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2012 notes

• Omitted: Odoacer/Romulus Augustulus; Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Angeles (LA ineligible—maintenance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School; 2010 Canterbury earthquake
• Included: New Caledonia (first appearance); Siege of Fort Harrison (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Albanian Revolt of 1912 (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Forth Road Bridge (first appearance); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (first appearance)

All five articles making their OTD debuts! —howcheng {chat} 06:24, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 September 2012

2007 German AQ bomb plot suspects were convicted, so it is not appropriate to the word "alleged" to describe them: delete the word "alleged".

108.234.185.147 (talk) 02:49, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 03:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: New Caledonia; Siege of Fort Harrison; Albanian Revolt of 1912; Forth Road Bridge; Google; 2007 bomb plot in Germany
• Included: Treaty of Alcáçovas (first appearance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Geronimo (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Peekskill Riots (first appearance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:08, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Treaty of Alcáçovas; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Geronimo; Peekskill Riots; 2010 Canterbury earthquake
• Included: Battle of Montaperti (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); New Caledonia (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Eastman Kodak (first appearance); Forth Road Bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Brian Mulroney (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 07:05, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Montaperti; New Caledonia; Eastman Kodak; Forth Road Bridge; Brian Mulroney
• Included: Odoacer (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Ángeles (LA: 5th appearance; Pueblo: 2nd appearance; both last in 2011); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Albanian Revolt of 1912 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Google (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:25, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Treaty of Alcáçovas (maintenance); Geronimo (maintenance); Forth Road Bridge (maintenance)
• Omitted: Odoacer; Los Angeles; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Google
• Included: Battle of Montaperti (8th appearance, last in 2014); Siege of Fort Harrison (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Brian Mulroney (4th appearance, last in 2014); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Albanian Revolt of 1912 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:48, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Ángeles (both: maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Montaperti; Siege of Fort Harrison; Albanian Revolt of 1912; Brian Mulroney (ineligible—maintenance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake
• Included: Odoacer (3rd appearance, last in 2015); New Caledonia (4th appearance, last in 2014); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (4th appearance, last in 2015); Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 60th anniversary); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); Anna of Trebizond (first appearance); Sushilkumar Shinde (first appearance); Steve Irwin (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Peekskill riots (maintenance); Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Los Angeles
• Omitted: Odoacer; New Caledonia (ineligible—maintenance); Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School; 2007 bomb plot in Germany; Anna of Trebizond; Sushilkumar Shinde; Steve Irwin (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Lenzen (first appearance); Siege of Fort Harrison (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Albanian revolt of 1912 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Google (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Paul Harvey (first appearance); Syed Mustafa Siraj (first appearance)
• Repeats: Anna of Trebizond (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 175th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:31, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Montaperti (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Sasha (DJ) (TFA for 2019)
• Omitted: Battle of Lenzen; Siege of Fort Harrison; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Google (ineligible—maintenance); Anna of Trebizond; Paul Harvey; Syed Mustafa Siraj
• Included: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire (Odoacer: 4th appearance, last in 2017; Fall: first appearance); Los Angeles (6th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Kowloon (first appearance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2016); Stephen Whitney (first appearance); Denis Tomlinson (first appearance); Joan Rivers (first appearance)
• Repeats: Albanian revolt of 1912 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:35, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lenzen (maintenance); Kodak (maintenance); Paul Harvey (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sasha (DJ)
• Omitted: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire; Los Angeles; Albanian revolt of 1912; 2010 Canterbury earthquake (oops); Stephen Whitney; Denis Tomlinson; Joan Rivers
• Included: Siege of Malta (1798–1800) (first appearance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (6th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Grand Couronné (first appearance); Golden Dragon massacre (first appearance); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Anna of Trebizond (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Émile Bouchard (first appearance); Steve Irwin (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 20:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Pauline Adams (POTD for 2021)
• New articles (unused): Franjo Krežma; Lloyd Cadena
• Omitted: Siege of Malta (1798–1800); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Battle of Grand Couronné (deleted—moved to September 13); Golden Dragon massacre; 2007 bomb plot in Germany; Anna of Trebizond; Émile Bouchard; Steve Irwin
• Included: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire (Odoacer: 5th appearance; Fall: 2nd; both last in 2019); Battle of Kowloon (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Albanian revolt of 1912 (6th appearance, last in 2019); Little Rock Nine (6th appearance, last in 2010; blurb previously featured Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School, which is currently ineligible due to a possible copyvio); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2019); Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (first appearance); Bert Olmstead (first appearance); Beyoncé (first appearance; 40th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 00:19, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Odoacer; Albanian revolt of 1912; Little Rock Nine; 2010 Canterbury earthquake; Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon; Bert Olmstead
• Included: Siege of Malta (1798–1800) (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (7th appearance, last in 2020); A Handful of Dust (first appearance); Golden Dragon massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Pope Boniface I (first appearance; 1600th anniversary); Anna Anachoutlou (4th appearance, last in 2020)
• Repeats: Battle of Kowloon (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Beyoncé (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:16, 19 September 2022 (UTC)