Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 15

The Soviet Union is one thing, therefore "its" -- not "their" -- is the proper possessive pronoun! This is a common and silly error!

"...The Soviet Union officially announced that all of ITS troops had already left Afghanistan."

--Andrew Phelps 06:20, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * The 'silly error!' has been fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. -- PFHLai 06:37, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)

Today is Candlemas in the Eastern Orthodox world, and yet the fact is not mentioned. For shame! --Ghirla | talk 11:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Today is Candlemas in the Eastern Orthodox world (actually only that part that uses the Julian calendar), and yet noone familiar with the fact had suggested it till now. For shame! Item added ;)--Pharos 20:31, 15 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I can't believe I missed Candlemas two years in a row. Yikes !  Thanks, Ghirla, for pointing this out, and Pharos for posting it. Thank you. -- PFHLai 01:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Our summary here calls the February 15, 2003 anti-war protest the "largest mass protest movement in history", but the linked article doesn't say that anywhere, or quote sources saying that. There is a source that the Rome rally was the "largest anti-war rally in history", but that's somewhat of a different claim. I don't know if the protests combined were or weren't the "largest mass protest movement in history", but it seems like we shouldn't claim so absent a source, so I'm going to remove this for now. --Delirium 02:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: USS Maine (ACR-1) (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (ineligible—maintenance), Qumran Caves, Flag of Canada, Don Dunstan, February 15, 2003 anti-war protest,
 * Included: Siege of Kimberley (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Soviet war in Afghanistan (8th appearance, last in 2010), Kevin Mitnick (first appearance), YouTube (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Columbus Letter on the First Voyage (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 23:34, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: National Flag of Canada Day (ineligible—maintenance); Columbus Letter on the First Voyage (ineligible—maintenance); Siege of Kimberley; Soviet war in Afghanistan; Kevin Mitnick; YouTube
 * Included: USS Maine (ACR-1) (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Qumran Caves (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Flag of Canada (6th appearance, last in 2011); Don Dunstan (2nd appearance, last in 2011); February 15, 2003 anti-war protest (6th appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:47, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Deleted: YouTube (moved to February 14)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Kevin Mitnick (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Abdullah Öcalan
 * Omitted: Qumran Caves; Flag of Canada; Don Dunstan; February 15, 2003 anti-war protest
 * Included: Distant Early Warning Line (first appearance); Soviet war in Afghanistan (9th appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary); Intelsat 708 (first appearance); Chelyabinsk meteor (first appearance)
 * Repeats: USS Maine (ACR-1) (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:46, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Distant Early Warning Line; Soviet war in Afghanistan (ineligible—maintenance); Intelsat 708 (ineligible—short); Chelyabinsk meteor
 * Included: Siege of Kimberley (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Qumran Caves (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Flag of Canada (7th appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Abdullah Öcalan (first appearance)
 * Repeats: USS Maine (ACR-1) (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:15, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sabena Flight 548; Kevin Mitnick
 * Omitted: Qumran Caves; Flag of Canada; Abdullah Öcalan
 * Included: Distant Early Warning Line (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Constitution of Cuba (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 40th anniversary); February 15, 2003, anti-war protests (7th appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: USS Maine (ACR-1) (4th consecutive appearance, 10 total); Siege of Kimberley (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Intelsat 708
 * Omitted: Siege of Kimberley; Distant Early Warning Line (ineligible—maintenance); Constitution of Cuba; February 15, 2003, anti-war protests
 * Included: Australian gold rushes (first appearance); Battle of Singapore (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 75th anniversary); Soviet–Afghan War (10th appearance, last in 2014); Chelyabinsk meteor (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: USS Maine (ACR-1) (5th consecutive appearance, 11 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:27, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: USS Maine (ACR-1); Battle of Singapore; Soviet–Afghan War (ineligible—maintenance); Chelyabinsk meteor
 * Included: Siege of Kimberley (5th appearance, last in 2016); Flag of Canada (8th appearance, last in 2015); Constitution of Cuba (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Comayagua prison fire (first appearance); Tiberios III/Leontios (both: first appearance); Sophie Bryant (first appearance); Irena Sendler (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Australian gold rushes (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:59, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Australian gold rushes; Siege of Kimberley; Flag of Canada; Constitution of Cuba; Comayagua prison fire; Tiberius III/Leontios (deleted—exact date of death unknown); Sophie Bryant; Irena Sendler
 * Included: USS Maine (ACR-1) (12th appearance, last in 2017); Qumran Caves (4th appearance, last in 2015; 70th anniversary); Don Dunstan (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Abdullah Öcalan (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 20th anniversary); Halle train collision (first appearance); Oswiu (first appearance); Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (first appearance); Angella D. Ferguson (first appearance)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 19:09, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Soviet–Afghan War
 * New articles (ineligible): Roger B. Chaffee (TFA for 2020)
 * New articles (unused): Willy Vandersteen
 * Omitted: USS Maine (ACR-1); Qumran Caves; Don Dunstan; Abdullah Öcalan; Oswiu; Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; Angella D. Ferguson
 * Included: Columbus's letter on the first voyage (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Invasion of Ceylon (1795) (first appearance); Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 (first appearance); Kevin Mitnick (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary); Gisela of Swabia (first appearance); Charles-André van Loo (first appearance); Esther Takei Nishio (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Halle train collision (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:15, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Roger B. Chaffee
 * Omitted: Columbus's letter on the first voyage; Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907; Kevin Mitnick; Halle train collision; Gisela of Swabia; Charles-André van Loo; Esther Takei Nishio
 * Included: Australian gold rushes (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Sabena Flight 548 (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Chelyabinsk meteor (3rd appearance, last in 2017); William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (first appearance); Charles Lewis Tiffany (first appearance); Willy Vandersteen (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Invasion of Ceylon (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:28, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Codex Theodosianus
 * Omitted: Invasion of Ceylon; Australian gold rushes; Sabena Flight 548; Chelyabinsk meteor; William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk; Charles Lewis Tiffany; Willy Vandersteen
 * Included: Pie postulatio voluntatis (first appearance); Columbus's letter on the first voyage (4th appearance, last in 2020); Siege of Kimberley (6th appearance, last in 2018); Fall of Singapore (8th appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Comayagua prison fire (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Ibn Tabataba (first appearance); V. A. Urechia (first appearance); Roger B. Chaffee (first appearance)