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Today's featured article for October 1, 2024

Tourists take photographs of the painting

The Founding Ceremony of the Nation is a 1953 oil painting by Chinese artist Dong Xiwen. It depicts Mao Zedong and other Communist officials inaugurating the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949. A prominent example of socialist realism, it is one of the most celebrated works of official Chinese art. After the Communists took control of China, they sought to memorialize their success with art. Dong was selected, and completed the painting in three months in a folk art style, drawing on historical Chinese art. The painting's success was assured when Mao viewed it and liked it, and it was widely reproduced for home display. Dong was ordered to remove Gao Gang from the painting in 1954 and Liu Shaoqi in 1967, after government purges. In 1972 a copy was made by other artists to accommodate another deletion. After the purged officials were rehabilitated, the replica was modified in 1979 to include them. Both canvases are in the National Museum of China in Beijing. (Full article...)

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Franco

I strongly suggest that the passage on Franco be removed or reworded. By the time of October 1936 the Spanish Civil War was still raging, and the Republic was still in control over major parts of the country and was the internationally recognized government. The fact that the Nationalists appointed Franco as head of state might have had symbolic importance to them, but it didn't actually mean that he became the head of state of Spain. The fact that thereäs a wikilink to Spanish State doesn't help much, it is still misleading to a casual visitor to the main page. --Soman 22:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the line. Is it any better ? -- PFHLai 23:01, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, much better. But it might still need a short mention, like "Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state by the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War". I know that would be a bit long though. --Soman 23:04, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice if there is a page about the various Nationalist factions during the civil war that the word 'Nationalists' can link to. Linking to just Falange would be misleading, I suppose. Would link to Nationalism be good enough ? -- PFHLai 23:29, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Magnate

The link to "magnate" under Stanford University isn't proper. It should link to business magnate. BorgHunter (talk) 22:46, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -- PFHLai 22:53, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: 30 September Movement (moved to September 30)
New articles (unused): 1903 World Series
Omitted: Yosemite National Park; Mensa International; Cameroon; Same-sex marriage in Denmark; Resource Management Act 1991
Included: Convention of 1832 (first appearance); China (8th appearance, last in 2010); Tōkaidō Shinkansen (first appearance; blurb previously featured Shinkansen, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2009); Siege of Dubrovnik (first appearance); Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Convention of 1832; China; Tōkaidō Shinkansen; Siege of Dubrovnik; Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Included: 1903 World Series (first appearance); Mensa International (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Defense Intelligence Agency (first appearance); Same-sex marriage in Denmark (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2005 Bali bombings (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 05:27, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 30 September 2013

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Would it be possible to remove the Filipino American History Month from the anniversary page? It does not refer to a specific date and, in the current format, makes the whole thing crowded as far as how it would appear on the main page. Sdverv (talk) 22:18, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty crowded, yes, but there's no imbalance between the columns in terms of whitespace on the Main Page right now, so I don't think it needs to be removed. This may change if DYK gets too short. —howcheng {chat} 07:02, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding. Now that I look at how it posted on the Main Page, I think it should be fine.--Sdverv (talk) 13:20, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: 1903 World Series; Mensa International; Defense Intelligence Agency; Same-sex marriage in Denmark; 2005 Bali bombings
Included: Stanford University (5th appearance, last in 2010); Los Angeles Times bombing (first appearance); China (6th appearance as blurb, last in 2012); Tōkaidō Shinkansen (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Resource Management Act 1991 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:08, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Thérèse of Lisieux (ineligible—maintenance); Cyprus (ineligible—maintenance); Stanford University; Los Angeles Times bombing; China; Tōkaidō Shinkansen; Resource Management Act 1991
Included: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (first appearance); Yosemite National Park (8th appearance, last in 2011; 125th anniversary); Pennsylvania Turnpike (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Siege of Dubrovnik (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 2005 Bali bombings (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:15, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1903 World Series (maintenance); Resource Management Act 1991 (maintenance); Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Godfrey Hounsfield
Omitted: Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Turnpike; 2005 Bali bombings
Included: Stanford University (6th appearance, last in 2014; 125th anniversary); Mensa International (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision (first appearance)
Repeats: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Siege of Dubrovnik (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:25, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Day of Ashura

