Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 19

A good candidate: -- PFHLai 03:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 1588 - The Spanish Armada was sighted in the English Channel.
 * Probably better on August 8 when the actual Battle of Gravelines took place. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Franco-Prussian War (maintenance); Luton Town Hall (maintenance); Massacre of Via D'Amelio (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Great Fire of Rome; Mary Rose; Mary I of England; Battle of Fromelles (ineligible—maintenance); Farewell Dossier
 * Included: Battle of Klissow (first appearance); SS Great Britain (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Feyenoord (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Aung San (7th appearance, last in 2010); Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–1997 (first appearance)


 * If Burmese Martyrs' Day is going to be more or less permanent, then I don't see the point of including Aung San a 7th time since they're aspects of the exact same event. For a general variation of topics, Seneca Falls Convention seems to be a much better choice.
 * --Peter Isotalo 18:33, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The choice was actually between Seneca Falls and SS Great Britain, as those are the only two 19th century items eligible (Aung San was there as the token Asian item (ie, geographic diversity)). I chose the ship because it was only making its second appearance. But since Great Fire of Rome just got put back on for balance, I'll swap that one out as it has been on every single year (although I really should go with one of the 16th century items for greater chronological diversity). BTW, it's not unusual for an event to show at the same time as the holiday/observance that commemorates it. If we always omitted the blurb in favor of the holiday, September 11 attacks would never appear because Patriot Day is always listed, and that would bring howls of protest, as I'm sure you can imagine. — howcheng  {chat} 21:59, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, I can understand that.
 * Concerning chronological balance, I would not mind pushing Mary Rose for that purpose, but I really, really like Seneca Falls and I think it deserves some preferential treatment because pure social/political topics like it are pretty rare on the mainpage. That it happens to be about women's rights makes me even more partial to its being included every year.
 * Peter Isotalo 23:22, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Apart from holidays/observances, no article is guaranteed a spot every year: not even days that many people would consider "important": D-Day, Pearl Harbor, 9/11, etc. Some articles have been repeated yearly but that's almost always on days where the pool of eligible articles is very small. — howcheng  {chat} 00:11, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:36, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Klissow; SS Great Britain; Seneca Falls Convention; Feyenoord; Aung San; Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–1997
 * Included: Great Fire of Rome (9th appearance, last in 2011); Mary Rose (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Maurice Garin/1903 Tour de France (both: first appearance); Battle of Fromelles (4th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); United Airlines Flight 232 (2nd appearance, last in 2010)


 * I'm looking through the version history, and I could only find the Great Fire in 2011. Where are the other eight?
 * Peter Isotalo 15:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * See the OTD banner at Talk:Great Fire of Rome. Each link goes to the appropriate version in the revision history. — howcheng  {chat} 21:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah. Used to be at 18 July. Thanks.
 * Peter Isotalo 22:25, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:10, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Franco-Prussian War
 * Omitted: Mary Rose; Maurice Garin/1903 Tour de France; Battle of Fromelles; United Airlines Flight 232 (normally would leave this in for the 25th anniversary, but Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was just shot down, so let's not have another air disaster right now)
 * Included: Battle of Klissow (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Seneca Falls Convention (8th appearance, last in 2012); Farewell Dossier (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Massacre of Via D'Amelio (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Great Fire of Rome (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total; 1,950th anniversary)


