The neutrality-declaration is by me understood as a reverence to that opinion, and to Britain, USA, Sweden and the occupied peoples of Scandinavia. Britain's declaration of War came much later, btw, and is according to my understanding one of many effects of unskilled diplomacy (Finnish diplomacy in this case).

My thought with the wording Finland initially declared neutrality, however with German and Soviet troops on her soil, and well prepared when the Soviet Union attacked on June 25, was/is that the reader him/herself should recognize the hollowness of the 1941 neutrality-declaration (which is a contrast to the situation of 1939).

-- Ruhrjung 16:59 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Hi David. I hate to be the one to tell you, but BAE SYSTEMS is correct, while BAe Systems is not. I know this because I lived through the 'merger' which was really only a political term since BAe actually bought Marconi Systems. Yeah, we thought the name was stupid for several reasons, but then they forced the crazy CAPITALIZATION on us and even produced a special font to prove their point. Of course, the press never got the name right and nobody else really got it. The reason that it isn't BAe is because they were trying to lose the connotation that it was an acronym (which it no longer is - see what I mean about stupid?!) and then they had to have SYSTEMS too, which was the only part of Marconi's name that they could keep.

Of course, you don't have to believe someone who worked at their Brough plant for 10 years (1990 to 2000)—just visit BAESYSTEMS.com. sugarfish 06:47, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Hi David

I have added some comments about List of aircraft of the RAF to the talk pages, which you might be interested in. Was it your intention to include all aircraft flown by the British miltary? DJ Clayworth 16:51, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Addition to Mahathir bin Mohamad
Hi, on 7 November you added the following text to Mahathir bin Mohamad:

 * Despite the vehement denials that his comments were anti-Semitic, it is clear that Dr Mohamad is a racist. He shares a myopic view of Judaism that is common enough in the Muslim world to be a serious concern to many non-Muslims. In its most virulent form, it is the direct descendent of Nazi ideology.

With all respect, this text falls way short of Wikipedia's NPOV philosophy. Please refer to Neutral point of view for a better understanding of what this is.

Also, making a signficant change in general to an article, and especially adding a strongly POV text like this, and marking it as a Minor edit is considered a serious breach of Wikiquette; repeated infractions like this can result in a user being permanently banned.
 * -- Viajero 09:09, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi again,

I realize that indicating the edit as minor was an honest mistake. I've done it myself.

As far as your opinions go, I have no argument with them. However, because we are committed to neutrality, one can't simply state in an article "it is clear that X is a racist." In the text above, you editorialize and that is not encyclopedic. If you want to present this point of view, you have to source it to someone.

I admit it, these are difficult issues to frame. Several weeks ago, someone inserted a number quotes from his October speech into the article. For some reason, they bothered me. Finally, after a week, I read the speech in its entirely and realized that they were taken out of context. So I removed them, and then re-added one that seemed not to suffer in isolation. That is followed by a line or two of world reaction and his later rebutal, solely with the aim of presenting a balanced set of viewpoints. In my opinion, the article as it now stands gives sufficient coverage to Mahathir's antisemitism. However, if you disagree and would like to expand it, we can continue this discussion on Talk:Mahathir bin Mohamad.
 * -- Viajero 18:55, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

This is a copy paste from my talk page:

Well, you seem to be correct. I read a history of the US Army Europe, which currently is the same unit as the 7th US Army, and wrote its history in 7th US Army, because they currently are the same thing. Eisenhower was SACEUR, USAREUR did invade Normandy, but 7th US Army didn't. The site I used tends to do that sometimes. Don't worry, my other articles don't have mistakes like that....

in case you don't read it. That's regarding the article I miswrote....

ugen64 23:21, Nov 11, 2003 (UTC)

Re: my mistake on Type 42 - Apologies. TwoOneTwo 16:38, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

David, if you have a second, could you take a look at the disambig page Leander. I figure this should have a link (or two) to the class(es) of frigate (or is it light-cruiser?) with that name - but I'm not entirely sure the requisite articles exist yet. Thanks in advance. -- Finlay McWalter 18:44, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Now that you've sucked in the basic text for all those carriers, are you going to wiki them, or do you want to coordinate the task? And pics, must have pics... Stan 07:00, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hi - good work on adding the tables to standardise the aircraft entries... not sure whether you're intending to come back and clean up after yourself, but entries that already have pictures are being left in a real mess (and occasionally unreadable) by the simple pasting in of the tables. --Rlandmann 12:18, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Is there an explanation anywhere of exactly how these aircraft tables are supposed to be filled in? I notice that most of the specification lines have multiple table cells -- are these supposed to be for different units of measurement? It would be nice to see one that's actually complete to use as a model. —Morven 15:39, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

David

I've just been back to British military history of World War II after a couple of months gap, and you've done a fantastic job. It's now an excellent, nearly complete, article. Much appreciation. DJ Clayworth 19:27, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I don't suppose you are Judith's husband? Deb 18:40, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I have replaced your picture at Image:Usaf-f111.jpg because USAF Museum pictures are NOT public domain, despite the .mil address. Unfortunate but true. See their site for the depressing details. —Morven 16:20, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * (re your reply on my talk page) Ah -- then it was OK (given the statement on there). I'd never seen a picture on the USAF site with a USAF museum text on it before.  Pictures taken from the USAF Museum site definitely cannot be used on Wikipedia, which is unfortunate. —Morven 20:59, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I happened on this discussion. While the conditions of use at the museum web site are interesting, do note that they may not be legally binding, at least in the US, for if the source material is in the public domain, a scan of it does not create new copyright and the scan is also in the public domain. See the general list of overriding copyrihgt situations at Online service provider law for more information on things people routinely try to block but which they can't actually block. Jamesday 11:02, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Hi again - since you're among the most prolific contributors of aircraft types around here, I was wondering if you'd help keeping the List of aircraft up-to-date when adding a new type? That list is going to need serious re-organisation soon, but for now it's the most complete list of the aircraft types we've got here... Cheers --Rlandmann 23:31, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

