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I changed "The ONLY extreme solo climber in the world" (emphasis mine), as it implies either that other solo climbers are not extreme or that no other extreme climber goes solo, and as such is perhaps not accurate or NPOV. Could the original writer justify this statement? JHCC

I modified the article to explain and reinstated what were facts. JillandJack 15:34, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I'm not really sure how to reword that part, but the Petronas Towers were never really the "World's Tallest Building"... see World's tallest structures for details.

"Extreme"
Use of the buzzword "extreme" in this article should be reduced or eliminated. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 15:30, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC) Never mind; I did it myself. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 15:35, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

This article has a lot of good information, but it reads as if it was written by its subject (or a close friend). It could use quite a bit of toning-down, so I added the NPOV-thing. I'm new here, maybe that's going a bit too far - maybe I'll see if I can fix it up if I have time later. ZacharyS 23:49, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

hmmm, much nicer now thanks to 206.180.135.117. thanks! ZacharyS 23:27, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

speed
How long would it take Alain Robert to climb a building as opposed to the character Spiderman? Scorpionman 19:27, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Is that a serious question? Ok, here is your fantasy answer... Hours vs seconds. =) Binarypower 08:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * But I can do it much quicker with my goblin glider so they're all wankers. Gmuir 14:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Taipei 101
Someone added Taipei 101 to the list of buildings he has climbed, I have found no evidence of this so I took it out. If anyone finds evidence then feel free to put it back in. QzarBaron 23:41, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well there's a couple of photos on his website . It's pretty clearly Taipei 101, but he's not very far up and the next bit looks impossible! Anyone know if he got to the top? I'll add it back to the list anyway as it already contains at least one building he hasn't reached the top of. Frankd 22:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Update Court Appearance
"His next court appearance is scheduled for January 4, 2006, but Robert says that he will be climbing in Mexico at that time."

This needs to be updated to tell us what happened. Captain Jackson 19:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I can't seem to find any information about it except this item on a French climing forum: . It seems to say that an agreement was reached for a one-week sentence with time served, but this doesn't appear to be a reliable source. Can anyone else confirm what happened? --Claygate 03:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Couple Issues
I'm going to delete the references and comparison to other urban climbers. The article seems to suggest that Robert is a more pure and sophisticated urban climber because he uses no tools or equipment in contrast to two other famous climbers. Beyond being NPOV, this information is not even about Robert. A comparison or analysis or anything else about urban climbing 'philosophy' might belong in the urban climber page.

I'm a bit skeptical about this statement:

"The arrests and trials are little more than quick formalities and he is always discharged."

Sounds very pretentious, as if governments are actually pleased to be 'endowed' with his presence but have to put on an ostensible show of power to keep up their image. But it could be the dead truth, and I haven't checked the references so I'll leave it.

-Snpoj

 * Agreed about using the names but would be fair to note that other climbers often use assists. As for arrests the Houston one actually involved detention for a night and a fine. I can't find any references to how that one finally got resolved. --Claygate 14:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

First thing vs. immediately
I noticed that these terms are being batted back and forth in the article. IMO, "immediately" is more appropriate for written English than "first thing," which is more likely to be used in speech.

Tadiew 23-Jun-2006 12:47 p.m. PST

Climbing Chalk Powder vs. Rosin
Isn't rosin a sticky substance while climbing chalk powder is magnesium carbonate? The article claims Robert uses the powder which is "similar to rosin."
 * My mistake, found the answer. There is a powdered version of rosin. --Doctorcherokee 20:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Golden Gate Bridge
I checked some of the photos on his website... Is it true he managed to scale the Golden Gate Bridge by using the bolts protuding from the columns on it? Or was that just where he had a rest or something...? Joe 042293 00:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Technique
Is there any information on how exactly he can ascend up a sheer surface? "Robert's well-developed arm and leg muscles enable him to hold on to vertical surfaces" doesn't really cut it. This sounds downright impossible. Is he using window ledges, protruding beams, what?

I was also wondering that. On many buildings, I would say there aren't really anything to hold on to, regardardless of "well developed arm and leg muscles". How does he do it? Marxmax 14:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * From the clips I've seen on YouTube, he uses protruding bits of the building to hold on to. The quote above about holding onto vertical surfaces seems misleading. — Matt Crypto 14:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Just added the December 18 2007 climb, but my cite got messed up, can someone fix please ? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3068969.ece FYI I watched the whole climb, very impressive. 213.199.128.148 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 15:11, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

 * He is using normal rock climbing techniques. From the Photos I 've seen some of the buildings are fairly easy to scale - they are nowhere near a sheer surface; lots of ledges, cables, crisscrossing bars, slots, even resting places. Just look at, even you or I could climb that any day. The main feat to me seems to be mastering some rather short but difficult passages like overhangs plus the sheer length of the climb in total. And daring to do it without safety measures. --92.202.211.217 (talk) 19:45, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Dubai
Lol He should climb the Burj Dubai. 818m tall!! -- 210.55.145.163 (talk) 01:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Finnish newspapers say he just climbed Burj Khalifa. Could someone check this out and add it to the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.154.89.149 (talk) 21:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

 * It's added. Just I thought he completeted it after midnight local time but my edit was corrected to the 28th. Is there a policy on dating? Rackham (talk) 16:24, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

 * The date is always local date/time, so if it was 28th or 29th in Dubai then that is the date that should be included. Zarcadia (talk) 21:07, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Arrest?
Given that he's been arrested so many times it seems a bit strange to refer to a recent arrest as simply "Arrest". Almost seems USA-centric given that this particular arrest was in Texas and so perhaps got more media coverage than some previous ones. Have changed the section title accordingly. 86.139.15.170 (talk) 19:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I've changed the section title back to Arrests instead of 2005 Arrest. This is a more accurate reflection of the section contents. Three arrests are currently described in this section, each from a different year. Details of more arrests can probably be added to the section. Beejaypii (talk) 18:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, if you think so. But consider this: in earlier sections of the document, a long career full of arrests is implied and in some cases described explicitly. I think it's likely that he's been arrested many more than three times. I therefore find it odd to see a few recent arrests described simply as "Arrests." For that to be an accurate section heading, it should really be an overall history of his brushes with the law. 86.139.15.170 (talk) 19:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree that the section title is a little abrupt. I just thought it would be better to drop the 2005 for the moment because only one of the three arrests detailed is from 2005. As it happens, I saw a documentary about Alain Robert last week and it showed him being arrested in China, where he spent 5 days in prison. He was also arrested in Russia, at one point, and I think there were other recent arrests. I haven't looked for any citeable sources so that this information can be included in this article though. Maybe the section heading should be something along the lines of Legal Issues or Breaking the Law. What do you think? Beejaypii (talk) 00:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

 * It's a tough one. In a perfect world we'd have a complete history of Robert's various arrests, and then the section name would work well.  But I am in no position to write that and no doubt few people are.  I can live with the current heading of Arrests for now, although I think I worked out why it bothers me: the initial mention of his tendency to get arrested (near the top of the article) says that his appearances in court are always mere formalities and yet when we hear about some of his arrests in more detail, we find this isn't always true.  86.139.15.170 (talk) 02:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Accidents
I put the word abseiling in after the word rappelling. We don't use the word rappelling in England. I think the original author must have been American!

