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Outer Wilds is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the player character as they explore a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that resets after the sun goes supernova and destroys the system. Through repeated attempts they investigate alien ruins to discover their history and the cause of the time loop. The game began development in 2012 as director Alex Beachum's master's thesis, and became a commercial project in 2015. It was released for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in 2019, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2022, and for Nintendo Switch in 2023. It was positively received, with most critics acclaiming its design and some criticising the uneven difficulty of gameplay and pursuing the game's mysteries. An expansion, Echoes of the Eye, was released in 2021. Outer Wilds won in multiple categories at award shows, including the Best Game award at the 16th British Academy Games Awards. (Full article...)
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Image to replace the Flag of Estonia ?
[edit]Can we replace the with Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary, or or , please ? There are too many flags on the Main Page at the same time today. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 02:45, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
- There's only one flag on the main page. The images may not be familiar by many users. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:57, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
- The Flag of Burundi was removed from 'In The News'. [1] BTW, I find it strange that Wikipedians would be unfamiliar with Tchaikovsky. If they are indeed unfamiliar, maybe they should see the photo of him. It goes with the 1882 event. -- 199.71.174.100 20:20, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
2012 notes
[edit]- Omitted: Battle of Achelous (917); 1812 Overture; Marchioness disaster; Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory/Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
- Included: Battle of Yarmouk (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Saragossa (first appearance); Yellowstone fires of 1988 (first appearance); O-Bahn Busway (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Spanair Flight 5022 (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
—howcheng {chat} 19:10, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
2013 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory/Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998) (Al-Shifa currently undergoing major revision)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Estonia (still appears as observance)
- New articles (unused): Prince of Ning rebellion (appeared on DYK in June 2013); Battle of Taegu; NS Savannah
- Omitted: Battle of Yarmouk; Battle of Saragossa; 1812 Overture; Yellowstone fires of 1988; O-Bahn Busway; Spanair Flight 5022
- Included: Battle of Achelous (917) (5th appearance, last in 2011); Siege of Pensacola (1707) (first appearance); Great Fire of 1910 (first appearance); Never was so much owed by so many to so few (first appearance); Ballygawley bus bombing (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 16:05, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Edit request on 20 August 2013
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the link within 'on this day' to Washington is to a disambiguation page - it seems like it ought to say Washington. EdwardLane (talk) 11:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- Agreed, Done --Redrose64 (talk) 15:21, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
2014 notes
[edit]- Deleted: Prince of Ning rebellion (featured on July 10)
- Moved to Ineligible: O-Bahn Busway (maintenance)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory/Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
- Omitted: Battle of Achelous (917); Siege of Pensacola (1707); Great Fire of 1910; Never was so much owed by so many to so few; Ballygawley bus bombing
- Included: Battle of Saragossa (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 1812 Overture (7th appearance, last in 2012); KLB Club (first appearance; 70th anniversary); NS Savannah (first appearance); Marchioness disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 25th anniversary)
—howcheng {chat} 06:33, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
2015 notes
[edit]- Omitted: Battle of Saragossa; KLB Club; NS Savannah; Marchioness disaster
- Included: Battle of Yarmouk (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Siege of Pensacola (1707) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Never was so much owed by so many to so few (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); O-Bahn Busway (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)
- Repeats: 1812 Overture (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)
—howcheng {chat} 06:53, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
- request: Would an admin please add this entry which I just made on the larger list of August 20 anniversaries? It would mean a great deal to Ruby Sales, whose life was saved by Jonathan Daniels, and who will be appearing in Keene NH this week in anniversary observances:
1965 – Keene, NH Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels, 26, is martyred; murdered by shotgun at point-blank range in Hayneville, AL, by an unpaid sheriff's deputy, sacrificing his life for young black activist Ruby Sales whom he pushed out of the way of the blast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnWilmerding (talk • contribs) 21:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, that entry is not notable enough for inclusion on the Main Page. —howcheng {chat} 21:33, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
2016 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Taegu (maintenance)
- Omitted: Estonia (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Yarmouk; Siege of Pensacola (1707); Never was so much owed by so many to so few; O-Bahn Busway (ineligible—maintenance)
- Included: Agrippa Postumus (first appearance); Battle of Saragossa (3rd appearance, last in 2014); NS Savannah (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Operation Infinite Reach (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
- Repeats: 1812 Overture (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)
—howcheng {chat} 06:25, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
2017 notes
[edit]The 1812 Overture line had better be amended, if the article is correct:
Although Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written with the building's completion in mind, it had its world premiere in a tent outside the unfinished church in August 1882.
