Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 4

Anybody have a map of the Alexander VI demarcation line? RickK | Talk 05:14, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Such a map would look nice on the Inter caetera page. -- PFHLai 22:42, 2005 May 2 (UTC)

Kent State?
Shouldn't the Kent State shootings be mentioned on this pagelet? -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 22:05, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It was there. I took it out to avoid having too much blank space on the right side of MainPage. I meant to rotate it back in some time during the day, but was too busy elsewhere to do so. .... -- PFHLai 04:20, 2005 May 5 (UTC)

It's the 40 year anniversary

Errors in Selected anniversaries/On this day
The main page now says:


 * 1970 - The Ohio National Guard shot at students in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia.

They more than "shot at students" - they killed four students and wounded nine students, one of whom has been paralyzed for 37 years as a result, on the campus of Kent State University. This is taking NPOV to an extreme, and in fact I believe it is misleading. These facts are not in dispute whatsoever, and they are crucial. For the first time in US history, armed soldiers were brought onto a US campus where they shot and killed four students and wounded nine, one of them for life. You do a disservice to the truth to characterize it as merely "shot at" when there were deaths and grievous injury  and  saying "students in Kent State University" which does not clearly state that the protest and shootings were on campus. I hope this can be fixed quickly, before it scrolls off. Thank you.

It should read something like:


 * 1970 - The Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students on the Kent State University campus who were protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia. Nine other students were wounded, one of whom is paralyzed for life.

Tvoz | talk 19:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No matter how many bullets reached the students's bodies, this is still the first time in history when armed soldiers were brought onto a US campus to shoot at students. --74.13.126.166 20:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, that is correct, but it doesn't say that either. All it says is they shot at students.   Killing them is worse than shooting at them, wouldn't you agree?  To not say that is a distortion of the event and of the truth. Tvoz | talk 21:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Mentioning the 4 deaths seems okay, as there is ample room. I don't see any distortion either way. --74.13.126.166 02:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Once again I've asked that '"1970 – The Ohio National Guard shot at students in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia." be changed to "1970 – The Ohio National Guard killed four students and wounded nine in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia." It is not just a detail that 4 students were killed. As I've said elsewhere, this is like saying that John Wilkes Booth shot at Abraham Lincoln. I would guess that we say that he shot and killed Lincoln. Tvoz / talk 15:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Latvian independence day
4 May is Independence day in Latvia and, considering that it was made public holiday and flag day few years ago, shouldn`t this be added (in the first line, I mean) ? Xil (talk) 22:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Kent shootings (moved from WP:ERRORS)
Why is there no mention of the Kent State shootings? May 4 is an important anniversary- 40 years - from the day that American National Guardsmen shot and killed 4 students on an American college campus who were protesting the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. This belongs on the front page of Wikipedia. Tvoz / talk 03:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps because the ITN section features so much American news? :-) -- can  dle • wicke  04:15, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Really? I see only one such American news story for May 4 - from 1886. Tvoz / talk 04:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see you said "ITN" - I was talking about "OTD". However, my point still holds - there is only one "American" story in On this Day today, and I fail to see what relevance that has as a determinant of whether a significant anniversary should be front-page noted. Tvoz / talk 05:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That, and Kent State shootings currently has an 'orange'- or 'red'-level article tag. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That tag should have been removed long ago - there are 68 footnotes and a long list of sources in the "Further reading" and "External links". The tag is gone now.  More to the point - this is a significant anniversary of a significant event, and Wikipedia's front page should not be silent on it.  Tvoz / talk 04:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, ZZyZZx11, please take a look at Remembrance of the Dead which is listed as the top item in today's On This Day and actually has an article-level orange tag which is far worse than the tag that had been on one section of the Kent State article; same for Greenery Day which is also a top item today in On This Day, yet also has an orange tag.  Obviously that is not the reason the anniversary of the Kent State shootings has not been listed, and I strenuously object to this.  Tvoz / talk 05:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Even if I hide those two holidays, there is still only room to list 5 events at a time. I'd like to field some opinions on which one should be substituted, or else we can wait until the main page needs to "re-balance" to warrant a sixth one. I'm unwilling to unilaterally remove one that is already being displayed without some type of consensus, because if the roles were reversed, and I unilaterally removed the Kent State shootings article for the sole reason to post one that is "more significant or notable" IMO, you'd probably be complaining too. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Force me to make a choice, and I'd get rid of the Battle of the Coral Sea, but I have a hard time saying that the Kent State incident is of greater importance than any of the things listed there already. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 12:18, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (Also note that Coral Sea is a featured article, while Kent State is on the border between C and B.) 12:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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 * Hello?!?!? --Hammersoft (talk) 13:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ VernoWhitney (talk) 17:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes to Star Wars Day...
No to May Fourth Movement? 66.108.223.179 (talk) 10:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The article has maintenance tags on it, making it ineligible. — howcheng  {chat} 04:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Correct tile of Latvian independence day
Since it is protected now and I might forget later - the title of the holiday was recently changed to Restoration of Independence day, because using just independence with no restoration is considered somewhat controversial Xil  (talk) 12:26, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes
No new articles this year. :( — howcheng  {chat} 16:34, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Royal Canadian Navy (maintenance); Greenpeace (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Tewkesbury; Kent State shootings
 * Included: Inter caetera (4th appearance, last in 2010); Haymarket affair (6th appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Spanish Constitution of 1812 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Battle of the Coral Sea (5th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 70th anniversary); Margaret Thatcher (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Deleted: William Walker (filibuster) (moved to May 3: wrong date); Greenpeace (moved to October 5: date not in article)
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; Spanish Constitution of 1812; Haymarket affair; Battle of the Coral Sea; Margaret Thatcher
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (first appearance); Ancient Order of Hibernians (first appearance); Grammy Awards (first appearance); HMS Sheffield (D80) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (2nd consecutive appearance as blurb, 5 total)
 * Note: On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (Restoration of Independence Day) removed from observances this year as the article is included in the blurbs