On Discovery Channel, they said he had his both knees shattered once. It showed on an x-ray exam. Does anyone have more info about that to include in the article? It says he had 7 accidents, but only 4 are described in detail. --Hugo Spinelli (talk) 19:52, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

 * If he is "unable to completely straighten his fingers", wouldn't that be due to accidents rather than exercise?203.184.41.226 (talk) 01:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Charities involvement
I guess it would be relevant to add his charities involvement, e.g. http://www.thesolutionissimple.org/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.65.133.234 (talk) 14:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Luxor Obelisk/Obelisque
"Luxor Obelisque" was autolinked to an uncreated page about same. I fixed the link to instead refer to the Obelisk's section on the Place de la Concorde page. This is just a late-night drive-by edit. Obelisk, Obelisque, Tomato, tomato. vive la difference!

--98.199.75.253 (talk) 06:19, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

falls
only fallen while depending on ropes or goofing off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.143.99 (talk) 02:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Nut / Crackerjack
Perhaps contributions from reliable sources that state him being a nut/mental case as discussed by some sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.193.160.8 (talk) 09:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

commited
have they ever commited him? here in the us if they feel u did crime but will get a light settence they commite u instread becausse they can keep u there for a long time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 02:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Occupation
His occupation is listed as "climber". Does he make money from doing this? Funnyhat (talk) 03:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Small tweak
I noticed a confusing part of Career. The sentence “In June that year he also climbed the 140-meter Marriott Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.” Is lacking context and sounds like it's still talking about Dan Goodwin. The height of the Hotel is also slightly off, so I’m changing it to 170 meters. Okikage (talk) 05:13, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Wow!
This guy is amazing. 108.59.8.131 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:07, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

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"Uncited, trivial"
May I ask for a proper reason for this reversion? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&diff=prev&oldid=1223928831

The lack of a citation could have been fixed. (In fact when I made this edit, Robert had been discussed on a radio show on Rás 2 earlier, and this fact had been mentioned there.)

Whether it is "trivial" is debatable, but I don't see how this is more trivial than just about any other item in any "in popular culture" section on Wikipedia (most of which are not deleted).

I have a feeling that the real reason for reversion was a) "this is a song I've never heard of by a singer I've never heard of from a country I've never heard of", or b) "this was an edit by an anonymous editor, not one of the established clique", or c) both.

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Talk:1975

Band link
The link to the band of the same name is broken and i'm to sure how to fix it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Disownedpear (talk • contribs) 20:31, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Format
26-June-2007: The years 1900-1999 got a condensed Table of Contents after 28May07. See Talk:1950 (and "Talk:1950"). -Wikid77 22:05 26-June-2007

Collage
I've commented out the collage. No attempt seems to have been made to agree the most important events of 1975, let alone the content of the collage. This should be done before anyone tries to restore it. Captions also need attention as they are not in a consistent style. Deb (talk) 09:09, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

2004 page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 13:59, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Births and Deaths
I've started doing a bit of pruning on the Births and Deaths section - since we have a category for 1975 Births, it seems pretty obvious that we should be at least a bit selective on who goes in this article, otherwise it's a very odd selection or just far, far too long a list. So I've gone through a section and cut out some names - I'd say sportsmen who haven't been outstanding (e.g. no All Star Game for baseball players, or close title race for motor racing drivers) aren't notable enough to be listed here. Actors need to be key roles in major series for a number of years to get above the line as well. (I hate models, so I've left the model there in case it's just personal bias that makes me want to delete her). If you disagree with me, please don't just revert wholesale, as some of the people are not famous (e.g. the Hungarian spiritualist who generates no google hits at all). Average Earthman 13:32, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Following on from the above - unless I've missed something (and I'm English, so I may well have done) Mr Gramatica isn't the most outstandingly famous kicker of recent years. Kicker in American football isn't exactly the most high profile fame position, so unless you've been really notable for a series of years (I've heard of Morten Andersen, who has played for so long he was already a veteran when American football was popular in the UK, and I believe he played in a large number of Pro bowls, so he might qualify). If you want to scream about how I deleted your hero but left, say, some guitarist in from a band - I know nothing of popular music, and it isn't judged as easily as US sports fame, so if he's a nonentity, please feel free to delete also (and move to 1975 in music). Average Earthman 10:36, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

John Titor
Does this junk really belong here? I can see it maybe in an article about this possibly fake? weirdo, but to put stuff about his alleged time travel exploits on a history page like this is playing very loose with the facts. Nowimnthing 19:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Since there seem to be no objections, I am removing it. revert with comments if you do not agree. Nowimnthing 21:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Neutrality dispute
Dudeman5685 added a POV claim on July 11, 2011. The banner directs users to the talk page for discussion of the dispute, but no such discussion has been initiated. I would propose that the tag be removed until such time as, per the guidelines, someone wishes to present their case for the violation of NPOV by the current article content.DoctorCaligari (talk) 15:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:10, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Terence Tao
He wasn't included on 17th of July. Slug like you (talk) 04:43, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

 * He is a Fields Medal winner and an internationally well known mathematician so I think he merits inclusion. I'll add him now. --DanielRigal (talk) 17:22, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

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Under July, add:
 * July 30 - Typhoon Nina forms over the Philippine Sea. Spotchy700 (talk) 15:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Don't have time to add this right this second, but link should be to Typhoon Nina (1975) PianoDan (talk) 18:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2024
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Talk:1974

Page layout years
For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 14:00, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

August 9, 1974
Did Ford become President when he took the oath of office? or did he become President, when Nixon's resignation took effect? GoodDay 01:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The 25th Amendment sections 3 & 4, deals with Presidential incapacity - the VP assumes only the presidential powers & duties as Acting President (doesn't take the oath). GoodDay 01:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ford became "Acting President" until he took the oath. --DavidShankBone 01:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

