Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 16

I changed the article text about the Second Bank of the United States to say re-establishment. This is consistent with the article. --Timc 21:04, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

How could this page possibly be allowed to appear without a reference to the fact that it is the anniversary of the disappearance or death of Elvis Presley? Is Joseph Kittinger really more important than that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.9.52.174 (talk • contribs) 13:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC).
 * Is Presley or Kittinger important ? Everyone has their favourites.... We don't do anniversaries of simple deaths. The death must be significant, as in the end of a dynasty, an assasination, etc. to be featured. Furthermore, the Elvis Presley page now carries {cleanup} and {POV} tags, making it ineligible to get featured on MainPage. And IMO, July 5 is a better date to feature Elvis's article on MainPage. --PFHLai 17:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Saint Roch
This should be removed. Every day of the year is one saint day or another; it has not been our practice to mark the other saint days, and this is not an especially prominent one. The only reason this was requested is that someone was apparently impressed that Roch is the patron saint of dogs—but this does not even seem to be a major aspect (except in Bolivia, apparently) of Roch's veneration.--Pharos 20:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Good points. I guess you can not recognize every saint's day.  As I mentioned before, what I was impressed with is that his day is in the dog days of summer.  It also seems to be celebrated in Bolivia, as you mentioned, as "The Birthday of All Dogs". Steve Dufour 03:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I agree it's sort-of-interesting that it occurs in August, but we have no evidence at all that it's actually connected with the Dog Days. And even if it were, I don't see how that would particularly make it more notable than the other saint days.--Pharos 05:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest that relative notability be weighted above absolute notability. If this template would become overcrowded, then you would be more than justified to limit it down to the most notable things associated with this day. However, it currently looks like Saint Roch doesn't have much competition. Savidan 16:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Please see August_16. There are a dozen of these saint days on August 16 alone (the most interesting event on this day is probably the Palio di Siena, actually).--Pharos 19:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Cyprus
According to Cyprus page, Cyprus achieved independence on August 16, not October 1. Tripledot 08:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * True, but they seem to celebrate Independence Day, the holiday itself, on 1 October.     Please provide references that show differently. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:52, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Woodentop (The Bill)
Is it possible to get Woodentop (The Bill) mentioned on the main page on this date? This is the pilot episode for long running police procedural series The Bill and it was broadcast on this day 27 years ago. Is it possible for it to be mentioned? --5 albert square (talk) 23:02, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Currently that article will not qualify with Primarysources, one of the 'orange'-level article issue tags, on it. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * OK I've managed to reference the article a little more and have now removed the tag for it. Can it be included now?  --5 albert square (talk) 12:56, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The Bill is already included on October 16, so Woodentop is not going to get a separate listing. — howcheng  {chat} 09:07, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:15, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ringo Starr (Abbey Road was featured on August 8)
 * Omitted: Siege of Detroit; Dominican Restoration War; Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila; 1929 Palestine riots; Joseph Kittinger
 * Included: Battle of Bennington (7th appearance, last in 2010); Klondike Gold Rush (6th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Elands River (1900) (first appearance); Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (3rd appearance, last in 2008); Yang Yong-eun (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Bennington; Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila; Klondike Gold Rush; Battle of Elands River (1900); Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (ineligible—maintenance); Yang Yong-eun
 * Included: Peterloo Massacre (6th appearance, last in 2010); Dominican Restoration War (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 150th anniversary); 1929 Palestine riots (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Joseph Kittinger (6th appearance, last in 2011); Elvis Presley (8th appearance, last in 2010)

Edit request on 15 August 2013
In the first Selected anniversaries item, "1819 – Fifteen people were killed and 400–700 others were injured after cavalry charged into a crowd . . . ", "after" needs to be changed to "when", as in the article. The victims were killed and injured by the charge, whereas when you say "after", it sounds as if it was something subsequent to the charge that killed them. (Whoever did this is far from being alone. This illogical use of "after" is fast becoming a plague).

