Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 31

What does this image have to do with the selected articles? RickK | Talk 05:34, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It shows directly-elected U.S. senators. Godiva would be a better image. -- Nunh-huh 05:40, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

from WP:ERRORS
May 31 is not "Independence Day" in South Africa. It was the date of the Treaty of Vereeneging ending the Boer War (1902), the date of the formation of the Union of South Africa from four British colonies (1910) and the date the Union became the Republic of South Africa (1961). The date was a public holiday as Republic Day until 1994. South Africa gained independence following the passing of the Statute of Westminster in the British parliament on 11 December 1931, a date never formally celebrated with a holiday. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brutus2 (talk • contribs) 13:25, 31 May 2006.
 * It's not on Public holidays in South Africa. Let's remove it from the Main Page. -- 199.71.174.100 21:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Joan of Arc
Forgot to add, Joan of Arc was burned on this day after finding her guilty of heresy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phu2734 (talk • contribs).
 * Joan of Arc is currently already featured on the July 7 selected anniversaries page. Wikipedia's selected anniversaries guidelines states that "Ideally, any particular selected article should only be listed (be an emboldened entry) once in this queue." Therefore, would you like me to remove the July 7 entry that mentions that she was posthumously acquitted of heresy? Or revert your edit here? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Tornado outbreak
Hi. Can we mention the 1985 United States – Canadian tornado outbreak? Thanks. ~ A H  1 (TCU) 19:51, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Article is currently tagged with Inappropriate tone and Unreferenced, the deciding factor on why it did not make the top five currently displayed. Zzyzx11 (talk) 23:19, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 22:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Assassination of George Tiller
 * Omitted: Ramesses II; Battle of the Kalka River; Battle of Seven Pines; Burning of Jaffna library; MV Mavi Marmara
 * Included: Petronius Maximus (first appearance); Samuel Pepys (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Jutland (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Tulsa race riot (first appearance); Anglo-Iraqi War (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:27, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Petronius Maximus (moved to March 17); Battle of Jutland (ineligible—maintenance); Tulsa race riot; Anglo-Iraqi War
 * Included: Battle of the Kalka River (5th appearance, last in 2011); 1935 Balochistan earthquake (first appearance); Burning of Jaffna library (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Assassination of George Tiller (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Samuel Pepys (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:57, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Samuel Pepys; 1935 Balochistan earthquake; Burning of Jaffna library; Assassination of George Tiller
 * Included: Ramesses II (4th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Seven Pines (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Anglo-Iraqi War (2nd appearance, last in 2012); MV Mavi Marmara (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Kalka River (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

Mavi Marmara
The wording of the Mavi Marmara hook is quite bizarre. 'Engaged in armed conflict' is an odd wording when you attack a civilian ship on international waters. Just saying 'attack' would be a NPOV wording. Yesterday we had a link to the 'Lod Airport massacre', which at no point uses wording like 'engaged in armed conflict', in spite the fact that the Ben Gurion airport security was clearly more heavily armed than the passengers of Mavi Marmara. --Soman (talk) 11:54, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I disagree that "attack" is NPOV, because conjures up the image of the Israeli Navy ship firing upon the civilian boat. According to the Gaza flotilla raid article, the Navy boarded the Mavi Marmara, whereupon they encountered armed resistance. The people on the other five ships that were boarded responded non-violently. If you can come up with a way of explaining that succinctly, then I'll be happy to change the blurb. — howcheng  {chat} 18:34, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:25, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Ramesses II; Battle of Seven Pines; Anglo-Iraqi War; MV Mavi Marmara (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Samuel Pepys (8th appearance, last in 2013); 1935 Balochistan earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 80th anniversary); Burning of Jaffna library (4th appearance, last in 2013); Deep Throat (Watergate) (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Kalka River (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

Trinity Sunday
Today is Trinity Sunday in the Western rite. It takes precedence over the Feast of the Visitation, so I don't quite understand why the latter is and the former isn't mentioned. Yours in Christ, Revd F.B. --88.107.71.223 (talk) 14:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * That article has a big orange maintenance tag on it, which per the rules makes it ineligible for inclusion. — howcheng  {chat} 17:52, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 00:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: 1935 Balochistan earthquake; Burning of Jaffna library; Deep Throat (Watergate)
 * Included: Battle of Seven Pines (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Anglo-Iraqi War (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Assassination of George Tiller (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Kalka River (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total); Samuel Pepys (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)