That's incapacity. For a person to assume the "Office of President" Article 2 clearly states they must take the office. For a person to be "President of the United States", regardless of the circumstances, they must take the oath. --DavidShankBone 01:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think much of your confusion regarding succession and incapacity might be answered here: Line_of_succession_to_the_US_presidency. --DavidShankBone 01:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That article includes this historical bit: On March 4, 1849, James Polk's presidency ended on a Sunday. President-elect Zachary Taylor declined to be sworn in on a Sunday, citing religious beliefs. Some believe that Senate President pro-tempore David Rice Atchison was President for the day. However, most historians and constitutional scholars state that the Presidency is not dependent on the swearing-in
 * Better still, Atchinson's tenure as Sente president-pro-tempre ended when President Polk's term ended. Also at this point, there's no Speaker as well. Under the 1792 succession Act (then in effect), nobody assumed the presidential duties. That don't seem correct. GoodDay 02:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm; the oath makes the President (as Article II spells out), causes potential disasters - concering a comatose President-elect, who dosen't recover by Inauguration date. GoodDay 02:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Not really. Regardless of what happens before, whoever eventually assumes the title of President (vs. President-elect or Acting President) must take the oath.  That much is clear.  Your questions relate to succession issues.  That said, the uncited remark in the WP article states most scholars and historians agree with your viewpoint; however, WP isn't a place for theoretical banter.  The Constitution says what it says.  But kudos to you for seeing a fly in the Constitutional ointment that has never been tested.  Still, the oath is required per Article II.  --DavidShankBone 02:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * We're still left with the situation concerning Nixon/Ford. During the roughly 15 to 30 minutes (not sure of exact lapse of time, between Nixon's resignation & Ford's repeating the Presidential oath of office) was the Presidency vacant? And if it was, then the Presidency was vacant numerous times (for few minutes), throughout it's history. PS- here's another monkey wrench, the incoming VP is always sworn in before the incoming President. GoodDay 02:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No, the Presidency wasn't vacant, the VP is acting President until he takes the oath. He is the one making the decisions until he officially takes the oath of office, accepting full responsibility under the Constitution.  It's that simple.  There actually is a limbo, of sorts, with the U.S. Presidency.  But, for our purposes here, the oath makes a person the official President.  I think if you have any further question as to this, you should raise on the succession page, et. al., which have been referenced here.  1974 isn't the proper place to debate this minutia, although as a law student I find it as interesting as you apparently do.  --DavidShankBone 02:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * According to Article II (as you've pointed out, earlier), A person doesn't become President until he/she takes the oath. That means the Presidency was vacant, from Nixon resignation (Noon -Aug 9), 'til Vice President Ford took the presidential oath (Minutes later). There's no way around it. As for Acting President? That would need an invocation of the 25th Amendment. GoodDay 02:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't really understand your issue at this point. Are we talking official capacity, or are we talking realistic decision-making capacity.  Regardless, the VP doesn't become the P until he takes the oath, which was the original question.  Period.  And that was, in fact, the question at hand, right?  --DavidShankBone 03:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * My contention continues to be, at Noon EST (when Nixon resignation took effect) Ford became President, then minutes later took his oath. Your view is (correct me if I'm wrong) the moment Nixon's resignation took effect VP Ford figuratively assumed the presidential powers & duties not the Presidency itself? PS- I've added a compromise edit to this page. How do you like it?GoodDay 03:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I've also brought this topic to talk: President of the United States oath of office. I'm hoping others will join in this topic discussion. GoodDay 03:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Ted Bundy
Is the Ted Bundy stuff world news? If so someone needs to put in the "Cruyff turn" at the 74'world cup.

US-centered
Hi! I think the image set in this article is US-centered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.37.199.248 (talk) 07:36, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:11, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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A shorter 1974?
This page appears to have significantly less material than some of the surrounding years. It looks like some of the material was removed about 26-27 January 2010, although much has been done since then. What's the consensus on whether some of this material should be restored? And who gets notified when someone comments on a talk page, anyway?Ryan Reeder (talk) 19:19, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Incomplete 1974
Yea I've been reading through this page, along with other years, and I notice that there is a lot missing between different languages in each year. For example the English page doesn't mention the movement for gay rights that emerged in Portugal on the 13th of May of 1974, which was then brutally supressed. I think people from each language should try to fill these gaps of knowledge — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8A0:FCE2:1A01:757A:CFB1:887D:2E86 (talk) 12:37, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The Events sections of main year articles are only for important international events. Jim Michael (talk) 12:03, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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1974 photomontage
Somebody needs to replace the picture of Lucy (Australopithecus) with Hurricane Fifi-Orlene. DementiaGaming (talk) 23:29, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I support adding Hurricane Fifi-Orlene, but I am more inclined to replace the Guillaume affair, because there is already a 1974 West Germany World Cup in the collage, one German event in the collage is enough. Nagae Iku (talk) 08:24, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I don’t understand why people do this. Just because two extremely popular events took place in the same country, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t both be on there. DementiaGaming (talk) 21:19, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, do as you please. The reason I personally hope Lucy is retained is that I am a paleontology enthusiast. I'm going to work on a 16-grid version now. Nagae Iku (talk) 21:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You are marvelous, Nagae Iku. DementiaGaming (talk) 21:19, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I've just edited it. Anything else you would like me to do? Setarip (talk) 11:37, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think we should post this on WP:YEARS so we're not the only ones who get a say on this matter. DementiaGaming (talk) 18:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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Marcos
The 1973 article lists this: "January 17 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines." however I can find no supporting information about this in the Marcos article. Are we sure this is factually correct? Flydaddyfred 22:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 14:00, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Queries
When was the USS Monitor discovered? I know it's in 1973, but when?

When was Live and Let Die made? I know it is 1973 but I don't know the specific date. Live and Let Die is a Bond movie.

War Powers Resolution
This sentence is ambiguous: "November 7 - The Congress of the United States overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval." Did the override limit presidential power or did the War Powers Resolution limit it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.217.83.254 (talk) 03:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Periodization
David Harvey, Fredric Jameson, and others give 1973 as the year of transition to the current cultural, social, and economic order, including post-Fordism or the regime of flexible accumulation, postmodernity, and postmodernism. Would it be appropriate to include this in the article? Jordansc (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:47, 28 July 2009 (UTC).