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:03, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Grammy Awards; HMS Sheffield (D80); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
 * Included: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (first appearance); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 200th anniversary); Battle of the Coral Sea (7th appearance, last in 2012); Ken Livingstone (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Manaslu (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:23, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Spanish Constitution of 1812; Manaslu; Ken Livingstone
 * Included: Inter caetera (5th appearance, last in 2012); Haymarket affair (7th appearance, last in 2012); Kent State shootings (4th appearance, last in 2011); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (7th appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Coral Sea (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:31, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Parliament House (Malta)
 * Omitted: Star Wars Day (ineligible—maintenance); Inter caetera; Haymarket affair; Battle of the Coral Sea; Kent State shootings; On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (4th appearance, last in 2014); Ancient Order of Hibernians (2nd appearance, last in 2013); German surrender at Lüneburg Heath (first appearance); Margaret Thatcher (8th appearance, last in 2012)

Cassinga Day
May 4 is Cassinga Day in Namibia, a national holiday remembering the Battle of Cassinga in Angola. Too late or too stubby to include? --Pgallert (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Too stubby, sorry. The battle article needs maintenance, so that's no good either. — howcheng  {chat} 00:20, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:21, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Coral Sea (TFA for 2017); Superga air disaster (maintenance); Grammy Award (maintenance); Kent State shootings (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Peter Minuit (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (ineligible—maintenance); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (ineligible—maintenance); Ancient Order of Hibernians; German surrender at Lüneburg Heath (ineligible—maintenance); Margaret Thatcher
 * Included: Inter caetera (6th appearance, last in 2015); Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Haymarket affair (8th appearance, last in 2015); Manaslu (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Parliament House (Malta) (first appearance); Herman II, Duke of Swabia (first appearance); Audrey Hepburn (first appearance); Christian de Duve (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:18, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Haymarket affair; Manaslu; Parliament House (Malta); Herman II, Duke of Swabia; Audrey Hepburn; Christian de Duve
 * Included: 1780 Epsom Derby (first appearance); Battle of the Coral Sea (9th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); PEPCON disaster (first appearance); Ken Livingstone (2nd appearance, last in 2014); John Nevison (first appearance); Julia Gardiner Tyler (first appearance); Kanō Jigorō (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Inter caetera (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

Pardon if this is an inappropriate place to ask, but could the PEPCON disaster entrant use inflation to give listed the monetary value some context? —  fourthords  &#124; =Λ= &#124;  18:50, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think that it's necessary. The blurb here is just a teaser to get people to read the linked article, where it can be detailed. — howcheng  {chat} 17:22, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:27, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Nettie Stevens
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; 1780 Epsom Derby; Battle of the Coral Sea; PEPCON disaster; Ken Livingstone; John Nevison; Julia Gardiner Tyler; Kanō Jigorō
 * Included: Ancient Order of Hibernians (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Haymarket affair (9th appearance, last in 2017); Margaret Thatcher (9th appearance, last in 2016; 40th anniversary); Parliament House (Malta) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Richard Graves (first appearance); Audrey Hepburn (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 90th birthday); Lillian Estelle Fisher (first appearance)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:54, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Michael L. Gernhardt (POTD for 2020)
 * New articles (unused): William H. Prescott; Walter Walsh
 * Omitted: Ancient Order of Hibernians; Haymarket affair; Margaret Thatcher; Parliament House (Malta); Richard Graves; Audrey Hepburn; Lillian Estelle Fisher
 * Included: Inter caetera (8th appearance, last in 2018); Manaslu (4th appearance, last in 2017); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (8th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Ken Livingstone (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary); Julia Gardiner Tyler (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday); Gotse Delchev (first appearance); Amos Oz (first appearance)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:02, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Michael L. Gernhardt
 * New articles (ineligible): Tipu Sultan (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia; Ken Livingstone; Julia Gardiner Tyler; Gotse Delchev; Amos Oz
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); 1780 Epsom Derby (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of the Coral Sea (10th appearance, last in 2018); William H. Prescott (first appearance; 225th birthday); Franklin Carmichael (first appearance); Carl von Ossietzky (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Manaslu (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Michael L. Gernhardt (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson; 1780 Epsom Derby; Battle of the Coral Sea; Manaslu; William H. Prescott; Carl von Ossietzky
 * Included: Inter caetera (9th appearance, last in 2020); Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (3rd appearance, last in 2017); HMS Sheffield (D80) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Parliament House (Malta) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Herman II, Duke of Swabia (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Amos Oz (2nd appearance, last in 2020)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Coral Sea (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total); Franklin Carmichael (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)