David: Do you realize that if somebody searches for any of your "...in WWI" and "...in WWII" articles by including the phrase "World War I" or "World War II" (spelled out thusly), they WON'T FIND ANY OF THE ARTICLES. I'll leave it to you to consider whether or not abbreviating two one-syllable words even further is worth it or not. Moncrief 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I see you got to adding msg:DANFS before I did! (I was at the library getting more source material) The ship class message idea is cool too, although it may not be desirable for certain large ones like Balao class submarines. Stan 05:59, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

David, what leads you to believe that any Mozilla 3.0 blocking was involved? Any number of problems can result in a very generic error message. --Brion 06:20, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * Ok, it's probably just the intermittent global problem where it'll reject everything for a minute. Not sure what caused it, but it happened at least once yesterday. --Brion 06:53, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw your RC entry about the NHC putting DANFS online, checked it out a bit. Will be handy for several cases where a ship was missing from hazegray, although from my one test, it looks like NHC entries have more typos. NHC also said they were to be "updating" their entries, which is going to make interesting synchronization issues, since I'll bet they won't keep a log of their changes like we have here. (Maybe I'll send a suggestion!) Stan 13:59, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

David, in your extensive series of articles on current RN ships, e.g. HMS Blah (X23), could you put in a line of text that links back to the generic HMS Blah page? It won't exist for all, of course, but for quite a few it does - and this would help the user who was actually looking for a historic ship rather than the current one. I've done an example for HMS Exeter (D89), but that isn't necessarily the best way of doing it. In that case there is a fair amount of detail in the generic article, though ideally all that will drop away eventually as detailed pages are written for every ship, and the generic just becomes a disambig page. However it may be a while before we get there... seglea 18:55, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC) (not at all an expert in matters naval, just trying to keep the various things that Exeter needs to link to in good shape)

Hi David. You might like adding the following lists to your user page: List of squadrons of the South African Air Force, List of South African Divisions in World War Two. Regards, Elf-friend 20:23, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Neutrality: Irish Free State wasn't a country during WWII, Spain was co-opted by Franco and his ties to Hitler, Turkey isn't incontrovertibly European and Andorra is a microstate? jengod 02:40, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC)

 * Okay okay. I'll change the text I just wanted to get the Swedish neutrality article in, and that seemed the most "useless fact-y" in the article... jengod 02:48, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC)

Hi David, Could you do one of your MediaWiki things for the Formidable class battleship sometime? Geoff 03:33, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks very much, David. Geoff

Thanks for wikifying the aircraft table - I'll admit I'm not yet too au fait with the code for these - could you please re-add the spots for the image and the caption?

Secondly, I'd like your input on a standard footer for aircraft as well (inspired by what I've seen you doing with RN ships). --Rlandmann 05:30, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yea nice work with that! Rland added the image stuff back in to so thats fine now as well. Greyengine5 06:16, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Ah i wouldnt't going through them all yet. I mean the main advantage is for new tables really, plus for the same work we could add the series/footer idea. Perhaps we could even merge the footer idea to just below the table so people dont have to scroll to the end of the article?

Thanks for the excellent update on British copyright law! Good luck with the USAF Museum. It may help to recall that the GFDL requires author credit, so we are entirely compatible with the GFLD if we offer them that and it helps to raise awareness of them.:)

Do you think we should move the Royal Navy pages to something like Royal Navy (UK)? Are you sure there are no other Royal Navies? Thanks! Mark Richards 20:55, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

--Re you response - fair enough, perhaps a brief note at the top of each Royal Navy page, explaining that it refers to the UK Navy, since it was not immediately apparent to me when I was looking at List of Royal Navy ship names. Mark Richards 21:08, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Hi David. re grandfather terminology, all I can say is that I've never seen it used, so it must at least be much less common here. jimfbleak 06:28, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Pumpie
I am sorry that I made that comment to Pumpie, even though it was not a violation of Wikiquette. Your comment about me being an "oafish fool," however, is in violation of Wikiquette. I would appreciate it if you refrained from name calling. By the way, I supported your admin nomination since you stood up for pumpie when I was being arrogant. Perl 15:11, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:August 12

Dinosaur Sue
Sorry if this is the wrong place, but on Wikipedia's main page, since it is now August 12 in UTC time, it mentions that Sue was discovered today in 1990. But this fact isn't reflected on this page. Is this an oversight or did someone forget to add it? I'd add it myself, but I'm not sure if it would be permitted or not. 67.149.52.125 (talk) 22:16, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

World Elephant Day
As worthwhile an issue as this might be, is this really enough of a "thing" to be here? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:02, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:August 13

Link suggestions
An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the August_13 article, and they have been placed on this page for your convenience. Tip: Some people find it helpful if these suggestions are shown on this talk page, rather than on another page. To do this, just add to this page. — LinkBot 00:58, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Holidays and observances
The reference to August 13 in Brazil under "Holidays and observances" seems to have "Friday" hardcoded into it. This August 13 was a Monday. Is there something about this Brazilian observance that is related to the day-of-week? If not, perhaps it should be omitted. Blueguy76 16:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