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:11, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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This article is already tagged as more citations needed. Please observe WP:DOYCITE which derives from WP:V. Elizium23 (talk) 00:58, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Collage discussion
Roe v. Wade may need to be replaced, and of course, there may be other pieces in the puzzle that need to be replaced as well. Here is candidate events: Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114、Kano air disaster、Varig Flight 820、1973 Thai popular uprising、Pioneer 10. Nagae Iku (talk) 10:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

 * That doesn't sound very varied - three air crashes? Deb (talk) 13:41, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * 1973 Events Collage.jpg So i replaced the Roe v. Wade image with a image of the memorial of the Thai uprising to make it less-U.S. centric. The0Quester (talk) 14:21, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * There are nine images here. Please list them all and make it clear what is being replaced with what. Deb (talk) 14:29, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You've got it wrong. There are only eight images here.And why I chose these three plane crashes, the reasons are as follows : Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114,This crash was part of the Arab-Israeli conflict,resulting in 108 deaths ; Kano air disaster, This crash was the deadliest in terms of fatalities that year ;  Varig Flight 820,This crash was an accident where a Brazilian flight crashed in France, resulting in 123 deaths, including 4 famous passengers,and this aircraft accident was the second deadliest in terms of fatalities in this year. Nagae Iku (talk) 17:40, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. One deadly air crash will be enough - please try and find something more representative or reduce the number of images. What is the double-size image supposed to represent? It just looks like a vey old petrol pump in the US. Deb (talk) 09:07, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
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 * The words written on the petrol pump clearly indicate a complaint from American Christians about the lack of oil during the oil crisis, and this image has also been used in 1970s collage. Of course, if you feel that the indicative nature of this image is not strong enough, I also selected these three images for your review. Nagae Iku (talk) 13:54, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * These all suggest a shortage of petrol in the US but not the reasons for it. Deb (talk) 08:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The cause of the oil crisis was the collective retaliation by Arab countries against the United States and its Western allies for their significant military assistance to Israel during the Yom Kippur War. And it was not just a gasoline shortage in the United States, but the majority of Western countries experienced an energy shortage as well. However, there are no more direct images available than those few American images to depict the situation vividly. Nagae Iku (talk) 20:10, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think it works. Deb (talk) 18:08, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I suspect that you don't care about the selection of images and events at all. You simply don't want collages to exist. 😅 Nagae Iku (talk) 09:02, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Bingo, that is the whole point of this endless discussion. Dimadick (talk) 18:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 14:01, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Gerhard Müller
There´s a terrorist by the name of Gerhard Muller mentioned in this article, and when you click his name you go to an article about a soccer player by the name of Gerhard Muller who is a different person and not a criminal. This should be corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.251.240.113 (talk) 17:31, 12 August 2006
 * This appears to have been corrected, with Gerhard Müller no longer being confused with Gerd Müller. Noca2plus (talk) 16:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * And then it was broken again. I delinked it, but if someone with sharper German skills (or Greek skills) would like to translate one of the non-English articles on Gerhard Müller of the Red Army Faction, that would be a boon! -- Shunpiker (talk) 12:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Gas embargo?
I was speaking with my mom on the phone about 1972. I asked her what she remembers from this year, and she mentioned a Gas Embargo. I don't know any more details. 166.70.62.200 (talk) 23:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, the embargo was in 1973. Just look up "1973 oil crisis" on Wikipedia and you will find it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ObeyK1NGTaz (talk • contribs) 21:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

A tsunami that allegedly happened in 1972
I removed the following text: "Heavy massive rain, landslide, tidal wave occurred western and southwestern Japan. At least 445 dead. (July)"

It would be notable enough to be included here, but I can't find any evidence of it occurring. A Google search for "1972+tsunami" turned up no relevant results and Wikipedia's Category:1972 in Japan comes up with nothing relevant. Graham 87 13:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Czechoslovak hijacking?
I recently found out about a hijacking on June 8, 1972 by some Czechoslovaks(?). Could someone find a bit more information? VltavaMusicFanatic (talk) 06:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The only thing I found after an exhaustive search on the Internet was this article from Time. Graham 87 14:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I also saw a short paragraph somewhere in a book by Peter Sis. Perhaps there's information on the Czech or Slovak version of Wikipedia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by VltavaMusicFanatic (talk • contribs) 05:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:11, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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Josh Rouse album titled 1972
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Arrest of West German terrorists
The arrest of the three West German terrorists in Frankfurt took place on June 1, not June 2, see Wikipedia page on Andreas Baader etc. in English or German. 78.50.126.15 (talk) 16:45, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That's a domestic event for 1972 in Germany. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 14:23, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Denver Gold

The Denver Gold was an American football franchise in the United States Football League (USFL) from 1983 to 1985. The Gold played their home games at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado; and were co-tenants in the spring with the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs baseball team (Denver Bears prior to 1984).

Holding fast to the USFL's original blueprint
When the USFL first organized, league officials identified Denver as a critical market. However, they had a difficult time finding an owner. Ultimately, the league's first operations chief, John Ralston, got in touch with local real estate magnate Ron Blanding, an old friend from his days as head coach of the National Football League's Denver Broncos. After some pleading, Blanding agreed to sign on.

Blanding was easily the poorest owner in the league. He held fast to USFL founder David Dixon's original blueprint for the league, keeping tight controls on expenses (including player salaries) while heavily marketing the team in the Rockies.

The Gold's original coach was Red Miller, who led the Broncos to their first-ever Super Bowl and had known Blanding for several years. Miller was still a very popular figure in the area; fans were still smarting at how the Broncos fired him after the 1980 season. However, Miller bristled at Blanding's bargain-basement approach to running the team. The players used rented cars from Rent-a-Wreck, some of which were in rather poor condition. They had to rely on bare-bones meals, traveled to training camp in old school buses, and only had 100 uniforms for the 120 men they invited to camp. Blanding also balked at signing any of the Gold's first seven picks in the 1983 draft. It got to the point that an irate Miller once threatened to quit unless Blanding decided to "act like a fucking owner of a professional football team."

1983 season
The Gold attempted to utilize some of the goodwill established by the more established Broncos by involving former Broncos players and coaches in the Gold organization for the Gold's inaugural 1983 season. Miller stocked his Gold roster with a number of former Broncos players. He also tapped his former starting quarterback with the Broncos, Craig Morton, as his offensive coordinator. Morton became head coach after Blanding fired Miller in the middle of the 1983 season. Despite one of the toughest defenses in the league, a weak offense kept the Gold out of the playoffs in 1983. Blanding, however, was more satisfied with the fact that he actually turned a profit. He was also happy that the Gold led the league in attendance, with almost 42,000 fans per game. In part because of this, the league chose Denver to be the host of the inaugural USFL Championship Game.

1983 schedule and results

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1984 season recap
After finishing the 1983 season making a small profit, the Gold went into the 1984 campaign with a bare-bones payroll. They did not sign any significant free agents or college draft picks and traded away two of their three starting linebackers during training camp. First they dealt RLB Kyle Whittingham (84 tackles, 3 fumble recoveries and 2 interceptions) in a package deal to New Jersey and then traded popular All-USFL LB Putt Choate, who had 178 tackles the previous year to the expansion San Antonio Gunslingers.

With one of the league's lowest payrolls going into the 1984 season, the Gold shot out of the gate to a surprising 7–1 record and were tied atop the USFL along with the powerful Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Stallions after 8 weeks.

