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As you have protected the page, it is your obligation to listen to wikipedians' requests. I'll drop a note here and check back tomorrow. What is the purpose of protecting two days in advance? This page wont go on the main page, and the essense of "Being Bold" in updating is made impossible.

Please check National holiday of Sweden for comparisment. The event mentioned on Selected anniversaries is not really the main celebrated event for the national day.

--Fred-Chess 11:27, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I thought it's Constitution Day in Sweden. No ? -- 199.71.174.100 08:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

New Queue

• Governor Davis H. Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894. - Tim1965 14:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

D-day

No link to Normandy Landings ?? - Estel ^(talk) 02:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

As a general rule, to maintain some variety of topics on the Main Page as a whole, an event is not posted this year if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture — like today. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:15, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

@Zzyzx11: If D-Day were today’s featured article, I could somewhat understand the logic of not having D-Day as one of the on-this-day’s articles. But, I do not think that logic equally applies to when the featured picture is of, or connected to, D-Day. While today’s image is instantly recognizable and instantly associated with D-Day for many of us, for many others it simply is not. For many, there is little to no recognition. And, as time goes by, this will be more and more the case. I think that D-Day, if not the article of the day, should always be listed in the on-this-day’s articles. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 01:40, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

It's a long-standing rule that predates even my involvement. TFA and POTD trump OTD. —howcheng {chat} 02:46, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

This year there is nothing on the main page relating to D-day. I think D-day is the most notable thing that occurred on June 6 and should be added. --Pithon314 (talk) 02:25, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

@Pithon314: Articles go in and out of rotation every year. D-Day was included in both 2019 and 2020, so it can take a break and give some other articles an opportunity to appear. —howcheng {chat} 07:10, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

D-Day wasn't included on the front page in 2022 either. I understand that recurring topics change rotation to allow other articles to fill in, however, this being such a monumental event that it should still be linked on the front page. Springbok001 (talk) 13:19, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Is there no exceptions to the rule mentioned above? This seems like an event that any reader should see on the main page somewhere. I understand it not being the featured article year after year, but why can it not be mentioned in at least the OTD? I mean absolutely no disrespect to the contributors that compiled today's OTD nor do I mean any disrespect to any of the events listed, but the Normandy invasions absolutely could have been placed in that list as far as historical importance goes. Could not some of the other entries be shortened, and D-Day slipped in?Mulstev (talk) 16:22, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

@Springbok001 and Mulstev: No eligible article is guaranteed an appearance any year. Preference is usually given to those with significant milestone anniversaries, but that's it. Otherwise, we try to maintain a variety of historical eras, topics, and locations. For this year, I decided to go with 1982's blurb because it hadn't featured in 5 years, the 2017 one as it's the first time for that one, so a third war article would have been too much. —howcheng {chat} 17:11, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Deleted: Battle of Belleau Wood (appears on June 26)
• Omitted: Battle of Embabo; Chicago 'L' (ineligible—POTD for 2012); Normandy landings; Tetris (ineligible—maintenance); Tamil language (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Shivaji (first appearance); Battle of Stoney Creek (first appearance); YMCA (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Queensland (first appearance); Battle of Long Khanh (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:55, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Deleted: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (not a very good date for this)
• New articles (unused): Hughes Airwest Flight 706
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Chicago 'L'
• Omitted: Shivaji; Queensland; Invasion of Normandy/Normandy landings; Battle of Long Khanh
• Included: Battle of Embabo (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (3rd appearance, last in 2010); 1982 Lebanon War (8th appearance, last in 2010); Tamil language (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Battle of Stoney Creek (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:09, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: YMCA (maintenance); Invasion of Normandy/Normandy landings (D-Day naval deceptions is TFA for 2014)
• Omitted: Battle of Stoney Creek; Battle of Embabo; Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894; 1982 Lebanon War; Tamil language (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Shivaji (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Queensland (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Chicago 'L' (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Novarupta (first appearance); Josef Mengele (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 05:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Deleted: Joseph Force Crater (appears on August 6)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Tamil language
• Omitted: Queensland; Chicago "L"; Novarupta
• Included: Battle of Embabo (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (4th appearance, last in 2013); Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (first appearance)
• Repeats: Shivaji (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Josef Mengele (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:13, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Ashmolean Museum

Hey, there's a sentence in the article saying that the museum was opened on 24 May 1683. Can it make the article eligible? Mhhossein (talk) 13:21, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