Awien (talk) 11:52, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. — howcheng  {chat} 16:25, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:03, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Battle of Radzymin (1920)
 * Omitted: Peterloo Massacre; Dominican Restoration War; 1929 Palestine riots; Joseph Kittinger; Elvis Presley
 * Included: Battle of Guinegate (1513) (first appearance); Battle of Bennington (8th appearance, last in 2012); 1906 Valparaíso earthquake (first appearance); Direct Action Day (first appearance); Ringo Starr (4th appearance, last in 2006)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of the Spurs; Battle of Bennington; 1906 Valparaíso earthquake; Direct Action Day; Ringo Starr
 * Included: Peterloo Massacre (7th appearance, last in 2013); Dominican Restoration War (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Dole Air Race (first appearance); Joseph Kittinger (7th appearance, last in 2013); Yang Yong-eun (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:40, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dominican Restoration War; Dole Air Race; Joseph Kittinger (ineligible—maintenance); Yang Yong-eun (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Battle of the Spurs (2nd appearance, last in 2014); San Sebastian Church (Manila) (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Direct Action Day (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 70th anniversary); Elvis Presley (9th appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Peterloo Massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2017 notes

 * Moved to Ineligible: Dole Air Race (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of the Spurs; Peterloo Massacre; San Sebastian Church (Manila); Direct Action Day
 * Included: Dominican Restoration War (4th appearance, last in 2015); Klondike Gold Rush (7th appearance, last in 2012); Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (4th appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary); 2015 Attock bombing/Shuja Khanzada (both: first appearance); Marianos Argyros (first appearance); Ranavalona I (first appearance); Georgette Heyer (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Elvis Presley (2nd conseutive appearance; 10 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:55, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dominican Restoration War; Klondike Gold Rush; Elvis Presley; Northwest Airlines Flight 255; Marianos Argyros; Ranavalona I (ineligible—maintenance); Georgette Heyer
 * Included: Battle of the Spurs (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Siege of Detroit (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 1906 Valparaíso earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Pete Best/Ringo Starr (Best: first appearance; Starr: 5th appearance, last in 2014); John II of Trebizond (first appearance); Ramakrishna (first appearance); Angela Bassett (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 2015 Attock bombing/Shuja Khanzada (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:58, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Mal Waldron; Saif Ali Khan; Tara Teng
 * Omitted: Battle of the Spurs; Siege of Detroit; Pete Best/Ringo Starr; 2015 Attock bombing/Shuja Khanzada; John II of Trebizond; Ramakrishna; Angela Bassett
 * Included: Battle of Bennington (9th appearance, last in 2014); Peterloo Massacre (9th appearance, last in 2016; 200th anniversary); San Sebastian Church (Manila) (4th appearance, last in 2016); Usain Bolt (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Marianos Argyros (2nd appearance, last in 2017); George Meany (first appearance; 125th birthday); Georgette Heyer (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
 * Repeats: 1906 Valparaíso earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 03:37, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Siege of Detroit (maintenance); Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Madonna; Abu Nidal
 * Omitted: Battle of Bennington; Peterloo Massacre; San Sebastian Church (Manila); 1906 Valparaíso earthquake; Usain Bolt; Marianos Argyros; George Meany; Georgette Heyer
 * Included: Battle of the Spurs (4th appearance, last in 2018); Klondike Gold Rush (8th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Radzymin (1920) (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Direct Action Day (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Elvis Presley (11th appearance, last in 2017); Ranavalona I (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Robert Bunsen (first appearance); Saif Ali Khan (first appearance; 50th birthday)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Treaty of Speyer (1570) (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Jozef Tiso's speech in Holič
 * Omitted: Battle of the Spurs; Battle of Radzymin (1920); Elvis Presley; Ranavalona I; Robert Bunsen; Saif Ali Khan
 * Included: Dominican Restoration War (5th appearance, last in 2017); 1906 Valparaíso earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2019); 2015 Attock bombing/Shuja Khanzada (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2018); Theodore II Laskaris (first appearance); Elsie Inglis (first appearance); Tara Teng (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Klondike Gold Rush (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total; 125th anniversary); Direct Action Day (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 75th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:11, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dominican Restoration War; Klondike Gold Rush; 1906 Valparaíso earthquake; Direct Action Day; 2015 Attock bombing/Shuja Khanzada; Theodore II Laskaris; Elsie Inglis; Tara Teng
 * Included: Peterloo Massacre (10th appearance, last in 2019); Jozef Tiso's speech in Holič (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Stanley Internment Camp (first appearance); Pete Best/Ringo Starr (Best: 2nd appearance; Starr: 6th; both last in 2018); Typhoon Wayne (1986) (first appearance); Ranavalona I (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Georgette Heyer (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Marian Rejewski (first appearance)

2023 rationale
 Heart  (talk) 03:43, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Unbolded Pete Best
 * Originally went with Elvis Presley, but avoided him due to the too long tag?