However, the turning point of the season was a 20–18 loss at the Louisiana Superdome to the New Orleans Breakers on April 22. With starting QB Craig Penrose not dressed, the Gold dropped what would be the first of five consecutive losses. Their early success was attributed to an opportunistic offense and a bend-but-don't break defense that seemed to overcome their personnel issues at linebacker.

During this time, Blanding put the Gold on the market. Unwilling to join his fellow owners in reckless spending, Blanding sold the team to auto dealer Doug Spedding for $10 million in April 1984. By some accounts, Blanding was the only USFL owner who got a net positive return on his investment. Spedding shared Blanding's frugal approach to running the team; if anything, he was even more cost-conscious than Blanding. He ran the Gold out of one of his dealerships. Despite being rather eccentric (according to Morton and Blanding, he was notorious for opening players' mail), years later many former Gold players praised Spedding for holding fast to the original USFL model.

Over the second half of the season, Morton had a QB shuffle that saw him use four different starters in Penrose, Bob Gagliano, Fred Mortensen and rookie Ken Hobart at various points over the last nine games. The Gold went 2–7 down the stretch and finished out of the playoffs. Acquired from Jacksonville in May, Hobart made his first pro start on June 8, a two-point loss to eventual champion Philadelphia, decided by a late field goal.

The offense ranked a respectable eleventh in passing and fourteenth in rushing among the eighteen USFL teams in 1984. Running back Harry Sydney was the main offensive weapon rushing for 961 yards and ten touchdowns to lead the Gold. Quarterback Craig Penrose tossed twelve TD's and was picked fourteen times over eleven starts in fourteen appearances.

The Gold offense was centered around a short passing game featuring running backs Sydney and Vincent White making 44 and 37 receptions respectively to finish 1–2 in team receiving. WR Leonard Harris was the most effective wideout for the Gold catching just 35 passes but had whopping 18.8 average per catch. Former New Jersey General TE Victor Hicks caught 31 passes to lead the tight ends.

The most stable and effective part of the Gold offense in 1984 was the offensive line. Tackles Steve Rogers and Ray Wagner along with guards George Yarno and Greg Feasel and centre Tom Davis did a solid job opening holes and creating pass protection most of the season.

The defensive unit struggled off and on throughout the season and actually shifted from a 3–4 set to a 4–3 defense late in the year to compensate for their lack of quality linebackers.

To address some of their needs, the Gold acquired DE Dennis Edwards (who had 6 sacks in 1983), from the Los Angeles Express and former Dallas Cowboy DE Bruce Thornton from the Chicago Blitz in mid-March. Thornton would contribute 6 sacks for the Gold in his limited playing time over the last 13 games.

In June, the Gold also acquired another former Dallas Cowboys alum in LB Bruce Huther from the 3–15 Pittsburgh Maulers. Huther was the starting middle linebacker over the last few games.

With the departure of Choate and Whittington in training camp, the Gold were not able to convert linebackers John Bungartz, Greg Gerken and Kelvin Newton into effective everyday starters. By the end of the season Bungartz and Gerken were relegated mostly to special teams and Newton was released before the season finale.

The unit did, however, have a relatively strong pass rush with DE Dave Stalls (12.5 sacks), DE Calvin Turner (10 sacks) and Thornton (6 sacks) having solid seasons.

The Gold secondary was the most stable part of the defensive unit with CB David Martin being named to the All-USFL team as a punt returner and a cornerback on The Sporting News All-USFL team in 1984. Martin led the USFL in punt returns with a 13.6 per return average on 22 run-backs, scoring 1 TD.

The secondary had four players record more the 100 tackles on the season in Martin, SS David Dumars, FS Steve Trimble and FS Tom Sullivan – an indication of the softness at the linebacker position.

In mid-season, the Gold special teams took a hit when punter Steve Gortz was injured in a game on April 14 in Pittsburgh. Instead of signing a replacement for Gortz, place kicker Brian Speelman took over the punting duties and served in a dual role for the remainder of the season.

Morton was widely seen as a players coach and it was reported that Spedding expected the Gold to make the playoffs in order for Morton to keep his job. However, unable to overcome the 2–7 slide, the team finished 9–9, one game out of the playoffs.

1984 schedule and results

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Week 1: at Los Angeles Express
The Gold began their second season on the road against their Pacific Division foe, the Los Angeles Express at the fabled Los Angeles Coliseum which was undergoing a facelift in parts of the stadium in advance of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games scheduled for July 1984.

With under six minutes left in a 10–10 game, Gold QB Craig Penrose found WR Elmer Bailey in the end zone for a 6-yard scoring play to give Denver a late 17–10 lead. On the next series, Denver safety Darryl Hemphill picked off Express QB Tom Ramsey and returned it 42-yards for the major to quickly seal a 27–10 victory for the Gold.

The Express got on the board first when rookie K Tony Zendejas hit a 36-yard field goal 9:08 into the contest to give the host club a 3–0 lead after the first quarter.

Early in the second, Gold FB Bo Matthews plunged in from 1-yard out to give the Gold a 7–3 just 2:15 into the period. The Express, however, responded when starting QB Tom Ramsey threw a 12-yard scoring pass to WR Jo Jo Townsell in the back of the end zone to give Los Angeles a 10–7 lead with 4:04 left in the quarter.

However, the Gold quickly drove into Express territory on the last drive of the first half and setup K Brian Speelman for a 43-yard field goal with just 0:03 remaining in the half.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Gold blew the game wide open with under six minutes to go in the contest.

The Gold (1–0) travel to Tulsa to take on the Oklahoma Outlaws (1–0) next Saturday (Mar.3rd) while the Express (0–1) host the Birmingham Stallions (0–1) next Sunday (Mar. 4).

Scoring Summary:

Q1 – LAX – 5:52 – Tony Zendejas 42-yard FG (3–0 LAX)

Q2 – DEN – 14:45 – Bo Matthews 1-yard run (Speelman kick) (7–3 DEN)

Q2 – LAX – 4:04 – Jo Jo Townsell 12-yard TD pass from Tom Ramsey (Zendejas kick) (10–7 LAX)

Q2 – DEN – 0:53 – Brian Speelman 43-yard FG (10–10)

Q4 – DEN – 5:50 – Elmer Bailey 6-yard TD pass from Craig Penrose (Speelman kick) (17–10 DEN)

Q4 – DEN – 4:39 – Darryl Hemphill 42-yard interception return (Speelman kick) (24–10 DEN)

Q4 – DEN – 2:01 – Brian Speelman 46-yard FG (27–10 DEN)

Individual Statistics:

Rushing

DEN – Sydney 14–62, Matthews, Bo 10–13–1, Williams, K. 1–9, White 1–2

LAX – Nelson 10–49, Harrington 7–28, Ramsey 1–9, Allen 2–0, Ellis 1–0

Passing

DEN – Penrose 16–22–166–1–1, Sydney 0–1–0–0–0

LAX – Ramsey 24–33–147–1–3, Partridge 1–1–(−3)–0–0

Receiving DEN – Bailey 3–41–1, Harris 3–34, Sydney 3–27, Niziolek 2–15, Hicks 2–10, Williams 1–23, Murray 1–10, Matthews, Bo 1–6

LAX – Hersey 5–37, Ellis 5–22, Moore 3–28, Sherrod 3–12, Nelson 3–11, Townsell 2–20, Harrington 2–12, Allen 1–5, Boddie 1–(−3)

Week 2: at Oklahoma Outlaws
The Gold continued their two-game road trip to start the season in Tulsa, OK against the expansion Oklahoma Outlaws. Led by former Tampa Bay Buccaneers star QB Doug Williams, the Outlaws won their opener the previous week, 7–3 over the Pittsburgh Maulers.

