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2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Ben Johnson (sprinter) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Rowton Heath; 1890 Manifesto/Mormonism and polygamy; Containment; Camp Nou; Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• Included: Hijra (Islam) (7th appearance, last in 2010); Manuel I Komnenos (3rd appearance, last in 2010); New Caledonia (first appearance); Alfred Deakin (7th appearance, last in 2010; blurb previously featured Edward Barton too, but Barton appears on October 5); Warren Commission (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:07, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Hijra (Islam); Manuel I Komnenos; New Caledonia; Warren Commission
• Included: Guinea-Bissau (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Rowton Heath (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Judiciary Act of 1789 (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Camp Nou (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Oba Chandler (first appearance)
• Repeats: Alfred Deakin (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:05, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Arrest of Oba Chandler

Why is he described as an "American man"? I'm not being defensive (I'm an American man myself); I just think the natural assumption (which is reasonable) is that someone arrested for a crime (other than a terrorist action, I guess) is a national of the country in which the crime occurred. Also, "American man [his name]" sounds odd to me. --anon. 71.183.134.249 (talk) 01:51, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Changed accordingly. —howcheng {chat} 09:31, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I have a couple of additional quibbles but I won't mind if the ITN entry isn't changed to reflect them:

• The victims are described as three women but two of them were under eighteen years of age, with one of them being only fourteen. (The article about Oba Chandler includes this inaccurate characterization itself in some places.)
• Stating that there had been "a three-year-long manhunt" to apprehend the killer implies (to me, anyway) that law enforcement personnel were actively working to identify and then locate him but the article implies (to me, anyway) that they had run out of leads and were waiting for new tips to come in.
  

Cheers --anon. 71.183.134.249 (talk) 14:44, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I didn't write the original blurb, but I think it's now much more interesting. —howcheng {chat} 20:12, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Rowton Heath; Alfred Deakin; Camp Nou; Oba Chandler
• Included: Battle of Shiroyama (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); HMA No. 1 (first appearance); Cathay Pacific (first appearance); Warren Commission (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary)
• Repeats: Judiciary Act of 1789 (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 225th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:51, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Judiciary Act of 1789; Battle of Shiroyama; HMA No. 1; Cathay Pacific; Warren Commission
• Included: Hijra (Islam) (8th appearance, last in 2012); Manuel I Komnenos (4th appearance, last in 2012); 1890 Manifesto (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Camp Nou (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition (first appearance; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ben Johnson (sprinter)
• Omitted: Hegira; 1890 Manifesto; Camp Nou; 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition
• Included: Battle of Shiroyama (4th appearance, last in 2014); HMA No. 1 (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Containment (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 20th anniversary)
• Repeats: Manuel I Komnenos (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:37, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Deleted: New Amsterdam (moved to September 8)
• Moved to Ineligible: Hegira (maintenance); Cathay Pacific (maintenance); Ben Johnson (sprinter) (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Black Friday (1869)
• Omitted: Guinea-Bissau (ineligible—maintenance); Trinidad and Tobago (ineligible—maintenance); Manuel I Komnenos; Battle of Shiroyama (ineligible—maintenance); HMA No. 1; Containment (ineligible—maintenance); Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• Included: Battle of Rowton Heath (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Kingdom of Sarawak (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Camp Nou (4th appearance, last in 2015; 60th anniversary); Oba Chandler (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary); Saffron Revolution (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Antoine-Louis Barye (first appearance); Georges Claude (first appearance); Gennady Yanayev (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:03, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Manuel I Komnenos (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Lottie Dod (maintenance)
• Omitted: Kingdom of Sarawak; Camp Nou (ineligible—maintenance); Oba Chandler; Saffron Revolution (ineligible—maintenance); Antoine-Louis Barye; Gennady Yanayev
• Included: Black Friday (1869) (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Alfred Deakin (9th appearance, last in 2013); Warren Commission (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition (2nd appearance, last in 2015); 'Adud al-Dawla (2nd appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on March 26, his birthday); Bruno Pontecorvo (first appearance; 25th anniversary)
• Repeats: Battle of Rowton Heath (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Georges Claude (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:29, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (unused): Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568) (moved from September 23); Chinchaga fire; Guru Ram Das
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): X Article (blurb previously featured Containment, which is still ineligible)
• Omitted: Battle of Rowton Heath; Alfred Deakin (ineligible—maintenance); Warren Commission; 'Adud al-Dawla; Georges Claude; Bruno Pontecorvo
• Included: Raj of Sarawak (5th appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on June 14); HMA No. 1 (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Cathay Pacific (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Gao Pian (first appearance); Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (first appearance); Linda McCartney (first appearance)
• Repeats: Black Friday (1869) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 150th anniversary); 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:57, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Deleted: Manuel I Komnenos (moved to November 28)
• New articles (unused): F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Omitted: Guinea-Bissau (ineligible—maintenance); Raj of Sarawak; Black Friday (1869); HMA No. 1; Cathay Pacific (ineligible—maintenance); Gao Pian; Jan Karol Chodkiewicz; Linda McCartney
• Included: Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568) (5th appearance, last in 2018); 1890 Manifesto (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Chinchaga fire (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Robert of Knaresborough (first appearance); Georges Claude (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 150th birthday); Gennady Yanayev (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:23, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Omitted: Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568); 1890 Manifesto; Chinchaga fire; 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition; Robert of Knaresborough; Georges Claude; Gennady Yanayev
• Included: Battle of Rowton Heath (5th appearance, last in 2018); Raj of Sarawak (6th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Shiroyama (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland/2019 British prorogation controversy (both: first appearance); Guru Ram Das (2nd appearance, last in 2004; previously appeared on August 30); F. Scott Fitzgerald (first appearance; 125th birthday); Linda McCartney (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 80th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 04:59, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Rowton Heath; Battle of Shiroyama; Guru Ram Das; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Linda McCartney
• Included: Black Friday (1869) (4th appearance, last in 2019); Topoľčany pogrom (first appearance); Oba Chandler (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary); Gao Pian (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Bessie Braddock (first appearance); John Young (astronaut) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Raj of Sarawak (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland/2019 British prorogation controversy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)