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Frequently asked questions

Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted?: A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted.

As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.

Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.

Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture.

Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before?

A2: The short, basic reason is the systemic bias of Wikipedia. There are not enough good, well-written articles on 19th-century and earlier events for all 365 days in the year. Currently, a majority of users seem to be generally more interested in writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

Q3: This page seems to be biased toward events based in [Insert country or region here]. What can be done about it?

A3: This again is attributed to the systemic bias of Wikipedia. Many users are generally more interested in working on good, well-written articles pertaining to their home country. Since this is the English Wikipedia, there will be more English-speaking users, and thus more articles pertaining to English-speaking countries. And if there are more users who are from the United States, there will probably be more well-written articles about events based in the United States. Again, if you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?

A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion.

Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order?

A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed.

Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean?

A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them:

Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year.
National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.

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1964 - The first Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line.

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Egyptian Revolution of 1919 (date not verified)
Omitted: Name of Lithuania, Rancho San Francisco, Battle of Hampton Roads, Bombing of Tallinn in World War II, Burnden Park disaster, 1956 Georgian demonstrations
Included: The Wealth of Nations (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible), Pink's War (first appearance), Éamon de Valera (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible), Bombing of Tokyo (8th appearance, last in 2010), 1977 Hanafi Siege (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: 1977 Hanafi Siege now ineligible (maintenance); replaced with Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia (first appearance). —howcheng {chat} 16:52, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1977 Hanafi Siege (maintenance)
Omitted: The Wealth of Nations; Éamon de Valera; Bombing of Tokyo; Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia
Included: Nabucco (5th appearance, last in 2010); Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911 (first appearance); Panama–California Exposition (first appearance); 1956 Georgian demonstrations (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Pink's War (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:23, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): New Deal; Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
Omitted: Nabucco; Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11; Panama–California Exposition; Pink's War; 1956 Georgian demonstrations
Included: Name of Lithuania (2nd appearance, last in 2011); The Wealth of Nations (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Siege of Veracruz (first appearance); Bombing of Tallinn in World War II (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Barbie (7th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 08:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Deleted: Egyptian Revolution of 1919 (moved to March 8)
New articles (ineligible): Emperor Wu of Han (moved from March 29)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1977 Hanafi Siege
Omitted: Name of Lithuania; Siege of Veracruz; Bombing of Tallinn in World War II; Barbie
Included: Nabucco (6th appearance, last in 2013); Panama–California Exposition (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Pink's War (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 90th anniversary); Bombing of Tokyo (9th appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: The Wealth of Nations (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: The Wealth of Nations (ineligible—maintenance); Nabucco; Panama–California Exposition; Pink's War; Bombing of Tokyo
Included: Rancho San Francisco (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Éamon de Valera (5th appearance, last in 2012); Burnden Park disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); 1956 Georgian demonstrations (4th appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Name of Lithuania (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:46, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Something's currently amiss in the image gallery

The cover of the guidebook of the Panama California Exposition is captioned Éamon de Valera. --Dyspeptic skeptic (talk) 11:18, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Step hen 11:50, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Nabucco (maintenance); Barbie (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes (maintenance)
Omitted: Rancho San Francisco; Burnden Park disaster; 1956 Georgian demonstrations
Included: Battle of Hampton Roads (6th appearance, last in 2011); Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina (first appearance); 1977 Hanafi Siege (first appearance; 40th anniversary)
Repeats: Name of Lithuania (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total); Éamon de Valera (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:50, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng, I remember that Éamon de Valera and the Hanafi Siege weren't included in OTD when I looked at the Main Page this morning and I don't see a discussion in the history of WP:ERRORS that explains the subsequent insertion of these anniversaries. May I ask what happened? --Dyspeptic skeptic (talk) 23:15, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

These two diffs should explain it: [1], [2]. —howcheng {chat} 04:40, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

