Talk:1988

Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 13:47, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Recent reverts...
's recently reverted two edits by. Both of these edits by Mike seemed reasonable...adding Bill & Ted's to movies and Animated Beast to Games. I'd like to see consensus developed here. Both of the linked articles reference 1988, and regrettably, due to my age, seem reasonable. :) Wikibofh 04:12, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Infrogmation's revert was justified. IMDB says Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was released in the states on February 1989. In addition, Altered Beast is a 1989 game according to GameFAQs  and GameSpy . --Krystyn Dominik 04:27, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I forgot Altered Beast is a Japanese game and yes it was released in 1988 over there. However this is an English version of Wikipedia, the predominately English speaking countries didn't have that game until after 1989. In addition, Altered Beast is not that notable entry to included. It has to be somewhat "groundbreaking" like 1990 with "Super Mario Bros. 3 is released on the Nintendo Entertainment System console and sold over 6 million copies worldwide. It is known as the best selling video game in history." --Krystyn Dominik 04:35, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It seems like there is some discussion on the B&T page about the actual date. I think the preponderance of evidence is probably 89, but I can see how 1988 might be reasonable.  As for Altered_Beast it's article says '88, which is why I thought it was appropriate.  I'll grant you it isn't that notable, but I remembered it, and I can't say how many of the video games from that time actually stuck with me...probably way too many.  Regardless, I'll go with consensus. Wikibofh 15:06, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Births
Is there a limit on the number of people who can be listed under "births"? I just listed the entire category. User:Carie 21:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried to set a precedent a while back, and people complained. So list every single person who was born in that year if you wish, but this might finally persuade people that I might have had a point when the article becomes dominated by births. Personally, I think it should be restricted to internationally famous individuals (household names, in other words, with the rule "if you have to ask, they're not notable enough") if not globally then at least over a continent Average Earthman 15:19, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Nominations for deletion
Running through this lengthy article these were selections that didn't seem particularly noteworthy to me. To reach consensus on whether to delete these, editors could make their arguments for or against under each?


 * March 1 - Anthony M. Frank is appointed United States Postmaster General.
 * July 1 - Bologna, Italy: Quartetto Cetra's last concert after over forty years' musical career.
 * August 10- Barney's 1st video, "The Backyard Show," starring Sandy Duncan, is released.
 * August 31 - Dr. Teeth & The Muppets collapse at Walt Disney World; their new show was "Dr. Teeth & The Psychic Singers" which debuted three weeks earlier.
 * September 1- Acacia pycnantha proclaimed Australia's national floral emblem
 * September 3- Federal referendums on 4-year terms, recognition of local Government and other issues is defeated in Australia.
 * September 11 - Comic strip One Big Happy debuts in newspapers
 * November 17 - The Netherlands becomes the second country to get connected to the Internet.
 * December 3 - Date of a claimed apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Estela Ruiz in South Phoenix, Arizona
 * December 8 - "Here Come the Muppets" debuts at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
 * December 19 - The Consumer Product Safety Commission bans the sale of lawn darts following the deaths of three children.
 * "Unknown": Singer Fish leaves the band Marillion to pursue a solo career.
 * "Unknown": Mickey Sadoff is elected president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

I found this commented out
should the top few even be here
 * Shefali Chowdhury, British actress
 * Mark Davies, British footballer
 * Delanie Fitzpatrick, American actress
 * Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
 * Ateqeh Rajabi, Iranian child offender (executed 2004)
 * Alejandro Ramirez, Costa Rica chess player
 * Laura Ross, American chess player
 * Everlyn Sampi, Australian actor
 * Michael Shabaz, American tennis player
 * Tempest Smith, American religious discrimination victim (d.2001)
 * Star Wars kid, Canadian internet celebrity
 * June 30 - Sean Marquette, American actor

//Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 21:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

10 September
Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected President of Mexico.. Please add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.14.240.200 (talk) 07:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

22 June
Jesse Ed Davis, famed session musician who recorded with the likes of John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and countless others dies of drug overdose in a California laundry room.

22 March
William Shatner is born March 22, 1931. Someone please add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedfones (talk • contribs) 07:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * He is listed in the Births section of the 1931 article. This is the 1988 article. He's alive, so he so he shouldn't be listed here. Best name (talk) 05:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow I'm retarded, my bad. Hedfones (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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Superbowl
Should the Superbowl be included for this year? Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Premier Gorbachev?
When Gorbachev was a premier?--2A02:2168:83F:81A7:0:0:0:1 (talk) 08:38, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Lazy writing leading to vague statement; needs clarification
"Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government; by October 10 the army has tortured and killed about 500 people in crushing the riots." were the 500 tortured and killed or were there more than 500 tortured but only 500 were killed; were they killed on thr spot or died later from their injuries.2605:E000:9143:7000:8137:276C:2FA4:A843 (talk) 07:52, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
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Eclipses
See WT:YEARS for a matter relevant to this page. Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:10, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 June 2021
José J. Coello (talk) 22:40, 17 June 2021 (UTC)I want to add Colleen Moore picture on deceases on January 25.
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Collage
Since my original collage was taken down, I would like to hear everyone's thoughts about what pictures/events should or should not be included. I wish to see a collage restored as soon as possible. The ganymedian (talk) 22:28, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

UN IPCC established 1988
Can someone please add the December 6 formal adoption by the UN of the IPCC on December 6, 1988? On that day the UN "Endorses the action of the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP in jointly establishing an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." There is a UN document confirming this located here: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/54234 RPeel (talk) 07:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Collage depreciation
At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Years, a discussion on whether to depreciate collages in general in going on. Please share your thoughts.--Marginataen (talk) 21:42, 22 October 2023 (UTC)