After a scoreless first quarter, Oklahoma jumped out to a 7–0 lead when former Pittsburgh Steeler FB Sidney Thornton scored on a 7-yard scoring pass from QB Doug Williams with 0:28 left in the first half.

The Gold, however, struck quick again late in the third quarter when RB Vincent White scored on a one-yard plunge with 4:47 left in the third quarter. Just 2:25 later, RB Harry Sydney scored on a 13-yard scoring romp after the Gold recovered a botched snap by Outlaws' P Bob Boris.

In the fourth, the Outlaws tied the contest when Williams scored on a 1-yard keeper 1:24 into the quarter to tie the score at 14–14.

After the Outlaws turned over the ball on the opening kickoff in Overtime, Gold K Brian Speelman hit a-21-yard field goal just 0:31 into the extra period to lift the Gold to a 17–14 victory. The win lifted the Gold to a 2–0 record to start the 1984 USFL season and early possession of first place in the Pacific Division.

Scoring Summary:

Q2 – OKL – 0:28 – Sidney Thornton 7-yard TD pass from Doug Williams (Crum kick) (7–0 OKL)

Q3 – DEN – 4:47 – Vincent White 1-yard run (Speelman kick) (7–7)

Q3 – DEN – 2:22 – Harry Sydney 13-yard run (Speelman kick) (14–7 DEN)

Q4 – OKL – 13:36 – Doug Williams 1-yard run (Crum kick) (14–14)

OT – DEN – 0:31 – Brian Speelman 21-yard FG (17–10 DEN)

Individual Statistics:

Rushing

DEN – Sydney 14–57–1, White 9–19–1, Matthews, Bo 5–13, Murray 1–8

OKL – Thornton 14–49, D. Williams 4–22–1, James 8–14, Ragsdale 2–(1), Boris 2–(−29)

Passing

DEN – Penrose 14–23–164–0–1

OKL – Williams 24–45–259–1–0

Receiving

DEN – Hicks 3–74, Harris 3–28, White 3–21, Sydney 3–10, K Williams 1–19, Bailey 1–12

OKL – Thornton 6–34–1, Crane 5–48, Turner 4–55, James 4–20, Wheeler 2–57, Blair 1–29, Hughes 1–10, Ragsdale 1–6

1985 season recap
In hopes of getting into the playoffs, Spedding hired Houston Gamblers offensive coordinator Mouse Davis for the 1985 season. Rumors had actually abounded that Davis was coming to Denver for much of the latter part of the 1984 season. Davis was the chief advocate of the Run & Shoot offense in the USFL and had implemented the system in Houston that helped make Jim Kelly a superstar.

Davis brought in former Chicago Blitz QB Vince Evans. Evans split time with Bob Gagliano, a 4th string QB under Morton. Neither QB was great running the offense, but good schemes by Davis and talent at the other spots shot the Gold up to 4th in the league in offense.

Unfortunately, just after Davis took over, the USFL announced that it would switch to a fall schedule for the 1986 season. Spedding was one of two owners (the other being Tampa Bay Bandits owner John F. Bassett) to vote to stay on a spring schedule, knowing that the Gold could not even begin to go head-to-head with the Broncos. His guess proved right. While the Gold had been one of the USFL's attendance leaders, fans in the Denver area were not about to abandon the Broncos. Despite finally getting into the playoffs with an 11–7 record, the Gold's attendance crashed from over 20,000 to 14,400 fans per game.

As a result, despite finishing second in the Western Conference, they were forced to play on the road against the lower-seeded Memphis Showboats under pressure from ABC. The network, who had considerable influence over the USFL due to the structuring of the league's television contract, did not want the embarrassment of having a game played in a near-empty stadium. The Gold were shelled 48–7.

1985 schedule and results

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Demise of the franchise and the league
The Gold would have been in an impossible position even without their attendance figures falling through the floor after the USFL announced it would move to the fall. Staying at Mile High Stadium would have been a logistical nightmare, and no other stadium in the area was large enough or suitable enough for temporary use.

In hopes of finding a way out of a bad situation, Spedding announced in November that he planned to move the Gold to Portland, Oregon to take the place of the departed Portland Breakers. However, just three months later, Spedding sold the Gold's player contracts to the Jacksonville Bulls. Although the move was billed as a merger, Spedding retained the Gold's intellectual properties. He seriously considered joining Bassett's proposed spring football league before Bassett's failing health prevented that league from launching. Instead Spedding, Bassett, and the USFL as a whole were doomed by the ill-advised attempt to move the playing season to the fall in 1986 in direct competition with the more-established NFL.

The USFL's high-stakes anti-trust suit against the NFL ended in an award of only US$3.00 to the USFL. The jury cited the league's abandonment of Denver and several other major markets as one reason why it awarded the USFL only nominal damages. With no new funds to cover its high spending, the USFL cancelled its 1986 season and folded.

Single-season leaders
Rushing Yards: 1261 (1985), Bill Johnson

Receiving Yards: 1432 (1985), Leonard Harris

Passing Yards: 2695 (1985), Bob Gagliano

Season-by-season results
!Totals || 27 || 28 || 0
 * 1983 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 3rd Pacific || –
 * 1984 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 3rd WC Pacific || –
 * 1985 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 7th WC || Lost Quarterfinal (Memphis)
 * 1984 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 3rd WC Pacific || –
 * 1985 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 7th WC || Lost Quarterfinal (Memphis)
 * 1985 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 7th WC || Lost Quarterfinal (Memphis)
 * colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

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Talk:1969

James May wasn't born in 1969?
The page has James May as being born in 1969 whereas his page states he was born in 1963...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.193.76 (talk) 18:56, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

More needed
The years project does not NEARLY capture the whole cultural impact of this year - it was the end of an era. Something more has to be said here.

