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2012 notes

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howcheng {chat} 16:23, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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howcheng {chat} 21:14, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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howcheng {chat} 03:46, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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2020 notes

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howcheng {chat} 16:34, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest removing Aquitania (forever)

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"1914 – RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City." Problems: seems trivial - what's so special about the last of this class departing that day? It's one thing to see something about Titanic, but this is trivia. Perhaps if this was the last ever voyage of such a class, but still, this seems like further trivia. Ship sailed, nobody cared then, and nobody seems to be declaring this event as major today. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:50, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Darul Uloom Deoband in OTD

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I guess it is worth to be mentioned on the OTD section of mainpage. I don't know how it works but this famous seminary where the Deobandi movement began turns 155 today. It was established on 30 May 1866. Can someone do it? Thanks. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 06:59, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@AafiOnMobile: Unfortunately, the introduction for the article is tagged as being too long, which makes it ineligible for inclusion. howcheng {chat} 07:41, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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2022 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:36, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

300 years Bach Thomaskantor

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copied from Talk:May 30

Hi all, I reverted a recent change to May 30 made by @Gerda Arendt, and left a comment on her talk page. She has asked some questions which I have briefly answered, but thought I would ask here to try to get a wider range of thoughts. I hope a few of you can reply. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 04:56, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not about one article. For quick context: 1723 - 300 years ago - is the year that Bach assumed the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which was consequential:
I believe that this should show in OTD on 30 May (to counter rock slides and battles a bit), but am new to it. I was encouraged by Dumelow.
My suggestion was:
1723Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
(refs:
  • Dürr, Alfred; Jones, Richard D. P. (2006). "Die Elendenden sollen essen". The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Oxford University Press. pp. 381–387. ISBN 978-0-19-929776-4.
  • Wolff, Christoph (1991). Bach: Essays on his Life and Music. ISBN 9780674059269.)
Yes, we could just say that it's 300 years that this cantata was performed, but it seems to miss the impact - to me. Any help is welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:24, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, @Gerda Arendt, I've just realised that what I took to be a typo - OTD - is in fact a reference to On This Day. You may be better off raising your question here - Wikipedia_talk:Selected_anniversaries/May_30. Kiwipete (talk) 09:24, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
see how new I am, - doing that
So here we are. My idea was to add Bach to OTD for 30 May 2023, because he assumed his position as Thomaskantor on that day 300 years ago, explained why above, first performance of first cantata of first cantata cycle. I am new and need help. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:35, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gerda Arendt, sorry I've just seen this. I'll be scheduling the OTDs for 30 May in the next 10 days or so. I'd be glad to include this one as we are generally a bit short of culture articles and it is a significant anniversary. The BWV 75 article looks good, though one minor gripe is that the last two sentences of the background section are uncited - Dumelow (talk) 13:59, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll add the sources from the linked cantatas, Bach's early cantatas and Weimar cantata (Bach), and will try to make BWV 75 a FA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I added refs two the section, please check. I'll go over the article beginning tomorrow. What's the next step for OTD?
Thanks, looks fine to me. Nothing more to do until someone (almost certainly me) gets round to updating the day's entries for this year. I'm currently up to 17 May so will take a week or so to get to 30 May, watchlist the page and give me a nudge if I forget to include BWV 75 when I refresh it - Dumelow (talk) 10:26, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]