1975 Grateful Dead concert
The reference to a Grateful Dead concert at Great American Music Hall has been deleted repeatedly based on the idea that it is not notable. The band in question concertized virtually year-round for 30 years, giving thousands of concerts and selling many millions of tickets in toto, and spawning a unique culture among their following on the concert tour. The August 13 concert in question is arguably their single most notable concert. This may not seem notable to some WP contributors who have no affiliation with this part of human culture, but then again there are countless contributions to these date pages that would not seem notable to people who have no knowledge of or connection to them. Jbening (talk) 00:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * You made the argument for exclusion of this event pretty well when you said that "this may not seem notable to some WP contributors who have no affiliation with this part of human culture". Events that are notable enough for inclusion should be considered notable by people who have no connection to or knowledge of the topic.  This event is notable only to Dead Heads and has no impact beyond the history of the band.  The event is not notable enough to have an article dedicated to it (One from the Vault doesn't count because that is an article about an album) so how can one expect that the event would rise to the level of global notability required for inclusion in a date page?  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 01:09, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I concur, and have therefore removed it. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 01:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Actually, I think you made the argument for inclusion by citing the One from the Vault page, which is in fact about the event in question insofar as it's about the documentary record. FWIW, neither the 1904, 1905, nor 1923 events on the August 13 page have articles devoted to them--just to name three at random. If I wanted to take the time, I'm sure I could find countless more. The 1904 lightning strike isn't even mentioned in the article on the Kirtland Temple. The 1905 Norway referendum isn't even noted in the article Referendum. The town of Gdynia has an article, but neither the Gdynia Seaport in particular nor the arrival of the first ship does. So the criterion you offer doesn't come close to being decisive.

 * This is symptomatic of what I think is a greater problem. Popular culture topics are legion in WP, and rightly so. But they are strikingly absent from the date pages. I suspect this is because the wikipedians who edit the date pages tend to be history wonks who consider such topics beneath the seriousness of a date page--hence the treatment of the 1975 Grateful Dead concert mention. Your idea that it has no notability beyond a narrow circle of Dead Heads is frankly laughable, and I hope I do not offend you personally in saying so. The band is treated of in 1466 (!) articles in WP (I did a phrase search)--many of which are specifically devoted to members, releases, spinoffs, etc. of the band. Yet I strongly doubt there is a single mention of an event in their history among the tens of thousands of events listed in the 366 date pages. This strikes me as disproportionate. And as someone who knows a fair amount about their history, I think that the August 13 concert is the single most notable date-related event involving them--hence my inclusion. If you check my contributions, you will see that they are not slanted towards the Grateful Dead nor even to popular culture in general. Jbening (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I have removed the events that you have pointed out. I'm sure you understand that the newest additions get attention first and the argument for inclusion of this event cannot be made by comparing it to other events.  Things get missed.  Popular culture topics don't tend to maintain their notability in the long term and therefore should not be included in a list of events that are supposed to be notable in the long term.  There are thousands of festivals and concerts that someone might argue are impactful and deserve to be included.  But the bottom line is that these types of events have a very limited impact and they are not important to a wide audience.  The event might be interesting, and it might have been the most important event in the history of one particular group, but it didn't change the world as most people see it.  It isn't reported annually in newscasts around the world.  It won't be included in history textbooks.  It just isn't notable.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 01:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * That is a beautiful statement of exactly the sort of systematic bias I'm talking about. Thanks for giving such a naked instance of it. The upshot of your approach is that the dates pages on wikipedia will be skewed against popular culture relative to the encyclopedia as a whole. I'm confident you're on the wrong track in this, but I despair of changing your POV. BTW, the event we're wrangling over is not an especially new inclusion in this list--having been added originally some weeks ago. This little tempest merely resulted from my re-adding it after it was removed without justification.Jbening (talk) 03:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Note also that if it's not notable enough to be placed here, it's not notable enough for 1975, either. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 04:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * That last comment is clearly nonsense, as there are scads of events noted on the 1975 page that don't show up on the corresponding month-and-date pages.Jbening (talk) 05:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Perhaps an acquaintance with this page would be helpful before attempting to advance that argument again. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 05:50, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

1905 Norway and 1923 Poland
I've just re-added two events that were removed simply because I pointed out that there were not WP articles on them. I never intended for them to be removed, as the former is indisputably an historical event and the latter arguably so. In fact, I think it's shameful that this date page has fewer than 30 events associated with it. The sort of old-school exclusionism reflected in earlier comments on this talk page is to blame, IMO. I wish people editing these dates pages would wake up to how different WP is content-wise from a traditional encyclopedia. Mufka's suggestion above that an event has to be included in history textbooks and be reported annually in newscasts in order to qualify for a date page is to my mind astonishingly out of step with the content of WP. If we actually adhered to anything like that, we'd have to remove about half of the events on this page--but please, please don't anyone do that just out of zealous exclusionism. Jbening (talk) 03:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

South Park
we should add on this page that the first south park episode, cartman gets an anal probe, should be added to this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.64.214.211 (talk) 10:29, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

International Left-handers Day
this is a private initiative - should be deleted from here. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:17, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

1650 – Coldstream Guards
Should be moved to this day from August 23. An admin moved it from Selected Anniversaries for August 23 to SA for August 13. --184.207.156.158 (talk) 01:24, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Birth and Death Date Conundrum
Playboy model Willy Rey is shown as being both born and died on August 13th. HOWEVER, the article itself says she was born on August 25th, 1949 and died on August 19th 1973. Either she was born and died on her birthdate 24 years apart, or she died six days short of her 24th birthday. Someone who has more knowledge on this needs to fix it!