Much too much American trivia
Rose Bowl? Northern ireland fair enough (look what happened!) but who gives a damn about minor American Trivia in this year. That belongs on a specialist US page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.14.39 (talk) 17:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 14:04, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Vandalism
Somebody wrote that Micky Mantle announced his retirement "while eating a bag of poop." I've removed this until it has been confirmed. -Tom

Larry the Cable Guy
February 1969 is linking to Larry-the-Cable-Guy, where it lists "Larry's" birth year as 1963 . Someone may want to correct that.

Monty Python's Flying Circus
According to this page, Monty Python's Flying Circus originally aired October 5th. But according to this page, it originally aired September 7. Which one is real? --71.224.19.29 15:58, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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Amen break
First release of the Amen Break :). 1969 was such an eventful year! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.100.41.139 (talk) 16:32, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Article cleanup and organization
I corrected several errors on Soviet Union spacecraft dates. However, these were only in January and probably continue onto the rest of the article as well. The problem is, many of the articles for the specified craft list no references, making it difficult to quickly verify the dates. If someone can scan through the article and make sure all dates are correct, and maybe find some sources for the individual articles on the craft, it would greatly improve the article. W M  2  04:04, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

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Eagle Eye Cherry
He's listed as a birth here, but his article states he was born in 1971. Which is right? -Scyrene (not logged in) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.200.110.97 (talk) 03:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

4th victim?
Before cabman Monasterio, ETA have killed 2 people : José Pardines and Melitón Manzanas, both in 1968. Despite the deception to the contrary in current Spain, the baby girl Begoña Urroz was killed in 1960 by the DRIL, a Portuguese and Spaniard armed group opposed to Franco's ans Salazar's dictatorships. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 13:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:12, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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Murchison meteorite
The Murchison meteorite, September 28 is described as one of the most studied meteorites ever. "This specimen demonstrates that many organic compounds could have been delivered by early Solar System bodies and may have played a key role in life's origin." I propose it's included. Regards JRPG (talk) 23:09, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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Citations required
Per WP:DOYCITE, Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. A blue link to a Wikipedia article is not sufficient. Most project members are reverting new additions without direct sources on sight. Elizium23 (talk) 19:32, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added a ref for Warnock. Schazjmd   (talk)  20:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * That guideline needs to be heavily expanded for clarification because users will abuse it when they need to make a point or when good-faithed users are reverted and warned. And it says nothing about removing the current additions to all the year articles which have no sources on them as well which could confuse a newer editor not unlike us. This whole sourcing new content is a mess and extremely flawed that can certainly fall under WP:REPCITE. Elizium23, And There's also significant opposition to the policy itself and its application on that RFC you started, I think we should have a new broader discussion on the policy itself to see if the consensus has changed. And there's also needs to be a headline when users edit the year page because users that don't understand the policy will be reverted. I believe if the info added is not questionable and covered by reliable sources on the linked page, then the addition of citation for entries, especially the new ones that user like you tend to monitor, there's should be not need for redundant sources. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 20:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source and we can't depend on linked articles to verify information for us. We've always known this. Elizium23 (talk) 20:13, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Your using the Wikipedia is not a reliable source policy wrong here in this situation Elizium23. That's for non-verified information that's just states the information on the linked page and is not verified by backing sources and That's not my argument here. My argument is how WP:DOYCITE is a redundant policy if the sources used on the linked page about the subject's death, birth, event or notable occupation around them. That revert dispute about the tag on Raphael Warnock should have never happened due to their being verified external sources from reliable news organizations on the special senate elections in Georgia and him winning. Here's the section on the article verifying his win in the election [1]. And WP:DOYCITE says nothing about updates to current entries on the page. This is one of the reason why that policy has to be expanded and clarified to avoid conflicts like this and we should have a new RFC discussion on WP:DOYCITE itself because like you said before, Consensus can change. I do support removing questionable info that is not clearly sourced and verified on the person's article itself, then WP:DOYCITE would make sense in that case. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 20:27, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Non-verified information such as the date of birth, which was 100% non-verified in the target article when you repeatedly added the same non-verified claim here. FDW777 (talk) 20:34, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * @User:FDW777, I wasn't the one that put that entry there in the first place. All I did was update the information now that he is the junior senator after defeating Kelly Loeffler and Elizium23 put a CN tag there after my edit, Implying there may have been a source needed for the updated information. That was the reason I reverted his edit. i'm not fully against WP:DOYCITE, but how it is applied and written.ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 20:44, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

, this isn't the place to argue that you don't agree with WP:DOYCITE and WP:DOYSTYLE. The discussion that established that rule is at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Days_of_the_year/Archive_13. I'd suggest raising your objections at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Days_of_the_year. Schazjmd  (talk)  20:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , there is no way to walk back that rule now, because what we had prior to that consensus was an exception to WP:V I welcome editors to open a new RFC and attempt it, but you won't find any joy, because WP:V is policy and there are no more exemptions to be had. Elizium23 (talk) 20:40, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I agree; I'm just suggesting a more appropriate venue for SomeBodyAnyBody05 to complain about it. The issue here is done. The DOB wasn't sourced on the BLP or in this article; now it is, in both places. Schazjmd   (talk)  20:44, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

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Decriminalization of gay sex in Canada
Gay sex was decriminalized June 27, 1969, in Canada, which I think is pretty important? Am I missing something or was this just not added for no particular reason, and can I then add it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aromantic Frogge (talk • contribs) 19:59, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * That's a domestic event for 1969 in Canada. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 18:15, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * How is that considered a domestic event, but then there's things such as "UCLA wins its third consecutive NCAA basketball championship by defeating Purdue University, 92 to 72." on this page that no-one outside of America has heard of? Canada decriminalising gay sex is a much more global event than a bunch of things on this page. 2A01:CB15:4C:6100:D95A:3054:2A6B:12C1 (talk) 19:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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Cyprus College of Art

The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus. It was founded in 1969 by the artist Stass Paraskos; the current director is the Cyprus-based artist Margaret Paraskos.

History

The Cyprus College of Art was founded in 1969 by the Cypriot painter Stass Paraskos, and is one of the oldest art institutions on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In the past it has been housed at different locations. It started life in the city of Famagusta on the east coast of Cyprus in 1969, but after a campaign by local hoteliers against the presence of impoverished artists and art students in a city increasingly focused on mass tourism, the College moved briefly to Larnaca in 1972, and then to Kato Paphos in 1973. With the arrival of the mass-tourism industry to Kato Paphos in the early 1980s, the local authorities there also asked the College to move and it was settled at its present site in the village of Lempa in 1985. In 2002 the College acquired premises in the city of Limassol, run alongside the studios in Lempa, and the Limassol operation moved to Larnaca in 2007, becoming the Cornaro Institute. This was separated from the Cyprus College of Art in 2014, and now operates as an independent organisation.

