Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 24

Tense in Brinks Hotel bombing
Why is this one item in present tense? It should be in the past tense, parallel to all the other items. —  crism ( talk )  00:26, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

2011 notes
--  howcheng  {chat} 21:18, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Italian Hall disaster
 * Moved to Ineligible: Rendlesham Forest incident
 * Swapped out: War of 1812 (ineligible), Silent Night, 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing, Christmas truce (ineligible), Ariane 1
 * Swapped in: Kiritimati (7th appearance, last in 2009), Eggnog Riot (first appearance), NORAD Tracks Santa (first appearance), Cyclone Tracy (6th appearance, last in 2009)
 * Left in: Pope Boniface VIII (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:47, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Silent Night (maintenance); Italian Hall disaster (maintenance); Ariane 1 (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Tangiwai disaster
 * Omitted: Pope Boniface VIII (ineligible—maintenance); Kiritimati; Eggnog Riot; NORAD Tracks Santa; Cyclone Tracy
 * Included: Ku Klux Klan (6th appearance, last in 2009); Christmas truce (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Earthrise (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Rendlesham Forest incident (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 2008 Christmas massacres (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:05, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Ku Klux Klan (ineligible—maintenance); Christmas truce; Earthrise; Rendlesham Forest incident; 2008 Christmas massacres
 * Included: Du Fu (first appearance); Silent Night (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Italian Hall disaster (first appearance; 100th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Tangiwai disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2008; 60th anniversary); District of Columbia home rule (first appearance)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Christmas truce (POTD for 2014-12-25)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ku Klux Klan
 * Omitted: Du Fu; Silent Night; Italian Hall disaster; Tangiwai disaster; District of Columbia home rule
 * Included: Kiritimati (8th appearance, last in 2011); Treaty of Ghent (4th appearance, last in 2009; 200th anniversary); Eggnog Riot (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary); Cyclone Tracy (7th anniversary, last in 2011; 40th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:01, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Added and deleted: Sodder children disappearance (not notable enough)
 * Omitted: Kiritimati; Treaty of Ghent; Eggnog Riot; 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; Cyclone Tracy
 * Included: Pope Boniface VIII (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Ku Klux Klan (7th appearance, last in 2012; 150th anniversary); Christmas truce (7th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); NORAD Tracks Santa (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 60th anniversary); 2008 Christmas massacres (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

Image size
The size of the picture is so small as to make it unrecognizable - there is no need for that, please increase it! - Owain Knight (talk) 13:27, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:20, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Pope Boniface VIII (ineligible—maintenance); Ku Klux Klan; Christmas truce; NORAD Tracks Santa; 2008 Christmas massacres
 * Included: Du Fu (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Aida (first appearance); Tangiwai disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Earthrise (4th appearance, last in 2012); Cyclone Tracy (8th appearance, last in 2014; 40th anniversary)

Typo
The listing for the Christmas truce says "the World War I". I imagine this is a combination of "World War I" and "the First World War" that should probably be fixed. &mdash;Gordon P. Hemsley&rarr; &#x2709; 01:43, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:01, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Kiritimati (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Christmas Eve (ineligible—maintenance); Du Fu; Aida (ineligible—maintenance); Tangiwai disaster; Earthrise; Cyclone Tracy (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Silent Night (6th appearance, last in 2013); Crown Colony of Labuan (first appearance); Christmas truce (8th appearance, last in 2015); 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing(4th appearance, last in 2014); District of Columbia home rule (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Adam Mickiewicz (first appearance); Cosima Wagner (first appearance); Jeff Sessions (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Earthrise (Apollo 8 is TFA for 2018)
 * New articles (unused): Gongsun Shu (was just on DYK)
 * Omitted: Crown Colony of Labuan; Christmas truce; 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; District of Columbia home rule; Adam Mickiewicz; Cosima Wagner; Jeff Sessions
 * Included: Du Fu (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Italian Hall disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Tangiwai disaster (4th appearance, last in 2016); 2008 Christmas massacres (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Yang Bin (first appearance); Leonaert Bramer (first appearance); Pernilla Wahlgren (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Silent Night (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 200th anniversary)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 22:28, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Jeff Sessions (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Reginald Fessenden
 * New articles (unused): Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
 * Omitted: Du Fu; Silent Night; Italian Hall disaster; Tangiwai disaster; Yang Bin; Leonaert Bramer; Pernilla Wahlgren
 * Included: Treaty of Ghent (5th appearance, last in 2014); Crown Colony of Labuan (2nd appearance, last in 2017); NORAD Tracks Santa (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Soviet–Afghan War (11th appearance, last in 2017, normally appears on February 15; 40th anniversary); Gongsun Shu (first appearance); Johnny Gruelle (first appearance); Maria Koepcke (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 2008 Christmas massacres (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:36, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Aida
 * New articles (unused): William Warburton
 * Omitted: Treaty of Ghent; NORAD Tracks Santa; Soviet–Afghan War; 2008 Christmas massacres; Gongsun Shu; Johnny Gruelle; Maria Koepcke
 * Included: Du Fu (4th appearance, last in 2018); Eggnog Riot (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (5th appearance, last in 2017); Indian Airlines Flight 814 (first appearance); Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (first appearance); Walter Bower (first appearance); Anthony Fauci (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Crown Colony of Labuan (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:35, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Rendlesham Forest incident (moved to December 26); Maria Koepcke (exact date unknown)
 * Omitted: Du Fu; Eggnog Riot (ineligible—maintenance); Crown Colony of Labuan; 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; Indian Airlines Flight 814; Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik; Walter Bower
 * Included: Silent Night (8th appearance, last in 2018); Aida (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 150th anniversary); Christmas truce (9th appearance, last in 2017); Tangiwai disaster (5th appearance, last in 2018); 2008 Christmas massacres (5th appearance, last in 2019); Leonaert Bramer (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Cosima Wagner (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
 * Repeats: Anthony Fauci (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)