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Frank and John Craighead
There's a bit of an edit war going on about including Frank and John Craighead that I am not a party to. I'll point out that this is a weird case, perhaps warranting an exception to the rule that the person has to have an article about them to be included. They have both a joint article about them and a joint birthday - they were twins. I'd argue in favor of inclusion. Just my €0.02 worth. Toddst1 (talk) 03:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Toodst1. I am one of the parties.  I probably wasn't going to pursue it further, but I do favor an exception.  For anyone interested the policy is in the first paragraph of WP:BIRTHDOY, and we have made other exceptions, most notably for Wilbur and Orville Wright. Dan Bloch (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess that's a consensus then. I'll put back the Craigheads. Dan Bloch (talk) 21:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Reliable sources
If Kayla Sims does streams where she confirms her birthday is August 14, 1999, shouldn’t the videos be considered a reliable source. Janers0217 (talk) 06:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:August 15

--mav 00:08, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

=Births: Oscar Peterson=

National Holiday India
As discussed on the WT:DAYS page, national holidays are allowable as hat notes. Wallie (talk) 11:00, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

From what I read there are three National Holidays in India viz Republic Day, Independence Day, and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays/ Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Mahavir Jayanti, Idu'l Fitr, Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami), Guru Nanak's Birthday, Christmas Day. (four tildes)65.92.98.29 (talk) 19:36, 15 August 2011 (UTC) 15 August, 2011 3:36 p.m.

 * No, national holidays or events where the the dates are alternate names require hat notes. Elevating specific holidays as more important than others--the same peculiar obsession you had regarding historic events--is a complete non-starter. For example, there is NO holiday CALLED '26th of January': It's Australia Day, and it's already in the appropriate section. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 12:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * This is exactly the same as the following: "For the Canadian holiday on July 1st, see Canada Day". Wallie (talk) 12:39, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * And in Canada they DO refer to "the First of July", as the simplest Google search would show. Any time you'd like to discuss the actual rationale behind your actual edits--as well as provide actual evidence--rather than drag in other pages, do go right ahead. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 14:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * I just gave my rationale. To cite WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS in this case when we are discussing India's national day, shows your true intentions. Anyway they do refer to the 15th of August. Wallie (talk) 15:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Independence day in Bahrain
Check Bahrain Independence Day.  Mohamed CJ  (talk)  17:50, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Births and deaths
In accordance with the guidelines, I'm continuing to weed the Births and Deaths sections by removing entries for celebrities with 0-4 articles in other languages. Where possible, these have been transferred to the relevant Year in Topic articles. As well as making the lists more manageable, this will help with the globalization effort. Deb (talk) 11:45, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

=Births: Moina Michael= I do not know the correct procedure. She is the "Poppy Lady". Responsible for reason that poppies are used round the world for World War 1. Born 150 years ago on August 15, 1869. I believe she is noteworthy enough to be listed. Nicolas.hammond (talk) 08:38, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

15 Aug 2021 is 50 years since Stanford Prison Experiment
Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most infamous experiments in psychology. Worth mentioning this year on August 15? DrMel (talk) 22:36, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

CSS Showing in “On This Day...”
CSS styling is showing for the first event (2015) in mobile app in the “On This Day...” section of the main explore page. 202.44.210.222 (talk) 14:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)TravelinTexan

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Talk:August 16

Births and deaths
I've removed entries for a number of people who have few or no articles in other language wikipedias and thus not internationally well known. This makes the section more manageable. See Days of Year Project talk pages. Those that have been removed have been transferred to the relevant Year in Topic articles, where possible. Deb (talk) 10:49, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

G.E.M. Tang, Hong Kong singer and song-composer, born in 16th August 1991.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.E.M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ppfoong (talk • contribs) 16:52, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2019
We need to add National Rum Day in the US to the holidays section. Thekashifmalik (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Provide a reliable source and we might consider it. Deb (talk) 08:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2019
Hello. Aretha Franklin should be added to the list of deaths. She died on this day in 2018. Thank you! 67.82.28.21 (talk) 13:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Just give us the reference and we'll add it. Deb (talk) 15:05, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sak ura Cart elet Talk 02:32, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Please add

 * August 16 – Angela Buxton, British tennis player (d. 2020)

--2604:2000:E010:1100:CC86:84E3:530C:D96 (talk) 00:44, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Simplician
I removed Saint Simplician from the Christian Feast Days: as his entry says his Feast days is on 14th August. Cuddy2977 (talk) 13:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Deb (talk) 18:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

John Tyler
I am hesitant to remove other people's input without good cause, but the entry for 1841, "U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history" has several problems. First, the assertion that Whigs rioted on the grounds of the White House seems unsubstantiated by anything in Wikipedia that I've been able to find. See, Tyler's National Bank Controversy. Second, even if the Whigs were rioting, what are the criteria for determining which demonstration on the White House grounds was the most violent? I would recommend this anniversary be trimmed to include the bit about the veto, not the demonstration. Eltrace (talk) 13:35, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
He is former Prime Minister of India he died on 2018 on this day for reference see this https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html 49.35.232.33 (talk) 13:07, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Entry has been added, Kiwipete (talk) 07:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:August 17

Stack Appreciation Day
What on earth is a "Stack Appreciation Day"?

