Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 23

Defender of the Fatherland Day
Defender of the Fatherland Day is celebrated not only in Russia. --Tavrian 21:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

The 22nd of February is Defender of the Fatherland day, not 23rd. (Source Moscow Times online). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.232.72 (talk) 19:12, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:42, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Diocletianic Persecution (appears on February 24)
 * Omitted: AEA Silver Dart, Plutonium, Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II, Grayrigg derailment
 * Included: Operation Lentil (Caucasus) (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (7th appearance, last in 2010), International Organization for Standardization (5th appearance, last in 2008), SN 1987A (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:29, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Gutenberg Bible (date does not appear in article, and it's featured on August 24 anyway)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Plutonium (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Operation Lentil (Caucasus); Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima; International Organization for Standardization; SN 1987A
 * Included: Guantánamo Bay (6th appearance, last in 2009); Werner Heisenberg (first appearance); Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II (2nd appearance, last in 2011); French law on colonialism (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Dick Turpin (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Operation Lentil (Caucasus) (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Dick Turpin; Guantánamo Bay; Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II; French law on colonialism
 * Included: Battle of Buena Vista (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Đồng Đăng (first appearance); International Organization for Standardization (6th appearance, last in 2012); Grayrigg derailment (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Werner Heisenberg (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:32, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Plutonium
 * Omitted: Battle of Buena Vista; Werner Heisenberg; International Organization for Standardization; Grayrigg derailment
 * Included: Dick Turpin (3rd appearance, last in 2013); AEA Silver Dart (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); French law on colonialism (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of Đồng Đăng (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dick Turpin; AEA Silver Dart; Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II; French law on colonialism
 * Included: Werner Heisenberg (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Plutonium (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); SN 1987A (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Grayrigg derailment (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: Battle of Đồng Đăng (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:32, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: French law on colonialism (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): 2014 Ukrainian revolution (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Chatichai Choonhavan
 * Omitted: Battle of Đồng Đăng (1885) (ineligible—maintenance); Werner Heisenberg (ineligible—maintenance); Plutonium
 * Included: Dick Turpin (5th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Buena Vista (3rd appearance, last in 2014); International Organization for Standardization (7th appearance, last in 2014; 70th anniversary); Mido (footballer) (first appearance); Edward Elgar (first appearance)
 * Repeats: SN 1987A (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 30th anniversary); Grayrigg derailment (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): The Emperor's Birthday; Charles Martin Hall; Horst Wessel
 * Omitted: Brunei (ineligible—maintenance); Defender of the Fatherland Day (ineligible—maintenance); Dick Turpin; Battle of Buena Vista; International Organization for Standardization; Grayrigg derailment; Mido (footballer); Edward Elgar
 * Included: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (first appearance); Orange River Convention/Orange Free State (Convention: first appearance; State: 5th appearance, last in 2008; moved from February 17); Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident (first appearance; 10th anniversary); George Frideric Handel (first appearance); César Ritz (first appearance); L. S. Lowry (first appearance)
 * Repeats: SN 1987A (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2019 request
I am proposing for 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt to be added to the on this day list. --Drayqueen (talk) 15:46, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 24 February 2019
23rd February 1998: Hannah Foster Ryan (Irish lobster) is born 78.18.241.84 (talk) 21:44, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * ❌ (not an admin) All entries added to Selected anniversaries must also be present in the corresponding day article, in this case February 23. The birth you mention isn't listed there. Pppery, the protection wizard 05:21, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:01, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben; Orange River Convention; Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush; SN 1987A; 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident; George Frideric Handel; César Ritz; L. S. Lowry
 * Included: Dick Turpin (6th appearance, last in 2017); Charles Martin Hall (first appearance); AEA Silver Dart (4th appearance, last in 2015); International Organization for Standardization (8th appearance, last in 2017); Chatichai Choonhavan (first appearance); Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (first appearance); Nicholas Fuller (lawyer) (first appearance); Johnny Carey (first appearance; 100th birthday)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:24, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (POTD for 2020)
 * Omitted: Dick Turpin; Charles Martin Hall; AEA Silver Dart; International Organization for Standardization (ineligible—maintenance); Chatichai Choonhavan; Herbert II, Count of Vermandois; Nicholas Fuller (lawyer); Johnny Carey
 * Included: The Emperor's Birthday (moved from December 23); Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Orange River Convention/Orange Free State (ORC: 2nd appearance, OFS: 6th, both last in 2018); Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Grayrigg derailment (5th appearance, last in 2017); Balthazar Gerbier (first appearance); Anna Hofman-Uddgren (first appearance); Lotika Sarkar (first appearance)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:40, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Diesel engine (moved to February 17)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Guantánamo Bay/Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (both: maintenance); Chatichai Choonhavan (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Đỗ Cao Trí (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
 * Omitted: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben; Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II; Grayrigg derailment (ineligible—maintenance); Balthazar Gerbier; Anna Hofman-Uddgren; Lotika Sarkar
 * Included: Dick Turpin (7th appearance, last in 2019); Plutonium (4th appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (4th appearance, last in 2018); 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Richard Price (first appearance); Zygmunt Krasiński (first appearance); Julien Ries (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Orange River Convention (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; blurb also previously featured Orange Free State, which is currently ineligible)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:36, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: AEA Silver Dart (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Đỗ Cao Trí
 * Omitted: Orange River Convention/Orange Free State; Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush; 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident; Richard Price; Zygmunt Krasiński; Julien Ries
 * Included: Battle of Buena Vista (4th appearance, last in 2017); Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (9th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of al-Bab (first appearance); Pope Paul II (first appearance); George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician) (first appearance); James Herriot (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Dick Turpin (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Plutonium (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)