No, the sentence with the date has to be cited to a reliable source. I checked the source for the next sentence and it does not include the date. —howcheng {chat} 21:10, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Shivaji; Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894; Hughes Airwest Flight 706; Josef Mengele
• Included: First Battle of Memphis (first appearance); Novarupta (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1982 Lebanon War (9th appearance, last in 2013); Tamil language (4th appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Battle of Embabo (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:27, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Deleted: Ashmolean Museum (moved to May 24)
• Moved to Ineligible: Shivaji (maintenance); Queensland (maintenance)
• Omitted: First Battle of Memphis; Battle of Embabo; 1982 Lebanon War; Tamil language
• Included: Conspiracy of the Slaves (first appearance); Chicago "L" (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Normandy landings (4th appearance, last in 2012; blurb previously also featured Invasion of Normandy, which is currently ineligible); 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Robert Passelewe (first appearance); Frank Chee Willeto (first appearance); Maria Alyokhina (first appearance)
• Repeats: Novarupta (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 7 June 2017

199.227.9.66 (talk) 14:53, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (June 7, 1965). The United States Supreme Court legalized contraception holding that the statute forbidding its use violated marital privacy right.

 Not done. Two reasons: 1) you are on the talk page for June 6, not June 7; 2) the article is tagged as requiring expansion, which makes it ineligible for inclusion. Please see WP:OTDRULES for more information. —howcheng {chat} 16:03, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

75th anniversary

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was the basis for the film A League of Their Own played its first game June 6, 1943. Eligible? Alanscottwalker (talk) 13:56, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

@Alanscottwalker: It's very close. There are a few paragraphs in the History and Legacy sections that aren't cited, and a citation for the list of league champions would be good too. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 15:34, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Try to get to work. thx. Alanscottwalker (talk) 15:43, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Think I did it. Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:50, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

@Alanscottwalker: OK, thanks for that. I've put it in for this year. —howcheng {chat} 19:06, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Alanscottwalker (talk) 19:31, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

@Howcheng:: I messed-up, I have to apologies to you personally and to Wikipedia. I got 'excited' when I read an article on the anniversary. And rushed over here and never looked back. In looking for any new coverage on the web today to add to the article, I see I mistook "this Wednesday" for one week later than it should have been (May 30). Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I have 'fixed' the article. Can I go ahead and transfer this discussion to May 30, with a note, and do anything else that needs to be corrected? Really sorry, for the mistake and now the extra work. Alanscottwalker (talk) 15:14, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Oh well, we're only human. Blurb has been moved to May 30. Thanks for your work on this. —howcheng {chat} 16:38, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 1982 Lebanon War (maintenance)
• Omitted: Conspiracy of the Slaves; Chicago "L"; Novarupta; Normandy landings; 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident; Robert Passelewe; Frank Chee Willeto; Maria Alyokhina
• Included: Shivaji (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Stoney Creek (3rd appearance, last in 2013); All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Josef Mengele (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Tamil language (5th appearance, last in 2016); Jeremy Bentham (first appearance); John A. Macdonald (first appearance); Angie Ballard (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:15, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Robert Stirling (maintenance)
• Omitted: Shivaji; Battle of Stoney Creek; All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (moved to May 30); Josef Mengele; Tamil language; Jeremy Bentham; John A. Macdonald; Angie Ballard
• Included: Battle of Novara (1513) (2nd appearance, last in 2009; accidentally got deleted in 2011); Conspiracy of the Slaves (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (5th appearance, last in 2015; 125th anniversary); Normandy landings (5th appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Regiomontanus (first appearance); Lillian Russell (first appearance)
• Repeats: John A. Macdonald (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:36, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Jeremy Bentham (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Novara (1513); 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta; Hughes Airwest Flight 706; Regiomontanus; John A. Macdonald; Lillian Russell
• Included: National Day of Sweden (rescued from Ineligible); Alexis St. Martin (first appearance); Battle of Embabo (5th appearance, last in 2016); Novarupta (4th appearance, last in 2017); Marcellin Champagnat (first appearance); Henry Allingham (first appearance); Natalie Morales (journalist)
• Repeats: Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Normandy landings (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Jeremy Bentham
• Omitted: Alexis St. Martin; Battle of Embabo; Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894; Normandy landings; Marcellin Champagnat; Natalie Morales (journalist)
• Included: Shivaji (5th appearance, last in 2018); Chicago "L" (4th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Long Khánh (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Josef Mengele (4th appearance, last in 2018); Norbert of Xanten (first appearance); Jean Pouliot (first appearance)
• Repeats: Novarupta (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Henry Allingham (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 125th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 08:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (ineligible): David Scott (TFA for 2022)
• Omitted: Shivaji; Chicago "L"; Novarupta; Battle of Long Khánh; Josef Mengele; Norbert of Xanten; Henry Allingham; Jean Pouliot
• Included: 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Alexis St. Martin (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (7th appearance, last in 2020); 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); Battle of Raqqa (2017) (first appearance); Jeremy Bentham (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Lillian Russell (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 100th anniversary); Natalie Morales (journalist) (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 50th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 7 June 2022 (UTC)