 * I don't know...I've reverted it pending a reliable source. Only annual official holidays should be listed here.  Fabricationary 06:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Greetings, Fabricationary, I do not think there is anything wrong with making up new holidays, Stack anything on Stack Appreciation Day. plates, cups, C.D.'s, video's, newspapers, books, whatever, you can think of. I read in ' The Internet ' By: Angus. J. Kennedy that it is standard practice for Access Providers to supply the basic connection software- usually for free. However, because the internet is constantly evolving, no matter what you get, you'll soon want to replace or add components. It's not crucial to start out with what's state of the art, because once your online, you can download the latest version of everything - again, usually for free. Or you can get it in disc form as a cover-mount from one of the many Internet and computer magazine titles : just browse the racks to see who is offering the month's best package. pg. 45 Stack (four tildes )65.92.98.29 (talk) 22:41, 16 August 2011 (UTC) 16 August 6:40 p.m.

High School Musical
I don't think 'High School Musical 2' is an important event in history, so I'm deleting it. 69.113.224.221 18:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Greetings, nameless when are you going to delete ' High School Musical 2' ? (four tildes) 65.92.98.29 (talk) 21:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC) 16 August 2011 5:59 p.m.

Steve Gorman's birth date in 1965 is not shown in chronological order (mixed in among the 1964s) Unclemikejb2 (talk) 03:36, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

David Landes
@Rkieferbaum - instead of your latest edit, what you should have done is follow WP:BRD - first you were Bold, then I Reverted, now you should have started a Discussion. Seeing as you haven't done this, I'll revert your change again. Please reply here if you disagree, but please don't repeat your edit. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 06:33, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Hi there. I'm sorry, but I think you're interpreting this the wrong way. I wasn't bold; I simply removed an external link that was incorrectly used as a reference. Normally, I would add it back properly formatted, but since our MOS doesn't require a source for each DOY entry, and that date isn't controversial, I left it without one. Your reversal (instead of correctly adding that URL as a reference) suggests that you might be looking for a conflict rather than aiming for accuracy in the article (which, I'm sorry to say, is confirmed by your latest action). I reverted it back, explaining why a reference was not necessary there, and with your reversal the article is now in an incorrect state with an unnecessary reference incorrectly formatted. Since I not only don't pursue conflict but actively avoid it whenever I can, I'll leave the article and this discussion as they are, and you can proceed as you see fit. Cheers. Rkieferbaum (talk) 11:26, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:August 18

--mav 00:09, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Re: Recorded this date
I would like to ask: How verifiable are those entries in "Recorded this date" ? How notable ? Why does August 18 have such a section ?

-- PFHLai 20:17, 2004 Aug 19 (UTC)

I deleted them as questionable. I had thought the poster who was putting these on each of the date pages had stopped. RickK 21:00, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)

Mistake?
In deaths section last line states "2005 - Mohamed Khan, Indian Filmmaker (b. 1930)", but as currently it is august 11 2005, that is some kind of prediction (someone knows that person will be dead after one week) or just a strange joke? Knutux 10:16, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Anyone read Cyrillic?
Removed from the list of dates 14:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 2008 - Зил трахнед весь мир!
 * 2007 нах - Зил стал еще сексуальнее!

Ancient?
1541 – A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)

Is a location where something happens in 1541 considered ancient? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.186.112 (talk) 13:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:August 19

Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2019

 * International Orangutan Day Nilz198 (talk) 18:28, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — KuyaBriBri Talk 18:46, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

An ambiguity
The event entry “1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.” is ambiguous. Is this the first automobile race ever, which happened to be held at the IMS; or is it the first time a race was held at the IMS? Turns out it is the latter, so perhaps “1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts its first automobile race”. Sbauman (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Well spotted. Deb (talk) 15:31, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

1980 railway accident in Poland
I'm deeply surprised that there isn't any mention of the worst railway accident in Poland that happened after World War II. 40 years ago, 19th August 1980 a head-on railway collision happened near Otłoczyn railway station (the station is located near Toruń). At the site of accident 67 people have died and 64 got injured.

Some of the references, according to pl-wiki article:
 * Decision of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office in Toruń on October 2, 1980 to discontinue the investigation into the railway disaster that occurred on August 19, 1980 on the Aleksandrów Kujawski (railway station) - Toruń Główny railway station near the Brzoza Toruńska station in connection with Art. 136 §1 point 1 of the CC against the death of the perpetrator.
 * Decision of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office in Toruń on October 2, 1980 to discontinue the investigation into the railway disaster that occurred on August 19, 1980 on the Aleksandrów Kujawski (railway station) - Toruń Główny railway station near the Brzoza Toruńska station in connection with Art. 136 §1 point 1 of the CC against the death of the perpetrator.

--37.30.20.131 (talk) 01:06, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Agreed - I've added it. Deb (talk) 12:20, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Death date of Theodore Trautwein
The date of death is listed here as August 19, 2000. However, the Theodore Trautwein page states the death date as August 17, 2000, sourced by the following. If anyone could solve this discrepancy, it would be much appreciated. Inregium (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

19 August
Bikram Mandal / Date of birth 19 August 2000 Bikram surya mandal (talk) 06:19, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , we are not interested in the date of birth of anyone who is not notable. Deb (talk) 08:22, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

sorry Bikram surya mandal (talk) 23:25, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:August 20

'68 invasion of Czech.
I suggest that tomorrow, on its 50th anniversary, the following event be included in OTD:
 * 1968 – Cold War: Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring liberalization movement led by Alexander Dubček.

