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1914 - Hellenic Holocaust: According to the German Consul Kuchhoff: "The entire Greek population of Sinope and the coastal region of Kastanome faced death from hunger or illness." --169.207.90.219
- Removing back, dispute is over on article. — Jor (Talk) 14:04, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Nicholas II of Russia died July 17 or July 16?

The article says Nicholas II of Russia died July 17 and also Russian Revolution is a disambiguation page.Vints 15:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mission San Diego de Alcalá (Mission Santa Clara de Asís was recently featured as POTD)
Omitted: Islamic calendar; Die Entführung aus dem Serail; 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia; Chaplain-Medic massacre; Pham Ngoc Thao
Included: Residence Act/Washington, D.C. (Act: first appearance, DC: 3rd appearance, last in 2010); Trinity (nuclear test) (first appearance); The Catcher in the Rye (first appearance); Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (8th appearance, last in 2010); 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 22:26, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Stony Point (maintenance)
Omitted: Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Trinity (nuclear test); The Catcher in the Rye; Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9; 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake
Included: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (first appearance); Mission San Diego de Alcalá (5th appearance, last in 2010); 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Pham Ngoc Thao (3rd appearance, last in 2011); 2008 Chinese milk scandal (first appearance)
Repeats: Residence Act/Washington, D.C. (Act: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; DC: 2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Mission San Diego de Alcalá; Residence Act/Washington, D.C.; 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia; Phạm Ngọc Thảo; 2008 Chinese milk scandal
Included: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (3rd appearance, last in 2012); David Farragut (5th appearance, last in 2010; previously appeared on April 29); Mahathir Mohamad (first appearance); Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (9th appearance, last in 2012; 20th anniversary); Millennium Park (2nd appearance, last in 2009; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:54, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Trinity (nuclear test) (TFA for 2015)
Omitted: Die Entführung aus dem Serail; David Farragut; Mahathir Mohamad (ineligible—maintenance); Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9; Millennium Park
Included: Islamic calendar (8th appearance, last in 2011); Mission San Diego de Alcalá (6th appearance, last in 2013); Chaplain–Medic massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Phạm Ngọc Thảo (4th appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Bihar school meal poisoning incident (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:44, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 2008 Chinese milk scandal (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Stony Point; Trinity (nuclear test)
Omitted: Islamic calendar; Mission San Diego de Alcalá; Chaplain–Medic massacre; Phạm Ngọc Thảo
Included: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (4th appearance, last in 2014); David Farragut (6th appearance, last in 2014); 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 1990 Luzon earthquake (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Bihar school meal poisoning incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:02, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Islamic calendar (maintenance); Battle of Stony Point (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 2008 Chinese milk scandal
Omitted: David Farragut (ineligible—maintenance); 1990 Luzon earthquake; Bihar school meal poisoning incident (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Mission San Diego de Alcalá (7th appearance, last in 2015); 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); Fulrad (first appearance); Anna Vyrubova (first appearance); Assata Shakur (first appearance; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1990 Luzon earthquake (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bihar school meal poisoning incident
New articles (unused): Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Omitted: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (ineligible—maintenance); Die Entführung aus dem Serail; 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia; 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash; 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake; Fulrad; Anna Vyrubova; Assata Shakur
Included: Muhammad I of Granada (first appearance); Residence Act (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (10th appearance, last in 2014); 2008 Chinese milk scandal (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt (first appearance); Ellen G. White (first appearance); Albert Kesselring (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:33, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Larry Sanger
Omitted: Residence Act; Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9; 2008 Chinese milk scandal; An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt; Ellen G. White; Albert Kesselring
Included: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (4th appearance, last in 2017); Trinity (nuclear test) (8th appearance, last in 2012); Phạm Ngọc Thảo (5th appearance, last in 2015); Bihar school meal poisoning incident (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg (first appearance; 300th birthday); Mildred Lewis Rutherford (first appearance); Alexis Herman (first appearance)
Repeats: Muhammad I of Granada (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:09, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ratna Sarumpaet (maintenance); Larry Sanger (WP:NAVEL)
New articles (unused): Stan McCabe; Carli Lloyd; Evelyn Ebsworth
Omitted: Muhammad I of Granada; Trinity (nuclear test); Phạm Ngọc Thảo; Bihar school meal poisoning incident; Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg; Mildred Lewis Rutherford; Alexis Herman
Included: Richard II of England (3rd appearance, last in 2015; previously appeared on February 17); Mission San Diego de Alcalá (8th appearance, last in 2017); Chaplain–Medic massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 70th anniversary); 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Sarah Allen (missionary) (first appearance); Albert Kesselring (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); Gareth Bale (first appearance)
Repeats: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:16, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Richard II of England; Mission San Diego de Alcalá; Chaplain–Medic massacre; 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake; Sarah Allen (missionary); Albert Kesselring; Gareth Bale
Included: Muhammad I of Granada (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Die Entführung aus dem Serail (6th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); The Catcher in the Rye (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Stan McCabe (2nd appearance, last in 2020; also appears on August 25, his death anniversary); Evelyn Ebsworth (first appearance)
Repeats: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 23:19, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Die Entführung aus dem Serail; 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia; The Catcher in the Rye; 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash; Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg; Stan McCabe (deleted as per above); Evelyn Ebsworth
Included: Richard II of England (4th appearance, last in 2020); Chaplain–Medic massacre (4th appearance, last in 2020); Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (11th appearance, last in 2018); Millennium Park (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Charles I of Hungary (first appearance); Albert Kesselring (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Carli Lloyd (first appearance; 40th birthday)
Repeats: Muhammad I of Granada (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:32, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]