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Can we move Ides of March to the bold "holidays" list at the top? --Geoffrey 00:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a holiday ? I don't think so. I can bold the link to Ides of March, though. -- PFHLai 08:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (Ineligble): 2011–2012 Syrian uprising (still appearing in ITN)
Omitted: Assassination of Julius Caesar, Nicholas II of Russia, Third Battle of Kharkov, The Godfather (ineligible—maintenance), .com
Included: Battle of Riade (first appearance), Maine (first appearance; blurb previously featured History of Maine and last appeared in 2010, but is currently ineligible), Pancho Villa Expedition (2nd appearance, last in 2007; was previously on March 19, but that is the wrong date), My Fair Lady (first appearance), Farzad Bazoft (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Assassination of Julius Caesar (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Philippine Airlines
Omitted: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (National Day in Hungary; ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Riade; Maine; Pancho Villa Expedition; My Fair Lady; Farzad Bazoft
Included: Newburgh Conspiracy (first appearance); John McCloskey (first appearance); Liverpool F.C. (first appearance); Third Battle of Kharkov (4th appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Hotel New World disaster (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Philippine Airlines (maintenance)
Omitted: Newburgh Conspiracy; John McCloskey; Liverpool F.C.; Third Battle of Kharkov; Collapse of the Hotel New World
Included: Assassination of Julius Caesar (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Riade (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Maine (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Nicholas II of Russia (!2th appearance, last in 2011); The Godfather (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 04:28, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): United States Department of Veterans Affairs; Syrian Civil War
Omitted: Battle of Riade; Maine; Nicholas II of Russia; The Godfather
Included: Battle of Halmyros (3rd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); John McCloskey (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Upper Silesian Offensive (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Farzad Bazoft (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Assassination of Julius Caesar (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (unused): Women's Boat Race
Omitted: Assassination of Julius Caesar; Battle of Halmyros; John McCloskey; Upper Silesian Offensive; Farzad Bazoft
Included: Newburgh Conspiracy (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Liverpool F.C. (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Pancho Villa Expedition (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Philippine Airlines (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 75th anniversary); Syrian Civil War (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:25, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Riade (maintenance); Nicholas II of Russia (maintenance); Upper Silesian Offensive (maintenance); My Fair Lady (maintenance); .com (maintenance); Collapse of Hotel New World (maintenance); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (maintenance)
Omitted: Newburgh Conspiracy; Pancho Villa Expedition; Liverpool F.C. (moved to June 3); Philippine Airlines (ineligible—maintenance); Syrian Civil War (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Michael III (first appearance); Battle of Halmyros (4th appearance, last in 2015); Talaat Pasha (first appearance); Women's Boat Race (first appearance; 90th anniversary); The Godfather (4th appearance, last in 2014); Christian Michelsen (first appearance); Ruth Bader Ginsburg (first appearance); Arthur Compton (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:52, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Maine (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry
Omitted: Michael III; Battle of Halmyros; Talaat Pasha; Women's Boat Race; The Godfather; Christian Michelsen; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Arthur Compton
Included: Assassination of Julius Caesar (4th appearance, last in 2015); John McCloskey (3rd appearance, last in 2015); February Revolution (first appearance; blurb previously featured Nicholas II of Russia, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 13th appearance, last in 2014); Third Battle of Kharkov (5th appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Farzad Bazoft (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Archibald Menzies (first appearance); Matthew Charlton (first appearance); Paul Pogba (first appearance; 25th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 15:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Assassination of Julius Caesar; John McCloskey; February Revolution; Third Battle of Kharkov; Farzad Bazoft; Archibald Menzies; Matthew Charlton; Paul Pogba (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Conquest of Santarém (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Newburgh Conspiracy (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Women's Boat Race (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry (first appearance); Syrian Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Albert of Schwarzburg (first appearance); Johan Vaaler (first appearance); Lauren Ebsary (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:05, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ides of March

@Howcheng: as interesting as Ides of March is, our article suggests this is not a current observance. The article seems fine, just this seems a bit unneeded now, what do you think? — xaosflux ^Talk 13:43, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: While normally I would agree that we shouldn't include observances that aren't actually observed, I think this one is OK because the term "ides of March" is so culturally ingrained (anecdotally, I saw this pop up a fair bit in my Facebook feed, for example). —howcheng {chat} 23:31, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Paul Pogba
Omitted: Conquest of Santarém; Newburgh Conspiracy; Women's Boat Race; Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry; Syrian Civil War
Included: Michael III (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Halmyros (5th appearance, last in 2017); February Revolution (2nd appearance, last in 2018); My Fair Lady (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Farzad Bazoft (4th appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Albert of Schwarzburg (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Johan Vaaler (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Lauren Ebsary (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Apparently, I forgot to change the births/deaths this year. —howcheng {chat} 23:29, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Talaat Pasha (maintenance); Syrian civil war
Omitted: Michael III; Battle of Halmyros; February Revolution; My Fair Lady; Farzad Bazoft; Albert of Schwarzburg; Johan Vaaler; Lauren Ebsary
Included: Assassination of Julius Caesar (5th appearance, last in 2018); Newburgh Conspiracy (4th appearance, last in 2019); Women's Boat Race (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 70th anniversary); Christchurch mosque shootings (first appearance); Ernulf (first appearance); Eusebio Kino (first appearance); Robin Hunicke (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:04, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Assassination of Julius Caesar; Newburgh Conspiracy; Women's Boat Race; Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry; Christchurch mosque shootings; Ernulf; Eusebio Kino; Robin Hunicke
Included: Michael III (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Conquest of Santarém (2nd appearance, last in 2019); John McCloskey (4th appearance, last in 2018); The Godfather (5th appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Farzad Bazoft (5th appearance, last in 2020); Daniele Comboni (first appearance); Grace Chisholm Young (first appearance); Arthur Compton (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:55, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]