This was a watershed event in the Cold War – the third and last time the Soviet Union intervened militarily in a Warsaw Pact satellite state. Sca (talk) 15:07, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

William and Catherine Booth
who celebrates them on this day? support?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 19:03, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:August 21

--mav 00:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:August 22

mav 00:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Vanity of Mr. Sergio Bessa, of Enabler company
I removed this guy two times because his edits are Non-Enciclopedic Vanity (NEV). Maybe one day, and just maybe, he and anybody else, would deserve a place in wikipedia, but not now. Be aware of this vandal please, there are thousands of people born in Portugal during the 1970s and 1980s who would deserve be in wikipedia exactly like this guy (if not more), and they are not there because they know how childish is this kind of vanity.

(*1979 - Sergio Bessa, Portuguese Computer Scientist)

!
Er.... --HantaVirus 15:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I think we can safely say that no one has ever been right about the end of the world so far. I've seen that posted on August 22 several times in the last few weeks...at this point it remains speculation/nonsense.  Fabricationary 23:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

'2006 - My Chemical Romance performed at Hammersmith Palais, London' - Is this really notable enough to put on this page?

Two inappropriate 2006 events
1. The definition of planet was not finally changed on august 22, but a day or two ago. 2. I don't know who My Chemical Romance is supposed to be, but I think someone is just advertising.

1849
Is the entry for the incendiary bombing of venice correct? I didn't see any mention of it on the Venice or Incendiary Weapons pages of Wikipedia. CWPappas 07:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It is correct. See here. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

1986
I'm taking the liberty of removing "1986 – Birth of Tom Skwierawski of the Alief Independent School District, formerly President of the College of Charleston." Not only does that not belong in the "Events" section, it is incredibly unlikely that a 24-year-old could possibly be a former college president. Furthermore, I doubt that it fits under the Notoriety qualifications for an important event, like the Battle of Bosworth Field. Kalmbach (talk) 20:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Trey Gowdy
Please add Trey Gowdy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Gowdy) to the list of those born on this day. 108.8.50.20 (talk) 14:06, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Conquest of Ceuta
I suggest adding the Conquest of Ceuta, as it marks the beginning of the Portuguese (and European...) overseas expansion and is undoubtedly an event of major importance in the shaping of the world as it is today. Also, it is the 600th anniversary of the event. 41.63.165.48 (talk) 14:35, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

August 22 2016
Its hard to talk about this. Its painful to remember, but it must be heard. August 22, 2016.... my heart was crushed. That day will forever be national my heart is broken day. SAY YOU LOVE ME, DONT LET GO. Just because you think it doesn't mean it was true ..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by This is me 14 (talk • contribs) 03:05, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Brazil declares war 1942
The links to Germany, Japan, and Italy redirect to modern day Germany, Italy, and Japan. I think it'd be better if it was redirected to Nazi Germany, Japan, and Fascist Italy. Pyromilke (talk) 12:35, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Leningrad
"1941 – World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad."

but in the article about that the siegue started september 8, no august 21

quote:

"The siege began on 8 September 1941, when the Wehrmacht severed the last road to the city. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began." Barrabas11 (talk) 16:17, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:August 23

--mav 00:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Duplication of 1 Aug
on 1 Aug we note "1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire" but on 23 August we note "1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies". My understanding was that slavery was abolished throughout the Empire in 1833, I think some colonies (possibly Canada) abolished earlier but this wouldn't have been every colony in the Empire. Does anyone have more concrete info on what is the correct date? AllanHainey 10:53, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

unimporant people adding dates
ive had to rv a few times because someone keeps adding their birthday, and they are of no historical sigfigance (google)... i may have to anon prot the page if it continues. --NightDragon 14:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

One way street
I've removed the event: because I can't find any evidence of this. Most of the results of a Google search for "first one way street" say that Albermarle Street in 1808 was the first in London (due to congestion caused by people flocking to hear science lectures from Sir Humphrey Davy apparently).
 * 1617 - In London, the first one-way street is established

Mexican Independence
I removed the entry for 1821 stating that Mexico gained independence from Spain. The Treaty of Codoba was signed August 24, 1821, and the entry is duplicated on tomorrow's date.

1833 Slavery abolition
I have removed the following line from the article: This date is clearly wrong, as the legislation that abolished slavery in the British Empire, the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, was not approved until 28 August 1833. Even then, the actual abolition did not come into effect until 1 August 1834. I would suggest that a reliable source is required before this line can be restored to the article. Road Wizard (talk) 23:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies.

Fall of Rome?
Its been a long time since I've taken history, but i believe that this is the popularly cited date of the fall of the roman empire. I'm not sure though, so check it out before you add it

Places?
Should this be deleted? or is this a new project? --Rochelimit (talk) 11:11, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

There are 3 places called 23 August. Typing in "23 August" leads one here. If not here, then where should they be mentioned? - 173.208.127.178 (talk) 21:10, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Places should not be included without a consensus discussion at WT:DAYS. A hat note might be appropriate if a dab page is created.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 23:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Number Fun
August 23rd is the 235th day in the year when it is not a leap year - 2-3-5 appear at the beginning in the fibonacci number sequence; the numbers for this date (8/23) also connect to the fibonacci numbers - a golden date:-)Zownly1 (talk) 21:23, 16 June 2015 (UTC)Zownly1 (talk) 22:14, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Jim Murphy
it seems a bit odd the fact that Jim Murphy was Minister of State for Europe is highlighted. Although he held this post post, it was not a cabinet office, and he went on to sit in the cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland and was also later Labour's Scottish leader as well as being in the Shadow Cabinet. Dunarc (talk) 18:09, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Captain Michev and Svanio meet for the first time
'Twas the 23rd of August 2013 when Captain Michev and Svanio met for the first time at Dupkata in Malinova Dolina, Sofia. Kyp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.133.7.254 (talk • contribs)

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Archibald McKellar

Archibald McKellar (3 February 1816 – 11 February 1894) was briefly leader of Canada's Ontario Liberal Party from 1867 to 1868 and, unofficially, the first Leader of the Opposition in Ontario's new provincial legislature (though he was not officially recognised as such) and went on to serve as Commissioner of Public Works in Ontario Premier Oliver Mowat's first government.