 * Should the birthday of Bernard Lewis, who turns 100 today, be listed? --Light show (talk) 17:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think he is notable enough for a birthday inclusion. — howcheng  {chat} 21:28, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Now that we are including births/deaths, I've added him into the pool of eligible articles. — howcheng  {chat} 15:36, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:00, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Ramesses II (maintenance); Deep Throat (Watergate) (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Samuel Pepys; Battle of Seven Pines (ineligible—maintenance); Anglo-Iraqi War; Assassination of George Tiller
 * Included: Madison Square Garden (1879) (first appearance); Treaty of Vereeniging (first appearance); 1935 Quetta earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Burning of Jaffna Public Library (5th appearance, last in 2015); Albertino Mussato (first appearance); Walt Whitman (first appearance); Chien-Shiung Wu (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Kalka River (5th consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 19:36, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Mecklenburg Resolves
 * Omitted: Battle of the Kalka River; Madison Square Garden (1879); 1935 Quetta earthquake; Burning of Jaffna Public Library; Albertino Mussato; Walt Whitman; Chien-Shiung Wu
 * Included: Revolutionary Tribunal (first appearance); Anglo-Iraqi War (4th appearance, last in 2016); Mark Felt (first appearance; blurb previously featured Deep Throat (Watergate), which is currently ineligible, and is making its 2nd appearance, last in 2015); Nur Jahan (first appearance); Jane Joseph (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on March 9, her birthday); Timothy Leary (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Treaty of Vereeniging (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019
,Help! Walt Whitman's 200th birthday! Alanscottwalker (talk) 12:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Tulsa race riot (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Chien-Shiung Wu (POTD for 2019); Jørgen Jensen (soldier) (TFA for April 2, 2019)
 * New articles (unused): Joseph Grimaldi; Bernard Lewis; Jan Crouch
 * Omitted: Treaty of Vereeniging; Anglo-Iraqi War; Mark Felt; Nur Jahan; Jane Joseph; Timothy Leary
 * Included: Surabaya (first appearance); 1935 Quetta earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2017); Burning of Jaffna Public Library (6th appearance, last in 2017); George Tiller/Assassination of George Tiller (Tiller: first appearance; Assassination: 3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (first appearance); Walt Whitman (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 200th birthday); Carla Lane (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Revolutionary Tribunal (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Suggested death
Might I suggest Mbaye Diagne (d. 1994) for deaths? Good article rating, under-represented nationality, and an astonishing story. Cheers, Featous (talk) 21:05, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion. We put him in for this year. — howcheng  {chat} 17:49, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:14, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Chien-Shiung Wu; Jørgen Jensen (soldier)
 * Omitted: Surabaya; Revolutionary Tribunal; Burning of Jaffna Public Library; George Tiller/Assassination of George Tiller; Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud; Walt Whitman; Carla Lane
 * Included: Battle of the Kalka River (10th appearance, last in 2017); Mecklenburg Resolves (first appearance); Treaty of Vereeniging (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Mark Felt (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Kusumoto Ine (first appearance); Clint Eastwood (2nd appearance, last in 2004; previously appeared on April 8); Mbaye Diagne (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 1935 Quetta earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of the Kalka River; Mecklenburg Resolves; Treaty of Vereeniging; 1935 Quetta earthquake; Mark Felt; Kusumoto Ine; Clint Eastwood; Mbaye Diagne
 * Included: Revolutionary Tribunal (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Tulsa race massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); South Africa (4th appearance, last in 2006; previously appeared as an observance and was later deleted; 60th anniversary); Burning of Jaffna Public Library (7th appearance, last in 2019; 40th anniversary); Rosa May Billinghurst (first appearance); Jørgen Jensen (soldier) (first appearance); Derek Hodge (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:48, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Revolutionary Tribunal; Tulsa race massacre; South Africa; Burning of Jaffna Public Library; Rosa May Billinghurst; Derek Hodge
 * Included: Surabaya (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Seven Pines (4th appearance, last in 2016); Treaty of Vereeniging (4th appearance, last in 2020); Anglo-Iraqi War (5th appearance, last in 2018); Mark Felt (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Géza II of Hungary (first appearance); Walter Sickert (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Jørgen Jensen (soldier) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th anniversary)