The original aim of the Cyprus College of Art was not to provide formal courses, but to offer artists and art students from different countries the opportunity to spend a period of time making art in Cyprus. However, in the early 1970s the college planned to launch the first postgraduate fine art programme in Cyprus, but this was delayed by the Turkish invasion in 1974, and did not start until 1978. With the establishment of this programme, the Cyprus College of Art became the first true art school offering in higher education programmes, on the island of Cyprus.

In 1985 Stass Paraskos was joined by his daughter, Margaret Paraskos, running the College. With the acquisition of additional premises in Limassol in 2002 the College launched several undergraduate fine art programmes. This included foundation, adult education and degree courses in painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking. Almost all of the programmes taught at the College followed a British art education model, and several were validated in the United Kingdom, although these validations were not accepted by the Cypriot government authorities. In 2007 the College's Limassol site was closed, and teaching transferred to a new building in Larnaca which became known as the Cornaro Institute, named after the last Venetian Queen of Cyprus Caterina Cornaro. From this time the site at Lempa concentrated on postgraduate programmes, and that at Larnaca on foundation and undergraduate programmes. Both sites were also used to house visiting artists from around the world.

Following the death of Stass Paraskos in 2014, the Cyprus College of Art ceased to offer formal educational courses and de-registered as a college of education with the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. The Cornaro Institute in Larnaca was separated from the College and became an independent institution, and the College in Lempa became a studio and residency centre for artists and art students from around the world.

Foundation and ethos
The foundation of the College in 1969 was highly unusual. Although Stass Paraskos had visited Cyprus in 1968 with the British poet Martin Bell, and met with the first President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, to discuss opening an art school in Cyprus, the initial impetus for starting the Cyprus College of Art came from an informal discussion in a pub in the English city of Leeds, where Paraskos was a tutor at the Leeds College of Art. In this discussion it was suggested Paraskos organise a summer trip for the art students and tutors to Cyprus. Agreeing to do this, Paraskos started an annual event, which attracted students from other British art schools, and eventually grew into the Cyprus College of Art. This informal start led by artists remains a central part of the ethos of CyCA today, with artists rather than administrators still playing a central role in the institution, and stressing the freedom of the artist to be a creative being rather than under the control of academic bureaucracies.

Sculpture wall and garden
The Cyprus College of Art's campus in Lempa is surrounded by a large sculpture wall and garden, open to the public. This was created over a period of over twenty-five years from 1989 by Stass Paraskos, together with many of the artists and art students who have visited the College. The wall is a major landmark and tourist attraction in the region, attracting visitors to the village to see sculptures of a King Kong-sized gorilla, a donkey known as 'the art critic' and numerous other animals and human figures, as well as abstract elements. These are all constructed from found materials and cement.

Controversy with Manifesta
In 2005, the International Manifesta Organisation, based in the Netherlands announced that the art festival Manifesta 6 would be held in Cyprus in 2006. The Cyprus College of Art was initially enthusiastic about the prospect of an international art fair in Cyprus, publishing a supporting article in the College newsletter, ArtCyprus about Manifesta.

However a perceived unwillingness by the Manifesta organisers to engage with the College and the Cypriot art world resulted in the College becoming one of Manifesta 6's fiercest critics. This was compounded by the Manifesta team claiming there was no functioning art school in Cyprus, a charge that resulted in CyCA dedicating an entire issue of ArtCyprus to attacking Manifesta, accusing the Dutch organisation of cultural insensitivity bordering on racism.

Rebirth and development
The economic crisis that hit Cyprus in 2013 had a major detrimental effect on the finances of the College, resulting in falling student recruitment. Coupled with the death of the founder of the College, Stass Paraskos, in 2014, it was decided in 2014 to cease offering educational courses and return the College to being a centre for visiting artists. This resulted in the separation of the Cyprus College of Art in Lempa from the Cornaro Institute in Larnaca, and with the focus of the College now firmly on Lempa, work has begun with Lempa Parish Council on upgrading the facilities in Lempa to operate the site solely as an artists' studio complex. Following the death of Stass Paraskos, his daughter Margaret became director of the Cyprus College of Art.

Published histories

 * David Haste et al. Stass Paraskos (London: Orage Press, 2010) ISBN 978-0-9544523-5-3
 * John Cornall 'Earth Wisdom – Cypriot Connections in British Art' in London Magazine 1996

Tutors, visiting artists and alumni

 * Stephen Bird
 * Laurie Burt
 * Sir Anthony Caro
 * Dennis Creffield
 * Josef Danek
 * Peter Duncan
 * Jennifer Durrant, RA
 * Professor Peter de Francia
 * Andreas Efstathiou
 * Anthony Frost
 * Sir Terry Frost
 * Jennifer Harding
 * David Haste
 * Kenneth G. Hay FRSA
 * Clive Head
 * Anthony Heywood
 * Sarah Hoskins
 * Michael Kidner, RA
 * Emilios Koutsoftides
 * Professor Norbert Lynton
 * Sevan Malikyan
 * Mali Morris, RA
 * Margaret Paraskos
 * Stanley Paraskos
 * Stass Paraskos, Founder
 * Grahame Parry
 * Ben Read, FSA
 * Geoff Rigden
 * Arshak Sarkissian
 * Bob Stone
 * Euan Uglow
 * Steve Whitehead
 * Rachel Whiteread, CBE

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Talk:1967

Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1890 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 14:05, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Karl Ristenpart
For some reason the birth date for Karl Ristenpart (d. December 24) shows up as bold, instead of a link. Can someone fix this? Ksnow 13:28, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)ksnow
 * Fixed by Everyking.

15 November
Not sure where this lengthy quote came from, but it should be cited. Also, as it appears to refer to this section of Cyprus conflict, perhaps the quote could be moved to that article, with a brief mention and link to it, replacing it in 15 November instead. VoxLuna 15:01, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

 * The turnstile machine gate is introduced at the North Senri railroad station of Hankyu Senri Line, on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan, for the first time in the world. - deleted as obviously untrue: there were turnstiles on the New York Subway and London Underground before World War II. Perhaps some specific type of turnstile is meant? Camboxer (talk) 16:16, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:12, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida - arguably the most influential philosopher of the past 50 years - published his first 3 major works in 1967, one of them being his most famous book, Of Grammatology. I think this might be noted here... (82.81.46.85 (talk) 17:53, 23 January 2017 (UTC))

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Summer of Love
1967 was definitely NOT a common year. It featured the Summer of Love in San Francisco and the 100th Birthday Celebration of Canada in La Belle province in Montreal at Expo 67 209.53.155.93 (talk) 09:46, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

 * A common year is a year that has 365 days, and is therefore not a leap year (which are less common). — HTGS (talk) 04:25, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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