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Dear all,

I propose to add the following item to the anniversaries of Feb 1, especially because that anniversary will be 50 years as of Feb 1 2007.

First Wankel Engine DKM54 (Drehkolbenmotor), at the Deutsches Museum in Bonn, Germany

Cheers, MikeZ 13:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 05:37, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Columbia disaster for 2013 (10 years after 2003)[edit]

I'm not familiar with "Selected anniversaries" work, but tried to follow the pattern to add the 10 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster for this upcoming year. I moved out Canadian Forces to "eligible" since it was an event in the same general era and the same general (North American English speaking) culture. Please review my edit for correctness of formatting, etc. Thanks! (sdsds - talk) 09:37, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but Space Shuttle Columbia disaster has two orange-level maintenance tags on it, making it ineligible to appear. —howcheng {chat} 20:25, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Your policy in this is interfering with improving the encyclopedia. :-( (sdsds - talk) 11:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(For reference, the "ineligible" article was http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster&oldid=535976153 (sdsds - talk) 11:27, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Happily, someone else fixed the article. But I don't see how this interferes with improving the encyclopedia. If anything, this should serve as incentive to improve the encyclopedia, which in fact it did, because someone went ahead and made the effort to improve the article enough to put it back on the Main Page. —howcheng {chat} 23:14, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 20:31, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster reference issue fixed and added for Main Page balance (5th appearance, last in 2010). —howcheng {chat} 23:15, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not that it matters very much, but I added it because it was the 10th anniversary and thus in the news more than a typical year. Improving main page balance was just my rationale for not taking some other item off. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:22, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Double, or triple, listing[edit]

By definition, Lughnasadh in one hemisphere is Imbolc in the other. Imbolc is given the alternative title of (Saint) Brighid’s Day. All three items listed are cross referenced to each other. 1 Feb must have significance somewhere in the world beyond Gaelic calendar observances. Kevin McE (talk) 07:19, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If we include Imbolc, then Lughnasadh must also be included so as not to emphasize one over the other. I don't mind dropping both of them, leaving only Brigit, and then putting in Black History Month (Canada/US) and LGBT History Month (UK). —howcheng {chat} 23:20, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Alexander Selkirk/Woodes Rogers moved to February 2 (wrong date). —howcheng {chat} 21:22, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 03:56, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran[edit]

@Howcheng: On 1 February 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran after 14 years in political exile. Therefore, this day is a important day in Iran and Islamic countries. Thanks Saff V. (talk) 12:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Does this milestone event have a chance this year? --Mhhossein talk 12:22, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It was in last year, so I rotated it out for this year. —howcheng {chat} 17:53, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: The article had never appeared on the main page! --Mhhossein talk 07:14, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! I had not payed attention that Ruhollah Khomeini is emboldened, too. But, why the talk page of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran does not show that it had appeared on the main page? --Mhhossein talk 07:19, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That one was not bold last year. —howcheng {chat} 09:05, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 09:11, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 03:53, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:00, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 18:14, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:38, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Howcheng, I have a suggestion. The Main Page on 1 February usually says "Feast day of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Western Christianity)", linking only to the saint's article. However, we have a B-class article for the feast day, which from next year will be a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland as "St Brigid's Day/Imbolc". So I think it would be better if the wording was "Saint Brigid's Day/Imbolc". This would have the benefit of including both the Christian and Modern Pagan observances, would match the Irish government's name, and would match 17 March (which simply says "Saint Patrick's Day") and the other Gaelic festivals (Beltane 1 May, Lughnasa 1 Aug, Samhain 1 Nov). ~Asarlaí 21:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Asarlaí: Seeing as it's not a holiday yet, that change would be for next year, right? Imbolc is currently already featured on 1 August along with Lughnasa. —howcheng {chat} 21:15, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Howcheng, I wasn't aware Imbolc already features on 1 August, thanks for pointing that out. Personally I think we could do without that, as these are primarily Northern Hemisphere seasonal festivals (specifically Irish and Scottish). My main issue was that 1 February linked only to the saint's article, rather than to the festival/feast day article, like we do for St Patrick's Day, St George's Day etc. But if you suggest waiting until St Brigid's Day/Imbolc becomes an *official* holiday before making a change, I'm happy to go with that. ~Asarlaí 22:19, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 05:02, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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