He was born in Inveraray, Scotland in 1816 and came to Upper Canada with his parents in 1817. He helped on the family farm in Kent County and was also part owner of a large sawmill at Chatham. He served in the militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion. McKellar later moved to Chatham where he served on the town council and was also reeve from 1856 to 1857. He married Lucy McNab in 1836 but widowed in 1857. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Kent and he served until Confederation. He was defeated by Rufus Stephenson when he ran in Kent in the 1867 election, but he was elected to the 1st Parliament of Ontario for Bothwell in 1867 and 1871. He married a second to Mary Catherine Powell in 1874.

He was elected in the new district of Kent East in 1875. However, the opposition had accused him of taking advantage of his position to award contracts to his friends. Although he was cleared of any wrongdoing, he retired from politics in 1875 and was appointed sheriff in Wentworth County. He died in Hamilton in 1894.

The township of McKellar in Parry Sound District was named in his honour.

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Maria Zubreeva
According to various sources, including Wikipedia, her birthday was on August 21st, not 24th. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.241.219.93 (talk) 03:42, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 16:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

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--mav 00:11, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Needs article
Denis D'Amour Rklawton 18:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

What the hell does this mean: "1969 - Canada decriminalized sodomy by the Prime Minister, by saying and quoting: "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation""

I take it the Prime Minister committed sodomy? And he was decrimiled? And the country of Canada actually spoke? Can't find any references to confirm or deny...

(Inter)national Dog(s) Day
August 26th seems to be widely publicized as National Dog Day, National Dogs Day, International Dog Day, and International Dogs Day. Could we get something together about this so we can list it on August 26th. MaynardClark (talk) 14:59, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * https://www.nationaldogday.com/
 * A Twitter search on 'International Dog Day' founds hundreds (thousands) of posts of pooch photos FOR IDD.

Battle of Crecy
I have taken Battle of Crecy from C class to featured article over the past three months. It passed FAC less than three weeks ago. I have just noticed that it featured in OTD yesterday. (I wondered why it was getting a lot of random edits.) As there is no RS that I know of that backs up the phraseology used in the OTD blurb, and it is wrong in several ways to the point of embarrassment - not to mention contradicting the article - I hope that it is OK if I replace it. Should I post suggestions here for discussion or just boldly amend it? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Given the lack of response, I shall be bold. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:16, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:August 27

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Caesar in Britain
Was the Roman Invasion at August 26 or August 27?? --195.93.60.135 17:10, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Bloody-minded linking
A classic example of a very common problem found in 'on this day' pages:
 * 1969 - Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.

The words 'Israeli', 'commando', 'Egyptian', 'mortar attack', 'Egyptian Army', 'Nile Valley' and 'Upper Egypt' are all linked, to 'Israel', 'Commando', 'Egypt', 'Mortar (weapon)', 'Egyptian Army', 'Nile' and 'Upper Egypt' respectively. It is abundantly linked, but not to anything that is to the point. Anyone know if there's a page on this? It's not mentioned under War of Attrition GoldenRing (talk) 14:35, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

If you find more of these, just remove them. No need to discuss it as the requirements are clear in WP:DAYS. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 14:52, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Please stop commercial vandalization
Yesterday I checked the list of people birthdays deserving the home page for notice. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was in the list, during the night the reference was changed to Beatles manager. Does the music industry have right of advertising on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.163.89.132 (talk) 09:23, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Battle of Long Island
Can someone please rationalise/merge/delete or otherwise edit the two entries for this event in 1776? Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 06:40, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:August 29

--mav 00:11, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Untitled
"The first Soviet atomic device was tested on August 29, 1949" source: Wikipedia Andrei Sakharov. This is a Talk page. This is a suggested addition. Are suggestions welcome? --Wetman 06:23, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana (especially New Orleans) to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,417 and costing over 75 billion dollars in damage. (source: August 29).
 * I think it would be self explanatory to add Katrina's landfall in New Orleans to the selected anniversaries. Jlove1982 14:04, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I deleted an item from the Events list - the alleged invention of chop suey in NYC in 1896. No one knows just who invented chop suey or even what year it was invented, much less the exact date. Even the Wiki article on chop suey, which the item linked to, cited multiple references to chop suey from the 1880s. PubliusFL 19:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Edit required Can someone edit this piece as it is not consitent with the article 1922 - Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna, in Asia Minor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.217.109.130 (talk) 05:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Sarah Palin
How is the announcement of Sarah Palin not noteworthy? This is the first female GOP candidate for Vice-President. Someone keeps deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.231.41 (talk • contribs)

 * The first thing that needs to be pointed out is that the announcement on this date is simply an announcement. She is not the nominee yet, although there is little doubt that she will be. The announcement has little historical significance.  The second thing is that she won't be the first female vice-presidential candidate.  The fact that she is the first Republican doesn't matter.  This is not a milestone and it does not set a precedent.  The announcement is certainly newsworthy, but in and of itself, it does not have long term global significance.  Items that are simply newsworthy do not belong here.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 21:27, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Edit request from Candicevee, 26 August 2010
Please add "1981 – Gabriel Watt, American Hero" to August 29 Births section.

