Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 7

Mardyrs day
Was wondering if we could add Assyrian mardyrs day to the list. Chaldean 16:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Heyerdahl: time traveler?
He apparently crossed the Pacific in 101 days, all on August 7. Hmm.

Actually, he arrived on August 7; can we correct the item about it? —  crism ( talk )  03:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:28, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Harvard Mark I
 * Omitted: Le Griffon; Militia Acts of 1792; Peace Bridge; Simele massacre
 * Included: Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (6th appearance, last in 2008); Love Canal (first appearance); Invasion of Dagestan (1999) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Rebellion of Cao Qin (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:09, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Rebellion of Cao Qin; Harvard Mark I; Love Canal; Invasion of Dagestan (1999) (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Bronze Horseman (first appearance); Alice Huyler Ramsey (first appearance); 1998 United States embassy bombings (7th appearance, last in 2010; 15th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Simele massacre (3rd consecutive appearance as blurb, 3 total; 80th anniversary); Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 75th anniversary)

Nos. 1 & 5
No. 1: the word "of" is missing: one of the symbols Saint Petersburg --> one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg No. 5: "simultaneously exploded" should be reversed to "exploded simultaneously" since adverbs normally follow the verb (whereas in the article, "simultaneous explosions" is correct, since adjectives normally precede the noun). Awien (talk) 23:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:52, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Turkish Straits crisis; White House Farm murders
 * Omitted: Alice Huyler Ramsey; Simele massacre; Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp; 1998 United States embassy bombings
 * Included: Rebellion of Cao Qin (5th appearance, last in 2012); Harvard Mark I (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Marin County courthouse incident (first appearance); Russo-Georgian War (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Bronze Horseman (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
 * Omitted: Bronze Horseman; Harvard Mark I; Marin County courthouse incident; Russo-Georgian War
 * Included: Le Griffon (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Simele massacre (4th appearance as blurb, last in 2013); White House Farm murders (first appearance; 30th anniverary); War of Dagestan (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Rebellion of Cao Qin (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Peace Bridge (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Le Griffon; Simele massacre (still included as observance); White House Farm murders; War of Dagestan
 * Included: Militia Acts of 1792 (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Turkish Straits crisis (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Love Canal (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Russo-Georgian War (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: Rebellion of Cao Qin (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

Russo-Georgia war
The entry's current wording, suggesting that "Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against the separatist region of South Ossetia, opening the six-day Russo-Georgian War" is not NPOV. By endorsing one of the competing versions, we are definitely taking sides as circumstances of the August 7 2008 escalation are highly disputed. It is not that difficult to describe the event in a more neutral vein. Any thoughts? --KoberTalk 16:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * If you'd like to suggest alternative wording, I'm all for it. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 15:43, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I would suggest: "Fighting between the Georgian and South Ossetian separatist forces escalates to the six-day Russo-Georgian War". This is both neutral and factually accurate.--KoberTalk 16:26, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

The current entry indeed regurgitates Putin's propaganda claiming that Georgia initiated armed conflict. This claim has long been debunked as war propaganda. In reality, South Ossetian separatists, encouraged by Russia, were attacking Georgian villages in the disputed area until Georgian military responded. Putin and Medvedev painted Georgia's reaction as a wanton assault on peaceful Russian citizens compelling Russia to defend herself from Georgian attack.

The following entries would be factual and neutral:

South Ossetian separatists initiated armed hostilities by launching artillery attacks against Georgian villages on August 1, which would lead to a war between Georgia and Russia.

After months of staging provocations against Georgia, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Georgia with the pretext of self-defense from Georgian "aggression" on August 8. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.22.86 (talk) 12:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:41, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: War of Dagestan (maintenance); Barry Bonds (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Ivory Coast (ineligible—maintenance); Militia Acts of 1792; Turkish Straits crisis; Love Canal; Russo-Georgian War
 * Included: Badge of Military Merit (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Simele massacre (5th appearance as blurb, last in 2015); Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo (2nd appearance, last in 2009; 75th anniversary); Lynne Cox (first appearance); Joseph Marie Jacquard (first appearance); Richard Sykes (biochemist) (first appearance); Frances Oldham Kelsey (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Rebellion of Cao Qin (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:28, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Love Canal (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Hugh Foliot
 * Omitted: Rebellion of Cao Qin; Badge of Military Merit; Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo; Lynne Cox; Joseph Marie Jacquard; Richard Sykes (biochemist); Frances Oldham Kelsey
 * Included: Pope Stephen III (first appearance; 1250th anniversary); Le Griffon (4th appearance, last in 2015); 1998 United States embassy bombings (8th appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Russo-Georgian War (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Jin Shengtan (first appearance); Huntley Wright (first appearance); Rebecca Kleefisch (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Simele massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:47, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Richard Sykes (biochemist) (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Le Griffon; Simele massacre (ineligible—maintenance); 1998 United States embassy bombings; Russo-Georgian War; Jin Shengtan; Huntley Wright; Rebecca Kleefisch
 * Included: Rebellion of Cao Qin (9th appearance, last in 2017); Alice Huyler Ramsey (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Mulhouse (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Harvard Mark I (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Hugh Foliot (first appearance); Art Houtteman (first appearance); Peter Jennings (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Pope Stephen III (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2020 notes
Due to a lack of time, I only checked the articles that were included for this year. — howcheng  {chat} 08:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 20:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Charlize Theron
 * Omitted: Pope Stephen III; Alice Huyler Ramsey; Battle of Mulhouse; Harvard Mark I; Hugh Foliot; Art Houtteman; Peter Jennings
 * Included: Simele massacre (rescued from Ineligible); Badge of Military Merit (4th appearance, last in 2017); Turkish Straits crisis (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Marin County Civic Center attacks (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary); White House Farm murders (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Jin Shengtan (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Jöns Jacob Berzelius (first appearance); Brigid Brophy (first appearance; 25th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Rebellion of Cao Qin (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:23, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Russo-Georgian War (moved to August 12)
 * Omitted: Rebellion of Cao Qin; Badge of Military Merit; Marin County Civic Center attacks; Jin Shengtan; Brigid Brophy
 * Included: Le Griffon (5th appearance, last in 2018); Militia Acts of 1792 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Joseph Marie Jacquard (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Billy T. James (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
 * Repeats: White House Farm murders (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Turkish Straits crisis (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 75th anniversary); Jöns Jacob Berzelius (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 20:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Le Griffon; Militia Acts of 1792; Turkish Straits crisis; Joseph Marie Jacquard; Jöns Jacob Berzelius; Billy T. James
 * Included: Pope Stephen III (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Rebellion of Cao Qin (11th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Mulhouse (4th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Jin Shengtan (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Art Houtteman (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Frances Oldham Kelsey (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
 * Repeats: White House Farm murders (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)