@Howcheng: I've now resolved the issues with Ashura and it can be inserted as an observance just like before. Regards. --Mhhossein ^talk 02:52, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Los Angeles Times bombing (maintenance); Defense Intelligence Agency (maintenance); Tōkaidō Shinkansen (maintenance); Godfrey Hounsfield (maintenance)
Omitted: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (ineligible—maintenance); Stanford University; Mensa International; Siege of Dubrovnik; 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision
Included: Convention of 1832 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (first appearance); Yosemite National Park (9th appearance, last in 2015); Thrilla in Manila (first appearance); Same-sex marriage in Denmark (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Henry III of England (4th appearance, last in 2007; previously appeared on May 14); Helen Mayo (first appearance); Lucy Li (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:40, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Mensa International (maintenance); 2005 Bali bombings (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Duncan Edwards (TFA for 2018)
Omitted: Convention of 1832; Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management; Thrilla in Manila; Same-sex marriage in Denmark; Henry III of England; Helen Mayo; Lucy Li
Included: St Pancras railway station (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Capture of Damascus (first appearance; 100th anniversary); China (10th appearance, last in 2014); Europol (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Yaqub Spata (first appearance); Rose O'Neal Greenhow (first appearance); Zhu Rongji (first appearance)
Repeats: Yosemite National Park (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:45, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proclamation of the People's Republic of China and the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China

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Could any admin replace the "[[History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)|the establishment]]" with "[[Proclamation of the People's Republic of China|the establishment]]" for preciseness? And is it eligible to add in the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China article? —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 19:28, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. The Proclamation of the People's Republic of China is ineligible to be used as a target link on the main page because it has too many quality issues, all noted in the large orange tags throughout the article. For your second request, the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China is a current event, and should be submitted for consideration at WP:ITNC. I hope that all makes sense. --Jayron 32 17:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Ole Miss riot of 1962/James Meredith; Malouma
Omitted: National Day of the People's Republic of China (ineligible—maintenance); Filipino American History Month (ineligible—maintenance); St Pancras railway station; Yosemite National Park; Capture of Damascus; Europol; Yaqub Spata; Rose O'Neal Greenhow; Zhu Rongji
Included: Tuvalu (rescued from Ineligible); Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Stanford University (7th appearance, last in 2016); Same-sex marriage in Denmark (4th appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary); 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision(2nd appearance, last in 2016); Frans Floris (first appearance); Duncan Edwards (first appearance); Brie Larson (first appearance; 30th birthday)
Repeats: China (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:01, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nigeria's Independence Day

I am requesting that this article Independence Day be featured on Wikipedia's homepage for today on the On This Day column as Nigeria is the biggest country in the world today celebrating it's Independence day rather than Tuvalu. Josedimaria237 (talk) 01:39, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Josedimaria237: That article has three empty sections, and Nigeria is ineligible due to the "Languages" section needs more citations. —howcheng {chat} 06:59, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Thrilla in Manila (maintenance)
Omitted: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso; Stanford University; China; Same-sex marriage in Denmark; 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision; Duncan Edwards; Brie Larson
Included: Filipino American History Month (rescued from Ineligible); Yosemite National Park (11th appearance, last in 2018); Pennsylvania Turnpike (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 80th anniversary); Europol (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (first appearance); Ram Nath Kovind (first appearance; 75th birthday); Malouma (first appearance; 60th birthday)
Repeats: Frans Floris (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 450th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:57, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): CTV Television Network (maintenance); Nectarios of Aegina (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Eli Whitney Blake Jr.
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Tokaido Shinkansen
Omitted: Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Turnpike; Europol; Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean; Frans Floris; Ram Nath Kovind; Malouma
Included: Independence Day (Nigeria) (rescued from Ineligible); Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (4th appearance, last in 2019); St Pancras railway station (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Simla Deputation (first appearance); Siege of Dubrovnik (4th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Morphia of Melitene (first appearance); Helen Mayo (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Faik Ali Ozansoy (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:32, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ole Miss riot of 1962/James Meredith (maintenance); Tokaido Shinkansen
New articles (unused): Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong; Severus Alexander
Omitted: Independence Day (Nigeria); Third Treaty of San Ildefonso; St Pancras railway station; Simla Deputation; Siege of Dubrovnik; Morphia of Melitene; Helen Mayo; Faik Ali Ozansoy
Included: Wonderful Parliament (first appearance); Convention of 1832 (3rd appearance, last in 2017, 190th anniversary); Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal (first appearance); Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Henry III of England (2nd appearance on October 1, last in 2017, 5 total); Malouma (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Brie Larson (2nd appearance, last in 2022)

Heart ^(talk) 12:07, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Defenders Day (Ukraine)

Should Defenders Day (Ukraine) not be added to the too list of this template since it is a public holiday in Ukraine. Ot used to be included in Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/October_14. The thing is is that the holidays used to be on October 14. But last year it was moved to its current date. This is because to Ukrainian churches now using the Gregorian calendar (the "western calendar") while they previously used the Julian calendar as it was and is still used by the Russian orthodox church. This move of calendar was a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the derusification of Ukraine since 2022. — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 13:57, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

— Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 15:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]