HowchengFirst of all, I really appreciate everything you do for wp:OTD. I nominated Birth of Fatimah al-Zahra, as Mother's day in Iran for 9 March. At this day Iranians celebrate the birth of Fatimah and get gifts for their mother and wives. In addition to the honor of mother's day, it is a holiday! Regards. Saff V. (talk) 08:27, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Saff V.: [3] says 20 Jumada al-Thani is 8 March. —howcheng {chat} 16:56, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, It happens because of the difference between Iran's calendar and other. but I nominated the birth as observance because in Iran this day is mother's day. So in Iran 20, Jumada al-Thani is 9 March (source). With this description what is your opinion? Regards! Saff V. (talk) 06:31, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: New Deal (maintenance); Bombing of Tallinn in World War II (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Hampton Roads; Éamon de Valera; Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina; 1977 Washington, D.C. attack and hostage taking; Mary Anning; Vyacheslav Molotov
Included: Rancho San Francisco (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Pink's War (4th appearance, last in 2015); 1956 Georgian demonstrations (5th appearance, last in 2016); Friederike Caroline Neuber (first appearance); Anna Laetitia Barbauld (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appears on June 20, her birthday); Jane Joseph (first appearance)
Repeats: Name of Lithuania (5th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:54, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Black Kite and The Rambling Man: I was astonished to see the "Mother's day in Iran" removed from the main page. @Black Kite: I don't think it was that difficult to verify that 9 March 2018 was observed as the 'Mother's day' in Iran? Even if you couldn't verify the birth of Fatimah, you had to be more careful about the 'Mother's day' in Iranian calendar. Can you distinguish the difference? Regards. Saff V. (talk) 07:34, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for your ping, I don't know what you expect from me, but cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:53, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Deleted: Bombing of Tokyo (Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945), a more specific article, was added to March 10)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Nabucco; New Deal
Omitted: Name of Lithuania; Rancho San Francisco; Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11; Pink's War; 1956 Georgian demonstrations; Friederike Caroline Neuber; Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Included: The Wealth of Nations (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Hampton Roads (7th appearance, last in 2017); Éamon de Valera (7th appearance, last in 2017); Bombing of Tallinn in World War II (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Abu Maʿshar (first appearance); Eddie Foy Sr. (first appearance)
Repeats: Jane Joseph (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 90th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:01, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Vyacheslav Molotov (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Svetlana Alliluyeva (moved from March 6)
Omitted: The Wealth of Nations; Battle of Hampton Roads; Bombing of Tallinn in World War II; Abu Maʿshar; Eddie Foy Sr.; Jane Joseph
Included: Name of Lithuania (7th appearance, last in 2018); Nabucco (7th appearance, last in 2015); Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Catherine of Bologna (first appearance); Mary Harris Armor (first appearance); Takaaki Kajita (first appearance)
Repeats: Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Name of Lithuania; Nabucco; Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina; Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia (ineligible—maintenance); Catherine of Bologna; Mary Harris Armor; Takaaki Kajita
Included: The Wealth of Nations (5th appearance, last in 2019); Rancho San Francisco (4th appearance, last in 2018); Burnden Park disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 75th anniversary); Svetlana Alliluyeva (2nd appearance, last in 2017; moved from March 6); Jagorawi Toll Road (first appearance); Mary Anning (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Qayyum Chowdhury (first appearance); George Singh (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:43, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: The Wealth of Nations; Rancho San Francisco; Burnden Park disaster; Svetlana Alliluyeva; Jagorawi Toll Road (ineligible—maintenance); George Singh
Included: Name of Lithuania (8th appearance, last in 2020); Giuseppe Verdi (2nd appearance, last in 2020; normally appears on January 27. his death anniversary; Nabucco is supposed to be the bold article here); Siege of Veracruz (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 175th anniversary); Éamon de Valera (8th appearance, last in 2019; 90th anniversary); Barbie (8th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); The Notorious B.I.G. (first appearance; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Mary Anning (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 175th anniversary); Qayyum Chowdhury (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 90th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 18:14, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]