Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/September 12

Laconia incident
I think the notice on the main page is a bad summary of the incident and what made it important. "The Laconia incident: RMS Laconia, carrying some 80 civilians and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian POWs with 160 Polish soldiers on guard, was struck by a torpedo from a U-boat off the coast of West Africa and sank." Adding something like "The U-boat was sank while trying to rescue survivors from the Laconia." might help, especially as it would be of little note had the U-boat not tried to rescue people and got sunk in the process. --Prosfilaes 19:47, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The U-boat (actually four Axis subs) was bombed, but was not sunk. There were further casualties among the survivors as a result of the bombing. In any event, the article was in flux but is much more accurate and readable now. Too bad we didn't get there before it scrolled off! --Dhartung | Talk 22:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[copied from Talk:Main Page. -- PFHLai 16:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)]

2007 Ethiopian new year
September 12 2007 will be 1 January 2000 in the Ethiopian calendar, if someone can think of a way of wording that for inclusion. Thanks, BanyanTree 02:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Mid-Autumn Festival
It's a pretty significant holiday in China. Shouldn't it be up there? Serasuna (talk) 01:20, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Not just China; Every country that uses the lunar calendar has a Mid-Autumn Festival NYDirk (talk) 18:39, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
 * At the time I did the update, the article was in pretty bad shape, but it looks to have been cleaned up now, so I'll put it back in.  howcheng  {chat} 20:30, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:13, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Marathon; Henry Hudson; Switzerland; 1980 Turkish coup d'état; Mae Jemison; Joseph Estrada
 * Included: Battle of North Point (first appearance); Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (first appearance); Leó Szilárd (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Edson's Ridge (first appearance); Haile Selassie I (9th appearance, last in 2010)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:29, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Joseph Estrada (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of North Point; Symphony No. 8 (Mahler); Lascaux (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Edson's Ridge; Haile Selassie I
 * Included: First Siege of Gibraltar (first appearance); Switzerland (6th appearance, last in 2010); Laconia incident (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Boricua Popular Army (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Leó Szilárd (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 80th anniversary)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:54, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Cape Verde (ineligible—maintenance); First Siege of Gibraltar; Switzerland; Leó Szilárd; Laconia incident; Boricua Popular Army
 * Included: Henry Hudson (4th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of North Point (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 200th anniversary); Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Haile Selassie (10th appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:49, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Henry Hudson; Battle of North Point; Battle of Edson's Ridge; Haile Selassie
 * Included: Cape Verde (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Marathon (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Vienna (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Switzerland (10th appearance, last in 2013); Steve Biko (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 00:21, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Henry Hudson (maintenance); Battle of North Point (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Marathon; Battle of Vienna; Symphony No. 8 (Mahler); Steve Biko
 * Included: First Siege of Gibraltar (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Leo Szilard (7th appearance, last in 2013); Laconia incident (5th appearance, last in 2013); 1980 Turkish coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Switzerland (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total)
 * Could you please add Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday? Its celebration this year is on this day. Thanks. sentausa (talk) 07:34, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, no. The article has refimprove on it, when makes it ineligible for inclusion. — howcheng  {chat} 07:42, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, too bad, since it is de facto a big holiday in Islam. But if it's the rule, I can't say anything. Thanks, anyway. sentausa (talk) 07:55, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:51, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Vienna (maintenance); Haile Selassie (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Yax Nuun Ahiin I
 * Omitted: First Siege of Gibraltar; Leo Szilard; Laconia incident
 * Included (extra-long today): Battle of Marathon (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Edson's Ridge (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 75th anniversary); Mae Jemison (4th appearance, last in 2011; 25th anniversary); Petlawad explosion (first appearance); Carl Eytel (first appearance); Fitz Hugh Ludlow (first appearance); Raymond Burr (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Switzerland (3rd consecutive appearance, 12 total); 1980 Turkish coup d'état (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 20:56, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Hinton St Mary Mosaic (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Marathon; Symphony No. 8 (Mahler); Battle of Edson's Ridge; 1980 Turkish coup d'état; Mae Jemison; Carl Eytel; Fitz Hugh Ludlow
 * Included: Yax Nuun Ahiin I (first appearance); 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (first appearance; 90th anniversary); Steve Biko (5th appearance, last in 2015); 2008 Chatsworth train collision (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Grace Macurdy (first appearance); George Reid (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Switzerland (4th consecutive appearance, 13 total); Raymond Burr (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 25th anniversary)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:29, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: 1980 Turkish coup d'état (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Tarana Burke
 * Omitted: Yax Nuun Ahiin I; 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; Steve Biko; 2008 Chatsworth train collision
 * Included: First Siege of Gibraltar (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Laconia incident (6th appearance, last in 2016); We choose to go to the Moon (first appearance); Petlawad explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
 * Repeats: Switzerland (5th consecutive appearance, 14 total); Grace Macurdy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); George Reid (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Raymond Burr (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:20, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Mary Bosanquet Fletcher; Peter Scheemakers
 * Omitted: Switzerland; Laconia incident; We choose to go to the Moon; Petlawad explosion; Grace Macurdy; George Reid; Raymond Burr
 * Included: First Siege of Gibraltar (5th appearance, last in 2017); Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (5th appearance, last in 2017); Liaoshen campaign (first appearance); Steve Biko (6th appearance, last in 2018); Mae Jemison (5th appearance, last in 2017); Eleanora Atherton (2nd appearance, last in 2020, also appeared on February 14, her birthday; 150th anniversary); Irène Joliot-Curie (first appearance); Atef Ebeid (first appearance)
 * Repeats: First Siege of Gibraltar (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:30, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Peter Scheemakers (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Philip Francis Thomas (POTD for 2021)
 * Omitted: First Siege of Gibraltar; Liaoshen campaign; Steve Biko; Mae Jemison; Eleanora Atherton (deleted per above); Irène Joliot-Curie; Atef Ebeid
 * Included: Yax Nuun Ahiin I (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Switzerland (15th appearance, last in 2019); Flatwoods monster; Petlawad explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Andronikos I Komnenos (first appearance); Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (first appearance); Tarana Burke (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:46, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: George Reid (maintenance); Atef Ebeid (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Philip Francis Thomas
 * Omitted: Yax Nuun Ahiin I; Switzerland (ineligible—maintenance); Flatwoods monster; Petlawad explosion; Andronikos I Komnenos; Mary Bosanquet Fletcher; Tarana Burke
 * Included: Battle of Edson's Ridge (4th appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); We choose to go to the Moon; 60th anniversary); Steve Biko (7th appearance, last in 2020); Typhoon Maemi (first appearance); Carl Eytel (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Grace Macurdy (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Irène Joliot-Curie (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 125th birthday)
 * Repeats: Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)