resources: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-11-19/news/0211190271_1_afghanistan-soldiers-mountains and a photo of the event in the article: http://www.photo-thompson.com/ssc/2003/03_bos.html

Thank you for your time

Candicevee (talk) 15:41, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Sorry, but per the guidelines Only the births and deaths of people who are themselves subjects of Wikipedia articles should be listed. Gabriel Watt does not have a wikipedia article. Winston365 (talk) 21:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

"1941 – Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia liberated from Soviet occupants" I wouldn't call Nazi occupation as "liberation". The wording needs to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benadin (talk • contribs) 19:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Skynet gaining self-awareness
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator), Skynet gained self-awareness on August 29, 1997, within the fictional Terminator universe. Would it be appropriate to put this in the events section of this page? If not, could a link to the above reference be included in a See More section or something, apart from the serious part of the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathon Hank (talk • contribs) 06:58, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Fiction is not appropriate in any way in the date pages. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 09:57, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

1st day of Thoth
According to wikipedia]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_calendar, the first day of Thoth is 29th August in the Julian calender. That equates to 11th Sept in the modern Gregorian calender, so I'm putting it there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annasdottir (talk • contribs) 14:19, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Radio Adverts.
Right: is it possible for someone to sort out the date of the first radio advert?

According to this page, the first advert was on WEAF-AM, on 29th August, 1922.

But, according to Wikipedia’s own article on the subject, the first advert was on WEAF-AM on 28th August, 1921 !

Can we have this clarified and cleaned up, please?

Many Thanks

Cuddy2977 (talk) 19:41, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

One Direction
Per WP:BIRTHDOY only people with there on article should be listed. "Being part of a group with an article or having the page that bears one's name redirected to a different article does not qualify as having one's own article." I don't believe that Liam Payne meets this criteria. meamemg (talk) 03:33, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * , Ah, I was not aware of the "group" exception, my apologies. I'm happy to self revert if you have not reverted my changes already. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 03:40, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Births and deaths
Cleanup of births and deaths proceeding. See DOY project for further information.Deb (talk) 21:09, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

holidays and observances - St Euphrasia Eluvathingal
This is the date of her death, but her feast is on Aug. 30. as per article--142.163.194.97 (talk) 00:56, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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Images
Is it fine to add images to date articles? This is the first I've seen. Rsage 00:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I've never seen a consensus for or against: they're added and removed fairly randomly. --CalendarWatcher 00:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Houston
Added founding of Houston to events Fitzharry 02:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Removed name change for football player
In the grand scheme of things, the legal name change of a football player does not warrant it to be important enough to be included on a list of Events for August 30th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.104.32.27 (talk) 19:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

St Fiacre
none of the St Fiacres mentioned in the article linked to say Aug. 30. Will delete unless someone discusses why not.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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Edit request from 66.31.8.225, 31 August 2010
Gabe Kapler's birthday is not August 31st it is July 31st

66.31.8.225 (talk) 11:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks BritishWatcher (talk) 12:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Verification needed
I'm finding more items in these dates articles that are not consistent with other Wikipedia entries. For example, where does this "fact" come from: 1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning. I could not find this reference in the Corps of Discovery or Lewis and Clark articles. And it sounds a little too cute. The expedition formally started at the Mississippi, according to numerous sources. Pittsburgh, and 11 a.m., seem like a joke.108.33.72.18 (talk) 18:12, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Poor taste advertising
I thought that in the home page the rule was not to reference birthdays of living people. So why the advertising on behalf of an actress? It seems that protecting the page and allowing only the administrators to edit it is not enough to keep out biased interests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.163.89.132 (talk) 13:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Poor taste tabloid information
There is enough spam in all the media and tabloids around about Diana. Bringing to Wikipedia tabloid content is a bad idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.163.89.132 (talk) 13:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Too many quasi-celeb international athletes?
The inclusion of many international athletes, regardless of notable accomplishments, has made the birth lists too long, and too cluttered to be a valuable resource, IMHO. Perhaps there should be a "notability" requirement as in the Events, rather than merely having a Wikipedia article. (Dfoofnik not logged in)2600:8807:480A:1900:84E4:A6A2:CCA9:274 (talk) 05:49, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

national trail mix day
the concept is just listed without justification, and the article on 'trail mix' mentions no 'day'. should be deleted as unsupported. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:06, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

External Link
I would like to request an external link to the trivia site This Day Trivia. This Day Trivia has been around in one form or another since 1989 (DOS program, BBS, WWW) and has an extensive trivia database organized by day of year. It is similar to the other external links and I believe would add value to this Wikipedia site. Thanks in advance, jeff denson editor of This Day Trivia Thisdaytrivia (talk) 19:56, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Reply at Talk:September 4. Willbb234Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 07:34, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Addition of "Release of Hatsune Miku"
Hatsune Miku, the first of the Character Vocal Series, was released on August 31st, 2007. This is featured in the Japanese version of this page, and August 31st is widely celebrated as her "birthday" across the Vocaloid community. I believe it should be added into the English version of this page, however, the decision is ultimately up to you. KiwiKong6464 (talk) 23:57, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Piñon pine

Anyone have any objection if I move this to Pinyon pine - this is the usual English language spelling, as opposed to Spanish language. - MPF 00:14, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Go for it! - UtherSRG 00:16, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

title: Talk:Piñon pine