Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 31

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Boris Yeltsin, the first democratically elected President of Russia
It is widely believed in Russia that the elections of 1996 were not democratic and also it is known that Yeltsin unconstitutionally usurped power in 1993, ordering tanks to fire at parliament. Can anybody please remove the "democratically elected" in favor of neutrality?--Dojarca (talk) 04:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

2011 notes
--  howcheng  {chat} 19:00, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Farthing (British coin) (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Stones River
 * Omitted: Ly Chieu Hoang, Ottawa, Times Square (ineligible—POTD for 2011), Roy Welensky, euro, Taipei 101
 * Included: Guinness (first appearance, blurb previously featured Arthur Guinness, which is now ineligible), Battle of Quebec (1775) (4th appearance, last in 2009), Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état (first appearance), Roberto Clemente (7th appearance, last in 2009), Panama Canal Zone (first appearance)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:51, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Taipei 101 (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Muhammadu Buhari (saving for 150th anniversary in 2013)
 * Omitted: Ly Chieu Hoang; Guinness (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Quebec (1775); Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état; Panama Canal Zone
 * Included: Ottawa (5th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Stones River (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Euro (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Vladimir Putin (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Roberto Clemente (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 40th anniversary)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:05, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Panama Canal Zone (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Times Square Ball
 * Omitted: Hogmanay (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Stones River; Roberto Clemente; European Exchange Rate Mechanism/Euro; Vladimir Putin
 * Included: Lý Chiêu Hoàng (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Roy Welensky (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary); Muhammadu Buhari (first appearance); Brandon Teena (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Ottawa (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:48, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Panama Canal Zone
 * Omitted: New Year's Eve (ineligible—maintenance); Lý Chiêu Hoàng; Roy Welensky; Muhammadu Buhari; Brandon Teena
 * Included: Battle of Quebec (1775) (5th appearance, last in 2011); Times Square Ball (first appearance); Dupont Plaza Hotel arson (first appearance); Taipei 101 (7th appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Ottawa (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:39, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Manhattan Bridge
 * Omitted: Battle of Quebec (1775); Ottawa; Times Square Ball; Dupont Plaza Hotel arson; Taipei 101 (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Lý Chiêu Hoàng (4th appearance, last in 2013); Guinness (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Stones River (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 50th anniversary); Panama Canal Zone (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:00, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Manhattan Bridge (maintenance); Dupont Plaza Hotel arson (maintenance); Vladimir Putin (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Lý Chiêu Hoàng; Guinness; Battle of Stones River; Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état; Panama Canal Zone
 * Included: Crossing of the Rhine (first appearance; blurb previously featured Gaul, which is currently ineligible and last appeared in 2006); Ottawa (8th appearance, last in 2014); Times Square Ball (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Roberto Clemente (9th appearance, last in 2012); European Exchange Rate Mechanism/Euro (EERM: first appearance; Euro: 3rd appearance, last in 2012)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 01:59, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Guinness (maintenance); Muhammadu Buhari (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Manhattan Bridge
 * Omitted: Hogmanay (ineligible—maintenance); Crossing of the Rhine; Lý Chiêu Hoàng; Times Square Ball; Roberto Clemente; European Exchange Rate Mechanism (blurb also previously featured Euro, which is now ineligible)
 * Included: Battle of Quebec (1775) (6th appearance, last in 2014); Roy Welensky (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Dupont Plaza Hotel arson (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Panama Canal Zone (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Carlo Gimach (first appearance); Mary Logan Reddick (first appearance); Diane von Fürstenberg (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Ottawa (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 19:30, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Quebec (1775); Ottawa; Roy Welensky; Panama Canal Zone; Carlo Gimach; Mary Logan Reddick; Diane von Fürstenberg
 * Included: Lý Chiêu Hoàng (6th appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Stones River (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état (3rd appearance, last in 2015); European Exchange Rate Mechanism (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Richard Montgomery (first appearance); Henri Matisse (first appearance); Junot Díaz (first appearance; 50th birthday)
 * Repeats: Dupont Plaza Hotel arson (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:36, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Crossing of the Rhine (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Stones River; Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état; Dupont Plaza Hotel arson; European Exchange Rate Mechanism; Richard Montgomery; Junot Díaz
 * Included: Ottawa (10th appearance, last in 2017); Times Square Ball (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Panama Canal Zone (4th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Ahmad Maymandi (first appearance); Henry Gerber (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Lý Chiêu Hoàng (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Henri Matisse (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th birthday)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:32, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Roy Welensky (maintenance); Diane von Fürstenberg (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Ibn Hawshab (DYK on 2020-07-24)
 * New articles (unused): Junot Díaz
 * Omitted: Lý Chiêu Hoàng; Times Square Ball; Panama Canal Zone (ineligible—maintenance); Ahmad Maymandi; Henri Matisse; Henry Gerber
 * Included: Battle of Quebec (1775) (7th appearance, last in 2017); Manhattan Bridge (first appearance); Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état (4th appearance, last in 2018); Vladimir Putin (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Kapiʻolani (first appearance); Ion Creangă (first appearance); Cornelia Clapp (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Ottawa (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:14, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Quebec (1775); Ottawa; Manhattan Bridge; Vladimir Putin; Kapiʻolani; Ion Creangă; Cornelia Clapp
 * Included: Lý Chiêu Hoàng (8th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Stones River (4th appearance, last in 2018); Dupont Plaza Hotel arson (4th appearance, last in 2018); European Exchange Rate Mechanism (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Ibn Hawshab (first appearance); Samuel Ajayi Crowther (first appearance); Junot Díaz (2nd appearance, last in 2018)
 * Repeats: Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)