Sparafucil (talk) 23:03, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
2017 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: Never was so much owed by so many to so few (maintenance)
- Omitted: Agrippa Postumus (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Saragossa; NS Savannah; Operation Infinite Reach
- Included: Battle of Achelous (917) (6th appearance, last in 2013; 1100th anniversary); Siege of Pensacola (1707) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Yellowstone fires of 1988 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Spanair Flight 5022 (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Jerónimo Osório (first appearance); James Prinsep (first appearance); Ron Paul (first appearance)
- Repeats: 1812 Overture (4th consecutive appearance, 10 total)
—howcheng {chat} 07:40, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
2018 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: KLB Club
- New articles (ineligible): Amy Adams (TFA for 2018)
- Omitted: Battle of Achelous (917); Siege of Pensacola (1707); 1812 Overture; Operation Infinite Reach; James Prinsep; Ron Paul; Narendra Dabholkar
- Included: Battle of Yarmouk (4th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Saragossa (4th appearance, last in 2016); Pluto (3rd appearance, last in 2015; moved from March 19); Battle of Taegu (first appearance); Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (first appearance); Rudolf Bultmann (first appearance); Mika Yamamoto (first appearance)
- Repeats: Yellowstone fires of 1988 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 30th anniversary)
—howcheng {chat} 04:11, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
2019 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: 1812 Overture (maintenance)
- New articles (unused): Bolesław Prus; H. P. Lovecraft; Andrew Garfield; Jack King (footballer, born 1985)
- Omitted: Battle of Saragossa; Pluto; Battle of Taegu; Yellowstone fires of 1988; Jeremi Wiśniowiecki; Rudolf Bultmann; Mika Yamamoto
- Included: Siege of Pensacola (1707) (4th appearance, last in 2017); National Football League (first appearance); Ballygawley bus bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2013); O-Bahn Busway (4th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Henry Every (2nd appearance, last in 2017; moved from August 23); Phil Lynott (first appearance; 70th birthday); Amy Adams (first appearance)
- Repeats: Battle of Yarmouk (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)
—howcheng {chat} 16:51, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
2020 notes
[edit]- Deleted: Agrippa Postumus (date unknown)
- Moved to Ineligible: H. P. Lovecraft (maintenance)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Fallen Timbers; Marchioness disaster
- New articles (unused): Terry Sanford; Leona Helmsley
- Omitted: Battle of Yarmouk; Siege of Pensacola (1707); Ballygawley bus bombing; O-Bahn Busway; Phil Lynott; Amy Adams
- Included: Simeon I of Bulgaria (6th appearance, last in 2017 on his death anniversary; blurb previously featured Battle of Achelous (917), which is currently ineligible); 1812 Overture (11th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Taegu (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary); Spanair Flight 5022 (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Bolesław Prus (first appearance); Kelsey Weems (first appearance)
- Repeats: National Football League (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th anniversary); Henry Every (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)
—howcheng {chat} 01:32, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
2021 notes
[edit]- New articles (ineligible): Tongmenghui (maintenance); Eadberht of Northumbria (date not certain)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): George Tucker (politician)
- Omitted: Simeon I of Bulgaria; 1812 Overture (ineligible—maintenance); National Football League; Battle of Taegu; Spanair Flight 5022; Henry Every; Bolesław Prus; Kelsey Weems
- Included: Battle of Saragossa (5th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Fallen Timbers (5th appearance, last in 2010); Pluto (10th appearance, last in 2018); Stanford prison experiment (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Marchioness disaster; (3rd appearance, last in 2014) Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (2nd appearance, last in 2018); H. P. Lovecraft (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); B. K. S. Iyengar (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 17:54, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
2022 notes
[edit]- Moved to Ineligible: NS Savannah (maintenance)
- Omitted: Battle of Saragossa; Battle of Fallen Timbers; Stanford prison experiment (ineligible—maintenance); Marchioness disaster; Jeremi Wiśniowiecki; B. K. S. Iyengar
- Included: Simeon I of Bulgaria (7th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Taegu (3rd appearance, last in 2020); O-Bahn Busway (5th appearance, last in 2019); Bolesław Prus (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 175th birthday); Amy Adams (2nd appearance, last in 2019)
- Repeats: Pluto (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total); H. P. Lovecraft (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
—howcheng {chat} 16:54, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
2023 rationale
[edit]- Good selection to choose from
- Added a new picture, it should be creative commons license, no fair use justification needed.