 * I suggest replacing the Rome fire with something of higher quality. It's been at "On this day..." almost every year, but has seen little improvement: it's very short (just over 500 words), relies heavily on fairly uncritical use of primary sources and much of the content is not attributed to any sources at all.
 * Peter Isotalo 10:31, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It happened to be the 1,950th anniversary this year... I tend to give preference to round-number anniversaries. — howcheng  {chat} 16:17, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:44, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Franco-Prussian War (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Great Fire of Rome; Battle of Klissow; Farewell Dossier; Massacre of Via D'Amelio
 * Included: Battle of Apamea (first appearance); Mary Rose (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Aung San (8th appearance, last in 2012); Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–97 (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
 * Repeats: Seneca Falls Convention (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Apamea; Mary Rose; Seneca Falls Convention; Aung San; Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign
 * Included: Mary I of England (6th appearance, last in 2011); SS Great Britain (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Maurice Garin/1903 Tour de France (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Fromelles (5th appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Farewell Dossier (3rd appearance, last in 2014)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:17, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Great Fire of Rome (maintenance); Aung San (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): July 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack; Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter)
 * Omitted: Burmese Martyrs' Day (ineligible—maintenance); Mary I of England; Battle of Kliszów; SS Great Britain; Maurice Garin/1903 Tour de France; Farewell Dossier
 * Included: Schäffer affair/Georg Anton Schäffer (both: first appearance; 200th anniversary); Great New York City Fire of 1845 (first appearance); Via D'Amelio bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 25th anniversary); Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 20th anniversary); Richard Leveridge (first appearance); Mangal Pandey (first appearance); Yekaterina Budanova (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:10, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Feyenoord (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Schäffer affair/Georg Anton Schäffer; Great New York City Fire of 1845; Attack at Fromelles; Via D'Amelio bombing; Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign; Richard Leveridge; Mangal Pandey; Yekaterina Budanova
 * Included: Battle of Apamea (2nd appearance, last in 2015); SS Great Britain (4th appearance, last in 2016; 175th anniversary); 1903 Tour de France (3rd appearance, last appeared in 2016; Garin normally is bold too but was included on March 3 for his birthday); United Airlines Flight 232 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); July 2014 Al-Wadi Al-Gedid attack (first appearance); Philippa of Lancaster (first appearance); Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter) (first appearance); Khawaja Nazimuddin (first appearance)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:11, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Apamea; SS Great Britain; 1903 Tour de France; United Airlines Flight 232; 2014 Farafra ambush; Philippa of Lancaster; Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter); Khawaja Nazimuddin
 * Included: Great Fire of Rome (11th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Mary Rose (4th appearance, last in 2015); Seneca Falls Convention (10th appearance, last in 2015); Via D'Amelio bombing/Paolo Borsellino (Bombing: 3rd appearance, last in 2017; Borsellino: first appearance); Mangal Pandey (2nd appearance, last in 2017) Lizzie Borden (5th appearance, last in 2011; normally appears on June 20); Florence Foster Jenkins (first appearance)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:06, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: United Airlines Flight 232 (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): William McSherry (TFA for 2020-02-07); David Hillhouse Buel (TFA for 2020)
 * Omitted: Great Fire of Rome; Seneca Falls Convention; Via D'Amelio bombing/Paolo Borsellino; Mangal Pandey; Lizzie Borden (deleted—moved back to original day); Florence Foster Jenkins
 * Included: Great New York City Fire of 1845 (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 175th anniversary); Luton Town Hall (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign (4th appearance, last in 2017); 2014 Farafra ambush (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Damian Dalassenos (first appearance); Thomas Talbot (Upper Canada) (first appearance); Nicola Sturgeon (first appearance; 50th birthday)
 * Repeats: Mary Rose (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 475th anniversary)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): William McSherry
 * Omitted: Mary Rose; Great New York City Fire of 1845; Luton Town Hall; Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign; 2014 Farafra ambush; Damian Dalassenos; Nicola Sturgeon
 * Included: Battle of Apamea (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Kliszów (4th appearance, last in 2016); Farewell Dossier (4th appearance, last in 2016; 40th anniversary); The Day the Earth Smiled (first appearance); David Hillhouse Buel (priest) (first appearance); Yekaterina Budanova (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
 * Repeats: Thomas Talbot (Upper Canada) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 250th birthday)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:39, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Apamea; Battle of Kliszów; Farewell Dossier (ineligible—maintenance); The Day the Earth Smiled; Thomas Talbot (Upper Canada); David Hillhouse Buel (priest); Yekaterina Budanova
 * Included: Mary Rose (6th appearance, last in 2020); Seneca Falls Convention (11th appearance, last in 2019); The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (first appearance); Via D'Amelio bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary); Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign (5th appearance, last in 2020; 25th anniversary); Philippa of Lancaster (2nd appearance, last in 2018); William McSherry (first appearance); Khawaja Nazimuddin (2nd appearance, last in 2018)